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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05

age of parents of men serUing in
World War III often haUe great diff
Guilty in obtaining birth certificates,
comments Mr.. Jones.
And the fantastic length to which
the "red tape" of the Veterans Ad-
ministration runs in the process of
unraveling is illustrated by one in
stance cited by the V. F. w. survey
in which the government requested
mother 81 years OF age to secure a
statement from the midWife in at
tendance at her birth"
THE Veterans of Foreign Wars
have made several suggestions for
the improvement of this vital service
to the families of men who have
given their lives for their country.
It proposes that the work of ad.
judication be simplified
It urges that an affidavit attest
ing the age of a claimant be accepted
as sufficient "proof of birth" for the
award of payment.
Above all, it recommends that
"the Veterans Administration
streanline its system, of complicated
forms, eliminate the use of some,
consolidate Others and reduce their
size and content"
Compliance with these sugges-
tions might not make more jobs"
in the Veterans Administration, but
it would prevent financial hardship
to dependents of heroic Americans
and surely a grateful nation can do
that much for the men who have
given their lives for it.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
BY
Bob Hope

department playfully booked
the Frisco mayor for vagrancy
and a Judge caught the
spirit of the thing and gave him
six months and the sheraf.
who loved good joke, made
him do it,
The governor called the two
mayors together and told them
To remember both towns were
stepped in old Spanish tradition.
lie hadn't been gone two min
uteS before they were dueling
with tamales.
One thing we resent is the
way they jeer about our
weather saying that each
spring we have so much rain
that the mayor leads the ami
mails into City Hall two by two
-. What a lie It's the chief
OF police that does II.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
N1unnur BY 10
SEA VIE AE"EUANA KEN

EDITORS NOTE - John +.
Kennedy. recently retired PIT
boat hero Of the south Poeifie
and SON of former Ar,bassodor
Joseph p. Kennedy, is eoUerina
the San Francisco United No.
tions conference from a CT point
of uiew for The Detroit Times.
GAN FRANCISCO. May A.
- The word is out more or
less officially that Molotov is
about to pick up his marbles
and go home. He'll leave his del
egation here to carry out the
important detailed work. This
news comes as no surprise be-
cause as the spotlight turns
toward Europe and the wars
ending-not only Molotov but
many of the reporters are get
ting ready to head east.
Diplomacy might be said to
be the art of who gets what
and how as applied 10 interna-
tional affairs. AS Mr. Molotov
gets ready to leave, let's look at
Mr.. Molotov's record and see
what he got and how he went
about IT.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05

GAN FRANCISCO, May 4-Discovery of a
- formula for safeguarding and maintain
ing the Monroe Doctrine, without at the
same time confirming those regional agree
ments now being entered into by Soviet
Russia and her dependent puppet states, is
the immediate and most pressing problem
confronting the American delegation at the
peace conference.
No adequate formula has yet been agreed
upon, but the representatives of the United
States here are working toward that end in
satisfactory understanding and with single
purpose.
Upon the solution of the troublesome issue
that has arisen, as Soviet policy in liberated
and conquered Europe causes increasing
apprehension in the conference city, may
depend the success or failure of the charter
of peace which is the objective of the world
congress.
TN THESE backstage proceedings, Senator
Il Vandenberg, the ranking Republican
member of the American bloc, and spokes-
man here and in the Senate in Washington,
for Republican nationalist groups, has become
the outstanding and most influential member
of the American delegation.-
There is reason to believe that the Ameri-
can delegates have made it very clear, infor-
mally, to the leading statesmen of other
countries, that the adoption of the proposed
charter by the United Nations conference
would be mere gesture if that document did
not meet the basic requirements of American
traditional foreign policy, the keystone of
which is the Monroe Doctrine.
This policy is thoroughly understood by
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
CON1MUNIQUES

