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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
$4,000 Fire Loss
In MI. Clemens

Fire which broke out behind
the prescription counter swept
through Cunningham Drug Store
In downtown Nj. Clemens. causing
damage estimated at S2e,00e.
Three OF the communliYS four
fire engines battled the blaze faSt
night for three hours. Author
ties a. ScitTidEc FIetd sent an
army fire truck 10 stand by
-E4rSL AaaF-ei- tAta-~tt,tlt- tlt--IA-f--
DESTROYED. according 10 Fire Chief
Edward G.. Smith. and some soc
ond floor Offices IN Inc brick
building we're damaged
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
500 Salad
Crash Into Fruit Stand
Gets Vet q Ticket

A discharged war veteran faced
reckless driving charge today
because he made himself a S4O0
fruit salad Al the II. g. II. Market.
3640 r. McNicholS.
He lost control OF his car and
smashed into the outside stand
last night, scattering fruit and
vegetables over the street,
Herman and Morris Kaufman,
who operate the market, refused
TO sign complaint against Carl
Wojcik. 25, OF 2279 Newton. He
was vet. they said.
Police. less lenient, gave him
the ticket
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
xifaehdfge Barred
For Ton Coal Orders

Dealers may no longer charge
consumers the extra 25 cents a
ton allowed under government or
ders for one-ton delivery of coal
or coke. the OPA announced to-
day. The OPA cautioned that the
extra charge should not be con-
fused with normal charges for
Small-lot deliveries
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
Wounded i'm 1919.
Gets Purple Heart

C0LDWATER June 4 Edward
F. Bnkicy, former sheriff OF
Branch County was wounded BY
sfraprct IN the ATgonnc forest
during the first World War.
Tody, u years later, Blnkley has
been awarded the Purple Heart.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
sprint ~ rur urrKuTT TINFS

To reach the largest possible
audience Of men in service and
those IN hospitals. as well As 10
bring her great talents 10 civil
ians At their iresideS. Frances
Langford, SongbIrd Of America S
fighting forces, now brought her
Purple Heart Diary 20 the arr
waves
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
Eden Reported III

LONDON, June 4 (INS)-Brit-
iSh Foreign Secretary Eden is
suffering from a duodenal ulcer,
il was announced TODAY.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
Exhibit Of Swords

4 collection of swords and -Na-
bers viii be exhibited at the De-
troit Historical Museum, &302
Barlum Tow en-. tomorrow.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
Priority Tool Theft
Brings Term of Year

Mspleridge was given a suspended
sentence Of one year for stealing
75 yards OF nylon parachute fabric
from a defense plant.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
RETURN TO EUROPE

Gen. SpaatZ said he expected
to return 10 Europe aflet 4 leave.
which Will include his trip 10 De
trolt. Gen. Bradley. however, viii
not Join the others in the visit
here.
Both Brig Cen John p Doyle,
commander OF the 42nh Bomber
Wing. First Tactical Air Force,
and Mai. Gen. Fred Anderson
chief Of operations Of the Eighth
Air Force. who will accompany
Gen. Spaatz 10 Detroit. served
briefly with the army ground
forces after their graduation from
West Point in the late iZ0s
Mai Cen. EfWood r. QueSada
80, one Of the youngest and most
colorful of the flying generals, IS
the only one of the group whe
is a bachelor.
In 1910. AS chief Of the foreign
liaiSon section in the Air Corps
Intelligence Division. Gen. Que
sada made trip TO England with
Gen. Arnold. head Of the Air
corps. as his aide. and late in
the summer Of 1874, he few Gen,
Eisenhower over the front lines
in France.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
PsYCHATRIsTs CALLED


Silverman said defense witnesses
would include Or. Baxter B. Fair
and DR.. Lowell S. Selling, psychia.
trists.
~ am sure that n lot of yeu-
good people have heard the old
saying that psychiatrists are
often as crazy az the people
they are called upon to ex-
anime" he told the jury. ~
don't want any of you to como
into this case with that idea.
In mind"
Defense witnesses also will in.
clude DeWeerdts son, Robert. 16,
who has admitted that he drove
his father 10 the scene Of The
killing and waited in the car una
tit the shot was fired.
Mrs. Ivonna Couvreur, widow
Of the Crosse Pointe builder. has
filed suit for 100000 in circuit
court against DeWeerdt asking
compensation for the lost earn
ings of her husband and expenses
incurred as a result of his death.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
HER CO-ENTERTAINERs

