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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
Two .DapS
COrnerGsa

ADVANCED PACIFIC FLEET
no. GUAM, March Il QNS)---
With u. s, marines officially de-
scrIbed as controlling most of
Two Jima's east coast. determined
leathernecks today waged battles
OF annihilation against the last
pockets of Japs trapped on the
mort tffcru part of the island. The
end of the sanguinary battle app
peared in sight
Digging the fanatically resist
ing enemy from It's strong de-
fenses with bayonet, grenadeS
and fame throweTs. the Ameri-
can devildogs further compressed
the Jap garrison into what feet
Adm. NimitZ' headquarters de-
scribed as "a small area.
Frontiine dispatches indicated
this HIS small AREA was Tess than
one-hatf square mile in extent
but it covered rugged terrain. in
which the u. s. tanks had diff
Guilty in operating.
While the fighting on Two raced
toward a flaming conclusion,
army fighters continued hammer
ing japanese defenseS on Chichi
lima in the Bonin Islands. Hits
were registered on the airdrome
and on harbor installations. and
other targets were strafed on
nearby Haha lima.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
VIA Probes
Scandal Hint
I, Administrator Jones
Fires 3 in Agency

WASHINGTON, March T.
uNS)-War Food Administrator
Marvin Jones assured Congress to-
day that he Is going 10 the bot
tom Of Republican charges of
Irregularities in the Commodity
Credit Corporation and viii
promptly remove and seek prose
Cution of any persons guilty OF
improper conduct.
Jones statement emphasized
the vast scope of WA and CCC
operations and was contained in a
letter 10 Rep. Brent SpenSe Cd
OF Kentucky, chairman Of the
House banking committee, which
reported the commodity credit eX-
tension bill now before the House.
Jones said that he was joined
in his assurance of prompt action
by Frank Hancock. president Of
the CCC. who already has dis
closed that three employees of his
agency have been separated
&iRee-the- -iapaeti isatieif- Aefafti
The scandal charges OF re-
ported tipoffS 10 grain and egg
market SpeculatorS and OF heavy
food Spollage were made princi-
pally by Rep. Taber tR- OF New
York.
The war food administrator said
that as soon as the Taher charges
were brought 10 his attention he
Immediately Instituted a thor
ouGh investigation into all the
phases of our operations.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
Work Draft
Farley Today

WASHINGTON, March u
UNS)-H ouse administration
leaders predicted today that OPP
ponentS Of the May-Bailey work
or JAIL bill would be foiled in
their effort to force the chamber
10 accept the Kilgore- O 'Mahoney
manpower control bill passed by
the Senate.
Work or jail opponents. how
ever. said there had been a swing
in House sentiment against
labor draft, and that the chances
were good that the Senate bill
would be passed by the House and
sent on It's way to the White
House.
President Roosevelt has already
announced his strong distaste for
the Senate bill. which would give
legal backing 10 War Manpower
Commission manpower ceilings
and hiring controls. with penalties
for violations applicable only TO
employers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13

was crossing Temple near Harrl-
son yesterday.
Paul Dereznay, 40. of 7033
Rowan, was dead on admittance
TO Receiving Hospital today after
having been hit at Lafayette and
Green by a car driven by Albert
Prov, 19. of 1913 Cavalry. Prov
was released pending further
questioning. He told police a jog
in the road prevented his seeing
DeFeznay in time 20 stop.
John J. Roman, "A, of 1851
Westphalla. was injured seriously
early today when he walked into
the path of a Gratios streetcar at
Grauot and Harper. The motor
man, Theophllus Jones. 30, OF
1888 ST Antoine. was released.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
Key Exports
TO Home Need

