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Evening star., 1944-07-14
Hinckley Given
|Job'of SettIinq
War Contracts
Postwar Termination
To Involve Billions
Of Dollars
By the Associated Press,

| By the Associated Press
President Roosevelt has Sc
lected Robert Henry Hinckley,
former Assistant Secretary of
Commerce. to serve as director
of contract settlement-a posi-
tion in which he will be respon-
sible for terminating billions OF
dollars worth of munitions
contracts when the war ends, the
White House announced today.
Mr.. Hinckley has resigned as vice
president of the Sperry Corp. to ac-
cept the new position. The an
nouncement said his nomination
will be sent to the Senate when Con-
gress meets again.
Former Head Of CAA.
Originally from Ogden, Utah, Mr..
Hinckley was Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce from 1910 until June 80,
1912, when he joined the Sperry
Corp. Before holding the Com
merce post, he had served as chair
man Of the Civil Aeronautics AL.
thority, and, before that, as as
sistant administrator of the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration.
Before coming with the Govern
ment, he was engaged in the auto.
mobile business in Utah.
Mr.. Hinckley's new position was
created by Congress in carrying out
the principles of the Baruch- Han
cock report on a plan for settling
munitions orders and reconverting
American industry to peacetime pro-
duction as quickly as possible.
| The creation of an Office of con-
tract termination was urged by the
authors of the report, Bernard M.
Evening star., 1944-07-14
Ponzers Fail to Split u. S. Army
In Bloody lie Desert Battle
Yonks, Supported From Air, Detect Drive
EorIy to Now Down Tanks and Infantry

Panzer division undertook the am
bilious task, as shown by captured
maps and orders, of retaking the
town of Isigny and cutting the
American Army in two.
After a tour of the area with
1t Col. Thomas Rodes of Bossier
City, La, l am able to give the
complete story of the vital battle
of LIE Desert.
This section of the front had been
lightly held-a fact probably known
to German intelligence. But, with
out the Nazis knowing it, crack
American troops plugged the narrow
gap in their push southwark.
Against spasmodic artillery and
mortar fire, they had occupied the
village Of lie Desert. All evening the
men faced stubborn fire, with its
(see HENRY, Page AI0.)
Evening star., 1944-07-14

President Roosevelt's running mate
again.
1t is reported that President
Roosevelt has drafted a letter in
dorsing Mr.. Wallace for renomina-
ton, and that Mr.. Wallace was
satisfied with the letters contents.
Pro-Wallace sources in the Capt.
tai were said to expect that the let
ter would be made public in Wash
ington in a day or two. However,
these sources also were quoted as
saying there was a possibility the
letter might not be released until
the Democratic convention opens
next Wednesday in Chicago.
With time running out fast-the
(See POLITICS, Page A-49
Evening star., 1944-07-14
Unexpected Showers
Break Drought Here
And Sci 1914 Record
Weather Bureau Soys
''StoIIed' Cloud Front
Brought Welcome Roin

Lawns, Victory gardens and
dispositions of District residents
had improved noticeably today
after a night of cooling rains
the first in 20 days.
The 148 inches of rainfall record
ed by the Weather Bureau set a new
high for the year as far as rainfall
in any 24-hour period is concerned.
Although the rain effectively ended
the drought which had gripped the
city and nearby farm areas for the
past three weeks, 1t was unable to
make up for all the damage suf-
fered by crops.
The showers hit Unexpectedly. The
weather man didn't forecast rain
yesterday because, under ordinary
circumstances, he said, the District
wouldn't have any. But he said he
didn't mind guessing wrong mas
much as the rain was so badly
needed.
Cloud Front STALLED"
What happened, he said, was this {:
A cloud front coming from the
| northwest struck this area at $50
am. yesterday. Ordinarily, he said
1t would have continued on toward
the southeast. and passed into the
Carolinas and out over the ocean
Nevertheless. 1t stalled" unpredic-
tably all day yesterday and didn't
begin to move away until this morn
ing.
The last of the current transforms
will move away from this area
sometime during the morning, he
said.
The cool weather will continue TO,
at least two more days, he predicted
The temperature during the day will
remain in the middle 7Os and will
drop to low of about IS tonight
according to the forecaster. Tomor-
! row it will climb into the low 80s.
!! Yesterdays high temperature cam,
at 1901 am when the reading wa.
IS degrees. At 6 am. today thu
mercury had fallen to q low of So
and at 8 am. 1t was II degrees.
The previous rainfall record fol
Evening star., 1944-07-14
Americans Threaten
To 0utf|ank Foe on
z Routes 10 Leghorn
Postino and San Luce
Captured; Nozis RepuIsed
On Monte Moeeiore
By the Associated Press.

