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Evening star., 1945-01-23
Detroit Labor Inquiry
Hinied as Navy Denies
Waste at Shipyards
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Senate War investigating
Committee talked today of fol-
lowing up its manpower study Of
the Norfolk Navy Yard with in
quiries in other Cities while the
Navy came to the defense of
Norfolk's record.
An alarming condition" of wasted
labor and enforced loafinga had
been the committees verdict on the
Norfolk yard, and Chairman Mead
said it was apparent that the super
visory system at Norfolk and else
where seemed to need improvement.
Senator Ferguson, Republican, of
Michigan said there should be
prosecutions" at Norfolk and told
reporters he wanted a subcommittee
to look into the situation in Detroit.
Both navy yards and war plants are
under committee scrutiny.
Record Cited in Answer.
A Navy statement said:
"The most emphatic answer to the
charges which have been raised
against the Norfolk Navy Yard is
the record of the yards achieve
ments IN 1914, when, in addition to
the construction of large aircraft
carrier, the yard repaired 2458
ships, of which $50 ships had to be
drydocked-a record of 21s ships
docked per day.
Citing an acute shortage of ex-
perienced officers, the Navy added:
- On an overall basis the
Navy Is proud of the accomplish
ments OF the officers, supervisors
and workmen employed in it's pro-
duction facilities. We shall
continue to do our utmost to
improve our navy yard operations. !"
May Check Camps.
The Navy explained that checker
boards and other articles which the
Senators said had been made on
Navy time and with Navy materials
were for morale-recreational pur-
poses and cost less than 5000 al
together.
In addition to reporting wasted
labor there were hints that the
committee might look into the
Army's and Navy's use of uni
formed manpower.
Senator Mead said the armed
forces must clean their houses
not o'''u their arsenals and navy
yr.fds, but 80 sir actual uni
formed ranks.
There has been too much evi-
dence of wasted manpower in uni
form"
While excoriating practices which
he said were found at Norfolk, Sem
ator Mead threw his influence
against national service legislation,
urging instead that wasted" man.
power be squeezed out of war plants.
Full national service at this stage"
he added, with ineficiencies in
utilization (of manpower) would re-
suit only in chaos"
Idleness Widespread.
The Norfolk yard employees SO 900
and Senator Mead told the Senate
that it was said to be short more
than 1000 workers for essential pur-
poses. He added:
Here is what we found:
Each of the members of our sub
committee personally saw idleness
and loaflng on big scale. Men
stood and sat around in groups
smoking and talking right on the
decks of vital fighting ships. Their
bosses were not to be seen. The
Evening star., 1945-01-23
Washington Flyer Blasts
Nazis FLEEING ardennes

1t. Jack D. johnson, 22-year-old
Washington pilot, was among the
flyers mentioned in dispatches to-
day as having taken part in yester-
days great attack on German
vehicles retreating from the Ar
dennes.
1t. johnson is a graduate of Nc
Kinley High School and the son o1
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto johnson, 1885,
North Capital street. He was en-
ployed as civilian model plane
tester before he entered the Army
three years ago. Until about si1
months ago, when he went overseas
he was a test pilot at Langley Field
Va.
Today's dispatch said 1t. johnson
Evening star., 1945-01-23
Ploy to Be Reviewed

"The Voice of the Turtle" will be
reviewed at the current events eve-
ming at the United Nations Club at
8:45 pm. tomorrow by Mrs. Laurence
Kutler, it was announced today.
|USO Plons Cooking Lessons
USo hostesses and interested
|servicemen will be given cooking
lessons at 7.30 pm. every Monday
in the USO clubhouse at 1874 \
street NV, with Miss Mary Turner
home economist for the Potomac
Electric Power Co., as instructor, II
has been announced.
Evening star., 1945-01-23

men themselves think there are too
many of them on the job. They say
they are unable to do an honest
days work. >a 1855
so many men are assigned to
some jobs that they cannot even all
squeeze into the place. Most of
them stand around outside while a
few work.
Evening star., 1945-01-23
MiIitiu Seeks Members

Fairfax Company 80 of the Viz
ginia Reserve Militia will show War
Department films at 8 pm. tomor-
row at the Fairfax High School
auditorium as part Of a drive for
new members. The public is invited
Evening star., 1945-01-23

