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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
Ford Aide
.Bap-Freed

Ford Motor Co. officials have
received their first direct word
from J. V. Grove, former Ford
representative in Yokohama and
Shanghai. since his liberation from
A Japanese prison camp in the
Philippines.
The letter 10 the Ford company
dated Feb, II via the Red Cross,
said.
Hello. folks. how are YOU?
am o. X. in every way. Lost
so pounds hut am still in the
ring. Feel fine.
THE loss in weig gh didn't
cause any organic trouble. DR..
Mcclure and DR.. OrmOnd have
fixed me up 80 we'll went
through this little stunt in great
shape. ! had better than
average food supply. 80 did not
suffer from dysentery and so
forth.
THE camp as whole was in
very bad shape when the army
got here. The army IL doing and
has done a marvellous job, eff
cient and quiet operating. Had
a chance yesterday to broadcast
a little message 10 the L. :. A.
on the NBC.
II don't know when, but l will
he seeing YOU soon. Have thought
Of you every day and have re-
membered you constantly in my
prayers. Haven't gone religious,
but what have gone through
makes YOU think a little"
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28

when-Ue -wera going Ia be Ahoi =
Capt Witt said.
He was ore Of the first Yanks
70 reach Moscow after being lib
Grated from a Nazi prison.
he has seen for the first time
his 3-yesr-oid twin sons Donald
and David and again Smothcrcd
with kisses his 4-year-old daugh-
tor. judy. She was just year old
when her daddy went of 10 Ice
land in January. 1912.
The captain talked Of the last
SIX months as he sat with his arm
around his lovely blond wife, Mrs.
Jane Witt Of 50 Woodward.
"Maybe the worst was being
captured. We were at Pournoy,
before Metz. The Heinies sur
rounded III. IL was not until
got 10 Moscow that I knew
Metz had fallen. When they
took us they made us march
toward Poland. There was no
food.
Finally they put US into box
cars. In Berlin the Raj came
over. Our guards ducked and We
had 10 sweat out the raid. Only
one sergeant STAYED 10 guard III.
"They left the doors Of the
Continued on Page Four
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
1,O85-MiIe Gas
Pipe Line Urged

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27 CUPl
The American Light & Traction
Co has asked for permission 10
build a l.0S5-mile natural gas
pipe lnc from Oklahoma to the
vicinity Of Detroit and Toledo
In Us application with tho ED
eral Power Commission, the COM
pany SAID the pipe line would help
relieve the gas shortage IN the
Appalachian area and provide
continued adequate service for
war Industries and communities
In Michigan.
The Inc would carry about
li5. 900 900 cubic feet Of natural
gas a day and would be built AT
an estimated cost Of $5lSOO 900.
The company said wanted 10
start work hY MAY ! and finish
the lob by Dec. 81.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
0PA 10 Cut
Steak Points
Restaurant Patrons
Also Face Rationine

Steak will again find its way
to the nations tables beginning
this week when points will be cut
from 13 to 10.
This assertion was made by the
national president of the Retail
Meat Dealers Association who also
revealed that restaurant patrons
soon would be forced to surrender
points for each meal containing
meat.
lie is Edwin F Jansen, who
represents the meat industry in
Washington OPA meat conference.
He spoke last night before 500
Detroit retail meat dealers in
Amaranth Hall, $500 McDougall.
Meanwhile, the Detroit district
OPA officials said that they had
no knowledge Of the reduction of
steak points or the surrender Of
red points by restaurant patrons.
Referring 10 restaurants pa
irons. Jansen said:
Its not right that those who
eat In restaurants have been
going pOint-free while the little
fellow who eats at home must
use his red points for every
meal"
He blamed tho current meat
shortage on the theorists and
professors in Washington VINO
made OPA miSregulations which
killed off all our young beef and
hogs last year.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
Asy|unnDedfh
Quiz Debated

LANSING. Fob. 27-Although
presented with Photographic evi-
Aenee- that beating may have
caused the death OF a woman pa
tient at the Pontiac State Hos
pltal, the State House of Repre-
Sentatives today quibbled over a
proposed investigation because
these things happen every once
in a while"
Rep. Harry Phillips OF Port
Huron charged on the floor that
Mrs. Pearl Thornton. 40, also of
Port Huron, was killed at the hos
pital by brutal treatment He pro-
duced photographs OF the mutt
lated body.
He presented a resolution au-
thorizing Speaker Howard Nugent
TO appoint an investigating COM
mittee OF three members, and he
demanded that II not be side
tracked by being referred TO the
resolutions committee.
"I want this resolution voted
upon now, for il we delay we
will be less liable 10 learn the
true facts" Phillips told his
colleagues.
But Rep Burt Storey Of Ionia
argued that such things can be
expected occasionally
There IL state insane hos
pital In my county" Storey
said II know that in these
days We are not able to en-
ploy competent help. Our hos
pital directors are all capable
men. and 1 am very much OPP
posed to an investigation"
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
ShurIy' y'sSonGets
Field Promotion

