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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25

MANILA, June % tUP) -
Nearly all the s2,012 Japanese
wounded in the Philippines CAM
paign died or were put to death
by their comrades on orders
from Japanese officers. Gen. Mac
Arthurs headquarters reported
today
Many were forced to commit
suicide.
History sseeaz RECORDS ssoh
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
That Man Aqain

LONDON, June % HNS)-The
London Daily Sketch quoted a
L. $. armed forces station broad
cast from Paris today which said
Hitler was rumored 10 be- alive
and hiding in the Hamburg area.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
World Pact
|sConnpIefed

SAN FRANCISCO. June %
CUP The SD Jnted Nations to-
day completed an ambitious world
charter for Turning their war
horn alliance mfo permanent
orZAnlZ4l-4n- -lI- pgp.nHt - future - ~
wis.
The new 10000 word charter
viii boz adopted formally by the
United Nations conference Mon
day and dispatched Immediately
10 capitals throughout the world
for ratification
The nearly 200 delegates Will
sign tho hlst0Uc document Tues
, day a few hours before President
ETruWau gives % his blessing and
declares TINS conference ad-
lOurncd.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
Pope Plus Talks
To Mrs. SChusChniql

VATICAN CITY. June % up
Pope Plus granted an audience
today 90 Vera Won SChuSchnigg.
wife Of Kurt Won SChuSchnigg last
chancellor of independent Austria
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
Gulf Winds Increase

MIAMI, Fla, June % UNS)--
Winds OF increasing intensity
were predicted for the Gulf of
Mexico coast from Tampa to the
mouth of the Mississippi early to-
day by the Miami weather bureau
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
Military Courts in Reich

PARIS June % tUP)-Supreme
headquarters announced today
that 290 military government
courts were operating on German
soil by the end of April.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
Laval Tends TO Knitting

MADRID. June % 1NS)-
Pierre Laval. indicted Vichy prem
ier of France. iS not wasting tims
in Prison. according 10 a dispatch.
He is knitting a pullover sweater.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
Reds Muster Out Aged

LONDON. June % CUP)-Mil-
lions of ovefage troops will be
mustered out of the Red army,
beginning in the last half of this
year, under a rehabilitation bill
placed before the Supreme Soviet.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
SEVERAL FROM DETROIT
Italy TO Stay Poor

NEW YORK, June % INS)-
Italy's lack of coal, iron ore and
other minerals will continue to
keep her a minor state indus
trially, the American Iron and
Steel Institute said today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
POLISH ISSUE SETTLED

Secretary of State Stettinius
expressed confidence that the
world organization would work
effectively toward a better lie
for all men He spoke at a din
ncr-ellna-ia- -AeHaHef- the Amer
lean delegation last night by the
other American republics
'f'He=i =i'of1St =ISEJIp= appears 10 bc
nearly settled 1t plagued the
opening days of this conference
and severely strained Big Three
relations
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25

We have reduced the mill
tary effectiveness 10 point
where we now consider IL only a
convenient place 10 train ineN-
perienced crews and 10 practice
new bombardment- and fighter
techniques which we will employ
against Japan proper"
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25

Windsor celebrated.
Cordons of city police, military
police and reserve army personnel
were on hand to keep the milling
throngS back from a section in
the station area reserved for rela-
tives of the returning heroes.
LEFT IN MAY, 1910
II was agreed by officials that
only two other nights were COM
parable, during the visit of the
king and queen, and on that fate
ful May 25, 1910, when the fegi-
ment comprising about 800 left
the city.
The group arrived at Halifax
Wednesday morning and moved
by special troop train Immediately
TO London, Ont, a rehabilitation
center. Scores of relatives drove
the l20 miles to London to return
with their soldiers.
The group was headed by 1t.
Col. F. X. Jasperson, commander
who led the regiment in the
Dieppe raid in 1912.
SEVERAL FROM DETROIT
The returned veterans also in
cluded some Americans. several
from Detroit. who enlisted with
the Essex Scottish at the out
break of war in 1889.
The Detroiters included Cpl.
Reginald T. Walker, son of Mr..
and Mrs. William T. Guntrup of
1876 Rockdale. After embracing
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col -
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
EQUIPPED WITH TEETH

Tho tedious nine week iOh here
represents the efforts of the peace
loving nations FOR the second
time IN generation tn force q
cooperative peace organization
out OF n wartime coalition Their
primary objective is 10 MAINTAIN
peace and security ion all
Twenty-Five Years ago at Yer
salllcS the world statesmen Gre
ated the League OF >N3tiOnS with
the objective Of outlawlnE war. II
failed because ot It's inability 10
enforce us aims.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
PRACTICE ON FoRMosA

