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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01
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When the Nazis launched their
first W. bomb on England in the
fall of 1914, they boosted of it as
a secret weapon
But it was no secret to the AL
lies, who knew a great deal about
its construction and use long be-
fore it landed on British soil.
The story of how the Allies
found out about W. has just been
told by Lieut.. Col H. Kjellson,
chief of the technical division of
the Swedish Air Force, who is in
this country on a tour of our Army
air installations.
In the afternoon of an early
summer day in 1914 a, farmer
blowing a field in southeastern
Sweden was thrown to the ground
by an impact of tremendous force.
His horses went down on their
knees.
AS he fell, he heard an explo-
sion high in the air and looked
up to see celestial fireworks rain
ing over the countryside. The first
W. bomb had made its spectacu-
lar entrance.
Probe Started
Reports of the explosion were
published in the local newspapers
and evoked immediate interest
of Swedish authorities. Colonel
kjellson was named chairman of
an investigating committee.
An American expert, known to
Colonel Kjellson as DIR. Martin
son." went by secret air routes
from the United States to Sweden
to study the findings.
On location, Colonel Kjellson
found an immense sowing of metal
pieces, most of them not larger
than the palm of hand, spread
over an area of some two square
miles. Meticulous search some
times with the help of electric
ore-finding instruments in swamps
and morasses, unearthed at least
10000 separate pieces.
From the beginning the investi-
gators had their suspicious as to
the character of their find. Five
vi "buzzbombs,' among them the
first one to get outside of Ger
many, had already landed in
Sweden. coming in from the same
general direction as this new man.
made meteor. Suspicious became
certainty when bomb crater and
heavy parts of a war head were
discovered.
Main Burner Found
They looked for-but didn't find
traces of wings, characteristics
of the vi. After a week, Colonel
Kjellson recalled, they felt sure
they were on the track of new
deadly weapon. Its basic feature
was recognized when part of a
Jet propulsion chamber, the So
called main burner" was found.
Now the mystery became hot
and ticklish state secret.
Ten crates, containing two and
half tons of metal pieces, were
shipped to Stockholm under guard.
A scientific puzzle play started.
Colonel kjellson and his associ-
ates closeted themselves in special
quarters where no unauthorized
person was allowed, Everyone had
to observe the strictest secrecy.
Buckled metals We're straight
ened out and measured, measure
ments computed into calculations,
h en- cal analyses performed
theoretical conclusions drawn, and
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-25
bob HOPE

is as follows. First. til a belly
powder. then Get in the plane m
shake The plane up and down 4
where the cook IS waiting with
a scoop 10 dish ont the dessert.
We took or from The
35lth air strip IN Germany and
landed AZ. kaufbeuren 10 do a
= 80 show for the ID Air Dis
armament Wing 5Dd The 55th
Fighter Group. and then got
in the chow line and slowed
away some Lrcat beef StoY
NVth real bCcn tomatoes.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-25
COMMUNlQUES

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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19
.FireTip
Wins $25

Alertness in reporting a three
alarm fire at the Detroit Stock
yards brings a Times reader the
first prize of SIS IN the Times
weekly news tip contest.
The second award Of SO goes
10 the tipstcr who was first to call
the Times on the fatal burning Of
a driver whose truck was struck
by a New York Central train at
the Nine Mile crossing.
Another reader wins s. for a tip
on the Detroitcr who received
word Of his family in Greece
through a pilot rescued by the
underground
As usual 10 others receive 81
each IN war savings stamps.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19
Scout Troop Seeks
Eisenhower Citation

Eighty-two Boy Scouts, mem
bers Of ST Rita Troop No. 297.
hope 10 obtain the she'll case and
citation signed by Gen. EiSen-
hover when their waste paper
drive ends Sunday night.
The district 10 be canvaSSed is
bounded by Exeter. Conant, Seven
Mile and Eight Mile.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19
Thief Misses S.. 900