Or. and Mrs. Burt r. Shurly
today received word that their
son, Edmund r. Shurly 81. a
technical sergeant, has been COM
mlssioned a second lieutenant on
the battlefield He is an artillery
man with the First Army. which
Is nearing Cologne
He was awarded the commits
sion for outstanding heroism in
action by his commanding officer,
Col. Wallace Wade former foot
ball coach AT Duke University
Ii. Shurly has been in the army
for four years. overseas for two.
lie attended Wayne University for
TWO years.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
Insurance President
Rams bus. Injured

1903 Garland, passenger in
Cary's car, refused first aid for
minor injuries.
Cary, who lives at S120 F. JEFF
ferson, is in serious condition
with decorations and possibly
fractured ribs.
He was one of the organizers
and, for years, a director of Con-
tinentai Motors Corp, as we'll as
the Detroit Gear and Machine Co.
Cary was chairman of the COM
mittee Which supervised the CIR
cuiation OF recatt petitions against
former mayor Charles Bowles.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
Widow Beneficiary
In John Dodqe Will

The will Of John Duval Dodge
naming his widow Mrs. Dora
Irene Dodge, beneficiary. was ad-
mitted 10 probate without objec-
tion today
Dodge died Aug. 13. 1912. The
will revealed that Mary Ann
Dodge. 19. child of his first mar
riage, was provided for in a trust
fund of 100000.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28

Walter B. Cary, 50. president
of the Michigan Insuran e
Agency, today is held a police
prisoner in Receiving Hospital on
charge of reckless driving.
He was taken there at 10
o'clock last night from Z. Jeffer-
son and Parker. where his car
.rammed into the rear Of a Crosse
Pointe bus. The passengers and
the bus driver, George Wedylee,
y, OF 211S Roslyn, were not in
Jured.
Mrs. Rosemary George. 80, of
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28

Home today IS hours after hf
left Moscow, he discussed his har.
experiences in the prison
camp located deep in Poland.
"All Of uS were sick. Our
qua ardS fed uS black bread and
ersatZ coffee which We could
scarcely eat" he said.
Probably the worst was the
solitary confinement. We
couldn't talk TO any one. All
we could do WAS sit and wonder
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
Boren Paper Probe
Approved by House

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27-With-
out an opposing voice, the House
today had revived the aggressive
Boren investigating committee and
paved the way for sweeping
probe into the New Deals ham
ding of Americas scarce paper
c1InrNlN
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
674-lb. Man Dies

LEMONT, III, Feb. 81 GNS)-
An extra large coffin was being
constructed today for George c.
-Hoffmeyer, 63, who weighed 674
pounds when he died.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
Accident Insurance
Notice to Times
Applicants

Because Of the thousands
of renewal applications for
Detroit Times Accident IN
SuranCe under the new Pay
ment Plan Of 80 cents each
SIX Months. there has been
some delay in processing and
mailing policy renewal en-
dOrSements.
Renewal endorsements viii
be mailed as soon as possible
and the continued patience
OF applicants would be appre-
ciated.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28


II told OF the death Of tho
second of her five sons. Pfc.
Robert -. Jan s. in Luxembourg.
He had been reported missing in
action previously
A year agot Mrs. Chuhran TO-
ceived tho hrst telegram. report
inc the death af Ervcn p her
younees' boy in Naction with the
Eighth Air Force \ovcr Germany
Last week. -an0 hor son r :
EdUarrii---1177--Eanan- I -hnm@al4r-
months with the Red Arrow
Division In NcW Guinea lie is
wounded and out nf action An
other son { SGT William, is with
the Ninth Air Force In Belgium
and the ffh hoy Cpl Frank is
back IN action with Gen Clark 8
army in Italy after a serious
wound
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
Love of Wife Made
Nazi Camp Bearable
BY VERA BROWN

BATTLE CREEK Feb 27-Solace from the thought Of his
wfes love the only thing that enabled Capt Eugene
Witt IS endure 80 days of solitary confinement in Nazi
prison camp under brutal SIS guards.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
Five CurfeW
Rebels Found

