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Evening star., 1944-05-06

we do lot of thinking about armies
ana sometimes about divisions. Every
now and then, when the censor per-
mlts, we get our thoughts down to
something as small as a regiment. But
tooay l am going to invite you to think
ABOUT the smallest unit of ground troops
there is: The infantry rife squad.
The normal composition of the rifle
squad Il say normal, because in these
days units are changed about to a GER
tain degree in conformity with the job
In handD Is as follows: One squad
leader, one assistant squad leader, one
automatic rifle team consisting of an
automatic rif1eman, an assistant auto
matte rifieman and an ammunition car
r1er, and one rife team of seven rifle
men. The seven riflemen are armed
with the famous MI (Garand) semi
automatic rifle. The automatic rifle
man carries Browning automatic rife
and pistol The assistant SQUAD leader
has Springfield rife with an anti
tank grenade discharger. The three re-
naming carry carbines.
Now the first thing to note is that
mere we have quite change from the
days OF the World War, when a rifle
squad consisted of a corporal and seven
prlVates, all uniformly armed with the
good old Springfield. The job of a SQUAD
leader In those days was arduous, but
IL was not very complicated. He had
10 know what his men and rifles could
90, and how to cooperate with SQUADS
on his right and left, but about the
only weapon he had to worry over other
IMAM the rifle was the hand grenade.
The leader of the modern rifle SQUAD
has all the essential elements of fire
ana movement. He has his automatic
flfle, by which he can bring to bear
powerful bursts of fire to cover an ad-
vance or protect a flank. he has his
antltank grenade discharger for protec-
ton against enemy armor or for high
angle (curved) fire against an enemy
oehlnd strong vertical cover, and he
mas MS rlf1emen for scouting and patrol
ing, for covering the other weapons
and for assault
X
In the last analysis, the lob of the
squad leader in the attack is to get his
rlremen forward to a place where they
can drive home the final and decisive
assault against his assigned objective.
drive the enemy from it and hold it
after 1t Is taken. His MI rifles repre-
sent powerful volume of fire to aid
the automatic rifle in the fire fight his
carbines will begin to come into action
only after he Is within 300 yards of the
Evening star., 1944-05-06
The Germun Birth Rute

1t Is an interesting and not in
significant fact that Nazi news
papers are engaged in a country
wide campaign to increase the
number Of new marriages and
maintain a high German birth rate.
Quite obviously, from the stand
point of health and population, the
Reich is sparing no effort to emerge
from the war, even though militarily
vanquished, as the strongest power
in Europe west of Russia.
Actually, according to the Reich
Office OF Population Statistics, the
German birth rate last year, though
still below the prewar figure, was
5.4 per cent higher than in 1912,
with the number of newborn during
the period totaling 1,539,841, an ex-
cess of almost 100000 over the
1,144,76l civilian deaths recorded.
(The latter figure, incidentally, is
Evening star., 1944-05-06
Week. Job
Country Cottage)

(COuntry COtCage)
This solid ash. Which chokes the stove,
Was once green. trequented grove.
NotD, taken from its iron jail.
It's cubic bulk has filled pail.
Economy OF fires make
This sober substance, flake on fake;
A ShoDelful OF dust could be
The essence of a Springing tree
Which stoutly gre,D to saplinghood
Among its kindred Of the ,Dood,
And reached from root to ledty t,Oig-
A birch pulled skytOard from Sprig.
II flesh be tDarn,ed, and bone and mar
rotD,
The bough that rocked beneath the
SparrOtO.
Must be reduced to pint and pound,
And scattered on the neutral ground.
MARTHA BANNING THOMAS.
Evening star., 1944-05-06

