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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11

The Los Angelo, federal grand
jury late yesterday returned four
indictments against the world fa-
nous comedian vino built one OF
Hollywood> largest fortunes by
portraying q pathetic figure with
baggy trousers. Splay feet and a
grOteSquc little mouStachc
All The accusations We're based
on ms alleged relations with Joan
Barry. his 23-year-old. red haired
former protcgc who is suing 20
have him legally declared the
father of her i-month-uld daugh-
ter. Carol Ann
one of the true bills charged
that Chaplin twice ttanSported the
young woman acr0>, state lines
for immoral purposes. IN violation
of the Mann Act, or white slave
law.
The other indictments charged
conspiracy 10 violate Miss Barry'S
civil rights boo connection with an
"out of j. tn4u floater' sentence
given her u the Beverly Hills po-
lice court on a vagranCy charge
Il months ago
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
Yanks Landed at Saidor on Jan. 2

The American force, which landed Saidor JAN 2 in
surprise thrust has advanced 10 miles the west OF
Sador which is only 43 miles from Bogadm, protecting
outpost for the Japanese base at Madang the
miles from Saidor.
Another Australian force in the Ramu Valley was IS
miles south of Bogadjim thus making possible two
pronged thrust against Bogadm and Madang and against
Wewak, 200 miles north of Madang.
The Australians ended their heroic trek through some
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
Gov. BriGker Calls
For BAN OH Strikes

WASHINGTON. Feb. II INS)
Gov John w Brlckcr Of Ohio
called upon Congress today 10
outlaw strikes for the duration
and said the New Deals financial
policies are rushing America to-
ward destruction of state au-
tonomy death 10 free enterprise,
and impotence m postwar inter
national affairs.
Brcker. a COP dental
candidate. received round after
round of applause from more
than l.300 participants in a COP
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
"a on AirHner
Believed Dead

MEMPHIS. Tenn Feb II lUP)
Army engineers located the
wreckage OF an American airliner
today on the bottom OF the Mis-
,lSsippi River, Is miles south of
here where 10 crashed last night.
presumably carrying p paSSen-
gers and a crew of three to their
deaths.
A coaStguardman reported that
he saw a plane crash near Cow
Island at II so p m 20 minutes
after the plane had radioed that
~ was nearing Memphis
The plane was en- route from
TallaS. Tex. ITO Now York City.
None of those aboard were Mich
igan residents.
w. j WeiSmann traffic man
ager Of the local airlines office,
said the message was the last
heard from the plane and we
are assuming IL is down
Ten ServiCeuien and WAC
were among the passengers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
j. ). Forts Blast
Frankfurt Anew

LONDON. Feb. II CUP)-Amer-
lean Flying Fortresses striking AT
Germany for the second straight
day today. hammered the arsenal
and transport city of Frankfurt
for the fourth time since Jan. %.
LiberatorS and Marauders led
heavy Allied attack ON the French
invasion coast.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
u. -. InaiiclS Chaplin
I'm Barry Baby Case

LOS ANGELES. Feb. IL GNS)
Charlie Chaplin today faced
Mann Act and other federal
charges for which he could. If CON
Wcted. be sent 10 prison for %
years and fined $4,000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11

FINIAND-15O Russian planes blast port Kotka Page H.
open great offensive against Fifth Army be.
low Rome thfowing in 10000 troops. Page L. ~.
w. PACIFIC-Austraans and Americans Allied con-
troll of Huon peninsula, New Guinea by joining forces
after long campaign page j.
RUSSIA-Red guns hub to hub shell Naz Cherkasy trap
Page p
AIR WAR; bombers and fighters down SO Naz planes
Brunswick and other battles lose % bombers Tight
Page .
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11

