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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-31
Petitions Ask
G| Recalls

Petitions bearing 5000 sigma
lures asking President Roosevelt
TO replace 32d Division soldiers
in New Guinea were being pre-
pared for mailing today.
The petitions further ask that
the President begin an investiga-
ton 10 determine why replace
mentS for the men, some of whom
have seen II months service, have
not been available.
The petitions are now in the
hands OF Mrs. Mary Brown, 1923
Maryland. who started the move
10 have the Red Arrow Division
men returned 10 the United
States. They will be mailed 10
the President, she said, AS soon
as additional petitions are re-
turned from distributors.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
PLANS FOR PEACE ASSEMBLY

]
on the necessity for drafting q
platform that would indorse some
thing of that kind, Republican Sen
ators Austin. Vandenberg n
White. who were members CT a for
eign relations subcommittee famll-
! lar with Secretary of State Cordell
Hull's plans, finally felt forced to
disclose to an executive session Qt
! the foreign policy plank dra1terS
some of the details on how 1t was
proposed TO maintain peace by
! force From these disclosures, lnfor-
nation first leaked out on tht
American plan to be presented TO
British and Russian delegations al
DumbartOn Oaks.
News CT this was generally burieo
under the more dramatic fight 1ol
the presidential nomination, but as
revealed at Chicago the AmerlcaI!
nlan called for an assembly ol
peace-lovng nations, in which each
nation would have only one Vote
At the top. however, would DE
council of eight nations, inciuolne
the United States, Great Britain
Russia and China, whose repreSeil-
tatives would sit permanently ana
four smaller nations which WouIu
| rotate annually.
IT has. of course, been disclosed
recently that this proposal mlgn'
he modified to include France WIN
the big four and to increase tC
seven the number of smaller ma
ticns on the council.
Whatever the numbers, IN cast
trouble should break out IN any
mart of the world, this executive
council would be authorized to take
action by vote Of IAN extraordinary
ma ioritv." defined as at least al
of the larger nations plus one CT
two of the smaller nations. linus
any one of the larger nations oi
all of the smaller nations complileo
could prevent action by negative
votes.
In APPLYING force against aggreS-
cor nations threatening the peact
Of the world. it was understood tha'
he council would first try TO settle
disputes by diplomatic or economic
sanctions. These failing, the councl
by extraordinary majority could de-
eide force was necessary. The larger
nations would. of course, be expect
ed to bear the greater burden OF the
cots and maintain the larger po'
lice forces which would, however
be- largely under the control ol
their respective governments ant
operate principally in their owf
principal spheres of interest. Fol
instance, trouble in South America
would be assigned by the council tt
the United States for settlement
trouble in the Balkans TO Russia, II
western Europe or Africa to Great
Britain. in the Pacific perhaps to 8
combination Of powers.
PATTERN FOR
NON-PARTISANSHIP
Disclosure Of even this much of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
GENEROSITY PROVES
MERELY A MYTH
Industrial News Review

Anyone who has been daZZled by the
seeming benevoence of government dur
ing recent years, should talk to the farm
ers in Washington's apple producing CEN
ter, the Wenatchee valley. One of them,
grown weary of unjustified attacks of
public ownership promoters on the pri-
vate electric company serving his district,
wrote letter to a local editor, observing
that when the big depression of the
30s came. irrigation districts and the
county took over thousands of acres of
orchard for back taxes and unpaid water
assessments. But the -. power company
continued to stand by the growers. 1t did
not run out on them.
During those dark years, any grower
who could not pay his power and light
bill and laid his cards squarely on the
table, continued to get power even though
his bills had not been paid for three, four
or five years-and more . When the
turn came growers began paying their
back power bills but the company never
did collect for all the power it delivered
=. The power company took it on the
chin along with the rest of us
The fiction that private industry is
completely selfish, while government
generosity knows no limit, will eventual
ly be revealed for Just what it is-fiction.
Every man knows that if he fails to pay
taxes, no matter how hard it is, the tax
collector will collect every dime, plus
heavy penalties and interest, or sell his
property.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
coptoI Talk
bly,
Peter Edison

the American plan, as early as last
June. made no difference in the end
result. No governments fell, no
diplomats were forced to turn in
their portfolios, and the conference
was held just as scheduled.
The fact that U. S. senators told
state secrets raises q nice question
of ethics, but that is beyond the
point that even after the cat had
been let out CT the bag, there were
no i'll effects. If anything, it helped
the Republicans write better plat
form, and helped the cause of max
ing non-partisan peace. T n t
should prove there is no need for
keeping a lot of this confidential
stuff under such tight wrappings
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
Block Spid ers'
Fly by Night

