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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
Michigan
Mirror
Gene Alleman

II MlCnlSdU COIlSulupllOll VI
brewers yeast, rich in vitamin B,
becomes a national phenomenon,
don't be too surprised.
The health vogue has spread at
Lansing to numerous state officials
and state legislatures, all with APP
parent beneficial results. One prom
inent official, formerly plagued by
a weak" heart and high blood
pressure, insists he can walk up
the capitol stairs at a brisk gait,
thanks to downing a teaspoon of
brewers yeast daily for several
months.
Here's the story which begins in
Washington, D. c.
When DR.. William DeKleine be-
came national medical director Of
the American Red Cross at Wash
ington some years ago, he was given
a chore of combating rising
curve of pellagra deaths in the
South. A serious regional menace,
pellagra was due solely to lack of
vitamin B in the diet of some
whites and Negroes who preferred,
by long custom and family tradi-
ton, a combination of sowbelly
pork-locally known as white
meat" and corn bread.
These products are all right as
part of a diversified diet, but a
steady fare of them results in a
chronic disease characterized by
skin LESSONS, gastro-intestinal dis
turbance and nervous symptoms.
DR.. DeKleine knew he couldn't
persuade by educational methods
the Southerners to abandon their
diet. So upon the recommendation
of DR.. Joseph Goldberger, he chose
brewers yeast as supplementary
food.
Result: The American Red Gross
purchased brewers yeast literally by
the ton, and distributed it free to
low-income jewellers in the sowbel-
ly-corn bread belt. Pellagra re-
creased promptly as q regional dis
ease, and is now almost at the van
ishing point. Perhaps you remem-
Der now reading about 1t in the
press and magazines.
In 1914 when Governor Kelly was
confronted with the necessity Of
choosing a new commissioner for
the state department Of health, he
invited DR.. DeKleine, native of
Grand Haven, to accept the posi-
ton. Public health work was not
new to DR.. DeKleine. He had served
as health officer in Flint and Sag
inaw and thus knew the health
problems of Michigan residents.
For some years the present state
health commissioner has had pri-
vate ideas of his own, due to pri-
vate observation and studies. about
the value of living on "nutritional
basis" as he calls it. And like many
other medical men, fearful lest the
public might jump to erroneous
conclusions, he had hesitated TO
publicize them.
Then came World War II, and
the astonishing discovery that ap-
proximately one-third Of all the
young men called up for the draft
in the United States were unfit
for military service, much of which
was the result of faulty nutrition.
The medical division of Selective
Service pointed out that in one
state where people ate fairly well
only three men out Of ten were re-
jected for physical deficiencies. In
another state where standards of
nourishment were very Low, the
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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
RATION CALENDAR
MEATS AND FATS

MEATS AND FATS
Book Four, red stamps Y5-D2
valid through June 2; E2-J2
through June 30; K2-P2 through
July 81; Q2-U2 through August 81.
CANNED GOODS
Book Four, blue stamps H2-M2
through June 2; N2-S2 through
June 80: T2-X2 through July a;
Y2-C1 through August 81.
SUGAR
Book Four, Stamp No. IS good
through June 2; No. SO valid
through August 81.
SHOES
Book Three, airplane stamps l,
2 and 8 good indefinitely. Loose
stamps not acceptable.
GASOLINE
Ais good until June 81; BIG, CO,
B7, CT valid.
LIQUOR
Ration Book -Four.
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villages Oh OlClly d(lQ lLdly.
The town didn't really seem ORR
entail. The houses were wooden
one-story buildings, surrounded by
little vegetable gardens. Instead of
fences, each lot was divided by
rows of shrubs or trees The cobble-
stoned streets were just wide
enough for a jeep. They were wind
ing and walled on both sides by
head-high stone walls.
A good part of the town lay shat
tered. Scores of the houses had
burned and only ashes and red
roofing tile were left. Wandering
around, I counted the bodies Of
four O,linawans still in the streets.
Otherwise the town was deserted.
The people had fled to their
caves in the hillsideS, taking most
of their personal belongings with
them. There is almost no furniture
in japanese houses, so they didn't
have to worry about that.
After a few days the grapevine
carried the word to them that we
were treating them we'll so they
began to come out in droveS and
give themselves up. I heard one
story about a hundred Okinawa
civilians who had a Jap soldier
among them, and when they real
lied the atrocity stories he had told
them about the Americans were un-
true, our MPs had to step in to
keep them from beating him.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24

for the affair has not been decided
as yet.
The theft of funds from the Pub
lie library has led the board of edu-
cation TO decide that the safe. that
is usually kept on the first F-or
should be moved to the second floor
where it can be kept under the safe
keeping of the librarians.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
With Ernie Pyle in the Pacific:
Yanks Make Selves At Home
In Quaint Okinawa Village
GambOI about IN COIOrfuL KimOnOs
Build COsy Shelters With Panels;
BY Ernie Pyle

