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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
Ethel Barrymore III

NEW YORK. Nov. II (UP)-
Ethel Barrymore. who missed her
first Broadway performance in so
years last night because of an
attack of grip. was unable to re-
sumo her role in "EmbeZzled
Heaven today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
Yanks Block
Move 10 Aid
.Leyfe Troops
7-Day Toll for Enemy
Is 8 Transport.
end Is Destroyers

ALLIED HQ., LEYTE.
Philippines, fSunday) Nov.
IL (UP)-American carrier
planes of the Third Fleet
wiped out an entire Japanese
convoy of six destreyers and
four transports in Ormoc Bay
this morning, annihilating
approximately 5000 enemy
troops, Gen. Macarthur an
nounced today.
CoincidentaIIy, Just the day be-
fore American army fliers had
also sunk four Jap transports and
six Jap destroyers at Ormoc, and
PIT boats had sunk another de-
stroyer. bringing 20 81 the total
of enemy ships sunk.
MAY REACH $4,000
Adm. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor
announced il was believed enemy
troop losses would run as high as
rs, 900.
approximately 20 aggressive
enemy fighters furnished aerial
cover for the convoy" Nimitz
communique said. "Of these, Is
were shot down and five were
probably destroyed. In addition.
n fxUn
plane and q dive bomber were
shot down near our carriers.
Our losses were nine planes, but
IL Ii believed that most of the
pilots and air crewmen were
rescued"
GET WHOLE CONVOY
Adm. Halsey's carrier based
planes. sweeping in over Orrnoc
Bay as the japanese convoy at
tempted to reach OrTnoc with
further troop reinforcements. to-
day destroyed every vessel of the
latest 10-ship convoy as army
fig hters fought fierce battles
against japanese planes desper-
ately attempting to protect the
shipping.
A total OF Is destroyers and
eight transports were sunk in the
latest. series of raids. American
aircraft and torpedo boats sweep.
ing the Camotes Sea to cut off
the japanese conveys moving into
Leyte from Cebu, Mindanao and
other islands, have destroyed or
damaged as enemy vessels in the
past two weeks.
FEW REACH SHORE
Only remnants of the estimated
5000 enemy soldiers aboard the
jammed troop transports reached
shore after the destructive attack
by Halsey's dive bombers. torpedo
planes and fighters, MacArthur's
communique announced.
The enemy convoy of four large
enemy transport vessels. escorted
tConfinued on Page . Col ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
French Official Killed

NEW YORK, Nov IL GNS)-
Jean Lepercq. finance minister in
the French provisional govern
ment, has been killed in an auto
mobile accident. the French press
agency reported today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
LISTS TO BIZ PUBLISHED

From time IN time. this news
paper will publish lists of sug-
gested items for gift boxes, based
upon surveys made among the pa
tlents of service hospitals in this
region. Donors are expected 10
follow such suggestions when
packing boxes.
Last year approximately $4,000
gift boxes were distributed by the
Santa for Servicemen committee
and affiliated groups-to the end
that every enlisted man and
woman in Michigan received a
gift.
In announcing participation Of
his organization in the 1914 drive.
Continued on Next Page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
Dem Leads for Senate

SEATTLE. Nov. II tUPl--
Latest unofficial count in Wash
ington's Y. S. Senate race tonight
gave Magnuson Cd ALSO, Cain
lRl 40 o74.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
Ballot Tally Left
Reposiing on Piano
$40 Detroit Voters
Are DISTINGUISHED

There are $40 voters in Ward p
District 81. whose ballots for pres
ident may be worthless because
the tally was compiled on an old
Slip OF paper. placed under hat
on piano and apparently for
gotten.
This assertion was made Satur-
day by Miss Norma Hastings, a
precinct worker in the district
located in Holcomb School. Bent
Ter near Santa Clara. in response
10 queries by the county can
vaSsers investigating the election
tabulaiion muddle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
Patton's Arnor Circles
Metz; Escape Lines Cut
Railroads TO Scar
Broken by Push
Of Six Miles