THESE are some Of the few Americans who aren't
pected to buy war bonds.
They aren't helping Michigan reach its quota Of S440,
600 600 by next Tuesday which isn't very likely anyhow
because only half Of the SOB 100000 in bonds for ndi
-piduas have been sold
Dirty, unshayen fellows.
Look at their faces.
You bankneSS.
You see patience bred of resignation.
You see into empty minds, minds duled by the time
lessness Of their daily life.
| T ISN'T that they haven't any money.
L They're the pay roll. The public pay roll.
Some of them may be earning much $500
500 a month OF your money.
It's put into the bank, in a manner of speaking.
But they don't buy war bonds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
Red Arrows,
Aussiies Win
In N Guinea
BY RANK ROBERTSON

GEN. MacARTHUR-S HQ New Guinea,
Feb II HNS1-A major new victory which
cost-the Japanese 1900 men killed was
added to the triumphs of Gen. MacArthur
tralian jungle fighters and the American
Red Arrow Division have joined forces near
SaidOr to wind up the battle of Huon
Peninsula.
The junction of troops marked the final phase
in desperately savage conflict that ragged for weeks
in some of the widest territory of New Guinea and
completed elimination of the Japanese in strategic
area that now will serve as jumping-off place for
new American Offensives
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
$50 Red Planes Bomb
Finn Port OF Kotkd

STOCKHOLM Feb. IL OUP)--
one hundred and fifty Russian
planes bombed the Finnish port Of
Kotka, Is miles east of HelSinki.
last night, adding new weight 10
the Soviet threats 10 blast Finland
out of the war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
Epic Advance of $50 Miles

An epic advance of nearly 80 miles through tangled
wilderness brought the hardfghting Australians who
landed at Fnschhafen Sept II into contact with Amer
lean shock troops who established the SadO beachhead i'm
January.
While the Australians hacked their way through the
underbrush the Americans pushed southeast against
fanatcal resistance to Yagomi dozen miles away Tha
entire campaign planned and executed by Gen Mac
Arthur in the face of difficulties that long had appeared
unsurmountable
The junction opened the way for a ground offensive
against Japans last three major bases northern
Guinea and mpered the entire Japanese position the
island.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11

Of the worlds worst terrain
yesterday morning when ad-
vance patrols reached Ameri-
can positions.
In their campaign up the green
jungled Huon coast. the AuSual-
ian infantIymen and common
wealth militia forces fought re-
peated engagements with the
enemy, frequently pushing
through the dense tropical growth
over tortuous paths paved with
bodies Of dead Japs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
FORTS ATTACK ENEMY

American Flying Fortre>SeS and
LiberatorS spread fire and death
through thousands OF NaZi troops
streaming INTO the battle rea
from the Alban HIS. The giant
raiders Strewcd tons OF high eN-
ploSiveS and augmentation bombs
on concentrations OF enemy troops
and tanks az Cisterna. Albano.
Velletri, Campo Leone and Gee
china.
simultaneously, Allied fighter
bomberS b ON b d and machine+
gunned road lines north and south
of Rome over which the Germans
might rush additional reinforce
ments TO the battle front.
Against that concentration OF
air power-the Allied forces flew
some $50 sorties yesterday 49, the
Germans sent only 30 planes over
the beachhead. Three Nazi planes
were destroyed AZ a cost EFF six
Allied aircraft.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
DISASTER THREATENED

Official reports revealed mat
me brunt of the enemy attack
centered on British units in the
Aprilia sector and Americans west
and southwest Of CiSterna. Saw
age fighting ragged all along The
beachhead perimctcr, however.
and IL was admitted that the bat
tie had reached, the touch-and-go
stage where p majey Nszi break
through might mean Disaster
A British officer who had just
come out Of the Aprilia line said
the Germans were throwing their
main attack against that point
and described the assault as the
most furious he had ever seen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
FACED STARVATION

The JapS' supply and commune
cations had been cut by the
American landing at Saidor, and
they faced the twin enemies of
starvation and Allied troops.
Gen. Macarthur trapped the
enemy Systematically
The JapS were cut off 10 the
north by the Yank landings at
Saidor.
The memorable Australians we're
driving northwest along the coast
Escape TO the south was impos-
Continued on Page ?. Col. A.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11

