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Laurel outlook., 1945-10-31
WALTHER LEAGUE OF
DISTRICT MEETS HERE

The first fall rally of the Mid
land Empire zone of the Montana
district Walther league was held
here Sunday. Rev. H. E. Vomhof,
pastor of st. Johns Lutheran
church, opened the afternoon SER
vice with a devotional.
Zone President Fred Mai of
Bridger presided at the session. So
cieties Represented were Bridger,
Laurel, Billings, Columbus and
Park City.
Charlotte Brese of Laurel led the
afternoons discussion, and August
Helm of Bridger read an essay on
the White Ridge foundation. The
Billings society presented a demon
stration of an executive board meet
ing and Miss Rose Michel of Bill
lings, representing the Montana
district executive board, spoke on
current activities within the dis
trict.
In the evening a Bible quiz and
spell-down were held. About 80
members were in attendance. An
was received from Powell,
Wyo., for the group to hold its
next rally there.
Laurel outlook., 1945-10-31
Find Milder Type
Of atomic Blast
Second Process Seen Safer
For Peace Uses.

NEW YORK. - An official Brit
ish report on the atomic bomb re-
veals there are two kinds of atomic
explosions, one the city destroying
type, and the other only about as
powerful as ordinary explosives.
The low-power explosion has inn
portant implications for world safety
in the promise that in producing
atomic power for peace the en-
gineers will deal with a force that
is not much greater in destructive
capacity than the accidents in steam
and gasoline power plants.
The two kinds of atomic eX-
plosions depend on fast neutrons for
an atomic bomb and slow neutrons
for atomic power.
Fast neutrons are unchanged par
ticles that travel at thousands of
miles a second and with energies of
millions of volts each. Slow neutrons
drop to energies of only a few volts
or even fractions of volts, and also
to a few miles per second in speed.
But these slow neutrons are about
~ I1lIlGS lIlOlG GllGCllNG IIldIl IllG
fast kind in producing the splits of
cores of uranium or plutonium
atoms.
Their very slowness prevents their
use, in an atomic bomb. They would
start the explosion without difficulty
but before they could spread to de-
tomato the entire atomic charge
the expansion would separate por-
tons of the atomic explosive.
This separation would end the re-
action. There would be an ordinary
explosion.
A peculiarly of the atomic ex-
plosives, uranium 235 and plutoni-
UNI, is the fact that they are safe
until the instant when more than two
pounds IRE brought together into a
closely packed mass. The slow
neutron explosion would separate
this mass too soon.
The fast n%eutrons, however, work
in millionths of a second and spread
so fast that they ignite all, or near
ly all of the atomic explosive.
Laurel outlook., 1945-10-31
Crime Wave of Slaves
In Bremen Is Suppressed

FRANKFURT AM MAIN. - The
United States army said recently
that order had been restored in the
Bremen area following a crime
wave in which gangs of former slave
laborers treated all Germans as
fair game"
Troops of the 29th infantry divi-
sion joined with military govern
ment forces in curbing attacks that
had reached serious" proportions,
the official announcement said.
Because many erstwhile slave
laborers have been reluctant to be
repatriated and because they con
slider all Germans to be fair game
the looting of farms and attacks
upon civil policemen have been
mounting during midsummer" the
announcement said.
1t. Col. R. R. Macdonald, United
States public safety section, said
"our latest report from Bremen is
that the situation now is well in
hand"
Laurel outlook., 1945-10-31
The News
ofLAUREL

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Sommers were
dinner guests Saturday of Mr.. anC
Mrs. C. H. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Graves and
Mrs. Almeda Porter have returned
from an eastern visit of six weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Graves spent the
most of the time with their son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Leto and their four-month-old
son Benny, at Lackawanna, N. Y.
From there they made trips to
Caledonia, Angelica and several
other New York cities and Toronto,
Canada. Mrs. Porter, after visit
ing several days at the Leto home.
went to Letchworth Park, N. Y,
where she was met by her sisters,
Mrs. Roy Jones and Mrs. LA Col
son who took her for a visit at
their homes in Johnson City, N. Y.
Mrs. Porter was also the guest of
relatives of her late husband, w.
E. Porter, before returning to
Lackawanna to join Mr.. and Mrs.
Graves for the trip to Laurel.
Mrs. c.. A. Duncan was hostess
at a dinner party Tuesday honoring
the birthday of her son Dick.
Guests were Jack Heebner, Vernon
Garlock, Patsy Fry, Linda John
ston and Jacqueline Braswell.
Ellis Slater, who was recently
liberated from a japanese prison
camp, was a dinner guest Tuesday
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Beven.
Cpl. Val Matross, who was here
furlough from Camp Mccoy,
Wis, and Sgt. Frank Domansky
and PFC. Robert Alvora, guards
at the German prisoner camp at
Riverside park, spent Thursday
and Friday on a hunting trip in the
area.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Stott of
Glendive, brother-in-law and sister
Of Mrs. C. H. Anderson, who were
guests Saturday at the Anderson
home, left for Miles City where
hey plan to locate.
Ellis Slater, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Slater, recently arrived home
after being liberated from a war
prisoner camp. He was a guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Rus
;ell and family.
Laurel outlook., 1945-10-31
Height Is Increased
For Airplane Hostess

