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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09
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~ Jan. l945
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09

EORMER President Herbert
Il Hoover, chairman of the board of
the Boys Clubs of America, Inc, has
written the following letter to Mr..
Morgan Howard, treasurer of Hearst
Consolidated Publications, Inc, Los
Angeles, Cal:
40 Lexington Avenue,
New York, IT. N. Y.
DEAR MR.. HOWARD:
The very generous increase in
the gift which you sent in response
to my appeal in behalf of the Boys
Clubs of America is much appre-
ciated.
have forwarded your check to
the treasurer and you will receive
formal acknowledgment.
It is good of you to take an in
terest in this fine work and as
chairman of the board I want to
thank you and your company for
your help.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER.
THE most vital enterprise in Amer
Il lea, in war and in peace, is in the
giving of guidance and inspiration,
instruction and example, to Amer
lean boys.
The Boys Clubs of America, Inc,
of which Mr. Herbert Hoover, former
president of the United States, is
national chairman, is great national
organization efficiently and earnestly
devoted to the purpose.
It is doing a wonderful work in
behalf of American youth, and has
earned and received national appre-
citation for its efforts.
1t has kept juvenile delinquency
at low levels or ENTIRELY OUT
of communities where it is properly
supported.
1t has accomplished what it has,
and is capable of accomplishing much
more, because it has a boundless
FAITH in the essential and instinc-
tive GOODNESS of boys.
1t offers program of recreation,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09
Our F irst Rule of Security

GERM We must make military instruction
REGULAR PART OF EDUCATION. We can
never be safe until this is dOne."-Thomas Jefferson
Even before Thomas jefferson declared him
self for universal military training George Wash
ington had said:
1T may be laid down as primary position
and the BASIS OF OUR SYSTEM that every
citizen who requires the protection of free gov
eminent owes not only portion of his property
but even his PERSONAL SERVICES to the
defense of it.
And yet in spite of these solemn warnings and
advice from the two great founding fathers the
people of the United States and its Congress have
been almost criminaly negligent in providing for
universal military training
THIS failure to see in every civilian a NECES-
i SARY defender of the Republic may have cost
us thousands of lives in all our wars including the
present one.
Listen again to what George Washington as
commander in chief of our armies said to Congress
after five years of war:
Had we formed a permanent army in the
beginning which by the continuance of the same
men in service had been capable of discipline, we
never should have had to retreat with handful
of men across the Delaware in 1776, trembling for
the fate of America i. :. We should not have re-
NAMED all the succeeding winter with sometimes
scarcely sufficient body of men to mount the
ordinary guards, liable at every moment to be
dissipated if they had only thought proper to
march against us; -. we should not have found
ourselves this spring SO weak as to be insuted by
5000 men, unable to protect our baggage and
magazines, their security depending on a good
cOuntenance and want of enterprise in the
enemy; we should not have been in the greatest
part of the war inferior to the enemy indebted
for safety to their inactivity, enduring fire.
quently the modification of seeing inviting oppOr
tunties to ruin them pass unimproved for want of
force which the country was completely able to
afford and of seeing the country ravaged, our
towns burnt, the inhabitants plundered, abused
murdered, with impunity from the same cause"
TN A WORD, the Revolutionary War was
l. NEARLY LOST BECAUSE OF LACK OF
MILITARY PREPARATION.
And may that not be threat that confronts
us today?
GUARDIAN OF THE REPUBLIC.
For this purpose we do not need large stand
ing regular army.
By adopting the Swiss system of a trained
and ever-ready civilian militia need not change
our institutional traditions one whit.
We may differ on many postwar policies, but
on this one we should be united to a man.
UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING AS
PART OF OUR AMERICAN A, B, Cs.
That is the platform that Washington and
jefferson stood on and that is the platform that
the American Legion stands on today.
Congress meets next week. It's first duty
for the FUTURE, citzen-soldiers to fight, if need
be, for that which is most precious on earth-our
FREE AMERICA.
We have taken too many chances in the past.
Let us be SURE the next time
Let us PREPARE now!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09
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sesrs enc fes sa,b ~ ths hr,t svs
saestisns ard hvs for the last ausstion;
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GA, suIl.
How old is the poem
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mas? (a) u, years, 10 s.
years. Co 10 years.
2-The westernmoSt point Of
England is appropriately called.
ts) West End tbJ Lands End,
(c) Cornish End
aquatic plants grow in
Ca water. 'bJ sand. tc' moss.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09
"A Vital American
Enterprise

