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Bradley beam., 1945-04-28
THE CHAPLAIN
 Writes :. Chaplain Wm.. J. Van Cleve
Joe'sOff to Drivers School
Dear Gertrud:

Getting that restriction for go- ing without my blouse didn't bother me at first because hadn't been off the base for several weeks much. Only when went out with some of the fellers to eat or some thing like that. But just as soon as i couldn't go off the base i thought of at least thousand places where i just had to go right away. The funny thing was they was all off the base. But there is one barraks here i don't want to live in and that's the guard house, so just took my feet in hand (not literally of course) and stayed on the base even if i didn't want to. .....
 The sargent said could go to the drivers school next week if i wanted to, or maybe anyhow. I think i'd like that pretty we'll so don't think i'll argue the point. It woodn't do any good anyway be- cause i'd go if he said so. It ought to be lot of fun driving one of them jeeps round or maybe big truck. The truck drivers get off easy. They just take detail a round to where there is work to do like picking up tree trunks and then they loaf a round while we do all the work. It wood be fine though if they wood let me drive a staff car when it is raining or cold, but they don't do it that way. More likily those are the days when they wood give me jeep to drive. Jim says this driving job ought to just suit me because i wood use my hands and feet instead of my head. I think he is just jealous that he isn't going to get in on it.
 Then there might be a chance some day that i'd get to be a cor poral or something. I sure wood like to be corporal because they get more pay and they can join the non-com club and they just boss the privates a round and don't do any work themselves unless there is a sargent that makes them work to.
 There wasn't so many out at chapel sunday as usual because it was cold, and the wind was blow ing card, and it looked like it was g.ing to rain most any minute. There was more out than expect ed at that because back home everybody wood have decided it YVES a good day for bunk fatigue and the only ones that wood have come out wood have been those that felt like they had to. Naturally i was tempted myself because we don't have to go unless we want to, but i'm sure glad did go out be- cause we sure had a swell service and met a Wac from right near home.
 Yours (loose again)
 PFC Joe.
Bradley beam., 1945-04-28
Mother Names Her Twins For Island Marines Took

Washington, DC. (ALNS)-It was bound to happen, sooner or later. Mrs. Martha Johnson has named her twin sons Two and Jima. The twins father, George, is in the Navy.
Bradley beam., 1945-04-28

Twin Falls, Ida (CNS)-James c. Reynolds turned up empty hand ed at Kiwanis Club Allied Cloth ing Drive meeting. So the other members removed Reynolds pants, sent them to the drive.
Bradley beam., 1945-04-28

and the world his home final said for laid in the garden at Hyde
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29

have reached us on the 18th floor,
They came painting up the stairs
and said anybody who was able
could start walking down the rs
flights. They said the fumes were
clearing out.
HE "DUCKED" PLANE
There is no question about
what side of the building the
plane hit. My office is on the
north side uptown side) and il
hit right above me.
con a later call 10 the UP
offices Irwin said that in ad-
dition to hearing the approach
ing plane he could actually see
it hurting through the fog and
rain.
("Thats why l ducked," he
said)
After the fremen got up here
they began carrying people out
or at least helping them dowr
the emergency stairways. People
coming down from up above
seemed dazed and couldn't tel
much about what had happened
All they wanted was TO get tc
the street.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
Boy Wounded
With Stolen Gun

Shot accidentally by youthful
playmate, 13-year-old Joseph Pa
lazzolo of 1895 Fairview, was in
grave condition in Receiving Hos
pital Saturday.
The gun wielder. Melvin Rush
man. Is, OF 1889 Fairview, was in
Juvenile Detention Home where
he was taken after he told officers
that the gun had been stolen by
him and Palazzolo from grocery
at 1095l Mack last February.
Palazzolo was shot in the left
temple as he and Rushmsn were
examining the pistol in Rushman's s
home. Police said that Rushrsn
darried Palozzolo into the back
yard and then got on his bicycle
and rode 10 Crosse Pointe.
Palazollo was found by Mrs.
Rushman.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
3 Teeners Grined
In Store Fire
Son Of Minister
Quizzed on Absence