KANSAS CITY, MO. - Air host
esses may look different lately, ac-
cording to Transcontinental and
Western Air, Inc, officials.
The reason is that they're taller
than they used to be.
The airline has upped the height
requirements for hostess applicants
by l inch - from the former 5
feet, S inches to 5 feet, 6 inches.
Laurel outlook., 1945-10-31
Small Valencia Oranges

The small size of the summer
valencias is the result of a very
large yield of fruit on the trees with
out the usual heavy drop of fruit,
which is natures way of thinning ov-
erladen trees. The few large oranges
are going overseas. The army also is
purchasing small oranges for use of
the armed forces in this country.
The little oranges are a. sweet and
Juicy, and the juice rates as high
in vitamin content as that from
large oranges.
Laurel outlook., 1945-10-31
Short Shirt Tails Will
Continue in Style, w. P. B.

WASHINGTON. - War-born stub
by shirt tails and collarless pa
jamas may continue in style awhile.
The industry, WPB reported re-
Gently, wants to retain the restric-
lions until it's sure plenty of cotton
fabric will be available.
Meanwhile, the agency announced
that fabric manufacturers no long
er need put aside part of their pro-
duction for priority orders when no
such orders are on the books.
Laurel outlook., 1945-10-31
Cost of Living Index
At Wars Top in July

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The
bureau of labor statistics cost of
living index reached its highest
level of the wal in the month
ended July IS when it reached
1894 per cent of the 1935-'39 av-
erage, or 81 per cent above the
August. 1889, level.
In the last year the index
has advanced &c per cent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-11
TELLERS

A local bank has several telle9 poeitions
Available for young women. age 20 to
40. state educs ton, expefience sno
aye In reply. Write BOZ B-465e. D.
troit Times 81.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
Hershey 0. Ks
Job Bill Chance
International tJlnc Photo

WASHINGTON. Feb. S GNS)
Maj. Cen Hershey today ca
pitulated to pressure from other
war agencies and agreed 10
amendments to the House work
or Jail bill taking the assign
ment of men for war Jobs out of
the hands Of local draft boards.
HerShey.S position was an
nounCed by Senator Thomas Cd
of Utah. chairman of the Senate
military affairs committee, follow
ing his appearance before a
closed hearing Of the committee.
Thomas said Hershey admitted
that local draft boards could only
handle men like dollars in the
bank, and that they would not
be able 10 assign men according
20 aputudcS or SkillS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
4. =. Casualty Toll
IN 27.49O i'm Week

The army figure included l30,-
266 killed. 1896. l76 wounded SIS
87S prisoners OF war, and 9l,476
missing.
The navy total included 33,22S
dead, 40,356 wounded. 9,977 MISS
ing, and 4.475 prisoners OF war
Stimson explained that the
army total included all theater
casualties compiled here through
Jan Is He added, however, that
they reflect battle losses only
through December.
The total Of army killed. Slim
son said, included 4.522 previously
listed as missing but now declared
dead. OF the army wounded, l9l, .
439 have returned to duty. he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
204 Tons Hit
Corregiidor

