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Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Fraternization Ban Lifted,
Soldiers Rush for Exits

WEISBADEN Germany, July
Ia (UP)-The local Red Cross
club was jammed tonight when il
was announced that the nonfra-
termination band had been lifted
for L. S. and British troops by
Gen. Eisen hover and Field
Marshal Montgomery. Hundreds
of GIs roared and ran for the
exits
Sgt. Jack Lacy, Hartford. Conn
made the announcement in dra-
matte fashion. Hastily garbed in
womenS clothes. he dashed onto
the stage. threw his arms around
Cpl Dick Paffee. Chicago, and
screamed:
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
BARS BLACK MARKET

Their applications for permits
for unTC Strl G ted -AlaLghtCrlng
rights viii be approved by Arm
strong on the spot under an order
signed Friday by Secretary Of
Agriculture Clinton u. Anderson
on condition that none Of the meat
thus provided finds ats way into
black market channels
New Slaushtcr.ng schedules Will
be implcmented in some plants as
early as Tuesday, while Armstrong
conducts a personal -inSpcci.ea-et
the Detroit area facilities IN an
attempt 10 mon out kinks before
they develop
ThcnceioIth II VIII be up 20 the
packers. city Official, and the pub
lie 10 crack down on black market
chjSClcr>.
LyrcS y Boomer chairman Of
the food emergency committee.
SAID that sS soon as the meat sit
uauon was Strengthened out the
group would tackle shortages IN
other critical items
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Italy Declares
War on Japan

ROME. July IA CUP) - The
Italian government of Premier
Ferruccio Parri declared war to-
day against Japan, effective at
midnight
An Italian foreign Office an
nouncomout said that the Swedish
government had been asked to
take over Italian interests In
Japan and 10 notify the japanese
of the declaration OF
war. effective July 15.
The United States. British,
Russian. Chinese and French gov
ernmcntS already have been in
formed. the statement said
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

To Be Made
By Dethnners
Favoritism Rampant.
Money Buys Privileges,
Report Will Declare
BY RHYS JONES
Times staff Correspondent

LANSING, July l4-Miehigan's
most sensational prison scandal,
based on revelations of wide.
spread bribery and favoritism,
will be brought into the open
within the next 10 days, it was
learned here today.
A complete shakeup of the staff
at Jackson Prison is expected to
follow.
Warden Harry Jackson, VET
eran chief of this largest penal
institution in the country, will
be cited for hearing before the
state corrections commission when
The explosive report is released,
official sources said.
SIX SPECIFIC CHARGES
The report, to be made public
by Atty. Gen. John Dethmers,
will charge:
Favored prisoners, and
those who had money to "tip"
the guards, were virtually free
men and were allowed to visit
their wives and sweethearts In
Detroit and in the city of Jack
son.
2-Most "big shot" inmates
carried large rolls of bills, even
though prisoners are not sup
posed to possess cash.
3-MOney could buy almost
any favor, and whisky has been
available to any one who could
pay bootleg prices.
4-Gambling has been a COM
mon pastime in the institution.
5-W hen inmates with o
"pull' were sent to town ON
fake errands, unaccompanied By
guards, the only stipulation WAS
they return before the nightly
check up.
6@One inmate admitted pa
ternity of a son born recently,
although he has been In prison
several years.
| VoLUMINOUS TESTIMONY
More than 5000 pages of testi.
mony have been taken by Asst
Atty. Gen. Harry Jackson, whe
is not related to the warden
Working with Jackson has beer
la detail of state police undel
Capt. Harold Mulbar.
! The record has been sum
married in a 100-page report nov
before Atty. Gen. Dethmers.
One of the first discoveries wa
, that Ray Bernstein and Harr,
keywell, purple gangsters VIII
are serving life for the Colling
5 wood massacre, were moves
: secretly from Marquette to Jack
son, where they were enjoyinl
special privileges.
, Also transferred with them wa
o Philip keywell, a brother o
: Harry. who is doing life for an
!. other murder.
! The three were promptly re
Continued on Page Six)
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Quick Relief
Pr0nniisedCity
In Meat Crisis
SIaugh+erine Curb
Lifted on Pledge TO
XIII Black Market

