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Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22

a farce. We didn't know what
was going on and the JapS re-
fused 10 interpret for US. 1t oc-
Cured Aug. 2S. the day we
were moved from Bridge House.
1t was a sunny, pleasant day.
We were handcuffed and
moved by truck, 1t. Hallmark
was on a stretcher because he
was so weak from dysentery.
Hallmark was a big fellow,
six feet one inch tall and nor
mally he weighed 200 pounds,
but he didn't weigh more than
$50 that day.
We were taken into a large
courtroom. The chief military
Judge was a man about so
years old He was baldheaded
and wore glasses down at the
end OF his nose.
1t Barr got so weak he
keeled over and the J a ps
brought a chair for him. The
rest OF us managed TO stand, but
the room was swimming in front
of me and had hard time
keeping my balance.
The trial lasted an hour. An
interpreter told us 10 give
brief history of our lives from
the time we were in high school.
Each one of lis -mumhled- our
stories, but we were so weak
that we had to repeat many
times. The chief Judge kept
staring at US. but the others
seemed bored.
A FTER that the judge read a
"A long statement which the
interpreter said was our sem
tence.
What Is it," l asked him.
He smirked
l saw them carry Hallmark
out on his stretcher and that is
the last we ever saw of him.
(TOMORROW-Capt. Robert
Hite and M/Sgt. Jacob de Sha-
Zer, who were on another of the
Doolittle planes, take up the
story of the Doolittle fliers.)
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
RefinerieS Closed Down
Oil Gas Gone Within Week

Of stoppages here and in six other
states, including the vital Calu-
met region of Chicago Indiana,
Texas, Toledo and Cleveland, in
volved:
Socony-Vacuum Oil CO.; Gulf
Refineries; the Texas Co. Stand
ard Oil Co.; Shell Oil Co.; Refn-
ers Transport and Terminal Corp. !;
Pure Oil Refineries; Keystone. Re
fining CO.; Sinclair Refining Co. !;
Hi-Speed CO.; Aurora Gas Co. and
Petroleum Specialties Co.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
Munitions III ccdnnerY
Planned by Army
PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 81
INS)-Army research workers
today were perfecting giant mois-
ture-proof cans in which 10 store
huge quantities Of combat equip
ment so that il will be ready for
-IuStapt use If needed,
Mai Max Mueller, research CO.
ordinator for iorg-terU storage Of
artillery material. explained that
the canning process may keep
ordnance in prime condition for as
long as 30 years.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
LIST Aussie jap Aid

TOKYO, Sept. n (INS)-Gen.
MacArthur's headquarters an
nounced today the arrest of John
Holland, Australian citizen who
was named as a war criminal for
his Jap propaganda activities over
Radio Shanghai.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22

II was a fast ride. ! got
TO see a little of Tokyo, how
ever.
At the station we were
loaded on a train and there.
for the first time, we could
talk.
The other seven men were
1t. Dean Hallmark of Dallas,
Tex; 1t. Robert ]. Meder of
Lakewood, o.; Capt. Robert
Hite of Earth, Tex; 1t. VIII
liam G.. Farrow of Darling
ton, S. c.; 1t. George Barr
of Springfield Gardens, Long
Island, n. Y; Sgt. Harold
Spatz of Leboe, Kan, and
Sgt. Jacob De Shazer of Ma.
dras, Ore.
We had a chance to do a
lot of talking on the train.
for we were on il until the
next day. June IL. We talked
about our treatment and how
we probably were being sent
TO an internment camp.
Most of the fellows had re-
ceiyed the same kind of tor
ture Id taken, but 1t. Hall
mark got a variation. He
said they had put straps on
his legs and arms and pulled
them until he thought his
joints were coming apart.
WHEN the train reached the
w coast we were transferred
to a boat and we docked in
Shanghai on June 19. 1t was
A rough trip. There was a
storm and every one else on
the boat was provided with life
preservers except us. We were
handcuffed.
At Shanghai, we were blind
folded and taken TO the Bridge
House" which was also known
a. the Butcher Shop" 1t was
well named. We were put in
cell about 10 feet deep and Is
feet wide, alone with Is other
men and women prisoners of
every conceivable nationality.
All Of US had diarrhea and
Hallmark finally came down
with the dread dysentcry.
The food was awful. In the
morning we got some tepid
water which had been poured
off rice. There were generally
a few kernels of rice and always
few worms swimming around
in it. We also rot a small cup
Of unsWeetened tea.
Those 20 days in that cell
were just one long nightmare.
/ remember the rats particu-
larly. We maintained guard
at night to keep them from
biting US. They'd crawl INTO
our cell, big fellows and awfully
bold.
ON AUG. %, 1912, we were
" transferred from Bridge
House 10 the Civic Center in
Shanghai We had our courts
martial there and we remained
al the Civic Center until April
II, l943
Our first court martial was
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
Sd File Ell S Record