Detroit police and War Man
power Commission officials today
expressed pleasure at the way
Detroit met The newly imposed
midnight curfew on places OF
entertainment. with only FIVE
minor violations being found IN
the entire city
These violations are not inn
portant. though" said Edward
Morgan. deputy police super
intendcnt. I'VE are pleased
with the way Detroiters CO.
operated"
The violations will be inveSti-
gated further and if necessary
some action will be taken.
Less than a half hour after
the clock struck l.. downtown
Detroit was such an empty de-
serted place that you couldn't
find anybody 10 ask about their
views on the cuTfew. Well
hardly ANYBODY.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28

"YOur Own Horoscope" bv
frances Drake II one Of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
2d of > Sons
Dies i'm Action

A war department telegram.
dreaded by all mothers Of service
men. has come tho second time 10
Mrs Frank Chuhran Of 1851
Arnc1a
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28

Row Shuts
= Plants

Two plants Of the Detroit Tar
and Tool Co. arc closed and 55C
workers idle today because a
union steward was disciplined foT
allegedly sleeping on the job.
The plants are al S432 Butler
and 5000 CaSS They are engaged
in manufacturing cutting tools for
aircraft.
EMPLOYE SUSPENDED
A company official said he
found 2 chief steward for the
Mechanics Educational Society OF
America sleeping on the job yes
terday morning and gave him q
thrce-day layof.
The MESA called a meeting in
the afternoon and the steward
told the unioniSts that he was III
, but not sleeping
The company was asked 10 per-
NIT the steward 10 return 10 work
this morning, but efused..
FORCE WALKS OUT
As a result the force in both
plants walked out at $50 a. m
today.
George White. national MESA
president, said the walkout was
f spontaneous
More than 800 men have
been laid of at the plant dur
ins the last three months" said
White, land the boys didn't
think they were injuring the
war effort by taking a three
day vacation alOng with the
steward"
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28
SURE ENOUGH CLOSED

The city's places OF entertain
ment, sure enough, had closed.
The merrymakerS- the night
clubs had come early and left
early the theatergoerS had come
and gone the bartenders had sent
their patrons on their way and
the bowling alleys were dark
A crew Of 10 "checkerupperS
was sent around by regional
VINO Director Edward L. CuSh-
man TO see whether after dark
spots were complying with {, 2
government request
Only one violation was noted
by VINO investigators.
o. K. Fletland. deputy state
VINO director noticed light IN
small Grand River saloon al
12:45 a. m. Entering, he found
drinking in progress
Haven't YOU heard of the
Byrnes request:" + jetland
asked the proprietor.
BYRNES: WOT BURNS:
"Byrnes the latter repeated.
Who IL he: You mean 'fightin''
jimmy Burns?"
The latter is rather we'll
known eX-state senator who has
been accused of being rather
handy with his dukes
Fjetland explained Byrne s
status.
Shaking his head sadly. the pro-
prietor closed the saloon, com
mentlng;
"First Roosevelt made the
country wet. Now his assistant
is trying 10 make IL dry"
While people were far and few
between in the loop lines OF
workers leaving war jobs at mid
night had plenty 10 say about the
curfew. Some said its fine. but
others declared il was sabotage
Of the night shift.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-28

s. Rosemary George, 80, OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-12
Ninth Inning:

A HUGE armful of ticker tape,
N going down the hall.
Switchboard loaded with eell.,
complaints about the Pro-Cub
enthusiasms Of the series an
nouneers.
Street quiet. traffic moves
slowly as drivers listen for that
final out. Crowds around the
outdoor broadcasting spots. Then
it's over. AS they were July a,
SO the Tigers end. on top.
And baseball is over for an
other year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-12

OCTOBER, 1ei3-The Duke of
" Windsor in a Manhattan
midnight, walking the Duchess
dachshundS. near the Waldorf
and nobody paying him any
heed.
June, l94l-The new five-star
Hap Arnold of the AAF at Self
ridge saying:
whenever anybody. man or
woman, comes near me | start
right In before ne can open his
mouth, and say:
Lone.rangs bomb srs,
iong.rdngs bombsKA- good md
loud
-Four wears later the long
rangers did the trick
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-12
Tokyo CaIling'

KAY WILDER, veteran Book
IN Cadillac telephone operator,
rs retiring after 81 years. She
came In as the hotel opened,
when a long distance telephone
call was cause for excitement.
Now nobody turns hair
whether It's Sidney or Bucha-
rest on the line.
She says she made calls for
Australia these last few months
as easily as for New York or
New Orleans.
Her most priced souvenir;
letter from q Yokohama Oper-
ator, male and prewar, who
wanted to know whether IL ~
true American operators earned
n hundred a month. He got $lo,
he said.
First call Beatrice Kay made
when she hit town was to MIR.
and Mrs. j. c. Rush Of the
Palms, her fans who telephone
her all over the country. Rush
used to be Kid McCoy's fight
manager.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-12

