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ever, one parcel alone has been
valued by a witness at SAB, 900,
and obviously such valuations
will not be pegged by the Jury
without lengthy study.
Throughout the long drawn
out effort of the City of Detroit
TO obtain an airport site in the
southwest corner of Macomb
County, Judge Alton II. Noe
and a group of IA jurors have
listened to reams of testimony
covering necessity for postwar
expansion, and valuations Of the
properties which the court and
jury will be asked TO condemn.
For the past few weeks, Judge
Noe opened the courtroom to the
individual property owner not
represented by attorneys in the
array of counsel attending the
suit. In orderly fashion (by par
eel numbers) they have taken
the witness stand to dispute with
or comment on the valuations
placed on their properties by
Detroit realty experts who pre-
viously testified. They also were
questioned as to improvements
effected since the Detroit sur
Vey Of their properties.
This group Of property own
ers filled the courts sessions
this week. After concluding this
phase Of the case, counsel rep
rescnting specific parcels of
land, including the more valu-
able ones, will offer testimony
indicating their valuations.
Following this G S I m on y,
counsel for the City Of Detroit
and Warren Township Opposing
the condemnation) will present
their argumentive summaries to
the court and jury, with rebuff
tai periods, similar to the con-
clusion Of an ordinary trial. This
may last until Christmas or the
New Year, court attaches be-
lieve, depending on the sustain
ment of counsel. The court then
will instruct the jury in its du-
ties.
Following all arguments, the
IA jurors will be reduced to a
panel of IL BY lottery, a fore
man elected, and they will 90
into secret session, first to con-
slider the matter Of necessity, and
then the property valuations
(presuming that the project is
voted a necessity
indicating their valuations,o
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bcntS, arc opposed by George
Roberts, Of Utica, an assistant
prosecuting attorney, for Selcc-
ton as Circuit Court Commits
SionCrS.
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Franco Tightens Grip
as Revolt Rocks Border

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 - LPl
- American and foreign diplo-
mats here confirmed today that
Generalissimo Franco has tight
cncd his controls in Spain as an
aftermath of recent disturbances
in the northern provinces.
The possibility Of return of
the monarchy has thus been de-
layed, said an informed source
who, withholding the use of his
name, reported Frances aim to
be the re-eStablishmcnt Of roy
altY.
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build a party spite fence be-
tween us and the peace"
Il do not know who empoW-
erS these men to speak for the
Congress in uttering such a
threat"ta
The President said he had
hoped TO make a Midwestern
trip to Cleveland or Detroit this
week but II find that / am not
free TO spare the time right
now" He explained:
Il follow the principle of first
things first; and this war comes
first-that's why | have to be
here in Washington"
Instead of the trip, Mr.. Roose-
welt made a 15-minute radio
speech which seemed 10 be a
refreSher course Of his five prev
ious campaign addresses, but he
hit hardest at what he termed the
whispering campaign.
CITES HYSTERIA
"Hysterical, last-minute &C
cusations or sensational revela-
tons are trumped up in an at
tempt to panic the people on
election day" he said.
But the American people are
not panicked easily.
This election will be
settled on the basis Of the re-
Cord.'
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Election officials through
out the county today urged
the public to respond coop
eratively To their call for an
early vote. The heavy reg
iStratiOnS require that yOt-
ers attend the booths in a
steady procession through
out the day ms c a d Of
crOwding up during the fl
nal hours. they said.
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LANSING. Nov. 3 - Up -
The Legislature convened at
noon Eastern War Time to-
day for a One-day special Ses-
sion to authorize local gov
crnmcntaI bOGieS to prolOng
the hours of voting in Tues
days general election, with
more than the two thirds ma
iOtritieS of their original
membership present in both
the House and Senate.
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campaign - his address tomor-
row night at a COP. rally in
Madison Square Garden in New
York City. There were some
who were urging a speech to-
night in either Connecticut or
New Jersey, but this seemed
doubtful.
IGNORE SPITE CHARGE
The Dewey camp planned no
answer to President Roosevelt's
radio charge last night that Re-
publicans were threatening to
build a spite fence in Con-
greSs that might hinder the
peace"
Dewey came out of Pennsyl-
vania with a prediction by Gov.
Edward Martin, that the Repub-
licans would carry that pivotal
state. Martin told reporters in a
train news conference that he
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and dug in while waiting for re.
Inducements.
Southeast Of Aachen, where
the u. S. First Army attacked
on a limited front and broke
through the Hurtgen forest with
gains of one TO two miles yes
terday, continued TO advance to-
day but against increasing re-
SiStancc, Gen. Dwight d. Eisen-
hower's supreme headquarters
announced.
On the southern reaches Of
the Allied Front, Allied troops
battlcd deeper into the rising
hills Of the VOSges, capturing
eight towns and villages and APP
preaching TO within from three
TO eight miles of the first towns
inside six passes leading TO the
Rhine FlatlandS.
Capture of VliSsingcn, form
crly a great fortress in the
Dutch AttlcS for independence,
placed at the disposal of the AL
lies three harbOrS, a CONNER
cial port and shipbuilding and
machine building facilities.
CROSS CANAL
The battle for the Schcldc
mouth which began Oct. 8 when
Canadians crossed the Leopold
Canal, also saw the clearing of
the last SniperS out Of Zeebrug-
&c, the capture in rapid success
sion Of KnOCkC, SluiS and Heyst,
and the liberation Of the last
inch OF Belgian territory.
In central Holland an arc Of
stubborn rCarguardS held Allied
columns at bay around the APP
proaCheS to the MOcrdijk bridge
north Of Breda. On the eastern
fringe of the British Second
Army salient into Holland, pa
trolls probed into the city Of
Meijel without meeting opposi-
ton an indication the Ger
mans may have withdrawn
toward the Mas (Meuse) river,
eight miles eastward.
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supplied Germany with $4,000
tons of petroleum products a
month.
The German Air Force made
one Of its rare stands to protect
its oil spring, sending 500 planes
to battle the armada Of 1000
attacking craft, 900 of which
were fighters.
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In the only non-partisan race,
other than that for the circuit
bench, John II. Nunnelcy and
J. Russell LaBarge, Incum-
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TIRE STOLEN

