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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
CLEAR ENOUGH

Instructor fool can ask more
questions than wise man can
answer"
soldier student: No wonder so
many Of Us funk these exams" -
The Guidan.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08

America ard Italy
The BISHOPS Oft'cc is in ne
CNO center IN Chicago. Fre-
4ac"Ny. With = string II appoint
nCr'S waiting fNr him ~ the re-
ccp'-N room. the churchman Is
,- ply not ~ his Office HIS stan
knows ~ nov that re AaS slipped
co. 2 SIDE door 20 the gym. and
vii 81 found taking with bunch
u KIDS
Air Minded, lie Helps Youngsters
In Aviation
Bishop Shell has started still
another young peoples project
In lq7l-So1,c years before avia-
.Ion began rs real boom--hc or
c5uiyed with the backing 81 + J
Lewis. Catholic ph.,anthro1iSt. the
Lewis School Of AeronautlCs in
Lockport. IL There. in A COM
"UH.;y which includes an airport.
hangers. living quarters. shops and
clasSroorus. girls and boys Of high
school and college age learn all
about aviation The bishop is
;h0roushly air-minded and has
done most Of his travelling for
years by plane.
Bernard James She'll was horn
in Chicago, the only child Of a
fuel merchant. and received his
early education at Chicago paro-
chial schools. In 81. NiatOr's Col
legc in BourbonnaiS. Ill. he was a
star baseball player major
league prospect. I'm fact. Never
thclcSS he stuck to his plan Of go
ing into the priesthood. Today
he's a formidable handball play
or. and keeps up his reputation
by badly beating a couple Of
young priests in the parish at the
game from time TO time.
Shell had two teachers AZ St
Nlatcr'S who can he given much
credit FOR directing his mind to-
Ward social interests One Of these
was The late Father NGuire. The
other. Father William BcrEin. lives
with the bishop now. Shell was
also the good friend. disciple and
nrotcgc Of the late George Will
liam Cardinal Mundclcin. Arch
bishop Of Chicago When the car
dinal died in 1899. IL was Bishop
Shells duty 10 choose the honorary
pail bearers He named the en-
tire population OF Chicago.
He was 20 when he became a
bishop--a tender age for that re-
sponSible status. Besides his work
as senior auxiliary bishop Of Chi
caCo. he has also his duties as
pastor Of ST. Andrews Parish. the
citv's largest. For relaxation he
minglcS with the C.YO. young
stcrs. plays and occasional game Of
handball and reads detective
stories.
He's sincere. unflannbovant
speaker who wins his audiences
by the sheer truth ~ his utter
ances and his honesty Of prescn-
tation. After a speech In Wash
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08

want 10 know what the meaning
~ Self-determination OF peoples is
Does i mean IN this case that the
Jews all over the world are 20 de-
terTire the Palestine question: Or
does il mean that the 600 900 Jews
there already and the 1000 900
Arabs VII. decide And again.
while I'm very pathetic 70
ZioniSr1. doesn't il conflict with
our attitude toward segregation
I've always been adverse - solv-
irg the problem o. people who
are problem by ScEcegating them
and putting them IN one place
4 Rebuke With a Smile
The man talking. Miss DIRTY.
told us later. was GloSter Current
who represented the National
Association for tn Advancement
Of Colored People.
A sharp-faced girl-Molly Lieb-
er, representing the American
Youth for Democracy. we learned
snapped back al him that the
question 81 Palestine has nothing
- do with whether the Arabs want
the Jews or not
Our country ard Russia. as well
as Britain should 90 willing -
open Their doors - 'hese people
,hc~." said Current Smiling gently.
TIE next rersor Nc spoke 20 Was
Thomas Neil. q 32-year-old, red
haired. wirv-bu,' discharged serv-
icenan-a lieu:e-aT. N TIC army
representing the United Electrical,
Radio ard MscA.r1 Workers, CIO,
% Newark ~ = His main inter
es:s were in "3eveloTlng intern7-
'ional co-operati - among youth as
Z has been developed among
labor" and IN continuing the fight
aEains. faSciSr'
Miss Dri:z cut rs short by CON-
ing out - announce, We just vo'-
ed - in;ernational!ze the atomic
bomb"
Miss Damon then went back into
tic conference room. and Miss
Dritz brought ont Chester Current.
,hc Young Negro We rad overheard
debating tho Palestine question.
He sa q he cid not approve Of leav-
inE out the ar.i-taSciSt japanese
and German delegations. and hoped
that ;hey would be included later
on.
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A War Worker Frst