Detectives of the arson squad
Saturday questioned three teen
age employees minister's IA
year-old son and two girls II and
ls--in connection with fire which
swept a 5c-Sl store at 4739 Grand
River
The boy had been rebuked be-
fore the fire for several days alb
sence. by Robert Craine, 964l
Petoskey. a partner in the store.
Detective Sgt. Clarence Miller
said the absence apparently had
been due to illness, although the
boy had told one of the girls that
he was taking new job and
needed working papers.
Agnes HURT, "a. of 2544 Poplar,
a clerk. said she saw the boy in
the store short time before
flames were seen in a basket of
packages in the rear of the
building.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
.ClennenCeau S
.KinHitsPetdin
Stripped North Africa
Defenses. He Charges

PARIS, July 2S (INS)-Michel
Clemenceau. son of the late famed
Tiger of France" Georges Glenn
enceau, charged in court today
that Marshal Petain withdrew the
last two French divisions from
North Africa, leaving that area
defenseleSS.
Clemenceau. displaying some Of
the fire Of his father-the man
who wanted hard peace" for
Germany after World War Twas
a dramatic witness in the sixth
day of Petains trial on charges Of
treason and collaboration.
He described Paul Reynaud,
former prime minister. and his
minister of the interior Georges
Mandel as Germany's chief
enemies within France. and de-
clared:
"Petain surrendered them 10
the Germans"
Gen. Paul Andre Doyen. next on
the stand. testified that Petain
urged French collaboration with
the Nazis even after the senSa-
tional arrest of Pierre Laval in
December, 1912.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
Famed Superfort
To Visit CITY
Veteran Filler Heads
Crew Of 'Thumper'

'Thumper' Will be in Detroit
Thursday.
"Thumper," a B-29, was one OF,
the original planes TO bomb Salpar(
last October and thumped the
homeland on 40 succeed
ing missions.
With its crew Of 10veteranS. the
plane will be in Detroit three
days In command is 1t. Sol.
Robert f. Haynes of Ecrmosa
Beach. Cal, who transferred from
the RCAF 10 the AAF in 1889 ard
was one Of the first bomber grovrS
in North Africa. He few Is mis-
sions over Italy and Africa
The BPS is being brought 10
Detroit by the Air Services Teea-
nical Command and the industrial
services division OF the war de-
partment. The crew will be enter
tanned by executives Of the Hud-
son Motor Car Co. Chrysler,
Briggs and Fisher Body.
The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
Detroiter Saved
In Ship Disaster

WASHINGTON, July Is uNS)
The navy today announced loss
N two small naval vessels in the
Pacific with a total casualty of
,nly two enlisted men killed.
The vessels were the medium
hip LSM-59. sunk off Okinawa
rs the result of enemy action,
md the submarine chaser SC-52l,
bst as the result of a marine
lisaster in the South Pacific.
Skipper of the LSM-59 was 1t.
oaviu Hswley, a native OF Detroit,
Mich. He was reported safe.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
Deserted by Husband
Wife, IS, Kills Self

Mrs. Ruth z. Beeman, as, Z
1852 Lawrence. was found dea
by hanging in the basement
her home Saturday by a sister
Mrs. Martha Fidler, a.. of the
tame address
Police said Mrs. Beeman had
tnded her life grieving for her has.
band, Guy II. Beeman. who police
nid. deserted her six months ago
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
Law Officers Barred
From Owning Tdverns

LANSING. July 2s-Dispensing
Justice and liquor cannot be COM
bined without violation of the
Jtates liquor laws. Atty. Gen.
John r. Dethmers held today
In an opinion asked by Stephen
D. Condor of Hancock. Dethmers
eontended that any one licensed
10 operate a tavern and sell alco-
holic beverages could not hold the
pffice OF Justice Of the peace.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
Faces Arraignment
In Stabbing Fray