Mistress Of ceremonies and star
of the new nationwide radio show
tho formal of which IS based on
her hospital tours, Miss Langforc
introduced Tony Romano. vel
known gultaU>t who Travelled
with her and Bob Hope on their
USO tours. and Spike Jones and
his orchestra. They viii appear
with her during the 13 week
series
Each week there VIII be a vel
known guest of honor who Will be
co-featured with the young star
Yesterdays guest was screen
comedian Charlie Ruggles.
During the remaining broad
casts such stellar personalities As
Bob Hope. Bing Crosby and Jerry
Colona will be featured.
Next weeks program will origi-
nate at Long Beach Naval Hos
pital and will be heard on NBC
stations at 8 p. m. Detroit time.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
Insanity Plea
By DeWeerdf

Camille ] DeWeerdt, charged
with the ambush Staying Of Henry
Couereur 46, of AS r oiand.
Crosse Pointc, went on trial for
murder today before a jury OF l3
women and one man IN the court
of Recorders Judge Paul Z
krausc.
His attorney. Max Silverman,
indicated that the defense would
be insanity and self defense"
PLEADS SELF DEFENSE
81 know IL will perhaps he
hard for YOU tO believe that q
-pasR- eetld ge-etft- looking for
his victim with "A loaded shotgun
and Stili~plead self defense" he
conceded -ia-aR- opening state---
ment.
Chief witnesses for the defense,
Silverman indicated. will be De-
Weerdt's wife. Mary. 40. The
attorney said she would testify TO
a Seven-year affair with Couvreur.
The Staying took place March 1S.
DeWeerdt, =. of 5771 Radner, told
police that he had hidden beneath
his parked car at the home OF
Couvreur' brother, Joseph, 1900
Farmbrook. where CouYreur was
attending a party and had blasted
him with a shotgun when he
emerged.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
OPENS PROGRAM

Replacing Edgar Bergen and
Charlie Mccarthy of the NBC
Network. Miss Langiord famed
Hearst newspapers columnist and
author Of the Purple Heart Diary.
opened her 13-Week program.
Most of the 100 enlisted per-
sonnel Of the navy who are pa
tents a. Corona Hospital had
heard Miss Langford repeatedly
during her tours oi the battle
fronts under USO auspices with
Bob Hope and Jerry Colona.
Long after the program came
off the air YESTERDAY they called
for encore after encore Of popular
songs she had sung for them in
the day when the rccapture Of
the Philippines was Sull An un-
filled promise of Gen Macarthur.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
Air Generals
Here tuesday

One OF FIVE high ranking air
generals arriving In Detroit to-
morrow is returning 10 his birth
place.
Mai. Gen. Paul l.. Williams,
commander OF the Ninth Troop
Carrying Command. was born in
Detroit and lived here until his
family moved 10 California when
he was > years old
On B-Day Gen Williams COM
manded an armada of more than
1000 troop carrier planes and
500 gllderS. Later he switched his
armada TO Italy To lead the land
ines an southern France and still
later headed 200 planes IN an
attempt 10 flank the Siegfried
Line in Holland.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-05
AIR FORCE HAD

Gen Carl A Spaatz, A four-star
general and highest ranking or
the five Visitors, IS commanding
general OF The L. S. Strategic air
forces in Europe. He previously
led the Eighth Air Force and was
deputy commander OF the Allied
Air Forces In North Africa. Gen.
SpaatZ and his party including
his aide, MAC Mai Sally Bagby,
are scheduled 10 visit the Chrys-
Ter Tank Arsenal and Packard
plants,
Gen. Spaatz and The others ar
rived in New York Yesterday with
Gen. Omar y Bradley, com.
mander Of tho 18th Army Group.
who announced that Germany Is
completely destroyed
"Air power" he added did
everything II was supposed 10
do and more"
He said he few over the Reich
few days ago and 1t IL impos-
sible to realize the extent 10
which il has been puiveri2ed
Gen. Bradley announced in New
York that his future was up TO
the war department"
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-23
AfterI