Roger. What altitude pleasep"
Twenty three thousand five hum
dred."
Seconds late came another call
from the ground:
Aircraft is now four miles dead
ahead"
After a brief silence the pilot
called:
Contact. Contact. I've got him."
Every listening station on the
ground and every Black Widow
pilot aloft listened intently. Then
pilot ABC came in again. almost
regretfully:
Hes a big friend" meaning he
had intercepted an Allied bomber.
That's the sort of thing that
wears the nerves of the Black
Widow pilots. They can not afford
Ito let even friendly bomber
see them. The bomber crews are
justified in shooting at anything
that looks like a fighter and since
the Black Widows definitely are
fighters the pilots find discretion
the better part of valor.
The rule is: Don't let anybody
see you up there. Sneak up on
'em all.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
LET'S RALLY AROUND

Either Imperial Valley can or can not
have a power alcohol plant Manifestly
it can't unless everybody gets in and
pulls together and pushes together. First
off, there must be the official okeh from
Washington, made necessary under the
war set-up After that comes priorities.
Proof is not lacking that the Valley can
produce the necessary products to make
a plant an integral part of present war
production. As to that phase there is no
question.
A public meeting has been called for
Friday night to enable some concrete
moves to be put under way.
Let's not let this opportunity to estab-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
RUSSIA STANDS NO
NONSENSE FROM BUlGARS
Clos Angeles Times)

The declaration of war on Bulgaria
which Russia announced yesterday is an
answer to the Bulgarian fiddlmg with
peace negotiations and reluctance to fol
low Romania's lead in dealing with the
Nazis within her borders.
The declaration was preceded by de-
nunciation by the Tass News Agency OF
Premier Muraviev OF Bulgaria tor at
tempting to make Bulgaria neutral in
stead of joining the war on Germany.
Tass declared that thousands of German
troops and hundreds of German ships are
still sheltered by Bulgaria, and there is
danger of Nazi attacks on Russian Black
Sea shipping by NaZi submarines based
on Varna and other Bulgar ports.
Since Russian troops were already on
the Bulgarian border, if not beyond 1t,
Stain is in position to enforce his dec
laration and the chances are Sofia will
quickly be forced to yield. The Bulgars
are seeking an armistice at Cairo with
British and American delegations and
have already withdrawn their troops
from Greece and Yugoslavia. Presum-
ably the Cairo negotiations will now col
lapse.
Bulgaria is so closely akin to Russia
in population and language that its an
nexation by the USSR may be among
future possibilities unless the nation pre-
serves its independence by acting at once
to switch sides in the war. Russian occu-
patton of the country would at the least
threaten to cut off the Nazi escape route
from Greece and hasten the liberation of
Yugoslavia, if it did not bottle up the
Nazis completely in that region.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
Yank Bombers
Pound Japs
In China Area

CHUNGKING, Sept. II. CUP)-
Continuing strikes against enemy
installations supplying the Japan
ese drive southwark in China,
American planes from the l4th AAF
again attacked the Hengyang-
Lingling sector Sunday and Mon
day. destroying or damaging more
than lCO iunks carrying river ship
ping in the Lingling area and leaV-
ing the city in flames.
P-4CS also hit 10 enemy supply
compounds rear Lungling and the
city itself was Under virtually con-
iinual bombardment by other me-
dium bCmbers and fighters, a COM
munique from Gen. Joseph Stilwell
said.
In the LinglingKiyang area 16
supply compounds were Strafed and
bombed and a pontoOn bridge and
road bridge were skip-bombed. In
5tallationS at Tunganhsien, TAPPING
tang and SZet@ng in HengYang
were heavily attacked.
The communique, supporting
Japanese claims Monday of the
capture of WenchoW, reported six
landing barges were destroyed and
many troops killed in an air attack
on the city
In the Burma sector B-25s and
P-40s strafed and destroyed 40
trucks and bombed enemy positions
At Lungling and MangShin. Large
fires and secondary explosions were
'cuched off by heavy bombers at
Wanling On the Burma road. One
Allied plane was reported missing
rom these operations, the COM
munique said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
" ~
py COLLIE SMALL,