NEW YORK, Sept y GNS)-
The Y. s. Third Fleet was re-
vealed today to have destroyed
10,355 Jap aircraft, sunk 130 war
ships and 1000 merchant and
TRANSPORT vessels
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
PiCkets Shut
Dodge Plant

The strike spotlight turned II
the Dodge truck plant here today
as a picket line prevented 500 EN-,
,ployes from entering.
The factory closed. Z
Eugene Morrison, financial sec
rotary Of Local 40, UAW-CIO
said the picket line was estah
liShed in protest over the layof
of 2,200 employees yesterday.
The company has been hiring
everybody that comes along and
Is giving people with rs much as
10 years seniority only three
days work in two weeks" Nor
rison said. yesterday they put
out sign reading Help
Wanted and laid off 2,200 until
next Monday"
A company spokesman said the
layoff was due 10 strikes in sup
.plier plants.
"DispItes in two Of the plants,
Gemmer Mfg. Co. and the New
Haven Foundry, have been set
tied, but supplies will not reach
us until Monday" the company
spokesman said.
The third supplier which is still
on strike. is the Murray Corp
the company announced,
KELSEY BREAKS RELATIONS
Agents of the u. s. Cancellation
Service were endeavoring 10 enc
the strike of the 3,100 Murray
employees today. r. j. Thomas
president of the UAW-CIO. has
asked the strikers TO return tC
work and file for a strike vote
under the Smith-Connally Act. Il
this procedure is followed, Thoma'
promised, the workers will have
the full support of the interna
tional union.
Yesterday the kelsey-Hayes Co.
which has been strike-bound fol
the last month, broke off all rela
tionS with the UAW-CIO. Georg,
w. Kennedy, company president
wired union President Thoma'
that "all written and verbal agree
ments between the kelsey-Haye!
Co and Local TIA, UAW-CIO, ar,
hereby Cancelled. +"
The company has never had /;
written contract with either the
local or the international union
"A written agreement on bargain,
ing procedure, however, was ir
force.
Thomas replied TO Kennedy
pointing out that no contract is
IN existence but that he is ready
10 negotiate one.
GM PEACE TALKS
-Aff-eaFiy Fiy-Peaee- conference In
the General Motors Corp. JAW
CIO wage dispute also was seen
in an exchange of communications
wherein officials OF both organiza-
tions spoke OF arranging meetings
on dates mutually satisfactory
to discuss the unions 30 per cent
wage increase demands.
Walter p. Reuther, vice presi.
dent of the international JAW
CIO, who is in Washington, SAID
he was awaiting a counter pro.
posal from General Motors before
filing strike notices with the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board. A
.GM strike would involve 250,00(
workers in 135 plants.
Reuther said he had received q
letter from II. B. Coen. GM labor
relations director, stating that
when we again hear from you We
will make every effort 10 arrange
such meetings as YOU may desire.
Reuther replied that he lis
ready and anxious 10 proceed with
negotiations and am waiting your
counter proposals on the 80 pei
cent wage demand.
General Motors was the com.
.pany picked by the union fol
blockade purposes in its master
strategy for 80 per cent wage
boosts within the auto industry.
Meetings Sunday and Tuesday
are scheduled by the union regard.
ing similar demands on ChrySler
Corp. Ford is the third of the
Big Three facing the same ultl-
matum.
af - NNr-E sa~us
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
Ticket Fixing
Curb Studied
2 Accused Judges
Silent on Report