T,HOSE six dignified state SUI
Il preme court justices dining
I'm that Lansing cafeteria while
4-year-old Mary Jane Lehman
at the next table worked her
new soap bubble toy.
Justice Henry Nj. ButZel could
stand IL no longer; went over to
see how Mary Jane did the
bubble trick.
He stayed to poke his walking
stick through the bigger bubbles.
Everybody had fun.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-12
OUR
TIMES
2O-Cent N1argins
BY Vera
Brown

2O-Cent Margin;
NOV with a new police
~ superintendent coming
UP, we can tell the story of
how the new man might well
have been big Bill Comment,
young production wizard of
the Ford Motor Co.
Back in the early sos Com
ment, who is rugged, captured
with a flying tackle a burglar
for whom the whole west side
force had been hunting.
Bill did the trick unarmed eX-
cept for his speed and fists.
He hauled the guy right over
TO Inspector Fitzpatrick at Fort
street station. After the court
case, Supt. Jim Sprott asked
Comment to come in and see
him:
I'VE rOant you on the force
lad"
1t sounded good to Bill. So he
worked days at Ford 5, nights
went TO police school for SIX
weeks, and w'sS graduated with
top honorS.
The next day he went out 10
the plant TO turn in his badge.
1t meant 20 cents an hour
more. Said his boss, Nj. l..
Broker:
"You get back there 70
work and forget this cop bust
ness. You're here to stay.
Ten years later Bricker was
present when The Boss turned
the huge B-Building over TO the
youngest production man in the
country-Bill Comment.
Bricker grinned:
IL can pick EN-"
But the Big Frenchman stu
has a soft spot in his heart for
all cops.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-12
Double:

CEYMoUR SlMoNS heard
~ Dinsh Shore Air-wsve his old
hit Honey on the telephone
Mrs. S. got him at his bridge
club. put her portable at the re-
esiver. Seymour said IL came
over fine. He was just in the
midst Of playing six spades, dou.
bled and redoubled.
He made his bid.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-12
Earnings:

WHILE Hank Gree berg
w played that last World Series
game in Chicago, he caught an
extra hundred bucks he didn't
know about-and another hun
dred in his name went TO the
War Chest-when 500 women at
the Book fashion show voted
him tops
Otto Kern. a red hot baseball
fan, thought up the deal on the
spur of the moment when that
first five-to-one score came in.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1945-10-12

Takcs $50 17-in.
blades. Frame OF
" Super Turf "
steel.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10
II. 1. Mills Named
To Street Board

At the regular meeting of the City
Council, held last Thursday, Mayor
Richard H. Sweeney named Herman
L. Mills, widely known Hagerstown
business man, to fill the minority
vacancy on the Board of Street
Commissioners, made vacant through
the retirement of William H. Bovey,
who because of i'll health, requested
that he not be reappointed. Mr..
Mills appointment was Immediately
confirmed unanimously by the
Council
President of the Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce and of the
Washington County Young Mems
Republican Club, Mr.. Mills is also
a member of the Washington County
Price Panel of the County Ration
Board and of the Executive Commit
tee of the Junior Police Club.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10

is resigning in order that she may
join her husband, Lieut.. (jg) Odello
M. Letter, U. S. Navy, who is at
present stationed at Newport News,
Va. A member of the Ration Board
staff ever since it was organized,
Mrs. Letter leaves with the best
wishes of, not only the entire staff,
but also of the people of Hagers-
town and Washington County, to
whom she has always shown the
greatest courtesy and consideration
Mr.. King, a native Hagerstonian,
joined the Ration Board staff last
December, as chairman of the truck
gasoline panel. Born in 1870, he
spent 80 years with the Wells Fargo
Express Co. in Pittsburgh. He then
became manager of the Pittsburgh
Equitable Auto Company, a subsid-
larry of the Philadelphia Electric
Company, and remained with them
until 1884, when he retired and re-
turned to Hagerstown.
In October, 1912, he was appointed
passenger traffic specialist in the
Hagerstown district office of the Of
fee of Defense Transportation, re-
naming there until the office was
closed last December, when he
joined the staff of the Ration Board.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10

words, the faces of the men and
women betrayed the solemn and sin
cere relief and gratitude they felt
over the tremendously good news
they had received
With hearts that were thankful
and hopes that were high, they re-
turned to their cutters and grinders
and lathes, to their cupolas, their
foundry casks and their core ma
chimes, to a man. Work went on
as usual, because one and all realize
our war is now half won, but that
in order to bring it to the final
victory, Pangborn products must be
produced tomorrow in the same con-
tinuous proportions as they were
produced yesterday.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10
GIL DODD NOTED RUNNER
PAYS BRIEF VISIT HERE