ROME, July 14.-American
troops knitted through fiercely
defended German lines yester-
day, captured the village of Pas
tina, l3 miles east-southeast of
Livorno ueghorn), and drove on
2 miles through San Luce-al-
most due east of Livorno.
The thrust, paced by the 442d
regimental combat team composed
OF American soldiers of Japanese
origin, followed a secondary high
way midway Between the Italian
west coast and the Era Valley and
threatened to outf1ank enemy
st"ongholds on both those major
routes to Livorno.
Equally significant gains in hard
lighting were scored by French
troops on the American right wing
POggibonsi Flank Threatened.
I The embattled Frenchmen ad-
vanced 2 to 21a miles northward
from San Donate and captured San
Glmlgnano and the neighborine
village of La Casette. This brought
them to within II miles of the Arnc
River at Empoli and tended to de
velop a threat to the flank of the
defenders of Poggibonsi, miles
east of San Gimignano.
Today the French celebrated Bas.
tile Day by continuing their as
saults and mopping up isolated
pockets of resistance in newly over.
run territory.
The Nazis struck back. North O
Pastina the enemy launched a fulfil
counterattack last night agains
:. Americans digging in on Mont
Maggiore.
;. A bloody, quarter bayone
and hand grenade engagement drov
the foe back.
Pastina was taken late yesterda,
after street fighting The Ameri
cans wiped out the German garri
son.
i British Seize Three Heights.
An Allied spokesman said the cap
ture of Pastina, San Luce and tn
nearby heights was a flanking threa
to Terricciola, German fortress tow
in the Era Valley, through which tn
CTS have been making a major at
tack toward the Arno River to fianl
Livorno and Pisa.
The 9th Army front was withou
substantial change, except in tn,
upper Tiber Valley. There the Brit
ish seized three more commandin,
heights. Patrols punched within q:
miles of Citta di CASTILLO, takin,
prisoners in Santa Lucia.
Farther east, Indians moved VI
several miles, repelling enemy coun
terattacks near Cole Del Orci.
Poles near the Adriatic occupies
Palazzo Simonetti and Casa Acqua
The enemy outpost at Lampntagnol'
was annihilated. but the line wa
virtually unchanged
Advance elements still were I to
miles from Ancona, which lies 10
airline miles south of the lowe
mouth of the Po River, ultimat
German defense line in Northern
; italy,
Evening star., 1944-07-14
Officer Killed in Jerusalem
In Battle With Terrorists

By the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, July IA Pales-
tine constable was killed and an
other wounded seriously in a gun
fight with about 10 heavily armed
men who placed bombs in a four
story building in the heart of Jeru-
salem last night.
About dozen violent explosions
shook the city. Several British con-
stables billeted in the building were
wounded slightly.
Evening star., 1944-07-14
Jack Benny and Troupe
Arrive in New Guinea
BY the Associated Press.

os tHe ASSOCldleu ETeSS.
PORT MORESBY. New Guinea
July 14.-Comedian Jack Benny ano
q troupe of entertainers arrived here
by plane today to begin tour oi
camps in the New Guinea area.
They were officially greeted BY
another stage celebrity, First 1t
Lanny Ross, former light opera
radio and movie tenor.
Evening star., 1944-07-14
(See Map on Page Az