GEN. MacARTHJR'S 10 LU-
ION, Feb. S IkS)-Amcrlcan
heavy bomberS. in their most con-
centrated assault 10 date, poured
204 tons Of high explosives on
Corregidor where the enemy IN
the Manila Bay area MAY attempt
q last-ditch stand.
Designed primarily 10 prevent
Jap forces from attempting 10
sneak across the narrow channel
from Bataan. which was sealed
off days ago by a JUnCtur' Of con
verging u s. Sixth and Eighth
Army troops north OF that PENN
sula. the bombing added TO tbf
damage previously inflicted un
the enemy defenscs on the much
mauled island
Other L. s aircraft mostly
Havoc attack bomberS smashed
at Caballo Island, just south of
Corregidor, destroying al least
one formidable coastal battery
which, like Corrcgidors guns.
dominated the entrance go Ma
Mia Bay.
Inside Manila the northern
part of which was described off
Cially as cleared. Americans
continued hopping up operations
against an enemy which already
has suffered 5000 casualties in
the Luzon liberation campaign
An NBC correspondent IN
Manila reported that American
troops have crossed the Pasig
River and are applying pressure
from north, east and south upon
the remaining pockets Of enemy
resistance in the Manila area.
In inflicting these overwhelm-
ing losses upon the Japs, Gen.
Macarthur men suffered only
7076 casualties. of which only
1909 were killed and l9l others
listed as missing The remainder.
5.276. were wounded, MacArthur'S
communique this morning an
nounced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
Law Asked 10 Limit
Purple Heart Award

WASHINGTON. Feb. s up
Rep. Bennett tRl of Missouri
today introduced legislation which
would limit award Of the Purple
Heart 10 armed forces personnel
wounded by enemy action.
"The Purple Heart has been
distributed with such reckless
abandon In this war that dogs
and blues singers are receiving
H." he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
Next Of Kin 10 Gel
Internees Letters

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 INS)
American Red Cross headquar-
tiers announced today $500 letters
from civilian internees at Santo
Tomas, Bilibid and Santiago in the
Philippines soon will reach their
next-of-kin in the United States.
Red Cross officials delivered
4.400 messages from home to 3
70S Americans at Santo Tomas
and an uneStimated number To
those at Bilibid and Santiago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09

WASHINGTON. Feb. s CUP)-
Secretary of War StimSon an
nounced today that $4,000 Ger.
mans have been captured in the
European thcater since the Allied
invasion of France June g.
Meanwhile, a compilation Of
l.. :. combat casualties officially
announced here showed that the
total since Pearl Harbor has
reached 76l.S32. This was 27.490
more than the total in the last
overall compilation made Feb. 2.
The new total included 676. 1876
army casualties, an increase Of
26376 since last Friday, and S.
csc navy casualties, an increase Of
liza in the same period.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
Wheeler Demands
Court-MartiaI Probe

WASHINGTON, Feb S CINS)
Senator Wheeler CD) of Mon
tana introduced a resolution in
the Senate today calling upon the
Senate military affairs commit
tee 20 investigate the original
death sentence imposed on Pvt.
Henry Weber by court-martial.
Wheeler demanded the investi-
cation although the army court
later modified the sentence from
death by hanging to life imprison-
mcnt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
WAR FRONTS
~ 81 Mi. to BERLIN

EASTERN FRONT - Reds
battle into Frankfurt
on-Oder and Knestrin.
Page - .
WESTERN FR0NT-Ameri-
cans take Schmidt. Siegfried
Line key fort. Page L.
PHILIPPINES-204 tons of
bombs fall on Corregidor;
north Manila cleared OF
Jsps. page u
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
BORN IN NEW YORK

In Who's Who for the past %
years, she was born Emma A.
Stowel, March %. 1S47. in Bing-
hamton. n. Y of Revolutionary
War stock.
For years she kept the date Of
her birth a secret, until in 1922
al an annual birthday luncheon,
she revealed she had been born
the day Gen. Scott entered Vera
Cruz.
When she was her family
moved TO Peoria. Ill, and she be-
came a school teacher when Is
years old.
In 1876 she left her position in
a Chicago school 10 marry
Charles Edgar Fox and came TO
Detroit where later she was the
second woman appointed TO the
Detroit Board of Education.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
(See Picture on Page 81

Mrs. Emma A. Fox, 81, inter-
nationally known parhamentarian
and clubwoman who fought for
female suffrage when IT was an
OSteopathic Hospital at 2 40 D. m.
today
Mrs. Fox, who lived al 1892
Second, remained active in club
circles until taken to the Detroit
Osteopathic Hospital last Monday
with pneumonia.
Author of Parliamentary
Usage" Mrs. Fox won interna-
tional recognition as an authority
on parliamentary procedure. her
book serving to bring order into
club m c tings throughout the
world.
She served as parliamentarian
for Ia national groups and as
honorary president of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
ADVENTURE SOUGHT

