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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
Vet Back From Europe
Hunts Missing Wife

A Detroit veteran Of 33 months
combat duty in Africa and Italy
who returned home discharged
this week appealed for help today
In locating his wife.
Jerome Hall. a. said his wife
Helen. "a. moved from 655 Char
lotte last spring and he has had
no trace Of her since. Hall lives
AZ ITO Celdcn.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
State Troops
Seeking Recruits

Expanding its drive for full
time Michigan State Troopers, 20
recruiting teams manned armored
cars posted in downtown Detroit
today
Full time positions are open in
in the Troops for cooks, mechan-
les and stenographers, according
10 Capt. Mark A. Orlick. Active
duty state troopers for service one
night week and recruits for the
veterans reserve also are sought.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
Church Services
On Thanksgiving
Hudson S Parade
Also Features Day
THANKSGIVING EVENTS

D A. M.-Santa Claus Parade
down Woodward.
$3.50 A. M.-Solemn High mass
at ~. Aloysius Church, Wash
ingtOn Blvd.
1880 A. VI. - Interdenomina-
tional Service at Detroit In
stitute Of Arts.
III A. M.-DetrOit Lions W.
Cleveland Rams at Briggs
Stadium.
ii A. M.-Wayne University vs.
L. OF ID. at l.. OF ID. Stadium.
III A. M.-Services at Congre-
cations B'nai David, B'nai
MOshe and Sharrey Zedek.
ii A. M-Seryices In each Of
the 10 Churches of Christ
Scientist.
III A. M.-Services In Prot
estant Churches.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
Opera Concert

An opera concert under the di-
rection OF Prof Caesar Clan,oni
uiH be presented ~ < p. IT sat
urdsy a. the International lnstI-
tute. 243l r Grand Blvd, in Oh
servance OF the Institutes S Italian
Night.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
Measles Increase

An increase in the ease rate Of
measles during 1916 was predicted
today by Health Commissioner
Douglas with the announcement
that IS cases were reported last
week.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
CHARGES 'sTALLING'

Colombo charged Prosecutor
Donald c. NogCle and his chief
assistant. Harvey Lodge, with
deliberately stalling'
"My client has been in jaif'
on a false charge for two and
a half weeks" Colombos houted.
The prosecution has no COM
petent evidence against Bellm.
They are stslling for time"
Justice Of the Peace Luther c.
Green. Of Rochester, conducting
the examination. allowed the de-
lay when Noggle and Lodge in
sisted their office Is swamped
with work. They also said one Of
their most important witnesses,
Or. Richard +. Olson, who per-
formed the autopsy on Mrs.
Young, will be out Of the city
until next week.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
y Rob Thea+er

Police today sought two holdup
men who held up a theater at 800
Fourth, Royal Oak, and escaped
with S535 in cash.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
BeNnn in Jail,
Bond Refused
BY RAY GIRARDIN

His plea for bail denied Ed
ward Bellm brooded today in Oak
land County jail where he is held
on murder charge pending out
come Of his examination, ad-
Journed until next Tuesday.
A bitter fight against the week
delay demanded by the prosecu-
tion was made by Louis j. Co
lomho Jr- attorney for the former
Detroit police lieutenant charged
with numbering ms friend, Mrs.
Alberta Young.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
Van ZiIe Has Checkup

Recorder Judge Donald Van
Zie was IN Alexander Blaln Hos.
p'tsl today for a physical check
IN
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
W. Day Pay Demand
Start of GM Dispute

Todays controversy between the UAWIO the General
Motors which made 100000 workers idle in 135 GM plants
fro 1S. four daYs after VI DaY.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
ASK COTNTER OFFER

