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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-04-13

General Chairman is the setting up
of Relief Fund for the members.
The Relief Fund was started last
October with R. S. Harris as chair
man and Samuel Il. Johnson, treas
urer. To date there are ninety
members and nearly $500 has been
collected from these members fol
the Fund. One of the tentative
plans, according to Mr.. Harris, il
pay $500 weekly sick benefits ant
$500 death benefit.
Local sic and its Women's Aux
iliary of which Mrs. Naomi BecI
is president has made rapid strides
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-04-13

in the ranks Of organized labor.
This organization and many Of its
members are making fine contribu-
tons to the civic and religious well
fare of our community.
Much credit is due Mr.. Littlejohn
who has been the General Chairman
for eight years. Many material
benefits have been obtained for the
members through his faithful and
courageous leadership.
Other officers Of the Local SIC in
clude: president, Harry s. Brown;
vice president, Cleat Oliver; secre-
,tary, Lionel Allen; treasurer, S. q.
Johnson.-C.T.R.N.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-04-13
SPORTS
By PERCY VILLA

Fight time is again nearing and
a week from tonight at the Mime
apolis auditorium facing Jackie
Graves will be
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-04-13
Local SIG
Has Relief
Fund Now

One of the most recent steps
taken by Local SIG under the lead
ership of Maceo v. Littlejohn as
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20
twenty-five Permits
Issued for BUILDING

Twenty-Five building permits for
construction and alterations of
stores, garages and dwellings were
issued by the city engineer, F. w.
Liddle during the week ending De-
cember 18.
Permits included: Stanley Gilew-
ski, SIS Superior, garage-dwelling;
John CaulkinS, 1919 Fort, store
repair shop, value, $1,000; Raymond
Vigneau, 1924 Ford, store, s6,265;
West Park Building company, 2O79
Nineteenth, $4,000, 2Os7 18th, ST.
$685. 2107 18th. $500; 2117 18th,
$500; 2278 goth, $1,000; 1892 goth,
$4,000; 1903 Doth, 5000; 1926 10Th,
$1,000; 1884 goth, $500, all dwell
ings; 1803-9-15-21-27 Ford, store,
5000.
Roscoe E. Jaskson, 300 Eureka,
fire repairs. $1,000; c. Leroy An
gere, 1923 Ford, store, S3,125, 1s48
Ford, store, $3,l25; Everette Null,
1919 Fort, garage and sales, s23, 400.
George Ptak, 1902 Elm, dwell
ing alterations, s1,100; Fred How
arth, 314 Biddle, dwelling, s12, 400,
324 Biddle. dwelling, s77OO; Harold
Malenfant. 1922 Ford, store, So $500;
John Schuster, wrecking, 3o2 Riv-
erbank, dwelling.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20
Letter Box
Mr.. Strauss Gantz
NewS-Herald

WS-116I dlQ
Wyandotte, Michigan
Dear Mr.. CAN'T:
In behalf of the Downriver War
Chest campaign organization I
would like to take this opportunity
to thank you informally for your
cooperation during the recent cam
paign.
Although We failed to meet our
quota, We know that the failure
would have been greater if it had
not been for newspaper publicity.
You contributed a great deal to-
ward helping Downriver to raise
$780, and toward helping to in
form people about the work of
the War Chest agencies.
We not only thank you for your
efforts during the campaign but
would also like to express our ap-
probation for the year-round pub
licity you give the agencies of the
War Chest. The latter lets people
know how their contributions are
being spent and keeps the public
interested in the field of private
social work.
Sincerely,
II. D. FenSke
General Chairman
War Chest Campaign
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20
BY United Press