Action on the one man grand
Jury charges Of gross Irregular
ties In traffic court was awaited
today as both accused Judges
maintained a strict silence and A
common council committee sought
means of carrying on the lnvcsti-
cation
Traffic Court Judge George T,
Murphy and Circuit Judge Thomas
r. Maher. former traffic Judge,
declined comment on Circuit Judge
George Bernard Murphy's report
charging them with responsible
ity for tt%ct fixing sufficient n
cause a city wiGo scandal l. until
they had dieeSted the report
ACTION INDICATED
Councilman William ". Com
stock, chairman of a committee
including Corporation Counsel
William F. Dowling and Auditor
General Ben Tobin. which invesu-
gated original charges, intimstcd
that definite action would be
taken towards carrying out the
grand Jury recommendations for a
complete purge Of traffic court
irregularities.
Grand Jury Judge Murphy said
he would not elaborate on his 40
page report and would take no
further action unless a special re-
quest was forthcoming.
Tobin SAID he was in full agree
ment with the grand Jury and
recommendations that traffic
court employees be placed under
civil service.
Agreeing with the grand jury
opinion that traffic court Judges
should list all employees and their
designated duties, Tobin said this
wiuld do away with inefficiency
and animosity among employees
who don't get favors
sl0O. 900 REVENUE LOST
Tpbin said that the city lost
500. 600 last year through traffic
ticket fixing
Comstock said he believed the
common council committee will
urge immediate corrective steps
and added that an original recon-
mendation that the Detroit Bar
Association be asked 10 assist in
recognizing the traffic court sys-
tenn may he -reneMed----
Dowling also expressed a desire
TO push the probe to the limit,
mentioning that Michigan crimi-
nal statutes on bribery are not
limited 10 money exchanges on
which the grand jury exenerated
the court.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
SteeI Cash Register

FLINT, Sept. 21-Two cash
registers were stolen from the
gasoline filling station of Cecil
Weishuhn of 1920 S Dixie. They
contained approximately Sl4.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
FACE GAS DRoUTH

Detroit. origin of the oil work.
ers strikes that spread from here
Sunday TO major refineries and
bulk stations in the Midwest and
Texas regions, faced a critical
drouth in motor gasoline and oil
"by this weekend"
City officials were measuring
current stocks by a daily yard
stick and in some cases borrowing
gas from better supplied services
while motorists everywhere were
swarning TO gasoline stations,
filling auto tanks and any and all
available containers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22

UTHEN | was led from my fllthy cell IN The
w Tokyo prison that morning of June 16,
1912 stood blinking in the sun for
minute or two. For once | wasn't blindfolded
Then | saw seven OF my buddies who were
with me on the Doolittle fight and surge of JOY
went through me-
You haven't any idea how good it felt to see those
fellows and know they felt the same way. We couldn't
talk of course but grnned at each other and gave
the thumbs-up sign,
We were trussed up securey-Our arms handcuned and
tied behind backs and long tied around waists
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22

Negotiations failed when the
union rejected 10 per cent IN
crease offered by c. B. McCul-
Tough, assistant general manager.
Latest reports on total shut
downs in the Detroit area because
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
DPW TO GET SERVICE

Mayor Jeffries,7 when asked If
he had the power to seize avail
able supplies of gasoline and oil in
refineries. bulk stations and filling
stations for continuing bus opera
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
DSR GETS SUPPLY

Plymouth Oil Co, .supplier
said the DPW would he furnished
with a shipment today, although
yesterdays order was not avail
able.
Like all suppliers, the Plymouth
company is dependent on present
storage at bulk stations and at
refneries where production has
stopped.
DSR received its regular supply
yesterday. through agreement
with the union, and expected 10 be
supplied again today with its daily
order of more than $4,000 gallons
of gasoline.
1t was estimated that almost
half of some $500 Detroit area
retail stations have already hung
out empty signs and that Sun
day would see so per cent of
them closed. Motorists were plan
ming to stay home" this week
end because Of the uncertain con-
/ ditlons.
Promises of local officials of the
oil workers union that essential
users would be supplied. appar-
emily were scrapped when Glen c.
Richards, department of public
workers commissioner, said yes
|terdays daily supply of $4,000 gal
Ions of gasoline was undelivered.
DsR HOPEFUL
More than 1900 city vehicles,
including police. fire, ambulance
and other emergency vehicles con-
sumo nearly that amount every "a
hours.
However, Richards said that
curtailment of operations was
taverted temporarily when the
-DSR, itself with only four
day reserve but still the best of
| of the public facilities, agreed TO
lend some of its fuel to the DPW.
A three-day supply was all that
the Greyhound Bus Lines had to
keep their schedules working
NJ. c. Morrow, vice president OF
the company, said. Morrow was
attempting TO make arrangements
with the union TO furnish gasoline
in the emergency.
Railroads industry and private
homes using fuel oil for heating
were likely 10 feel the pinch soon.
Conclliator Arthur Wat had
been negotiating with the White
Star division of Socony-Vacuum
Co, where the strike Sunday of
300 Trenton refinery employees
touched off the widespread stop
pages
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
Doolittle Fliers' Own Story:
Jap Trial No Joke
TOHerOia. AirEnleHn

