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Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Atom Secret
Guarded Here

For year and a half. the
atomic bomb has been the best
guarded secret in Detroit. Many
knew of the existence OF a mo-
mentouS project here but none
knew exactly what il was.
4 ChrySler was the only Detroit
company participating in il but
only the highest officials of the
corporation knew what II was the
firm was making None of the
workers on the project knew what
the end product would be.
The program had top priority in
men and materials. from the very
outset While. at various times,
planes. tanks. trucks and project
lies were publicly given the No.
] position on the list OF war needs,
att government agencies were told
that the highest Of all went With
highly secret x-l00 al ChrySler.
The atom bomb was known
here variouSly as tine Brooklyn
project" and As the Manhattan
district project But not even
the ammunition section OF Detroit
Ordnance. through when ordinar-
Ily such program would 20. knew
what the Brooklyn or Manhattan
project consisted OF Up 10 yes
terday, il was still in the dark
on n.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Veteran S Death
As Captive Told

After three years OF silence,
Mrs. Sadie Geren, 101 Clinton, Mt.
Clemens, learned from the war
department recently that her hus-
band, Sgt. Doak Geren, AZ, lost
his life, June "A, 1942, at the
Cabanatuan No. ! Jap prison
camp in the Philippines
With the Army Air Forces for
25 years, Sgt. Geren went over
seas with the 18th Pursuit Group
10 Mariveles in the Philippines in
1910. One year later. Mrs. Geren
and two daughters, Elizabeth and
Sylvia Leach, were evacuated
from Nichols Field, where they
had gone to join him.
Geren is also survived by two
stepsons, George Leach of Pontiac
and Sgt Edgar r. Leach: his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard II.
Geren of Texas, two brothers and
one sister.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Wound Fatal
To Playmate

Billy Smith. 4. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wnfred Smith, Of 27076
Townley. ROYAL Oak Township,
died in ROYAL Oak General Hos
pital today after being wounded
bv the accidental discharge Of a
- caiber rifle in the hands Of
playmate.
Billy Peters, :. in whose hands
The rifle exploded, said they had
planned 70 shoot A turtle IN a tub
on the back porch Of the Peters
home. 27077 Bolton Royal Oak
Township. The boys father. Law
renee Peters. said the rifle be
longed TO him, and that he had
believed n unloaded.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Urges Release
Of Physicians

The council Of the Michigan
State Medical Society called upon
the army and navy today 10 re-
lease as many physicians and
surgeons as IS consistent with
the best interest Of the armed
forces and Of the civilian popula.
ton
MANY civilians have DELAYED
obtaining the medical care they
should have had until their reg
ular physicians get back from
the war" the council asserted.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Housing Officers
Appfove0uster
international sound Photo

The dismissal OF Mrs Margaret
Schouman. 23O1 -Glynn court. as
senior Stenographer of the Detroit
housing commission today was APP
proved by the civil service com
mission. An employe of the COM
mission for Il years, Mrs. Sehou'
man said she would appeal TO the
courts. The civil service appeal
was effected by Mrs. Schouman
after her dismissal June Is by
Charles Edgecomb. director-secre-
tary Of the commission.
Mrs. Schouman contended Edge
comb acted in a discriminatory
manner by charging her with hab-
itual tardiness and inSubordina-
ton.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Knife Staying
Follows Row

Frank Borodenko, 49. OF the
Wilhelm Hotel, Hamtramck. was
held for investigation today on a
charge OF murder in the knife
staying OF Steve Mastalinski, 35,
of 2433 Grayling, after an argu-
ment at the hotel bar.
Borodenko told Detective John
Serocki of Hamtramck he was fol-
lowed toward his hotel room by
MaStalinski after they and Walter
Jakutch, 36. of 2533 Grayling be-
came involved in the dispute.
The defendant said he cut Mas
talinski in the hotel hallway near
his room.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
AtomB0nnbSe
Shortening War

WASHINGTON, Aug. : GNSl
Members Of Congress predicted
TODAY that the atomic bomb viii
materially shorten the war.
Senator Capper fRl OF Kansas
said Il should think II would pat
our "ncmieS out OF business Rn-
mediately, while Senator McClel-
Ian ID Of Arkansas forecast an
end Of the war in 30 10 so DAYS
IL We have the bomb in sufficient
production
Others while generally agree
ing quicker end eouid now be
expected TO the Pacific conflict.
warned Of the dangerous poten-
'ialitieS Of the new power.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
TALL AND BLOND

