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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25

RUT to get back to Sundays at Fre-Ask: they
- were special for four reasons
There was no reveile only had to work a
half day. We went to work at a. m IAN hour
later than on lceckddyS), and We could snatch at
least an extra hour Of sleep.
Even so, Sunday, May l3, was superspecial
sort of day.
Not only an extra hour of sleep. but eight of
us lucky WACs were going to get a look at Hidden
Valley!
Ever since had arrived at Ere -ASk in January
| had been dying to fly over this legendary Shangri-
La. Now at last was going TO see it for myself
| hadn't been at Fre-Ask more than IS hours
before had begun to hear marvellous stories about
Hidden Valley
Every pilot who flew over it came back with a
taller tale than the last
No had set foot in the valley and
had been closer to it than plane
could fly.
But no pilot is ever handicapped by facts
From the air. it looked like dream Paradise to
them, and we swallowed their fiction and loved it.
DY NAY, tales current about this Shoagri-Lo
IL hare gireH Paul BuHyau a rtH tor his money.
The natives were all giants, we'll over six
feet tall
They were fierce and warike.
They were head hunters
They were cannibals.
They practiced human sacrifice on ancient
stone altars.
The lands were cultivated and criss-crossed
with irrigation bitches.
All the women were Dorothy Lamours in
black face.
Naturally, every one was crazy to fly over this
earthly Paradise | was itching to 90
So | was delighted the day before when Col
Peter J. Prossen of SAP Antonio, Tex. asked eight
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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25

Of the civilian employees have
made certain charges to investi-
gators but these charges have
To he proved. Inasmuch AZ no
names are mentioned yet,
cant comment"
LINK OLARRY's BAR
Mentioned frequently in the re-
port were the names of former
Purple gangsters currently figur-
ing in the Hooper murder con-
spiracy trial at Battle Creek.
OLarry's Bar. at Dexter and
Boston boulevard, alleged to have
been the rendezvous spot for
underworld characters in the
Hooper case, was mentioned in
connection with liquor deals by
prison inmates and guards.
Outstanding among the care
fully documented irregularities
barred we're:
. Use of the prisons hospital
for rendezvous between inmates
and their wives or Sweethearts.
Cost Of the accommodation"
was 81 tip TO the nurse.
. Run of the prison enjoyed by
convictS with imposing crimi-
nal records"
. Huge sums made from sale of
soft jobs and cells in "aristo-
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
Bic Three i'm Final
Pre.HeeceSS Parley

WITH PRESIDENT TRU-
MANS PARTY. POTSDAM. July
- GNS) - President Truman,
Prime Minister Churchill and
Generalissimo Stain met again
today for what apparently was the
last meeting before a two-day re-
cess.
The recess was arranged 10 per-
NIT Churchill TO return 10 London
for the results of the recent par
liamentary elections. and 10 learn
whether he will remain as prime
minister Of Great Britain
Churchill and others Of his staff
will return 10 Berlin soon.
Al present the big question
mark of the conference is tn e
exact role which the large military
and naval staffs are playing. be-
yond their advice on questions q
European occupation and demobili-
zation.
There is still an extreme touchi-
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
WAC FinaHy y Keeps
Date Wifh Sergeant

NEW YORK. July "a GNS) -
WAC Cpl. Margaret Hastings has
finally kept that date she broke
last May l3
The blue-eyed. 93-pound WAC
"did" New York last night with
Sgt. Walter Fleming. LanSe. Pa
She had a date with the ser
geant last May l3 but she had
to break il. The army transport
plane in which she was riding
crashed into Shangri-La valley.
killing Fl servicemen and women
Margaret and two men survived.
but they weren't rescued for a.
days.
The tiny WAC has confessed
that she worried a lot during
those perilous days over the
broken date. She couldn't keep il
after the rescue because she was
sent back home But Sgt Fleming
got a furlough and last night the
pair kept the two-month-old date.
we had dinner at Toots
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
|GAN ANCSTER RS RUL T
JACKSON PRISON
'Cupid Club
Graft Barred
By RHYS NJ. JONES