PARIS, Nov. IL (UP)-Lt. Gen.
Patton's armored forces virtually
surrounded Metz today. cutting
two OF its four rail connections e
the Saar in "A slX-mile sweep
around east of the city and lean
ing only a l2-mile escape cor
ridor which is under American
artillery fire.
-FAe-Sfxth-AFTHefed- Division
under Mai. Gen. Gross paced the
attack, capturing Lemud on the
Med River eight miles east-South.
east of Metz and Han, four miles
down the same stream, meeting
only light resistance from the
already partly split German de-
fepse forces.
ESCAPE GAP NARROWS
The L. S. 95th Infantry Divi-
sion driving on Metz from the
northwest now stood only II miles
from the Sixth Divisions spear
head and the two forces. equipped
with 8-inch guns could easily
cover between them the inter.
vening corridor.
Berlin. reporting that Patton
was using 500 tanks in his drive
for the Sasr. said that German
reserves had been thrown into
the battle and that big armorei
battle was raging east of Chateau
Salins on the American south
flank.
GERMAN TROOPS RETREAT
Cut off from their main force
around Metz. German troops who
had held out stubbornly in the
Chateau-Sahns forest Just north Of
the town of the same name were
reporte retreating as other
American troops gained up 10 four
miles in that sector.
At Haboudange and Han the
Americans were only 25 miles from
Saarbrucken itself, capital OF the
Saar.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
Vote Recount
Awaits Order
Of COP Aides
Republicans Putting
Heads together TO
Arrive at Conclusion

While the county board Of can
yassers decided TO accept returns
from a precinct where the work
ers couldn't agree on the presidea-
tial vote tally, Republican leaders
Saturday were still undecided
whether 10 demand a recount oi
presidential halletS-iHL PHeeiReis
where muddled tabulations Gre
sted unprecedented confusion.
The final decision on the recoun;
rests with Republican National
Committeeman Arthur Summer
field, State Chairman John Deth-
mers and County Chairman James
Lyons. all OF whom conferred
Saturday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12

"a DIDN'T KNOW TWAS SUCH 4 STMFLE
procedure 70 Obtain Loan'-en expression eft
heard at the Industrial National Bank.-Acv.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
THE WEATHER
HorRLY IrMPERAIuREs

5S% Il 1913 oS m! sss Had s.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
Big Raiders
Smash al ;
Jap Targets
Shanghai, Marking Hit
Aircraft Factory on
Kyushu Blasted

w AShlNG ON, nov, II iGfJ
"A large task force of B-29 Su-
perfortresseS today blasted three
targets OF vital importance 10 the
japanese war machine '--Omura
on the Japanese home island of
kyushH. and Shanghai and Nan
king in Japanese-occupied China.
PLANE PLANT TARGET
At Omura. the target was biz
aircraft factory which was at
tackled last month. The bombing
there was accomplished through
clouds with precision instruments
and with unobserved results. the
communique said.
The bombing AT Marking also
was by instrument and was un-
observed.
At Shanghai, good results were
reported by some Of the crews. the
communique added. although all
elements did not have sufficient
visibility 10 observe all results.
OPPOSITION WEAK
Fighter plane opposition was re-
ported weak, and returning B-29
crews SAID they had shot down two
enemy aircraft probably de-
Stroyed seven and damaged II.
Anti-alrcraft fire also was meager
at all three targets
On the basis of preliminary re-
ports one l.. S. aircraft IS miss
ing. The SuperfortresSeS flew
from bases in China
The japanese reported that
several" Superfortr esses IN
"wave-type formation" dropped
bombs Al a number Of points on
the outskirts of Shanghai. and
that 80 OF the B-29S bombed west
ern Kyushu, southernmost of the
japanese home islands. and Saishu
Island. ITS miles to the west,
SuperfortreSseS previously had
ralded Kyushu four times. attack
ing such varied targets as the
great imperial iron and steel
works al Yawata, the SaSebo
naval base and the Omura chemi-
cal and aircraft plants.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12

nae LAKE LISrS TO cLEyELASp
svsry niyht - ii5o. Foot q Thire ~
ca ssoo.-Aov.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
AIDED ROOSEVELT

Lyons is on record as saying
49, precincts ought TO be re-
counted.
These are the precincts whose
returns were either tardy or miss
ing and in which President RooSe-
welt wiped out Gov Dewey's l6.-
600 outstate lead and pressed on
TO a comfortable 10000 margin.
After questioning election work
ers in Ward 3 Precinct l, Satur-
day. the board Of canvassers de-
cided TO accept the presidential
vote there. although the workers
couldn't agree whether the results
In the tally sheet are correct.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
l.296 VOTES OUT