Jack is s feet 3 inches tall
weighs 200 pounds, is blond and
blue eyed.
He thinks the contract is
swell" explained his mother,
Mrs. Violet Hoffman But right
now he's concentrating on the
war.
His father, Woody Hoffman, is
an employe of the Burroughs Add
ing Machine Co. There are three
sisters. Dolora, 20; Darlynn, Is,
and Joan. is.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Bronze Star Awarded
Detroit InfdntrYmdn

Infantry Sgt. Maurice A. Gold
man. %. has won the Bronze Star
for mcritoriouS service ia France.
Luxembourg and Germany, his
family notified the Times today
In service for three years, Sgt
Goldman has been overseas for
lS- months. HIS wife, Betty, fTvFS
at 1850 Rutherford, and his par
entS Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel p
Goldman. at 1926 Wisconsin.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Ddy-0Id Baby Dies
OF Suffo(dtion in Crib

a fire department revcue squad
worked - minutes yesterday in a
vain attempt 20 save the life Of a
day-old infant. found Suhocated
IN its crib. Help was called by
the child'S father. Elton Roche.
who had remained ~ home, 1888
Ferry Park. 10 care for his wife.
Clara, 81. and the child, their
seventh
DR. Alger Van Hoey. 7i02
Twelfth. the attending physician.
said the child may have Smothered
in the blankets
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
New Lumber
Peace TryDue

Another attempt 10 end the
two-month-Oid lumber strike that
that has resulted in closing 200
yards in the Detroit metropolitan
area, will be made tomorrow, II
was announced today.
Arrangements have been made
for a joint conference Of repre-
sentatives of the Detroit Building
Trades Council, AFL, and the
lumber dealers association, Ed
Thai, secretary of the council.
announced today
The War Labor Board made
two futile attempts TO end the
strike. the last being a back-to-
work order issued against the
fnfon which was ignored.
The union closed II yards Of
five major Detroit lumber COM
panies with a strike two months
ago. Later, 135 lumber companies
closed 200 yards in Wayne, Oak
land and Macomb counties alleg-
edly in sympathy with the five
struck companies.
Howard McLeeS. manager OF
the lumber dealers association.
denied, however, that closing Of
the yards was a sympathy lock-
out" but an economic necessity"
Officials OF Local 202, JAW
CIO. were TO meet today to decide
whether 1000 striking employees
of the Federal Mogul Corp. would
be given an opportunity to. vote
on a navy plea 10 return 20 work.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
3-Yedr-0Id Girl Huft
In Swing Accident

Three year-old Sylvia Ruth
Stone, 81 Algonquin was m
serious condition az Receiving
Hospital today after accidentally
hanging herself while playing on
rope swing AZ her home yes
terday
The ChIld'S mother. Mrs Lena
Stone, rescued The girl
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08

Marine ID 1t. Jack Hoffman,,
p, of 1886 Ferguson, is on his
way overseas today but he has a
nice, fat movie contract waiting
for him when he returns.
Jack signed the contract last
week for David Q. Selznick's Van
guard Films.
He was sent to Camp Pendle-
ton. Oceanside, Cal, after being
commissioned May 9 at Quantico,
Va. One night he had date with
Sui Crandall, a Vanguard starlet.
During the evening they visited
Ciro's, where Jack was introduced
TO SelznlCK assistant. a screen
test and signing of the postwar
contract followed.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Purqe Nazi Textbooks

FRANKFURT. Aug. 7 up
When German schools reopen in
October, L.. s. occupation forces
plan 10 use 5.0O0,0OO de-nazified
textbooks. which began rolling off
the presses Yesterday
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Dutch Round Up Nazis

AMSTERDAM. Aug. 7 UNSD--
Weekend raids in the Amsterdam
area by police of the Netherlands
military government were revealed
today To have rounded up SOC
Reich and AxiS-Allied nationals.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Atom Blast Flash
Seen $50 Miles

ELPASo. Tex. Aug (UP)-Announcement Of the first
firing armys bomb brought vivid descriptions
of its power witnesses Of the effect of the expo
recounted their experiences
From dozen and isolated spots $50 miles from
the deserted Spanish village of San Marcia where the first
explosion Alamagordo air base FL
Paso told OF their experences
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
Oath Is Taken
By Kos(iinski