Oct. 12-The union asked the
corporation 10 submit a counter
proposal
president, offered a proposal
which would provide for a 6 per
cent wage increase, contingent
upon lenGthenlng Of the normal
work week 70 As hours. This, the
first GM offer. was promptly re-
Jected ny the union
Oct. 2i-GM workers voted s
70 ! 70 authorize a strike under
Smith-Connally Act.
Oct. 2S-UAW formally re-
iected corporations proposal.
Nov. The corporation offered
an S 10 10 per cent wage increase
70 bring classification rates UP
IN line with cost Of living in
creaSes. where they had not al
ready been adjusted
Nov s-Union charged cor
poration with unfair labor prac-
tces in A complaint filed with
the National Labor Relations
Board.
Nov. 11-CAW-CIO executive
board m eeting in Washington
heard Walter Reuther's report on
negotiations and appointed a six
man strategy committee. with
full authority 70 call a strike.
FLAT 10 PER CENT
Nov Incorporation offered p
flat 10 per cent increase in wage
rates Union rejected offer, claim
inc that the corporation would
not promise that such an increase
would not he used As basis for in
crease IN automobile prices
Nov l9-EmerCency conference
n delegates 10 national GM con
ference met in Detroit and sent
corporation proposal 10 submit
dispute 10 arbitration. Demandec
an answer within "a hours.
Nov 20-Corporation refused
10 meet union deadline. and con-
ference voted to strike.
Nov. Gl-Strike called.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
Denies Knowing
Ak Death Victim
By Ed BRAND

A Crosse Pointe Park con-
tractor was named by Mrs. LYDIA
Thompson in an undelivered note
TO her father last August as the
man who would know the an
sWer" in the event she disap-
pearcd police revealed today
He allcEcdly is Sam Perrone OF
1910 Yorkshire.
PcTrone told p Times reporter
last night that ne had been ques-
toned by police about the murder
on several occasions but denied
that ne ever knew or heard n
either Mrs. Thompson or her
husband, Louis, prior 10 the
murder.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22

At that time the JAW filed a
demand with GM for a 30 per
cent wage increase as the spear
head OF its drive which eventually
reached both Chrysler Corp. and
the Ford Motor Co. where neGo-
tiations are currently under way.
On Oct. 2, the corporation off
cially rejected the unions de-
mand. terning il inflationary and
claiming il could result only in
similar boost IN automobile
prices il granted
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-22
KNOWS GENTLE

II was also disclosed today mat
Mrs. Thompson cashed IN approXi-
mately $1,000 in war bonds
shortly after her father, Andrew
Shevehenko. arrived in the city
last July.
Perrone has a salvage contract
with the Detroit Stove Co. and
has known August Gentle, 1892
Thompson, an employe Of the
company, for several years
Mrs. Gentle lent Mrs. Thomp-
son $500 last September taking
a hen on her car as security.
WORRY REVEALED
'T never heard Gentle say
anything about the Thompsons
nor the loan," Perrone said. II
don't know whether he even
knew that Mrs. Gentle had
lent Mrs. Thompson the money.
Gentle has his friends, and
I have mine. We never discuss
our friends"
! Friends of Mrs. Thompson also
revealed yesterday that she had
been complaining about her father.
They quoted her as saying:
"He is worrying me To death"
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02

the toast of Broadway and
Mayfair. but few people
ever heard the inside story
OF this poor Polish girls
meteoric rise from obscur-
ity to the spotlight and the
big money It's an epic OF
the entertainment world.
The Queen Of the Shin
my Dance" has written her
life story for The American
Weekly and the first dra-
matte and revealing install
ment will appear in an
early issue Of the magazine.
You'll find the facts Of
Gilda Gray's life as fascinat-
ing as anything i'm fiction.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02

idly becoming one OF the
most publciZed plumbers
i'm the country. not because
he's any better than other
plumbers at making with
the WIenchcs and pipccut.
ters, but because he has q
boy named Van. Maybe
you've heard Of him.
Mr. Johnson, who had TO
bc both father and mother
% Van when nc was Il little
shaver, knows more about
the nations no. l glamour
boy than anyone else and
i'm an early issue OF this
magazine he's going 10 pre-
sent d d1d'S-cyc view OF one
Of Hollywood S best known
stars
Bobby soNcr or not you'il
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02