Ernest Evans. 80. of 649 Orange,
Eyandotte, was in serious condi-
ion in Wyandotte General Hos
Iital, Saturday, both legs allegedly
wounded by a friend with knife
while in a drunken stupor Friday.
His assailant, Rufus Walker, 81,
VI l6703 Helen. Ecorse Township,
vas 10 be arraigned before Judge
Arthur Decker Monday on a charge
" felonious assault.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29

base In Sioux Falls.
A board of qualified army air
force officers from Newark, n. j.,
army air field Is investigating the
accident to determine It's exact
cause. The board has been on The
scene since early this morning.
ENGINE TROUBLE SECUTED
The board said the prelimi-
nary investigation did not dis
close that there was indication
of any mechanical failure IN the
aircraft" the war department
said.
The plane was bound for New
ark Airport.
The pilot reported to LaGuardia
Field at 9:45 a. n., asking for
weather conditions.
He was informed that Newark
had a ceiling of 900 feet and visi-
bility of IA miles. although La
Guardia had a ceiling Of 1.100 feet
and visibility OF five miles.
The pilot said he wanted 10 land
at Newark. The control tower al
LaGuardia warned him a few min
utes before the crash that the
Empire Tower could not be seen
through the murk, and cautioned
him 10 fly according TO the regula-
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
Two of Crew Members Identified
The 10Th floor Of the building was a shambes

The 10Th floor Of the building shambes
Everything in the way OF the plane was completely
desroyeddsks office furniture and the like One propeller
imbedded in a concrete casing
The plane from New Bedford Mass airport to
Newark final lap of country flight originating at its
home station in Sioux Falls, s. d.
Col Smith the deputy group commander of the 457th
had returned recently from He
with the Second Air Force in Sioux Falls
Dmrovich member Of the 211th Army Air Force
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
.Bonnbers Lash
JdpConvoys
MacAr+hurs Airmen
Sink 2, Damage 81

MANILA, Sunday, July % (UP)
-Bonbers under the command OF
Gen. Macarthur caught three
japanese conveys near enemy
shores Thursday, sent nine ships
10 the bottom and sank or dam
aged g. other vessels, half of
them laden with enemy troops.
One entire seven-ship convoy
was wiped out by low-flying Billy
Mitchell bombers of the Fifth Air
Force in Tsoushima Strait be-
tween Korea and Japan.
BIG TRANSPORT BLASTED
Ore Liberator of the Fifth Air
force surprised a five-ship con-
voy 90 miles southwest of Korea
and scored hits with 500-pounders
on 5.000-ton troop transport
which may have been sunk. Two
tremendous explosions were seen
in the ship and 10 minutes later
the B-24's crew was unable 10
find il.
Another convoy was spotted by
three Liberators in Shimonoseki
Strait between Honshu and
Kyushu. Two direct hits blasted a
6000-ton freighter which exploded
and sank.
SINK 20 JUNKS
The three bombers also sank a
smaller freighter of about 600
tons.
Mariner patrol bombers of the
rowing Seventh Fleet wrecked or
scattered 80 enemy junks, each
carrying about 20 troops, off
Hong Kong causing heavy casu-
alties.' Bombers of the Thirteenth
Royal Australian Air Forces hit
ting land and sea targets in the
Celebes strafed and bombed 81
enemy schooners south of Ma
kassar.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
s Domei Men Killed

NEW YORK. July 2s fINS)-
Tokyo radio said today that FIVE
correspondents OF Domei props-
eanda agency were shot down
Jan. 8 near Takao, Fornosa, in a
dogfght with three enemy Grum-
man planes
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
Z Confirmed for Jobs

WASHINGTON. July 28 (INS)
The Senate today confirmed
nomination of Enrique Campos del
Toro to be attorney general of
Puerto Rico and James E. Mana
han to be collector Of customs at
ST. Albans, VI.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
By JAMES W. IRWIN

