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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
Mrs. Ernie Pyle
To Get Medal

WASHINGTON. July 3 up
The Medal for Merit. the nation 5
highest award 10 civilians, will he
bestowed poSthumously tonight on
Ernie Pyle, famed chronicler of
doughboys, who was killed by a
japanese Sniper on the tiny Pa
clfc island of le
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
American League

Boston at Detroit. twilight
game.
New York al Cleveland. night
game.
Philadelphia az s. Louis night
game.
Washington at Chicago, night
game.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
CHECK UP ON SUSPECT

The rooming house suspect, po-
lice were told by tenants, obtained
lodging from Saturday through
Tuesday night at the Euclid and
Woodward address only a short
distance in the same street from
where Mrs. Berridge was living.
During his entire stay. police
said, the man drank excessively
and left hurriedly Wednesday aft
ernoon displaying emotional stress.
Berridge, 81, surrendered at
Columbus police headquarters
last night with the assertion: Il
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
Yanks in Berlin

NEW YORK, July 3 fUP)-
The American Broadcasting Co.
reported today that the American
second armored division began ar
irving in Berlin shortly after noon,
Berlin time, to take over the
American occupation zone.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
All Banks Must Issue
Condition Statements
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, July 3 CUPl
The Federal Reserve Board to-
day called on all federal reserve
member banks for a statement Of
their conditions as Of June 30 The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
asked for June 80 statements
from all insured state banks.
Earlier today the Office Of
comptroller of currency asked ma
tional banks for condition state
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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
NAzI WORLD ESPIONAGE CHIEF CAPTURED

LONDON, July (UP)-Ernest Wilhelm BOhIe,
director of the NaZi world fifth column and espionage has
been captured by Allied troops il learned today.
BOhe s TO be nterrogated NaZi activities in the ned
States and South America.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
v. S. Spends LOO Billions

WASHINGTON. July 3 up
The government spent a record
500, ,030.000.000 during the fiscal
year 1915 Just closed, the treasury
disclosed today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04

NEW YORK, July (UP)-The French press agency
reported today that the Zagreb military tribunal has
passed death sentence - persons, including the
patriarch of the Croatan Orthodox Church The dispatch
recorded by the FEC.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
SOW MINES IN SEA

The Japanese radio said many
other B-29S follow d up the
Maruzen raid in daylight today
10 scatter mines through the
blockaded sea of Japan west Of
the enemy homeland. while four
scouting B-24 Liberators ranged
over the Tokyo area.
Radio Tokyo said the curtain
is about TO be raised on the home
land barrie = and boaSted that an
unbeatable air force that it has
been boarding would be thrown
against the Americans in this
last battle"
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04

NEW YORK. July 3 0NS)-A Domei news broad
cast said today that Japanese planes sank American
cruiser and damaged another of the southern tip of
Okinawa Sunday night
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
ENVOY TO BUCHAREST REPORTS TO TRUMAN

WASHINGTON, July (UP)-President Truman
got first hand report developments within Soviet
occupied ROmania today from Burton Y. Berry, L. -
minister to Bucharest Berry returned from the Balkan
country Sunday and expects back to his post
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
] 1000 JAPS IN CANTON AWAIT ALLIED LANDING

SAN FRANCISCO July UP)-Ten thousand
Japanese residents of Canton. China, have formed
peoples volunteer corps in preparation for possible
Allied landing the south China coast, Radio Tokyo
said TODAY
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
ALLIES TAKE BURMA VILLAGE SHAWBON
ALCUTTA, July 3 CUP

CALCUTTA, July (lP)-Al1ed troops Slugged and
sashed their way through waistdeep mud and water to
capture the Burma village of ShawbOn. 3 miles south
east of Tharrawaddy COmmunique reported today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
AWAIT PRICE FORMULA

Company officials said If gov
ernment restrictions on volume OF
automobile production are lifted
normal prcwar employment Will
be reached sometime next year
. Employment at the Rouge plant
Dis now down 30 per cent from
peak wartime level and is 20 per
CONTINUED on Page ,, Col 81
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
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FORMER PRESIDENT OF PERU DIES
Times Photo

LIMA Peru. July 3 (UP)-MarshaI Oscar X.
BenavdeS former president of Peru died last night of
heart attack.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
SITES FOR PLANTS