John A. Benoit, Of 6l50 Hy-
dcnrcich road, Clinton township,
reported to the Sheriffs office
Thursday that an automobile
tire was taken from his yard.
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certain election without opposi-
ton on the ballots.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
Less Than 10 Pet.
Of Requests Honored
By Stute Chiefs
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

The new system for retaining
"irreplaceable" men under rs in
vital war industries has failed
in many factories, and in some
of the most important programs
less than 10 per cent of the re-
uests for deferments have been
honored by State selective serv-
ice directors, it was learned to-
day.
The War Production Board will
file complaints at meeting of the
full War Manpower Commission to-
day, showing that in numerous In
stances requests for deferments have
been ignored. WPB will seek a more
efficient method of saving the highly
essential young men from the draft.
ofacials feared they might be
able to accomplish Httle ct today's
session since it was indicated that
Selective Service Director Lewis B.
Hershey would be unable to attend.
Gen. Hershey had scheduled q
speech in New York tonight. WIPE
figures showing failure Of the new
draft deferment machinery are par
ticularly revealing in the experiences
OF the chemical industry and of
foundries and forge shops.
officials gave figures on number
of foundries which are engaged in
making components for the most
! lSee MANPOWER. page AID
Evening star., 1944-04-20
OPA Official Values Stolen Gas
Coupons at 3OOMi||ion Gallons

More than 300,O00,000 gallons
worth of gasoline ration coupons
have been stolen from ration boards
throughout the country, Shad Polier
director of the Office of Price Ad-
ministration'S gasoline enforcement
division, disclosed today at a hearing
before the House subcommittee in
vestigating gasoline black markets
Mr.. Polier admitted that some of
the disappearances have been
caused by carelessness, but he added
that some board members have been
jailed as a result of thefts of
coupons.
The 300,000000 gallons are euuiva-
lent to almost weeks civilian sup
ply of gasoline for the entire Ma
ton. approximately 1,250,0OO bar
relS a day have been allocated for
civilian consumption during the cur
rent quarter.
1t was explained the thefts COW
cred the period from the start of
gasoline rationing up to about six
weeks ago.
Mr.. Polier said gasoline black
market operations definitely" have
increased in the past six months,
but he added that the OPA feels
Evening star., 1944-04-20
9-Month News Delay
On Paratrooper Loss
Defended by Stimson
Elmer Davis Convinced
Army Didn't Try to Hide
Facts on Gunners' Error
BY the Associated Press.