BLACK WIDOW BASE. France,
Sept. 9. Delayed - (UP) - The
spookicst icb in the air force be-
longs to tie American youths who
fly the new POI Black Widow
night fighters.
These pilots sleep by day and
fight by highland it is no fun up
there, shutting back and forth all
night defying German planes to try
to run the gantlet after dark.
flew in a patrol last night with
Captain Tadas Spells of Hartford,
Connecticut. Bl..ck Widow flight
commander and his radio opera
tor. Flight Officer Lefty Eleftherion
of Elmira, New York.
1t was eerie sitting in The upper
cockpit as Spells - outlined against
the soft Green LIGHT of his inStru-
ment panel - warmed UP the en-
eines. Suddenly the jet black Pei
plunged down the runway and
pointed its nose for the stars.
CLINE LIKE ARROW
we ClllllDfu IKE dil dIIOW bIllOuRll
fluffy clouds. Spells, who the night
before had chased a JunkerS 1873
more than 100 miles before the
pilot eluded him, headed toward
Germany
He flew so many minutes in one
direction and then turned sharply
again on another course. Some
where in the vast sky other Black
Widow planes We're following SINH
lar 2ig-zag courses seeking enemy
planes.
Constant reminders came over
the radio from the ground control
station as to our location.
Suddenly the ground control op-
orator called TO another black wild
OW pilot in our area:
"ABC. There's a plane three
miles ahead of you"
Roger came the reply
"ABC Hes now four miles dead
ahead. Increase your speed
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
Come on, Idaho, ,
Let II Ride

BOISE, Ida, Sept. r. UP)-An
interstate feud was threatened af-
.er the San Jose, Cal, chamber CT
commerce published a postwar map
If the Pacific coast that gives
Idaho's panhandle" to Montana.
To correct the situation, Dwight
Mitchell of Boise suggested that
the federal government set up for
San jose a new agency tC be called
the "BbaWgynsa." That stands for
better become acquainted with the
geography of your neighboring
states administration.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
QUEBEC CONFERENCE AND
GIVING JAPS DEATH BLOW

Through guarded statements issued
nv a White House secretary, as profound
secrecy surrounds the opening of a con-
ference in Quebec between Prime Minis
rer Winston Churchill and President
Roosevelt, trickles the heartening lndlca-
ton that at last a military conversation
has to do with putting the Pacific war
into high gear This feeling Is heightened
by the presence at the conference OF
several military staff men of both ma
tions, although none Of the generals on
any of the battlefronts are included IN
that number.
It is to be hoped that as far as such
conference can go, something Is accom-
plished in the way of coordinated moves
to bring the Japs to their knees, and
soon.
Much of the strength of the JapS lies
in the fact that they are entrenched on
British soil or British-held strongholdS
Since Macarthur helped make Australia
safe from the marauding and then sue
cessful Japs, Britain has made no great
campaign except on the Burma-lndia
border. There is Singapore still in the
hands of the Nips as is Hongkong, an
even more strategic point from which to
get at Toxic and the Philippines.
There has been open wonder, if not
criticism, concerning the continued piece
meal strategy in the Pacific since the IN
vasion of France practically made sure
complete victory in Europe and this feel
ing has been augmented further by the
tremendous victories of the Russians in
smashing the Balkans and reaching the
point of actual invasion of the reich.
Much is expected from Quebec in the
ensuing days.
1t is again, however, two-party par
ley. China and Russia, and now that
France is liberated, are not represented
at the meeting. The same condition pre-
walls as at all previous conferences be-
tween Churchill and ROOSEVELT can
go only so far.
This half-measure business is all the
more apparent when it is announced that
the current parley will consider postwar
settlements boundaries and so on. Mani
festly no decisions can be reached With
out Stain. Perhaps, however, he gave
the two his blueprints at Teheran and as
far as postwar economic considerations
are concerned, it isn't necessary for the
Russ warrior to bother about making
such long trip.
Anyway he offers his apologies for not
attending, and it is barely possible the
matter OF huSSld opening up poi - Aloii
which to fight the Japs may be mention
ed in the Canadian citadel conversations.
Maybe, And that would be embarrassing.
About his inability to be present, Stall
in sent this message: "At the present
time when the Soviet armies are fighting
battles on such broad front, develop
ing their offensives increasingly, | am
deprived of the possibility of travelling
out of the Soviet union and of leaving
the direction of the army for the short
est period
Similar messages might have been sent
by Eisenhower, Patton, Montgomery,
Bradley, Patch and others directing the
battles in Europe.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
FIST FIGHT MARKS MEET