The latter errors resulted IN
1896 votes being disallowed.
In regard 10 the Cancelled votes.
City Clerk Leadhetter. Saturday.
was still seeking permission 10 pay
personally for a recount in the
precincts involved.
Normally. however, application
for recount. at s. precinct must
he made by a candidate or in be-
half of a candidate.
Not one election official or
Democrat or Republican leader
has expressed belief the errors IN
tabulation were deliberate with
intent 10 alter the vote.
They agree with Y. s. Dist
ATTY. John c. Lehr. who observed
the board of canvasSers' check OF
the questionable precincts. that
the confusion resulted from in
experienced election workers and
in a few cases. willful negligence
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
FDR s2S. DEWEY 10

Precinct l. is one Of many dis
cts where the supervisor, IN this
Rse Henry A. Gregory Of 1883
Townsend. was unable 10 he pres
emit throughout the balloiing and
counting. From memory one board
member said the vote was Roose-
welt 323. Dewey 70.
Even veteran election officials
we're astounded when they Scru-
tinized ballot boxes from some
precincts which either had failed
TO record the presidential vote or
had forwarded no results at all,
Most glaring discrepancies in
eluded failure 10 tally the preSi-
Dental vote and tallying the vote
on wrapping paper and then for
getting 10 transfer the figures TO
regular sheets.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
"hiier V.gS,
q making WIS
should be easy
for Ford"

FORECAST:
Partly cloudy
and warmer.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-04

QUEEN - Twelve hundred service men watched colorful ceremonies at which Laurel Nor. len was crowned queen e F1ors. Has Eighth Annual Caydenlo
 Festival st Cypress Gardens.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-04

SHAPELY-Here's the new est picture of Frances Verne, New York girl whose pin-up in a twO-piece swimming suit made rom a captured German para mute won movie contracts for 10th her and the photographer,
 Michael Levelle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
Hebrew Schools
Mark Birthday

Detroit Jewry will mark the
.25th anniversary Of the founding
of the citys United Hebrew
Schools in a week-long celebration
starting next Sunday.
The observance will open with
an institute held at the Rose Sittie
Cohen School, 1926 Lawton. Sun.
day afternoon at which DR.. Ariel
Eisenberg. education director OF
Cleveland Hebrew School, will be
principal speaker.
April II. Is and 19 will be
parent-teacher days, with pro.
grams held each evening in al
schools
On April % the Hebrew cultural
group Kvutzah Ivrith will be
addressed by Mordecai Medini
director of the Cleveland Hebrew
Teachers College, with Sabbath
program scheduled for April q
The celebration will close will
a banquet at $50 p. m, April u
in the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
Sc, 900, 900 Business
Built Up in 3 Years
BY JOHN CREECY

Every boy. at some time, dreams
of becoming another Edison. but
most of them realize the futility
Of the ambition in short time
and outgrow il. Tom Saffady has
been rather backward in this re-
Spect.
Today, u and old enough 10
know better. he still toys happily
with ideas like perpetual motion
machines and devices 10 make an
automobile run 200 miles on a
gallon of gas. In less high-flown
intervals he deviSeS such things as
electric butter slicers, plastic beer
bottle caps and refrlgerators run
by radio
1t would be easy 10 chide him
for wasting his time II il weren't
that his tinkering has built up a
business which will gross in the
neighborhood OF So, 100000 this
year.
As owner and manager OF De-
troit's Sav-Way Industries, this
dark, broad-shouldered son OF a
Syrian immigrant is sitting pretty
with four busy factories, 500 em-
ployes and rosy postwar future.
His rise began three years ago
when he founded his business with
few rickety old machines in a
tiny building he had constructed
himself.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09