Lincoln Day dinner last night
when he slaShed into the RooSe-
Welt administrations record
The greatest demonstration &C.
Cured as he aSSalled what he
termed the weakness Of The New
Deal IN handling labor relations. -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
Big BolnberS Aid 9Th
$4,000 Naziis
Launch Drive
In Anziio Zone

ALLIED He, Naples,
Feb. IL (UP) - Ameri-
can heavy bOmbers have
been hurled into the
battle for the imperiled
AnziO beachhead, il was
revealed today. as Ameri-
can and British troops
fought a German general
offensive that threatened
10 wipe out the beach
head.
Elements of five German
divisions, plus handpicked
Nazi Elite GuardS-possibly
$4,000 or more men--hurled
themselves against the Allied
lines yesterday in a massive
attempt to batter the Fifth
Army invaders back into the
sea.
SITUATION SERIOUS
Headquarters Spokesman ad
mitted belatcdly that tho Fifth
Army beachhead was endangered
grayely by the Nazi counterbloU
Powerful German aumorod forces
and shock troops struck al along
the li-mile Allied front
"a German CommunIQue said
Nszi forces had captured the
railroad station of AprilIa a key
point in the Allied northern
flank only sax airline miles from
the sea and 10 miles by highway
from the beachh6ad port OF +
AnLio.J
Allied airmen battling 10 turn
the tide as they did Ht Salerno and
in TuniSia's kaSSeTIne Pass. liter
ally threw the book al the on
rushing Germans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
PRAISE FOR LABOR

After praiSing the loyal sup
port of labor" as whole 10 the
war effort. Bricker bluntly as
serted that "in time of war when
men and women are dying 10 pre-
serve free government including
the right Of labor itself TO or
game. no group or union should
be permitted 10 strike
In asserting that strikes cause
war casualties and delay victory,
Bricker said
a law should be enacted by
this Congress laying down fun
dsmental principles for the adj
ministration and adjudication
vi labor disputes and the pro-
Continued on Page ,. Col. 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-11
sHEDD'S OLD sTYLE sAUCE-

a dressing 10 spread sandwiches
like butter its mighty good-Ady
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-12-22
SVARBIOS PASKAI-
TOS ir PAVEIKSLAI

Bus rodomi paveikslai nuo Primo
zmogaus sutverimo Xxi musu laiku,
kas sekmadienio vakara lygiai nuo
700 val, durys atdaros nuo $3.50 ",
Peck Hall, 1446 E. 82nd Street ir
Wade Park Avenue, Clevelande. In
eiimas is 50 ST., 3 aukstas. Uzpra
somi geros valios Lietuvai lankytis
j paskaitas, atsiveskit ir savo drau-
gus; izanga liuosa, rinkliavu nera.
Rengia ir kviecia Sv. r. T. (51)
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1944-12-22
LIETUVIU SALEJE

Ateikit j Lietuviu sale pasi-
losti ir snagiai praleisti vaka-
ra SUI savo draugais. Sios SUI
eigos atsibuna kiekviena vaka-
ra, nuo 8 val. lygiai. Parem-
kit savo kluba ir Lietuviu sa-
le, vietoje eiti kitur. Cia tapo
padidintos dovanos, todel jums
bus naudinga atsilankyti daz-
niau j Lietuviu sale.
Evening star., 1944-08-16