LANSING, July 24-Jackson prison, the
nations largest penal institution was ex-
posed today as a huge den of iniquity where
prosperous inmates ruled the roost and
turned the institution into ''veritable cupid
club for lovelorn inmates"
Flagrant Irregularities running the gamut of
traditional underworld prostitution,
drinking, gambling, bribery, robbery, hijacking and
illicit money schemes-were charged in the first of
four sensational reports by Atty Gen. John R. Deth-
merS
His findings on maladminstration and abuses of prison
rules predicted by the Times detailed exclusive story
weeks ago Sunday the result of exhaustive four
months investigation conducted by the attorney generals
sfce the police and the corrections commission The
report submitted this morning TO Gov. Kelly and the
corrections and civil service commissions.
1t was a summary Of 5000 pages of testimony taken
from 223 witnesses These included inmates whose state
Dethmers said had been carefully corroborated
officials, officers, guards and employees
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
JACKSON GETS CHARGES
Flood of Fake Points
Hits City Meat Shops

More than 100000 counterfeit
meat points have been uncovered
in Detroit during the last few
weeks and numerous arrests are
scheduled within two weeks in
connection with the illegal coupon
traffic, Assistant Y. S. Attorney
Frank X. Norris disclosed today.
A special corps Of OPA agents
has been assigned 10 a city WIDE
investigation of wholesale and re-
tail meat dealers, Norris added,
and will obtain evidence upon
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25

Shor'S and then we saw the
play, Dark Of the Moon,'" she
said. "It was fun"
Margaret is planning 10 return
TO her home in Owego. n. Y.
today and Sgt Fleming is going
along.
II want him to meet the
folks" Margaret explained. but
she insisted that anything hav-
ing 10 do with wedding bells
was restricted information
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25

KELLY'S COMMENT
Commenting briefly on the
scandalous revelations, Gov. Kelly
said nc had been assured the state
department of corrections would
take any necessary action against
prison officials responsible for the
situation. Kelly added:
'1f there is an occasion later
on for me to do something,
will do it,"
The situation would have been
revealed sooner, according to DR..
Garrett HeynS, corrections COM
mission head, if he, Heyns, had
power 10 appoint a deputy 70
whom he could delegate some re-
Sponsinilities.
The reports cited instances in
which Warden Harry II. Jackson
attempted TO thwart the inves-
tigation.
JACKSON GETS CHARGES
Warden Jackson revealed that
he had received this section OF
the report, which is being made
in three sections. last weekend
However" he said at Jack
son today, 81 do not intend 20
make any comment until the
report Is complete and the rec
concentrations made.
Certain prisoners and some
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
1000 p lanes
Hit Jap Fleet
AT Kure Base

GUAM, July "a (UP)-
More than 1000 American
planes pOunced on a con-
centratiOn of japanese war
ships at the kure naval base
today and left it a hOlo-
caust of burning wreckage.
japanese ground gunners and
fighter planes fought back
desperately.
The J apanes s e homeland
rocked under unprecedented
aerial blows from some 1000
American warplanes. They
included a record armada of
more than 500 Superior
tresses, which loosed a tor
rent Of bombs on Nagoya,
Osaka and FIVE Japanese war
plants.
FIND JAP WARSHIPS
Fleet dispatches revealed car
rier planes swarming all day
over kure scored direct hits with
heavy bombs on two japanese
warshipS and set fire TO others.
Early reports indicated Task
Force 3S of Adm. Halseys Third
Fleet finally had found a big part
OF the surviving japanese fleet
perhaps the major part-and was
pounding it TO pieces.
The air force boarded by the
japanese for the showdown battle
of the homeland was stung 10
action in defense of Kure and its
warships.
Alrmen returning 10 their car
rier bases reported numerous dog
fights Swirling through smoke
cloCged skies over Kure. They
said anti-aircraft fire was the
most intense they ever saw. But
the Helldivers pressed home their
attacks
THEY TANGLE IN AIR
One veteran squadron alone
tangled with u speedy japanese
fighters trying to intercept them
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Chapter
By CPL. MARGARET HASTINGS, WAC
Written ExelusiUsly for International NewS Ser0t
World Copyright and Al Rights Reserved.