In the presence Of. dis
tinguiShed audience OF iuristS,
public officials and others, Arthur
A. KoScinSki was sworn in today
as a federal Judge OF the eastern
district OF Michigan.
The ceremony took place in a
r 2 d era Building courtroom,
banked with flowers and crowded
with the new judges well wishers.
MURPHY GIVES OATH
The oath Of office was admins
tered by l.. s. Supreme Court
Justice Frank Murphy, who came
from Washington especially Tor
the ceremony. Seated on the
bench with Justice Murphy were
all Of the other Michigan district
federal Judges except Judge Frank
A. Picard. who is on vacation.
Judge KoSclnSki chose to take
the oath today because II Is the
3lSt birthday OF his son, Capt.
Arthur J. Koscinski of the AAF,
who was released from German
prison camp By victorious Ameri-
can troops.
Capt. KoScinSki, wearing the
Purple Heart for wounds received
when his plane was shot down,
witnessed the ceremony,
HAS EBONY GAVEL
After taking the oath, Judge
KoscinSki was invested with his
judicial robes by Joseph Sears,
court baiiff. An ebony gavel was
presented by Orville Foster Jr.,
president of the Detroit Bar AS
sociation, on behalf of the bar.
Senator Ferguson was among
| the witnesses, who included rep
reSentatives from all of the city
and county courts
Judge koscinski succeeds the
/ late Arthur J. Tuttle. President
Truman's official letter of APP
! pointment was read by Court
! Clerk George M Read.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08
BORN IN DETROIT

Jack was born in Detroit, Jan.
8. 1923. He was graduated from
Cooley High in l94l after starring
i'm basketball. track and winning
the city high school golf cham
pionshlp.
Membership in the National
Honor Society and the musical
award for his work as second
tenor in the glee club and choir
were presented with his diploma.
While at Hillsdale College, he
enlisted in the marine VIZ pro-
gram. Under marine direction. he
completed his education at Deni-
son University, Granville, O. 1t
was there he participated in many
school plays.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08


time of the giant blast.
The blast occurred at S 80 a. m
on July l6 and shook the entire
southern portion of New Mexico
western Arizona and the RI PaSc
district of west Texas. RI PaSo-
albuquerque, Silver City. Gallup
and Socorro were among the list
OF cities feeling the explosion.
SHATTERED WINDOWS
Don Lusk of Silver City 10C
miles distant. said:
"The blast sounded like a
heavy clap Of thunder. Houses
shook and plate glass windows
were destroyed in several build
ings."
Mrs. NJ. f. WicSelman Of Fl
PaSo saw the explosion as she
crossed the New MeXico-Arizona
state line, $50 miles from San
Marcial.
I'VE had just left Stafford,
AriL.."N Mrs. Wleselman said,
when suddenly the mountains
were illuminated like daylight
for about three seconds.
Then 10 was dark again. II
was exactly a. II the sun had
come up and then suddenly
gone down again"
GREATEST SHOW
I'd Lane. Santa Re locomotive
engineer, was Al Belcn, \ NJ, just
out OF Albuquerque, when -tfe
blast occurred He ,aid-hr had a
front seat TO the greatest fire
works show-pVer put on
''I was starting the run 10
FL PasO," Lane said MY engine
was standing still. All ai once
II appeared as II the sun had
suddenly appeared out Of the
darkness.
This was followed by "A great
red glare and high In the sky
there were three tremendous
smoke rings. The highest was
many hundreds Of feet high.
They swirIed and twisted a.
II being agitated by great
force. The glare lasted about
three minutes, and then all Was
dark again"
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-08

Gabsrdine is riding the crest
Of popularity. Here Il - m
smartly tailored and csrdi-
gan styles Blue, black
and brown -. Sues ! To
30, An unbeatable buy for
service and stunning all-year
style ...V..... 1855
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
THIRD FLEET
 WRECKS HAVOC ON NIP BASES
By LEFT ERICKSON

U. s. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS AT PEARL HAIR BOR, Jan. 17.-(AP)-Admiral Halsey's free-roving Third Fleet wound up the weeks most auda- cious naval operations in the war by sending carrier planes up and down more than $50 miles of the China coast, it was revealed to- day.
 The planes destroyed or dam aged more than 100000 tons of Japanese shipping.
 They smashed into choice tar gets at Canton and Hongkong, against amazingly puny enemy air opposition, which suggested the Japanese air force has it's hands full over the homeland.
 The Philippine carrier planes ruled the skies as they scared over the French Indo-China Staore and Formosa.
 Formosa was once considered very formidable target itself and was attacked at the same time other carrier planes were sinking the enemy oilers, bomb ing the Royal Navy docks at Hongkong Harbor and Canton.
 The assaults on Formosa by Admiral Halsey's planes have now accounted for we'll over 100000 tons of enemy shipping including several escort warships and more than 250 planes.
 The latter figure is low because so few planes have been encoun- tered.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
BRITISH FORCES ADVANCE
 THREE MILES