Federal agents and independent
packers viii move swiftly Monday
"a make good a prediction that
relaxed SlauchicrIng restrictions
would put 80 per cent more beef
on mcat-hungry Detro.tS tables
surely by dinnertImc ncNt sunday
Packers VIII meet at s p. m
Monday with Gale Armstrong, L
). department Of agriculture cattle
specialist the Detroit food crner-
gency committee and city officials
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Dock Workers STAY
On Strike in Britain

LONDON, July II UUP) -
Strikes still were i'm progress in
England today Dock workers at
GrimSby voted TO resume work
Monday pending Investigations on
an increase in pay but dock work.
erS IN many other southern British
ports Still were out
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
278 Yank Planes
Strapped in Britain

WARRINGTON. LancaS hire.
July ii tUPl-Amcrican air Sorv.
ice command officers in Britan
condemned 27S "war-weary Amer
ican planes, originally valued at
S5S.34i721, during June and the
scrap was turned over 80 the
British ministry Of aircraft pro-
duction, il was disclosed today
High staff Officers said the
planes included sc Flying For
treSSeS and 90 IiberatorS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Youths S9I7 BankroH
Mystifies Detroit Police

The boy told police he obtained
the money from his mother and
grandmother in La Grange, III. He
said he wanted TO 90 TO New York
to visit his father. +.|
He is being held in the Deten-
tion home. Officials from the
vocational training school al Lam
sing will seek to identify HIM this
Sunday az one of two who escaped
there last week after stealing war
bonds and cash totaling 81 500.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
LESS FOR ARMY

lie announced a now cut in the
amount OF beef and lamb packers
must set aside for the armed
forces. The services quota Of
beef was reduced from 30 10 25
per cent. that for lamb from Is
TO 10 per cent.
he also authorized Class .
Slaughtercrs whose plants are not
lederally Inspected 10 kill ANIMALS
for interstate shipment.
Boomer, whose committee
worked with Senator Ferguson 10
obtain relief for Detroit. SAID The
city was the only place in the
United States where killing quotas
OF Class ? packers had been re-
moved
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Death Penalty Sought
For Marshal Petain

PARIS, July IA GNS)-Andre
Mornet French state attorney,
who will conduct the prosecution
against Marshal Petain. announced
today that he would ask the
death penalty for the former
Vichy chief of state.
Petain will be tried on charges
OF high treason. His trial is ex-
pected 10 begin July %.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
MAY LAST THREE WEEKS

Tho conference is expected %
get under way Monday There are
sufficient matters oi world I'M
pJrtaHCc on tnc ae-ada-- ef the
three great Allied power, to keep
the conference IN session for al
least three weeks. although lnc
President hopes that decisions can
bc reached within q much shorter
time.
Seven British warSh.ps led by
the cruiser Birmingham COM
prsed the honorary escort which
kept It's rendezvous Al sca--MI1h
me I. s CTuIScIs Augusta. and
Philadelphia early today off the
British naval base Of Portsmouth
Two floating mines that had
broken from their mo0rlngS were
sighted
President Truman. wearing q
grey tweed cap and an olive drab
weather coat. stood ln i0-miH-
meter anti-aircraft gun mount on
the bridge deck OF The Augusta 10
receive the salute from the British
WarShlps
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
"It's legal! It's legal"

Tt's legal! It's legal"
He turned to the audience:
Eisenhower has dropped the
ban," and he read the text Of
the generals statement.
Most OF the audience disap-
peared Immediately on the hunt
for frauleins. intending TO walk
and-or talk with them as the new
order permits.
"a Paris newspaper corre-
Spondent in Berlin reported TO
his paper that the Germans
have won their first victory OF
the war" The French have op-
posed lifting the ban.l
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Bag 38 Jap Planes;
Destroyers Set Record