Pyle dispatches when
me death a
will continue o print these for a few weeks
OKINAWA.-Its marvellous to bunch of American
troops 60 about making themselves at home wherever they
get chance to settle down for few days.
My company of first division marines dug in at the edge
of bombshattered village The village quaint and not
without charm was aSonShed the similarity with the
Evening star., 1945-04-03
Clancy Assumes
Command Of Two
By thu Axsociatsd Press.

by tns ASSOCIATED FreA.
GUAM, April 3.-Maj. Gen. James
Chaney, Wichita Falls, Tex, Army
airman and commander of United
States forces in the British Isles
in 1912, has assumed duty as island
commander of Two Jima, Pacific
Fleet headquarters announced yes
terday.
In addition Brig. Gen. Ernest M
Moore. commanding general of the
7th Fighter Command of the 7th
AAF, has been assigned command
Of aircraft Of all services based on
Two.
Gen. Chaney, a native of CLANCY
Md, was graduated from West
Point in 1908 and has served in the
Philippines. France, the Rome En-
bassy, as commandant of the Army
flying schools at Brooks and Kelly
Fields. Tex: commandant OF
Mitchell Field, N Y; commanding
general of the 1st Air Force, with
the chief of staff in Washington
and with Ambassador Hartman in
the Soviet Union.
Gen. Moore of Shreveport, La, L
36 and veteran fighter pilot. He
has been on duty in the Central
Pacific since August, 1889, and stan
offlcer of the Hawaiian Air Force
since the beginning of the war. He
is a native of Carruthersville, Mo
His wife and daughter live in Wash
ippfnD n q
Evening star., 1945-04-03
1woFriends Wounded
As Pal Dies on Two

Three friends from Brookland,
who were chosen together last June
for service with the Marines, who
trained together as pals and who
landed on Two Jima from the same
small craft. were separated when
one was killed in bitter fighting to
wrest that island from the japanese
Pvt. John Joseph Cough, not quite
10 at the time of the invasion, wrote
an account Of the tragedy in a
touching letter to his mother
We've been parted at last" he told
her. Bill died on Iwo."
He meant Pvt. William A. Krug
jr., the eldest of the three. Pvt.
Krug was rs years old. His parents
live at 1929 Tenth street NE.
Pvt. Cough had little to say about
his own wounds, suffered in the
same battle, or the wounds suffered
by his other friend, Pvt. William s.
Logan. jr., 18, of 1416 Michigan ave-
nue. NE. Pvt. Cough was hit in
the arm and Pvt. Logan had a leg
amputated. Both were evacuated
to base hospital.
Tomorrow morning at st. An
thongs Catholic Church the fami-
lies OF the three boys will attend q
requiem mass for Pvt. Krug..
He was employed at the Navy
Yard before going into the service
Pvt. Cough was attending st. Paul's
High School and Pvt. Logan had
just graduated from st. Johns Col
lege.
Evening star., 1945-04-03
Granddaughter Of Leahy
To Sponsor DESTROYER

Miss Louise Leahy, granddaughter
Of Fleet Admiral william D. Leahy
Presidents Roosevelt's chief of staff
and daughter of Comdr. william H
Leahy, 2168 Florida avenue NV.
has been named sponsor of the de-
stroyer Turner which will be
launched at the Bath, Me-, Iron
Works, Sunday.
The Turner. third destroyer oi
that name, will perpetuate the name
of Capt. Daniel Turner, U. S. N.
who served under Commodore Perry
in the battle of Lake Erie.
The first destroyer Turner was
launched in 1914 and later was con.
verted into q water barge. The sec.
ond, was launched in February
1s43. and in January. 1914. exploded
and sank s miles northeast of Sandy
Hook, N. Y.
Evening star., 1945-04-03
On the Roll of Honor