CINCINNATI, O., Sept Il. OUP)
"A fist fight between supporters
of John l.. Lewis, United Mine
Workers president, and am insur-
gent bloc of delegates to the minerS'
Today biennial convention brCke
up meeting called Monday by the
insurgents TO discuss that strategy
for restoring autonomy to the
unions districts.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
SMITH TO THE RESCUE

CUP)-The village blacksmith res
cued Howard Cease, three-year- old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Cease,
when he got lodged in a cream can.
Howard went into the can after a
ball and couldn't get out. The
blacksmith opened the side OF the
can and spread it wide, freeing
Howard and his ball.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
PATTERN FOR
NON-PARTISANSHIP

Disclosure Of even this much of
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
PIG HAS EXTRA FEET

ENID, Okla, Sept. II. CUP)-
There should be no shortage of pigs
feet in the Bill Hutchinson home
south of here this winter. One of
Hutchinsons soWs gave birth to a
six-legged piglet. The many-footed
animal has three left front legs.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
TREE BLOWN DOWN AND BACK

FARMINGTON, Mimi, Sept. IL.
UPD-A bad storm blew a tree
down on John Errington's farm
That isn't unusual, but week later
a storm from the opposite dlrec-
ton blew it up again almost into
its original position. Neighbors are
wondering whether it will take root
and live.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12

EDITORS NOTE: The fOHOWing edit
Oridis are presented as interesting Opfn-
ions UOiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
By PETER EDISON

The futility of official efforts to
maintain an air CT Sanctified, upper
stratosphere mystery about the
American British Russian confer
ences on postwar security, now 60
ing on at Dumbarton Oaks in Wash
ington. is best Illustrated by the
fact that details of the American
plan leaked out at the Republican
national convention in Chicago last
June. Nobody cared then and 1t
makes nc difference now, so all the
effort to maintain super-secrecy
seems Just a little bit silly.
The original leak on the Ameri-
can plan came during the drafting
of the Republican platform. In try
ing to draw up the planks on for
eign policy, the resolutions subcom-
mittee assigned this job ran into
snag. There was still good bit CT
isolationist strength in the party
and furthermore, the COP poll
ticians wanted to be free to criti-
cize the Roosevelt foreign policy
and lay it on thick and good.
This attitude made it difficult to
get into the platform any state
ments of principle that would go
even as far as the Republican dec
laration of Mackinac Island in
which. nearly a year before, COP
senators. governors and party big
shots came out unanimously for
Joining an organization CT nations
to maintain a just and lasting
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-12
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Editorials and Comment

lish new outlet for the Valleys tre-
mendous soil production slip by. Once
in production, the Valley will have per-
manent industry.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-02

stop Dellicurtti. gave his opponent
lesson in the finer points OF box.
lng skill. swabbing Vic's face with
singing punches. and bouncinG
some lefts and rights off Dellicurt-
It's stomach.
Robinson injured his left hand
in the ninth round. but his trainer
George Gainsford. expected the
hand TO be in sood condition for
his fight in Philadelphia. Dec. IL
Jimmie tShamuS O'Brien. light
heavyweight. protege OF Robinson
stopped Odell Reilly. Detroi,
heavyWei ght. in the sixth round OF
the scheduled eight-round semi
final. Reilly had dropped O'Brien
for no counts. in the first and fourth
rounds.
After softening Reilly up with
body attack in the fifth. O'Brien
drove a terrific left hook 10 the
stomach in the sixth and followed
in with right TO the jaw Reilly
was out for the count.
Emmett Grier, Detroit weller
weight making mis- first appear
ance after a long lay-off, lost d
SiX-round decision ID Bill Eddy
Flint Eddy scaled l40 to Grier' S
1884, Howell King. Detroit, was
knocked out by Jimmie wilkins,
New York. in the second round
Al Ellis. Detroit. stopped Chuck
Ackworth. Toronto, in the first
roun5 Charles Padalino. Detroit
wor over Willie Watkins, Detroit,
n four rounds.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-02
Russ J. Cowans
Sport Chatter