Then Miss Dri.z went into the
conference room and brought out
Elsa Graves. a HEAVIEST. friz7v-
haired girl with warm sT!le
who told US she was 80 and from
TIE National Industrial Council 81
the YWC.A She had been steel
worker in Chicago during the war.
and before that, a domestic sery-
ant
I'm an industrial woman. var
worker" she winked, emphasizing
each word Il feel very dumb AZ
these meetings. and ! guess I'm co.
ing 70 learn more than | an gong
10 contrib butte. guess my value -
this conference lies in being rank
ard file worker. not a leader Elsa.
who is a member Of the United
Steel Workers. CIO. said she is con-
cerned with union as we'll as en-
ployer discrimination against woT-
en- in the labor world IN this
country. She wants 20 get facts on
wor|en'S status in other countries
at the conference.
AS Miss Graves went back 10 her
seat. and Miss Dri;z summoned
another delegate. we heard Part 81
a discussion about Palestine. A
cherubic- faced man was saying. y
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-12-08
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A Check With Roi OttIev

piled. Frankly speaking I'm a
little out % touch with what's 90
ln2 on here know. 81 course. Of
The school strikes and that whole
situation. The fundamental thing
me trip has done for me is 10 see
the Negro problem IN rs broader
aspects and don't wan; 10 be
S'uffy about thls) and to see il
moreover as part OF the whole
pattern Of depression
Evening star., 1945-04-05
Coo
Continued From First Page)

still idle Production was expected
to decline another 1000 tons to H.
900 tons below normal, however.
Reports from soft coal fields in
Alabama, Kentucky. Tennessee and
West Virginia were brighter, how
ever.
Absenteeism in the Pennsylvania
area was heaviest in the so-called
captive mines which produce fuel
for steel mills of Western Pennsyl-
vania. Nine of II mines operated
by subsidiary of the United States
Steel Corp. were idle and production
of coal for the corporations mills
was cut from an average $4,000 tons
daily to 1000 tons.
Meanwhile, the UNIV renewed
efforts to break the contract dead
lock with soft coal operators after
tossing 80 new demands for a new
work agreement at anthracite opera
tors that would give hard coal min
ers an estimated IS per cent pay
increase.
Mr.. Lewis had powerful weapon
for use in continuing talks with
soft coal producers in the mine alb
senteeism and in confusion over the
contract. Miner negotiators in the
conference here made no mention
OF the situation, but it obviously
was having effect on operators, who
repeatedly were prepared to offer
more pay.
The anthracite conference opened
in New York City yesterday. Mr.
Lewis presented the same demands
he had given bituminous operators,
plus some new ones.
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Russia
Continued From First Page. }

in another suburb, Perchtoldsdorf
south Of the Liesing, a junction vital
to the defense of South Vienna.
If Tolbukhin succeeded In forcing
the Reiche River, which falls into
the Liesing just south of the deer
park, and then the Liesing, he would
be in position to launch an attack
on Vienna from the west as well as
the south and east.
Bratislava Taken After Siege.
Bratislava, Slovakian capital OF
10000 population, was captured
after 24-hour siege by Marshal
Malinovsky's forces
While capturing Bratislava other
of Malinovsky's troops advanced 8
to 10 miles north and west of the
Slovakian city along a 100-mile
front, Moscow said.
Soviet forces captured 1900 men
Tuesday in this offensive, the Rus
sian high command declared.
Almost 100 miles due south of
Vienna, other Russian troops fight
ing shoulder to shoulder with Bull
garian units drove the last Germans
off Hungarian soil and fought in
the area between Graz and Maribor
36 miles inside Yugoslavia and "a
miles east of the italian frontier.
The Moscow communique said 1C
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Eisenhower
Continued From First Page)