entertainment and instruction that
measures up to the energies and en-
thusiasms of young people, in way
that makes the wholesome and decent
things not merely the RIGHT things
to do but the most ENJOYABLE
things to do.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

TO THE EDITOR:
THE holidays bring an impulse
Il of heart, a state of mind, A
manner of conduct that sheds
light and impartS happiness. But
if this way of life works so well,
why confine it only TO one day,
or one week n the whole year?
If brotherly love is good for the
25th of December, why is il not
good for the 18th of June? Why
not be morally conscious of hui
man responsibilities throughout
the year? Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as IL
is in heaven" which / take TO
mean all the year and every
year. Are we sure we wish our
prayers ANSWERED.?
GEORGE l.. PAYNE.
TO THE EDITOR:
IN BEHALF of Mr. Charles
" p. SkouraS. chairman of the
national executive committee of
the Army at War Exhibition,
and myself, | want TO express
our sincere appreciation for
YOUR endeavorS in making the
Detroit army art exhibit an out
standing success.
DAVID VI. IDEAL.
Fox Michigan Corp.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09
BEHIND
NEWS
BY Paul
MaIIon

WASHINGTON. Jan. $40
w point values have been
placed on government excuses
for restoring point values on
basic foods. and a widely as
sorted choice of excuses is
available-Some with no point
TO them and little value behind
them. The facts are these:
Last spring when OPA re-
moved food rationing restric-
tons, / reported TO you the
stocks of food supplies avail
able did not warrant the re-
moval, that it was done for
election purposes, and was dam
gerous even if we had bumper
1914 crops, and restrictions
would have 10 be restored inn
mediately after election in any
event.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09

NOV the government is con-
~ cocting minor truths TO
cover the political motive be-
hind its mistake last spring
CIT is officially called mis-
take now and furnishing sound
reasons for It's latest step which
was inevitable anyhow.
They say, for instance, pro-
longation of the war in Europe
upset their calculations; that
people are eating more than
they expected. You can wrap
all this kind up and put them
aside in any analysis Of condi-
tons.
They are publicity excuses
and pointless because the main
one would have required this
return TO rationing anyway. and
actually the administration
Jared better from unexpected
circumstances than they had
reason TO expect because the
1914 crop was better than 1t
anticipated last spring at plant
ing time.
Another excuse is that too
many points had accumulated
in the hands of the people for
the amount of food now avail
able. People just would not
spend so points for pineapple
juice and 40 or SO for a bottle
of ketchup.
These unspent points in re-
serve had to be killed or the
new rationing restrictions would
not have been effective. So this
excuse is true also, though Sec
ondary TO the main inevitable
considerations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-01-09