Owners q. the Negro National
League and the Negro American
League will meet in New York.
Dec Is and %. and some impor-
tant questions viii be passed upon.
While the majority of teams in
both leagues were able To close
the books for the year with a sub
stanlial margin OF profit. there was
a large wave OF dissatisfaction on
the part OF the public This has
been expressed by the fellow IN
the streets in no uncertain terms
Fans point out that neither
league. and particularly the Negro
National league. plays a complete
schedule for the season, and that
the winner OF the league champion
ship is not truly q representative
If the league.
And further evidence Of the lax
~ in the operation OF the leagues
IS found in the fact that Detroit has
been denied a franchise m the
Negro American league, notwlth-
standing the fact that the Motor
City is the best baseball city IN
America. Detroiters insist that if
outside teams can come here and
play al Briggs Stadium, then De-
troit should have a team in the
league, especially since Detroit fans
are supporting the outside teams.
Furthermore. the owners should
appoint high commissioner OF
baseball. man OF integrity who
would decide important problems
'onironting both leagues This will
e a hard nut TO crack because
ne appointment OF commissions
= would remove some OF the power
rom the hands OF the two presi-
dents. and these bows are not will
.ng 10 relInquish any power.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands.
commissioner OF organized base
ball. who died Saturday. saved
baseball in 1920 when the game
VAS staggering from the scandal Of
the 1919 World Series by issuing
an order barring from the game
eight members OF the Chicago
White Sox. The Zen had been ac-
quilted when tried under indict-
men;s charging them with having
accepted brides from gamblers 10
throw the 1919 World Series 10
the Cincinnati Reds. but Judge
Lands held they had forfeited their
places in the game.
At a meeting OF owners OF the
National and American leagues IN
New York last winter. Judge
lands. on the reQues; OF Sam
Lacy. sports editor OF the Afro
American. heard a delegation OF
Negroes petition for admitting Ne
groes in to the big leagues.
After listening 10 the plea OF the
spokesman for the delegation.
lands told them that there was
no law against Negroes playing in
either the American or National
leagues He said that il was left
with the individual owners.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-02
Speedy Detroit Team
Defeats Globe Trotters

Roaring TO the front with a saw
age attack IN the first period. De-
tro!t's repre- sen;atlve team main
4 ned his 81 and slashing offenSe
g. defeat the Harlem Globe Trot-
tcr, former national professional
e. pions. so 10 As before crowd
500 at Brewster Recreation
{, ,Cr. Thanksgiving Dsy night.
The victory was the second tho
L. Al clubs has won over the Globe
Tlotters in II successive years
Detroit Won its first victory in 1912
King Leads Attack
Wilbur King. Russell Phelps. and
Gorge Zeigler were ,hI offensive
s. for Detroit King hanging up
r- fcli GOALS and two foul shots
f., to'al Of 20 points Bernie
p only ? smbcr Of the Globe
7 l- who WAS with tho team
H. 0r hs,n,v dave o. $40 when
An SancrStcnS club captured the
rsf-osa, profess onal title account
90 or ~ o. The visitors points.
Flr -. four field goals and miss
In nuC shot out OF II trials a; the
foul Inc.
t"cr establishing a one-poirt
10 as The first period ended. De-
trc ,aw this advantage vanishing
q. Globe Trottcrs Spurted be-
h W shooting OF Bernie Price
a. Davis. but Detroit rallied
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-02
TAAF TAKES CT
FOOTBALL TITLE

COLUMBUS. Ga - A 6ghtlng
TuSkegee Army Air Field football
team won the Negro Servlcemen's
championship when they snapped
The two-year WIN streak Of the F.
Benning Reception Center Tigers
al Memorial stadium here I 10 6 on
Thanksgiving Day
The game, a rema,ch attracted q
crowd Of 5000 ana spoiled the Tus-
kegee airmen'S unscOrcd-upon rec.
ord. The score responsible came IN
the last four minutes " play when
the Fl Bennng fullback. Macon
Williams shot a lengthy 45-ysrd
forward pass 10 Gaines. the right
end Gaines had no trouble scoring
as he was calmly biding his time
IN the TAAF end zone. The try for
extra point failed
The winners tally also came in
the fourth quarter Right Halfbsck