WASHINGTON. July ii CUP)
The navy revealed tonight that
the anti-aircraft guns OF the de-
Stroy2rS Hugh ". Hadley and
Evans shot down 3o Japanese
planes in an hour and IS minutes
of Okinawa May IL for the larg-
est Slngle-aCtion bag of Jap air
craft ever recorded by ships of
this size.
The Evans suffered four suicide
crashes on her d deck and the
Hadlcy took hits that flooded both
engine rooms. one tlre room and
put the main gun battery out OF
action.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
CONTACT AT y VI

The contact with tho British
warships was made on the dot al
I a. m. The British task force
Is In command Of Rear Adm. Gun
nlngham Graham.
BuglcS sounded on The ships Of
both task forces as the honor>
We're exchanged and the crews
stood al attention a. quarters
facing the passing ships
The President received the sa-
lutte. acknowledging il with HI, cap
held over his heart
With him were his naval aide,
Capt. James X. Nardaman Jr.. and
other members OF his staff
Mr.. Truman viii give the first
of a series OF dinners that are a
part of the amenities of the con-
ferenCcS when world leaders get
together.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Pepper Stocks Low;
East Indies Eyed

WASHINGTON, July IA GNS)
Civilians who would like more
pepper TO put on their eggs, were
advised by a WFA official today
to keep their eyes on the Pacific
war.
Liberation of the Dutch East
Indies is about the only answer
10 increasing American supplies
of the spice. he said. Pepper stocks
tor home use were reported down
10 1i0O0 900 pounds. or less than
half OF the average u. s. annual
prewar consumption.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

A 15-year-old boy with roll
of bills and fantastic stories as
to his identity provided the police
with a mystery Saturday.
Called 10 a downtown anlineS
office Saturday by ticket clerk,
police took into custody the boy,
who gave his name AS Francis
OConnor In his possession was
S9l7 He was trying 10 buy a
plane seat for New York.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
By ELMER WILLIAMS

\ A F~TER his prodislouS success
IN settling the question Of
whether Michigan Is in the Middle
West. the Times geography editor
has accepted an assignment 10
suggest an airport site for De
trolt
Difficulties attending ttr- cnorc
should be- apparent 70 any one
Snce almost every square mile
in The state already has been
Takcd out by other experts
There axe d few areas, how
ever that have not been noticed
and the geography editor = con-
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

still shouting of FINAL victory" there is increas-
ing disbelief among the population.
The people don't believe japanese communiques.
They blame the government for hiding facts
left Japan less than month ago and will
describe the situation as it then.
When the Japanese scored their first great victories
including the surprise attack Pearl Harbor they consd
cred the would be won-tha the japanese
islands would become earthly paradise
They declared Dec. 8 Flag Day-the date OF the
Pearl Harbor attack-and believed that American
planes would strike Japan's sacred earth"
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Chennault Quits
China Post
Re+ires From Army;
Politics Rumored

CHUNGKING. July IA tUP)-
Mai. Gen. Chennault today an
nounced his resignation as COM
mander of the u. 5. Fourteenth
Air Force in China and his retire
ment from the army because the
japanese now have been defeated
in the China skies.
Chennault acted only few days
after the announcement that 1t.
Gen. George Stratemeyer, COM
mander OF the Eastern Air Force
had been appointed commanding
general Of all l.. S. air forces IN
the China theater.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Navy Shifts
% AdnniiraIs
On Land, Sea
Puts Combat Wisdom
Into Administration
for Final Operations

WASIIINGTCE-July II oINSJ
Secretary Of the Navy James
Forrestal today announce d
changes Of command for % 40
mirals ashore and afIoat, includ-
ing Vice Adm. Mare a. Mitscher
commander of the First Carrier
Task Force. who becomes deputy
chjef Of naval operations for air
% Washington.
AT q special news conference.
Forrc>tal emphasized the changes
were not a "shakeup' but a move
TO use combat wise naval officers
ih administrative pests 10 f1iar
and direct the final phases Of the
intensified Pacific wal
Also transferred was Nitscher'S
in the Pacific, Vice
Adm. John s. Mccain who now
l> directing powerful Third Fleet
units IN an aerial and sea bonn
bar6mCnt OF the japanese home
land.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