PARIS, Jan. 17.-(AP)-1n hand-to-hand combat the British forces advanced three miles be- yond Aachen, with the resump- tion of General Eisenhower's winter offensive, which is aimed at strengthening out the allied line to the upper Roer river, it was reported today.
 The bank of the Rhine is held by the U. s. Ninth Army, while the U. s. First Army is further reducing the Belgian bulge, and drove to within five miles of St. With.
 Inside Germany, an undisclos- ed number of German troops are trapped near captured Butzdorf by Third Army tanks.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
WARSAW CAPTURE D
THOMAS RIGGS PASSES AWAY IN MARYLAND

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-(AP) Thomas Riggs, aged II, com missioner on the International Boundary Commission and for mer governor of Alaska, died at his home today in Ilchester, Maryland.
 Governor Riggs was an engi- neer for the commission which surveyed the Alaskan border from 1906 to 1913. He was in crarge of the surveying party to establish the boundary between Alaska and Canada, from Cape St. Elias to the Arctic. He later served as member of the Alas kan Engineering Commission, in charge of tine location and con- struction of the government rail- roads of the Territory.
 Governor Riggs was appointed governor of Alaska by President Wilson in 1918, and has been on the boundary commission since 1885.
 The former governors funeral has been announced for Friday morning, with burial at his home in Maryland.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
INTRODUCES
 NEW BILL ON TERRITORIES

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-(AP) Representative Cole of New York, republican, introduced in the House Ihis second bill for the transf erring of the admins tration of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Isl nds from the Depart ment of the Interior to the Navy.
 Alaska, the Canal Zone and Hawaii were excluded from the bill last week, after it was re- ferred to the House Territories Committee of which he is not member. His new measure has been sent the Insular Affairs committee, of which he is a member.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
RED ARMY
 TROOPS ENTER POLES CAPITAL

LONDON, Jan. 17.-(AP)-A Moscow broadcast, recorded here by a Soviet monitor station, an- nounced tonight that Warsaw, the ravaged capital of Poland, a once proud and beautiful city of ,300,000 population, fell to the First White Russian Army group under Marshal Khukiv," Mar shal Stalin said in his order of the day.
 Great sections Of the city lay in ruins. It is the tomb of many thousands of Poles who have been killed since the battle for the capital started last July.
 The Russians stormed into the city from two pridgeheads over the Vistula river from the south
 Warsaw was the first Euro pean capital to fall to the Ger mans in this war. It is the six teenth to be liberated.
 Stalin announced the victory i'm his order of the day, in which he stated other Russian armies were driving on other sections of the 600-mile battlefield from the Baltic to the Balkans.
 Troops stormed the defenss works of Krakow and German Silesia itself, the great German coal and steel region, vital to the enemy's ability to make wax.- Within 38 mileseof Konevs, an- other Ukrainian army troops are driving on Krakow, which lies below Warsaw.
 The German bastion of Radon which is the 14th largest city i'm Poland, and has population of 78,000 people, toppled yesterday to the Russians, who are report ed now far beyond there.
 Moscow is silent, but Ger man report showed them as driv- ing into East Prussia.
 Berlin also said they had overrun the fortress town of Schlossberg.
 Gen. Zhukov's victory drive to Warsaw started three days ago at Stalin's order.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
NEW CHAIRMAN TO BE NAMED ON COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, Jan. IT, (AP)-The probability has de- veloped that Representative Jackson of Washington, and a democrat, will become chairman of the House Indian Affairs com mitte, it was learned today.
 Jackson will succeed Represen- tative O'Connor, who died on Monday.
 Ahead of him in rank on the committee, is Rep. Murdock, who has just been appointed chairman of the Public Lands Committee, Rep. White, as new chairman of the Coinage Com mittee and Rep. Dickstein of the Immigration Committee.
 If Jackson is named as chair man, his advancement to this key position will probably have been accomplished in the short est time on record. He was as- signed to the committee only last year, and is one of the youngest in the House.
 Representative Jackson has ta- ken a keen interest in Indian af- fairs and last summer visited Alaska as chairman of the Mer- chant Marine subcommittee, looking for claims of the Indian territory to settlement by tribal rights. His report has not as yet been made public, but it is ex- pected to be disclosed when the of the Interior Depart ment makes his report. Probably in a few weeks.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
TO HOLD JOINT INSTALLATION