THERE is a story going
l. around that the left wingers
in OPA put this new order over
on the alert, clear-eyed Mr..
Bowles. There are left-wingers
in OPA and they do want al
ways to crack down on every
one, and rub the public nose in
the dirt. That is their estab-
lished way of doing things
(which l viii handle in later
column.
But not much is put over on
Mr.. Bowles, except by Mrs.
Roosevelt, who was unprece-
dentedly quoted as saying
his speeches were dull "a
criticism, the gratuitousneSS Of
which, suggested Mr. BowleS is
being sheared to play goat for
the mistake of easing ration
ing and thus having aided re-
election of Mr.. RooSevelD.
At any rate. if you accept
OPA figures on food, which
have been announced in very
limited quantities, YOU must ac-
cept the soundneSS of restored
rationing.
OF course there are no other
figures. and government officials
have taken so many conflicting
positions and changed them so
often, that on the face of the
public record, you would appear
justified in reaching the conclu-
sion that either they did not
know what they were doing or
had something deep or disas-
trous behind all this.
The war food administration.
for example, just before cleo
ton. announced ample supplies
Of food available. and il should
know if any one does. However,
few days later the chief of the
Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
nomics, Mr.. Tolley, who also
should know. said the opposite.
COME army officials have been
~ saying the armed services
have unbelievable quantities of
food i'm storage, but an officer
of the quartermaster generals
office told a victory garden club
in New York last week that all
the surplus of the army would
not keep the whole country 60
ing for a week.
This suggests rather plainly
no one even yet knows how
much food we have (the army
does not let the navy know and
vice versa. and both consider
such information validity enough
AS military Secrets). BY its own
conflicting acts, therefore, the
government has cast eternal
suspicion on its own statistics
and announcements.
Unquestionably. however, tight
situations exist in butter, meats,
sugar and procesSed foods and
the Bowles figures now at least
have shed the political necessi-
ties of Mr.. Roosevelt's re-elec-
ton and thus have firmer
ground.
Therefore. I would say 10 the
housewife the sparse sound evil
dence, behind the noise and con-
fusion being dinned into her
ears. shows the government
merely took a long chance for
election purposes and escaped
better than il could have. due
10 the great crops, and large
accumulated supplies, but must
ration food more strictly at this
time. There is no ground for
beefing sboutit now.
Distributed ~ King Features synd Inc.
Reproduction IN whole or In part
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-11-08
CLOSING DATE SET
FOR A A


DUFham, Nov. 8.-The North Car
Dina Merit System Council an
nounce5 today that November Is IS
the closing date for receipt of APP
DIications for examinations to be
given on December l for various
State positions.
Examinations are being held to
fill vacancies on the Unemployment
Comp5 nsation Commission, State
Board of Public Welfare. State
Board Of Health, and State Commis-
sion for the Blind.
Announcement bulletins descrio-
ing the positions open may be OBJ
tanned by writing the Merit System
Office, Post Office Box 1928, Dur
ham.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-11-08
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Evening star., 1945-01-06
'Luzon Landinq
'ByU. 5. Troops
.Hinted by laps
Martinique Island
Falls to Macarthur
Forces Unopposed
MAP on Page A-2.J