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Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02

n J mrs
biography Of
harley iolIn
S o MS % o :.
Van.
IA ILIIONS
WI Of people
in this coun
try re m g m
Der when Gil.
da Gray was
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-02

Santa Claus
IsontheJob
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EOR 10 years the good
-PeeP4e-ef- Indiana have
been disappointed b out
Santa ClauS-nOt the rosy
checked. bcWhiskered driv-
er of rcindeers, but the
town OF the same name.
They feel all right about
Santa Claus this year, how
ever, because the SqudbbtCs
that almost made it ghost
town are over and business
is getting back TO normal
The story of Santa Claus.
Indiana-Which started out
as an obscure little hamlet
named Santa Fo-lS a long
and strange one. It's origin,
its unusual claim to fame,
its troubles and its cmer-
gence from them, is the in.
tcrcsting and timely sub
ject of a page in next
weeks issue of The Amer
ican Weekly.
Peace has come to Santa
Claus again and youngsters
all over the country will he
happier because the town
that vas n a m @ d for
their favorite
W character is
- % back on the
Evening star., 1945-08-16

was awarded the Legion Of Merit for
his work as chief of the chemical
warfare section at Army Ground
Forces headquarters from October,
1943, to last April.
Col. John E. Metzler of 1888 North
Twenty-f1rst street, Arlington, was
awarded the Legion of Merit for his
work as chief of the European sec
ton of the theater branch in the
planning division, Army Service
Forces headquarters, from August,
1943, to May, 1945.
Col. MetZler assisted in the estab-
lishment of policies for the delivery
Of supplies and equipment to the
European theater.
1t. Col. William J. McWilliams of
1729 Varnum street NV. was
awarded the Legion of Merit at
Pentagon ceremonies yesterday for
his services as secretary to the gen.
eral staff of 9Th Army headquarters
from September, 1914, to last Nav.
1st 1t. Robert F. Hedges, jr., 28.
who was killed in action in Ger
many November 81, will be awarded
the Silver Star posthumously at 4
pm. tomorrow in the Pentagon
Evening star., 1945-08-16
; Awards Presented
Col. Post|ethwait for
Philippine Actions

1t. Col. Edward M. PoStlethWalu
of 3081 North Pollard street, Arling-
ton, Va, yesterday was awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross, the Sill
yer Star and Bronze Star medals
for gallantry in action on three oc-
casions in the Philippines campaign.
Gen. Jacob L. Devers, chief of the
Army Ground Forces, offlciated at
the presentation.
Col. PostlethWait was awarded the
DISC for gallantry at Leyte last Oc-
tober 20, when he landed in the
third wave of troops. The citation
said he found the first two waves
In confusion, pinned down by heavy
enemy fire. He personally rallied
the men and secured the beachhead
On October 80. Col. Postlethwait
led his battalion in an advance along
the road from Jaro to Carigara and
captured heavily fortified position,
after personally scouting out COW
cred route of approach that made
1t possible for the unit to seize the
objective, the Army reported.
On November 8, he led reinforced
company in an amphibious assault
on Pinamopoan, landing miles be-
hind enemy lines. The citation said
he exposed himself constantly to fire
and as a result of his aggressive
action, the Japs were forced to with
draw and abandon four antitank
guns and two 77-mm. field pieces.
Since his return from overseas,
Col PostlethWait has been assigned
to the plans and training division
of the Army Ground Forces. His
home is at Warren, MINI.
Rear Admiral Martin X. Metcalf
of Winston drive. Bethesda, has
been awarded the Legion of Merit
for services as director of convoy
and routing in the headquarters of
the commander in chief, United
States Fleet, until June Is.
Fleet Admiral Ernest j. King
presented the award Tuesday in
ceremonies at the Navy Department.
Col. Gustave H. Vogel, 1902 Lega-
ton street NV, who returned home
yesterday from Italy. has been
awarded the Order of the British
Empire and an Oak Leaf Cluster to
the Legion of Merit for his work as
chief of the petroleum section, Al
lied Force Headquarters. in the
Mediterranean theater, dispatches
report
The awards were presented in the
Offices of Field Marshal Sir Harold
Alexander. supreme Allied COM
mander of the Mediterranean the
ater, and Gen. Joseph T. McNarney,
deputy supreme Allied commander.
The British citation said Col
Vogel was responsible for assuring
the oil supply of the Allied armies in
Africa and Italy and added that he
"created an organization never yet
equaled in theater Of war"
Col. Joseph S. Gorlinski of 1918
South TWenty-first street, Airing
ton, has been awarded the Legion
of Merit for his work as assistant
chief of operations and training
branch and chief of the War Plans
Division, Office of the Chief of En-
gineers from July, 1910, to Decem-
ber, 1874
Col, Gorlinski prepared initial
plans for overseas task forces and
for establishment of engineer head
quarters in Iceland, Greenland. AS
Censison Island, Africa, New zea-
land. Alaska, India, China and the
South Pacific
Col. Milton T. Hankins of 4241
South Thirty road. Arlington,
Evening star., 1945-08-16