Sixty-Seven ships were scheduled
to dock Wednesday at East and
West coast ports with more than
1880 troops.
Due at Newport News, Va:
Ponotoc Victory-1,4 99 troops, in
Guiding the 557th AAA Automatic
Weapons; 997th F. A. Bn.; 453rd
Med. Collection, and miscellaneous
troops.
John Cropper-583 troops, includ-
ing the 326th Ord. Depot Co., and
miscellaneous troops.
Clearance Peck-36 troops, includ-
ing Hq. and Hq. Btry. of the 333rd
F A. group Det. G.
Due at Boston:
Bernard Carter-573 troops, in
Guiding the 3457th Ord. Med. Auto
Main. Co., and miscellaneous troops
Due at New York:
Marine Panther-2,373 troops, in
Guiding the Goth Sig. Bn.; 1880th
Eng. Avn. Bn., 43rd, 46th, and 48th
Surgical Hospitals; so patients and
miscellaneous troops.
Thomas w. Hyde-577 troops, in
Guiding the 7th Chem. Depot Co.,
921st Ord. Heavy Auto. EIaint. Co.,
and the 526th ON Railhead Co.
Muhlenberg Victory-1, 487 troops,
including units of the 89th Inf. Div
Richard Rush-581 troops, includ-
ing the I55th F. A. Bn.
Forty-Seven ships were due 10
dock at East and West ports Tues
day, with more than $1,000 troops.
Due at New York:
Marine Panther-2,373 troops, in
Guiding 96th Sig. Bn., 1880th Eng,
Avn. Bn., 43rd, 46th and 48th Port
Surgical Hosp, go patients, and
miscellaneous troops.
Joseph Teal-587 troops, includ-
ing two WACS, 311th F. A. Bn. and
elements of 18th Inf. Div.
Thomas w. Hyde-577 troops, in
Guiding 7th Chem. Depot Co., 921st
Ord. Heavy Auto. Main. Co., and
526th ON Railhead Co.
Payne Wingate-566 troops and
one civilian, including 310th F. A.
Bn., one WAC, and elements of
18th Inf. Div.
Cornelius Hartnett - sec troops,
including two WACS, Hq. and ,Hq.
units 18th Inf. Div, Hq. and Hq.
Co. 3rd Bn. of 314th Inf. Reg, Co.
I of 313th Inf. Reg. and 691st Ord.
ANN. Co.
Muhlenberg Victory-1,487 troops.
including units of 18th Inf. Div.
Due at Boston:
Steven Victory-1,532 troops, in
Guiding units of the 575th, 268th,
and 258th F.. A. Bn.
Bernard Carter-573 troops, in
Guiding 3457th Ord. Med. Auto.
Main. Co.
John Sergeant - 632 troops, in
Guiding units of 266th F.. A. Mn,
bet. of 3rd. Group Reg. Sta.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20
On WAY Back Home

William F. Cerny, ST 1-c and
Alphonse j. Kowalczyk, MN &c,
are among 1900 high-point Navy
veterans whom the Magic Carpet"
is bringing back to the States
aboard the US.S Thetis Bay.
Kowalczyk is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kowalczyk, of 1896
Twelfth street and Cerny is the
son of Frank Zenker, 8O3 River
bank.
The USS. Thetis Bay left Okin-
ava November Is and was sched-
uled to arrive in San Francisco
about December IS.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20
CAB COMPANY LICENSED

Taxicab licenses for three cars
were approved by the council Tues
day for the Parkside cab company
operated by Howard j. Brohl, Rob-
ert j. Brohl and Frank j. Mahalak.
Licenses were approved for
1941 Plymouth four-door special
deluxe sedan and two 1912 Plym-
outh four-door special deluxe Sc
dams.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20
Redeployment Schedule
Due at Newport News:

Due at Newport News:
Maritime Victory - 1895 troops,
including units of 377th MP Bn.
and miscellaneous personnel.
Sea Snipe-2,273 troops, including
353rd Inf. Rgt. Prov. Bn. and mis-
cellaneous personnel.
Tusculum Victory - F575 troops,
including 132nd FA. Bn.; 133rd Fla.
Bn.; 155th F. A. Bn. and Postal
Diet. Goth Inf. Div.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20
CITY EMPLOYEES TO GET
PAY DECEMBER. 22

Salaried. city employees will re-
ceive their semi-monthly wages
ordinarily due December 81, on De-
cember %, as is the city custom
during the Christmas season.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20
APPLICATIONS APPROVED
FOR THEATRE LICENSES

Applications of the Down River
theatre operation company for the
atre licenses for the Wyandotte and
Rialto theatres were approved by
the city council Tuesday.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20

In the days of the Republic of
Venice, the ring was the symbol of
the domination of Venice over the
Adriatic.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20

being sponsored by the organiza-
ton. The Volunteers of America
will solicit funds on the streets.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20
APPLICATION APPROVED

Application of John Tarnowski.
1865 Tenth street, for a new S.DM.
beer license was approved Tuesday
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-20
SOLICIT FUNDS FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY

Volunteers of America were
granted permission Tuesday to SOL
icit funds for the Christmas party
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
WITH THE AEF
Germans Are Dirty Fighters

rhose of them left behind learn
ed the lazy rumbling sound OF the
buzz bomb motors and within
few days could judge its approx
innate direction just as the Lon
doners before them had done.
If the sound spelled imminent
danger they learned to scurry into
basement and hope that the
explosion they knew was coming
did not bury them alive.
OF course there is no warning
from the W. rockets. Just an
enormous explosion. y
Once in Antwerp a bomb land
ed in a street. Cars and tracks
we're blown heller SHELTER. Civil
ians crossing the street were pill
ed in distorted bleeding heaps.
Women's dresses were blown off
leaving their naked bodies on the
lev street. A Canadian military
policeman disappeared complete
" and it was concluded he had
been hit squarly by the bomb.
An army of scientists and en-
gineers are working on the de-
tense against these rockets. Sew
eral methods are being expert
mented with but there is only
one sure way to stop this civilian
murder and that is the end of the
war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05

or carrying an arm in a sling
because they never knew when
the air would be filled with fly
ing brick and glass.
The Belgians who had put up
with German occupation for four
years and had become accus-
toned to seeing grey uniforms
around suddenly found themselves
on the receiving end Of the bitter
barrage hurled by the Nazis.
Civilian suffering became almost
unbearable.
American, British and Cana
dian soldiers who were veterans
Of Normandy often found them
selves unable to work more than
a few minutes at a time on rescue
squads that went into the wreck
age of buildings looking for
bodies.
when a soldier gets it, we'll
you sort of expect it," was the
general comment, "but women
and children all mangled and
bleeding, that is too much.'
As during the blitz on London
every civilian who could leave
Antwerp did, columns of them
going down the roads carrying
their food and clothes. They could
not get far but relatives in neigh
boring villages took them in.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
SOVIETS REACH
COAST OF BALTIC
Continued from Page One)

were isolated in western Latvia
farther along the Baltic coast.
The base of Zhukovs' drive to the
Baltic in the sector adjoining Ro.
kossovsky's breakthrough was 40.
mile sector extending from Reetz
northeastward to Tempelburg. The
latter is % miles southwest OF
Neustettin, which was captured
last Wednesday by Rokossovsky' S
men.
In their great surge northwest
Zhukov's troops toppled the great
strongholds Of Dramburg, Labes,
RECEIVABLE, Freienwalde, Wanger-
in, Schivelbeing, Koerlin, Falken-
burg, and Templeburg.
Caught between the two Russian
armies were thousands of Ger.
manshock troops and members of
the Volksstrum, home army re-
cruits, which Moscow dispatches
said were easy victims since they
included youngsters of IA to old
men of 30.
Streaming across the fiat lands
Of Pomerania, source of much OF
Germany's dwindling food supply,
the Russians overran great maze
Of broad military highways and
railways which will aid them in the
coming strikes deeper into central
Germany.
Berlin said that Rokossovsky S
troops had famed out % miles
eastward from Koeslin toward
Danzig, reaching the stronghold OF
Schlawe, 70 miles west of the
former free city whose Nazi gar.
rison was digging in for a pro.
tracted siege now that it was
caught in a double trap.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
GEN. WILLIS HALE
SUCCEEDS HARMON
Continued from Page One)

lied for use against Japan. In
cluded in this interlocking COM
mand are Superforts of the 21st
Bomber Command, land-based
heavy and medium bombard.nent
aircraft, fighter planes and the
huge air transport system and
service facilities backing up the
combined air power weapons.
1t was the second time in the
Pacific war that Hale has STEP
ped into the shoes of a missing
commanding officer. In June,
1912, he was named commander
OF the Seventh Army Air Force,
succeeding Maj. Gen. Clarence L.
Tinker, who was lost in the battle
of Midway.
Hale helped build the Seventh
80 from its puny pre-war status
to it's present formidable strength
while taking it thousands of miles
across the Pacific towards Japan
from its original bases. He earn
ed for the Seventh the nickname
"Hale's Handful during those
early days.
Last year he was placed in
command of land-based aircraft
Of all services in the Pacific for
ward area until he became deputy
commander for operations of the
AAF, Pacific Ocean Areas, and
the Strategic Air Forces when
Harmon assumed overall COM
mand.
Hale, a native of Pittsburgh,
Kan, is described as "cool, un-
ruffled and sardonic," Soft
spoken man who never lifts his
voice but can "take the paint off
Liberator" with a few we'll
chosen, whispered words.
On December 7, 1941, he was
chief of staff Of the Third Air
Force at MacDill Field, Tampa,
Fla under Tinker When Tinker
was transferred to command of
the Army Air Forces based on
Hawaii, Hale followed, and on
January /, 1912, became COM
mander of Seventh Bomber Casn-
mand under Tinker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
Obituaries
MRS. ANNIE L. ROBINSON