~ MEDICAL cENTER-Fshb BsiSwis.
TX Lite. death, romance, drama and IN
trgue behind the walls Of a large metro-
polHan hospital.
Tol7 OUTLAWS OF HALFApAY CREEK
WV -Ja-ss 3. Hes6yJx. Hard. hsted
Black John Smith Turns the wanted men
of Halliday INTO the most moral and peace
able community 10 Aaska.
TIA "k"-Ms,y Robsrt Rissbsrf. A story
VT Of hospital intrigue. Of love and
Jealousy thar killed. add Of mysterious
* who kept his surgical background q
secfet-until shooting forced his hand.
T2kd PARTS ukKN0WN-F,snfsJ PGk.
tOOf mon Ksys5. An absorbing novel
thar reveals the inside workings of the u. 5.
Consular Service-the struggle OF two Young
Americans against poverty and red tape.
ia IMPATIENT viReiN-D. n. CI1,ks.
i1 Because nature made, Ruth Robbins
a dazzling blonde with a rest for living,
she was bound to have amorous adventures.
TON KILLERS RANGE. B. Mars. A
INV lost COW. a dead cowboy and WINS
dag bullets from a high powered rife
greeted Dan Dugan as be returned home
home had become Killers Range.
T0nQ RoDEo-B. NJ. BoEs,. The Kid
INV Chips son-had the legs and eyes
OF roper but the FlyIng.U hands said he
didn't have the CUTS. until -.
tai TIE DARK eARpEN--Missoz G.
wv Ebfrbsrf. In a dark, fog shrouded
mansion on the shores OF Lake Michigan.
Katie Warren overheard wofd-and IL was
planned that she, too, should die
Tx hAsrT WEopiNe-Migsos g.. rs.
Nv srbsrf. Dorcas husband Of rive min
uses Whispered: II know you killed Ron.
aid Drew. don't blame you. He vas a
scoundrel -.
TA2 AT THE FOOT OF r+t aAInsow
--Cese S,Hfos- Po,fe' author Of
F,Setlsg. slc. The tender idyllic story Of
Jimmy and Mary Malone and Of Dannis
Macnoun who loved them both beuef Than
life Itself.
T257 TIE ALAskAh-J4~,i oiirc Oar;
tASf Hood. On the fauheSt frontiers ~
Alaska. two men fought bloody battle for
girl who belonged TO one By lav--to he
other by heart
T3S3 The VALLEY or SILENT MEN
tASS Jsrst OifFsr CpUood. Told he
vas dying. Sergeant Jim Kent Of the Mount
les lied 70 save 4 mans life, then lived "a
face death by hanging
TAA HEART APPEAL - MsJrir GrGs.
~ kathie VAS a business success be-
cause she sold her talent 70 the highest bid.
der Should she DO the same With her lover
Tonk TIE NOON AND SIYPENcE Y.
tow S0nsysf Ma Ran. The world.
famous novel o. rho priyare life OF great
artist. perhaps Gaueuin. uho saCurc-d
everything 70 has ART The book from uhth
the movie vas made
TuI THE FOOLISH VIRGIN go Knbss4
w No'TI. Reckless. lmpulsive Pamela
Raleigh dashed with CONVENTION, lost ne
hiSg round ~ same ouS nsAuas'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
Why you CAN'T fit ALL
types of hearing loss with
ONE type Of hearing aid!

not have a Sonotone unless IL 10
fitted TO your particular. personal
hearing loss. For Sonotone is not
interested in selling hearing aids.
but in supplying you BETTER
HEARING and keeping il unin-
terrupfed for the rest of your life.
Come in and let US measure your
hearing and show you how Sono-
tone can be individualized to your
needs. And how our unique SER
VICE operates 70 assure you unin-
terrupted hearing. No charges for
test or consultation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
Employment Here
Takes Upturn

After falling off during the first
three months OF the year, Wayne
County employment has started
on the upSWing, the Board Of
Commerce reported Saturday.
Initial unemployment compensa-
ton claims totafrd S37 for the
week ended April compared to
1882 the preceding week, the
board said Total claims were
1878 compared 10 $50 the pre-
ceding week.
At the same time. the board
reported that steel mills operated
AZ 81 per cent Of capacity for the
week ended April compared 10
50 per cent the week previous
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
Times Photo

Realize first that everybody's hear
ing loss differs just rs everybody's
sight does and, second, that
you help a persons hearing by
giving hssn smplihcation Of sound
in the portion of the speech range
where his hearing is weakest. You
"prop.up" the weak spots. Obvi-
ously. you can't At everybodys
hearing loss with one hearing aid
any more than you can fit every
body's eyes with one pair of glasses
or open all locks with one key.
II is for this reason that you can
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
ORDERS ROLL IN

Tn the first few months he made
Just SlS, He had 10 sell the at
tractive home he had built for ms
young bride and they moved into
a shack
But the tide turned. The in
genuity Tom had gained from ms
lingering enabled him 10 shortcut
priority red tape and 10 undersell
his rivals. and his tiny plant was
deluged with war orders.
Just as he started 10 build a
new plant. the WPB banned steel
construction. Tom got around
this BY buying a lot Of second
hand pipe and working out a
method OF Welding il into girders.
For one big order, he needed
internal grinding machines. None
were available. With ruin star
ing him in the face he designed
and built his own grinders II
turned mt 10 be a big business,
for he has sold over 800 Of them
al S5, 800 each.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09