No program was announced for
the production Of the Lincoln
Zephyr, the intermediate Ford
car.
In the expanded postwar pro-
gram two OF the ncw assembly
plants viii be located az 81. Louis
and Atlanta. Ga II will mean a
separation OF Ford and Mercury
assembly throughout tho nation
and combining ercury and
Lincoln output
The new plan will bring about
the assembly OF Lincolns outside
the DcarboRn-Detroit area for the
first time. and was decided upon
because of the expanded Mercury
Lincoln line and the anticipated
postwar market company spokeS-
mon SAID
The Ford Co will produce 10000
OF the induStry'S overall allotment
OF 200.0 900 cars in l945.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
WILL CUT PURSES

Under the new plan the S1,754.-
600 the association has offered to
horsemen will be scaled down.
Instead of a $1,000 waily feature
top purse of $1,000 will be Of
fered on Wednesdays, $500 on
Saturdays and $500 on other
days The minimum purse still
will be $500.
1t is estimated the five-day shut
down cost horsemen S120.000 in
purses and the state 100000 in
taxes.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
Reopen
Detroit
Racing

Horse racing will be resumed al
the Detroit race track Saturday
and will continue TntII the orig
mai closing date, Sept %, it was
announced today by William J.
DewliRg, state racing commits
Sloner.
The announcement followed an
hours conference during which the
racing commissioner, Geerge-W
Lewis, general manager of the
Detroit Racing Association; Jack
S. Young, presiding steward, and
Joseph A Murray, steward repre-
senting the racing commission,
discussed lack of cooperation by
trainers in filling race programs.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
Police Check
NotePenned
By Suspect
Slain Girls LoUe
Letters, Page 3

Handwriting on a note discov-
ercd in the rooming house of a
suspect sought in the murder of
pretty Mrs. Marie Beavers Ber-
ridge closely resembles the writ.
ing in certain love letters sent the
slain woman, police revealed
today.
The suspect, who occupied a
room at Euclid and Woodward.
wrote the note in the presence of
his landlady. On the note he wrote
Mrs. Berridge's name and tele-
phone number, police said.
MAY RELEASE HUSBAND
In Columbus police indicated
they would release Donald Ber-
ridge husband of the murdered
woman. They were satisfied, they
said. that he had nothing to do
with his wife's death. Detective
Chief Glenn Hoffman asserted
that Berridge's claim that he was
In Columbus seeking employment
at the time of the murder had
been substantiated by several wit
neSses.
Det. Sgt. Delbert Raymond OF
Detroit. who has been assisting
with the questioning of Berridge,
said that he, too. was satisfied
with Berridge's account of his
movements at the time of the
crime.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
COMMISSION TO ACT

II was this condition that Lewis
blamed for the closing last Satur-
day after Y days of the original
S5-day meeting were completed.
Lewis agreed 10 reopening when
the racing commission stated it
would assume responsibility for
the filling of the race programs.
The commission also yielded TO
the rosemen'S petitions, promising
complete cooperation with the
management and with Charles
Henry, racing secretary. A sec
ond petition. calling for regarding
of purses, to make them more in
line with horses on the ground
also was approved
During the first Il days train
ers were holding back $1,000
horses to run for the $1,000 daily
features. They also have been
racing $1,000 horses for $4,000
purses. As a result the other races
failed TO fill.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
THE WEATHER
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

The sun viii set a. oil r m today and
rise teuorruW A. . OF r
The moon viii st ~ 2f3 m today
and rise tomorrow a. 223 m
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
SMALL JAP WAR PLANTS

The daylight force struck after
two fleets OF Superforts had dealt
"a destructive one-two punch 10
japanese war plants within "a
hours
Tokyo reported that small
force OF B-29S loosed a fire raid
today on Kainan. about so miles
southwest of Osaka. setting fires
which were brought under con-
-tFe4 dtrfnr the morning rg--
But this appeared TO be the en-
emy version OF the announced
Superfort attack on the Maruzen
refinery in the same area of east
ern Honshu.
This attack wrecked the third
OF Japan's vanishing oil centers
hit by the big bombers in seven
days
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
Ydnks Bomb
Air Bases on
Kyushu Island

GUAM July 3 GUPl-Japanese
broadcasts SAID about 100 Amer
lean planes attacked air bases on
southern Kyushu- today ia a multi
pronged foray keeping the aerial
up Of Japan on round
the clock basis.
Tokyo reported that wide
rangin, feet of light and medium
planes hit the southern belt Of
airdromes from which the Kami-
kaze suicide planes launch on
Allied land and sea forces tight
ening the moose on Japan.
The raiders, most OF them
Thunderbolts and Mustangs. swept
in from Okinawa. enemy reports
said They raked their targets
for an hour beginning soon after
noon.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
10000 HOME LOANS