WASHINGTON, March II
lINS)--War Mebilizer Byrnes
announced today The establish
ment of an inter-agency commit
tee on foreign shipments under
the chairmanShip of Foreign Eco
nomic Administrator Crowley.
Byrnes declared that the duty
of the new committee would be
Ito program American exports
in relationship TO the require
ments of our own civilian econ
omy 10 make sure that their i'm
pact does not reduce our own
capabilities 10 support our war
effort and meet our own essential
needs.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
Hitler Hopes
To Tire Allies

LONDON. March u GNS)-
Hitler. admitting that fortune
has seemingly turned against us"
eXhorted The German people and
army today to bolster their stay
ing power" until the Allies tire
and break up.
In "heFees-day" proclamation
read AT a Berlin ceremony. he
vowed anew that there would be
no repetition of 1918" and called
ON the hard pressed German
masses to help him in "eradicat-
ing those Germans who oppose
the fanatlcal policy Of a fight TO
the end.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
Ii. Cox RelireS
From Nh. H. Police

1t. Noble Cox. AZ, of 12S42 Sec
ond, retires today from the High.
land Park Police Department
after 20 years service.
A navy veteran of the last war
Cox and his family are going 10
Florida for a brief vacation and
later will move to a farm in
Kentucky when his son, Allen, II
is graduated from high school.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
SAYS HE SAW GROUP

Osmah. held on r charge of in
voluntary manslaughter, made a
statement in the prosecutors Of
flee saying he had seen the group
when he was still half block
away. but thought they were or
the curb and that they saw him
coming
As came up to them" Os-
man said "they-sii- seemed to
step off the curb. I put on
the brakes, but IL was too late"
OSman said he was going 25
Riles An -hotH.
Among those in the group who
escaped injury were two merchant
Seamen home on furlough. James
II. LoWrie OF 1876 Oakfield and
John Schearer of the Fairbairn
Hotel, $50 f. Columbia.
In the hit-run accident. Charles
w Strediron, s.. of 1923 Ma
tional, was struck and killed by
speeding black sedan as he
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
Three Men Knitted
In Street Melee

Three persons were injured by
an unidentified knife wielder in a
fight outside of the Dixie Bar at
1924 Z. Jefferson. shortly after
closing time early today. They are
Roy Belford. %. of 1856 Lycaste,
the bartender; Glenn Beschener,
10, of 1929 Gray, and Hoy BoSt-
right. %. of 1886 Hart. BoStright
is in Receiving Hospital in tempo
rarily serious condition.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
FLEE INTO HILLS

Japanese garrison forces in the
area were caught off guard. Mac
Arthur said. and had fled to the
hills in disorder.
Macarthur said his troops were
advancing on Zamboanga City"
capital Of the PfeTihee=af-the
same name. With L. S forces iL,
control of the southwestern penirA'
sula on Mindanao, as well as on
previously invaded Palawan Is-
land TO the northwest, the Amer
leans are in positions 10 apply A
gigantic pfnccrs- upon oil rich
Borneo and other important Jap
held areas 10 the southwest.
On Luzon troops Of the famed
First Cavalry and Sixth Infantry
divisions continued systematic
reduction" of japanese strong
points along the Antipolo-Wawa
line.
In Batangas. southwest of Ma
Mia. SkytrooperS OF the Eleventh
Airborne Division supported by
the f5Stn infantry RegimenTat
Combat Team drove steadily
into the eastern part of the prov
lnce.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
BRIGGS SETTLED
wALKoUT ENDS

Production was back to normal
at the -Aeronautical Products Co.
today after two walkouts at the
companys plant. 1902 Ryan.
Three hundred and fifty em.
ployes struck last Tuesday and
Wednesday over an alleged de-
mand that certain employees oper'
ate two machines instead OF one
Friday Is foremen struck because
they said. the company would not
negotiate with them as an organi-
zation but as individuals.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
Car Hits Group of IL:
IDeah and ; Injured
CONTINUED from Page One }.

