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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
Vera Brown GreetS Freed DefrOiterS

seas He was German prisoner
for eight months. Said he;
when I saw that 18th Ar
mOred Division coming up the
road I ran out and kissed the
first Yank tank which came
up. | mean IT,"
Pvt Richard Mulawa, %, of
3423 r. Hancock was with the
combat engineers He was taken
a prisoner below 81. Lo last Au-
gust, hauled in box cars across
Germany, marched back again.
A big argument broke out as
to which was worse, the march
iffe -tttt-toR cars. ne CUrSeH-
SuS was that the marching was
worst for they had 10 lie in the
mud and snow when they slept.
CAPTURED AT ST. DIEU
Pfc. Joseph j, Leier 30. of 4214
WeSSon, won a Purple Heart in
Italy He was taken a prisoner
al ST. Dieu last August.
"When the boys came after
us," he said, "mOst Of us just
broke down and cried"
Pfc. Raymond Malkowski, %,
of 9l4 Elm, Wyandotte, nodded
in agreement.
Pfc. Joseph II. Redmon, %, Of
$50 DreXel, was with the 42nd
Rainbow Division, and was lib
Grated by the Russians.
They're rugged guys and
good soldiers. My brothers out
in the CHI i'm the airfOrce.
Hope he's okay. l was in NOR
tars-they got us when we were
pushing ahead there toward the
border in January"
S/Sgt. James Thompson, %, of
15540 Macarthur, talked about
the baby daughter, Nancy whom
he has never seen. His parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Thompson,
live at 3745 Seminole. He was
shot down over Vienna. Feb. 21.
He's a Catholic Central boy. had
two years at Assumption College
before he went off to fly.
47-DAY MARCH
Pvt. Albert Seem. 10, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert c. Seem of
622 Brentwood. is another one of
the infantry boys who was cap
tured in January and marched up
and down Germany as the Yanks
came closer The march lasted
AZ days. and he lost 40 pounds,
has gained most of IT back and
feels wonderful, he says.
T/Sgt. Howard p. Quain, radio
operator of a BIZ, marched $40
miles for the HeinieS-HiS parents
are Mr.. and Mrs. Howard NJ.
Quain of 14440 Cruise.
THE happiest moment of my
life was when l stepped foot on
American soil. We went through
he'll
Pfc. Francis o. Moulton of 1914
Kenton, Ferndale, is the son Of
DR.. and Mrs. William Moulton. He
was captured at Bitburg. in Ger
many. marched l40 miles to Linn
burg, then into a box car for a
week on a bit Of bread and water.
He was a first aid man.
Pfc. Mitchell Kolodzici 10. Of
26l4 Botsford. Hamtramck, had
an odd experience. He was cap
tured in Italy. and after weeks
spent in a work camp discovered
that his paratrooper brother.
Stanley. was in The same camp.
II met some boys from his
outfit and they told me Stan
was In the camp. But l never
did see him. I've learned later
he was liberated, too, but he did
not come back with me"
Pfc. Johnny Brlnkman. 10. Of
1851 Cardoni, says now he's
home he has only one idea, to get
"a little business of his own when
the wars over.
Telephones were busy last night
as the boys called the homefolks.
Best part Of this homecoming,
as Pfc. Leir puts II is.
"We'll really be on our way
tonight! We should be through
Fort Sheridan and home for
the weekend"
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
School
+ Festival

APPROXIMATELY 200 chill
dren will participate in the Paro-
chial School Music Festival which
will be held tonight, Thursday
and Friday evenings at the De-
treit Institute of Arts
TIL festival is under the dircc-
ton of DR.. Harry Seitz and the
teaching sisters of the parochial
schools. A different chorus will
appear each night with each group
comprised of approximately 500
high school students and l25 cle-
mentary students.
The program climaXcS a years
choral and orchestra training i'm
these schools.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07

"Men. Whep YOU get home
YOU won't get your SO-day fur
lOugh--"
a gasp went through the crowd
You'll get go" he added with
a smile.
Such q shout as went up
"Nou'l be on your way home
In "a hours"
So the boys got their official
welcome home
Then came cnowi Steaks, such
steaks as you never saw. as many
as the 1922 could consume.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
PRISONER 3 MONTHS