PHILIPPINES, June % GNSl
-Japan's vaunted island strong
hold OF Formosa. vast staging
grounds for the enemy's southern
expeditionary forces in the early
days of the war. is regarded to-
night by Far East airforce leaders
as "a maintenance and training
area for new u. S. combat crews. p"
Gen. George {. Kenney. air.
forces chef, trlumphantly an.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
Poles Agree
Government

MOSCOW, June % (INS)
= Pole leaders comforting
in Moscow disclosed today
they had reached agreement
on plans for reorganizing
the Warsaw provisional gov
ernment.
Almost Immediately after the
Poles announced their agreement,
the Big Three commission, con-
sisting Of L.. S. Ambassador Har-
riman. British Ambassador Sir
Archibald Clark Kerr and Soviet
Foreign Commissar Molotov. is
sued communique endorsing the
agreement.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
19 u. S. SHIPS HIT BY JAPS
OFF 0k|NAWA, TOKYO SAYS
ANAW0E PIGEON

Sgt. w. l.. MefTerd, of the military
police, dressing down Pfc. Pigeon, an army
carrier pigeon who was picked up AWOL
in Detroit and taken to headquarters.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
5 GROUPS REPRESENTED

The three groups represented
at the conference were officials
of the Soviet-sponsored Lublin
government, members Of demo-
cratic groups within Poland and
three representatives from Poles
abroad.
No member of the -Lnndaa- -ger-
ernment attended the parley.
Although the composition of the
new government was not an
nounced, informed observers in
Moscow expressed the belief that
Boleslaw Beirut would continue 10
preside over the Polish national
council.
These observers also felt that
Osuba-M a-MorowSki. prime minister
of the Lublin government would
continue in that post for the new
government OF national unity TN
til elections wer> held
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, former
premier OF the LONDON govern
ment. who headed ~ delegation
Of Poles from abroad. also IS eN-
pected TO hold a key post in the
new government.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
GRUBER GIVES Up

a parade of 80 picketS circled
the city hall entrance today, then
proceeded 10 the OPA district Of
fees and finally TO the Detroit
office of the WA.
OPA Spokesmen informed strike
leaders that that agency had no
control of overall supply but
could act only TO insure equitable
distribution.
On the other hand. Nelson
Gruber OF the WFA told the strik-
ers to suggest a hike in OPA kill
ing quotas and proposed that they
wire their senators and congress
men TO urge an inquiry by the
House food investigating COM
mlttee.
$4,000 WORKERS IDLE
The, Briggs walkout. which be-
gan yesterday. was one Of series
Of strikes which kept more than
$4,000 workers in 10 Detroit war
plants idle.
Strikers returned 10 their jobs
today in four rendering plants.
ending a stoppage which packers
Continued on Page 2, Col. u
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-25
UNDER CONSTITUTION

The basis of the agreement,
WHICH i credited with removing
one of the major obstacles in the
path of Allied unity. was revealed
TO have been made under the
terms of the Polish Constitution
of 1921 The document was aban-
doned by the Poles in 1885. de-
spite the protests of large blocS
of Polish political groups.
The personnel of the new gov
ernment is expected to be an
nounCed as soon as the represent
atives Of the three Polish groups
reach Warsaw.
Official recognition by the Big
Three is expected as soon as the
new government of national unity
is formally organized and pledges
for free election are made in ac-
cord with the terms of the Yalta
conference.
Recognition by the United
States and Britain is expected TO
be coincident with the withdrawal
of recognition of the Polish gov
eminent in exile in London, which
is headed by Premier Arcis-
Zewskl.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
HOME-FRONT

Mankind from the dawn Of time has had to wage a continuous warfare for
survival Throughout the countless years the earth has crcled the sun there
mas been bound closely to human experience the vital need Of ahrtness to
danger -. whether the threat be occasioned by ANNA ferocity human
or the msenSate aggression of a terrible disease.
lnfanhle paralysis just last summer struck America the hardest blow the
nation has sushted in the history Of the disease in 20 years However.
through the pubhcs fore-thought in contributing dimes and dollars to the
hight against mfantle paralysis a great program Of epidemic aid was put
into motion Immediately.
North Carolina, New York, Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania-to these
and other stricken states The National Foundation for Infant1e Paralysis
doctors, nurses, physical therapy technicIans as we'll as respnnors, sup
plies and financial aid.
Because OF the alertness of that organization and its Chapters, the best Of
medical care was rendered every victim, regardless of age, race, creed or
Your dimes and dollars helped make that possible. 1t is a good
thought to bear in mind during the 1915 March Of Dimes January 1871,
held IN Celebration Of the Presidents Birthday
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
FORMER OMAHA TOWN FROM D
To Be At Ailing Mother S Bedside
Mother Takes First Step in Two Weeks Upon
Seeing Son; Sgt. Hill Says Boys on Fighting
Fronts Told Him To Tell Folks Back Home to
Write More Often .....