The Tokyo radio said today
I'the Americans may have landed
on Luzon."
Earlier, Domei, japanese news
agency, said "three groups OF
enemy transports with carrier
protection appeared in the
Philippine waters yesterday, ap-
Fparently with the intention OF
attempting landings somewhere,
probably at Luzon." There was
no Allied confirmation.
The dispatch, recorded by the
Federal Communications Commits
sion, said one convoy, comprising
about 100 landing craft escorted
by task force" penetrated waters
west OF Lingayen Bay, Luzon.
Domei reported another large
group Of United States vessels, to-
gether with about 10 converted air.
craft carriers" was cruising west of
Panay Island.
Third Convoy Sighted.
The third convoy reported by
Domei was sighted speeding west
ward in waters south Of Negros
Island"
In a broadcast beamed to China,
the Tokyo radio said that "the bat
tie Of the Philippines will decide
the outcome of the Greater East
Asia war" It added that "the Leyte
and Mindoro campaigns are merely
local operations" and the decisive
struggle" will take place on Luzon.
Luzon u the main island of the
Philippines. Manila is located on it.
Only yesterday Gen. MacArthur,s
headquarters in the Philippines an
nounced an unopposed landing on
the island on Martinique, 100 miles
south Of Manila and Just below
Luzon itself.
Gen. Macarthur said the invasion
of Martinique puts the Yanks In
direct contact with the Southern
Luzon coast"
Yanks Take Island.
With air and naval support, the
Americans seized the little island
Wednesday, the same day American
carrier planes were pounding For
mosa and Gen. Macarthur was an
nouncing fresh landings on Min
| doro.
Martinique is about 20 miles east
of Mindoro Island and is only IL
miles south of the Tayabas Pen
insula on Southern Luzon.
"Our ground forces, supported by
naval and air elements, made sur
prise landing and occupied Marin
duque," Gen. Macarthur reported in
his communique today. Through
seizures of this island east of Min
Evening star., 1945-01-06
|95 jap Vessels
|Hitin Raids in
IF ormosu Area
B-29s bomb war
plants on Japanese mainland.
Page Az
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR,
TIERS. Pearl Harbor, Jan. 6.-Pa.
|cific Fleet carrier planes de-
stroyed Ill Jap planes, dam
aged 220 planes and sank OF
damaged IS enemy ships in a
daring two-day assault on For
mosa and Okinawa, Admiral
Chester w. Nimitz announced
today. Formosa and Okinawa
which is in the Ryukyu Islands
are Japanese bases guarding the
China coast.
Striking all the way across the
Pacific, many planes from Vice
Admiral John S. McCains force
winged down 500 miles of the China
coast searching for japanese ship
ping, Associated War Correspondent
Rembert James aboard Admiral
McCain's flagship, reported.
The Formosa attacks were made
Tuesday and Wednesday Omitted
States time). Twenty-seven ships
were sunk. Sixty-eight ships were
damaged.
Reconnaissance Fight.
The Nimitz communique did not
mention the first China probing
fight by Navy carrier planes, ap-
parently because no material attack
targets were sighted by pilots
(See FORMOSA, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1945-01-06
U. 5. Bombers Blast
Rhine Bridges at
Cologne and Bonn
Several Railroads and
Other Reich Centers
Also Are Attacked
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Jan. 6.-More than
800 American heavy bombers,
escorted by nearly 900 Mustangs,
today attacked three road and
rail bridges across the Rhine at
Cologne and Bonn and bombed
several rail yards and other
communication centers in West
ern Germany.
1t was the 18th daylight attack
by Britain based United States 9th
Air Force bombers and fighters in
IA days in support of American
armies battling against the German
attempt to crash through Allied
lines and overrun Belgium.
Western Germany was battered
overnight by more than 5000 tons
of Raj bombs.
Five Raids by British.
British bombers made five raids
during the might've each against
Berlin and Hanover and one
against German troop concentra-
tions in and around Houffalize, in
the Ardennes salient 10 miles north
east of Bastogne.
A terrific night air battle, "the
biggest the Raj Bomber Command
and the Luftwaffe have had for
many months" was fought in the
Hanover area as German night
fighters sought to protect the
| junction point, British statement
said.
Thirty-three British bombers and
three fighters were reported lost
and 10 Of the enemy planes were
knocked down.
The night sweeps came as a sequel
to attacks on a score Of road and rail
functions yesterday by more than
$500 United States heavy bombers
and fighters.
American planes yesterday hit
virtually every major supply link In
the 150-mile distribution zone sup
porting the German western front
offensive. The fleet dropped 5000
tons of explosives on freight yards
and highway functions from Cologne
south to karlsruhe.
Fires Started in Berlin.
Probably more than 1,500 British
Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mos
quitos Joined in the tremendous as
sault last night. which left fires
burning in Berlin and Hanover.
Then just before dawn Raj heavy
weights roared over the battle area
behind low-f1ying Pathfinder air.
craft which planted flares among
German troop concentrations.
A moment later tons of bombs
burst among enemy positions around
Houffalize.
The bulk of the bomb weight was
concentrated on Hanover, a mid
way point on the vital Berlin the
west route for German troops anc
war material.
| The fiery glow reflected in the
clouds was visible for 200 miles
British airmen said, and it guided q
second force of bombers which raid
ed the city 21a hours after the first
ATTACK,
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Early Consideration
To Be Given Plea for
National Service Law
Work-or-Fight Action
Against 4-Fs Also
Studied by House Group
BULLETIN.