Pfc. James Newman, %, of
3446 Virginia Park, a former
Northwestern High School boy,
was caught below Reims. Just
a year ago TODAY he went over
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07

Buy War Savings Stamps the
convenient way Order them
delivered TO your door from your
Detroit Times carrier-salesman.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
TOO BUSY EATING

IOo bbSl fAiiRo
Said Tl5 Howard Erickson. 25.
of 45l2 Monroe. EcorSe, when
asked how he liked music with his
I first meal on American soil.
II didn't eNen- hear it was
too busy eating. I'll be right
back. I want some more steak
and couple more cartons of
milk"
Pfc. Roginski had his two
steaks. then topped off his dinner
with steak sandwiches for dessert
Sgt. Ralph Doerfing, 10, Of
1880 Trinity. finishing his dinner,
halted a German prisoner and
pointed 10 a bit of milk spilled on
the long table.
The PW wiped il up. Doerfing
found some more. The Nazi wiped
that up. too.
Doerfling smiled with deep
satisfaction.
The boys talked about the day
Of their liberation. and how after
an hour, Gen. Patton himself,
drove through the prison camp
and the thin, sick, feeble soldiers
stood up straight at attention
and how II was hard TO keep the
tears out of their eyes
Gradually the Detroit boys be-
gan TO gather around.
There is Cpl. Chester Maciezew-
ski, n, Of 4l29 Chalmers. He's
home on rotation furlough after
three years and so is T/Sgt. Ed
ward Fonda, %, of 14246 Park
Grove.
Capt. Charles Alcorn of 1917
Holmur is home on emergency
furlough, He fought up from
Sicily through D-Day, spent four
months in the hospital after he
got the Purple Heart
S/Sgt Robert Wombold 20, of
ll700 Prest, figures he's the
luckiest guy In the whole outfit
who came back.
He got caught over Germany.
He was a radio operator, bailed
out when his BIZ caught on fire.
He was burned, but he's fine
now and his eyes are all right
again. When he jumped he hurt
his back. but he says that is
really tFifle
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
School Concert

THE MUSIC department Of
Central High School will present
It's eighteenth annual music festi-
val tonight at Sis o'clock in the
school auditorium, A program OF
choral and orchestral music, under
direction of Morris ID. Goldenberg,
has been arranged.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
Film Time Clock

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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
Letter Perfect

BARRY FITZGERALD. Oscar
winning Irish actor, is letter per-
feet IN his lines because he studies
his script from two 10 four hours
every night, he told Betty Hutton
with whom he will be seen in
The Stork Club"
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
Actor and Cook

BARRY FITZGERALD. playing
a ships cook in Two Years Be-
fore the Mast" can prepare a
full-course meal any time he feels
the urge The bachelor actor does
his own cooking at home.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
FEW DRY EYES

They stood together and sang
God Bless America and there
we're few dry eyes.
Said the colonel:
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07

In the kitchens German prison
erS OF war worked on KIP. II
was a poetic justice.
ColonelS orders clean plate,
but as many plates as they could
cat. Milk Each drank pints
and pintS of H. A band played
CAV music.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
Thirsty Actor

RUDY VALLEE. starring in
People Are Funny likes cokeS
so much he keeps a machine con-
stantly full of them by his swim
ming pool.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
FINE DANCERS

The dance team, Pierre Dan
gelo and Vanya, which has not
appeared here in some time
execute some careful numbers
with casual ease. They are truly
delightful, charming 10 look at
and sensational when 1t comes to
actual technique.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
StatIer
Show Fine
BY CHARLES GENTRY

ALTHOUGH TIE sip-and-sup
season at the Statler Terrace
Room is drawing to a close, there
seems to be no letup in the en-
tertainment department, accord
ing to the latest communiques
from the late date set.
For this current new Offering
youll find Paul WinChell, the
ventriloquiSt who out-BergenS
Bergen, when it comes TO making
ll4p-af- -hlaaSelf
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07
NEVER VULGAR