NEW YORK July 2S (UP)-At about 10 a. m. today was
sitting my Office the 18th floor of the Empire State
Building.
Outside the windows there dense fog
The airpanes going overhead familiar sound to
of who have Offices in this giant structure.
But this morning heard one coming that seemed to be
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
7B-29F|eets 7
Fire 6 Cities
55o-6oo Planes Drop
$500 Tons Of Bombs

GUAM, Sunday July 29 up
seven huge task forces Of $50 tC
100 B-29 SuperfortreSScS spilled
1900 tons Of bombs on six Japa.
,ese cities early today. less than
n hours after all had been warned
hey would be wiped from the
nap within the next few days
The assault was made against
he Honshu cities of Tsu. Aomori
tchinoniya. Ukiya m ad a, anc
bgsk: and the Shikoku city of Uwa
lima. all Of which were on the
death list" Of II cities issued
lsrly Saturday by Mai Gen. Le-
nay.
ON WARNING SCHEDULE
The raiders also hit the
shimotSu oil refinery in the Osaka
urea on Honshu.
The giant assault, which in
,luded the deepest penetration Of
he Japanese homeland by the
Ierial battleShipS. was made after
he Twentieth Bomber Command
lad announced where II would
trike next and scattered leaflets
wer the affected cities warning
esidents 10 evacuate or be killed.
The other five cities on the list
pe Nsgaoka. Nishinomiya and
koriyama on Honshu, Kurumo on
Lyushu and Hakodate on Hok-
saido.
STRIKE SIMULTANEOUSLY
Lemay, in issuing his warning,
tad declared at least four OF the
isted cities would be raded
githin the next few days. How
Rer, he sent his giant armadaS
tgainst the greatest number of
Japanese cities ever hit at one
irne in the B-29 knockout cam
Nign which has scourged So
memy cities in a little more than
our months.
The 5Sth Bombardment Wing,
eterans of the 20th Bomber
command which opened the B-29
ampaign against Japan from
china bases, few $3.50 miles TO
make the deepest slash into ia
an, heaping fire and explosive
pombs on the city of Aomori, at
he northern tip of Honshu, $50
niles north of Tokyo. The previ-
ave rerord WaS Cendai, 1Q3 miles
,orth of Tokyo, Today's fight was
he longest bombing mission in
history.
Among crew members Of one
# the B-29s. the Skookum, were
hree Michigan men, 1st. 1t. Rob-
,rt A. Wells. of Berkiey, the
Instrument operator; S/Sgt. Will
lam J. Bye. Dearborn. center fire
bntrol gunner; and S/Sgt. f. Z.
Hoch, Of Battle Creek, right gun
ter.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
CONTINUED from Page one)

the plane striking the building similar to an earthquake
the explosion of big she'll"
Irwin a young elevator operator was hurled
her she opened the door at the 18th floor and
thrown with terrific force against opposite wall
II about 20 minutes for the first remen to reach the
upper stories since they had TO walk up scores OF flights
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
HEARD PLANE COMING

Patrolman James McCreedie, on
traffic duty in the street below
said he could hear the plane for
several minutes before the crash,
but could not see IT,
'Tt appeared as II the pilot
was lost In the fog" McCreedie
added. "The plane circled over
head for some minutes before
IL finally crashed and exploded"
Immediately after the bomber
struck most Of the wreckage
bounced off the Empire State and
plummeted onto a lower, adjoin-
ing office building, setting II afire.
BLAST FELT S MILES
The waves of the explosion
shook windows tor blocks around.
The blast could be felt within
a radius of five miles.
Filming gasoline was splattered
in all directions.
Office workers on floors be-
meath tne scene of the crash saw
sheets of fame and smoking
wreckage plunge by.
Broken glass and huge chunks
of debris tumbled crazily down
onto the 34th street side OF the
building, the side the plane
crashed into
Thousands of persons in the
neignbOrhood thought al first that
the 1,250-feet. 102-story. Empire
State Building was bombed
The entire tower. mast and tele-
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
Empire State Building Rammed
By Army Bomber; 13 Killed