Hall Of the total resources Of the
United States are now being devoted
to wasing war. Since Pearl Harbor
war expenditures have amounted 70
about @1oey - osgo4e ~. Moro War
Bend nAsnay = neoded.
Evening star., 1945-01-23

Totals ------- 2,418 1,740
Town after town fell to the Sd
Army moving across ice-sheathed
roads and snow drifts in the north
fern tip of Luxembourg and the ex-
treme southeastern fringe of Bel
gium.
Walsdorf, Eschweiler and Fouh-
rem, all clustered close to Vianden
and the German border, fell. At
Fouhren, a mile from each, the 4th
Infantry Division repulsed a coun-
terattack and destroyed four of six
tanks used by the Germans.
Evening star., 1945-01-23

Bondage? No. Bondage? Yes.
One more bond to secure freedom
Buy that extra War Bond today.
Evening star., 1945-01-23

carried on his own little war;" de-
stroying German tank and a half
track and damaging second tank.
Evening star., 1945-01-23

The generals Gen. Grisweld.
steel helmet took much OF the force
of the blow, but it still was hard
enough to knock him unconscious.
Revived quickly at first-aid sta
ton. Gen. Griswold remarked:
Il can't get Purple Heart for
that!'
Soon he was hard at work, his
swollen face swathed in bandages.
Evening star., 1945-01-23

SNAPo, ~ q u a
close call yester-
day, but not be-
cause Of any,
thing the Japa-
nese did.
Gen. Griswold
was making q
jeep tour Of the
front W en- q
roadside stone,
picked up by a
passing truck
wheel, flew up
and h 1t h i'm
squarely on the
side of the head
Evening star., 1945-01-23
Flying Stone
knocks Out
Gen. GriswoId
! the Associated Press,

FOURTEENTH CORPS HEAD.
QUARTERS. Luzon, Jan. 10 De.
layeO.-Maj. Gen. Oscar Griswold
commander of this fast-moyins
Evening star., 1945-01-23
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Western Front
Continued From First Page

in the last Is hours and increased
their prisoners to more than 1,5OO
since attacking week ago.
Heavy German Toll.
The great toll of ruin visited on
the Germans retreating from the
evaporating bulge was attested in
this score claimed by pilots yester-
day:
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
FOR SALE-POULTRY

1900 STARTED turkeys, IL weeks
old for growing on. Ready to
range. Broad Brested Bronze, Sc
each. DomeS White Hollands, SIS
each. Have your own 18 to 35 Id.
turkeys for the holidays. Bring con-
tainerS. Week days only. 8 to
pm. Westcroft Gardens, 2lSO3 West
River Rd., Crosse lille, Mich. 134C)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
FOR RENT-FLATS

Four room lower unfinished flat.
No small children and no pets.
456 Ford. (242C)
GROOM upper flat. TIC Forest. Call
1576-R. Call after 4:30. (239C)
80 PLUM street-Four rooms and
bath, first floor, unfinished. No
basement. Inquire 3642 Eighth st.
(292C)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
FOR lighthouses

FOUR rooms, bath, vicinity Allen,
Goddard Z block to bus line.
Children welcome. Inquire l72O4
Wood ST, Melvindale. (253C)
SMALL furnished house with
porcheS, nice yard. Trenton
7011-J-4. (251C)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21