Secretary of War Stimson said
today that nine-month delay
in announcing the accidental
shooting down of a second group
of American planes in Sicily "is
understandable when you con-
slider the unpredictable reasons"
which led to the loss.
simultaneously, Elmer Davis, di-
rector of the Office of War Informa-
ton, told reporters he was satisfied
that the War Department had not
deliberately attempted to suppress
the news that half the 10 planes
and "A occupants lost at Catania
Sicily, =, last July 1914 had been
downed by friendly" fire.
A couple of days earlier, on
July IL, % American transports were
shot down off Gela, Sicily, with a
loss of 410 men when they flew
into the range of enemy and Allied
fire in the wake of enemy planes.
Stimson Replies to Query.
When Mr.. Stimson was asked at
press conference why public
announcement of the Catania affair
was not made at the time the Gela
incident became known, he replied
TO say that the Army will tol-
crate laundering, or endeavor to
cover it up, is simply not true. I am
confident that the public will not
overemphasize what, in truth, are
unavoidable incidents of all wars"
The cabinet official explained
that AL operations in the vicinity
of Catania were under British COM
mand, and it is not our custom to
report their operations any more
than it would be for them to report
ours.
The delay in announcing these
losses in both victorious operations
is understandable when you con-
slider the unpredictable reasons
which led up to them. A dozen diff
ferent reasons contributed to the
losses, ranging all the way from
unexpected enemy action during the
hazards of the complicated air, sea
and ground opertion at night, to the
tenSeness of thousands of men
under enemy fire for the first time.
Defects Given Intensive Study
1T is impossible to give a complete
explanation of all of these con-
tributing factors without, as I have
said, giving the enemy a blueprint
OF our method of conducting such
offensive. I believe it is enough to
say that the defects, wherever they
were found, were made the basis of
intense study, with the view to
preventing their recurrence.
"All students of warfare know the
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Evening star., 1944-04-20

that steps taken to wipe out the
black market has halted further
expansion. He said that public CO.
operation has been outstanding.
A new menace to the fight to wipe
out the black market has cropped uI
in the East in the form of used cou-
ponS known as "soakers," it was
learned, meanwhile.
The illegal coupons get their
name from the soaking in water OF
sheets of Cancelled coupons which
dealers have turned over to their
distributors and to banks. The
sheets, known as "bingo" sheets
contain a mucilage on which in
dorsed coupons are affixed after
they have been surrendered by
motorists.
The sheets at some point in their
life are falling into the hands of
black market operators who pro-
ceed to separate the coupons and
sell them at a high premium for re-
use.
According to information reach
ing The Star, the New York area is
currently flooded with "soakers. 4"
An OPA official admitted knowledge
Of the new practice and said the
national Once was investigating.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
las Over 80 Can't Get Jobs;
Deferment Plan Fails in Plants
Druft Status Makes
Men Undesirable
To Employers
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.


Scores of Washington men who
have been classified in la, but
are over 80 and may never be
called to service, are being re-
fused jobs because of the un-
certainty of their draft status
it was learned today.
Charles E. Farmer, District direc.
tor of the United States Employ.
ment Service, said a number o1
cases" of this kind had arisen anc
that the USES was trying to f1no
temporary work for the men.
He pointed out, however, that the
jobs usually paid less than the mer
were accustomed to getting anc
usually did not use their skills tt
the full for the benefit of the wal
effort.
Most jobs,' he explained, require
little time for man to acclimats
himself even If he has had training
That usually takes a month or two
and employers feel that by tha'
time the man may be called"
Twice Turned Down.
He cited the case of a $6,0OO-a.
year man who was referred to twt
jobs at about that salary, both gooe
jobs which used his particular tai.
ents. In both cases he was refuset
employment. Finally, the USES
found temporary work for him ir
department store.
District Selective Service Directo
William E. Leahy admitted thes'
| (See DRAFT STATUS page A-6
Evening star., 1944-04-20
House Unit Advocates
Full u. ). Ownership
OF Hemisphere Bases
Steps Urged to Goin
Rights to Sites Leased
In Destroyer Deal
By the Associated Press.