of a nearby building when he saw
the BPS approach.
"The pilot was a minute away
from tine Empire State Building
then" he said. "He had a min
ute t. see how he was going TO
die.
II prayed for the guy. He
didn't have prayer. He was
lost. I've flown a lot of planes,
and I know. His radio must
have gone out. He had no beam.
The poor guy couldn't know he
was over Manhattan. he couldn't
know il was the Empire State
Building In front OF him.
"He came down TO find out
where he was. He found out
all right, and tried TO get up
high again-quicker than he'd
ever done before.
SHOUTS HIS ADVICE
"Ris motors were perfect.
B-25's always make lot Of
noise like that, saw him turn
his plane a little TO the left, as
he neared the building.
"Swing IL more. Damn il,
more / couldn't help shouting.
I've seen too many planes go
down. crashed myself, In
Aberoeen, Tex, in October, AZ,
with 10 men aboard. We missed
the field. IL was night, and l
kepi thinking II would be me
who murdered 10 men. We got
by though.
"Tkis crash today, well, Ii
was an unavoidable crash, due
TO had weather, the reports will
say wonder what the pilot
thought.
Manhattan: It's a devil Of
a town TO fly over In bad
weather. Somebody had to die
that way"
Cpl Edward Serena, who wa
under treatment at Camp Uptor
n. Y, said:
DIVES OUT OF MIST
II was standing at 35th street
and Fifth avenue when / heard
the plane motors. l looked up
and l saw the plane coming out
of the mist II seemed TO try to
avoid the building. Then II
stxnoi. oo,,IAu't haar ouutht N ~
and suddenly II burst into
flames.
BLACK smoke poured out. Ii
seemed to fall In a million
pieces. Then the whole floor
seemed to burst into flame. 1
ran toward the scene. People
were tearing out of the building.
Everybody seemed to be around
there. / rushed too. And then
the engines came"
GUIDE LEAPS 3 FEET
Louis Petley. 54, observation
tower guide, was on the Seth foo
tower with 35 per
sons who had paid 81 for tn
breath-taking view of greater New
York when the crash occurred.
IL never heard anything like
II i'm my life," he said. II jumped
three feet in the air. The people
started rushing around. l told
them, Wait a minute, now, wait
a minute" I saw a fash of fame
envelope the tower. herded the
people out and walked down TO
the 65th floor. From there we
took an elevator to the street.
SMOKE BLINDS HIM
Before we@'got to the eleva-
tor, smoke started up the stairs.
We couldn't see anything. 1t was
very bad. l counted noses. Three
were missing. 1 found out they
were In the washroOm and came
down safely later. l wanted TO
keep the people in the lobby for
a minute, but they all ran out,
saying, 1--WE want to get out of
here
The control tower operator a
Field couldn't believe
his ears when word was flashed 4
him that the plane had crashed
into the building.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29

hAy
/ ran into the hall as the roar
increased. Just as hit the hall
the plane struck.
A girl elevator operator had
just opened the door of the eleva-
tor shaft on my floor. The blast
blew her all the way across the
hall.
She is in the next office as l
dictate this TO the United Press.
No first aid has reached us yet.
We are isolated.
FUMES FILL HALL
am told that the plane struck
the building several floors above
my office. That would be hard
TO tell from here. The halls are
still so full of fumes that we are
afraid TO use the stairs.
The screaming and general hub
bub up here is so terrific that l
can hardly hear over the tele-
phone. But now things are quiet
ing down. ,
All of my windows are gone and
the Railways are Uttered with
glass.
/ don't want to claim too much,
but / must say that / am not too
surprised at what has happened.
We hear these planes all the time
and frequently they sound like
they are coming awfully close.
Fortunately the building was
not too full Of tenants this morn
ing because so many people take
Saturday off. l don't know what
happened 10 the people on the
floor where the plane struck.
FOG CLOSES IN
This was variable foggy
morning Sometimes l could see
other buildings in the neighbor-
hood and then the fog would close
in and I couldn't see anything.
This is the way ii was when l
heard the plane roaring in. II
was splitting rain.
Now I can hear noises from the
street below. Glass seems 10 be
falling continually.
Returning 10 my office after
the blast saw how lucky il was
that / got out into the hall. /
would have been full Of splintered
glass if I'd been in here when
il hit.
Now at 1925 the first hremen
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29