EDITORS NoTE-The 7Odoy nightmare endured By he
trsd Doohe feys nfImous Bridge House, Shanghai
described by Capt Jay Nelson Of Hyun Utah The folowins
ahaher episode the ofh their 40onh ppris
oHmcHt Tho experiences OF the other co rseeHtyberated
DooLLtte flets leiL be told bsannlna tomorrow.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22

lions and other important services
said:
II wouldn't know until con-
suiting the corporation attOr-
neys. | am not concerned about
the city services for the moment
because of the promise Ia keep
vital services going which the
union has already made to us"
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
Continued from Page one)

10 settle the oil strikes would CEN
ter in Chicago early next week.
The office of Edgar l.. Warren,
new head Of the labor department
Cancellation service told The De-
troit Times by telephone that top
officials of the industry and union
would be called into conferences.
He was quoted as saying the "oil
situation is more difficult than the
automotive tieup at present y
The international Oil Workers,
like the UAW-CIO in the auto
plants, are seeking a 80 per cent
increase in wages TO maintain
pay levels at reduced
working hours.
A mass meeting OF all gasoline
filling station operators has been
called for Monday at s p. m. at
the headquarters of the Michigan
Retail Gasoline Dealers Associa-
tion, 131 f. Adams. Originally
the meeting was to be for the
executive committee only.
Rankin Peck, director, served an
associations ultimatum on the
union and oil companies that the
station operators would not absorb
the cost of increasing the wages
of oil workers.
"Our operators during the
war accepted reductions OF 20
10 25 per cent in our margins
because of increased costs. but
we won't absorb any more" he
said.
Many filling stations were re-
fusing gas to all but their regu-
lar customers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
BY CAPT. c. JAY NIELSEN

Written "a susvsy for international News Special Service
Copyright and a Rsh,s Rce0ed)
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
CUSTOMERS LIMITED

Eight midwest states will be
plunged into a gas shortage within
AZ hours, Clyde Chamblen, secre-
tray of the Toledo Oil Workers
Local $50, said. Columbus. Ohio,
stations limited customers to five
gallons.
O. A. knight, international
I0WU president, at Fort Worth,
Texas, said more thousands of
oil workers would Join the walk
out unless the oil companies
stopped their "bullheaded opposi-
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22

ON AUG. 2S, 1912, we were
" transferred from Bridge
House 10 the Civic Center in
Shanghai We had our courts
martial there and we remained
al the Civic Center until April
II. 1943.
Our first court-martial was
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-22
CHAPTER VI

was led from my filthy eel
Evening star., 1945-02-11

Ted Howard. He was perfect. He treated her
as if she were Park Avenue, and the prettiest.
most provocative girl imaginable. He was
dream come true.
But the evening was nightmare. Ann went
dumb in the taxi, numb at dinner. They dined
atop skyscraper. An orchestra played. Here
was laughter. lights, perfume.
'Dance?" asked Ted Howard.
ANN merely shook her head. She wished she
were back in Brooklyn. But though she was
tongue-tied, she was thinking - silently.
satirically, searingly: Tell him he's sweet -
but that you don't want to test his patience
that much.
The girls who were dancing were not only
slim and pretty, but poised. And perfectly
dressed The ones that look like Park Avenue
=. aren't, Ann thought. And the ones that
act as if they weren't - probably are.
A good line. but she couldn't try it - not
on Ted Howard.
What shall we say; mean what shall /
talk about?" she'd asked Rosam6nd desper-
ately before leaving.
oh, my gosh" Rosamond had moaned.
She asks me what she can talk about! Well.
you can always ask him about his work.
can't you?"
So now: Tell me about your work, Ann
suggested.
He told her little - not much. He was
plainly puzzled - but still game. At nine
Continued on page is
Evening star., 1945-02-11