outlying areas including the western
port areas of France and Denmark
and Norway.
There is always a chance, Gen.
Eisenhower conceded, that sudden
upsurge among the German popu-
lation might bring "a much easier
pacification" than he anticipates
but he believes the Allies should be
prepared for bitter-end resistance.
Jonathan Daniels, White House
press secretary. who made Gen.
Eisenhower letter public. was
asked If he believed that under the
circumstances any We day procla-
nation would come from Gen.
Eisenhower-rather than from this
side of the Atlantic. He replied.
Very probably" but said he did
not want to comment on the gen.
erals letter
Eisenhower Letter.
The text of Gen. Eisenhower's
letter follows:
The further this campaign pro-
crosses the more probable 1t appears
that there never will be clean
cut military surrender of the forces
on the western front. Our expert
ence to date Is that even when
formations as small as division
are disrupted, their fragments con-
tinue to fight until surrounded. This
attitude, If continued, likely will
mean that a We day will come
about only by proclamation on our
part rather than by any definite
and decisive collapse or surrender
of German resistance. Projecting
this idea further, it would mean that
eventually all the areas in which
fragments of the German Army,
particularly the paratrooper, panzer
and IS elements may be located,
will have to be taken by the appli-
cation of or the threat of force
This would lead into a form of
guerrilla warfare which would re-
quire for its suppression very large
number of troops.
"Of course, If the government of
Germany, or any group that could
take over political control, would
make a national surrender, then all
armed bodies remaining In the field
would, in my opinion, no longer be
classed as soldiers Of a recognized
government but would occupy the
status of brigands or pirates.
Since, If captured under these
conditions, they would not be en-
titled to protection afforded by the
laws of war, it is my conviction that,
except for extreme fanatics, they
would largely surrender. But so
long as any Of the Hitler gang re-
tains a semblance of political power,
I believe the effort will be to con-
tinue resistance not only through
out Germany but in ali of the
outlying areas, including the west
ern port areas of France and Den
mark and Norway.
To counteract this eventuality
our local propaganda stations are
constantly pointing out to the Ger
mans that they should now be
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Starving Yanks Freed
From German Prison
Are Flown 10 France
BY EDWARD D. BALL,


WITH THE UNITED STATES
3D. ARMY IN GERMANY, April s.
Some of the 3,400 American soldiers
set free when Sd Army troops broke
into their prison camp near Bad
Orb, northeast of Hanau, were re-
moved to France yesterday in CAT
transport planes which landed on =
former German airfield east Of the
Rhine.
But many of the Americans were
too weak from hunger and excite
ment to leave their hunks when the
air evacuation began.
Russian General Included.
The captive Doughboys-gaunt,
emaciated and deliriously happy
had been imprisoned since the battle
of the Belgian bulge. They were
among $500 prisoners of virtually
all nationalities at war with Ger
many, including a Russian general
and his staff, who were crowded into
the filthy barracks of camp on a
hill 3 miles outside Of town.
Most were from units overrun by
the German Ardennes break-through
which began last December 16. All
were privates except for a handful
of officers. Most Of the officers were
moved from Bad Orb weeks ago.
The noncoms we're taken to Ziegen-
hahn recently and liberated there
last week by units of 1t. Gen.
George S. Patton's Sd Army.
The hungry, hollow checked
Americans, many of them little
more than skin and bones, said their
prison diet had consisted of grass
SOUP whose ingredients they de-
scribed as dehydrated carrots, cab
bage, and sticks and stones.
Two Dozen Yanks Died.
Two dozen white crosses marked
the graves of Yanks who had died
while held at Bad Orb.
You should have seen these GIs
when we came into camp" said Pfc.
Clotis Pelfree of Bloomington, Ind,
whose battalion of infantry from the
44th Division prepared the Ameri-
cans for their journey to France.
Some of them bawled like kids.
We started handing out cigarettes
and they nearly mobbed U.S."
Evening star., 1945-04-05
Western Front
Continued From First Page.)