A thier who broke into the
Supply Co., 1888 Wood
ward, Highland Park, early today
stole Sl00 in cash. but missed
$1,000 in cash and $1,000 in
checks.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19
Firecracker Kills
Coventry Veteran

COVENTRY, May Is UP)--
Edward Thomas Brooks, 81, chief
air raid defense messenger who
survived the terrific German
bombing of Coventry, died Of a
wound received when fire.
cracker exploded near him dur
ing a We Day celebration, a
Jury decided today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19
Zone Hearino SET

A public hearing was set for
June Is by the common council
on the request of the Federated
Civic Associations of Northwest
Detroit for rezoning Of major sec.
tions OF Puritan avenue, Schaefer
to Murray Hill, from business to
usage.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19

from ration books IN their pres
ence, Acting OPA Director Pat
rick V. Mcnamara said today.
When they accept loose stamps,
Mcnamara said, grocers run the
risk of accumulating counterfeit
stamps. worthless in dealing with
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19
City Picks Up Clothes

Two hundred DPW trucks were
hcing used today 10 pick up cloth
ing collected during the April
drive
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19
JSS Franklin: The Wars Most Heroic Ship

Debris flying aloft as an explosion,
one of long series of blasts, wracks
the carrier Franklin in the Inland Sea.
Seeking to escape the blast, frefghters
fall back only to return Immediately and
renew their assault against the flames.
Claimed sunk by the Japs, the carrier
came home more badly damaged than any
ship ever to enter New York harbOr.
u 4. Navy Photo. Distributed BY ms Sound Photos
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19
Hunt ntFdther
As Kidndper

Homer Stuart az. part owner
OF the Detroit Magnesium Inspcc-
ton Co. 6s23 Mack. was sought
by police today on a warrant
charging him with kidnapping his
own children.
The warrant was obtained by
his divorced wife. Elizabeth. 4Si3
Audubon, who charged ne alb
Quoted their 7-year-old son, Muir
ray, and their daughter. Joyce, 4,
last Sunday.
The Stuarts were divorced eight
months ago and Stuart was given
permission to see the children
once a week
He went 10 his former Wife's
h in a car driven by a chauf-
+" took the children for a ride
Sunday but never returned, the
wife charged.
Mrs. Stuart told police that she
checked al his factory and found
he hadn't been there this week.
SOLD REAL ESTATE
a police check also revealed
that he had disposed OF real cS-
tate in Crosse Polnte, valued at
S27 800. and had procured a visa
10 go 10 Mexico
According 10 tho visa, he was
10 enter Mexico through Laredo,
Tex. Police in Laredo have been
asked to be on the lookout for
him.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-19
0PA Tells Groters
To Bar Loose Stamps

Grocers should never accept
ration stamps unless they are torn
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Bruins Extend
Victory Streak
By the Associated Press

Boston continues to throw its
weight around he National
Hockey League with a four
game winning streak boosting
the Bruins into third place tie
with Chicago, only three points
off the lead.
& The Bruins have swept six OF
their last seven games, beating
Montreal, Toronto and New
York each twice.
Their latest triumph was 81
margin over New York before
another packed house of $4,000
at the Boston Garden last night.
1t really was a one-man show
for Jack Shill who completed
the ''hat trick" by scoring three
times.
Before last nights contest,
Shill had scored only four times
in nine games. but he went wild
to ruin the Rangers.
After Mac Colville had given
New York a lead in the first Pc
riod, Jack McGill's first score
Of the season tied it up early in
the second. Shill Tailed twice
to make it 81 count and Don
Gallinger and Shill added "ex-
tras" in the third session.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Sid Lutknlan
TopsPassers
Boush Second,
Woterfield Third