GAN FRANCISCO, May A.
- One of the big problems
facing the San Francisco con-
ference is how TO make peace
with Los Angeles. You've heard
of towns being sister cities
well. these two burgs act like
a couple of mothers-in-law, both
with hangOverS.
Southern California is so mad
these days they're not even
mentioning the peace confer.
ence 80. just keep referring 10
that meeting Of foreigners 400
miles north of Los Angeles.
San Francisco has sort of a
sly way Of getting even e.
When you step off the LA train
the porter doesn't grab your bag
He Just sprays you gently
with sheep dip
THE feud started years ago
l. when the Los Angeles police
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
UDAu uEu~AU I'D ID a MY By George
IL OA/A Il ANkAA Il AAOIAADE Rothwell Brown

the American people, and public opinion has
repeatedly led the Senate into uncompromis-
ing adherence to it, History well may repeat!
TT SEEMS obvious here in San Francisco
Il today that much embarrassment arises
from the modification of the Monroe Doctrine
already embodied in the "Act of Chapultepec,"
from a unilateral to a multilateral character.
There is grave danger in the conference
city at this time of this historic doctrine,
which has stood the test of more than 120
years, being made subordinate to the inter-
national peace charter.
The original conception of President Mon
roe was materially altered at Mexico City,
1t is indeed today more the Connally doctrine
than the Monroe Doctrine.
TNHE American delegation will also insist
i that the Atlantic Charter long since
thrown overheard, be rescued, and it's lofty
essential principles embodied within the
framework of the new world peace charter
These principles include the prohibition of
territorial changes that do not accord with
the freely expressed wishes of the peoples
concerned"
Stains territorial changes in Poland and
Hungary clearly do not accord with the
freely expressed wishes of anybody save
those of the mighty and all powerful premier
Of Soviet Russia.
How to stand by the principles of the
Atlantic Charter and to insist upon their
recognition, without impairment of the
ancient American conception of the Monroe
Doctrine constitutes one of the knottiest
problems confronting the United States today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
PARLEY SIDELICHTS

ference's chief public interpre-
ter. is so nm king,
muscular young Latin American
with a stiff and curly brown
pompadour. He specializes in
Spanish and has been getting
quite a workout repeating in
English the speeches made by
the many tin-American dele
gates.
CEIN speaks a kind of sadly
~ temperate tone of English,
precise and free from the faint
est kind of excitement. Thus,
when he interprets. he leaves
out all the gestlculatlng. all
the voice ranges loved by the
average Latin American who
has spoken here.
Sein's best dead-pan perfor-
nance came several days ago
when the Peruvian ambassador
stomped to the speakers dais
TO shout a dramatic speech in
favor of an immediate confer
ence invitation TO Argentina.
The a m b S a d or really
knocked himself out, charged
up and down past his micro
phones, waved his arms,
hunched his body. twisted him
self this way and that and-at
one point-Shook his head so
violently in the midst Of SEN
tence as long as this one that
his hair flopped down into his
eyes.
Then Sein stepped up, and re-
peated the speech in English
without a gesture, without an
eye-roll, without twitching A
muscle or emerging from a
quietly sincere monotone.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
Pension Red Tape

A SURVEY conducted by the Vet
"A erans of Foreign Wars has dis
closed the abominable and sometimes
tragic fact that an average delay of
SIX MONTHS is occurring between
the death of member of the armed
forcSs and the first payment of pen
sion8nd insurance claims to his bene-
ficiary or dependent.
This is caused, as the V. F. w.
survey says, by the red tape which
can and should have been eliminated
long ago.
Why, asks the survey, does the
Veterans Administration require
claims for pensions and insurance to
go through a multiplicity of bureau
cratic agencies and units now, when
prior to 1921 all claims were eff
GENTLY and expeditiously processed
through a single adjudication unit?
"The only reason for discon-
tinuing the former procedure as far
as I haue been able to ascertain"
says National Service Officer Casey
M. Jones of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, "pas to MAKE MORE JOBS
for Veterans Administration en-
ployes." :"
4 ND why, asks the survey, does
the Veterans Administration
make such an interminable point
over the determination of the age
of beneficiary?
The "proof of birth" required of
parents is one of the major causes
of tragic delay, says the survey.
persons attaining the average
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
HOME FRONT JOBS

Here's how those the Home Front do their
bit in the 177th week of the war:
SAVE ALL TIN CANS for the next collection
in your neighborhood Tin is still the scarcest
material.
2-PLAN NOW to spend all or part of your vaca
ton farm helping TO produce food Your county
agent farm employment office has information The
Wayne County Agricultural Agents phone number is
Wayne 1850
SHAVE YOUR HOME HEATING EQUIPMENT
CLEANED and repaired as soon possible for eco
nomc operation next winters reduced fuel supply.
4-JOIN IN THE SEVENTH WAR LOAN drive.
Buy more and larger bonds-to the extent of your
ability
5-BUY ONLY WHAT YOU NEED; save your
money for the better products to after the
Initiation will remain danger until supply and demand
regain normal balance
6-SAVE YOUR CAR. Keep il in good repair and
make only necessary trips. Your must last for
many more months
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
By John +.
Kennedy