CUNDAY was always special day at Fre-Ask.
- That was every ones pet abbrevation for the
Far East Air Service Command, where was sta
toned with an air WAC unit in New Guinea.
Fre-Ask was big camp about 80 miles inland
from Hollandia. The camp itself was no bargain.
Heat, humidity, rats and the. eternal rain were
always with us. But there were compensations.
To the north, Cyclops Mountain lowered above
us, as green and lush and beautiful as ST. Patrick
Day dream.
The only break in the jungle green that covered
Cyclops was lovely little waterfall that tumbled
down the mountainside in shower of spray. You
could look up at it any time in the day and almost
feel cool
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25

which criminal charges will be
brought against Violators.
Norris declared that many DEAL
ers are buying counterfeit points
and warned that those involved in
the Illegal traffic. willfully or 9TH
erwise, face federal court crirni-
nal prosecution. in addition TO ad-
ministrative punishment by the
OPA.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
Polish Chiefs Accused

LONDON, July - CUP)-The
London Times accused the Polish
high command today of compro-
missing Britain's International po-
Sition by trying to discourage
the return Of Polish soldiers to
their homeland.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
Valley Trip
A Gay Outing

EDITORS NOTE-Death rode on the holiday trip
Of eight WACS and 10 soldiers to Hidden Valley, NetC
Guinea, last May. IN this Shangri-La Diary, Cpl Hast
ngs continues her story Of hOc disaster teri her and
tiCo soldiers alone facing uRkROtcn future M dnd
tchtch no rchite person had ercr entered.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
international Photo

ness about any public statements
regarding the Japanese war 10
save Russia any embarrassment.
WASHINGTON, July 81 INS)
Diplomatic observers believed
today that the results of the Pots
dam meeting will be made public
no later than next weekend.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
ARMIsTICE ASSAILED

Reynaud charged that Petain
and Gen. Maxim Weygand OPP
posed the British union offer on
the grounds il would make France
a dominion Of the British Empire.
He also quoted Weygand as say
ing on June Is that Britain will
be finished within three weeks
The former premier, vigorous
witness for the prosecution, as
sailed the terms of the armistice
arranged by Petain Article VIII
of this agreement he said, pro-
vided that the French fleet must
be stationed at ports under Axis
control.
on these grounds. he defended
the assasSinated Adm. Jean Dar-
Ian. stating the latter had fulfilled
his promise that Frances navy
never would fall into German
hands.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25

Worth listening 'oi Dick" Frankensteen tells
Why Detroit Needs Mayor Of Action
ronighu WwJ-7 30 p. M.-Adv.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
In the Times TO-DAY

WILLIAM J. KTNT for TRAFFIC JUDGE.
Ablel Vigorous Trained iog ne Ofhce. ADV.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25

Worth listening to' 'Dick' Frankenstsen tells
Why Detroit Needs Mayor % Actioni
Teaight. wWJ-7 30 ?. NAV.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25

Or. J. {. TOOLE. DENTIST
ITO W Lafayette, A. MichiFan OPT CITY
Hall. Hours. 80. Tel CA 66sa. Adv.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
Pollen count $50.

PAY ALL YOUR BILLS WITH A PERSONAL
CHECKING ACCOUNT az Industrial National
Bank. Convenient and Lnexpcnslve.-Adv.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25
Reynaud Says
Petain Acted
For Majority

PARIS. July q QNS) A
charge that l3 out OF France l9
cabinet ministers, including Chief
of State Marshal Petaln, favoEed
an armiStice with Germany in
June. 1910. was made by former
Premier Paul Reynaud today
His allegation came during the
second days session Of Petaln's
trial for treason.
Reynaud described IN detail the
events leading up TO the military
collapse Of France, dealing par
tlrcularly with a meeting of the
council OF ministers on June 10
1910
Camille Chautemps, vice pre-
mier and minister Of state, IA
vored asking the Germans for
terms. Reynaud said. and Petair
felt likewise.
II wanted to leave for Az
rica.' Reynaud declared.
The dapper Reynaud, who is a
frnancier had many connections in
the United States in prewar days,
laid before the Judges and jury
an astonishing story Of the man.
ncr in which Frances destiny was
determined.
II took piece Of paper
he said, land divided IL into
two.
VOTE Is TAKEN
"On one side ! wrote the
names Of those in favor Of the
Chautemps proposal and on the
other the names of those in
favor Of my proposal.
If I recall correctly there
were lS names on the right IN
support of ChautempS and six
names on the left In favor of my
proposal.
In the course Of his testimony
al the trial. which more resem-
bled a parliamentary debate than
a court of jurisdiction. Reynaud
insisted that at some time or an
other France would have 10 ac-
cept Prime Minister ChurchlllS
offer of Franco-British military
and political union.
This offer was put forward I'M
mediately after Dunkirk IN a
desperate effort by Churchill TO
forcstall the collapse of France.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-25