approximately equal to the average
number Of civilian deaths In Ger
many in 1941 and 1912 and thus
indicates that our intensified Allied
bombings have killed fewer people
than has sometimes been suggested
in DR.. Goebbels' strident propa-
ganda against our terror" raids.)
How we'll the Reich has held up
in this respect can be best realized
by comparing the birth figures for
this war with those for the last war.
Thus, from 1915 to 1918, there were
close to 100000 fewer newborn in
Germany than would have been re-
ported at the pre-1914 rate, but
from 1910 to 1943 the total was
only $4,000 under normal. The
current Nazi press campaign, sup
ported by the work of newly estab-
lished official marriage brokerage
bureaus, is plainly designed to make
this relatively good picture even
better, the long-range objective be-
ing to keep Germany stronger than
any neighbor countries, no matter
how great may be our Allied mill
tary victory. AS one Nazi authority
has put it, Every German couple
must produce six, seven or even
more children in order to win the
peace"
The situation has not been report
ed in detail but enough is known
about conditions in Nazi-occupied
lands to give added meaning to this
German program. France, Poland,
Belgium, Holland, Norway, Czech
oslovakia and all the rest of Hitler's
victims have been Systematically so
weakened that both their birth rates
and their general overall health
have shown marked declines. This
has been brought about by such
measures as separating Frenchmen
from their homes and wives and
forcing them to labor in Germany
and by programs deliberately CAL
culated to keep the German people
relatively well fed at the expense of
keeping other peoples undernour-
ished. In effect, in the victimized
countries, the result has been to de-
bilitate the living and to prevent
hundreds of thousands of babies
from ever being born or reaching
healthy maturity.
When we read of the Nazis vigor-
ouSly promoting the idea of more
marriages and more births for the
Reich, this is the picture we should
keep in mind-the picture of the
rest Of Europe being subjected by
the same Nazis to policies of NAL
nutrition and deracination. When
peace comes, therefore, the United
Nations and all the liberated peoples
will make very sure, if they are wise,
that even though it may be stronger
in health and population than its
neighbors, defeated Germany will
not be allowed to employ that
strength ever again for war.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
Desires Change of Critter,

Desires Change of Critters
To the Editor OF The Star
An extra straw on the back of an
overburdened camel caused that crea-
lures collapse, and the Montgomery
Ward incident may prove the undoing of
the New Deal donkey.
1t is high time that the discredited
New Deal animal be replaced by a fresh
steed. Methinks 1t will be an elephant,
ridden by Dewey.
EDMUND K. GOLDsBOROUGH,
Evening star., 1944-05-06

Electric irons will not be back on
the civilian market until August.
Right now there are pressing needs
ahead Of them.
Evening star., 1944-05-06

Children's Programs Wanted
To the Editor Of The Star
Let's give Dorothy Thompson a hand
for her column of May in which she
helped to analyze Juvenile delinquency.
receptive public must admit that
she certainly exposed some of the deep
est roots of the prevailing evil when
she gave the theater industry a big
share of the responsibility. Even adults
could be benefited by more carefully
selected plots.
To refuse children admission to adult
entertainment which is not thoroughly
clean and substitute for their sake bene-
ficial as well as enjoyable entertainment
with programs for children would make
many bewildered parents dream come
true
When, where and how does one begin
to accomplish this phase of helpfulness?
M. BACHE.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08
Detroiter Lost
On j. ). Sub

Chief Petty Officer Darrell E
DickerSon. son OF Mr. and Mrs
Roy DickerSon. 1894 w Euclid.
was among the 6S crew members
aboard the submarine Roba!o
which the navy yesterday reported
lost in action in the Pacific
The Robslo was commanded by
1t Comdr. Manning MariuS Kim
met, son or Rear RduT Husband +.
Kimmel. who was IN command Of
Pearl Harbor al the time Of the
Jap attack.
DickcrSon. who was 81, had been
a crew member Of tho Robalo
since il was commissioned AT Man
itowoc. Wis in September, l943.
He had been on three patrols
aboard il in the Pacific before he
was lost.
A navy regular since 1882, Dick
crSon was aboard the submarine
Tuna al Pago Page when the Japs
attacked Pearl Harbor.
After more than a year of sub
marine warfare against the Japs,
DickerSon returned home in May,
1943 10 await completion of the
Robalo. then under construction.
His father is the owner of the
Dickerson Oil Burner Co, at
14l01 Prairie.
His wife, Mrs. Lorraine DECKER
son. lives in Birmingham, Ala. His
mother, Mrs. Ella Dickerson. and
his sister, Mrs. Lannrae Engle, re-
side in Bloomington, Ind.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08

NAR NEEDS continue to take almost all the tclc-
phone equipment that be made As result.
there are delays in meeting many requests for
vice Long Distance connections 10 some points
delayed at times by crowded circuits. In all other
respects, the quality of telephone service is
parable with that of pre-war years.
Everything indicates that in Michigan Bell
will have plenty to do when the war ends We look
forward to very large postwar expansion and
Improvement program-new buildings, cables
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08
BelgianS Cage
NaZiS i'm Zoo j..