CHICAGO-(Special) - Bob
Waterfield, a sun-kissed Cali
fornian, and a spirited Philadel-
phia defense combined to lift
Sid Luckrlan out of first place
tie with Sammy Baugh for the
lead among National Football
league passers last week.
Although Waterfield did not
improve his tanding in the
race, retaining third place, he
hurled a barrage of IL compile
tions through the icy winds Of
Briggs Stadium on Thanksgiving
morning for a total gain of 800
yards while his Cleveland team
mates were clinching the west
crn division championship.
Those 329 yards gave him a
grand total of 1,449 and drop.
ped Baugh to third place in this
d, -tment.
Philadelphia m de secure
Luckman'S aScendency TO the
No. l position by holding Baugh
to a total gain Of 81 yards on l3
competitions Sunday, 127 yards
short of Waterfield's total. Luck
man. meanwhile, stepped up ID
help his own cause by connec.-
ing with 13 out of % attempts
for 232 y"~ds and two touch
downs against Pittsburgh.
The 13 successful attempts
kept him in a tie with Baugh on
competitions for the second con-
secutive week. Both have 100,
Baugh, however, continues to
travel at a record rate in peg
centage of completions, having
made GOO. on 71.2 percent Of
his 153 attempts.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Middies to Stress Offensive
in Battle wih West Pointers

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, Nov. 29-
Up Navy had an added worry
today-whether Guarc Jim Car
rington will be able to play-as
the Middies packed seabags to
shove off for Philadelphia and
Saturdays big game with Army.
Darlington had a temperature
Of 100 before yesterdays last
long workout, and the Middies
coach, Commander Oscar E.
Hagberg, sent him to bed.
A doctor examined Caring
ton and told him it would not be
good idea to practise on field
soaked by hard afternoon rain.
Hagberg later said that Car
rington had a cold and was
feeling lousy"
Hagberg added that he ex-
poets Darlington to be ready to
start against Army but a further
check will be made on his con-
dition before the squad leaves
for Philadelphia this afternoon.
Should Carrington's illness
hang on, Stan Turner, an expe-
rienced and able understudy,
would be in line for the starting
right guard position.
Two other Navy regulars, End
Leon Bramlett and Tackle Bo
Coppedge, have shoulder injur-
les but Hagberg said they will!
"be in there Saturday"
After yesterdays drill, one of
the longest of the season, Navy
men said that the Middies real
lze they must 60 out and score
three or four times to stay in
the running with Army's mighty
machine.
We've simply got to outscore
Them" they said.
They might well have pointed
out it is almost inconceivable
that the Middies will be able to
tie up Army's super stars, Glenn
Davis and DOC" Blanchard, all
afternoon.
We've come along rapidly on
the attack in our last few
games" they added. THE teams
spirit is the highest in years.
Maybe that's because this is the
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Florida Ready
for Prosperous
Racing Season

MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 20 IA
- housekeeping thoroughbred
were prancing at Gulfstread
Park today, ready for the bugl
Saturday that will herald Floj
ida's longest racing season I
and what horsemen predict will
be an all-time bonanza at turn
stiles and betting windows.
The jinx that destined Gull
stream to five years of litigatioI
and rs days Of racing since n
founding in 1889, was in DANCE
of being trampled TO death 4
trainers groomed their turf aria
tocrats, electricians geared vi
the parimutual machines, AMI
pa inter put the finishin|
touches to grandstand and club
house.
A meager 3O0-odd bangtai1
were on hand last year for TIL
Gulfstream meeting that wa
ended abruptly after 20 days b.
government ban on transppt
tation of animals.
This year officials have pitch
ed three tents to house unde
big tops" the overflow anon!
the $50 thoroughbreds raring 9
60 in the 40-day meeting.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Texas Meets
Aggies for
Loop Title