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, July 14.-The Rus
sian Army today pushed on from
captured Wilno, where the Ger.
mans lost $4,000 dead and pris-
oners, and edged to within "a
miles of Kaunas, former capital
OF the Lithuanian Republic.
(The German high command
said Na1 forces had evacuated
Pinsk in the Western Pripet
Marshes. 100 miles from Brest-
Iitovsk. The city of $4,000 is on
the railroad from Luniniec to
Warsaw and has been outfanked
for several days.
(The Germans also announced
q withdrawal in the old Polish
sectors west of Luck, suggesting a
widening of the front below Ko-
vel. Luck lies 110 miles south
southwest Of Pinsk, 2lO miles
southeast of Warsaw and 55 miles
east Of the Bug River.
(The broadcast asserted the
trapped Wilno garrison had
fought its way out of the city of
207,7500
Reds Near Key Railway.
Other Red Army units were q
miles from the strategic railway
through Kaunas to Riga, the Lat
Wan seaport capital, and to Tai
linin in Estonia, front dispatches
said.
Gen. Ivan Cherniakhovsky's cav
airy and tanks were so miles from
Eydtkuhnen, border city in East
Prussia. Farther south in the
Grodno region the Russians were
20 miles from the Suwalki triangle
Of East Prussia.
Gen. Cherniakhovsky's left flank
moved up with him % miles of
Grodno, while to his so'." Marshal
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky units
moved rapidly through the Bre~t-
Litovsk Province.
The German radio said TO-DAY
Russians twice had penetrated
into Grodno but had been showed
out later Grodno is the last re-
naming stronghold on the road
to German soil, about As miles
awayD
Other Forces Advance.
The Russians said the Red Army
was closing two huge arms around
Pinsk. The city appeared doomed
and its inhabitants already could
hear Soviet artillery.
On the middle Baltic front the
Baltic army groups of Gems. Andrei
I. Yeremenko and Ivan Bagra-
mian made steady progress toward
Daugavpils and Riga. Gen Bag
ramian's left flank has almost con-
nected with Gen. Cherniakhovsky' s
fighters between Daugavpils ano
Wilno. This appeared to be the
objective for united push through
the center of the Battles towarc
Memel and the Baltic Sea.
At the top of the Baltic front Gen
Yeremenko has broadened his front
to over 100 miles. On the righ
flank he was approaching the Lat
Wan border between Opochka anc
Poskov in an advance west of No
vorZhev
Nazi Resistance Stiffens.
AS the Russians moved forware
there was a general stiffening O.
German resistance and the Nazi
made hurried efforts to stem the of
fensive by throwing large number!
OF reserves into several sectors.
Field dispatches said that in nj
area were the Nazis holding up the
Russian advance, though in many
places the Red Army forces were
farther from their bases than thu
Germans.
Evening star., 1944-07-14
Lote Bulletins
Fotitch Takes New Post

Constantine Fotitch stepped
down rs Ambassador for
Yugoslayia today and an
nounced that he is becom-
ing instead the representative
Of = committee within his
enemy occupied country,
which apparently Is moving
toward creation of = second
Yugoslav regime.
Mrs. DoImoge Pleads GUILTY
Mrs. Frances Dolmase
pleaded guilty today to =
perjury charge in connection
with the theft of jewelry val
ued at $61,00o from Otis Beall
Kent, wealthy tax lawyer.
Mrs. Dolmage was acquitted
Of the theft in = trial last
March. After some of the
missing jewelry was found
here this week, Mrs. Dolmaxe
returned from Mexico and
turned more of the gems over
to police.
early Story on Page BID
Soldier Shot on Train
Pvt. Boyton E. Shearow, ~,
said to be of 1914 Bryant
street Me-, was struck in the
neck and wounded seriously
by a bullet this afternoon
while riding through Bowie,
Md, on a troop train. The
train was bound from Fort
Meade to Camp Wheeler, Ga.
Investigating officials said
they believed the bullet was
fired from a .22-caliber rifle
from outside the train. Mill
tary police met the train here
and Pvt. Shearow was taken
to Walter Reed Hospital.
Evening star., 1944-07-14