SUPPLY, March Mrs. Annie
Lewis Robinson, 66, died at l a. m.
TODAY at her home on Route one,
Supply.
She is survived by seven daugh'
tiers. Mrs. w. T. Benton, OF Thom-
ashore, Mrs. E. F. Mosley and
Mrs. J. F Briley, OF Brunswick,
Ca, Mrs. c. L. ClemmonS, Mrs.
W. F. Roach and Mrs. Gladys Cal
son, of Supply; and two sons, Ham,
ilton Robinson and T-eake Robin
son, both of Supply
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at 2 p. m. Monday at the
home of Mrs. c. G. Roach, on
Route one, BY the Rev. c. N. Phil
lips and the Rev. Theodore New
ton. Burial will follow in Silent
Grove cemetery.
Active pallbearers are J. F. Bri-
ley, Bedford Ludlun, c. G. Roach,
L. c. Clemmons, w. S. Roach, and
w. T. Benton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
: !.
HITS T..
DETROIT STRIKE

WASHINGTON, March 4.-(P)-
Undersecretary of War Patterson
asserted today that if strikes con.
tinue the paralysis which now
grips part of Detroit's great arsenal
will make its effects felt on the
very field of battle
In an address from here carried
over radio station WJR at Detroit,
Patterson said he was 'heartened
by the news that leaders Of the
local union involved in one of the
present stoppages are urging an
immediate return to work.
Asserting that mo man can stay
idle with a clear conscience" the
undersecretary added:
Let this be plain: there never
has been a greater need for the
products of the Detroit arsenal than
there is today.
Allied forces are driving ahead
in Germany, Patterson said, and
another great victory is in the
making, like the victory we won
last summer in France"
While the German drive into Bel
GUM was taking place last Deem
Der, he continued. mo one thought
Of stopping work" but now the
news is better and at such a time
the idea gets around that a work
stoppage will do no great amount
of harm"
AS an example of what is being
produced in the Michigan arsenal,
Patterson said:
Zone of the strongest weapons
Of the war-a new tanks being
built in Detroit. That tank is Amer
ica's answer to the German Tiger.
1t is the most powerful tank we
have ever built. It's wide tracks
give it power and flotation in mud.
1t carries heavier fire power than
any tank we have built before"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
Ledo Road Milestones
Marked By Yank Graves

WASHINGTON, March 4.-(R-
For every mile on the 1,o44-mile
Ledo Road from India to China.
there's grave of an American
soldier.
Disclosure OF the cost of lives
OF building the strategic route
was made by the War Depart
ment today in a report that Negro
troops formed IS per cent Of more
than $4,000 soldiers in the con.
struction forces.
Only AZ miles of the road
which took two years to build
lay across friendly territory-and
even there malaria and other dis.
eases took their toll. Further on.
the Japanese. were still greater
menace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
WITH THE AEF
BY ROBERT EUNsON
Substituting for Kenneth L. Dix

Substituting for Kenneth L. Dixon
WITH ALLIED ARMIES IN
BELGIUM, March 2.-Oelayed)
-R-The wanton butchery OF in
nocent women and children in
Antwerp by the indiscriminiate use
Of buzz bombs and rockets has
made the Germans seem just as
barbaric a foe as the sneaky-eyed
japanese who delight in. torturing
prisoners Of war.
During Americas enin g
rounds in World War II, the Ger
man was often referred to as "a
fair fighter" who was tough foe
to meet but who would never per-
petrate such a gruesome crime as
Bataan's infamous march Of
death.
You have to see what needless
slaughter is caused by the Ger
man vi or W. weapons to believe
it.
When the German buzz bombs
and rockets started hitting city
buildings that had stood for CEN
turtles, and crumbled them into
dust, soldiers, sailors and civil
ians seemed to accept the fact
that sooner Or later they would
be wearing patch over an eye
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
l 900 Russians Revolt Against Nazi
Masters; Aid Comrades In River Push

tives pouring into Dresden we de-
cided to make break.
1--WE chose a moment When
British planes were raiding the
city at night to overpower our
guards and kill them. We used
pieces Of bricks and sticks. In the
woods we collected and organized
our brigade. We had 10 rifles
and three submachineguns. That
same night we attacked small
freight depot where the Germans
kept supply of food. We charg-
ed under the cover of darkness
and frightened away the entire
battalion of German railway
troops, who left their arms be-
hind.
1--WE started to fight our way
forward, getting more arms as
we went along and our brigade
grew like a SNOWFALL because new
people liberated from the German
enslavement continually joined us.
"All the roads were clogged
with endless streams Of refugees
and each village and railway sta
ton was sWarming with mobs Of
people which enabled US to move
without attracting notice.
1--WE took time out for military
exploits-burning up ammunition
dumps near Calau $50 miles
southeast of Berlin, demoishing
one of the bridges over the Spree,
wrecking train on the Dresden
Cottbus line and scattering a con-
voy evacuating machinery from
Guben."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
CONTINUED from Page One)