The Odd Fellows and Rebek- ahs are planning to have joint installation Friday evening at the Masonic Temple, following the Odd Fellows meeting at 500 D. m. The installation will take place about 500 D. m.
 All members and their fami- lies are invited to attend.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
LEGISLATORS GO TO JUNEAU

Mondays plane carried two more of the Second Divisions legislators to Juneau: o. D. Coch- ran, senator, and Ed Anderson, representative. Maor Anderson is on leave of absence from his civic duties.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
MOVES TO JUNEAU

Mrs. Leonard Smith, wife of the newly-elected Territorial highway engineer, left Monday on her way to Juneau, where she will make her residence. She plans to visit friends in Fair banks and Anchorage and then go house hunting in Juneau. MT. Smith and his son James, who is in school here, will leave later.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17
MAURICE KING ABLE
 TO FLY PLANE AGAIN

Maurice King, veteran flier for Alaska Airlines, flew as co-pilo& last week to Anchorage for the first time since the accident at his home where he fell and broke his collar bone.
The Nome nugget., 1945-01-17

Karl Bale, who has been em- ployed by the Lee Dredging Co.,, made a trip to town this week, and plans on returning soon.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-01-01
was scheduled to leave for the Army on December y,
and he has the good wishes of many friends
MISS LEATHER WRIGHT, Reporter
KOSCIUSKO-

he citizens OF Attaia County wish express their APP
probation to Hon. t. J. uddleson Custodian the Afro
American Sons Daughters and Chief Executive of the
Century Burial Association for "(" Bond of 81 900 for
the Afro American Sons Daughters credited coored
peoples quota OF Atala County in tho Sixth War Loan
Drive u
The First Baptist Church Of which Rev. r. c. Ingram
is pastor took ) ' bonds. The of bonds pur
chased by the colored people of Aala County amounted
to $24C0 We want to keep EN- flying by buying bonds
MYRTLE COOPEKS Reporter
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-01-01

Rtice To Registrars

There nov $4,000 white and $4,000 negro men
under So years of age in the OF Mississippi who in
Class W. and who contributing enough the
effort be classified essential though they have ply
steal defect
Colonel Long, State Director of Selpctve Service, stat
cd that there many who have defects enough
to prevent their service i'll general military service OF the
armed forces but who working every day essential
agriculture and industry These classified in ia ~
or d. LIB % or Cd and II-C 90 ID indicating such
It is time for every occupy essential war
Job The local boards OF eecve service been instructed
o find what each classified i'll CpSs NJ Is
doing. If he making very substantial contribution
the effort far his condition will permit then the
local boards will report these for further action 1t IS
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-01-01

felt that he procedure for handling
working in essential industry or az
Class fN=Is will be announced III a
Long.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-01-01

such cases who are not
halturc and who are i'll
Jew DAYS. stated Colonel
u
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-01-01
News From Over The State

Foundation M B. Church held its pastors
~ the fourth Sunday iii December. Services
opened with Sunday School and splendid les
bved bv all Brother ID. w Lindsey demonstrated
and introduced Rev. + r. Robertson who also
wholesome instructions to the school. Rev. Lame
he anniversary sermon at the worship service
In the subject Gods First Love- 1t great
{ seemed to have preached as he had never preach
e. Many visitors were present including part OF
hin NJ B. Church and New Zion NJ. B. Church of
,od Miss also members from Pleasant Valley. The
Inc Quartet a quartet from Greenwood and from.
live were present and rendered stirring selections.
II S72 50 was raised OF which SIS given to the
IS $40 to Rev Lame and the balance of $3.50 turned
the pastor.
D. w. LINDSEY Reporter
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1945-01-01
Strictly Fresh

A creamatorium in Scotland got in trouble when it
learned that coffin lids taken from being made into
furniture No body complained, but nevertheless the court
took a grave view
It is reported that bceaguered Germany lighting rat
invasion Well the saying goes house divided against
itself cannot stand.
1t will interesting learn what sort of definition will
be used to determine Dumbarton Oaks peace-ovng
ion For instance Japan might qualify; piece OF China here
la piece of Burma there, etc
British business in avoring cancellation OF lend
lease balances lend further credence the nglshnan
reputation for slowness catching joke The crack ONE
tdmy house dqr duck dnner-you BRING the ducks
has been old for years
The laps claim they've discovered how to make a Won
derf new food OF wood 1he potential eaters are probably
wondering whether its bite will be worse than ITS bark