vision antenna were wrapped in
fog when the crash occurred.
Arm officials said the pilot ap-
parently was trying for an emer-
gency landing al LaGuardia Field
and thcn turned west, possibly in
the hope OF reaching Newark,
n. j airport.
Stan LomaX. a sports broad
caster for radio station WOR, er
route TO work AT the time, re-
ported:
THE plane came swooping
down Fifth avenue and was fly
ing very low. The crash caused
thunderOus explosion, and the
left wing of the plane shot out
In the direction of Madison ave-
nue.. The rest stuck In the
building.
"When the plane hit. there
was q ball of fame at least 100
feet across. Right after that,
the flames spread across the top
part of the building.
"The explosion = h o X the
whole area and people poured
from Red Cross headquarters
and other buildings.
William Yates, elevator opera
Dor in the building, said he saw
the plane blown back from the
tower after il crashed.
Yates reported that glass was
still raining into the streets half
an hour after the explosion, and
said he saw several persons cut
AT 1870 there was no specific in
formation on casualties, although
some reports said IL women had
been hurt on the 10Th floor.
THOUSANDS SEE FIRE
Thousands in the midtown area
rushed TO windows of surrounding
buildings to watch the spectacu-
lar fire.
When. a mass OF flames. spewed
out from the tower. observers first
believed lightning nad struck the
building. T hen reports flashed
from the stricken skyscraper that
a Mitchell bomber had rammed
the east side of the tower, en-
ploded. and bounced off in flames
to the roof of the old Waldorf
building on Thirty-third street,
adjacent 10 the Empire State.
Firemen were fighting the
flames in the Empire State from
the roof of the Waldorf building.
DR. Jack Lore of st. Vincents
HosPtal likened the fire which
rageo through the building to the
Boston night club fire.
THE heat" said DR.. Lore
who was one of the first physi-
clans 10 reach the scene, "was
intense. There was smoke every
where. saw at least five
bodies on one floor alone.
II took the elevator TO the
9th floor and walked the rest
of the way up. The damage
seemed TO start at about the
it'll floor.
Il walked into a passageway
and the first thing saw was
an airplane motor. There was
a gaping hole In the elevator
shaft and in the side of the
building beyond.
There was smoke and flames
and 10 was just like the Are in
the Coconut Grove Night Club
up In Boston"
WEIRD MIST SEEN
From a top floor window in the
Hotel Commodore, Mort Cooper,
famed Boston Braves baseball
pitcher looked out.
THE mist over the flames
made the sight even more
weirG," he said. "It just couldn't
be--but there was the Empire
State tower on fire."
DR. George Garrod. a pediatrist,
Perhaps the most pitiful
sight was seeing panic-stricken
women shoppers fat on their
stomachs on the street, some
out OF terrible fear. some hit by
rubble, stone, glass raining all
around. They picked themselves
up by heroic effort and dashed
across Fifth avenue, out of
harms way"
1t. Aubrey p. Condit. u. s. Air
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
Trapped in Office,
Crash

EDITORS NOTE-The author of the fOllotOin0 dis
patch is president of the James w. IiUn Co., manage
ment conSut0nS and former city editor of the Chicago
Herald and Examiner.