Americans fighting only five miles
away on the south.
Rheinbergs bridge was one of
six still standing in the area where
the Germans were beng pinned
against the river.
The others are one battered high
way bridge at Vessel, one railway
bridge decked for highway traffic
at Homberg, which the Americans
now are trying to capture, and one
railway, one highway and one tenn
porary bridge at Duisberg.
The Germans were getting no
rest anywhere along the Western
Front.
While laying siege to Cologne, the
First Army also was striking for
Bonn, forging across the Erft river
at two points 10 and II miles west
of that communications city lying
IS miles southeast of Cologne "a
the Rhine.
The U. S. Third Army to the south
drove across the Kyll river, fast
big water hurdle before the Rhine,
and established a bridgehead at
Hosten, As miles from the Rhine
land city of Coblenz, where Ameri-
cans of another generation stood
watch on the Rhine in World War
l.
Other Third Army troops batter
ing northeast Of Pruem were 40
miles from the Rhine.
The U. S. Seventh Army seized
control of a five-mile stretch of
high ground two to three miles
south Of Saarbruecken and was
raining shells on that capital of
the Saar Basin.
Berlin said U. S. troops were
rushing up rubber boats northwest
of Dusseldorf. apparently intend
ing to ito cross the Rhine as
speedily as possible
This same broadcast added tho
German high command, for rea-
sons which must remain secret"
had ordered its troops to disengage
as soon as the Americans launched
their offensive, but that neverthe-.
less German losses are consider
able"
The Germans were falling back
to Cologne's inner defenses before
1t. Gen. Hodges First Army, and
resistance appeared to be crumb-
ling, judging from reports Of gains
OF six miles Or so all along the
front.
The exact point where the Third
Armored Division reached the
Rhine was not disclosed, but pre-
sumably it was about six miles
north Of Cologne where tanks were
in action and overrunning several
towns in that vcnty.
The Germans deployed between
Cologne and Dusseldorf were thus
cut In two, and forces on the north
were hemmed into the flatlands on
the west bank Of the Rhine II miles
deep and from five to nine miles
wide, with no bridges over which
to escape.
Maj. Gen. Aliens 104th Infantry
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05
BY DANIEL DE LUCE

MOSCOW, March 4.-RHWith
Raj bombers attacking Dresden
in the hame-rent darkness early
in January, more than 1000 Rus
sian labor slaves revolted, ston-
ed and dubbed their Nazi guards
to death, and escaped into the
woods of Saxony.
Pravda Correspondent Doris
Polevoy related today the story
of the men who formed the ~. S.
S. r." guerrilla unit and of their
four weeks fight to freedom.
In the one-month campaign the
guerrillas scored several vic.
tories behind the German lines.
The existence of the U.S.SR.
unit was disclosed during the
fight for a bridgehead over a
river which can not yet be nam
ed.
Sapper Captain Alexei Kustov,
who already had spanned 10 rivers
during the war, described the
bridgehead battle.
my boys and l got across on
boats and planks at night under
very critical conditions he re-
lated. When Major Sergei Maui
mov's motorized infantry joined
US, German artillery and machine
guns raked our positions. 1t was
touch and go. Naumov's tanks
were not yet across but they aid
ed us from the opposite bank. We
were pinned down but we were
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-05

determined to hold on until day.
light when reinforcements might
arrive.
Suddenly I saw mortar shells
exploding over the German posi-
tons. l had no mortars of my
own. I was mystified but so were
the Germans. The mortars were
firing from their rear. Then I
crawled up little hill and saw a
crowd of men dressed in every
imaginable kind of clothing run
ming towards us from grove.
They were brandishing rifles in
the air and shouting.
1--WE held our fire and soon these
men were hugging us. Around
their arms were red bands with
the inscription U.S.SR. Red rib
bons were stuck in their caps.
We are Soviet men. We want
to fight with the Red Army, they
told u.s."
Pravda said the guerrilla lead
er, Serafim Shamilin, gave this
account of his brigade's brief but
brilliant history:
Il was once employed in the
Mariupol metallurgical works. AT
ter my capture by the Germans
I was taken to the Farben chem
ical plant near Dresden with 9TH
er Soviet citizens. We were
treated like slaves. The Germans
beat us daily. My lungs bled
from my injuries.
In January We knew the Red
Army was coming to our relief
and as we saw thousands of fugi-