THEY TANGLE IN AIR
One veteran squadron alone
iangled with II speedy japanese
fighters trying to intercept them
Continued on Page ?, Col. p
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
Russians Only l8 To 20 Miles From German Capital

LONDON, April 18-(P)-Ger- man broadcasts declared today that the battle on the eastern ap- breaches to Berlin "recahed its climax" with Russian troops preaching the defense lines only eighteen to twenty miles from the capital and declared the Soviets launched an offensive south of Stettin aimed at linking the Allies an the north German plain.
 Front dispatches to Moscow as- serted the Russians could see Ber- lin burning did not specify any offensive underway. Nine Rus sian armies are smashing toward Berlin, German broadcasts said, conceding Red army gain S through strong hedgehog posi- in a blazing arc east and north- east of the bomb shattered city.
 The enemy declared Stalin had thrown third offensive on a sev- enteen mile front south of Stettin seeking to slice between the Bal tic port and Berlin to join the western Allies north and west of Berlin.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
Americans Reach Baguio Outskirts On LuZOn
By FRED HAMPSoN

MANILA, April IT - lP) - American troops reached the out skirts of the enemy's mountain citadel of Baguio in northern Lu- zon and have already rescued more than 1000 civilians, General Douglas Macarthur announced.
 The majority of the liberated were Filipinos. Other nations rep resented were United States, Brit ish Commonwealth Soviet Russia, China, France, Poland, Switzer- land, Spain, Turkey, Cuba, Bel gium, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Ger many, and Austria. The rescue was possible, MacArthur explain ed by the pressure of his forces, which enabled them to escape from the Japanese during the night and make their way to the American lines. They are being cared for by the Army. Among the freed is Gen. Manuel Roxas, former speaker of the Philippines National Assembly. Four mem- bers of the Cabinet of the Filipino Collaborationist Government were captured.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
Truman Will Run Office With Firm Hand
By JACK BELL

WASHINGTON, April 18-tP President Truman intends to . run his own show. He will take advice from friends but will make his own decisions. That is the in depreciation Washington has put on several separate actions.
 His firmness is not surprising to those who knew him on Capitol Hill where he definitely over ruled the high command nomin- ating It. Gems. Patton and Hodges to four star rank. He picked John Snyder, St. Louis banker friend of twenty-five years for the Fed eral Loan Administration. Wash ington understood Roosevelt had been planning to shift Budget Di- rector Harold Smith to the Post. He told a news conference yes- terday rather tartly, "Of course Molotov will stop in Washington to pay his respects as he should.
 He announced positively, flatly, and briefly that he wants the Breton Woods monetary agree ments and reciprocal trade enac- ted by Congress. He also found time yesterday to direct the seiz- ure of the Lake Charles, Louisi- ana, high octane refinery plant which has been left idle by the controversy over rsnts charged in the nearby housing project.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
Eighth And Tenth Armies Advance I'm Italy

ROME, April 18-R Polish troops of the Eighth Army sweep ing up the Pc advanced to within ten miles of Bologna, major Ger man base in northern Italy. The Fifth Army also fought slowly close to the big Italian art and industrial center, battering their way through enemy troops en- trenched in scores of caves, tun- nels and pillboxes along the mountain highway from Florence.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
Louisiana Flood Situation Remains Very Acute

NEW ORLEANS, April 18-tH The flood situation of the Red river below Alexandria remained acute as Army engineers con- tinued their twenty-four hour vigil of the lower reaches of the swollen Mississippi. Part of the eight thousand families who were driven from their homes by the rampaging Red river at Alexan- dria prepared to return to their homes.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
Truman Says Nation Will Not Falter

WASHINGTON, April 18 -R President Truman told United States forces throughout the world that the nation would not falter in the cause which President Roose- welt gave his life. "All of us have lost a great leader, far-sighted statesman and a real friend of democracy"
 He declared "You have lost an old friend of the services. Our Hearts are heavy, however the cause which claimed President Roosevelt also claims us. He never faltered, nor will we." His broad cast was to the men and women of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard as well as to the peo- pie in United States.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
BASEBALL TUESDAYS GAMES
American League