Sgt Edwillis Hill, a former Oma-
han, flew home from India to be at
the bedside of his mother. Mrs. jamie
Hayden, 1927 Burdette. She well
coined her son by walking to him. 1t
was the first she had walked in two
weeks.
Mrs. Hill daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Thompson, joined Sgt
Hill at Detroit.
Sgt. Hill has served with the u.
S. army for four years, almost a
year before Pearl Harbor. He was
the first Omaha boy to arrive in In
dia. Among some Of his stops are
Cairo, Egypt, Brazil, Australia,
French Morocco, and British New
Guinea. While in Cairo, Egypt, Sgt.
Hill formed the acquaintance Of
Ahmed Chawky, Public Custodian
for Italian Assets pictured above)
and they became very close friends.
Sgt. Hill was the first soldier to
fly home on an emergency furlough
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
ONE MAN ARMY
L zoo GERMANS

Somewhere in Italy (PPNS) -
From the far-flung fields of battle
where our men are fighting and dy-
ing to subdue the evil aggression of
mad dictators, come many stories Of
daring and outstanding feats of hero
ism by American soldiers, who are
offering their lives for our security.
The feats of some will be immortal
in the hearts of the American people
because OF the extraordinary daring
and accomplishments. Slch will be
the rating of S-Sgt Ruben Rivers,
who has been dubbed, the one man
army" by members of his Goth Div
ision, commanded by Major General
Willard S. Paul. A tank Command
er, Rivers plunged his tank into the
thick of the enemies rank and when
the smoke of battle had cleared 200
Germans had fallen befor his wither
ing tank fire.
S-Sgt. Rivers is a native of Te-
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
Attorney John Adams Jr
of Omaha
PROMOTED TO
LIST LIEUT..
of Omaha

Among the many Omaha stalwarts,
who have made such a splendid con-
tribution to the armed forces Of the
American army, John Adams, Jr., is
among the ranking. Mr. Adams left
a paying law practice at the Omaha
Bar and voluntarily enlisted as a pri-
vate in the service. As a private, he
enrolled in the Officers Training
School at Fort Benning, Georgia and
was from there graduated as End 1t.
February 2Sth, 1914. On maneuvers,
attorney Adams 0 many Of the
distinguished honor medals and wears
them with pride. He bears a very
high rating in the use and handling
of all arms used in the infantry. At
ter graduating from the Officers
Training School at Fort Benning,
Mr.. Adams was stationed at Fort HUI
-achuca, Arizona, as Personnel Of
ficer. His service at this post, won
for him further distinction and on
August "a, 1914, he was promoted
from End 1t. to 1st 1t. and served
thereafter at Fort Huachuca as Trial
Judge Advocate Not withstanding
the fact, 1st 1t. Adams commission
as 1st 1t. was awarded in August
1914 and that it had been published
in the Omaha papers and over local
broadcasts here, he himself did not
learn of the fact till in December of
1914. 1t happened in this way. 1t.
Adams was serving in the 92d Div
ision- This was then and is now, n
of ihe crack divisions of the army.
The 92d was ordered overseas and 1t
Adams was expected to board ship
for the same entourment. A diffic-
ult army task arose at the home base
and Mr.. Adams was detailed. He re
manned at Fort Huachuca. His Com
mission went overseas. On Decem-
Der Z, 1914 the Lieutenant was order
ed from Fort Huachuca in Arizona,
to Fort Ord, in California. Lieut..
Adams was hurried by plane with a
three hour stop, to bid adue to his
wife and children, his mother and
father. 1t was while visiting home.
he met his surprise When the fam
lily and friends Of Omaha, congratu-
lated him on the promotion, he ex-
pressed surprise to learn that he had
been 1st 1t. since last August and
that his advanced pay was awaiting
him. Army authorities, of the Com
mand, in the European Theatre of
War, where the Lieutenant was to
have received his commission, redir-
ected it to Mr.. Adams new detail.
He received it last week at Fort Ord,
California.
First Lieutenant John Adams, Jr.,
is the husyand of Mrs. Constance
Adams Of Omaha and the father of
Edith Ann and John, Jr., the 3rd.
They 10th attend Lothrop school
here. He is the son of The Rev. and
Mrs John Adams, Sr., 1922 North
oath St, Omaha, Nebraska.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06