LONDON, Sept. 7 qNS)-Bel-
gian hatred for the Nazis under
whose heels they have suffered
for more than four years was
given full vent today, it was dis
closed in Antwerp dispatches.
German soldiers and sailors.
along with quislings and collabo-
rationists, were rounded up by
Antwerp underground forces and
herded into zoo cages formerly
occupied by wild animals.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08
Second Check Charge
Lodged Against Pair

For the second time, Walter
Adams, 26. of 1890 Tracy and
Mrs. Lillian Mutter. 30. OF 1884
Tappan. were arrested today and
charged with stealing government
checks from mailboxeS.
Government agents declared the
pair had Ia stolen checks in their
possession when arrested. Adams
is awaiting trial on a previous
similar charge. Previous charges
against Mrs. Mutter were dropped
when She testified against Adams
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08
Allies Battle laps
After ia Mi. Drive

SOUTHEAST ASIA HQ..
HANDY, Ceylon, Sept Z up
sTreoPs of the 14th Army, after
advancing almost unopposed for
ia miles along the Tiddlm road
from 'inpnai, encountered strong
Japanese rear guards yesterday
for the first time this month, il
was revealed today.
The enemy forces. which have
been retreating rapidly into CEN
trial Burma, put up the stand in
the Chin hills.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08
Drive Started
For Sheet Music

In answer 10 appeals from
scrviccmen. stationed throughout
the country, for sheet music for
their recreation halls and rehahili-
tation centerS a songs for serv-
icemen' drive has been started.
Collection boxes have been placed
in the Grinnell Brothers store and
in the music department of the
J. l.. Hudson Co.
Any copy of sheet music is well
come. especially popular numbers.
The Red Cross will distribute the
music
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08
NO TRANSFERS NOW

No transfer of engineers or
teChnicianS for work on postwar
cars has been approved by the
VINO. Cushman pointed out in
Cleveland today. He denied re-
ports that GIN or any other COM
pany had been given permission TO
use technical men on other than
war work, and said that nothing
would be done on this until after
the meeting with top management
officials which had been set for
Sept. Ia.
In a general statement of policy
under which he will control man
power requirements for civilian
production, Cushman, however
gave tacit approval to transfer OF
a small number of engineers and
technicianS to plant reconverSion
changes.
In line with the new program
Detroit industrial leaders said to-
day that they were in full accord
with the WIPE decision to cut in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08
WPB STILL IN POWER

The War Production Board will
still have the power over release
of production facilities and ma
terials for civilian production. But
Cushman will have the veto power
over the use of manpower which
he believes is still necessary for
continuing war production, when
Germany surrenders.
Extension OF his present power
was approved in Washington by
the production executive commit
tee late yesterday simultaneously
with approval of a plan to remove
many federal restrictions and al
low the auto industry TO make de-
ciSions consistent with war needs
that have heretofore been the eX-
elusive prerogative Of war bureaus
in Washington
The Production Executive Com
mittee, which gave him the pow
erS. consists of representatives OF
tho armed services. WPB and
NMC. 1t was the first definite
move to concentrate authority
over any large industry by the
federal government.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08

dustry loose from virtually all
controls OF civilian production
once the war wsth Germany is
terminated.
Cushman announced that
meeting of top management rep
resentatives Of the automobile in
dustry had been called for Sept.
Ia.
Invited 10 attend the meeting
which will be held in the Detroit
Leland Hotel, will be Lovett;
Dean William II Spencer. direc-
tor of Region 6 OF the VINO,
which takes in Illinois, Indiana
and Wisconsin: Robert G. Good
win of Cleveland, director Of
Region 5. including Michigan Ohio
and Kentucky; G. +. Wilson,
president of General Motors;
Henry Ford II, executive vice
president of the Ford Motor Co;
K. T. Keller. president of Chrysler
Corp: George T. Christopher,
president of the Packard Motor
Car Co. A. +. BART, president Of
the Hudson Motor Car Co. ;
George w. Mason. president of
Observation-Disclosures Corp; Powell
Crosley Jr. president of Crosley
Corp; Paul 9. Hoffman, president
of Studebaker. and Charles K.
Sorcnsen, president of WHY'S
Overland.
A similar meeting with labor
leaders is scheduled for the week
OF Sept. Is after thea UAW-CIO
convention.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08
Youth Probationed
In Willow Run Theft