Baruch and John Hancock, and BY
War Mobilization Director Byrnes,
as essential to an orderly transition
of industry from war to peace.
Hancock Was Handling Work.
Before the contract settlement
legislation was enacted. Mr.. Byrnes
had named Mr.. Hancock as chair
man of the Contract Termination
Board, which was functioning to the
limited extent possible under the
then existing laws.
Mr.. Hancock continued as chair.
man until pashage of the legislation.
Then he advised Mr.. Byrnes he
would be unable to accept the per-
manent appointment as it would be
necessary for him to return to his
business.
Evening star., 1944-07-14
Nazis Report Pinsk Evacuation;
Russians Press On From Wi|no;
Yanks Advance All A|onq Front
Berlin Also Tells
Of Withdrawal
West of Luck
BULLETIN.

NEW YORK (P.-NBC to-
day quoted a German under
ground radio station as re-
porting that Russian armies
entered Rozanka, in East
Prussia at noon European
time" Such a town is not
shown on available gazetteers,
which, however, list a Ro-
Zanka in Old Poland on the
Bug River IS miles south of
Brest Litovsk.
Evening star., 1944-07-14
Contempt Citation
Issued Against Klein;
True Gets Severance
Hearing Set Next Friday
For Attorney Who BoIted
Sedition Trial

JAMES J, LAUGHLIN pleads not
guilty to indictment returned in
Baltimore. Page B-l
Evening star., 1944-07-14

He was on the War Department
General Staff in the World War.
While commanding the I'd Army,
headquartered at Memphis, Tenn,
in l94l, Gen. Lear precipitated a
widespread prewar controversy over
Army discipline when he ordered a
group of soldiers to undertake a
forced march between Little Rock,
(See LEAR, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1944-07-14

(See WEATHER, Page A-2D
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laps Again EncircIe
Hengyane and Contro
Section Of Railway
Enemy Moves Up Three
Days After Breaking of
Siege by Chinese

JAP COMMANDER in Central
Pacific area killed on Saipan.
Page A-3
Evening star., 1944-07-14

(See RECONVERSION, Pal
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(see sEDlTION, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1944-07-14

(See LEAR, Page A-5D
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13
Steps of Into Water

There is only an lnch or 50 n
freeboard When Sam and the navy
cOXSwain the laSi men off The
ship step of into me water Sam
dressed only IN shorts and shoes
and without time to get a life
jacket
Swirling currents sweep them
Aft, Wi7lie steam and smoke rum
bic from the slack and they hear
the thunder of shifting cargo, and
then it's all over but the sub
marine.
Staying close 10 the navy cox
swain. Sam finally steps onto the
deck Of the U-hoat Nothing hap
pens. The Nazl sailors gaze AT him
curlouSly. but not more than At
Inc others The merchant Seamen
cluster about the coming tower.
-Four or five Of The wounded
men disappear down the sub :
hatch and re-appear with fresh
bandages. one with ham sand
wich on white bread wrapped N
wax paper.
None OF the Germans does any
talking hui the skipper. Once ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13
we -t~0t rtkvG vKyyN17 RAvV A-oaGsWv VAC SUP
AN2 eA,p5 hSoARy ...OvR7 SolAov5 -Uv nov SArA.1

had been sitting IN the crow : nest
Of that ship, so feet above The
deck, his legs dangling over the
lid while he relieved the guy on
the watch for coffee
If be hadn't relieved the guy
he'd been dead now because the
torpedo hlt Wst under where ne
was coiling runners on The mast
table
II was e Is IN me afternoon
then and warm and squally.
which MAY have been why sam
didn't see the flash Of the tor
pedo until just before ~ nit and
even then Sans FIRST thought Is
that n must be a shellburSj when
he sees the canvas rip of the
hatch cover below and smells the
burnt cordlie and hears the pieces
Of ore cargo whistle past his ears.
which Sam lakes 10 be shrapnel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13
He Tries to Hide