where they are in serious condi-
tion are Naomi Gleason. 10, OF
l5803 Ferguson. and Dave Grif-
fifth, II, of l41l7 Provost.
Griffith was dragged Is feet by
the car, which according to police,
had poor brakes and no horn.
Ann Elliott, Is, of 1864 Met
fetal, and Clarence Mogridge. 16,
of 1916 Provost. were given first
aid at Receiving Hospital and
rnlnaSnd
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
FOREMAN BLAMES SHORTAGE
PEAK PERIODS SHORT

Richard Bone. a Packard fore
man and member of the Fore
mans Association of America, an
unaffiliated union, said he be-
lieved nnions were becoming a
greater force in increasing produc-
tivity..
He attributed a shane of the
ioating observed by thts senators
Friday to parts shortage which
ne said made % men idle for 200
hours. Those men were sent
home, he said hut other depart
ments were able 10 operate on a
curtailed basis.
The needed parts were supplied
by an out-of-town factory, he
said, and when his department
ran out of work there was moth
ing for him TO do but "let the
men sit there" He described il
as an exceptional instance.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
PAY TROUBLE SOURCE

Another factor. the AFL chief
declared, has been failure 10 ad-
Just wages in foundrieS and tire
+plantS-two of the principal man.
power hot-spots - under wage
Stabilizatio
Maneuvering by management
for A postwar advantage in col
lectiVe bargainihgs, he sand. mas
further charged the air in De-
troit industrial area with labor
conflict.
Disciplinary firings, according
TO Martel. are major cause of
strikes because workers not SO
disciplined stiilfeei= that they
may be next and believe by
striking they arc protecting their
own security.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
|N1indaIlaO
'.Japs Flee
Into Hills

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HQ, LU-
ION. March u tINS)-American
armor and infantry, driving in
land from newly won beachheads
on southwestern Mindanao, threak1
ened momentary capture today ~
the city of Zamboanga after
quickly seizing four towns in the
initial phase of their fresh Philip
pines invasion.
The Yanks who went ashore on
the southernmost and second larg-
est island of the Philippine Archi-
pelago encountered what was de-
scribed officially as light oppo-
sition. scooping up San Mateo.
San Jose. Calarian and San
Rogue IThatthe Wolfe airdrome.
near Zamboanga. also may have
fallen to the amphibiouS forces
was seen in Gen. MacArthur's
communique, which said the land
ings were made in the vicinity OF
the airstrips.
MAY USE AIRDRoME
Local reconnaissance planes
are already operating" he
added.
THE Tokyo radio declared
that 1t. Gen. EIchefbergers
Eighth Army troops opened "an
offensive aiming al the air.
field" adding that other u. S.
forces effected landing OPP
Grafton March 3 on BaSiian Is
land. across from Zamboanga.
The United Press reported
two airfields captured.t
MacArthur'S communWue gave
confirmation TO enemy reports OF
the last two days that U. S.
troops were invading Mindanao.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13

Order War Stamps delivered
10 your home by your netroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
j. 5. Bombs
Rip Ndgoyd

21ST BOMBER COM
IMAND HQ., GUAM, March
I12 (INS) - American air.
crewmen, returning from the
second assault within As
hours of Japan's main island
by upward of 500 Super
fortresses, declared today
that "hellish" fires ragged
within the key aircraft city
of Nagoya and appeared to
be spreading.
Fires in Nsgoya were visible
nearly 100 miles at sea, UP
said, reporting that the armada
tintoaded death and destruction
on five square miles of war
plants. business blocks, govern
ment buildings and tiimsy
dwellings,
In an unorthodoX approach, in
which they Swooped in on the
target from heights as low as
5000 feet. the B-29s battered
Japan's third largest city in the
predawn darkness this morning
less than two days after an
equally formidable Superfort
armada had burned out the center
of Tokyo itself.
DROP 1000 TONS
approximately 1000 tons of in
cendiarieS cascaded upon Ma
goya'S vital war Industry plants,
and indications were that the
JapS had been caught ffatfooted
blythe YaHks1 change of tactics.
Usually, the B-29s release their
bombloadS from heights of 25,000
I 10 10000 feeet.
Thousands, perhaps tens OF
thousands, of Japanese may
have perished in the one-two
blow at Tokyo and Nagoya,
United Press said former resi-
dents of Tokyo eStimated)
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
MARTEL HITS -CIo-