loffice Of Brig. Gen. Robert N. Young
commanding general of the Militar,
District Of Washington. Gen. Young
will present the medal to the widow
Mrs. Lucille Hedges, 2207 Otis street
NE.
1t. Hedges will be cited for gal
lantry in action and disregard for
his personal safety on the day he
was killed.
A graduate of Mckinley High
School, 1t. Hedges worked for the
Government Printing once before
Evening star., 1945-08-16
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Evening star., 1945-08-16

he entered the service in 1941. Sur
vivors include a son, Ronald 4, and
. daughter, Dorothy, /.
Evening star., 1945-08-16

Major Ted Lawson, famous fighter,
author of $50 Seconds Over Tokyo"
is but one of the well-known author
tiles on Americas Town Meeting to-
night. The subject: "Will the return
ing Veteran be a national problem ?"
Other speakers: Jackie Coogan, movie
star, ex-Army flyer; Gov. Earl Warren
of California; Chaplain Capt. Clar-
ence Franz. Hear both sides of this
looming issue on Americas Town
Meeting, sponsored by The
Readers Digest, $50, WMAL.
Evening star., 1945-08-16

RoHrood Surgeon Dies
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Aug. Is (F).
DIR. James M. Dinnen, SO, chief
surgeon for the Nickel Plate Rail-
Evening star., 1945-08-16

1916 died Chicago in 1872 tn
illness living graduate Of the school
Medical Col native Burlington VT
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
V-Bombs Killed
8,48 British

LONDON. April SUPP
German V-bombs have killed g.
436 persons, and injured 25.101
since the offensive began last
June IS, it was announced today.
Miss Ellen Wilkinson. parlia-
mentary secretary to the Home
Security ministry. said that the
W. campaign against England had
ended.
She said the Germans would
have to lengthen the range by 100
miles to reach Britain now, and
that would mean carrying extra
fuel and so reduce the warhead
that it would be an ineffective
weapon"
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
British Drive
For Burma Oil

CALCUTTA. April 9 OUP)-
Troops of the British Fourteenth
Army have captured a strongly
defended ridge "a miles south
east of Pakakku on the road to
the Burma airfields on the IRA
waddy, a communique said today.
Another enemy strong point
was captured northwest Of Thai
Junction on the Mandalay-Ran-
goon Railroad, IA miles east of
Meiktili
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
Nations Nod
ToArgentind