MODERN brick store, 25X50'; and
modern six large room flat. Good
neighborhood and transient busi-
ness. In Wyandotte. Broker pro-
tected owner. 1889 Goth st. Q4OC)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE
INKSTER RD., NEAR SIB-
LEY RID. = Five acres,
six room house, one bed
room down, two bedrooms
up. Bath. electric water
pump, tool house. chicken
coop, COW barn. About 100
fruit trees. Near school.
$500, terms.
HIGHLAND NEAR 4th
Living room. kitchen. two
bedrooms and oath; hot air
heat; three years old; newly
decorated. Lot 40x101. A
good buy at S. $50
HUDSON, near Mckinley
9 room frame. steam heat.
S5.750.00 = $500 down or
will trade for small farm.
MERRIMAN ROAD, near
Ecorse Road: Living room,
dining room, kitchen, utility
room. two bedrooms; Vene-
tan blinds. large oil heater;
two car garage, cement floor
chicken coop. Detroit water.
one acre. S5.250.00 Terms.
SIXTH NEAR ANTOINE
Income, five rooms and
bath down. four rooms and
bath up. Full basement.
Hot air heat, garage. paved
street. A good buy at $3.50
SIBLEY ROAD NEAR JIM
DAILY Seven room
house, full basement, hot
air heat, electric water
pump, fruit and grapes, y
mile to school; Is acres of
black dirt, four acres woods.
$500.
RIVER FRONT - S4'x145'
corner, foot of Pine street.
A good buy at $4,000 Terms.
WALNUT STREET = Third
block from Biddle. Large
eight room house Nice en-
closed porch, garage. no
basement. Lot 50'x140.
CORNER SECOND AND
POPLAR - Lot l00x140.
Cash.
ST. JOHN NEAR FORT.
LINCOLN PARK - Liv-
ing room. large kitchen. two
bedrooms, full basement,
hot air heat. Lot 40x157.
$6,300.00.
Houseman-Spi
Corp.
G. E. HILL
949 FORD AVENUE
Phone 0858
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
FOR sALE-MIsCELLANEoUs

LARGE electric cream separator,
latest model, new. nr'er used.
1895 Telegraph. between Eureka
and North Line. Wy. 1862 j 3.
C224C)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
WANTED TO RENT

LOCAL business man. single. would
like room with private family, in
West Wyandotte. Would prefer
Westgate Manor or Schorr Grove
subdivision. Write Box 254, Wyan-
dotte News-Herald. (3OOC)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21

ONE SET OF booster springs; Hum
phrey gas hot water heater; two
furnace coils. Phone O647-M. t2I7C)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
ROOM AND BOARD

ROOM suitable for two women
Board if desired. Private home
one block from Biddle. Phone AIS.
(295C)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21

TWO female fox terrier puppies to
be given away. Call wy. 4369-W.
(208C)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
FOR Observation-Disclosures

CINDERS. Gravel, crushed stone
Black dirt. fill dirt. yellow sand.
Any amount. Yards, corner God
dard and Allen Rds. Phone Wy.
7O31RII. ns51R,
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21

FIVE Irish Setter pups. 30772
Young Drive, Gibraltar, Mich.
(288C)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
FOR RENT-HOUSES
FOR SALE-FRUIT g. BERRIES

FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
FOR SALE-USED FURNITURE

FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
FOR SALE-PETS

FEMALE canaries, good stock,
ready for breeding now. Inquire
TIT Plum st. (23OC)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21

FOR SALE-Business Property
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21

ONE 9x9 umbrella tent. Inquire AZ
Orange st. (258C)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21

FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

B FLAT tenor saxaphone, good
condition. SGT Central 1880
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
FOR RENT-SLEEPING ROOMS

SLEEPING room. All conveniences.
Gentleman only. 3342 Van AL
styne. Phone 1004-J. (252C)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21

OLDS Special Cornet. Inquire 435
Sycamore after pm. (248C)
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-21
COMPARE
THESE

2lst STREET. near Eureka
five room m o d ern
brick. Storm sash and
screens. side drive and gar
age. paved street. IS fl. lot.
S6.900.00.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-29
Truman Messages

Having spent the holidays among old friends
and visited his aged mother, President Tru
man sets forth upon his return to the White
House with his mind chiefly occupied by two
messages. The first will be radio address
to the people on legislation he insists should
be adopted by Congress, concerning labor and
his overall postwar program. The second will
be his annual message to Congress, when
that body reassermbles later in January.
Mr.. Truman believes that if he can win
popular approval for his proposals, by way
to fall in line. That is the logical way To
look at it, as Congress is composed of the
peoples stewards, committed to carry out the
peoples wishes.
In present circumstances, 1t is also the
sensible procedure, for while Mr.. Truman i.
way of appealing to the masses, whether his
position is entirely sound or not. If he hap
pens to catch the public fancy, and if the
public sees fit to inform the members OF
Congress Of its favor for the Truman pro-
gram, the Chief Executive should have an
easier time putting his program across.
Obviously this is the Presidents line Of
thinking, for he is reported as in the bes
of hurnors as he bids farewell to his cronies
and returns to Washington. The fly in the
ointment, however, is the great variety Of
viewpoints in and out Of Congress and the
difficulty Of getting a majority either OF the
people at large or the national legislators to
act together on any given subject.
The confusion that marked much Of the
proceedings in Congress during the last few
months and among the people, shows no signs
of being eradicated now. Mr.. Truman has :
magnificent opportunity, in these two mes
sages, to crystalize public and congressional
sentiment albeit not on all subjects he holds
VITAL if he possesses qualities of great leader.
ship. Anything less win leave the nation in
the doldrums, where it has been so long.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-29
Auditorium Site