.Martel blamed management and
the ClO for one phase of improper
labor utilization.
lone trouble Is that Go pro-
ducti0n workers are used I'm
some cases on maintenance and
construction work -and-AEI-
men are kept Idle, I" he asserted.
The AFL chief said he did not
believe any union was deliberately
seeking 10 uSurp management
functions, but added that in his
opinion certain elements in
unions are seeking 10 eliminate
private industry and this attempt
at Socialization is cutting produc-
ton.
Order the United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
trOlt Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them to your home.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
Compromise
In Strike Fails

Striking workers continued to
picket the Thompson Products
Co. plant today after failure to
reach a compromise of the dis
pute over the company's disci-
pline of 155 members of Local
247, UAW-CIO. at an extraordi-
nary session Of the regional wLB
yesterday.
Despite the pickets, however,
company spokesmen said more
than half the employees were still
at work producing vital army
equipment on a greatly curtailed
basis.
CRITICIZES METHODS
Louis c. Miriam, chairman of
the RWLB.= was criticalZof4 the
company's methods OF discharges
and suspensions at the special
session yesterday after the COM
promise proposal exploded.
He said the 26 discharged and
the 129 suspended represented
the largest group of employees
disciplined in the history of war
time Detroit.
BRIGGS SETTLED
The Thompson plant was the
only scene of labor dispute today
as seven Briggs Manufacturing
Co. plants resumed production
halted IL days ago when $4,000
workers walked out.
Full time production was
started at the Stinson plant Of
the Vultee Aircraft Corp, Wayne,
Mich, after a brief work stop
page Saturday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
TRANSFER PLAN SOUGHT
MARTEL TESTIFIES

Frank X. Martel. president of
the Detroit and WAYNE County
Federation of Labor. told the
senators that this areas man
power shortage is just that--a
shortage of men and not a short
age of labor.
Failure utilize properly theH-
sands of women war workers is
the real trouble, he testified. In
this area alone, Martel said, war
plants have laid off 10000 women
emploYeS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
Fear Story Told
By Packard Aide
CONTINUED from Page ons)

visit was working al only 20 per
cent efficiency at the time the
man was found asleep,
But, he added:
eff the issue Of greater pro-
ductivity we're forced, the men
would be In the street and on
strike I'm the morning. We
would fire one man and the
others would strike, l am con-
fident."
PEAK PERIODS SHORT
He testified that peak produc-
tion was confined 10 relatively
short periods in the working day,
between 9 and IL a. m. and 2
and 2 80 p. m.
There II n gradual slow
down from $3.50 y. IN. until
quitting time" nc added.
MaeAaley said further that it
would be necessary TO prove, tech
that a worker was asleep
in order TO discipline him for
sleeping on the job. He said It
was easier 10 prove loafing but
that the penalty for such an Of
fenSe was a layoff of not more
than ono 70 three days. The same
would be true in the case of men
playing checkers on company
time. he added.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13

no difficulty with his union
steward.
eff "A man fails TO meet pro-
ductiOn I dock him and II
sticks" he declared. Tf l have
gamblers l get rid of them"
BLAMES MANAGEMENT
Norman Matthews. form @ r
president of the JAWS Packard
local and now CIO regional di-
rector. said management was 10
blame for loafing.
II can't cuutUue tUaftng, and
know IL is prevalent in the
plant" he testified. But we
must trace II back TO manage
ment I'm the beginning because
Of their boarding Of labor"
He charged Packard had
boarded" labor from the time it
entered war production until last
Thanksgiving, when layoffs that
eventually affected between 5000
and 1000 workers began.
PRAISES UNION
Clyde Corbin. a chief steward
in the cylinder grinding depart
ment said he believed the union
and its stewards were helping
win the war.
eff they want more prOduc-
tion they come 10 me-" he de-
clared, estimating that his de-
partment's output had gone up
from 90 to 120 per cent"
under his stewardship.
He described his relationship
with his foreman as very good;
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13
STEWARDS NO TROUBLE