NDIiHtt tfItt,
The Chef Executive task fore
Is scheduled 10 dock at the Bel
gian port al l0 q m He VIII go
ashore two hours later with Sccrc-
tary Of State Eyrucs and the presi-
Dental staff
lie VIII motor - Bru>>ci, the
Belgian capital and from thrrr
viii fly m ms spcral lour-onCincd
transport plane directly to Pots
dam, former scat n tic dcpJ,cd
Hohenzoilc.n> and scene oi las
historic meeting with Prime Min
lister Churchill and GcncIaI>s.mo
SfHlr
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
SHERMAN ADVANCED

MltScher viii be replaced by
Rear Adm. Frederick c. Sherman,
of San Diego, Cal. Sherman born
in Port Huron, Mich, has d long
record OF combat duty and COM
manded the carrier Lexington in
the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Mccain viii be succeeded by
the navyS number one airman.
Vice Adm. John Henry Towers Of
Washington d. {.
Towers flew tho navy's first
airplan" and has been deputy
commander IN chief Of the Pacific
fleet.
NtSchcr will relieve Vice Adm.
Aubrey W. Fitch rs deputy CHIEF
Of naval operations for air. Al
Annapolis Adm Fitch, 90, a native
LOT ST. Ignace. Mich, VIII relieve
Rear Adm. John Z. Beardall, 5S.
OF Orlando. Fla
ForrcStal said he was not az lib
erty 10 disclose NcCaIn's next as
>ignmcnt. tFor other changes see
Page -
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

Now, of course, all that has changed. Tokyo and
Yokohama are flattened. Only few European-styled
concrete buildings survived the holocaust.
InUasion fear is great.
Trenches are being dug and barbed wire
strung.
Radio and press constantly din into the
people the inUasion may come any moment, and
that they must fight to the last man.
Air raid warnings great panic. (
The army has modified all men fro<n ID to 60.
All the others working in industries.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Stain Of TO Berlin

LONDON, Sunday. July Is
(UP)--EXchange Telegraph re-
ported from Moscow today that
Premier Stain and Foreign Min
iStcr Molotov have left Moscow
for Berlin.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
SHORTAGE ~ FATS

lie mentioned specifically the
shortage Of edible fats used as
shortening by commercial haker~r
as well as housewives, and the
problem Of restaurants and plant
caterers who have suffered a 20
per cent cut in red point allot-
mcntS
Meanwhile, Secretary Anderson
moved IN tWo other directions 10
ease the meat shortage nationally.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
AIR SEA ASSAULT

Carrier planes ana warships
joined IN a pulVerlZlng lombard
ment OF the enemy's northern
ports during a 12-hour period
yesterday.
These operations" he con-
tinued, ION July IL are continu-
ing in strength with h a.vy
surface units and feet aircraft
engaged"
The Pacific fleet, led by Adm.
fIalsey, was striking Japan again
in strength Their targets today
were not disclosed.
Adverse weather hampered
aerial strikes on Hokkaido's rail
facilities and shipyards and
Honshu'S airfields yesterday and
it appeared that the carrier air.
men were out 10 rip up any target
they missed in the first assault.
Thlrty-nine japanese ships and
81 aircraft were destroyed or
damaged in yesterdays opening
barrage of the air-sea onslaught,
preliminary reports from the still
attacking fleet said.
TOLL UNUSUALLY LIGHT
The toll-unusually small for
such large-scale attack-agair
testified TO the elusiveness OF
Japan's humbled air force and the
serious depletion of her once-great
merchant marine fleet.
Japan suggested that the fleet
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
King Nears Potsdam

PARIS, July Ia UNS)-Adm.
King. commander in chief of the
u. S. Navy, passed through Paris
today en- route TO the Big Three
meeting at Potsdam.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