escaped the closing trap during the
last four days, most of them too
inclement for much flying.
The Canadian 1St Army immi-
nently menaced the Dutch city of
Arnhem $4,000 and pressed on a
broad front toward the Zuider Zee,
to cut across supply routes to the
V-bomb launching platforms be-
tween The Hague and Rotterdam.
1t. Gen. George S. Patton's Sd
Army, more than 2l5 miles inside
Germany. spent much of its energy
consolidating gains of the last IA
days, in which 63.406 prisoners have
been taken by this Army alone.
The 4th Armored (Break-through)
Division turned south from its latest
conquest at Gotha, an airplane-
producing center, and cleared Ohr-
druf, miles below the city. The
9Th Armored Division stabbed north
into Mulhausen, SO miles northwest
of Weimar, birthplace of the Ger
man republic.
One column of the 9th Armored
Division drove % miles east to enter
Mulhausen from the north; an
other jabbed miles northeast and
entered the town from the other
side. Both columns encountered
only scattered resistance.
Yanks Reach AItengottern.
The 65th Division, mopping up
behind the tanks, pushed to Alten-
gottern, S miles southeast of Null
hausen Other infantrymen gained
IS miles east to a point beyond
Mihla, 9 miles south of Mulhausen.
The 11th Armored (Thunderbolt)
Division on the south flank cleared
zella- -Mehlis, 20 miles south Of
Gotha.
One column of the Goth Division
advanced II miles and entered
Barchfeld, II miles south of Eisen-
ach, and another spearhead fought
into Echardthausen, miles south
of Eisensch. Eisenach itself-on
the superhighway to Leipzig-was
by-passed several days ago by ar
mored divisions and entered only
today by infantrymen who advanced
3 miles.
The 26th (Yankee) Division ad-
vanced up to 16 miles, reaching the
area II miles southwest of Gotha.
The 80th (Blue Ridge Division
repulsed two counterattacks and
drove miles northeast to reach
point 7 miles east Of the fallen
tank and aircraft manufacturing
city of Kassel. Cavalry entered
Meimbressen, 7 miles northwest of
Kassel
1t was the British 9Th Air-borne
Division which reached the western
outskirts of historic Minden (28, ,000)
and the American I'd Armored Hell
on Wheels Division which pulled
up to the Weser opposite Hamelin.
The river was first reached by the
5th Armored Division yesterday at
Bad Oeynhausen, between the cities.
All bridges we're found blown. The
stream, however, is only 240 feet
wide and engineering battalions
went along with the tank troops.
The British advance put the
TomnAieS once more on the battle
field Where in 1859 the British Han
novarian Alliance won victory over
the French, for which some regi-
ments still wear roses in their caps.
British and Yanks Linked Up.
The British I'd and American 9th
Armies were linked up shoulder to
shoulder along the whole west bank
of the Weser between Minden and
Hamelin.
Those of 1t Gen. William H.
Simpsons divisions which tackled
the 3,700-square-mile Ruhr trap
found that the Germans had formed
defense arc around Soest (22,00O
and were making death stand to
keep the Americans from the heart
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Of the pocket, in which up to 21
divisions are doomed.
The 83d Division attacked both
Soest and Hamm 100000 and re-
ported increasing small arms and
mortar fire, but little artillery.
The lst Army was nibbling at the
Ruhr pocket from the east, south
east and south and bracing for the
expected supreme German effort to
burst out.
Ninth Army elements pushing
south into the Ruhr cleared Dinker,
5 miles southeast of Hamm, and
seized 7l6 Germans.
The British 11th Armored Divi-
sion to the north crossed the Weser-
Ems Canal and captured three
bridges intact. moving to positions
last reported 7 miles northwest Of
Minden.
The strongest resistance encoun-
tered on the whole British front
still was just below Ibbenbueren,
where beardless youths of an ofIicer
school not only were resisting vi
gorously but counterattacking. The
British gave a little ground, but
soon recoiled and restored their
lines.
Northeast of captured Rheine, the
lowlanders enlarged their bridge
head over the Dortmund- Ems Ca
nal. The British finally cleared
Bentheim. In the Lingen area, they
fought at point 55 miles south of
Emden and rs miles southwest of
Wilhelmshaven, both Nazi naval
bases.
The British 7th Armored Division
bypassed Ibbenbueren and swung
well to the north. The British 18th
Armored Division in its drive to-
wayd the Weser captured an entire
battalion of Germans who had been
rushed down from Denmark with
notices that they would be armed on
reaching the battlefield. The Brit
ish beat them there and captured
all Of them-gunless.
Rain still was sopping the front,
but 1t showed no sign of slowing the
Oill uoll 4LlC WCdbIlCI 1CStl lCCCu Lie
pummeling Of German gateways out
of Holland where the Canadian 1st
Army steadily was closing a po-
tential trap in push toward the
Zuider Zee against stiff resistance
Every available report showed
that the Germans were pulling out
perhaps to the Elbe River line
the best way they could with their
limited transport and roundabout
routes.
Correspondents at supreme head
quarters and at Field Marshal
Montgomery's 2lst Army Group
headquarters we're cautioned against
"overemphasizing" the withdrawal.
Officers said there was no question
that the Germans were pulling out,
but that it was not yet possible to
say whether those leaving were
actual fighting forces or only SAL
vagable administrative, fax, supply
and headquarters personnel.
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towns were taken yesterday In this
drive and 5000 Germans were cap
tured Tuesday.
Meanwhile, to the north the Berlin
radio said Marshal Gregory X. Zhu-
kov's lst White Russian Army was
about to launch powerful assault
from Oder and Neisse River bases
toward junction with American
forces striking at Berlin from the
west
Offlcial silence in Moscow shroud-
ed developments in this area 'front.'
ing on Berlin. but field dispatches
said the big Russian offensive was
near at hand,
Evening star., 1945-04-05

planting crops for next winters food,
instead of fighting. In addition, I
am hopeful of launching operations
at the proper time that should
partially prevent guerrilla control
of any large area, such as the
southern mountain bastion.
1T is of course always possible
that there might be in Germany
a sudden upsurge of resentment
against the war which would lead
to a much easier pacification than
that described above My opinion
is based upon the supposition that
our experience to date provides our
best basis of future predictions. AT
best We should be prepared for the
eventuality described"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27