7 l8 months. Pvt Robertson holds the
Bronze Star and the Combat In
fantryman Badge.
Pfc. Harry c. Walker, 80, one of
four brothers serving in the Army
overseas. whose wife, Mrs Margery
L. Walker. lives at $50 First street
NV, was wounded February II in
Germany, Mrs. Walker has been
notified by the War Department.
His parents are Mr.. and Mrs. John
Walker, Berwyn, Md. His brothers
in the service are Edwin, Russell and
Otis Walker.
Pvt. Walker was born in nearby
Virginia. He attended high school
at Hyattsville, Md, and was en-
ployec in Washington as a refrigera-
, ton mechanic when he entered the
Army last April. He went overseas
in October and was with the Sd
Army when he was wounded.
Capt. Spencer l.. Wilson, 25, son of
Mrs. Mary A. Wilson, 3709 Columbia
pike, Arlington. Va, was wounded
for the second time on February q
in Germany, the War Department
has announced. Last December he
was wounded for the first time in
Belgium. On both occasions he was
serving with tank unit
Capt. Wilson is a graduate of
Washington and Lee University and
earned the bachelor Of science de-
gree at the University of North Caro-
lima. He also studied military
science at North Carolina and was
commissioned in the Army in 194l
when he completed his work. He
has been awarded the Bronze Star
and Oak Leaf Cluster.
Marine Pvt. John Joseph Cough,
49, son of Mrs. Francis Cough, 37l3
Twenty fourth street NE. was
wounded in action March 81 on Two
Jima. his mother has been notified.
See story on this page.
S/Sergt. Andrew Frost, "a, whose
wife, Mrs. Grace T. Frost, lives at
27O0 Sixteenth street south, Airing
ton, Va, was wounded March in
Germany, according to the War De-
partment He is a native of Huron,
S OAK, but lived here for a number
Of years prior to entering the Army
April 2, 1943. He attended the law
school at National University while
employed at the Federal Housing
Administration and the Once of
Civilian Defense. He went overseas
with an infantry unit last November
Mrs. Frost is an employe of the
Evening star., 1945-04-03
Two Dogs Fight
|Copperheod in
Yard Save Baby
BY the Associated Press.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April g.
Two dogs, which were bitten by q
copperhead snake after they at
tackled 1t only a few inches from the
spot where an 18-month-old boy was
playing, were credited by their mas
ter yesterday with saving his son
from possible death.
The child, Donald Koeour. escaped
without injury but both dogs, Jet
and Jeep, had to be treated by a
veterinarian.
The boys father, 1t. Col. E. j.
Kocour. an Army medical officer
stationed at Maxwell Field. said the
child was walking toward the reptile
In the backyard Of his home when
the dogs spied it. The father tried
to get to his son but the dogs were
first.
After biting both dogs in the face,
the snake escaped under a fence,
Col. Kocour related. Veterinarian G
j. Phelps said both dogs would re-
cover.
Evening star., 1945-04-03

weather got worse, the clouds closed
in on 1t. Collier, and he radioed
that his plane was icing up and his
gas was getting low. the letter
said. The crew, his last word was.
would have to take chance on an
emergency landing or jump. Moth
ing more was heard from him until
weeks later, the wreckage OF the
plane and several bodies were found.
Il hope it will be some consola-
ton to you" the ofiicer wrote, Ito
know that your son was highly re-
garded by all OF the others in his
unit, and died in line of duty like
a true soldier"
1t. Collier had been engaged in
dropping food, ammunition and
other supplies to ground troops who
otherwise could not have been
reached.
1t. Collier attended Washington
and Lee High School in Arlington
Dewitt School and American Univer-
sity. He was commissioned Decem-
ber S, 1943. at Natter Field, Dothan,
Ala. He was assigned to the Burma
theater after volunteering for "haz-
ardous duty" His father, stationed
in Boston, is in charge Of public re-
lations for the 1st Naval District
Comdr. and Mrs. Collier and their
youngest son, Jack. are living in
Cambridge. Mass. Another son, Will
liam, is a Navy flyer on overseas
service. The family home Is on Old
Dominion road, Arlington.
Evening star., 1945-04-03
Maj. Gen. Arnold Win!
|DSM for Services as
Chief Of ChapIains