Fleet, Bombers
Pounding Japs

GUAM. July j. Sunday (UP)-Amercan batteships,
cruisers destroyers of carrier aircraft
ackng northern Japan for the second successive day in
assault wipe the empires resources 1t was
nouncd today No opposition has been encountered TO
attacks which vital port cities
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
Truman S Ship
Near AntUerp

WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN ABOARD THE USS
AUGUSTA, July IA (NS)-President Truman will step
the soil Of the European continent for the first time IN p
years at Sunday (6 EWT) when he leaves the
cruiser Augusta Antwerp route TO the Big Three
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
FIRST STORY FROM INSIDE HOPELESS JAPAN

Even small children pressed into the effect to speed
production.
All handworkers concentrated in provincial towns.
Civilian food shortages truly great. The daily
Japanese ration bit 10 ounces, and few ounces
of soya and mto. ./t-
Instead of butter the people have occasional bit Of
vegetable oil.
Meat has not been for years.
Fish is very scarce.
There is sugar because transport from Formosa is
impossible.
CONTINUED Page q Col. 81
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
8 YEARS IN CHINA

Chennault has spent eight years
fighting the japanese in China
first aS air adviser TO Chang kai-
Shek, later as head Of the Flying
Tigers and then as Fourteenth Air
Force commander.
He said his retirement was die
tatcd by reasons OF health.
Observers at Chennault'S head
quarters in X un m n g. however,
declared that army politics on a
fairly high level had contributed
10 his dcClslOn TO retire.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15
MAY AID CHINESE

Washington sources also at
tributcd Chennault's retirement
to long-standing feud with his
Superiors i'm the army. II was
predicted that he might take
war job with the Chinese gov
ernment as adviser to the
Chinese air fOrce.)
Ii rs believed that the 54-year-
old Chennault was not consulted
before Stratemeyer's staff Off
GERS journeyed 10 Washington
with 1t. Gen. Albert c. Wede-
meyer, American commander in
China. TO outline plans for air
operations in China.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

Nlnced. IN his unique way, that
not one. but several suitable loca-
tons have been overlooked IN the
scramble.
THERE was d temptation al
Il first TO earn little easy
money by merely suggesting that
Detroit take over LaGgardIa Field
In New York. bat after all
in the first place an airport
should always be situated where
AlrplaneS are m The habit Of
In-gEat+He- tia----s.5-------f~ -~r-rvrry-
10 nest and rear their young.
II would be a simple matter 70
take The suggestion oi Don Gillies,
the wild life editor and put the
airport on the ST. CLAIR Flats
where There IS an abundance Of
Wild rice and other natural food
h This however. would unqucs-
Eionably offend thc fowler, who
train their falcons and hunt tho
upland piovcr in that region II
might even cost GtIo- hi. iOb
NO TIL logical pot for The
~ airport is ~ouo place where
there is neither human habita-
tIon7 nor any sign that man has
ceer lefi- hts imprint. We must
probe the immutable and track
lTL. forces tT plftIrs and f,rp.f
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

EDITORS NOTE-Mr Karen, Finnish mis-
eoHdTV 20 years IN Japan lCho has Just returned TO
Finland gires this first eyelCneSs report Of cOndi-
tonS IN hopeless Japan.
BY ARTTURI KAREN
Written Exclusively for international ReWs Service
HELSINIiI, July IA QNS)-Many japanese who
have seen their biggest cities attened by u s. bombers
now regard their situation hopeless in the war.
They know of the great losses of territory to
the Americans in the Pacific.
With the papers and Japanese radio stations
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