particular brief for Argentina's
conduct during the war-but the
South Americans did want her
in. II was their belief that any
Fascist tendencies that Argen-
tina might have could he con-
trolled better If she was joined
with them than 4 she went her
way alone They also felt that
since she had been admitted to
the conference Al Chapultepec
with President Roosevelt's OK
she should also be admitted
here. Some Of the European
countries went along realizing
that Argentine food and sup
plies could be a big help in re-
facilitating Europe.
4 Ii OF these factors combined
"a 10 produce a vote Of 81 10 4
in favor of Argentina. Argentina
was in. There is an old diplo-
matte axiom-don't pick fight
unless you think you can win
it. Molotov picked his fight and
lost
The serious danger Of all this
is that the Russians, by al
tempting TO block the one thing
that the South Americans as a
group wanted, may have nodded
those countries into a solid anti
Soviet block. That would be a
completely unhealthy situation
for every one.
AS this first week at the con-
ference draws to close Rus
sian prestige is still high. But
its armies to the east have done
more To keep IT high than its
diplomats in the west
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
By Bob
COnSidine~

MOLOTOV was presiding, and
Ava the speeches had been long
and repetitious. Occasionally he
twiddled his fingers and stirred
restlessly in his golden chair.
He was doubly assailed by the
speakers. for he could not un-
derstand what they said in their
delivery Of the speech and then
could not understand the long
English translation.
A state department aide
walked hurriedly down the
drowsy aisle, past one of two
sleeping delegates, and stepped
up on the stage. He handed Sec
retary Gen. Alger Hiss piece
of paper Hiss got up immedi-
ately and went over to Pavlov.
Molotov's interpr eter, and
showed it to him.
DRESS and radio men perked
L up. told their offices 10 be on
the alert. Maybe it was the end
of the war. and Molotov would
announce il. Or something just
as great. Every one of us
scanned Molotovs face as Paw
low whispered intently into
Molotov's ear. Molotov listened
just as intently, then he seemed
TO sigh. Then he turned back 10
Pavlov, who had moved away.
and sighed again.
We dispatched battery Of re-
porterS 10 the conference floor
below to sound out their sources
on what had been said TO
Molotov.
What Molotov was getting
was just new list Of speakers
he had TO introduce!
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05

His record as far as what he
got was 500. He wor the fight
over the chairmanship and the
fight for the inclusion Of White
Russia and the Ukraine while he
lost on Poland and the Argen-
tine
THIS last fight over Argen-
Il tina has been hailed as a
moral victory for him but it
remains to be seen how much
they pay off on moral victories.
This battle, however. is worth
examining as il gives a good
insight into Russian diplomacy
at this conference.
The maneuvering really began
on the second day of the confer
ence when a reporter asked Mr..
Molotov whether he was in fa-
vor of admitting Argentina 10
the United Nations conference.
He replied with what appeared
sincere surprise that that was
"a new question" for him and
that he had no comment. Yet
four days later he waged a Bit
ter battle on the assembly floor
against Argentina being ad-
mitted 10 the conference.
WHAT caused this change of
w attitude?
The most popularity accepted
theory is that he thought that
by making a fight over il he
could win compromise and
bring Poland in on Argentina's
coat-tailS.
Now no one here held any
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

is a water nymph; tb) a
Horoscope is a device in
volving the use of X-ray,
used for diagnosis in medi-
cine.
Can you recall from the
story of Samuel Morse either
the extent of the line over
which he demonstrated his
inventioR-tn- Congress IN
1914, or the first sentence
sent over that line?
The Mayflower CO impact
was: (a) the agreement for
the government of the col
ony drawn up aboard ship
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05

before its passengers set foot
in the new world; (b) the
decision to come to America
made by the colonists while
in the Netherlands; tc) a
conspiracy to destroy the ex-
petition. which failed.
Can you n m @ either Old
Testament book that con-
tains the Ten Command
mentS?
S-Are points or dome charac-
teriStic of Gothic architec-
ture?
ANSWERS on Opposite Page)
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
knowledge Test