COLLEGE STATION, Texas,
Nov. % -fP)- Texas and Tex
as A. and M. battle today for
some pretty high stakes, among
them being Southwest Confer
ence glory and spot in the
Cotton Bowl, but that's no more
important than the deep-seated
rivalry that has put this annual
game at the top of the gridiron
hit parade.
Texas viii be seeking its third
Conference championship in four
years; A. and M. will be fight
ing for a piece of that title and
to wreck the LonghornS' foot
ball dreams.
The Cotton Bowl will be
watching the game from cal
culating angle; what to do if A.
and M. wins and throws the
Conference race into three or
four-way tic. The champion, you
know, is host team in the Dallas
grit iron classic but just what
teWam would be picked under
that circumstance is what's caus-
ing Cotton Bowl officials sleep
less nights.
A crowd Of 10000 will be
1 iammed into Kyle Stadium. All
the color and the spirit of the
5l games before it will be here,
Texas is heavy favorite to
win from the standpoint of foot
ball records and manpower. But
this isn't like other games. The
team picked on statistics and
season performance many times
hasn't come through when Ag-
gies meet Longhorns.
Bonfires leaped high last night
on the campuses of Texas and
Aggieland.
A. and M. admittedly enters
the contest in a crippled state
with its quarterback and pass.
CT, Tom Daniel, out with an in.
jury and with Bob Butchofsky
fine blocking back, through fol
the season for the same reason
Texas is at full strength.
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back Doc Blanchard, in yester-
days practise.
But the principal equalizer IN
this game is the traditional ri
valry existing between the two
service academies, says Blaik,
who believes past performances
can be forgotten any time the
two teams meet.
1--WE were picked to beat
Navy in 1942," he recalls. "But
we went down to Annapolis and
got one of the worst kicking
arounds { 14-0) we ever got"
In Blaik's opinion, Navy's
Duck Duden and Leon Bramlett
are a better pair of ends than
Army has faced all season.
"Duden is a great athlete" ne
says. HE has size and ability
and is a fine leader"
And in Dick Scott, the crack
Middle center, Navy has "thc
best line backer We'll be up
against this year." declares the
Army Chieftain. Another Navy
player who commands the re-
spect of the Cadets is halfback
Bob Kelly. described by Blaik
as lone of the greatest runners
from the T-Formation to come
along in the past five years."
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
BIuik Worries About Navy,
Calls Big Game "a Toss-Up"
MONlTOR-LEADER

\ WEST POINT, N. Y, Nov. 20
AP-You can throw all the
records out the window and
chalk up Saturdays Army-Navy
football game as rough, tough
struggle in which anything
might happen.
That is, you can if you're in
clined to believe Colonel Earl
(Red) Blaik, head coach of the
all-victorious Army team which
has been established in most
quarters as a four-ioucndown
favorite to sink the Navy, run
it's victory string to 18 and
pocket the national champion
ship Of 1945.
With furrowed brow, Blaik
will look you straight in the
eye and tell you he rates the
game toss-up. And there S
something about his straight
forward manner that makes You
think he really means II.
"Navy has improved immea-
surably the last three weeks,
Blaik says, 'particularly on the
offense."
If pressed, Blaik will explain
that the Middies are now using
a tight Information about 30
percent of the time, whereas
they formerly ran mostly from
a splftIT.
Also. Army may be weakened
somewhat by the illness OF Arm
old Tucker, first string quarter
back, and Barney Poole, second
string end-both in bed with
mild cases of flu-and an in
jured shoulder received by Rip
Rowan, chief understudy Of full
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Bowling