frightened by max even II I fly |
million missions"
Evening star., 1944-08-16

Then, he related, he would start
to sweat and tighten up.
II would be pretty busy flying the
ship as we entered the flax areas," "
he said. "I would try not to see
the fax but I always could see some
of 1t. Then I would try mentally
to shrink both myself and my plane
to he so small that the flax wouldn' t
harm U.s."
Biggest Scare Over Athens.
The young captain said the big
gest scare he had was during flight
over Athens.
I'VE expected fax barrages to be
pretty heavy" he recalled. but as
we made our bomb run there just
wasn't any. That made Us all the
more alert and scared. Then, when
it did come 1t came hard and fast
and I believed that I was more
frightened than at any other time I
was in combat"
Capt. Watkins said that in his
other raids over Rome, Naples, Tou-
lon, Nice and other cities in France,
Italy. Bulgaria and Greece that the
bomb runs were all met with con-
siderable fax.
He said he wasn't frightened at
the itme-only after his plane had
left the fax area.
THAT was when was scared" he
said. Not at what was to come
but at what had already passed"
Unforgettable Incidents.
Capt. Watkins said there were
some things he would never forget
about his experiences in the war.
Il feel this fear is one of the
things I shouldn't forget" he said.
IF and when they start talking
about the next war I want to re-
member what this one was like so
I won't be too anxious for the coun-
try to jump into another one unless
it is absolutely necessary"
Capt Watkins, who wears the
Distinguished Flying Cross, the
Presidential Citation, and the Air
Medal with eight Oak Leaf Clus-
ters, went on to say he doesn't be-
lieve he ever will get over being
Evening star., 1944-08-16
F nvorite Raincoat

No college wardrobe is complete with
out one. Made of lightweight water
repellent cotton gabardine with but
confront and big patch pockets. Nat
ural or blue, sizes IL to 20, &6.95
Raineeats,
Street Eleef
Evening star., 1944-08-16
Woman Seeks
| Maine Soil for
Pacific Isles

BY the Associated Press.
HATTIESBURG, Miss, Aug. 16.-
Four tablespoons of soil from the
State of Maine will complete an al
American collection which Mrs. j.
T. Leggett said Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz has agreed to scatter on all
the Pacific lands conquered by
American forces.
I've collected soil from AZ States
and a few days ago I received let
ter from Admiral Nimitz saying he
would be pleased to plant the good
old United States soil on the lands
which we've conquered" said Mrs
Leggett, whose son is fighting in
the Pacific theater.
But Names holding out" she
added, explaining that in response
to her written request, Gov. Sumner
Sewell sent her a State flag which
she returned with the comment:
I"I'm not collecting souvenirs"
Evening star., 1944-08-16

watkins OF lis
v alley road,
Brookmont, Md.
In recalling
his experiences
as q first pilot
for q Flying
Fortress on 81
combat missions,
Capt. Watkins
aid he W q s
always conpara-
lively relaxed
until they neared
the target and
he knew that
there were going
to be fax bar
Evening star., 1944-08-16
Beck From the Wars
Brookmont Youth Calls Fear
|Of Flax Pilots Greatest Enemy
Brother Pilot Too.

frightened by max "even II I fly q
million missions"
Brother Pilot Too.
The youthful pilot, whose Younger
brother Bill, 10, is plotting a fighter
plane, said that when he returned
from a mission, relieved ana tired,
he would Immediately 60 to bed rnd
fall right Of to sleep. But, he said,
he wouldn't dream-he didn't want
to dream Of the fiak that he had
been through on his last bomb run.
II never dreamed while I was in
Africa and Italy," he said. IT vas
afraid to-afraid Of another run
through fax"
The captain graduated from West
ern High School and was in his
first semester at George Washing
ton University when he enlisted in
the Army Air Forces, January ~,
1912.
Evening star., 1944-08-16
Millionaire Daniel
Refuses 10 See Son
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla. Aug. 16.-Eighty-
three-year-old r. T. Daniel, ST., de-
clared he would rather lose the
case than see the son, who brought
court proceedings asking appoint
ment OF q curator and guardian to
handle his affairs.
Mr.. Daniel made the statement in
q court session called yesterday by
Circuit Court Judge Ross williams
at the bedside Of the partly-para-
lyzed millionaire in the closed, g.
Evening star., 1944-08-16

son and namesake unless you object
to IT,"
HE is the black sheep OF the
family, wasting money, and tried
to gyp me on buying hotel in
deal that was not good" the elderly
oil man told the court. Lawyers for
both sides were present.
Evening star., 1944-08-16
Willium ButtoIph Dies