American League New York 8, Boston 4; Wash ington 14, Philadelphia g.; St. Louis 7, Detroit 1; Chicago 5. Cleveland 2.
 National League Brooklyn 8, Philadelphia 2; New York II, Boston 6; Chicago 3, St. Louis 2; Cincinnati 2, Pitts burgh 6.
 Coast League Sacramento g, San Francisco II. Only game scheduled.
 WEDNESDAYS GAMES
 American League Boston 2, New York 6; Detroit II, St. Louis O; Washington 0. Philadelphia 1, twelve innings.
 Nationsl League Philadelphia 6, Brooklyn q; New York 8, Boston 1.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
CASE AGAINST JOSEPH TAGUTARAK DISMISSED

The case against Joseph Tagu- tarak for negligible homicide was dismissed by Judge Kehoe due to lack of evidence. The jury was in- structed to bring in a verdict of not guilty. The Strock case was set for tomorrow morning.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-18
ERIN E PYLE KILLED

WASHINGTON, April 18 -B } Ernie Pyle, A, famous war cor respondent has been killed in the Pacific. News of his death became known when President Truman issued statement of coincidence.
 The wiry little reporter of the Scripps Howard newspapers, who . told the story of the war in CT language, reporting the fighting on Okinawa previously covered the war in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Britain and France.
 Truman said "all Americans understand how wisely, how warm heartedly, how honestly he served Ahis country and his profession de- serves the gratitude of all his countrymen."
 Twice, while in Europe, Pyle narrowly escaped death. He was winner of the Purlitzer prize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
Stain Offers Toast
10 Little People
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 26.-The Moscow
radio said today that Premier Stain
had proposed the following toast to
the little people" Of Russia at
victory banquet in the Russian CAPT.
tai:
Il should like to drink to the
health Of people of whom few hold
rank and whose titles are not en-
We'd, the people who are considered
to be cogs in the wheels of great
state apparatus but without whom
all Of us-marshals and army COM
manders-are, to put it crudely, not
worth tinker's dam because il one
OF the cogs goes out Of commission
the whole thing is done for.
Il propose 4 toast for the sim.
pie. ordinary, modest people-for
those cogs who keep our great state
machine going in all branches OF
science, national economy and mill
tary affairs.
There are very many of them.
Their name is legion. They are tens
Of millions Of people. They are
modest people. Nobody writes any
thing about them. They have no
titles and few Of them hold ranks.
But they are the people who sup
port US Is the base supports the
summit"
Il drink to the health Of these
people, our respected comrades"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
zoning Board 0kays
Mclean Wafer Tower

Seven applications for exceptions
or variances to the county zoning
ordinance we're approved and one
was rejected by the Fairfax County
Board OF zoning Appeals yesterday
The board granted permission to
Richard M. Smith TO erect q steel
water tower at West Mclean to fur
nish water to Mclean and vicinity.
B. H. Runyon was allowed to erect
an addition to an existing store
building near Baileys Cross Roads.
The application Of Thomas r.
Sawyers for construction and OPP
Grafton Of q clubhouse for employees
Of Transcontinental g. Western Air
Inc, located on the Mount Vernon
Memorial highway, at Collingwood
road, was granted
The board also approved the ap.
plications Of w. l.. Gooding, Clar.
ence M. Yeatman. Sleepy Hollow
w. r. Streving, Mason Terrace, ane
H. M. Biondi. Fairhill, asking per.
mission to erect garages with les.
setback than required by the ordi.
nance.
The request Of G. r. Pergande te
subdivide a five-acre lot located or
Kerns road, to permit less thar
the required setback between two
houses, was denied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26

When the battleship Pennsylvania
goes back into action against the
Japanese, shells which she will lob
at the targets will be from IL guns
taken from ships which were dam
aged during the attack on Pearl
Harbor, according to the Navy.
The Pennsylvania has just been re-
gunned at Hunters Point drydocks in
San Francisco after wearing out her
armament during IL Pacific inva-
sionS. Five Of the new guns came from
the battleship Oklahoma, which was
smashed and capsized at Pearl Har-
Dor, and six others from the Nevada,
also badly damaged in that attack,
but which since has been placed
back in the battle line. The 18th
gun was from her own battery, which
also was damaged at Pearl Harbor.
Clever Navy gunsmiths and ord
nance men. the Navy said, teamed
up to perform remarkable operations
in regunning the 33,0O0-ton battle
ship. But perhaps the most re-