WILLMARTH

MERRITT WILLMARTH -
596 (2O2-232). Minor League.
ANDY WOODARSKI - $40.
Kings G. Queens League.
JERRY SERVO - 542 (223).
Batr City League.
LESTER SPENCER - SIS.
ABE DEBATE, JR.-555( (201).
B-2 League.
H. NOTEBOOM -534 (209).
Texaco League.
HELEN HECKMANN - $50.
Lutheran Ladies League.
DeCOOK - ITO. Ladies We'd
nesday Afternoon League.
ROSEMARY DUCKWITZ -
461. Ladies Wednesday Night
League.
FIR. B. LaBELLE - sos (203-
200). X. of c. League.
ANN SPEHAR-462. Ladies
Garden League.
RAY DIENER-592 (211-206)
Big IL League.
r.. MAEDER-552 (223). De-
fense League.
E. MATTINGLY - 585 (237).
Detroit Edison Mems League.
G. SPITZER-450. Women's
Edison League.
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first time in a long time th(
Navy is an established undei
dog. The Middies always are
their best under those cond
tions."
Navy wouldn't be surprised
such aforementioned backs I
Joe Bartos, Pete Williams an
Bill Barron take the lead in th
Middies running game against tn
Army.
Last night the brigade of mic
shipmen gave the players a rou,
ing pep rally.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Two Brothers
Wage Battle
for Guard Post
Two lettermen
Return for
Varsity Duty

A battle waged by two broth
ers for the guard post, highlights
the daily drills Of the Mount
Clemens basketball squad.
Emmett Gallagher, a senior,
who played quarter back on the
football team, and Don, a junior,
also a football luminary, are
waging a nip and tuck struggle
for a starting position.
With the exception of the
guard post Coach Roy Quinn Of
the Bathers has the remaining
four positions pretty well ac-
counted for.
TEAM LOOKS GOOD
Quinn revealed today that his
team is shaping up we'll and he
expect to floor a better than
average squad this year.
Two lettermen, Fred Shaw
and Clarence Schroeder who
was captain of last years court
team are back in harnass. Quinn
said that Shaw has the center
position seWed up tight and
Schroeder will be one OF the
starting guards. In the forward
positions, Quinn has given the
nod to Jim Servo and Gordon
Schott. Both are juniors and
have shown great deal of
promise in the early season
scrimmages. \
On the b squad but still very
much in the race for a starting
position are five seniors and
one junior. The last yearmen
are Howie Benoit, James Means,
Louis Thaxton, Arden Albee and
George Bennett. Jack Anderson,
passer on the Red and Gray grid
team, is the junior ember OF
the varsity squad.
EDWARDS HANDLES
RESERVES
Quinn pointed out that Harry
Midgeon, a freshman and Al
Matz, a junior, have shown Up
we'll in the drills but have been
placed on the reserve squad be-
ing coached by Dick Edwards.
Quinn said he felt that the play
ers would get more experience
on the junior squad than they
would on the varsity.
The Bathers who split a IA
game schedule last year with
seven wins and seven losses, will
be out for the Eastern Michigan
League title this year.
They play their first game on
Dec. IL when they travel to st.
Clair Shores to battle Lake
Shore high school. They will
play their first home game Oh
Jan. 20.
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Michigan (agers
Drill for 5partans
Plays Stote
On Saturday
ANN ARBOR, Nov. % =

ANN ARBOR, Nov. % TIP
Concentrating on offensive
work ''in an effort to hit the
basket sooner" University of
Michigans basketball squad to-
day continued preparation for
its home season opener with
Michigan State College here
Saturday. The Maize and Blue
quintet opened its 19- game
schedule by trouncing Central
Michigan, 68 to As, in Mt. Pleas
ant, Nov. 16.
The Spartans, returning to
Michigan's schedule for the first
time since the 1941-42 season,
boast ten lettermen and are ex-
pected to give the Wolverines q
battle. In their last meeting
State defeated Michigan 81 to
"a.
Coach Bennie Oosterbaan said
a starting lineup has not yet
been decided for the Wolverine
quintet which is taller and heav-
ier than last years aggregation
which won IL Of 19 tits to
place fifth in the Big Ten.
Martin Rosencrans, Glen Selbc
who started for Western Mich.
igan last year and Bob Harri.
son, promising Toledo freshman
who tailed 10 points against
Central Michigan to take high
scoring honors are leading for.
ward candidates.
John Mullaney and speedy
Walt Kell appear to have the
guard situation in hand by bene'
fit of experience gained playing
for the Wolverines last season
Dave Strack, a regular in 194s
before going into the Marines
Marty Feinberg and Bill Diet
rick are among those out for the
center position.
The squad has been swellet
by the appearance of more thar
ten football players, among then
Pete Elliott and Lennie Ford bu'
Oosterbaan said the new hope
fuls probably would not be ir
trim till around January.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
GOebelS Face
Fliers TOni9ht