Mai. Gen. William r. Arnold,
whose eight years service as Army
Chief of Chaplains has been marked
by great distinction" was one Of
two generals awarded the Distin-
guished Service Medal yesterday. \
Secretary of War Simpson pre-
sented the medal to the head of the
Chaplain Corps, who is leaving soon
on an overseas inspection assign
ment. Under his guidance, the
citation said, "the Chaplain Corps
met the impact of the present war,
expanding from an initial strength
Of 125 to its present size OF $500" !"
Gen. Arnold, who will be succeeded
by Col. Luther D. Miller, has been
assigned assistant inspector gen.
eral in oil matters relating to chap
lains and will continue in active
service despite the fact he reaches
the statutory retirement age of "a
en- June IL.
Maj. Gen. Lucius d. Clay, recently
deputized by Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover to take charge of civil affairs
in occupied Germany after We day,
also given the Distinguished Service
Medal, was cited for services rend-
cred from March, 1912, to October,
1914, when he performed duties of
great responsibility" as director of
materiel, Army Service Forces, In
Washington.
In a war in which military sup
plies and equipment have been a
more important factor than ever
before in history" the citation said.
he directed the production and pro-
curement programs for the United
States Army and also provided the
sustaining margin" to the Allied
armies as we'll. Gen. Clay recently
retired as deputy director in the
once Of War Mobilization and Re-
conversion.
Evening star., 1945-04-03
Human Conveyor Belt Removes
Ammunition From Burning LIST

munition was removed before the
fire was extinguished an hour after
it was discovered.
Sparks from welding torch were
believed to have started the blaze
in the after hold The fire spread
to quantities of rope, sending great
clouds Of smoke high into the air.
Coast Guard fire tugs moved to
the scene and city firemen also
rushed to the pier. Thousands of
gallons of water drenched the boat.
Six persons-four Navy personnel.
city fireman and a volunteer fire
watchman-were injured slightly
fighting the blaze.
Evening star., 1945-04-03
z U. S. Editors Leave
Chungking for India
By the Associated Press.

by tOe ASSOClaLeO fEeSS.
CHUNGKING, April 3. - Two
members of the world-touring Com
mittee OF the American Society OF
Newspaper Editors-Wilbur Forrest
of the New York Herald Tribune and
Ralph McGill of the Atlanta Con-
stitution-left Chungking today for
India.
They will spend about a week
there before returning to the United
States via Australia.
The third member of the commit
tee, Dean Carl Ackerman of the
Columbia University School of
Journalism, will remain in Chung
king for few days and then catch
up with the others.
Evening star., 1945-04-03
Flying Forts Pound
German Shipping in
KieI Naval Base
By the Associated Press.

~ the ASSOCIATED PreSg.
LONDON, April 3.-T1ae United
States 9Th Air Force renewed its
blows against German shipping to-
day with a heavy attack on the
Kiel naval base by approximately
750 Flying Fortresses with an escort
of $50 fighters.
In another assault on the Nazis,
United States 18th Air Force Light.
nings and fighter bombers from
Italy attacked the Tannach- Stein
rail bridge 10 miles east OF Klagen.
furt in Austria.
The attack on Kiel broke a two
day hull in the daylight air Of
fensive from Britain, enforced by
stormy weather.
Kiel is one Of Germany's major
northwestern ports and 240-ton sub
marines are built in its yards. Three
other naval bases-Bremen, Ham,
burg and Wilhelmshaven-were at
tackled last Friday. by 1,40o heavy
bombers
Naval Vessels Spotted.
A United States Army Air Force
spokesman said recent reconnais-
sance flights showed that a large
number of naval vessels were berthed
in the Kiel harbor. Kiel has been
blasted 18 times previously by
American heavy bombers.
1t has been speculated here that
the desperate Nazis might attempt
to launch V-bombs against England
from U-boats to replace their North
Holland rocket sites.
The span east OF Klagenfurt,
about 80 miles from the Russian
front, was damaged, the American
flyers reported. The bridge is over
the Drava River.
Fifteenth Air Force heavies still
were grounded by weather, but 18th
Air Force fighter-bombers roared
over the highways and railroads Of
Northern Yugoslavia and Southern
Austria strafing German transport
in the van of the advancing Russian
armies.
Berlin Bombed.
Despite unfavorable weather. Raj
Mosquitoes last night attacked Berlin
and Magdeburg. renewing an Allied
air offensive that broke all records
during March.
Oil installations were the principal
installations were the principal
target of the Mosquitoes at Magde-
burg, 10 miles southwest of Berlin.
A rarEnf HNv,ok nL Ia xaf~Lk
by RAF costal command planes de-
stroyed or damaged seven German
merchant ships and exploded .
large dry dock in the anchorage Of
Sande Fjord on the Norwegian
coast, 1t was announced today.
New Record Set.
Maj. Gen. Hoyt. S. Vandenberg
said his 9th Air Force hung up q
new record for tactical air forces by
flying more than SO, 900 sorties and
I dropping more than $4,000 tons of
bombs on German targets in March.
/ The 9th Air Force destroyed 833
tanks and armored vehicles and
damaged 679 more-enough to equip
nine full panzer divisions. The
American airmen also destroyed
10,456 motor vehicles and damaged
thousands more, destroyed 13,76a
railroad cars and damaged 15,05l,
destroyed l.453 horse e-drawn vehicles
and damaged 451, disabled 1.0s8
locomotives and damaged 614,
silenced SIS gun positions and DAM
aged 322. destroyed 3,025 fortified
buildings and damaged 1,577 and
made 679 rail cuts.
Evening star., 1945-04-03
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April s.-Forming a
human conveyor belt from the hold
of their burning LIST to the pier to
which the craft was tied, crew men,
bers yesterday removed. hand-to-
hand. thousands of rounds of anti
aircraft shells and depth charges
that lay in the path Of the blaze.
The boat was tied up at pier a..
North River, when watchman dis
covered the fire. The. sailors swung
into the unloading job quickly.
The vessels hold and magazines
were flooded as added precaution
against explosion. All of the am
Evening star., 1945-04-03