Sources close to the House
Military Affairs Committee
predicted today that Selective
Service headquarters would
direct local draft boards with
in the next "a hours to induct
men between Is and 38 who
change jobs without board ap-
proval. The new regulation is
aimed primarily at physically
At men holding deferments.
The House Military Affairs Com
mittee is expected to give quick
consideration to President Roose-
velt's renewed recommendation 70,
national service legislation.
While the committee in the past
has SHE'D away from legislation that
would regulate the working or fight
ing assignments of almost every
able-bodied man or woman, Chair
man May said after an informal
meeting yesterday that it was ready
to consider presidential request.
Before the Presidents message
today, committee sentiment ha6
swung toward action to put 4-Fs ano
other deferred draft-age men te
work in essential industry or be
inducted into the Army instead
Of all-inclusive manpower contro
legislation.
Mr.. May pointed out that under
existing regulations, a man classi-
fed in 4-F generally can do as he
pleases. Many, he said, are not con-
tributing to the war effort in any
way. Likewise, he added, many
men deferred to do specific jobs
have left the jobs but retained the
deferments.
No Longer "YoVng Mans War;"
At the same time, Maj. Gen. Lewis
B. Hershey, draft director, wrote ir
an official publication that the wal
"can no longer be regarded as q
young mans war"
There was immediate speculation
whether Gen. Hershey Is forecastine
q change IN the draft status Of the
| (See MANPOWER. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Divisions in 1st Amy's
Assault Are Identified
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE 1ST ARMY, Jan. g.
Censorship was lifted today on the
following American divisions in the
American 1st Ar1ny's current as
sault against the north flank of the
Germans Belgian salient:
The 82d Air-borne, the I'd and Sd
Armored, the 30th, 83d, 84th and
part Of 18th Infantry.
The 82d's parachute and glider
troops are operating under COM
mand Of the 18th Air-borne Corps
which is headed by Mai. Gen
Matthew B. Ridgeway. Gen. Ridge
way was commander of the 82d from
August Is, 1912, until he took over
the corps command August 10, 1914
The 7th Corps, commanded by Maj
Gen. j. Lawton Collins, and the
5th Corps also are in action.
Evening star., 1945-01-06
Universal Troinina
Urged; V-EDoyin As
Is Declared Possible
Message Warns Against
Nuzi- Inspired Rumors
Designed to SpIitAI|ies
BY J. A. FOX.

President Roosevelt today called for enactment of
national service act a the earliest possible moment and
also recommended universal military training after the war
he sent his annual message the state the Union
to the Seventy-nnth Congress.
In the document which lack
the production cost es blood Of
the President recalled his
for national service lava recommendation
tngent the adoption of complementary legislation covering
taxes, prices and profits.
Mr. Roosevelt also reviewed extensively operations
fighting fronts expressed the war in Europe can
be- ended this and warned against propaganda
which would split the Allies
The President devoted almost message to the course Of
the and the to follow spoke plainly against
power politics. declaring that "e
in this term must not control relations post
war world
Evening star., 1945-01-06
President Requests Induction
Of Nurses Into Armed Forces

ing to await the outcome Of further
efforts at recruiting.
Despite active recruiting since
last April to enlist an additional
10000 nurses, the President said,
the net gain In strength Of the Nurs-
ing Corps has been only 1000
There are now 1900 nurses In the
Army.
1T has been estimated by the
war Manpower Commission that
1900 additional nurses could be
made available to the armed forces
without interfering too seriously
with the needs Of the civilian pop
IulAtion for nurses" Mr.. Roosevelt
lSaid.