CHICAGO, Aug. 10 R.-William
Buttolph, "a, vice president and
Western manager for the La Sale
Extension University for n years
before his retirement two years ago,
died yesterday after q heart attack.
Evening star., 1944-08-16
room Seminole Hotel where he lives

room Seminole Hotel where he lives
alone.
The son, r. T. Daniel, jr.. charged
In his petition that his father is q
prisoner Of designing persons" in
the hotel, and that another son,
Samuel, is enriching himself and
prejudicing the father against the
petitioner.
The elder Mr.. Daniels assertion
was made after Judge Williams told
him, II am determined to bring your
Evening star., 1944-08-16
Beck From the Wars

Fear Of being hit by fiak Is the
greatest enemy of the combat pilot,
according to Capt. Charles Watkins,
20, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rafe A.
Evening star., 1944-08-16
Gift Unit of War Fund
Neors Volunteer Goal

The Advance Gifts Unit of the
Community War Fund has neared
the 100 per cent mark in enrolling
volunteer workers for the October
drive, it was announced today by
George A. Garrett, chairman of the
unit.
To the volunteer workers will fall
the responsibility Of soliciting indi-
viduals of substantial means in the
District and in Arlington and Fair
lington, in Virginia, and Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges, in Mary
land, Mr.. Garrett said.
Evening star., 1944-08-16

Back our fighting boys with your
fighting War Bond dollars!
Evening star., 1944-08-14
French Division
| In Action Led
| By Gen. LeCIerc
the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SUPREME ALLIED HEADOUAR-
TIERS, Aug. 14-The French I'd
Armored Division, commanded bv
the mysterious Gen. jacques LIE
Clerc of North African fame. is
fighting in France alongside Ameri-
can forces, Supreme Headquarters
announced late today.
Gen. LIE Clerc, whose name is
nom de guerre, won the respect of
international military leaders after
a series of victories by his Free
French units which covered a trail
1000 miles across North Africa last
year.
The general, who led the French
forces from Lake Chad over hun
dreds of miles of desert to join
British forces during the drive on
Tunisia, was French regular
army officer and was teaching at
Saint Cyr, the French military
academy, at the outbreak of the
war.
Gen. lie Clerc. who is Al, fought
before the fall OF France as a cap
tain and was wounded. He fell into
the hands of the Germans and later
escaped to lead the Free French
forces although he contended his
real identity could not be revealed
until after the victory was won.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Eden Sees MikoIajczyk
And Other Polish Leaders
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. Aug. l4-Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden held a lunch
con conference today with Premier
Stanislaw Mikola jczyk and other
Polish leaders to discuss last week S
Polish conversations in Moscow.
The Premier had failed to reach
an accord with the Soviet-sponsored
Polish National Committee of Lib
Grafton, but the prospect of further
conferences was left open.
MOSCOW, Aug. IA lP.-The
Soviet government, indicating re-
sentiment over reports that the Red
Army had abandoned Warsaw's
underground army to its fate, de-
clared yesterday the Polish govern
ment-in-exile in London never had
attempted to establish liaison with
the Russian military command re-
garding the patriot forces.
A statement released through
Tass. Official news agency, asserted
that the exile government, said by
the Russians to be the source of the
reports. was responsible for events
in Warsaw.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
) Men Killed
When Plane Hits Lei
In Practice on Bay
Flyer Was Making
Simulated Attack on
Midshipmen in Boot