location for the proposed community
building continues to harass many, in official
and civilian circles. Several sites have been
proposed, each creating discussion pro and
con- with the "cons' usually most vocal.
Now another site is suggested by Star
reader. Why not, says the reader, put it on
the property opposite the High school? The
idea is that the city should buy the few lots
occupied by small buildings and devote the
entire property including the Pembroke-J ones
park site, to the auditorium structure and
parking space.
If this were done, and the architecture care
fully chosen, it would bend with the ST. An
drews Covenant church at Fifteenth street and
the High school directly across Market street.
AS it is intended to include drill space in the
auditorium, the High school R.O.TC. might
use it in bad weather
The site is no further from the business dis
trict than the Marine hospital property, and
may be approached from all directions amid
pleasanter surroundings. Furthermore, adds
the reader, the auditorium should be in a
prominent place, such as he suggests
The question arises whether Pembroke Park
could be 20 utilized. Also 1t is not within easy
walking distance of the business and hotel dis
trict. The suggestion is here repeated for what
it may be worth to the authorities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-29
Another Oil Terminal

Before the war Wilmington was the great
.st petroleum and petroleum products distri.
sutton point south of Baltimore. Since the
var ended Wilmington has been steadily in
:reasing distribution with all the petroleum
companies having terminals here reabsorbing
available business. AS many as four tankers
nave made the port in single week.
Now the Secony Vacuum Company an
lounces it will erect an eight million gallon
criminal just south of the city, through which
LII is intended to distribute ninety million gal
onsS of petroleum products-two grades of
gasoline, light heating oil and kerosene-be-
lore the end of 1916.
Having become leading factor in Whining
ton ports commerce, it is obvious that Pc
|troleum is to regain it's pre-war prominence
and despite new competition to the north and
south, reach a new high record in the move
|ment of this essential commodity.
Grateful as this new business will be, it
also emphasizes the need for a truck lane
50 that the motor-tankers which now travel
residence streets night and day will no longer
disturb residents besides cracking plaster
and breaking windows along their routes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-29
.heLiterary
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS
MY AMERICAN ADVE N
TURE. hY Erna BarSchak

lives Washburn; $2.75).
This country has been very
good to me-" says this author,
who has been with US for five
years after dismissal by the Nazis
from her Berlin university post OF
child psychologist.
AS a new year draws closer, as
world at peace seems about as
unfriendly even if not so violent
as world at war, we pay a lot
of attention to the mote in our
brothers eye and very little to the
beam in our own.
DR.. Barschak specializes in the
beam. To be sure, she winds up
her provocative n d entertaining
account with generous praise for
us. Our buses. some Of our CAD
cts, our schools, our family at
mosphere, our frank girls and
other characteristics meet with
her enthusiastic approval.
Other things, though, set her to
wondering. She is no ill-mannered
Mrs. Trollope, but she puts some
shrewd questions under which i
squirm.
Her first encounter with US
came when she tried to get Job.
She applied to committees and
She applied to committees and
agencies, filled out more and long
er forms than any bureaucracy
ever forced on its citizens, and
learned that a doctors degree,
and such intangibles as familiari-
ty with three languages, were not
so important as stylish clothes.
You can't be a scholar to your
finger tips if the nails are not
enameled.
She wonders how an American
woman can spend enough time on
profession when she spends so
much time on her looks. She very
rightly asks why our homes seems
80 standardized a n d impersonal;
why our bookshelves have new
popular volumes but few old and
cherished ones; why our walls
have undistinguished paintings.
Some Of our habits are strange
to her. She doesn't like picnics;
we don't air bedclothes over the
window sill. And when a hostess
tells her that if she wants to
wash her hands, the bathroom is
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-29
Conditions Not Alike