 ported over a 45-mile radius from the center.
 Communications lines were down and, many of the weather bureaus stations had not reported.
 The' cauSeway between Corpus Christi and Portland on the Hou- ston highwya was under water and the road closed to traffic.
 The sheriffs' office at Victoria, Texas reported at am. that winds of 75 to 85 miles an hour had been flashing the town for some time and "the worst is yet to come." It was feared the unharvested rice crop in the area was total loss.
 All but six persons had been evacuated from the town of Port O'Connor.
 At nearby Lavaca, the roof was blown from the Perry school and the Houston oil warehouse was leveled. Palacios reported minor damage fol- lowing 50-mile an hour winds and five-foot tides. The Palacios school was crowded with refugees from other areas.
 Winds up to 108 miles per hour were recorded at Corpus Christi and some 500 telephones were out of service. Hotels and the court house were jammed with refugees. Cots u'<=-s put up in hotel lobhies. ' -a -..O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27

SchmeIins ToGuide Maxi Youths

London, Aug. 2T.-(UP)--British military authorities have given beetle e-browed Max Schmeling, for ner worlds heavyweight boxing champion, one of the biggest jobs in the re-education of Nazi youth, a Daily Express dispatch from Ham burg said today.
 Schmeling will select and publish new books and supervise translations of American, British and French works aimed at eradicating Nazi ideas and distilling Democratic thought.
 Daily Express Correspondent vi- vien Batchelor said that Schmeling for years had been a silent partner in the Hamburg publishing firm of Hammerich and Lesser, founded in 178S, which British investigators dis covered was one of the few firms never to publish any Naz propa- ganda.
 Warns of Nazi Youth
 Schmeling declared: 'The most dangerous element in Germany, and the most difficult to get at, are youth of IS to 20. They hang about in the black market streets. They have nothing to occupy them"
 Schmeling said these boys still re- tain many NaM ideas, adding: You cannot expect anything else when for 12 years they have known noth- ing but propaganda and soldering. :"
 Schmeling said he believed that as soon as his firm started printing books again he might "give them something to read which will begin to them"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
Bus DriDer Held h Sundays Bus Tragedy
 Dovid Kinney, 6. FotoIIy Crushed While i, Homeword Bound from Church; k Coroner Investigating

Irving Leonard, 31, 916 Cooke vtreet, driver of the c. R. & L. bus which was involved in the death of six year old David Kinney early Sunday morning, received a contin- uance in City Court this morning when arraigned before Judge John Gaffney.
 Leonard is being held on $1,000 bonds for a later hearing after Cor oner Healey reported that several witnesses were questioned during the day, Sunday, with the inquest continuing today.
 David, who was to enter the sec- ond grade of SS. Peter and Paul School a week from Wednesday, was born in Waterbury, December "A, 1888.
 Surviving besides his parents are six brothers, John F., Francis L., J. Peter, Robert F., Paul c. and Don- aid C.; two sisters, Flavia E. and Elizabeth B.; a paternal grand- mother Mrs. Bridget Kinney, and maternal grandparents, MT. and Mrs. Frank J. Brennan of Nauga- tuck. His mother is the former Flaw ia Brennan of Naugatuck. MT. Kinney is 8 well known member of Crosby High School faculty.
 The funeral will be held Tuesday at g a. rn., from the Bergin Funeral Home, 290 East Main street, to SS. Peter and Paul church where a Mass of the Angels will be celebrat- ed at 9:3O. Burial will be in the family plot, Calvary cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funeral nome this afternoon and evening. The six-year-old son of MT. and < Mrs. John P. Kinney of 51 Plank road was killed instantly yesterday morning when struck by a bus on his way home from church.
 The boy was crossing East Main street, opposite Anderson school, after having attended a 10 o'clock Mass at SS. Peter and Paul church. Tn the company of two brothers, Peter and Robert, and & sister, 1ldt1d, ItlC 4OuI bCSdA1 VO SAOso oAAS street from the north to the south side, when David stepped out first and the bus, which was travelling in an Easterly direction, struck the youth.
 Coroner Healey reported that the left front of the bus struck the child and that the wheels passed over the boys body causing numer- ous fractures. Assistant medical ex- aminer, Harold F. Morrill,, said that the boy was dead upon arrival of the officials, and added that death was instantaneous.
 The driver of the bus was re- leased on his own recognizance pending hearing by Coroner Frank Healey. He was later notified by Motor Patrolmen James Sweeney and John Walsh to appear in court today.
 Three passengers were in the Q. R. 6 L. vehicle which was in-