A love of adventure accom-
panied her all her life. She was
teaching in Chicago at the time
of the great fire in 1871 and was
in Germany when the war broke
out in 1914.
She studied law at the Univer-
sity of Michigan when her son
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
SINATRA UNDER OBSERVATION In CHECKUP

NEWARK, n. j., Feb. 8 (UP)-Frank Sinatra, the
SlOOO,OOO swOOn-crOoner, taken from the Newark
induction center to Second Service Command headquar-
tiers Governors Island today for threeday period of
observation to determine his draft classification.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
Report Salvador Revolt

MEXICO CITY, Feb. s GNS)
Travellers from Central America
declared today that a revolution
had started in FL Salvador.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
Way Clear TO Name
Adm. Hart 10 Senate

HARTFORD, Conn. Feb. s
GNS)-The channel was cleared
today by the Connecticut State
Legislature for appointment Of
Adm. Thomas c. Hart to FIJI u. s.
Senate term of the late Francis T.
MahoneX.
The State Senate by unanimous
action passed a bill empowering
Gov. Baldwin 10 fill the vacancy
without a special election. The
House also passed the bill
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
SPY SUSPECT ADMITTED TRIP, WITNESS SAYS

NEW YORK Feb. 8 (UP)-A witness at the military
trial of two Naz spy suspects said today that William
Curtis Coepaugh, of the suspects, admitted to him
last December that he had just returned from Germany
and "in trouble"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
ga113ZS!1S
SENATE APPROVES SLOW TIME START

LANSING, Feb 8-The State Senate today cOncurred
i'm a bill setting midnight, March IL, the hour when
Michigan will go on Central War Time, hour slower
than DetrOits present time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
Jap Peace Envoy Quits

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (UP) -
Tokyo said today that Saburo
Kurusu, Japan'S peace" envoy
in Washington when Pearl Har-
Dor was attacked, had retired
from active diplomatic service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
ALLIES BOMB NAZI VIENNA COMMUNICATIONS

ROME, Feb. INS)-German communications i'm
the Vienna region blasted today by Mediterranean
Air Force heavy bOmbers. Planes of the tactical arm
hammered the Nazs in northeastern Italy, along the Fifth
Army front, and in YugOslavia,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
% SERVICEMEN DIE IN AIR CRASH IN ENGLAND

WILMINGTON, Sussex, Feb. QNS)-Twenty three
servicemen killed yesterday when airplane
crashed the downs near Wilmington, England, air
force officials revealed today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09

Emma n. Fox
Dead at 9B

enrolled there, took her first
plane trip in 1886 and spoke over
the radio for the first time when
she was IS.
After her first flight she used
planes frequently for her many
trips.
Past president of the Michigan
State Federation of Wom G ms
Clubs, Mrs. Fox was one of the
founders of the National Woman, 5
Party.
She was one of the founders
of the National Woman's Party
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
Area
Dam Peri|ed
.ByYank Isl

PARIS. Feb. s (UP)-Lt. Gen.
Hodges First Army captured the
Siegfried stronghold of Schmidt
today and fought eastward nearly
a mile through weakening resist
ance TO the vicinity of the biggest
dam in the Roer River food con-
troll system.
Hodges headquarters announced
that the units of the 18th Division
slugged to the edge of the state
forest a mile an a half north of
the Schwammenauel Dam, one of
a series along the upper Roer that
may hold the key TO the start of
a general Allied offensive forecast
by the Germans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
CLAMOR BY NAILS

The mounting clamor of German
forecasts that Allied armies were
ready to strike. for the Rhine
land and the Ruhr from the broad
area around Aachen was accom-
panied by reminders that control
of the Ruhr dams was essential
to any drive across the river.
The dams. backing up a COM
bined mass of 100000 tons Of
water, would release an 1S-foot
wall Of water down the Roer VAL
ley, cutting off any Allied troops
who had pressed across the last
natural barrier before the Cologne
plain.
At supreme headquarters, at
tention switched sharply to the
fronts of the British Second and
Canadian First armies because of
attacks by 1000 heavy bombers
on Kieve and Goch, key German
bases between the Rhine and the
Mass, on which the Siegfried Line
is hinged.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09

much change in temperature;
lowest tonight about 20.
Skating at city Kinks and
parks except Palmer Park. To-
bOgganing at River Rouge.
SWEETHEART THEATRE BAR
Third al selden. Floor Show, Dancing ADV
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
HOLD OUT IN CELLAR