from India in a B-29 superfortress
Overseas eight months and assigned
to fusing bombs for su~per-raiders,
Sgt. Hill was given furlough just in
time for transportation to be ar
ranged on the Beg.
Since Sgt. and Mrs Hill have
been in Omaha they have been enter
tanned by many relatives and friends
and they want to thank their friends
for their hospitality.
Sgt. Hill urges those who have
husbands or boy friends overseas.
to please write them. That was a
special request from the boys. FIRE.
quently the men are moving around
or are on detached duty and can't
answer letters right away, but don't
let hat stop you. The boys eff
ten feel very low and a letter from
home is really appreciated Keep up
the moral Of our boys. WRITE.
Sgt. Hill extends holiday greet
ings to boys in 19O1rd Ord. ANN.
Avn, somewhere in India.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06

we never learn. Some Americans
thought Japan would never attack us,
and if she did, two weeks would be
the limit of Pacific war. How
wrong were the prophets who knew
and had planned everything. Today
we are not only fighting two weeks,
but three years and no erd in sight.
We sure had a dandy foreign intel
ligence service. Japan limited that
Pearl Harper would be attacked, but
the brave great white fathers never
would believe a darker race would
dare strike at the great U. S. and
Great Britain Another mistake in
foreign knowledge, Sec. Knox will
never be questioned on the matter.
Sec. Hull will be too old when the
war is over, maybe dead. Although
we have been fighting three years,
the enemy is still able TO take it.
Last New Year we were in Italy
This New Year, we are still in Italy.
We have strikes, we have. bickered,
we have everything but unison. The
most inconsistent thing about war is,
the men who do the most fighting
to save ones country, gets least pay"
Although u. S. soldiers are the best
paid soldiers in the world, they are
treated like stepchildren by our gov
rnmnet in coclarison to the workers
in the war plants. Who ever heard
of a soldier getting from ninety cents
to two dollars 40 hour who ever
heard OF a ioldier otriking because he
didn't get paid for overtime. Sold
iere' wives and families are left to
exist on limited pay allotments,
while factory workers who are safe
from war and shellfire will strike at
the least p%rovocation. Let the sold
Ter strike and he will be srot. War,
civilization, religion and politics, as
run by Il big men and women, are
SO rotten that it a wonder that a wan
isn't started every time one ends.
Just as o o as an election is over.
our geniuses remark, "The Atlantic
Charter was only a memory" Some
more political oratory to thank "a
million people with. At time, this
writer thinks his race is silly and
thoughtless, and the race is But
when you make COMPARISON as to OPP
portunities and environments, the
white people are a thousand times
%sillier. Negroes never would spend
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06

outrageous facist action to the De-
partment of Justice, this same Tom
Clark closed the case indicating in
substance that there was no evidence
that the right Of free speech had been
denied anyone.
A a matter of fact Francis Biddle
himself has not done all that he could
have TO make the Civil Liberties Sec
ton under Victor Rotnem effective
for the protection Of the rights Of
minority American citizens" states
A. Philip Randolph, National Direc-
tor, March On Washington Move
ment.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
"Lly>White" Insurance Clause Protested In Nebraska

Lincoln-The restriction of appli-
cants for insurance to white pers-
n by the Travellers Health Associa-
ton of Omaha, Nebraska, has been
protested TO Governor Dwight Girls
void by the NAACP.
Edward R. Dudley, assistant spec
ial counsel who received a copy . Of
the application from a mai who had
been solicited in the state of New
York, pointed out to Governor Girls
void that this application contained
the phrase ANY white person and on
the application blank Il am a white
person."
Mr.. Dudley pointed out that the
civil rights laws in the state of Ne
braska create a public policy against
discrimination based upon race" and
asked that the matter be referred to
the State Superintendent of Insur-
ance.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
SNAVELY RELEASED
OFFICIALLY FROM
~.

Ithaca, New York CO. Carl
Snavely, coach of Cornell's Big Red
team and discoverer of Paul Robson
Jr., the years new find, is being re-
leased from his contract with Corn
ell, so as to be head of the Univers-
ity of North Cardinals athletic act
ivities.
Snavely, who has been with the Big
Reds since SO. was granted the re-
lease by board of physical education
and athletics.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
FIFTH AVENUE WINDOW
DISPLAY
COLORED CUPIDS.