His dummy, Jerry, has always
seemed Just as funny as Charlie
MacCarthy to US. except that his
sponsor doesn't have any hair.
Jerry. is the stOoge who talks
back to his manipulation and kids
his lord and postmaster Of
dialogue TO such an extent, that
you hardly realize that Winchell
is actually talking TO himself and
should be carried away in the
next padded town car available.
Winchell'S gags and his whole
routine are SenSationally funny;
sometimes silly but never vulgar.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07

Continued from Page Two
March ll-had us so days. II
Was az Irier. that We were
caught"
But thu line moves and Stanley
ent on INTO the bic auditorium
who're Col. Joseph Snyder, cNecu-
we officer. met them
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-07

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The Omaha guide., 1945-09-15

Asks Write-Of

In asking congress to write off the
AZ billion dollar lend-lease program,
constituting IS per cent of the total
u. S. war expense, President Harry
S. Truman declared that adequate
repayment not only had been made
by recipients through their war ef-
forts, but also through their agree
ment to promote international trade
through a lowering of tariff and 9TH
er barriers.
Further, the chief executive said
that if SO huge a debt were to be
added to the financial obligations al
ready incurred by Allied nations,
it would react disastrously upon our
own trade, decreasing production
and employment at home.
Whereas there once was talk that
the U. S. would retake tanks, trucks
or machine tools lend-leased, top Of
fcials said, little of such material
will be retrieved since reclamation
would only add to the mounting
stockpiles Of war surplus in this
country. Of the AZ billion dollars of
lend-lease, against which the U. S.
obtained only 51z billion dollars in
corresponding aid, half was in mill
tary supplies and the remainder in
civilian goods like food.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-15
Army Aim:
Speed Job

From sources in close touch with
conditions in Germany 1 heard this
example which pretty well echoes
Dutch explanations but doesn't solve
their problem. For instance: An AL
lied commander moves into a Ger
nan town. One of the first things
ne wants is light and power. His
men repair the power plant. Later
1t is claimed that the main dynamo
was stolen from Holland. That is
1ot the commanders affair. Light
ing the town is. His job is to re-
store the place as nearly as possible
to a self-supporting community.
But that is not the end, for the
restoration Of European economy as
a whole is of vital Importance and
naturally those nations which suf-
tered under the German heel feel
hey should have first call on the
sinews of normality. especially
when those sinews were torn from
heir body economic by Nazi hands.
On this cor there have already
been rumblings of complaint against
he American occupation. Already
he wheels of German factories are
urning in the American zone. The
purpose is to manufacture goods
md provide services required to
zeep the occupation forces going and
o supply the minimum needs of the
community.
The Germans have to have shovels
md hoes and rakes if they are to
i'll their fields and cultivate their
gardens in order to get enough food
o live on. These tools, if made and
odd, would be in competition with
goods the Americans make. But
here are not enough ships to carry
vast supply of such products
cross the Atlantic and besides
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-15
Working Capital Up

Well heeled to meet reconver-
sion problems, u. S. corpora
lions possessed almost AZ billion
dollars worth Of working capital
on March 81, the Securities and
Exchange commission reported.
Of the total Of almost AZ bill
lion dollars, SEC said nearly Is
billion dollars was in cash on
hand or in banks. Holdings Of
government securities showed a
slight drop to almost 20 billion
dollars, still substantially in ex-
cess of tax liabilities of about
16 billion dollars.
In addition to current work.
ing capital, corporations have
been promised further mere
ments through income and ex-
cess profits credits; allowances
for stepped-up debt retirement
of emergency facilities, and pro-
visions for new figuring Of base
period returns for excess profit
determination.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-15
WAR CRIMES:
List Defendants

