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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
u. s. Loses
Z Generals

WASHINGTON, Aug. is tUP)
The list of American generals
killed in action in World War II
stood at seven today with war de-
partment announcement of the
death in France Of Brig. Gen.
James f. Wharton.
Wharton, chief of the officers
branch of the personnel division,
army general staff before going TO
France, was fulfilling an UNI
announced assignment when he
was slain in action Aug. u. The
war department gave no details,
His widow who lives al Staun-
ton, Va. has been notified. Whar-
ton was the fourth Il. $. general
killed in the Battle of France.
Others killed in France were
Brig. Gen. Don F. Pratt. killed in
a glider crash June 6, Brig. Gen.
Nelson NJ. Walker, killed July 10
while leading infantry against a
German machine gun position, and
1t. Gen. Lesley J. McNair. killed
by an American bomb that fell
short of its target, July Is.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Little Airborne Activity Since D-Day

Since DDay has been little airborne activity and the
have mostly carry the channel
and bring back wounded
The weather delayed until mdafternoon but
was the first plane TO land in France that day.
The air force longer those little strips at
the edge that used for landing fields dur
ing the early days of the inUasion. These haUe long
since ceased to be large enough to accommodate the
air traffic We landed at a and larger field quite
lDeH totDard the front
contacted dispatch officer and asked him if he could let
have take the few miles down the road to head
quarters
Headquarters around st. Lo," said the dis
patch officer. I'VE won't have running there for
couple Of hours.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Britdin,Russid
Ba(kU.S.P|dn
WASHINGTON. Aug. IL CUP

WASHINGTON. Aug. IL CUP)
American British Russian
agreement on the basic frame.
work of new League of Nations
even before next weeks prelimi-
nary talks begin, has made IL pos
sible TO advance by several
months the time for creating the
new organization. it was learned
today.
The prospect of an early end of
the war in Europe may be a factor
in the stepped-ep schedule. Presi-
dent Roosevelt today will hold his
first regular press conference
since early in July and may dis
euss plans for the coming prelimi-
nary talks on international Sc
curity organization.
The record showed two items
that appeared to have played big
roles:
The British delegation to the
world security talks which be-
gin here Monday at Dumbarton
Oaks announced, less than "A
hours after arrival in Washing
ton, its agreement with the
American plan.
The memoranda on the Soviet
Unions ideas for a world Sc
curity organization arrived last
weekend and were reported re-
liably 10 be in substantial
agreement with, American and
British ideas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Truman in Favor
OF Army, Navy Unity

NEW YORK, Aug. rs QNS)-
Senator Truman IS Of the firm
belief that unification Of the army
and navy will prevent any recur-
renee of the Pearl Harbor dis.
aster.
Proof that Divine Provi-
dence watches over the United
States lis furnished by the fact
that we have managed 10 escape
disaster, even though our
scrambled professional military
setup has been an open invita-
ton to catastrophe" the sena-
tor wrote in the current issue
Of Golfers magazine.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Rebel Ndziis
Seize Radio

LONDON, Aug. 10 C1Ns)-
German SIS officers seized the
Paris radio and broadcast an ap'
peal to fellow soldiers to turr
against Hitler, the London Daily
Sketch today reported.
The Paris station had beer
silent all evening when suddenly
a German officer came on anc
said:
I'VE men OF the Waffen IS
have nothing In common with
the gangster IS guarding con-
centration camps with the
gestapo.
TURN ON HITLER
"Men of the Waffen IS and
the army will now fight against
our INSCRIPTIONS government,
which Is trying to sow discord
between the army and the
Waffen. This govern m IN I
wants Germans to fight Ger
mans In order to drag every
body In chaos, into ruin.
by this method our govern
ment hopes to escape Its punish
ment. Officers of the Waffen
and the Wehrmacht, rise to
fight shoulder to sh u Id err
against Hitler!"
Hitler's own newspaper, the
Voelkische Beobachter. was re-
ported by Reuters today to have
admitted that it was impossible
for German forces 10 hold their
present lines in France by rush,
ing up reinforcements.
FLEE TO SWITZERLAND
German troops are crossing into
Switzerland asking TO be internec
as result of the successful up
rising by the French Maquis
Reuters reported from Geneva.
The reports said that Maqui,
had captured a whole stretch o.
the Franco-Swiss border between
Veyrier and st. Julian.
The Nazis sent out a punitive
expedition TO burn a number o.
French villages, including Val
leiry. Chevrier. Voulbens anc
Bloux, the reports said.
yICHY EXODUS ON
To protect themselves agains
the Maquis' gunfire. the Nazi'
were said to be driving French
women and children before then
as shields.
The Bern paper Der Bund. wa.
quoted by Reuter- as reporting ;
general exodus from Vichy in al
atmosphere of excitement.
Hotels in the neighboring towns
of Clernont Ferrand, Royat ant
Monte Dore are packed will
refugees. the report said. Oper
conflicts have broken out between
German SIS forces and the Weir
macht in upper Savoy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18