A Navy lieutenant, two Naval
Academy midshipmen and a
WAVE were killed Saturday when
a plane on a simulated Strafing
attack crashed into an Lei near
Cove Point in Chesapeake Bay,
the Navy announced today. The
plane was from the Patuxent
River Naval Air Station.
Killed were:
1t. w. T. Wftham. Seattle, whose
widow lives near the Patuxent sta
ton.
Louise M. Smith, yeoman, second
class, Omaha, Nebr.
Midshipman Ralph Eber Jillson,
Thomaston, Conn.
Midshipman Carroll William Bos-
winkle, Roselawn. Ind.
1t. Witham was plotting Miss
Smith on a flight which the Navy
described as part of the indoctrina-
ton course for WAVES at the air
station. The landing crate was
carrying members of the plebe class
from Annapolis.
The Navy said the plane crashed
into the bow of the landing craft,
killing the two midshipmen, and
sank Immediately.
The public relations office of the
Potomac River Naval Command is
sued a statement pointing out that
simulated strafing attacks are a
part of the routine training at the
air station.
The planes. coming in at low al
titude, fire blank bullets at the am
phibious-type craft in order to give
the midshipmen training in repel-
ling such attacks, it was explained.
The office said it was not known
whether the crash occurred as a
result of misjudgment on the pilots
part or whether it was due to a
tricky air current or downdraft in
which the plane might have been
caught,
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Assault on East Prussia
Is Believed Near

MOSCOW, Aug. IA LP.-The zero
hour for an all-out Soviet assault
on East Prussia appeared to be ap-
preaching rapidly today as Russian
armies massed in a great threaten
ing arc before the borders of that
German province.
Russian units to the south were
Is to II miles from the East Prussia
frontier, while to the east other
Soviet forces were to 10 miles
away and to the north from 80 to
IS miles.
Red Army forces apparently striv-
ing to rip Nazi defenses in East
Prussia wide open from the south
menaced the enemy stronghold of
Lomza. vital communications center
which links embattled Warsaw with
the Junker province.
c1he German radio said strong
Russian forces supported by many
tanks and planes succeeded in
gaining some ground" northwest
OF Bialystok-the drive threaten
ing East Prussia from the south
and Warsaw from the north.)
Tank Battles Continue.
Great tank battles continued west
Of the Vistula in the Kielce region
about 100 miles south of Warsaw
and within IS miles of Krakow, the
last great Polish bastion guarding
industrial centers of German Silesia
IS miles from advanced Russian ele-
ments. The Germans were counter
attacking vainly.
Virtually no news came from the
siege of Warsaw itself where the
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Doll Shop Owner Gets 10 Years,
$4,000 Fine for Aiding Jups

The Government charged Mrs.
Dickinson was instrumental In send
ing restricted information to Tokyo
by way of Argentina.
Mrs. Dickinson, dressed in black
except for white knitted gloves, was
In tears when the Judge told her:
you were fortunate that the
Government did not have you tried
on an espionage charge. -" You,
as natural-born citizen, having a
university education and selling out
to the Japanese, were certainly en-
gagged In espionage"
The offense, he added, borders
close to treason"
Mr.. McNally had explained that
the Government moved for dis
missal Of the espionage indictment
because the evidence was largely
circumstantial" and because the
trial would have made public infor-
nation vital to the national defense.
Evening star., 1944-08-14
Four French Youths, Two Only II, Prevent Nozis
From DemoIishing Bridge in Americans Path

underfed boys of IA, strangers to
each other, were near the bridge
when they saw an American shell
hit the one German soldier left to
set OF the demolition bombs.
Selling the chance, they got a
wire cutter from neighbor's house.
One youth crawled very slowly on
his stomach to cut the wires as the
bridge was under German observa-
ton. The other youth defused the
bombs. One of the boys helped cut
wires as the other kept a constant
watch for the approach of any Ger
mans.
The first boy was orphaned when
his mother died at Christmas from
air-bomb conclusion.
Had the bombs exploded, a long
delay in entering the city and going
on would have been certain. When
oncers of the forces entering the