Widened, drained and graded,
these county feeder roads in Mary
land are now providing farmers
with faster and smoother service
to marketing centers.
And here are some population fig
ures on that basis. There are ap-
proximately 100000 people living
in towns of less than 10000 and
about 100000 people, mostly farm
ers, living outside of municipalities
or a total of 100000 people. So
that 52.4 per cent of the total popu-
lation of the country are in areas
where the secondary and feeder
roads are located and would receive
large measure of benefit from
their improvement.
But to be more specific, $4,000. 900
people live, on these secondary
roads and they constitute the life
line for 90 per cent of the 100000
farms in the nation. Travel studies
for the year l941 showed that of the
total of $40, 300, 1000, 900 vehicle miles
Travelled in the United States, l07.-
100, 000,0 900 was on the farm-to-mar-
ket roads, or 34.5 per cent of the
total vehicle miles travelled.
OF course the funds to be avail
able. for the improvement of these
secondary roads is not expected to
improve all of them and it is the
responsibility of local road officials
and the state highway departments
to determine what proportion can
best be improved to provide the
greatest good for the greatest
number of people.
Funds Limited.
According to estimates which
have been received from many
states it is doubtful that funds pro-
vided in the three-year period will
provide improvement for as much
as one-third of the entire secondary
road system. And it is likely that
thousands of miles of these second
airy roads will never be improved
For instance, F. R. White, chief
engineer of the Iowa State highway
oySlCili, LII lColI1yAiS DSlOlS Tie
house of representatives road COM
mittee, said that studies in his
state indicated that Improvement of
about SO per cent of the rural Sec
ondary road mileage would provide
surfaced road to each farmhouse
in the state.
"a goodly portion of the re-
naming II per cent of the mileage
is so little used as to be nothing
more than land-use trails, which
could well be abandoned as public
highways and the land turned back
to corn production" Mr.. White said.
In some states the need is much
greater than in others, as was evil
denced in some of the testimony be-
fore this committee. In Indiana,
for instance, a large per cent of
rural roads have some sort of sur
facing like bituminous, crushed rock
or gravel, while in Alabama the
testimony showed that some $4,000
miles of the country road system is
! largely without permanent surfacing
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-23
Secluded Villages
Sprinkle Countryside

The Eifel is stretch of terrain of
volcanic origin, of some bare and
bleak hills and some tiny, secluded
villages. 1t is also a country of
towns on beautiful lakes and rivers,
in valleys with the terraced morn
ingside" (where the sun touches
firsD on which vineyards have
grown since the Romans first plant
ed them in the early centuries be-
fore Christ.
Part of the Eifel was "remote"
even when visited it. On the mod
ern highways, many of which follow
the old Roman routes, there were re-
sorts favored by tourists. But there
were lonely villages which breathed
an age forgotten by the modern"
Germany of 1912 when first saw
them. There were tall crags
crowned by the ruins of medieval
monasteries and castles, there were
quaint and comfortable inns, there
we're meandering mountain paths,
walled by thick fir trees beneath
which l slept in my "lodenfabrik"
cape, resting on a thousand year
old mattress of pine-needles, dream
ing of COLLINS and kobolds.
In a moment I'll take you up to
see an enchanted castle that might
have come straight out of a Maxfield
Parrish painting or an illustration
from Grimm or Anderson.
But now, let's get back to March,
1945.
AS this is written the fighting has
been along the western rim of the
Eifel, which is really the western
rim of the German frontier from
south of the River Roer to the city
of Trier. Trier is SO miles from
Coblenz on the Rhine.
The fighting has consisted of the
parallel advance of columns along
a 50-nile wide front. Patrols first
move into the hills overlooking the
valley villages. They secure the high
points so their artillery can domi.
nate valleys, up which the infantry
advances on the villages which are
its detectives, protected by the artil-
lery in the hills.
1t must be remembered that all
along the German frontier stretches
the Siegfried line. Therefore, the
Americans have to advance against
its Notifications and will have to do
so perhaps halfway to the Rhine.
This means that pillboxes and other
Notifications have to be taken as
the Americans advance.
Tanks cannot be used in this rough
country. 1t is the old-fashioned,
catch-as-catch-can fighting, with ri
fes, grenades, dynamite, fame
throwers and hand prenadeS
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-23
b A r B S by Baukhnge

Explosive Ben Marsh, secretary of
the radical Peoples lobby, calls the
Yalta conference "a compromise
with intelligence" and says that
"only ignoramuses of the New Deal
and the Old Deal can see much but
a threat of World War III in its en-
cyclical." Conservative David Law
renee also dislikes the Yalta deci-
sions. Which leaves the middle-of-
the-roaders fairly happy.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-23
WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, D. C.

WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, d. c.
American history, I believe, has
begun to repeat itself as the Allies
start to write the last chapter of the
European war.
By the time this is in print I hope
General Patton's boys (the Third
army, pushing down the winding
valley of the Moselle river, have cap
tured or at least invested Trier, key
city of the defenses of the Eifel. As
they progress across those ancient
highways or down the deep valley of
the twisting Moselle river where Ro-
man legions, equally as homesick,
once marched in the opposite di-
rection, they will be retraining the
steps of the victorious American
army which moved eastward to the
Rhine in the last war. Then as now,
it was the American Third army
which occupied the ancient city of
Trier at the close of 1918. 1t left
in 1923.
may be wrong in my Fremont
ton, but I believe that this approach
to the Rhine, which only an Amer
lean army ever used to enter Ger
many as victors, will be the thor
oughfare of the victors of 1915.
This country of the "Eifel," north
of the Moselle and west of the Rhine,
is of particular interest to me for l
have invaded it twice, peacefully to
be sure; both times before World
War
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-23

A broadcast from Tokyo said that
the Japanese fleet would be only too
glad to grapple with the American
navy. Sounds like grapple-sauce to
US.
You will be glad to learn that
children's music school has been
opened in NoVgorod, Russia, with
classes in piano, violin and accor-
iion.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-23

IT'S so quickly memorized, so
easy, and 50 effective in
spreads, cloths, scarfs or pillows,
this crocheted medallion.
The beginners delight. the experts pride
Star of the East medallion. Pattern
7240 contains directions for medallion;
stitches.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions. slightly more time
is required in filling orders for a few OF
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-23
Cooperation of Local Agencies Is Needed to
Assure Share in Projects.
BY WALTER SHEAD
WNU Washington Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, D. C-Township trustees and highway super
vsors county highway superintendent boards of county
issoners and other officials of local units inter-
esed secondary and feeder road and
have opportunity to take advantage of the ar
est grantad federal funds the history of the Public Roads
administration
This federal aid for highway and construction
be matched by the states $3.50 basis totals 900 and
provides for $500 expenditure of federal funds annually
for the first three fiscal That several
states take advantage all the funds expenditure three bill
hon dollars highways will be made the reeear period
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-23
Fifty-seven per

Fifty-seven per
cent Of Americas
vast network Of
rural secondary
roads remain I'M
surfaced, with the
result that many
farmers still find
tn e m s elves fire.
quently stuck in
the mud as this
picture indicates.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-23
Rugged Terrain Calls
For Close Up Battle

In these early stages of the Amer
lean push the fighting has been in
sharp contrast to the first army's
move along the Roer river toward
and into the Cologne plain. Once
the Roer was bridged and tanks
could cross, armor could come to
the aid of the doughboys who were
scrapping it out in the villages
and towns where each house was
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
Postal Pay Raise
Support Sought

Emil +. Wilson chairman of
the Detroit postal employees re-
classification committee, today
called attention 10 the economic
plight Of Detroit and the nation 5
postal employees
Urging that Detroit and Wayne
County citizens write their CON
greSSmen TO back passage of a
salary increase bill now before
the senate. Wilson pointed out
that postal employees have not had
a raise since 1925 when Their
basic salary was 81, 700 TO 81 l0C
"a year
If the postal service is 10 be
maintained al present efficiency
salaries must be sufficient 10 At
tract the right kind of employe
Wilson said.
The salary bill which has
passed the House Of Representa-
tives. provides for a Sl00 year
Increase plus temporary bonus
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
ReoandChrysler
Lose Contracts
Cutbaeks Not Expected
TO Hit Many Jobs

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me army '"''''''''' e" " .',''' ~.
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age ana lh'> cur 'odCh Was lo' I
'Npec'e" 10 continue 10 uII'I'i' I.ll
piolmei' corpora ION SloNsN'
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
ECONOMY POINTED OUT

In Article : Of the Your DSR'
series. on Feb 20, the Times
pointed out that since 1910 the
DSR had purchased 1-09S 27'
passenger buses and said
If instead Of getting 1908 Of
the 21-paSsenger buses, the DSR
had purchased 800 buses OF 81
passenger sire, II would not
now he 30 desperately In need
OF 800 drivers.
"The 500 larger buses would
accommodate aS many passeng-
erS ~ the ,09S smaller ones.
~ saving In personnel could
likewise have been effected by
adoption of modern street cars
These are safely operated by
one man"
When a Times reporter broaChed
the suggestion of converting the
present cars 10 one man opera
ton. officials conceded TINS could
be done, and cheaply but added
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
I Bandits Seize
Industrial Gems
Times Photo

Two well-dreSSed young bandits
escaped with two trays Of indus
trial diamonds AZ $500 at 3;30
p. m. Saturday after they bound
and gagged Louis p Herbots in
ms office in the Machinery Build
ing. 1882 +. Grand Blvd.
HerbotS was gagged with an
expensive. highly pcrfumed hand
kerchief which one Of the bandits
took from his own pocket The
victim, VINO lives Al $3.50 Devon
shire. and VINO Is the proprietor
of a commercial diamond cutting
establishment. was alone IN his
office when the robbers entered.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
Parliament Struck
By Z German Bombs
CLIMBED ON BOAT