Victory

WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 trNsy
The war department disclosed
today that the technique of cons
bining fame throwers with i'm
fantry and artillery in joint OPP
erations was developed in the
Solomon Islands a year ago by<
Capt. James F. Olds Jr., Is, on
Des Moines.
The war department said that
the flame thrower. which had
been considered little more than
a fancy gadget," was brought
into effective action on New Geor-
gia Island when it became neces-
-sary- to wipe out three Japanese
pill boxes whose fire held up the
American advance.
capt. Odds" the war depart
ment said. "dug seven fame
throwers out of his chemical
depot, trained six volunteer
combat engineers in their use,
and strapped on the seventh
fame gun himself.
Attack was set for the after
noon of July 26, l943. Moving
up In a line, the seven men de-
ployed so that two opposed each
Of the bunkers thanking the pill
boxes and three faced the CEN
ter pill box.
"Olds wriggled through the
underbrush to a point 20 yards
directly In front Of the pivot
bunker while the Ranking Japs
sniped In vain at his fiery red
hair.
artillery laid down a Ave
minute barrage.
AT / p. m. the infantry be-
gan TO move up. Then Capt.
Odds two assistants cut loose,
blasting a path through TO the
pivot bunker, and the captain
poured a cloud OF flame through
the eight inch gun port. The
Jap machine gun slanted up as
the gunner slumped, dead.
simultaneously, the remaining
flame men were cleaning out the
thanking pill boxes. At l:08 p. m.
the attack was over"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Shift Proposed Route
OF Lodge Highway

r Proposed route Of the Lodge
Highway" may be shifted, the city
plan commission indicated today,
10 take care of contemplated
public buildings in the civic CEN
ter TO be built after the war on
the lower Woodward river front.
The 100000 county city
building and new federal build
ings may be located north instead
Of south of the highway.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Woman Killed 3 Hurt
In Motor Boat Blast

Mrs. Alice Rankin. Al, of 1925
Monica, is dead and Mrs. Gladys
Smith. 40, of 1851 Lundhurst, is
suffering serious injuries sus-
tanned when a motor launch on
which they were passengers eX-
ploded yesterday in Lake Huron.
Also injured in the blast were
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hem and
their daughter. Jacqueline Of
DAYTON, o.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Charlie Chaplin, S Son
Indicted Into Army

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. IL CUP)-
Sidney Chaplin. 18-year-old son Of
comedian Charles Chaplin. will be
indicted into the army Monday,
he said today.
His brother, Charles Jr.. 19. was
indicted last October. The two
are sons of Lita Grey, Chaplin's
second wife.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Allies 8 Days Ahead
OF Invasion Schedule

WASHINGTON. Aug. Is INS)
Acting Secretary of War Nc,
Gley disclosed that Allied invasion
forces in southern France were
eight days ahead of schedule
THE Germans seem to be
definitely on the toboggan." Nc
Cloy told a news conference.
There is no bright spot any
where on their horizon"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
BY WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST. JUNIOR
Written Expressly for the Hearst Newspapers

LONDON, Aug 1S-Only very few cor.
respondents covering the war for the American
press are assigned permanently to any of our units
in France. The rest of us have specific story in
mind as reason for going over, submit an outline
of it to the proper authorities and then just wait
until orders come through.
took my plans and specifications for another
tour of the Allied lines to officers of the u. S.
Ninth Air Force ,Oho agreed to sponsor my trip.
So the other morning lDent out early to a nearby
oirfeld and was foUn down to one of our troop
carrier command fields.
As originally up the Douglas planes of the troop carrier
command fitted carry paratroopers and elders
airborne troops and their equipment
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Peace Prices
To Curbed
bowles Would Avert
Postwar Depression