New York-A letter of appreciat-
ion has been sent to Franklin Simon,
Company, by the NAACP for its
Christmas window display in its store
at 3Sth Street and Fifth Avenue.
which included colored child angels a.
long with children OF other racial
groups. The NAACP letter sad,
"We have heard numerous favorable
comments from both white and color
ed members and friends of his AS
ISOLATION who are unanimous in the
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
FIND INDIANS HAVE BEEN
TREATED BADLY

Washington, DC. CO After a 10
month investigation of the conditions
OF the American Indian, the House
Indian Affairs Committee has found
that the white man has done very
poorly by the red man. Said the
Committee "In their present status,
the American Indian as a group, are
not ready to be turned loose and the
government Of the L. S. has not as
yet discharged its obligation to the
Indian to the point hat where the
Indian Office can be abolished, and
the various necessary services to the
Indian discontinued.
Disappointing progress" during
$50 years of government supervision
has resulted from a program design
ed to make the Indian a better Indian
instead Of a better American.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06

Clark, Assistant Attorney General
from poll tax texas is likely to sue
coed Francis Biddle, Attorney Cen
eral. IF this should happen it
would nothing short Of a calamity to
the Negro III particular, and civil
liberties for minorities and labor in
general. There is not a single in
stance on record where he has vigor-
cusly prosecuted the violation Of the
civil rights of Negroes.
In Memphis, Tennessee Free
Speech cas- when the meeting was
calld off by notorious Boss Crump
at which the writer was to speak,
despite many protests against this
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06

all of that time fighting, this war
would have been Owe long ago. But
our white brothers, SO lull Of religion
are at each others threats every 20
years This time they are awaken,
ing the sleeping racial giants (China
and India). What fools you NOR
tails be?" Twenty years from now
they will have 100 million yellow
and brown men on their necks. Sec.
of State, Hull, allowed gasoline and
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
BROTHERHOOD REFUSES
AGREEMENT WITH MISSOURI
PACIFIC RAILROAD

LIN VIIII M
PACIFIC RAILROAD
New York, NY, Dec. 90 The A
greement Committee of the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters compos
ed of E. ]. Bradley, 1rd Information
al Vice President; 7. D. McNeal,
International Field Organizer and
Walter Allen, President of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Train Porters local
concluded the revision of the exist
ing agreement, the middle of Decem-
Der, with the Missouri-Pacifi Rail-
road Company following the inter-
vention of the National Mediation
Board. A constructive and far reach
ing set of rules were won by the Or
g~anization together with all Of the
financial benefits that the other op
Grating employees have secured in
their recent wage negotiations stated
A. Philip Randolph, International
President at the International Head
quarters of the Brotherhood Of
Sleeping Car Porters.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
Five WacS Held Pending
Charges of DisObedience

Camp Breckenridge, KY, (PPNS)
Reports from the camp hospital here
this week revealed that the five Ne
gro WACs who were seized last
week by white MPs and placed in the
guard house, have been released from
Imprisonment but ar awaiting final
action pending on the outcome of in
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
Take Over Jewel Bldg.

The United States Government,
took over the Jewell Building at gath
and Grant Streets for the USO.
All tenants, except the apartments
on Grant street and the Tuxedo Bar
Der Shop, have been ordered to va
cate.
Sometime ago Congress appropri-
ated $14,OOO.OO for this USO expan>
sion fund and building.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
RACE RAILROADERS TO SUE
UNIONS CHARGING BIAS

Washington DC, (CNS) Accord
ing to Attorney Charles H. Houston,
suits are being filed against twenty
southern railroads on the basis of the
recent Supreme Court statements.
The suit too will involve the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen which is being charged
with keeping Negroes in subsidiary
and non-promotable positions.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06

cumseh. Oklahoma and his mother,
Mrs. Lillian Rivers can justly be
proud of the effective manner in
which her son IS helping bring this
bloody conflict to an early victory.
Sgt. Rivers has been awarded the
Silver Star for his valorous action.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
eff Sick''-Call Her
Missionary Elsie Laster

Missionary Elsie LaSter
Assistant tothe Pastor of the
Church of the Living God, 1906
North gath St.
The Lord is using Sister Laster in
many ways in helping the public.
If sick, call her, JA-40O3.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06
To Install Officers of
NAACP for 1915

A meeting of the NAACP will be
held at the Zion Baptist church, Sun
day afternoon January IA, for the
purpose of installing officers for the
year 1915. Be sure to attend and if
you are not a member of this your
own organization, Join up!
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-06

Chicago, Ill (For
PPNS) Another
year rolls by
what are your
problems? Some
people are enjoy
ing the best holt
day season in their
lives Millions
are experiencing
the worst in their
careers. War is
everything Sherm-
an said it was, YET