Under Foley's direction, no.
600 home mortgages have beer
insured by the FILA in Michigan
totaling more than S500,000,000
Loans for Improvements approXi-
mate Sl50,000, 900. In all, more
than 100000 properties have been
insured by his office.
The loss ratio of these risks is
one of the smallest in the nation.
In addition. Foley has been in
charge of housing priorities pro-
grams and private war housing
projects which produced more than
10000 permanent housing units in
3l-waF-PFedHetien- areas IN the
state.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
Foley Named
For Top Post
In FLA Setup

Raymond Michael Foley, more
than a decade Michigan director
OF the FILA, was appointed by
President Truman today as CON-
missioner Of the national hous-
ing agency.
Foley, if confirmed by the Sen
ate. VIII fiji out the unexpired
4-year term of Abner II. Fergu-
son. resigned, which still has a
year 10 run.
Foley moves into the highest
FILA job after an impressive
record IN Michigan.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
PHILADELPHIA

Strincevich and Lopez r. Bar
rett and Spindel.
St. Louis at New York, night
game.
Cincinnati Al Brooklyn, night
game.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-04
National LEAGUE
CHICAGO
301
BOSTON
010

Passeau and Livingston;
Andrews and Hofferth.
PITTSBURGH r H E
Evening star., 1945-08-13

also saw service Soi' w. .. Dean.
in China. Cuba and Mexico with
the 9th Cavalry. He was a gradu-
ate of Northwestern Military and
Naval Adacemy, Lake Canova, Wis.
After leaving the Army the colonel
became associated with business
firms here. He was eastern manager
of the National Salesman's Training
Association of Chicago, then sales
supervisor of the Guardian Life In
surance Co., and in turn a member
of the firm of. McKeever e. Goss,
Inc, and an associate with J.
Wesley Buchanan in the real estate
business.
In 1884, he joined the New Eng
land regional staff of the Home
Owners Loan Corp. as deputy as
sistant general manager and in 1910
was made appraisal supervisor OF
that region. From June, 1912. until
he Joined the censorship staff year
later, he was vice president of the
Carey Winston Co. of Washington
Col. Dean was a member of the
American Institute of Real Estate
Appraisers, and Of the certified
property managers group of the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards.
Born in Appleton, Wis, he was
the son of Albert S. and Mrs. Te-
resa Patton Dean, who was one of
the first women war correspondents.
She covered battles of the Indian
Wars.
Col. Dean, who lived at 1919 R
street NV. was the father of the
late Miss Donna Dean, who was
killed in an automobile accident in
1910 on the Rockville pike when
she was 18 years old. She was re-
turning from a rehearsal at Road
side Theater, where she was to have
made her first stage appearance in
THE Sealed Well"
He is survived by a brother, Har-
vey M. Dean, st. Paul, MINI.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete.
Evening star., 1945-08-13
Yunk Who Killed 8 Germans,
Captured 80 Wins Medal

A soldier who gave a perfect ex.
ample" of the effectiveness of train
ing in house toulouse fighting will
receive the Congressional Medal OF
Honor from President Truman
probably August %, and an early
discharge from the Army, the War
Department announced today.
He is I'd 1t. Edward G. Dahlgren
20, OF Caribou, Me, who killed 8
Germans with grenades and a sub
machine gun, captured 80 others
and wounded an undetermined
number last February II near Ober-
hoffen, France.
1t. Dahlgren, then technical
sergeant, led a platoon of the 1926
Regiment Of the 36th Infantry Di-
vision to the rescue of another unit
which had been cut off. When ar
American tank appeared the Ger.
mans holed up in some cellars. 1t
Dahlgren organized the two pla-
toons for counterattack.
He went from house to house, al
ways the first to enter and put his
training methods into effective
practice. Asked to explain his
technique, the young man said:
Simply kick in a door, throw q
grenade and follow it up with SUBJ
machine fire. That would
usually make them come out to
surrender"
A replacement with the 36th Divi-
Evening star., 1945-08-13
Nazi War Criminals
aiken 10 Nuernberu
To Await Their Trial
By the Associated Press.