LONDON. juno Q CUP) The
Houses of Parliament were bit y
times by German bombs and
twice by British anti-aircraft
shells during the war, Col. Clifton
Brown, speaker of Commons, dis
closed last night.
The speaker told a farewell
party for all who took part in
the defense and protection of the
palace of Westminster that cas-
ualties totaled three killed and
l5 injured
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
PRIZES OFFERED

Detroit dairies will compete
with companies in other cities on
a plan set by the treasury de-
partment War bond prizes viii
be awarded for highest company
and individual sales ~
Series + sales IN the state and
county have passed the halfway
mark. .-i
Against a state quota of 1926.
900 600 sales now amount to
S1l4.33S. .343.50 or 500 per cent
Of quota. State sales in F, -G
and other issues tally S65 .97l ,602
or 6l7 per cent of the Sl07, ,000,.
900 quota.
T. bond sales in the country
have reached So 947. .675. .25 or 50.7
per cent of the S124 ,22s 900 quota.
Sales in +. G. and other issues
stand al S34 .593. .244 or 62.3 per
cent of the $50 SOB 900 quota.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
Youth, Girl Drown as Boat
Capsizes in Lake St. Clair; Saved

Of young E,Chncr has not beer
recovered. The girl, Johannes said
had clunC with him 10 the floating
spar until dawn Saturday, when
She slipped from his grasp. ESch-
ner lost his grip in the darkness a
few hours after the boat CapSlzed
'fhr two boys had purchased The
lg-foOt SaliDoat recently
TELLS OF CRUISE
Edwin and ! had been out
several times before, and the
boat seemed 10 sail perfectly"
Johannes said. we took Irma-
gard with us Friday night and
set out from harbOr near JEFF
fersOn Beach.
"Irmagard and I were in the
stern and Edwin WAS handling
the boom There wasn't much
breeze. about fNe miles an hour.
I'VE must have been out
about an hour and were some
where of shores HArhor, which
isat the Ten Mile road,
"Our boat suddenly seemed
10 lurch a. though il had struck
something. II went over on the
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
Fascist Sentenced
To Ayr. Term in Italy

ROME. June Q (UP)-Cesare
Rossi. who spent 20 years either
As A prisoner of the FaScistS or a
fugitive from them, began a
4-year and 2-month prison term
today for supporting faSclsm.
One OF the founders of faSciSm,
Rossi acted As a go-between in
the murder Of Glacomo Matteotti,
Socialist leader. in 1924.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
Seize Nazi, Jap Assets

WASHINGTON, June 9 tUP)--
President Truman today author
ized the alien property custodian
to take full possession Of liquid
assets OF German and Japanese
nations which have been blocked
and held in escrow by the treas.
ury since before Pearl Harbor. =
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
FIRMS OVER TOP

Ten local firms are reported
over the top. They are:
Byrne Doors. Inc, quota sils75. saiss
Sls41sT5 w.
General Hardwood Co quota SIS 400. sales
- 400
Hassi MfR-eo, quota sat 500, safes
$50 900
LarroWe MiiiinE Co quota si3 100. sales
SO 500
Hail Engineering Co. quota So 500. sales
50 600
Jaisos Engineering Co.. quota SO 800. sales
50 500.
ST. 900
experimental Tool Die Co. quota
50 500 sales Sil 900.
A. Mcdonald Creamery Co, quota
.Sii 900 sales Si2 600
Fsrmcrest Bakeries, Inc. quota ssS, 500,
safes Ss7 600
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
Small Buses
Called Error
DSR Also Seeks TO Buy
New Type TrolleYs
BY JOHN CREECY

An abrupt about face in DSR
policy is evidenced in It's con-
templated switch TO larger buses
and one-man street cars.
When these changes were Sug-
gested by the Times, in It's Your
DSR" series last February, the
ideas were pooh-poohed by DSR
officials.
Things are different now.
Mayor JeffrieS. who has indi-
Gated that, he expects the DSR 10
be one of the major issues in the
coming election, said a few DAYS
ago that the policy Of using small,
27-passenger buses exclusively was
"the worst mistake the DSR ever
made.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
NO MOVE TO REPEAL

- Tts impossible, because
here is an ordinance which re-
two-man crews on cars
seating 81 or more passengers"