The plates of the original $500
and $3.50 books were used 10
print these, so that every word
stands just as il appeared in
the originals. Beautiful, library
size volumes. Come in and pick
yours out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
RIVALS JEALOUS

Resentment over the rise OF
the upStart Sav-Way concern
proved a handicap. One Of his
rivals. the only firm able 10 sup
ply him with badly needed
spindles. refused 10 do so. Tom
invented his own spindle, wrote
treatise on why II was better,
and started TO sell them in com
petition.
Once ne was in dire need Of
steel. 10 FIJI an order for tank
axles for an auto company. The
company had the steel but
warned him that 1t was not up
10 specifications. Tom worked out
a new processing method 10 make
the steel disable.
Sav-Way is 100 per cent on war
work now. but Tom has no no.
ton Of going out OF business when
the war ends. That's why he
works so hard al his inventions
So far he has patented more
than = inventions
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
Judge Golfer,
Jurist Is Years,
To Receive Flag
City, Circuit and U. S.
Courts Join in Tribute
on Silver Anniversary

Recorders Judge Thomas NJ.
Cotter Saturday celebrated his
18th anniversary as a Detroit
Judge.
Judge Cotter was elected a
nudge OF the police court in 1919,
his first campaign for public
office. When this court was
amalgamated with the newly
established recorders court in
! 800. Judge Cotter was appointed
A Judge of the new court by the
then governor, Albert +. Sleeper.
lie has been reelected each time
since.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
REVERSED ONCE

In his quarter of century on
the bench. Judge Cotter has
achieved an enviable record. He
sat II years before he was re-
versed by the state supreme court
and in that case the high court
found nothing wrong with Judge
Cotters conduct OF the trial.
1t reversed the decision on the
ground that the verdict was
against the weight of the evi-
dence and that the jury should
have found so. That is the only
Cotter reversal on the supreme
court books in Is years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09
TO RECEIVE FLAG

Formal tribute will be paid al
2p. m. Monday when 1t Andrew
O'Day. commander of the Ameri-
can Legions police department
post, VIII present Judge Cotter
with an American flag The flag
will replace an American flag
presented 10 Judge Cotter 20
years ago for his work in re-
facilitating 900 veterans Of World
War l.
The presentation will be Wit
messed by fellow Judges OF the
recorders court and representa-
tiVes from the circuit, federal and
common pleas bench.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-09

ma poNoVAN'S ssAIA-cE,f Sled.
t'1T nSl. In the vtlds OF Afizoni Dr.
Cory 1ies the yecfet experiment he has
dreamed ibout-and becomes the victim sf
his own monyuous ereauon.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-10-20

.ccidents happen, even in the
I regulated families But
> walled a Main Street matron
day, did it have to happen to
new blue rug?" AS new as
little apartment in which they
2. as new as the marriage on
ich they have recently embarked
They invited some friends to
ner and the friends husband
told to keep an eye on their
ee-year old son while his wife
ped the bride in the kitchen
Fruit salad, generously mixed
h mayonaise. had been placed
the table - when suddenly, they
ard a crash. and hurried to the
ing room The men (of
rsel had wandered out to smoke,
! there, before their Mortified
-. stood the small boy, clawing
a mound of salad on his head
lie the remainder lay in a heap
the new blue rug. -. 1--WE
ed everything and the spot
lply won't come out" the bride
afided unhappily to a friend.
ou'u never notice it," replied the
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-10-20
KATHERINE HUPFEL

other practically; when you have
some kids of your own to make the
rest of the furniture match with 1T.
What's a spot among friends
anyway
There's pepper tree that
grows not far from Main
Street, it's slender branches
with tiny leaves bending in
fracefuI curves toward the
ground -. Looking at the
night sky through its foliage
the tree becomes an overdrape
of black lace against the robe
of night, richly spangled with
stars upon a sky of silver gray
Solomon, in all his glory,
was never so respIendentIy ar
rayed.
Main Street, in common with the
rest of humanity, often does moi
realize the gravity of a thing until
brought face to face with it
Here then, is a true story brought
back from the heat of battle by one
of Main Streets own boys He