Not as blustery as he was when
Germany ruled the European roost,
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering
topped the list of "a Nazis sched-
uled for trial as war criminals ear
ly in October.
Named with Goering was a gal
axy of former Nazi bigwigs accused
of preparing the nation financially
and industrially for war; scheming
automatically for advantage; regi-
menting the nation internally, and
leading the German armed legions
into attack.
Next to Goering, Rudolph Hess,
Hitler's choice for his be-
fore he flew to Scotland in a vain
effort to receive Allied support for
an attack on Russia, heads up the
list of defendants. Close behind are
Joachim Won Ribbentrop, who. as
foreign minister, directed Nazi
diplomacy; Martin Bormann. head
Of the peoples army; Franz Won
Papen, big shot in German politics
and master Of international in
trigue; Adm. Karl Doenitz, who di-
rected U-boat warfare, and Field
Marshal Wilhelm Kietel, chief Of
the Wehrmacht.
Joint u. S.. British, Russian
and French plans to try the ac-
cused before an international
military tribunal in the former
Nazi shrine Of Nuremberg, how
ever, did not meet with the full
approval Of many distinguished
members of the American Bar
association.
Declaring that Allied procedure
was without historical precedent, p.
F. Gault, constitutional and inter-
national law expert, said the sys-
tenn of trial offered a dangerous pat
tern which might be followed in the
future against the President of the
U. S. down to ordinary citizens. IN
der procedure established, trials
may be held outside the presence of
the accused; no appeal is provided
against judgment; the tribunal may
admit any evidence it wishes, and
also determine the relevancy Of tes-
timony.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-15
JAPAN:
Macs Shon

Cool as a cucumber, Gen. Douglas
Macarthur stepped from a trans
port plane at Japan's Atsugi air
drome 20 miles southwest of Tokyo,
smoking his large, corncob pipe.
Stopping to look around, he saw the
field abuzz with activity, as mem
bers Of the 18th air borne division,
landing from scores of aircraft,
busted themselves for the occupa-
ton.
: Evidently pleased, Japan's new
boss then made his way forward,
stopping to greet Lieutenant Cen
eral Eichelberger, chief of the
U. S. 9th army, which had fought in
the Philippines. Hello, Bob" were
his first words upon his historic
landing on enemy soil.
In landing to take over control OF
Japan, U. S. forces looked upon an
extensive scene of devastation in
Tokyo and Yokohama, scorched by
repeated BIG and naval carrier
raids. Unlike Europe where splin-
tered masonry cluttered every
thing, charred hulks and ashes were
all that remained from thousands of
Oriental frame buildings. Whole
areas were burn>d out, with only
buildings encompassed by spacious
walks, lawns or clearings spared
from the roaring flames which once
swept block upon block.
Despite the widespread damage,
Japanese held their heads high in
contrast to the Germans, who had
humbled themselves in an effort 10
please their conquerors. Peering
from windows as G.I.s streamed by,
or walking the streets, or setting
up temporary shelters from salvaged
tin, the little brown people remained
perfectly composed with typical
Oriental Indifference.
Promising to match MacAr-
thurs landing at Atsugi airfield
in sheer drama was the Sched-
uled surrender ceremonies
aboard the USS Missouri in
Tokyo bay, with 1t. Gen. Jona-
than Wainwright, rescued from
a prison camp in Manchuria,
present to witness the capitula-
ton Of the naughty imperial staff
which dictated terms to him up
on the fall of Corregid0r over
three years ago.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-15

No sooner had the reports been
made public, adding the names of
Gen. George c. Marshall, Adm,
Harold c. Stark and former Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull to those
of Maj. Gen. Walter G. Short and
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel for
failure to take proper precautions,
than Chairman May dem, Ky.) Of
the house military affairs committee
declared he would rot stand for
"any whitewash." The people are
entitled to know the whole truth
based on all the facts, he said.
On the other side of congress,
Senator Taft (Rep., Ohio) asserted
the reports left a lot to be told,
and full evidence studied by the
courts of inquiry should be revealed
now that military security no long
er is involved.
Issuance Of the report had other
repercussions, too. President Harry
S. Truman and Secretary Of War
Henry Stimson took strong excep-
ton to the censure of General Mar
shall, the two terming criticism Of
the army chief of staff entirely I'M
justified" while praising his great
skill, energy and efficiency"
throughout the Pearl Harbor cpl
sode.
In naming General Marshall, the
investigators charged he failed to
keep General Short. Hawaiian army
commander, fully advised as to the
growing ~tenseness of the Japanese
situation; failed to send him addi-
tional instructions after the U. S.
ultimatum to Tokyo made war in
evitable; failed to furnish him on
the evening of December 6 and
morning Of December z with critical
intelligence indicating a rupture of
relations with Nippon, and failed to
look into and determine the state Of
readiness in Hawaii during the crit
ical period.
Then chief Of naval operations but
since retired, Admiral Stark was
censured for delaying a warning Of
an impending attack on Pearl Har-
Dor by sending it by cable rather
than telephone. The two hours diff
ference in transmission would have
enabled the navy to make prepara-
lions for the assault.
In singing out Hull, the boards
averred that he might have conduct
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-15
POSTWAR ARMY:
Asks Draft