our petty lcalouSicS IN the miracle
that unioldS IN everlasting grand
eur as far as the eye can reach.
Onward, Detroit,
The geography editor wants II
known that hc is uualtcrably op-
posed to building a Detroit air
port in Windsor. He isn't preju-
diced against Canada and is not
allcrgic 10 Que &C. Vancouver,
Medicine H'., or any other
Dominion city.
LIE MERELY Sull thinks a place
IL can be found IN the federal
boundaries of this republic, some
where in the Northwest Territory.
perhaps IN the sovereign state
of Michigan-cycn in the dynamic
boundaries of Detroit.
LudiCrous?
Well, perhaps--but is nature
ridiculous? Are pigeons, for eX-
ample, mere zanicS in that they
wing their way inStinctively to
the one and only natural airport
In all this scene Ol confusion
lend overCrowdInG'
Were the pigeons foolish last
summer when they picketed the
City Hall and dug up the mayor S
victory garden and liberated their
landing field from the welter Of
radisheS, Swiss chard and spinach?
Wake up, Detroit, before it is
too late, and you find yourself,
after a tough days work, landing
your hehcopter ION a crowded
milk bottle cap in Isabella County.
BUSINESS LOANS Away svoUabir Al indus
tisl National EfLE Gail tA 5000 ADV
WILLIAM ktNT TOR IRNFTtC IJDGT
Aa.s Vigorous TIainrd fll tht Office -Aos
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

q 200-mlle area.
Swarms of carrier aircraft =
again possibly more than 1000
roared across northern Honshu
and Hokkaido while battleships
continued their operations in the
historic assault which saw Japan S
sacred mainland reel under its
first shellfire in 81 years.
Adm. Nimitz announced that
fleet forces began their operations
yesterday for the purpose OF ex-
tending and Tightening the naval
and air blockade Of Japan and TO
destroy Japanese resources.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-15

BUSINESS LOANS aIaay~ avoi'ab.r AZ Indus
ttsl National Ban. Gail RA 5000 ADV
WILLIAM kINr Tor TRAFTIC UDGT
Aas Vigorous Tisusd Co thc OffieC -Acv
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-11
E. v. DURLINC

THERE should be, in the
l. United States, a national
organization Of men who have
fought in both World War I
and III.
"You stated Mel OFT was
second to Babe Ruth In life
time record for number of home
runs. OFT In third. Jimmy
Foxx is second" writes a Bos-
tonian. tYou have me there,
mister. What else can / say
but that a stogie is on the
way?)
Corona. Cal, which is the
center of the southern Cali
fornia citrus growing district,
has never had q japanese
agricultural worker or resident.
1t Is probable no other southern
California community can say
the same.
MUCH is written about in
4'A ventors who died in pow
erty. but little about those who
pass on leaving much coin of
the realm to their heirs and
assigns.
One inventor who didn't die
broke was Owen p. Smith, in
ventor Of the mechanical rabbit
used in greyhound racing.
From this Smith made mil
Inns of dollars.
His heirs made additional
millions before the patent
rights expired.
Smith built his first grey
hound racetrack at Emeryville,
Cal. in 1919.
His second was built at Tulsa,
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-11
One Word Led to Another
BY Linda and
Jerry Walter
By Arthur Bugs" Baer

Twenty years ago was in the suburbs of the Bal
kans rafting around loose pivot tooth in bar
room fight
If coming events cast their shadows before, sure
was doing old-fashoned barn dance with very
fine horizontal silhouettes
Subtle propaganda simmerng in the land and
the Balkans about to wash up the immortal
Woodrow Wilson. He had been heraded the guardian
angel Of the Balkans Then the Balkans decided there
something stnko in other countries besides
Denmark.
I'm the morning wrote at that time, 81 walked
up Woodrowstrasse to Via Tomasso and to Rue
de Wilson. The complete nomenclature of the
president of America.
If there is any place where the of the hour is
named correctly it is in the Balkans
"The hilbilles of the Balkans are hot-tempered and
forgiving. They forgive themselves for being hot
tempered
"The stranger is always welcome within their gates
which perpetualy ajar like the floral remembrances
When they like you they like you You their friend
for life. If you live
Rather than run the abrasive gauntlet of Balkan
admiration / would rather remain aloof. Or
haf-aloof, which is better than none
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