The Goebel Beer quintet
will be out for revenge to-
night when II travels to Sell
fridge to tackle the strong
Base five in a return game.
The Brewers were walloped
by the Fliers recently but
since then have downed Super
Cleaners in their first City
Recreation League game.
The public is invited to at
tend the game which is listed
to start at 7:30 in the Base
gym. The Brewers team in
cludes John Volkenant, John
Kindra. Homer Van Hollen-
beck, AL Roller. Bud Moore,
Lloyd Hockin, Ralph Soenen
and Del Reese.
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tion was named for one OF the
EMMETT GALLAGHER, play
ing his first year of varsity ball,
was given the nod for the quar-
terback spot. Emmett was one Oh
the few quarterbacks in the cir
cult who was able to engineer
his team across every goal line
in the league. In spite of a very
poor season for the Bathcrs, the
Red and Gray scored in every
game and a great deal OF the
credit goes to Emmett, who was
able to mix up enough plays to
push the mediocre team across
the double stripe. Gallagher also
romped for two scores himself.
Schroeder was go minute
man and was the main cog in the
Bathers' defense. In an offensive
role, Clink also shone out and in
a single game he took the ball
six times on end arounds and
made ~ yards or an average of
IL yards per try.
Jim Morrish, outstanding
speedster of the league-winning
Ferndale team, was the unani-
nous choice for one Of the half
back positions as was John
Hazely, brilliant back from Port
Huron.
Hazel Park placed three men
on the all-league team thereby
having the majority Of players
on the circuit club.
The All-League team:
Player Team Pos.
Schroeder, Mount Clemens E
Balogh, Port Huron E
Gripman, Ferndale T
Carsley, Hazel Park T
Anderson, Birmingham G
Burley, Hazel Park G
Webster, Hazel Park c
E. Gallagher, Mount Clemens Q
Morrish, Ferndale H
Hazely, Port Huron II
Thurston, Birmingham F
SPORTS BITS: Ray Vickers.
stocky guard of the 1914 Bath
ers team, who entered the Ma
rine Corps during the summer
has returned to civilian life. Ray
expects to return to school in
January and should prove to be
q great asset to the Bathers next
Grid season. Vickers
played basketball with Vico
Welding last Monday night in
the City Recreation league.
Inc Mansfield Clothes five un-
Ger the tutelage Of Cincy Sachs
put on a real show for an over
flow crowd of coaches and play
ers Tuesday night in the high
school gymnasium. Although
some of the coaches differed
with Cincy on the flashy type
of ball handling exhibited, ev.
eryone agreed it was a great |
show. The Griswold Sports
company is the sponsor of the
clinic.
Herman Fuetsch, Selfridge |
Field luminary was among the
Mansfield cagers and while he
was dumping baskets in from
all angles with monotonous
regularity, Ciney was heard to
say, "Fuetsch plays the western
type of ball and although we
will not try to change his style
1t would be amusing to see Gin
cy trying to change such a per-
fectionist as Feutsch. Two
local players have been honored
by the football squads on which
they played. Bob Godfrey, for
mer Mount Clemens star line
man was awarded a letter at
Michigan State and Clyde Per-
kins of st. Clair Shores won
similar honor at Illinois Univer-
The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-29
Wolverine putksiers
Prime Guns for Opener

ANN ARBOR, Nov. % Up,
Faced with a tough battle
with tie Windsor Spitfires which
placed first in Ontario amateur
hockey circles last season, Uni
versity of Michigan's hockey
squad primed for its season
opener here Saturday in the
first of Is tilts.