But girls - nice girls anyway - stayed at
home, and minded their Ps and Q's. Ann
should have minded hers Instead, thinking
of those far cities, she struck the typewriter
"P'' viciously.
"Hey - how do you get that way?" pro-
tested the typewriter. Then it quit; refused to
print another word.
Ann stared at it as galley slave might
at his broken oar. She would have liked to
throw it out of the window. Instead, she did
the sensible thing - phoned the typewriter.
agency please send man over in hurry"
she commanded.
"Okay, darling" said tolerant voice at
the other end of the wire What kind of man
would YOU prefer? Short or long? Fat or thin?"
Deaf and dumb if you have one," Ann
snapped, and hung up.
Work that she had to do lay piled on the
desk beside her. She examined the machine,
hoping to discover what was wrong - but
only got smooch of ink on her nose. Per-
haps that was gain 1t directed attention to
AIMS nose even more swiftly than powder
would have DONE 1t was a swell nose. Every
time the outer door opened she lifted it.
Fat men came in. Short men. Lean men.
Men who looked like bank presidents. Men
who looked like street cleaners. But none who
looked like repair man. What does repair
man look like? He looks, when mechanical
things go wrong, like God.
The door opened again. Another man
came in. He was six feet tall, and wore tai
lored tweeds Ann was silly not to realize
that he had that executive" look. But if he
weren't from the typewriter agency, why
should he thrust open the swinging gate that
divided the Offices from the reception room
and move toward her?
whats the matter?" he asked. He was
poised, tolerant.
1T won't work." she told him, exasperated
She pointed at the typewriter.
He grinned 1T picked good day to take
a vacation" he said.
But his blue eyes were intent on the type
writer. He pressed the shift key that lifted
the carriage, gently; no born mechanic ever
vents irritation on anything mechanical. If
YOU have a screw driver -" he suggested
He was interrupted: Typewriter need fix
ing?" asked voice from behind him.
Ann looked up. startled, and met eyes that
we're not blue or helpful, but gray and hostile.
She turned to the six-footer: You said you
were from the agency -
II didn't" he reminded her. He turned to
the repair man: LET me have your screw
driver, please"
The eyes of the repair man said, GO to the
devil" Yet after moment his voice said,
"Okay, should worry
He needn't have. He got his screw driver
back - wrapped up in dollar bill. Take
vour wife box of candy and bunch of
Evening star., 1945-02-11

But my clothes are still
all wrong" she decided.
A bad start, that. Ted
Howard, in his evening
clothes, called for a frock
such as Rosamond would
mt even know enough to
dream about. He looked
like a successful young
trouble-shooter cast in a
movie laid in Rio or Sgd
ney most anywhere ex-
cept Rosamond's living
room.
Yet his eyes looked ex-
pectant, as II ne 1elt
pleased with getting there,
and hoped she would be
too. Her eyes couldn't an
swer. She didn't want to
see his eyes shadow and
begin to look doubtful.
As if l were a blind date
and he wished he'd taken
Christine on after all, she
thought.
Everything went wrong
from then on. The black
lace was wrong. Ann
didn't feel natural in it,
and couldn't act natural.
She was frozen. Yes, every
thing was wrong - except
Evening star., 1945-02-11

said, Thank you for fixing the typewriter
She started to sit down again.
But he interrupted Just moment" he
said, and seated himself instead.
He placed sheet of paper in the machine
and began to type. Ann knew that eyes were
turned toward her, and realized that some
thing amused the other girls. She drew out a
drawer and took compact from her purse.
In its mirror she saw the smooch on her nose,
and hastily wiped it off.
As she finished, the stranger rose and
glanced at her. Il think" he remarked, that
rather liked the smooch." Then he handed
her the sheet he'd typed. She read:
'"Now is the time for all good men to come
10 The aid Of their party. And tor that matter,
it is always the time tor any man that is any
good to come 10 the aid of any party in trouble.
l k,,o,e that you feel have deceived you, but
after all, the Bible speaks highly Of Good
Samaritans, and why shouldn't I~try to be
one? I hope anyway that I am quite forgiven.
May introduce myself? The agency come
combany's agency in Brazil. am about to
be shot off now to- Australia -" Ann raised
round eyes. "You are going to Australia"
Whittier they tell me to 60, there co."
he said. Aren't you going to read the rest
of what wrote?"
e and I suspect I'll have no more than
one night in New York. Would you - could
you - be Good Samaritan too, and share it
wilh me? Please!"
Ann looked up again. His eyes were smil-
ing, and very nice. She wavered. Just one
night - why not accept? He would tell her
about Rio maybe. And Australia. And -
Another girl, named Christine, joined them.
Christine knew everything in the book - and
then some. She gave the stranger glance
that was as provocative as any in springs
repertoire IF it's Mr.. Howard" she said,
Mr. Foster is waiting for you
Ann gasped. So this was Ted Howard, the
smartest all-around technical man, trouble
ment; also "the biggest damned fool" AIMS
boss had so gone on record. 1--we had to
fight every other blasted department to keep
them from pinching him from me" he'd
Illuminated, back in March. Il kept my
thumbs crossed until he got high draft num-
Der. Now the fool thinks he ought to volun-
teer." He'd added, with grunt: Il wish to
gosh he had some fool woman and couple
of kids to help keep him where he's needed
most"
The place where AIMS boss had decided
Ted Howard was needed most was Australia;
to discover new kinks in steel production
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