- the HeeOClhltI FIeSS.
NUREMBERG, Aug. 13.-Sittine
morosely in the bare cells of Nuern-
berg's Jail today. former German
leaders who once strutted in the
stadium of this Nazi shrine city,
waited their call to trial as war
criminals.
Battery B Of the American 391st
Anti-Aircraft Artillery, which had
been guarding Hermann Goering.
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, Robert
Ley and other Nazis at a Luxem-
bourg hotel. completed the trans
fer to this city yesterday. The pris-
oners will 60 to trial next month.
The battalion maintains a strong
guard around the prison, where a
special cell block had been prepared.
While awaiting trial each prisoner
will occupy small cell furnished
with cot, table, stool and a cup.
Each is permitted a wooden spoon
as his sole eating utensil.
The trails will be held in the
Palace of Justice, where the audi
torium, with a capacity for so per-
sons, is being rebuilt to accommo-
date more than 200.
Arrangements for newspapermen
have not been completed, but the
Sd Army press camp announced last
night that allocations would be
made on the basis of nationality
OF the press represented. Decisions
on who will cover the trials will
be made by officers attached to the
court.
Evening star., 1945-08-13

silence, Tokyo resumed dissemina-
ton Of routine Domei dispatches in
the French language.
A Bern dispatch today said the
Swiss undersecretary for foreign
affairs remained in his office await
ing japanese Minister Kase, who
was expected momentarily. possibly
to deliver the japanese reply to the
Allies surrender demands.
However, a press attache of the
japanese Legation at Bern said the
note had not arrived.
The Swiss Political (State)) De-
partment closed up at $50 pm. $3.50
pm, Eastern war time) last night.
Kase was too busy" to answer quer-
les by correspondents, japanese Le-
cation attaches said, and they gave
no inkling when the Tokyo reply
might be received.
These were some of the develop
ments as the world waited for news
of the reply from Japan:
The Melbourne radio said the
Australian government at noon,
Eastern war time, yesterday expect
ed Japan to reply within "a hours.
A London dispatch said the New
Delhi radio quoted a Tokyo broad
cast as saying the japanese cabinet
was in session for four hours Sun
day, but had issued no statement.
Royal Intermediary Hinted.
In Stockholm, NBC Correspondent
Bjorn Bjornson said he was told
by semiofticial Japanese circles
there was a likelihood Emperor Hi
rohito would seek a royal interme-
diaty in negotiations with the Allies,
and that the Swedish royal house
had been approached with view to
making contact with King Gustaf
of Sweden. A Swedish Foreign Of
flee spokesman said he was unaware
OF any such attempt to approach
the royal family.
The Federal Communications
Commission reported its engineers
early today heard a Tokyo wireless
code station calling Swiss station,
asking the latter to wait for the
transmission of a message. There
was nothing to indicate the context
Of the message.
The BBC's monitoring service re-
ported to the FEC last night that it
had intercepted Morse code mes
sage from Tokyo to Geneva at SIG
pm, which said:
Service message from Tokyo to
supervisor, Geneva: Re your serv-
ice message, our important message
not yet on hand. We suppose this
message will be coming this CMon-
day. morning."
Here again, no indication of the
message context was given. An
other Tokyo wireless message two
hours later, BIC said, asked Geneva
to continue contact with Tokyo
until signals become readable"
Evening star., 1945-08-13

Jacobs, Is, Chicago, came in for a
landing. AS he did Japanese shore
guns opened up on him.
Jacobs TAXED to the edge of the
breakers, about so yards of shore.
Il saw Coumbre would be unable
to make his way through the SURF"
Jacobs said. 80 I stood up and tried
to toss him a line Just then an
unusually heavy breaker shook the
plane violently and threw me out
of the cockpit into the water"
AS he fell Jacobs foot hit the
throttle and the pilotless plane
turned into the wind and started
off across the bay with the Japa-
nese still shooting at it. Evidently
they hadn't seen Jacobs fall into
the water.
Made Lucky Landing.
1t. q. g. Almon p Oliver of Hay
ward, Calf, veteran of IA months
in the Pacific, the second Kingfisher
pilot, saw Jacobs plane taxing
across the bay, and thought it was
trying to take off.
When it failed. Oliver said
later, II went down to investigate
and saw the cockpit empty"
Oliver went back to investigate,
saw the two stranded pilots and
made what he described as a
lucky landing" in exceedingly rough
water with the japanese taking pot
shots at him. He TAXED inshore and
pulled the two pilots aboard.
Oliver managed to get his plane
in the air, returning to his battle
ship with his gas tanks nearly
empty.
The rescue mission was divers
fourth. He holds the Air Medal
for outstanding courage and meri-
torious achievement at Two Jima.
where, in the face of heavy anti
aircraft fire and two direct hits on
his plane, he carried out a Job of
spotting enemy batteries for his
battlewagon until they were knocked
out.
Evening star., 1945-08-13
OPA Here Investigates
|Over-CeiIing Fan SoIes