Gil Dodd, one of the country's
greatest distance runners, was in
Hagerstown for a few hours on Sun
day, April 20.
Mr.. Dodd, who was recently or
dained a minister in the First Breth-
rem Church, is at present taking a
theological course at Harvard Uni
versity and is also doing inter-de-
nominational work at nearby camps.
Engaged in writing a thesis on The
Holy Land, he came to Hagerstown
to consult with the Rev. John f.
Locke, who was conducting a series
of Bible lectures at the First Breth-
rem Church here. Reverend Locke
has travelled extensively in Pales-
tine and has very fine collection
of Holy Land pictures.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10
Pangborn Plant
Wins 4th "E" Award
Employees Secure 3rd Star
For Their Continuous Out
standing War Effort.

A letter from Under-Secretary of
War Robert P. Patterson addressed
to the men and women of the Pang-
born Corporation, announced that,
for the fourth consecutive time, the
Army Navy sc" has been awarded
them for maintaining with distinc-
ton" the fine record set in the pro-
duction of blast cleaning and dust
control equipment required to
further the war effort.
Continuing, the letter states that
Pangborn workers 'have set an in
spring example for their fellow
Americans on the production 'front.'
and that the flying of the Army
Navy 'E' with its three white stars
is symbol of the great and con-
tinuing contribution by the men and
women of Pangborn to the cause of
freedom"
This heartening citation arrived
at the plant simultaneously with
word of the unconditional surrender
of all Nazi forces. Workers greeted
both announcement with studied
calmness. While little was said in
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10

However, if the plan is enlarged
later, to take in the whole County,
then representatives of county or
CARNATIONS will also be asked to
serve.
The two committees, as at present
constituted, represent every group
in the city, with some members be-
longing to several organizations.
The Washington County Histori-
cal Society also has a memorial
committee actively engaged on
plans for a countrywide memorial
and no doubt this committee will
be called into consultation with the
Mayors executive committee, be-
fore any final recommendation are
made.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10
War Memorial Committees
Named By Mayor Sweeney On Saturday

Mayor Richard H. Sweeney an
nounced on Saturday the appoint
ment of an executive and a general
committee, charged with the re-
sponsibility of recommending to the
Mayor and Council an appropriate
war memorial for members of the
Armed Forces from Hagerstown, in
both Wars l and II, and the approx
mate cost of same. J. Vincent
Jamison, Jr., was named chairman
of the executive committee, while
the general committee will select its
chairman when it convenes.
Only residents of Hagerstown
were named to the committees,
since purely Hagerstown memorial
is being considered at this time.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10
Scouts Collect
Il Tons of Paper

For the fifteenth month in sue
cession Scouts were out in force
again Saturday on their monthly
waste paper drive, the haul this
time amounting to 81 tons. Local
Troops accounted for 16 tons, with
five more being collected by nearby
County Troops. More than a humid
red Scouts and Scouters were on
the job.
Trucks and drivers were again
loaned for the drive by several Ha-
gerstown firms and the press and
radio were liberal with their pub
Hcity. The next drive will be held
on Saturday, June End.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-05-10

Mickey Balla is gradually getting
his lineup into shape, although he
still has to juggle his outfeld around
due to the fact that Art Scalli can
only play in home games for the
present.
Moss has been given his release
and now that Steve Sloboda has
arrived Gas l predicted in this col
umn last week., Balla has benched
himself and turned the hot corner
over to Steve.
The catching has been strength
ened with the arrival of Gene
Shrewsbury and there looks to be
plenty of potential power in the
outfield. By the time the team gets
back from its present road trip,
Mickey should have a pretty good
line on his pitching staff and I'm
hoping that l will be able, then, to
give you something like a fairly
definite Owls lineup.
In winning last Sundays double
header the boys looked plenty good,
but they ran into trouble in Will
mington on Monday, when, with the
exception of Bobbie Martins two
hits, they went hitless. Wilmington
has always been a tough team tc
beat at home and Lancaster is ar
other hard bunch to lick in their
own backyard, so, since the Owls
have four games with each on their
current road trip, I'll be tic6lld
pink to see them come home with an
even break.