Burton A. Crandell, 10, of Ann
Arbor was placed on a years pro-
baton today by Federal Judge
Picard and fined SEQ. He was con-
victed of stealing a headSet and
throat microphone used in testing
bombers AT the Willow Run
bomber plant while he was en-
ployed there.
Crandell must serve four months
in jail II he violates the probation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08

l. Edward l.. CuShman Detroit
and Michigan War Manpower
Commission director. was given
the final say on manpower re-
QuirementS 10 reconvert the auto
plants, with other regional WING
directors 10 carry out his de-
clSionS
2 Release OF engineers and
other technicianS from war work
was 20 be ordered this week 10
enable the companies, including
General Motors, Chrysler and
Ford, 10 design new automobiles
or make design changes In the
1912 models for the first postwar
cars
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08

The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08
CuSIlTlian fOHead
Auto Conversion
By SILER FREEMAN

Paths immediate reconyerson of the antomotve industry
production of cleared today by developments
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08

Store Hours hsndsY. 1870 70
Iya 'hrv Fri. 10 10 s:4s Ss'. 10 20
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-08
HERE's FAST RELIEF

Forget you have eornsi Use DR..
Schools Zino-pads-thln, soothing,
cushionpg, protective. Instantly
stop painful shoe friction; lift pres
sure. Separate Indications in
Guided for quickly removing corns
while you work, walk oc play. Cost
but a trife. Sold everywhere.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Flyer Lands Fortress
RiddIed by Flax

The pilot. First 1t. George r.
Bingham of Washington, and his
co-pilot were the only two men in
the Flying Fortress as 1t cautiously
circled the field in an attempt to
make a landing on its automatic
pilot.
The hand-control system and ca
bles had been shot out over Oschers-
leben. Parachuting down around
the crippled plane were the other
crew members who had been Or
dered to bail out over the home
base.
Three times the heavyweight
nosed around the field; a wrong
turn of the wrong knob at the
wrong time by the pilot would have
spelled disaster. Finally the Fort
came in low, angled crabwise to
the runway, suddenly and smoothly
Strengthened out and the wheels
screeched serenely over the con-
crete. 1t. Bingham had success
fully completed one of the trickiest
landings to be made by the big
bombers.
Now at the AAF Redistribution
Station in Atlantic City, N. j.,
awaiting new assignment after
flying 81 missions in the ETO, 1t
Bingham was awarded the Distin-
guished Flying Cross for the Osch-
ersleben mission and subsequent
landing.
1t. Bingham also hit the French
coast on D-day. three minutes be-
fore the first land troops swarmed
on the beaches.
1T was the easiest mission I've
ever flown" said the pilot. There
was no interception and no anti
aircraft fire. Since D-day I've
bombed Paris. Cherbourg and Ham,
burg and at all these places the fax
was heavy"
The lieutenant is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold C. Bingham, 1921
Massachusetts avenue. His wife
Rozanne Edwards Bingham, lives
at the same address.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
75-Doy Vacation in HimoIoyos
Called Rorest Experience

High in the Himalayas, which he
called "the most beautiful spot In
the world, Corpl. Herbert Auerbach
former Washington resident, spent
a 15-day vacation, described in q
letter to Miss Rosa Backenheimer
1l19 Euclid street NV.
Stationed at New Delhi, India
where the heat is extreme, Corpl
Auerbach travelled to a rest camp
where there were days when we
were literally above the clouds, feel
ing as though we were sitting on
top of the world
Riding an Indian railroad is an
experience worth writing a book
about" the corporal wrote. We had
a through train with no scheduled
stops, so we had to have enough
food aboard for about three days
Each compartment had a 50-gallon
jug of water.
I'VE travelled third class, which
is half step more comfortable than
freight. The seats are of hard wood
and there are practically no toilet
facilities. Unlike the railroads in
the States, each car is separate and
individual, and unless the train
stops, you cannot go from one cal
to another.
THE locomotives here are con-
tinually thirsty, so we stopped every
30 minutes or so for a drink. II
Evening star., 1944-09-03

Mrs. Robert j. Walters, $40 Ridge
road Sc, recently arrived here to
assume her job in the radio control
tower as a member of the Army
airways communication system.
FORT DES MONIES, Iowa
WAC Pvt. Irma L. Campbell, daugh-
ter of George w. Campbell, 20ll
Benning road NE, has been pro-
NOTED to the grade of corporal.
WRIGHT FIELD, Ohio. Pvt.
Harriet Hill, GIT South Washington
street, Alexandria, member of a
WAC detachment, has entered her
painting, Eastwood Park" in the
Fields art exhibit. which is being
displayed at the Dayton Art Insti-
tute,.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. Lit.
Dorothy E. White, WAC daughter
of Col. and Mrs. George Luberoff,
2601 Sixteenth street NV, has been
assigned to recruiting duty at this
port of embarkation. Prior to en-
tering the service she was q screen
writer at Hollywood and member
of the Screen Writer'S Guild.
TTALY.-WAC Corpl. Eileen c.
Flanagan, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerry D. Flanagan, 4404 South
Eighth street, Arlington, has been
awarded the Good Conduct Medal.
After spending 10 months in North
Africa she recently was transferred
to italy, where she Is attached to
q Signal Corps company.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Most Exclusive
Club Is Located
In Burma JunqIe