WASHINGTON. Aug Is INS)
Price Administrator BoWles
said today that prices of civilian
goods made in the reconversion
era would be held as low as pos
Sible 10 avoid the economic slump
that followed World War /.
Asked specifically 10 comment
en- predictions thar postwar autU-
mobiles will cost y 10 30 per cent
more than in peace time. Bowles
said:
I'D be very much surprised
at such an increase. Il don't
thing such cost increases could
be justified unless the industry
is planning TO operate on its
1882 volume"
TREMENDOUS VOLUME
Bowles emphasized that prices
for reconversion period goods
must be high enough TO protect
the producers, but he declared
that production must be main
tanned in tremendous volume, that
a high level of purchasing power
must be kept up and that en-
ployTnent must be as great as
possible.
Earlier Bowles announced that
20 manufacturers now producing
electric irons had agreed 10 mar
ket them at no change from their
March. 1912. prices.
UNEMPLOYMENT PICTURE
Bowles cited a department of
commerce report that IL civilian
production in 1916 remained at
1910 levels with the same hours
Of labor. there would be total OF
l9.50o,00 unemployed at that
time.
Bowles asserted that $4,000
600 900 in overtime payments will
drop out of national purchasing
power when the war work week is
cut from 4s TO 40 hours and that
there will be some reconversion
unemployment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
UNEMPLOYMENT PICTURE
20 Dutch Executed

NEW YORK. Aug. 1s (INSl-
The Stockholm Dagens Nyheter
said today that 20 Dutchmen had
been executed by the Nazis for
publishing an illegal newspaper in
Holland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Texas Corp. Buys
Lain Oil and Gas

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S-The
Texas Corp. has acquired all the
outstanding stock of Lain Oil and
Gas Co. for $l63. 944, according to
a report filed with SEC.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18

NEW YORK, Aug. Is ms
A Danish press report in Stock
Iholm said that German troops ir
Jutland mutinied last week jus
as a troop train was pulling ou
Of the city.
Several Nazis were killed b!
machine guns.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
Then Off Toward ST. Lo

AS talking the officer friend of Col Grin
up and luck would have it. he leaving for ST.
Immediately in his command
The first half of the trip through familiar
country but travelling along roads and
through little totuHs Which just tDeek ago, had been
held by the enemy
Soon reached St. Loor rather what left of it. The
last time had been there it extremely unhealthy
but trucks artillery and tanks
ming along the roads broad daylight and perfect safety
The famed uftwafe does stick It day
Continued on Page Six)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-18
VICHY EXODUS ON

Order 10c United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
troit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them to your home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19
Title Trouble Trail Boys Who Do HE Plays

ish. So it became "Laffing Room
Only" which still stands, but
which / refuse 10 guarantee.
George Abbott came up with
something of lawful when he
announced "Snafu in Pomona.
Now "Snafu' is army slang for
situation normal, all fouled
up, as every one must know
by now, and Pomona Is a place
in California. so they tell me.
In simplifying things Pomona
was naturally the item that had
TO suffer. The play is now
known simply as "Snafu. lnci-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19

dentally, the pronunciation is
"snafoo,' not "snafew.'
A play that has already come
into town started life with the
title Our Fanny" Comment
seems unnecessary. 1t now bears
the name The Odds on Mrs.
Oakley" which, besides being
a bit less suggestive, also indi-
Gates it might have something
TO do with horse racing.
'Mama's Bank Account" was
the title OF the book from which
John Van Druten fashioned his
play and there doesn't seem 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19
Dancing Is Key