BUENOS AIRES, April 9 (INS)
Diplomatic relations between
Argentina and Great Britain. plus
the nations Of the Western Henri
sphere, including the United
States. were resumed today.
Representatives of countrie S
which had withheld recognition Of
the Farrell regime called at the
foreign office at brief intervals 10
present notes advising of the res
toration.
The Colombian envoy was first
followed by a British representa-
tive.
Later the Swiss charge d'affaires
called al the chancery and il was
announced that France and Hol-
land were among the nations out
side the western hemisphere which
have been renewed relations with
the Argentines.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
Us. Plans to Send
Families Overseas

state. foreign commerce. army,
navy, coastguard and marines are
on overseas assignment.
Applications of families apply
ing for deployment overseas
would haye to be cleared through
the state department priorities
division.
Sources here reported that the
large-scale deployment plan was
designed chiefly to meet person
mel problems of the forthcoming
occupation of Germany. The VISA
plan is contingent on an increase
in available passenger facilities
Deployment of families TO the
Pacific area was not under con-
siderations, informants said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
Artillery Fails
ToHd|t Ydnks
On 0kinaW,d

GUAM. April 9-(INS)-Ameri-
can Tenth Army troops supported
by land-based aircraft but meet
ing the heaviest Japanese artil-
lery fire ever experienced in the
Pacific war, today gained strate-
gic ground threatening two more
key airdromes on Okinawa.
The right flank of the oath
Army Corps hammered forward
10 seize a ridge position two miles
above the northern tip Of Machi-
nato airstrip and the 32d regi-
ment of the famed Seventh Divi-
sion pushed ahead on the east
coast to reach a point 1.500 yards
north of Yonabaru airdrome.
USE HEAVY MoRTARS
The Japs were employing,
among other batteries. 1000
pound mortars, and ms corre-
spondent Julian Hartt said the
enemy continued hammering
away at the u. S. forces on a
round-the-clock basis"
However, the Americans were
backed by powerful concentra-
tions of both land-based and naval
as well as carrier and
land-based aircraft. Revelation
that marine fighters are using the
Yontan and Kadena airstrips-
scarcely a week ago
as operational bases in support of
the ground troops came shortly
before the Yanks threatened the
Mschinato and Yonabaru 'dromes.
GAIN 1000 YARDS
Fleet Adm. Ninitz. in his regu-
lar communique, said that marines
attached to 1t. Gen. Buckner's
in the northernmost
sector of the strategic battle
field drove ahead Sunday for
gains Of from 1900 TO 1000 yards
westward along the Motobu
Peninsula.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10

NEW YORK, April 6 (UP)-A
plan TO send overseas the families
of government officials and other
civilians on long-term assign
ments in the European theater
of operations is being developed
by the War Shipping Administra-
tion. it was reported today.
CT wives were not included in
the program, il was emphasized.
1t was learned here that the
army instituted the plan for
uniting civilian families overseas.
Thousands Of civilian employees
of the Red Cross. United Nations
Rehabilitation and Relief Admin
istration, VISA. department Of
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
War Fronts
WESTERN FRONT-U. 6. pa,

WESTERN FRONT-U. s. par
atroopers land behind German
lines ahead of First Army as
NaziS put torch TO Reich.
page II
RUSSIA-Reds battle into heart
of Vienna. tPage L.
OKINAWA-A m G r ic ans ad-
vance against increasing Jap
resistance. page L.
LUZON-MacArthur's p lanes
take heavy toll of Jap ship
ping. Page p
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
U. S. Loses, Jap Version

LONDON. April 9 (INS)-A
Jap imperial headquarters broad
cast today claimed that a large
American aircraft carrier. three
cruisers and 10 destroyers were
sunk off Okinawa Friday and
Saturday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
GOering Walks Now,
British Take His Car

LONDON, April 9 (UP)-A
Daily Mail war correspondent
today that British troops
had found Reichmarshal Goering's
special automobile. super Mer-
cedes. hidden in a factory.
II was described as a powder
blue coupe with silver stream
lining. upholstery of blue cloth
and beige Leather. rosewood
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
German Loss Heavy
In Bosnian Battle