How many presidents Of the
United States have come
from Missouri? (a) one, tb)
two. (c) three
2-Rip Van Winkle slept for %
years in the: tal Berkshire
Mountains, (b) Catskill
Mountains, (c) Cumberland
Mountains.
3-Ecco Homo was said, on see-
ing Christ, by ta) Caesar
Augustus, (b) Plate, (c) ST
Peter.
4-The alewife is a tal bird,
fb) beast, (c) fish
5-One of these StateS-iS east OF
the MisSissippi and south of
the Potomac: (a) Michigan,
(b) Missouri, (c) Virginia.
6 Match these columns cor
rectly; the woman and the
nickname
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05

GAN FRANCISCO, May 4
~ (INS)-It gives you the
shakes to see how much depends
on interpreters at the United
Nations conference. A poor or
Spiteful translation of a speech
or assertion could very well
throw the whole conference
machinery out of gear or even
sabotage it.
But a good Interpretation can
work wonders on the other side
of the ledger.
Molotov's chief interpreter is
a bespectacled, slight, sandy
haired and friendly Russian
named Pavlov. When Pavlov
learned English he must have
taken American as a post
graduate course. He has human
lied Molotov in the minds and
eyes of millions of Americans.
TfIIS isn't to say that Pavlov
l. is putting words in Molo-
tov's mouth. or buttering his
phrases. But statements by
Molotov. IL funnelled through a
less sstute interpreter, might
sound completely different. Paw
low gives them an earnest
warmth and. in the hit-or-miss
of press conferences, gives them
a racy flavor that either fully
brings out Molotov's quick wit
or ascribes TO him more wit
tn a n he possesses. Suffice it
to say that Molotov. who APP
parently has given only three
press conferences in his career
two of them here answers
questions with all the slap
dash-bang decision and earthi-
ness as d lid tn t m a ster
punch-trader FDR.
Herberto NJ. Sein, the con-
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-05
Brain Game

What Hollywood actress has
played in the following pic
lures: Dark Victory, " "DaR
gerous." ezebel," MIR.
Skeffington"? ?
. Besides Yellowstone National
Park can you name either Of
the two other places where
geysers occur?
Sin cases where baseball
games are declared forfeited
by action of the umpire what
is the official score?
True or false Ia A dryad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-05
Freed Writers Ask
Incoming News
Before Reporting
BY DEAN SCHEDLER,

Associated Pree6 war correspondent
MANILA, Feb. 3 Delayed Mime
newspapermen who were among the
first internees to rush out to greet
us after q cavalry tank crashed
through the Santo Tomas intern
ment camp gates tonight were 80
eager to hear our news that it was
hard for us to get them to tell US
what we had come so far to ind
out.
They were Roy Bennett, editor of
the Manila Bulletin: Ford wilkins,
former Associated Press man who
was city editor Of the Bulletin:
David Boguslav, city editor Of the
Manila Tribune: Allen Hammond,
Reuters: Robert Crabb, United
Press: Theodore Rogers and Nc
Culogh Wick Of the Bulletin; Don
Bell, Manila newspaperman. and
Jack Percival, correspondent Of the
Sydney tAustralia) Morning Herald
Mr. Bennett was so interested In
trying to find out whether the Bull
letin Building was stiu standing
and how long it would be before he
could resume publication that he
had little to say about 10 month,
spent in special confinement" OF
Investigation" by the japanese.
Happiest reunion in the press
family at Santo Tomas tonight wal
between Frank Hewlett Of the Unit
ed Press, who was on Bataan In
December, 1911, and his wife, who
was cut OH In Manila.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-05
U.S.-Jop Luzon ] timetable

Jan. z, lo42-Japanese land forces
from south, occupy Manila and
|Cavite naval base Gen. Macarthur
|withdraws to Bataan Peninsula.
American.
Jan. 8, 1945-Americans invade
Lingayen Gulf along Is miles Of
beach.
Jan. 10-Capture points 10 miles
inland on main highways.
Jan. 12LCapture Moncada on
main Manila highway, Is Armies
from beach.
Jan. Is - Americans expanding
right flank, secure Bolinao PENN.
sula Of Western Luzon, drive south
on Manila coastal highway.
Jan. 20-Americans capture Tar.
lac, Is miles from Manila, down
Centr, I Luzon plain.
Jan. 81 - Capas, 81 miles from
Manila, captured.
Jan. 22-Americans capture Camr
ODonnel, where American Filipino
prisoners once held.
Jan. 24-Clark Field, largest air
drome in Philippines, and adjacent
to Fort Stotsenburg, falls to Amer
leans.
Jan. 28-San Fernando. important
road junction 40 road miles from
Manila, captured.
Jan. 29-Second invasion of Luzon
on Zambales coast so miles from
Manila.
Jan. 31-Third invasion of Luzon
on Batangas coast below Manila.
Feb. 3-American LIST Cavalry and
37th Divisions enter Manila,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-05
Land, Sea and Air Team Makes
Macarthur S Pledge Come True