A NaZL APPEARS behind the ma
chine gun on the platform and
another on the bridge Of the L.
boat and then three~0r four Young
Germans in shorts. heet-red from
Sunburn. climb down on deck
cooking not more than rs years
old One of them has a movie
camera and begins 10 take pic
lures o. the Americans in the
water Sam hides behind the bale
Of cotton
The NaZI on the bridge shouts.
"Haff you any wounded
A man i'm the water answers.
Il meaning The number he
GuesseS are missing His guess
later proves exactly right. The
NaZi orders the men 10 paddle
over 10 The submarine There is
nothing else the Americans can
do
w here il your captain ," The
O-hoat commander asks.
His eyes fall on the officer
cap the fourth mate Is wearing.
The fourth mate is on 4 ljfe-raft.
Come aboard. Captain" or
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13
Fresh From SJ1ipyard

Everybody ia being extremely
careful The sub look, brand new.
SAM e4l4lln44-llA s-aaaa4s4 s=tfs SIZE.
which 10 him appears enormous;
the guns fore and AFT thai run on
tracks the cnal-nGaarmS- insignia
on the coming tower. and that
there IS no crushing on the hull
which indicates the SUN * fresh
out of a ShlpSard
More and more OF lhe merchant
men GET courage 10 board the sub.
Not Sam Especially not after
the blond kid suddenly breaks out
with
You dirty rats killed my
brother. MAY God damn yOu--"
They drag The blond kid down
in time and silence him.
What do YOU want 10 dO-get
VS. All killed What good will
that dn your brother now: We
amt got nothing Ia throw back
Mt EN- hut wafer"
Sam looks hopeieSSly behind him
Al the spot where only few
minutes ago there was A snip his
ship in which he was free born
American as good AS anybody
even n the ship was only p
Near-old Hog Island frcighter two
days ont Of Port-of-Spain
Three minutes before that. Sam
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13
Neutral Tanker Appears

The sub ChugS away and m
matter OF minutes tho distant snip
appears as n nv prcarrangement.
The ShipWrecked men frantic7lly
tn WITT Tt7p approaching NnIp
until they see n rs neutral snk-
or The whole Setup looks yus.
plciouS. but nobody mentions Z
as The ship heates 20 and takes
me men aboard up The JACOBS
Ladder
The neutral snip salvage The
HE RATS and All equipment and
beds the men down in the fo sic
and on deck In spite of Two meals
2 day with bottle Of wine and
crowded quarters. rs = relief 20
the Americans TO run all night
under lights and he able 10 smoke
on deck during the five and ono
half days before they re dropped
off Al Curacao
Sam has shipped on = lot NJ
freighterS since that summer If
~ and more than once ms eS.
COri has Tired on subs But sam
IS Still waiting 10 see The floating
fragments Of 2 coming tower
bearing the cost-of-arms insignia
he WITH never forget He intends
TO lean over the rail and repeat
the words
sorry. gentIemeu--war IL war
1t was either Won or me
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13

leans over the rail and unctuousl.
declares
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13

and blown off The Siarboard wing
OF the bridge. The snip is driving
herself down.
In the few seconds remaining
of thus day light nightmare. Sam
remembers hearing the chief en-
gineer shout down 10 the second
engineer and flremcn below Get
he hell out bur its too late for
them The ladders are gone The
last heard Of thp SECOND, ne was
SrIii Al The throttle trying 20 slow
the ship down
Everybody on the boat deck
seems more cool than stunned
The captain on one wing Of the
bridge is motionIng 20 the navy
ensign and his gun crew on the
poop deck and shouting There
is nothing you can do NOW
Jump Then the captain turns
and walks hack INTO his cabin
The second mate had frequently
said that IN case Of \ i0rped0inE
he wouidn attempt 10 escape
True 10 his word now me second
mate never emcrgcs from MS
cabin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13
Believes He's SheHed