The District Office Of Price Ad-
ministration is investigating reports
that some retailers here are selling
electric fans above ceiling prices.
According to information received
by the agency the fans are being
made without War Production
Board authority and apparently are
being assembled at plant outside
the city from spare parts.
WPB has approved limited pro-
duction of fans for essential use in
factories and institutions, but none
for general use, according to an
agency spokesman.
Evening star., 1945-08-13
rs Men Due 10 Return
On Ships Arriving
Today, Wednesday

Eleven Washington area veterans
Of the European war will return to
this country among troops scheduled
to arrive at New York Wednesday
aboard five small transports, ac-
cording to advance passenger lists.
Two other District area men are
scheduled to dock at Boston today
aboard the liner Harry w. Beecher
Names of Returnees.
The eleven returning Wednesday
are: Sergt. Ellwood w. Schuler, jr.,
1922 Rogart road, Silver Spring, Md. +;
Pfc. Robert L. Lambert, 522 Sixth
street Sc: Corpl. Bernard C. Muir
ply, Rockville, Md; T/Sergt. Ed
ward Nowland, 20 Sunset drive,
Alexandria, Va; 1st 1t. Charles
Neff, 3703 Fortieth place, Cottage
City. Md; I'd 1t. John j. Orpin, 2425
First street NV; Pfc. John D. Al
bright, TIC Fifteenth street Sc;
Sergt. Robert Garcia, 5701 North
Eleventh street, Arlington, Va; Sergt.
Charles j. McColloch, GIT Farragut
street NV: Pfc. Nick A. Caruso, 1906
South Quincy street. Arlington, Va,
and M/Sergt. Donald K. Fifer, 1894
Fourth street NE.
Arriving at Boston are T/Sergt.
Willoughby T. hammond, 1909 Nine
tenth street NV, and Corpl. Irving
Hicks, 1882 Fourth street S.W.
After fighting in the Pacific, eight
District area naval airmen have re-
turned to their homes on leave. They
are:
1t. q. g. Walter A. Foley, Thirty
fourth street Sc; 1t. John M.
Fletcher, 1925 Chester street Sc,
Avenger torpedo bomber pilot; En-
sign John V. Ballard, 1921 Fowler
street. Falls Church. Va, Hellcat
fighter pilot; 1t. q. g. Leonard A.
Snider, Herndon, Va; 1t. q. g.
James w. Burch, 3846 Macomb
street NV: Ensign George G. COL
Inns, 1928 Holmes lane. Alexandria,
Va; James H. O'Hagan, aviation
machinist'S mate, 2914 Tenth street
NE. and Paul E. Nugent, aviation
radioman &c, 1904 Thirtieth street,
Mount Rainier, Nd.
Another overseas veteran, TI5
Louis A. Moschetto, ZIG Seventh
street, is on furlough after So
months service in the American
theater, outside the continental
United States.
Evening star., 1945-08-13
Grateful Nation Gives $4,000
To HenseI, QuodrupIe Amputee

I out Of bed since he was wounded
on Okinawa in June
Sergt. Hensel, who faces the ne
cessity of four operations and about
year-and-a-half more of hospital
ization. was quite abashed as he and
Mrs. Hensel received the gifts.
Gee, this is swell, honey" was
the sergeant's lone comment to his
wife as the anniversary presents
were listed. They were made up of
gifts from all over the country.
More than $4,179 was mailed to
Sergt. Hensel at the hospital. Many
Of the contributions were accom-
panied by letters or kilograms of
good wishes.
Other gifts included motion pic
ture projection outfit, donated by
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, the
movie and radio comedians. a. de
luxe house trailer for postwar
travel, scores of wedding cakes and
boxes Of candy and numerous letters
and cards from well-wishers.
Evening star., 1945-08-13
Pilot Saved After Fall
From Taxing Plane
In Rescue Off Japan
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
WITH HALsEY'S Sd FLEET, Aug
13.-1t shouldn't happen to any
aviator-but it did to Navy King
fisher pilot who started out to rescue
another pilot. He fell into the
ocean so yards off the japanese
island of Honshu and saw his plane
taxi away without him.
A third Navy pilot then rescued
his mates, with the japanese doing
a lot Of fancy shooting, but hitting
nothing.
1t happened this way:
1t. q, g. Vernon T. Coumbre. "a
OF Lombard, ILL.,, was shot down by
ack-ack August 9, during an attack
on an airfleld near the Ominato
naval base on Honshu. He attempt
ed to paddle out to sea in his life
raft, but he was washed ashore on
the island. He hid in a clump OF
trees for the night.
Raft Washed Back to Shore,
The next morning he saw two
fighter-escorted Kingfisher planes
approaching. He attempted to put
out IN his raft, but was washed back
ashore. Then, one of the King
fishers, piloted by 1t. Ralph j.