the Gilberts, Nov. q, 1913, and took
the Americans through other Japa-
nese island bastions in the Mar
fshalls, the Palaus and the Marianas.
Meanwhile, United States fleets
task forces and airmen whitfield
down japanese sea power in the
Battles Of the Coral Sea, Midway,
Bismarck Sea and the First and
Second Battles Of the Philippines
Sea.
The japanese threat to the cont.
mental United States was removed
in the AleutiAns, with the destruc-
ton Of enemy forces on Attu in
May. 1913.
While the Americans were clos
ing on Manila, the Japanese at
home heard the CRASH Of bombs de-
livered with increasing frequency
by Super Fortresses based on newly
won Saipan.
Warnings to japanese.
Urging their home folk to produce
more and more planes and guns,
Japanese leaders said the loss Of
Ln1on would mean the loss Of the
war.
Their warnings were emphasized
BY airmen OF the Third United States
Fleet, who roamed the South China
6ea, rubbing out Japaneee war and
merchant shipping and shoreside
installations from Indo-C China 70
Formosa and the Chinese coast,
spmetimes less than 20 miles from
Japan.
This wasn't the kind Of war
planned by the Japanese militarist,
who never got any closer to the
Omitted States than Pearl Harbor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-05
Typhus Commission Gives
7 ENJOYS, 3 Others Medals
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Award Of the United States ot
America Typhus Commission medal
to 10 men, including two Ambassa.
doris. for Exceptionally meritorious
service" In the control of typhus
was announced yesterday.
The War Department made the
awards at the direction of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Alexander c. Kirk, Ambassador to
Italy, was cited for his cooperation
with the typhus commission while
Minister to Egypt, and Laurence A.
Steinhardt,, Ambassador. to Turkey,
for similar cooperation in Turkey.
Among others. who received the
award were Capt. Thomas j. Carter
Of the Navy Medical Corps, who
lives at 2910 North Twenty-fourth
street. Arlington, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-05
By the Assoeiated Press.
'''s-9taAh u ,IanamA~a

Japanese, $50
Dec. 10, 1871 - Japanese make
landings along Lllzon's north coast
at Apart and Vigan, but were
driven away from west coast.
Dec. 11-Japanese land ut Legaspi
on extreme south.
Dec. 14-Philippine Army division
repulseS Lingayen landing.
Dec PA flotilla of transports
containing $4,000 Japanese troops
effected landings at Agoo and Santo
Tomas in Lingayen Gulf.
Dec. 23-Enemy landed on SOUTH
east coast of Luzon, Is miles from
Manila.
Dec. 24-During night Japanese
land near Mauban and near Nasug-
bu In Batangas Province on Luzon
west coast, so miles southwest OF
Manila.
Dec. rs - War Department in
Washington declares Manila an
open city; Baguio, summer capital.
evacuated.
Dec. 27-Enemy lands reinforce
ments in Langayen and Atimonan
sectors; Manila bombed; Lucena,
capital of Tayabas Province, cap
tured by Japanese.
Dec. 28-Manila bombed again;
blackout abandoned.
Dec. 29"Corregidor raided.
Dec. 30-Enemy reaches Dolores,
IS miles beyond Atimonan beach,
head; another driving to Luisian, IS
miles west Of Mauban landing.
Dec. 31-Japanese continue land
IinRS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-05
Germans Claim SINKING
OF n Allied Vessels

By the Associated Press.
German U-boats, Gin grim fight.
ing against enemy supply service,
sank 10 supply ships of $1,000 tons
Ia troop transport Of 10000 tons ant
three escort vessels in waters around
England, the German high command
claimed today.
Allied officials recently have
warned of q revival of enemy sub
marine warfare, but have not con.
firmed the sinking of this many
ships.
Secretary Of War Stimson an
nounced on January Is the recent
sinking of a. troopship in European
waters with 765 men dead and miss
ing. There was no indication
whether this was the same ship
announced by the Germans.