Back on Broadway. she ap-
peared In Panama Hattie and
later as a featured dancer at
the Commodore Hotel. After
that she played Gertrude Law
rence's mother in Lady in the
Dark" but II was while dancing
again at the Versailles Club she
was spotted by Producer
Arthur Freed and signed on the
spot.
What, no test: I asked him."
Lucille told me. II knew 40
much about camera technique
by then I Was confident 1 could
do q bangup job. was sched-
uled 20 make test for Sol
Lesser, In fact, when Mr.. Freed
signed me and made IL unneces-
Sary."
When M-G-M did get around
10 testing her in Hollywood,
Lucille out-DaviSed Davis in
scene from Dark Victory"
She was promptly set for one
Of the dramatic leads in Meet
Me in st. Louis" The studio
also put battery OF writers 10
work on future scripts for her.
You will see her next as Fred
Astaire's dancing partner in
Ziegfeld FollieS. and the story
: how she got this role also
IS a curious twist. The studio
Mad been searching frantically
for a girl TO dance with Astaire
and Fred was worrying out
loud about ii one day TO a di-
rector in the rehearsal hall.
What's wrong with that red.
head there" Astaire suddenly
asked as he sighted Lucille prac-
ticing at the other end of the
hall.
II turned out there was moth
ing wrong with her, as you will
see-because within two weeks
Lucille had become a dancing
girl again, but this time as
star.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19
No Jobs Offered

1t was shortly after this
honor Lucille came here for a
vacation. bringing various let
ters Of introduction. She barged
right into casting offices at
Warmers. R-K-O. Paramount
and United Artists and was
promptly tested at each place,
but nothing happened.
With this minor career Of
tests behind her. Lucille em-
barked for New York. deter
mined to make a living in a less
bewildering atmosphere.
MY last test experience was
at Warmers" she told me.
When I showed up. every one
hailed me rs n new Bette
Davis. They promptly put me
before a camera and told me to
do my stuff. But when re-
turned later 10 see the results
no one would even as much rs
smile at me.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19

have been much wrong with it
except that il could be regarded
as leaning toward the mer-
cenary. 1t is now Il Remember
Mama"
II. Clay Blaney has a little
comedy mystery he's prepping
for Broadway under the tite
Meet a Body" fitting enough
since it's about a couple OF I'M
poyerished undertakers who do
just that. But il started Out as
IF a Body" The change ";
made when some one discovered
this had been used before.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19
Many Screen Tests
Make an Actress
OF Lucille Bremen

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 1S.
THERE are many ways of
i becoming a movie actress,
but M-G-Ms d-haired Lucille
Bremen arrived on top of the
cinema heap by the most
extraordinary method to date.
She was screen tested by so
many studios she became a
seasoned performer before
she signed a contract.
You may as well know about
this blue-eyed Bremen gal, be-
cause you're going to be seeing
her often. Although only re-
Gently completing her first role
In Met Me in St. Louis" her
sutdio has four starring proper
ties lined up for her.
Lucille is the only known
alumna OF the famed Rockettes,
the dancers at the Roxy Theater
In New York. who landed safely
In the lap Of screen stardoni.
In 1871 they voted her the
Rockette most likely to succeed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19
BY JACK GAVER
NEW YORK. Nov. u

NEW YORK. Nov. Is.
THE boys who do the PLAYS
seems 10 be having quite a
bit of title trouble so far.
ZanieS Olsen and johnson
once thought they'd call their
newest musical eruption Jerks
Berserk," the most decriptive
title ever cast by the wayside.
This was replaced with Laugh
ing Room Only" but that was
not sufficiently OlSon-Johnson-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19

Eleanor Powell sings and
dances in Sensations Of
1945" at the Michigan. w.
c. Fields, Dennis O'Keefe,
c. A u brey Smith and
Sophie Tucker are others
In the cast.
Evening star., 1944-11-26
Judge Lands Dies;
Election Of Successor
Likely Next Month
(Other Stories in Sports Section }