Bone estimated il would be pos
sible TO step up his departments
output 20 per cent, but reported
no difficulty with his union
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13

we settle grievances right on the
floor"
f. Patzowsky, manager Of per-
sonnel relations, testified that
discipline was difficult because OF
the red tape of arbitration. He
described the case of four men
caught at a table on which re-
posed a new deck of cards and
S5.75 in change. The men de
MED they had been gambling, he
said. and their case is still before
an appeal board.
TRANSFER PLAN SOUGHT
The investigating senators par
ticipated. during the luncheon re-
cess, in a meeting with the labor
management committee drafted "
by Senator Ferguson 10 iron out
obstacles to free inter-plant trans
fer of skilled workers.
VINO Regional Director Ed
ward l.. CuShman said he would
again propose a two-year plan
for Accumulated rather than
frozen seniority. so that a
worker could accept a war-vital
Job in which he might be needed
without sacrifice of his rights and
DriVilepeS
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13

eff man fails to meet pro-
duetiOn I dock him and II
sticks" he declared. Tf have
gamblers get rid of them"
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-13

visit was working al only 20 per
cent efficiency at the time the
man was found asleep,
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-10
10. apri1a, 1915
ELEKTRIcNI PES

Pred lett je zbujal v New Yor-
ku veliko pozornost mehanicni
clovek Elektro, ki Sc je znal pri-
klanjati, ki je kadil cigarette in
ljudem odgovarjal. Pozneje so
sestavili drugo senzacijo podob-
ne vrste: psa Sparka, ki laja,
tece, Sc postavlja ma zadnji no
gi in. miga z repom.
Sparka, kakor Elektra je Sc
stavil neki inzenir druzbe West
inghouse, XII je preprican o BIZ
vanju neke "mehanicne psiholo-
gije", XII nj mic mani zamotana
nego cloveska psihologija. Ho-
tel je to dokazati S TEN, da ie
predvajal obiskovahem, kako
reagira njegov elektricni pc s
razhcno v skladu 2 ljudmi, XII
mu govore. Inzenir je sveto pre-
prican, da imajo tudi elektro-
mehanicna bitja svoje simpatije
in antipatije.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-10
ZVERINA HONJ

V Hartbergu v ne1nski Stajer-
ski SO vozili z dvema konjama
premog postaje v neko skla-
disco. ze m e d natovorjanjem
premoga je eden izmed konj
ugriznil nekega hlapca, med voz-
MO pa je ugriznil drugega ko-
MIA vrat. Ko je hotel voznik
izpreci ugriznjeno zival, ga je
pobesneli konj zagrabil z zobmi
"a desni komolec in ga vlekel
kaksnih deset metrov seboi.
Ceprav so stiri osebe z bici ma
vso moe obdelovale nevarno Ii
val, svoje zrtve nj izpustila, do
kler il nj roke popolnoma zlomi-
la. Vozniku so morali v bolnis-
nici odrezati roko. -..
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-10
l!||,JreilllilIOya =,
po$ta
Veselica v prid domovine