Even as President Harry S. Tru-
man asked for an extension Of draft
Of men Is through Is for two-year
periods of service to provide re-
placements for discharges, both
the army and navy announced revi-
sion of their plans to step up the
release Of enlisted personnel and Of
icers. Z
With congressional sentiment for
extension Of the draft still lukewarm,
Mr.. Truman declared that the army
would be unable to meet postwar
demands through volunteering if dis
charges were to continue at an ap-
preciable rate to relieve present SOL
diers from extensive overseas serv-
ice. To speed up recruiting, how
ever, the President recommended
that the regular army ceiling Of
280, 900 be raised and inducements
offered volunteers.
Meanwhile, the army revealed
plans Tor lowering the point-stand-
ard for discharge from IS to 80 to
bring about release Of 6 $3.50, 900 G.I.s
by next July. Assuming there will
be 500, 900 new draftees and 300, 900
volunteers, army strength would be
pegged at $500, 600 men.
In addition to announcing that
the point score for enlisted per-
sonnet would be cut, the army
disclosed that officers hereaft-
err would also be discharged on a
general basis rather than after
individual review Of their need
as at present. Further, the
army said no men with so or
more points would be sent over
seas and the discharge age
would be lowered from SO years.
To help expedite discharges of
1889, 900 men within the next year.
the navy announced a revision Of
its p~oint-scores to include overseas
duty. Previously, il had been
planned to release between 1900. 900
and $500, 900 men within IL to IS
months. \.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-15
FARM TAXES:

Average farm real estate taxes
per acre increased over 3 per cent
from 1943 to 1914, the first increase
since the outbreak of the war, with
the index of real estate taxes per
acre for the U. S. d9O9-13-10W ad-
vancing from 178 in 1943 to 1874 in
1914. Since 1884 average taxes per
acre have varied within very mar
row limits ard although the increase
in 1914 is the sharpest within this
period the index still does not ex-
coed the high points for the period
which were 1856 in 1897 and 1899.
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-15
Russ Strip
German Industry

The pattern of Russian occupation
is quite different. The Russians know
what they r doing in their zone.
They are treating the little people"
with kindness, assuring them that
they need have no fear of oppres-
sion. Their apparent intention is to
divide up the land and give the Ger
mans a chance to win a livelihood
from the soil, meanwhile giving
them a thorough in~doctrination in
the advantages of the Soviet form Of
government. At the same time they
are removing every movable piece
OF machinery to Russia.
Meanwhile, Poland will be allowed
to scrape together such German ag-
rlcultural equipment as she can sal
wage in East Prussia. Disease is
rampant in Poland; there are short
ages in all kinds of equipment. The
Germans took most of the agricul-
tural machinery; much of the rest
was destroyed and the whole coun-
try wrecked. The other next-door
neighbors have not ever such an
opportunity to recuperate their
losses.
And so the Americans will prob
ably bear the onus Of helping the for
mel enemy most of all, although
their only intent is to carry out the
program agreed upon by the Allies.
America wants no loot. She does
want all she can get in the way of
important formulate; all she can
learn of German methods; all of the
ideas which a be adapted success
fully to American life. Already
some valuable scientific information
has been obtained and in many
cases the German scientists. with
that disinterested attitude character
lst1c OF their profession, are quite as
willing to work in an American lab
oratory as they were in one run bv
the Nazis. America also wants TO
finish her occupation job and get
out. A part Of hat job is to make
the Germans self-supporting.
Thus, it is quite likely that an
other complaint will be raised that
we are forming too friendly a bond
with people of a nation the world
came to detest so thoroughly.
In the years 194O-43, a total Of
1851 persons we're killed in farm
accidents in the U. S. Machinery
caused AZ per cent of the deaths.
livestock 20 per cent, and all other
causes SO per cent. Wisconsin was
the most dangerous state for farm
workers, with SOP killed in four
years; and New York had 456 acct
dental farm deaths.