The most exclusive club in the
world. 10th Air Force members
claim, Is quartered in q battered
bamboo basha In q clearing in the
Burmese jungles.
1t. 1sadore Small, 1850 Peabody
street NV, who has 40 missions
to his credit and who recently was
promoted to first lieutenant, Is club
treasurer.
The Century Club requires 100
missions against the Japanese for
membership, a rule that seemed
fantastic during the early Eastern
Air Command campaign days. Now
the swollen membership consists en-
tirely of 100-mission veterans, all
of whom hold the Air Medal and
Distinguished Flying Cross.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Corporal Raises Flag
On Guam as Soon as
Beach Is Reached

A marine corporal raised q tiny
American flag over his foxhole on
Guam the afternoon of the first
day assault troops hit the beach.
It may not have been oficial and
1t may have been q bit premature,
q Marine Corps correspondent wrote,
but to Corpl. Robert c. Mehl, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Mehl, 225
East Spring street. Alexandria, Va,
1t represented the liberation of
United States territory captured by
the Japanese.
Since July 13, 1912, when Corpl.
Mehl enlisted In the Marine Corps,
he had carried the small flag, await
ing an opportunity to plant it on
some foreign soil.
Il wanted to stick 1t up on the
beach," he told later, "but we were
moving too fast and mortar shells
are no respectors Of time or place.
It was not until We dug in about
800 yards from the beach that I
had q chance. AS soon as I had
my foxhole dug, tied the nag to a
stick, and there I was on United
States territory"
Corpl. Mehl is attached to the
communications section of an anti
aircraft unit. He has been overseas
since last September.
Eight tiny, unarmed observation
planes-"The Grasshopper Marines
have inaugurated operation Of the
newly-won Orote Peninsula airf1eld
on Guam. They are led by Marine
Maj. G. w. Heritage, 1900 Iowa
avenue NV.
First outfit of its kind in marine
history, the green 130-horsepower
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Col. Dezendof Disc|oses
How He Was Wounded

1t. Col. Arthur G. Dezendorf, 3O0l
Foxhall road NV, who was re.
ported in the August 16 Star a.
severely wounded on June 27 ir
Normandy, wrote home asking thai
the fact he is recuperating in Eng.
land be published.
Il got mixed up with a German
and tank grenade which was
thrown at mel came out seconc
best" the former Washington bust.
neSsman wrote. "I was both blind
and deaf for two days but my sig..t
has returned, and outside of two
punctured ear drums and shrapne,
in both legs, am fine. The shrap-
mel doesn't amount to anything
and If my ears heal, I will be as
good as new.
Il now know what it is to be deaf
and blind, and, thank God I have
come through as we'll as I have
After seeing some of the other
boys around me, I'll never COM
plain.
Most of them are paratroopers
and I saw them on D-day. We
landed at H-hour plus a few min
utes. Our suicide brigade" is the
roughest, toughest, fightenest out.
fit I have ever seen, and none Of
them will ever die of old age"
Evening star., 1944-09-03

never failed that the 'baksheesh
boys gathered at each stop, asking
for this and begging for that. They
seem to sense the American soldiers
and know We will always throw out
few annas. There are two speeds
on these trains-slow and slower
than that. We averaged about 20
miles an hour"
Corpl. Auerbach made the last leg
OF the trip by truck, up mountain
trails, which required several hours
Il don't mind telling that I was
plenty scared, making turns that
had sheer drops below of several
thousand feet"
Horseback riding along the
mountain narrow paths was an
exciting experience" he continued
After a long ride, we came
upon beautifully constructed
church, standing right in the mid
die Of nowhere. 1t was used by
English officers and their wives be-
fore the turn of the century"
Recreation was furnished by two
Red Cross clubs, Valley Club" and
Hilltop Club" where dances, wiener
roasts, song tests and fun nights
were held for the men.
"Once you spend time in these
enormous mountains" Corpl. Auer-
bach concluded, they refuse to let
you forget them. 1t was with great
reluctance that I bid them fare
we'll"