Cleveland, Ohio. Drustvo
''Vipavski raj st. 312 SNPJ pri-
redi veselico dne Ia. aprila v
Slovenskem doinu ma Holmes
Ave. Namen veselice lie, da Sc
polovico preostanka podari "a
trpeci narod v starem kraju, po-
lovico pa "a drustveno blagajno,
IL katere Sc vedno radodarno
.daruje v plemenite svrhe.
Apeliram ma sobrate, da Sc
udelezijo te veselice v velikem
stevilu, ker "Vipavci" podpira.
jo vse, kar je naprednega. Mi ne
zavrnemo nobene prosnjo, kate
.ra je v prid napredku naselbine
in clovestva. Pricetek veselice
bo OBJ 7::3O uri zvecer in vstop.
nina je samo 6Oc. Godba be
Vadnalova, "a pijaco in prigri-
EEK bo pa skrbel odbor.
Torei ne .pozabite priti L.
aprila ma veselico, Vipavcev v
Slovenski dom ma Holmes Ave.
Ma veselo svidenje! .....
2 bratskim pozdravom =
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-10
Sestanek v SLOW. del. domu

V soboto, 80. m area je bill
sklican sestanek zastopnikov v
okrozju Slovenskega delavske.
ga donna, svrho izvolitve odbo.
ra "a delo v pocast slovenskim
fantom in dekletom, kateri sc
nahajajo v ameriski armadi. Il.
voljen je bill sledeci odboE: Pred.
sednik George Panchur, pod.
predsednica Antonio Tomle, tai.
MICA Gertrude Kozel, blagajni.
carka Frances Gulich, zapisni.
karica Theresa Gorjanc, mad.
zorni odbor:: John Zaman, Ma.
ry Rijavec in Vinko Starman
Publicijski odbor:. George Pan.
,chur Theresa Gorjanc in Fran.
ces Zulich.
Razmotrivalo Sc je glede spo.
minske, plosce, O kateri Sc pa nj
Sc mic definitivnega sklenilo. Ia.
stopniki so bill mnenja, da Sc S
tenn Sc pocaka do prihodnjih
sci. Proseni ste vsi zastopniki
kakor tudi posamezniki, da Sc v
polnem stevilu udelezite prihod-
ME seje, katera Sc DO vrsila '
soboto, IA. aprila v Slovensken
delavskem domu ma Waterloo
Rd.
Prireditev sc, bo vrsila v ia
namen II. novembra, dan preo
Zahvalnim dnem.
1mena vojakov, kateri so cla.
nj drustev in organizacij, katere
zborujejo v Slovenskem delav.
skem domu bodo. vpisana ns
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-10

"Vada bo tudi zaeela kmetsk problem kakor nitro
1bo mogoce agrarsko reformo vidku in naseljeva-
Injem da omogoc revnesm sloem kmetovalcev priti
Ido zemlje zajedno potrebnim orodjem knetovalci
moramo resit tudi problem dolgov ndustrianm delav
|cem in intelligence res problem takojsnjega IL
boljsana nhovega ekonomskega polozaja upostavitv
jo pogojev sociano in kulturno izboljsane soeano
varnost it'd. Vlada bo posvecaa posebno pazno yojnn
zrtvam, vonim srotam in druznam vojnih ujetnikov
ozirom socijane uredbe bo vlada vozkem stiu de-
layc in usuzbenei kakor tudi vodstvom kmetskih in
!konsumnih zadrug. q.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-04-10
A N e X d O T A

V nekem znanem nocnem klu-
bu v Parizu so imeli zelo takt-
mega vratarja. Gostom, XII SO "a.
puscai lokal in MISC bill vec ci-
sto trdni, je incl navajo daja-
tt sledece navodilo:
"Dragi gospod, zunaj ma vo-
galu najdete diva avtomobila, XII
cakata ma vas. Vzemite avto, XII
DO stal neposredno pred vami -
kajti drugega nil"
sponinsko plosco.s Zadostuje pa
tudi ako so lie njih starsi clani
teh organizacij. Ma prvem Sc
stanku Sc je nabralo ze nekaj
prostovoljnih prispevkov m e d
zastopniki.
. Ne pozabite priti ma sejo v So
boto vecer IA. aprila.
Theresa Gorjanc,
zapisnikarica.