ter January 7,
the War DepartS
ment reported
today. Comdr.
Collier is a men,
ber of The Stars
editorial staff on
military leave.
1t. Collier was
reported missing
late in January.
He was a mem
Der OF the troop
carrier squadron
of the 10th Air
Forces and had
been decorated
u,ith tho nic
Evening star., 1945-04-03

tinguished Flying Cross and the Air
Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
1t. Collier had flown more than
400 combat hours in the China
Burma India theater.
On January 6. the day before he
was reported missing, he wrote his
family. and the letter arrived on
January %, the day the report that
he was missing was published in The
Star.
Later, an officer of the Burma
command wrote Comdr. Collier that
his son was on a mission during
some bad flying weather. The
Evening star., 1945-04-03

Democratic National Committee
Sergt. Frost has a brother, Capt
Oscar Frost, serving with the Army
in Italy.
Pfc. David Alfred Stewart. jr., "a
whose wife, Mrs. Ruthana Stewart
lives at 1T East Glebe road, Alexan-
dria, Va, received bayonet wounds in
the left leg on Two Jima His name
is on the Navy casualty list. Mrs
Stewart talked to him on long dis
tance telephone to Hawaii, where he
is in hospital, and he told her he
expected to return to duty soon.
Pvt. Stewart enlisted in the Ma
rine Corps five years ago while q
student in Oklahoma, where his
parents lived. He served for some
time in Panama and went overseas
last November. His daughter, Shar-
ron, was born a month later.
SiSergt. Lewis w. Ripley, 81, and
S/Sergt. Harry J. Ripley, %. broth
ers, both have been wounded in the
fighting in Europe. See story on
this page
Pfc. Wister r. Critzer, "a. whose
wife, Mrs. Shirley Critzer. lives in
Culpeper, Va, was wounded Feb
ruary "a on Two Jima, the Navy has
announced. He was serving with
the Sd Marine Division. He is q
native of Charlottesville, where he
attended the Miller School He
worked for the Virginia railways
before he entered the Marine Corps
in November, 1943. He went over
seas last October and was stationed
at Guam before going into action
at Two Jima
Mrs. Critzer received a letter from
him in which he said he was getting
well. He had been struck by shell
fragments in the left ear and right
leg.
Pfc. Stanley S. Reines, %, son of
Mrs. Rebecca Reines, 1T Rock
Greek Church road NV, was
wounded March 6 in enemy terri
tory in France while serving with
the 7th Army, the War Depart
ment announced today. He, was
born in Worcester, Mass, and was
graduated from Roosevelt High
School here. He was employed by
Washington automobile dealer
when he entered the Army in jan
uary, 1914. He went overseas last
October with an infantry unit.
Pfc. Jlhn J. Mason. %. son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Mason, 215 East
Evening star., 1945-04-03
7 District Sergeants,
Brothers, Wounded

S/Sergt. Lewis w. Ripley. 81, and
his brother, SlSergt. Harry j. Rip
ley, %, sons of Mrs. Edith H.. Rip
ley. 81 T street NV, have been
wounded in the European theater
of war. The fact Sergt. Lewis Rip
ley was wounded was reported by
the War Department on today's