NEW YORK, April 9 GNS)-
Brcko, a Bosnian town on the Sava
River, Is miles north of Sarajevo,
has been taken by Marshal Tito's
army of liberation. the YugoSlav
radio reported today.
The broadcast said the Germans
lost 2,349 killed and 2.3l0 were
taken prisoner in three days.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
NaZi Losses i'm West
Put at $4,000 Daily

PARIS, April 9 CUP)-The Ger
man armies of the west have suf-
fered an estimated $4,000 casual
tics daily during the last 10 days,
Il was disclosed today.
Headquarters spokeSmen re-
vealed that the American First
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10

and Ninth armies have captured
6,349 prisoners in the Ruhr pocket
since they began their joint drive
against an estimated 10000 Ger
mans trapped there About $500
Of the Ruhr captiveS were taken
by tho First Army and $500 by
the Ninth,
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
Michigan FIier Killed

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla,
April 9 (UP)-Officials at the
naval air station here revealed
today that Ensign Dale L. French
of Battle Creek was killed in a
training plane crash Saturday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
.Ndziis Firing
in
Path Of Allies

PARIS. April 9 (1NS)-Huge
fires engulfed 10000 square miles
of northwestern Germany today,
indicating unparalleled Nazi de-
struction of key cities in the path
of Allied armies h a m m ling
through the suburban outskirts OF
Bremen and Hanover. &
(American paratr0Ops were
reported dropping far behind
the German lines I'm the path
of the BerIin-bound u. s. First
Army today.
(The German DNB News
Agency said 500 or more Amer
lean parachutists were shower
ing down into the S8-mile
corridor between Hann-Muen-
den and Muehlhausen I'm an
attempt to blaze q trail across
the Werra River for the main
First Army force.
U. s. FIRST BREAKS OUT
(The U. s. First Army burst
out of Its Weser River bridge
head today and raced l8 miles
or more to within 10 miles Of
Madgeburg, Berlin's main outer
fortress on the Elbe River, UP
reported.
(The Brussels radio reported
British troops already I'm tho
actual suburbs of Bremen. Front
line dispatches indicated the
early fall of Hanover, o major
communications center with q
normal population of 50O,OOO.)
Trapped in western Holland are
an estimated $4,000 Germans, SUI
preme headquarters said, as Cana
dian forces carve their way toward
the Zuider Zee north of Zwolle.
The majority of these German
forces are noncombatant troops, 1t
was said.
COUNTERATTACKs FAIL
Gen. Patch's Tenth Armored
Division, which broke through to
Crailsheim. has beaten off several
strong counterattacks from the
northeast as 20 planes Of the
luftwaffe strafed the area.
In honor of Mai. Gen. Maurice
Rose. late commander Of the
Third Armored Division, killed
by the Germans after he sur
rendered, the Ruhr pocket now is
called the Rose Pocket" head
quarters said.
(All telephone communication
between Berchtesgaden, where
Hitler Is hiding out, and his rear
eschelOns and front line gen
erals In the west have been cut
of as the result Of Allied bomb
ings and Allied armored spear
head thrusts, according to latest
reports received by the 18th Air
borne Division headquarters.)
Hanover was threatened by a
pincers drive of the British Sec
ono Army and the American
Mint. Army from points seven
miles from the heart of the city.
(American Ninth Army tanks
are within sight Of Hanover and
have reached point three
Continued on Page 9, Col. -
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
SEEKS TO SPEED PROFITS TAX REFUNDS
WASHINGTON. April 9 lUPl-Rep. Frank

WASHINGTON, April 9 (UP)-Rep Frank Carlson
(R of Kansas introduced legislation today to give bus
firms tax relief during recOnversiOn by advancing
the date for profits tax refunds to 60 days after
We day. The 1912 revenue act provided refunds of 10
per cent of profits taxes two to five years after
the war.