-~@N~SAeNs>N@
Immediate steps to make per-
manent American possession o1
Western Hemisphere bases ac-
quired from the British in the
50-destroyer deal was recon-
mended today by House Naval
Affairs Subcommittee. The bases
are now being used by the United
States under a 99-year-lease
agreement.
The subcommittee, which made
the recommendation in a formal
report on an inspection of hemi-
sphere defense installations, is head
ed by Representative Hebert, Demo-
crat, of Louisiana and includes Rep
resentatives Cole of New York and
Hess of Ohio, Republicans.
Mr.. Hebert reported that the Navy
has spent more than $1300OO,O ,OOC
at the eight bases. The subcommit-
tee report stated:
Having acquired the right to in
west still further, we feel it would
be a mistake for the United States
ever to abandon the bases, even at
the end of SO years. Steps should
be taken Immediately by our Gov
ernment to have the bases changed
to in perpetuity."
The Presidents announcement on
September 3, 1910, of the agreement
with Great Britain said this country
had acquired the use of certain
bases in Newfoundland and in the
islands Of Bermuda, the Bahamas
Jamaica, st. Lucia, Trinidad and
Antigua, and in British Guiana.
The President said: The right tc
| n n
Evening star., 1944-04-20
Flares Again
In Ruins Of Casino
Allies Machine Gun
Nuzis in Two Hotels
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
NAPLES, April 20.-Fighting in the
rubble-stIawn streets of Casino
f1ared up sharply yesterday as Allied
machine-gunners raked the Ger
man-held Continental Hotel and
Hotel des Roses and the enemy re-
piled with heavy mortar fire against
the railway station occupied by the
Allies.
The two hotels, in the southern
part of the town, have been the
most troublesome German positions
in Casino from the very outset
The Allied machine-gun action in
dicated positions of the contending
forces have changed little in the re-
cent quiet weeks.
The Allied Air Force, hindered by
poor weather, had one of its quietest
days in weeks.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
BULGARIAN Rail Center
Hit in Continuation
OF Big Air Offensive
RAF Bombers Based
In ItoIy Attack Piovdiv;
Nozis Strike at England
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, April 20. - Raj
Italy-based bombers raided the
railway center of Plovdiv, Bull
garia, today in a continuation
of the powerful Allied offensive
in which some 5000 planes loosed
1000 tons of explosives on Hit
ler's Europe in the 36-hour pc
riod ended last night.
Crewmen returning to their Italian
bases from the daylight strike said
bomb flashes spotted the target ares
in Plovdiv, which lies 80 miles south
east of Sofia and is an importan,
point in the rail network of South
eastern Europe.
Twin-engined Marauder bombers
sought out military objectives ir
Northern France today under cover
of Raj and Dominion Spitfires, il
was announced tonight. Typhoons
and other fighter formations were
seen starting sweeps along the forti.
fed coastline in the afternoon.
Britain-based bombers were in
active last night after the un-
precedented Allied assaults on Ger.
many yesterday, but Nazi raiders
struck at England for the secone
successive night and loosed bombs
along the southeast coast.
Damage Slight in London.
A communique said only slight
damage and a small number o1
casualties, none of which were seH-
Gus, had been reported. One Nazi
plane was shot down.
The alert lasted about a hall
hour in London, which had beer
the target of a sharp attack the
night before, but no bombs fell ir
the city.
Mysterious explosions on the
French coast again shook English
coastal towns in the Dover Strait
area for 40 minutes after midnight
Residents said they saw great
flashes of light so powerful they
lighted up the whole coast line.
Delayed-Action Bombs Blamed.
One possible explanation was that
the explosions were caused by
Allied delayed action bombs. An
other explanation was that the Ger
mans were blasting out new de-
dense positions
A Vichy broadcast said that 75C
persons were now known to have
been killed in the Paris area and
1000 killed and more than 2,OO(
injured in Rouen and its vicinity
during raids Tuesday night.
A noon broadcast said the center
of Rouen was in ashes, with the fires
not yet completely under control.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
Turk Chrome Exports
Reported Halted
Bon Is Effective After
Tomorrow, London Hears
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 20.-Reuters ir
an Ankara dispatch today said
Turkey had announced officially il
would stop exports of chrome, which
Germany needs for munitions.
human Menemencioglu, Turkish
Foreign Minister, was quoted as
telling the National Assembly that
export of all chrome from Turkey
would stop after tomorrow.
(The Turkish radio, heard by
American monitors, also an
nounced suspension of chrome
shipments and said details would
be announced tomorrow
STOCKHOLM, April 20 (R).-The
Swedish government has decided tc
reject British and American re-
quests that it halt the export of ball
bearings to Germany, whose own
ball-bearing factories have been
hard hit by Allied air raids, the
newspaper Dagens Nyheter said to-
day
The paper said Parliament had
been Informed of the decision at a
secret session, but that Washington
and London had not yet been for
mally notified.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
New Spitfire Fighter
Used at Low Attitudes