Holy God" Sam prays CON
WINGED As ihe snip swayS with
the heavy Jar that the mast IS
going Then ne dcks open the
lid and Jumps IN the armored
crows nest He punches the
hutton la44-4 +ta4.a--tH44lteF44i Tag g
enemy action which he Still
believes is Smelling and then
hesitates z split second whether
70 60 below and he drowned or
stay up here and he shelled for
now. AS he looks below AZ the
foe stlehead. he sees there isn't
any. lis blown away WlndlaSS
and all and the bow OF the old
freighter IS blowing under in
smother of foam. Already the
well DECK Is under water as
Sam. Smeared with cable grease,
slides down the mast 50 fast his
hands and legs burn TO biSterS
He lands on the mast table and
has 70 swim and fight his way
through churnlng water 10 the
main deck
More water cascades down OF
him from the vpntilatorS over
flowing on the main deck and he
struggles up the ladder 10 the
boat deck where II Is already Toe
ate 10 launch the lfeboats. The
torpedo has exploded about The
No 2 hatch. near The fire room
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13
Men in Battle
May Get Raise

WASHINGTON March 13
GNSl-A move IN Obtain so per
cent additional pay for members
~ the armed forces IN actual COM
hat anneared 10 be gaining head
way on Capitol HlIl TODAY
Rep Samuel Weiss d OF
Pennsylvania IS author Of 4 hill tn
implement the eNirA-paN drive
which will be- introduced shortly
IN me HOUSE,
Members az The House military
affairs committee. "a which The
Weiss measure viii he referred,
seemed generally agreed that sol
dierS. sailors. marines and their
suXilsries serving IN battle zones
should be entitled 10 extra com
penSation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13

straight down. SLOW and easy
There il no suction. only a rum
bling roar as the hulkheads give
ami mr. r-7rrr,ry Strrtt TrTrii t1TT1 no
sound Al all except the hNStercal
CRYING of the hland Kid whose
brother went down with the gun
crew lie keeps curSIng the Na1iS.
yelling At the top Of his voice
Rfttt trtrtf 2 -f-rrrtt =
see the coming tower right ~
among them
Crazy with fear. Sam dives for
a floating bale Of cotton There
are already men clinging 10 H.
As Sam tries 10 scramble up on
the bale. il begins 10 sink and the
men swear Al MIN fhFv- are
afraid Of beng machnegunned.
too but they're moi as afraid as
Sam Cantor of Chicago *. Sam
-tS-I at44+-44
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13

"SOrry. gentIemeu-war IL war
1t was either Won or me "
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13

ilt-i. ldi -
II am sorry. chentlemen.
War iSs war and IL wAss either
you or me.
He seems very satisfied with
himself and the whole operation
Apparently 10 is this comma ndeTs
first tnp out and his FIRST Kill
All thjs time sruudEp #
smoke on the horizon Indicates
another ship, and the Americans
are worrying tor fear II Viii run
into range OF this sub.
Al last they arc ordered onto
the RATS and the boa skipper
magnauimously asks the fourth
mate II there is enough water IN
The casks Every merchantmen
who asks for 30 is given a nnal
drink of water before departing.
sam doesn't take the chance. lie
thinks n II let well enough alone.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13

dcrS The sub commander.
THAT amt the captain, that's
only the fourth mate, the men
m the water explain, but ~
makes no difference one Of
Tbe -b0ai crew dives oNer-
hoard 10 reach a life Jacket
bearing the name Of the Sunkpn
freightcl He takes il aboard
sam Ines 90 hang back. He
doesn't know what the NaziS VIII
do ga them least Of All 10 hun.
He sWimS 10 ratt near me
stern of The sub and helps 10 fend
~ off from the polished sides OF
the I'-b0af.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13
Ship Torpedoed Under Him.
Jewish Boy Fears Maj Cruelty

V4E monsttoIs propeller turning slov> hangs his
head
blades and then the last
propeller lifts The rs against
tho t,1Idor and >hin Sll
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-13
Ford Chemist 10 SPEAK

Thomas :, AeeHet- eittt'f rftrfn-
tsr NJ industrial hygiene Tor the
Ford Meteor Co, witt discuss Fac.
tors in Industrial Health Central
81 2 dinner meeting OF the safety
supervisors division Detroit In
dustrial Safety Council. tomorrow
At s 2 m Al the Wardeil-Sheraton
Hotel
Order War Stamps delivered
70 your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.