tOLHeT StOTISS III OpOTLS SecttOW.)
| BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-Death to-
day claimed Kenesaw Mountain
Lands. IS, baseball's indispensable
man for nearly a quarter Of GEN.
tury.
Unwavering, fearless and always
the champion of the little guy
the commissioner and former Fed
eral jurist died of heart disease in
st. Luke's Hospital at 5:35 am.
His death left the major leagues
without a guiding genius for the
first time since 1921 and placed
tremendous importance on the Ma
tional and American League win
ter meeting here December II and
II when a successor probably will
be named.
Fretted at Hospital Stay.
Just week ago when the COM
missioner was fretting over what
he protested was an overly long
hospital stay, joint committee OF
the two leagues recommended that
Judge Lands be reelected for an
other seven-year term when his cur
rent term expired January II, 1916
Ostensibly cheered by that vote
of confidence, Judge Lands chided
his physician for warnings that his
condition was delicate. But he suf-
fered a setback last Sunday and
last night was placed under an oxy-
gen tent little more than an hour
before he died. He entered the hos
pital October 2 suffering from a
severe cold, but previously had over
taxed his heart working in his Vic
tory garden in suburban Glencoe
Baseball officials mourned his
death as not only a great blow to
the national pastime, but a keen
loss to the Nation at large.
Baseballdom, however, will not be
able to pay immediate homage to
his memory. In compliance with
Judge Landis' wishes, there will be
no funeral services. A private Gre
nation will take place and friends
have been requested not to send
flowers.
O'COnnor to Conduct Office.
Until the major league meetings,
at least. the commissioners Office
will be conducted by his secretary
Leslie M. O'Connor, who was at
Judge Lands bedside with his FAM
lily when he died and wept as he
read statement announcing the
commissioner death.
William Harridge, president OF
the American League, later in the
day announced:
The commissioner left his Office
in the capable hands and under
the guidance of Leslie O'Connor
Speaking for Mr.. Prick CFord Frick
National League presidenD and my
self, there will be no change in the
conduct of the Office pending the
major league meetings"
1t had been widely speculated
that in event of Judge Landis' re-
tirement or death, the two league
presidents and Mr. O'Connor would
form a commission to continue the
rule of baseball until a commissioner
was named.
The major league agreement which
perpetuates the office of commits
sioner provides that the President
Of the United States may be re-
quested to name a commissioner II
three months after Judge Lands
death a successor has not been
named.
When the joint committee recon-
mended the reelection of Judge
Lands, it also proposed that the
major league agreement be extended,
thus indicating that an effort might
Evening star., 1944-11-26
be made to place another nationally
prominent figure at baseball's helm.


Loved and Fought for Game.
The stern-visaged, shaggy-haired
commissioner, who was born No
vember 20, 1866, at Millville, Ohio,
loved and fought for baseball with
an indescribable fervor ever since
1920 when he became high COM
missioner.
When baseball strategists gave
Judge Lands that job, replacing the
old national commission of the late
Ban Johnson. president of the
American League, John A. Heydler,
president of the National League,
and Garry Hermann, president of
the Cincinnati Reds, they knew
they were picking an iron-handed
ruler.
1t was perhaps the only means
of repairing the seemingly irrepar-
able damage done by the BLACK
Sox" scandal in the World Series of
1919 between Chicago and the Gin
cinnati Reds. Public confidence in
baseball was at low ebb and the
game was in danger of disorganiz-
ing.
Judge Lands, through the years,
never faltered or wavered in de-
cisions, lashing with a sharp tongue
and nimble wit at whomever he
considered wrong g-doer-off1cial or
hired hand.
Was Fearless JuriSt.
1t had been the same in his legal
career. Named a Federal Judge in
Illinois in 1905, he served on the
Evening star., 1944-11-26

bench until 1922 when he resigned.
Two years after his appointment,
he sprang into the headlines by fin
ing the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana
500 10000 in freight rebate case.
The decision was reversed by the
United States Supreme Court, but
1t stamped Judge Lands as q fear
less jurist.
The same was true during the
World War when he sentenced Vic
tor Berger, Socialist member of the
House from Milwaukee, for OBJ
Evening star., 1944-11-26
October Strikes Cost
$40, 900 Mun-Duys
By the Associated Press.

The Labor Department reported
yesterday there were 44O strikes in
October, involving 100000 workers.
The work stoppages cost $4,000
man-days of idleness, or approxi-
mately 90 of per cent of the avail
able time, the bureau added. A
Evening star., 1944-11-26

structing the World
case was remanded.
Evening star., 1944-11-26

strike maintenance with strikes Toledo
plants
volyed the greatest number Of work. ton
Evening star., 1944-11-26

""S TCdIICSS JUIISC.
1t had been the same in his legal
career. Named a Federal Judge in
Illinois In 1905, he served on the