People persist in comparing the present era
with that following the first World War. Actu-
ally there is very little to compare and the
sooner this is realized, the sooner the coun-
try can approach problems as they exist to.
day, particularly in the field of taxation and
government debt. In the matter, the comment
Of the president of large life insurance COM
pany is significant:
cat the end of the first war, the Federal
debt had, it is true, risen to what then seemed
staggering figures from roughly one bill
lion in 1916 to rs billions In 1919. Large as
this total was, it still was not Of overpowering
significance as compared with other forms OF
debt for it represented less than one-fifth Of
the total Of all forms Of public and private
debt Of the country.
"By contrast, at the end of the Victory
Drive in 1945 the Federal debt will be approx
imately 28O billions. Accustomed as we are to
huge figures, it is almost impossible to UNDER
stand the full implications of this enormous
Federal debt. We are in the forest and cannot
see over the trees - but we do know that
government debt is now over twice as large
as all other forms Of debt combined, including
state and municipal obligations.
Here is another significant comparison: In
1919 the U. S. government debt was only one
third the size of all the bonds, notes and mort
cages of industry, farms and real estate.
Today the Federal debt, instead of being only
one-third is almost three times the size Of all
forms of private debt
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-29
Nav Be a Master-Stroke

So manv differences have arisen in the past
between the Russian and the British-American
Interpretation of phrases, even the definition
of words, that Foreign Minister Bevin of Great
Britain insisted at the just-closed Moscow con-
ference that the joint agreement be read and
interpreted in full by the translators in the
presence of the conferees for the avoidance
|of further misunderstanding.
Mr. Bevin prolonged the conference many
hours, but if the objective he had in mind is
accomplished the time will have been well
spent, with better accord in future dealings
among the Big Three nations than has mark
led their course in the past
That the three were able to reach agree
ment for control of atomic energy for peace,
full purposes only, without divulging the know
how of the atomic bomb to the Russians, may
|weu prove the master-stroke OF the confer
|ence There is no reason to think that Rus
slams scientists will not continue their expert
|mentations, or that any Of the major powers
Twill fail to utilize their best scientific brains
| in an effort to learn the secret of the bombs
manufacture, but for the present at least, the
Threat of an atomic war, which inevitably
would be war of determination, is out OF
the question; and even if the secret is learn
ed the English-speaking powers will be so far
ahead of the other powers that advantage
would lodge with them.
At the same time, with the three leading
powers agreed that atomic energy shall be
harnessed for peace, the probability Of atomic
warfare becomes more remote, provided, OF
course, these powers give the agreement con-
scentious cooperation.
Opinion is widely divided on other decisions
made at Moscow. But on this one there seems
no reason for division. It is to be hoped that
when the three Foreign Ministers meet next
at Washington the cause of world peace will
be carried even further forward
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-29
Editorial Comment
Book Titles

Something, we are gloomily convinced, must
be done about titles. And we don't mean just
titles of books on scholarly subjects, either.
It seems to us lately that commercial pub
fishers might also spare little of the sweat
of their brows to achieve some really alive
monikers for their books, sparing us the tedium
of black roses, white towers, brave men,
pleasant valleys, black boys, white deer,
immortal wives and dark rainbows.
o, when it's not single rioun-plus adjective
title, it is likely to be the simple declarative
sentence type (Which we always feel silly ask
ing for in bookstores): 1.-The Peacock Sheds
His TAIL 'tHome is One-Way Street" 1.-THE
Heart is a Lonely Hunter "A Star Danced.
Nothing, however surpasses my Mother Is
the Most Beautiful Woman in the WORLDLY -
From the Pleasures of Publishing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-29
Wants New Alphabet

Renewing his campaign for revision of the
alphabet, George Bernard Shaw truly says the
1inal on the word bomb is superfluous and
that if his proposal were accepted enough time
could be saved to pay for the war in double
quick.
He notes that he can scribble bomb
leglbly ID times minute and 'bom' "a times,
saving of Is per cent
IL Is not only that his proposition is worth
accepting as time saver. Think how much
easier the task Of spelling correctly would be.