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 20-A new Spit
fire fighter plane with outstanding
performance at low attitudes is now
in use by the RAF, it was disclosed
today.
The changes from the previous
models include clipped wings and
a heavier engine, giving improved
maneuVerability, graaAl speed and
rate of climb at low attitudes.
The new type obviously was devel-
oped for use in the invasion of Eu-
rope from the West when tactical
air units will be called on to do
much loW-level work in support OF
troops.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
Reds Beat Back
Nazi Attacks
In Old Poland
Moscow DiscIoses
Repulse of Enemy
After Seesuw Bottle
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 20.-Large-
scale German tank and infantry
attacks have been beaten back
in the southeast corner of Old
Poland after fierce see-saw fight
ing, Moscow announced today in
a communique which also told
OF the capture by Russian shock
troops of Fedyukhiny Heights,
formidable barrier guarding the
approaches to besieged Sevas-
topol.
The Nazis, apparently in an effort
to save their big communications
center Of Lwow, launched the heavy
counterblows east of Stanslawow,
10 miles southeast of the base, and
some populated places changed
hands" before the assaults were re-
pulsed, the communique said.
A German communique yesterday
said a Hungarian force had cap
tured Nadworna, 81 miles southwest
of Stanislawow.
Russia was understood today to
have offered peace terms to tired
Romania, but the belief prevailed
here that the German satellite must
act quickly or face the full weight
of the Red Army.
Nazi Planes in Battle.
The Soviet bulletin said a large
force of German bombers and
fighters appeared during the battle
in old Poland, supporting an earlier
Moscow news dispatch which de-
scribed the Nazi offensive as ap-
parently strong, well co-ordinated
and systematic. The Russians said
13 enemy planes were downed in
that area during the day.
While the German attacks ap-
peared primarily designed to save
Lwow, As miles west of the nearest
Russian forces, the offensive also
could be an attempt to keep the
Red Army from driving through the
Czechoslovak frontier passes they
reached April 8.
Lwow itself was heavily bombed
by the Russians Tuesday night, the
Moscow communique said, with
many hits observed on trains loaded
with troops and equipment.
Besides taking Fedyukhiny
Heights, about miles from the
center of Sevastopol and overlooking
the Chornaya River Valley, famed
tor a great battle in the Crimean
War of 1854, the Russians also out
fianked the hill of Sakharnya Ga
lovka, covering the entry to the
1nkerman Valley, the communique
said.
Siege at Sevastopol.
The battle for Sevastopol ap-
peared yesterday to be developing
into a siege, the bulletin reporting
that the enemy, pressed back to
the sea, was putting up stubborn
resistance"
The Germans counterattacked in
the area of the Sevastopol-Simf
opol highway, but were thrown back
to their initial positions and many
prisoners were taken, the Russians
said. The communique said the
Nazis used aircraft to support these
attacks, indicating they may have
constructed emergency airfields,
since previous Moscow dispatches
said all airdromes in the Crimea
were in Russian hands.
The communique added that Rus
sian Warships and planes continued
to smash up German evacuation at
tempts.
Evening star., 1944-04-20
Cardinal O'ConneII III
with Pneumonia at 81
BY the Associated Press.

bS lIlt hoSUCIHltU FItSS,
BOSTON, April 20.-William Car
dinal O'Connell of the Boston arch
diocese, dean of the Roman Cath
olic Hierarchy in America, is seri-
ously i'll with bronchial pneumonia
1t was announced last night by the
Right Rev. Richard j. Haberlin
vicar general of the archdiocese.
The cardinal, who is "a, has not
appeared publicly for some time.