A handful of fanatical Germans
held out in the cellars of Schmidt,
key TO the dam system and two
and half miles northwest of
Schwammenauel. But the dough-
boys had overrun the town itself
for the second time in three
months.
The First Army vanguard NOV
ing eastward from Schmidt saw
six German tanks racing back
deeper into Germany, and three
of them were knocked out by
artillery fire.
German artillery fire bursting
around Schmidt appeared to be
coming from batteries east of the
Roer, and this fact combined with
a reference in a front dispatch
10 "crumbling" resistance indi-
Gated the enemy was giving up
the vital dams and his positions
this side of the river
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
FRANKFURT SHIELDED

BIC said Frankfurt is being
shelled heavily by Red artillery
batteries directed by spotter
planes pin-pointlng the devastat-
ing fire
The Nazi high command, while
claiming successes against the
Soviets in Silesia, reported heavy
Red pressure against Elbing in
East Prussia, some 80 miles south
east of Danzig. Unofficial Ger
man agencies reported a Russian
break-through into that key city,
for possession Of which the NaZis
have waged a determined fight.
The Transocean Agency also as
serted the Russians opened a
bridgehead at the bend of the
Oder near Maltsch, 25 miles north
west of Breslau but claimed il
later was split and wiped out.
IN SIGHT OF BERLIN
Meanwhile, a dispatch from
Moscow said the Reds we're within
sight of Berlin.
With the battle for the capital
Of the Reich mounting in fury, the
bulletin from Moscow TO the Lon
don Daily Herald said.
Before the sun went down
last night, Marshal ZhukOv'S
troops could see the brick villas
and bungalows Of Berlin's COM
mutinC businessmen
The Herald also printed a front
line radio report saying that the
fortified forefront"
simultaneously the Soviet First
Ukrainian Army stormed west
ward from its 50-mile bridgehead
across the Oder and penetrated
Silesia for a distance more than
20 miles from the river
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
TWO SONS sURVIYE

Also during her career she was
founder and past president of the
Twentieth Century Club and the
Parliamentary Law Club which
was the outgrowth of a class in
parliamentary law viii ch she
taught for as years in Detroit.
At one time she served as
treasurer and president of the
board of trustees of the Woman's
Hospital.
Surviving are her two sons,
Maurice Winslow and Howard
Stoweii Fox. seven grandchildren
and two great-grandChildren.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09

DIR. j. G. ToOLE. DENTIST
10 " Lafayette, 81 Michigan. OPP. City
Hall, Hours. 80. Tel CA 6ssa--Adv,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-02-09
Oder Crossed
At 4 |d(es,
NdziS Admit

MOSCOW. Feb. g NS4-The
final battle for Berlin neared its
climax today when westward
surging Russian divisions fought
their way into the two main de-
Tense bastions Of Frankfurt-on-
Oder and KueStrin and slammed
across the oder River in four
more places due east of the enemy
capital.
The German DNB agency
quoted a German military spokes-
man as admitting the Russians
have opened four more bridge
heads on the west bank of the
Oder along a stretch facing Ber-
lin Similar admissions were
made yesterday by other enemy
spokesman.
"a Moscow broadcast re-
ported the SovietS have broken
through the Oder line on a long
stretch and no real obstacle
opposes their victorious ad-
vance. The announcer de-
scribed the Oder as the last
hope of the German high COM
mand. -
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-09
Sports Roundup

Chcago-AP-Gus world series
ter how much the boys up press example
OF how not play major 57s4 have
push through Wrigey decder
enih S2S05l for limit
Yesterdays chilled -throng 470S smallest the three
OF 29067 fans have attended the
While Charley Grimm Of the Cubs and
Tigers pull their hair and sbes shake
antics the conteners the series
only
defeating
miracle nonecks have been broken in this
way other chasing the bail and
pebbles basepaths.
80 this has Melted
Elizabeth Grahams Maine Chance farm $4,000 prize
Mrs Graham victory
the So navigator OF
flrlongs at Jamaica yesterday.
Al Silverman Callahan the
England boxing chain today said he had offered
Coohane $4,000 privilege defend his
Jimmy Doyle Los Angeles IN 15round
Willie Gizenberg Cochranes
Seattle Raners holding edge the
finals Of the Pacific Coast League
invade the City Wednesday concluding
SEVENTH series.
New YorkAP-Afmys impressive triumphs
the Ill who took in the Assoa
that the still the No
Pointers acclaimed
champions they had all Of their nine
their 1910 and so vic
vanova Duke order ranked II first
votes and s55 points