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Evening star., 1945-09-02

the CTS were the local children and the
Younger generation. Children are renowned
for ignoring traditions. 1t did not matter
what their elders thought or did. They took
the CTS to their hearts.
They followed them in throngs whenever
they saw them. In fact, they took 50 enthu-
siastically to the CTS that the city's Police
Commissioner thought they were annoying
the distinguished visitors, and 50 he issued
an order to parents to restrain their chill
dren from mobbing every American in uni
form they saw.
1t did not work. The CTS were in on the
good time themselves. They made friends
with anyone at the slightest encouragement.
Talked About America
ONE of the things the American boys in
variably did was to take out their phrase
books to try painstakingly learned words
on their new friends. They told them in
broken Chinese about America, and how
things were done back there. One of the
many stories they told was that in America
people could make money by shining shoes.
The children were quick to learn. Soon after
the first lucky child went into business with
a shoes shine box made for him by CT, the
streets were deluged with shoe-shine oper-
ators The shoe-shines were not lus-
trous, but standing in the sun with
someone dusting the dirt off your feet
gave the Americans a touch of home.
The children were smart enough to swap
Chinese phrases with their friends too. 1t
was not polished Mandarin, either but it
served the purpose. The soldiers could use
the phrases in shops and restaurants.
One day, after cavalcade of CTS and
children rushed past, policeman went to
report to the Commissioner. These chill
dren," he said, I'VE can't arrest them all.
Their parents ignore your orders to restrain
them from chasing the Americans.
mot only the children, was the response
of the Commissioner. Look at our respect
able housewives. They are joining in the fun
themselves"
The soldiers are kind at heart. If they saw
an old woman walking on an open road and
Continued on page II
Evening star., 1945-09-02
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Evening star., 1945-09-02

Strangers were unwelcome in
this old unfriendly Chinese
city, until the Yanks came ).
1T ALL began year ago in Chengtu "a
i city west of Chungking. Fifteen rick
shas conveyed by mob of deliriously ex-
cited Chinese children were Gathering down
the narrow street at an alarmingly high
speed. The kids were screaming, "Ha . 10
NEE e-see-da. " Hello Mister) at the
top of their voices. Some of them ran with
shoe-shine boxes in their hands. Others
waved miniature American flags.
Sitting in each ricksha was grinning
CT, his thumb up, calling Ting Hao" (very
good) in reply. The soldiers were evidently
enjoying every reckless moment of the
jogging progress Then the street turned
sharply One of the rickshas skidded and
overturned The crowd halted and closed in
like a swarm of bees on the dilapidated
vehicle.
The Coolie Was Afraid
AS THE CT got to his feet busting himself
off, the ricksha man wrung his hands and
eyed his passenger apologetically. He saw
the accident as unforgivable. He would
surely lose his hire-money, besides getting
a beating in the bargain. Guiltily he stood
before the soldier and inquired in language
we may call "pidgin Chinese" which he
thought the American would understand,
mi Ting Hao Map" (Are you all right?)
He got the surprise of his life. The Ameri-
can did not beat him. Ting Hao," replied
the American with broad smile. To make
sure the coolie understood that he was not
mad at him, he patted him on the shoulder
and stuck a cigarette in his mouth. The
crowd laughed The coolie was stupefed.
After a while, the coolie too laughed, and
all was well again.
After this and many similar incidents the
CTS became household topic of converse
ton in Chengtu.
I'VE seem to be crazy these days. dig
Iifed schoolteacher remarked to an old
man in teashop Since the Americans
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came, everybody giggles as if he were be-
witched'
Don't they, though. We are all Ting
Hao' now," giggled the old man. MY wife
is Ting Hao, 50 are my sons and daugh-
ters'
"Well, in that case, my friend" said the
school teacher, perhaps we should change
the name of our city to Ting Hao'!"
A year ago, the people of this ancient
city, Chengtu, were as cold and taciturn as
a solid block of ice. OF all the conserva-
tive cities in a conservative nation, this
bleak old citadel was one of the most
conservative and unfriendly.
Content to live behind the city. walls for
more than 1900 years, the 125,821 prewar
Chengtu inhabitants were unsmiling and
proud of their reputation for liking no one
else but themselves. A new face meant moth
ing more than stranger, Stunned and de-
MED the friendship of the townsmen.
When you went into store. the clerk
would say in his abrupt Szechwan dialect
''Muh- -Teh" 1--WE have none) before you
could open your mouth. Chengtu did no
business with strangers. Most refugees from
''Hsia Chang" the lower region of the
Yangtze River) had experienced this. But
the picture is very different now. The CTS
were mainly responsible for the change.
Almost all the boys who came to spend
their overnight passes or fuloughs were
visiting Chengtu for the first time. They
walked its narrow streets with eager faces
and wide eyes, To them the old city was
curiosity and place to be explored.
CI's Ignored Il
| HEY knew something about China from
their Army orientation courses, but they
did not know any one city in particular.
If the people were unfriendly in this city,
the CTS could make believe they did not
know it. They had learned from experiences
that smile could melt many hostile
attitude. Sometimes the small flag that was
displayed on the back of their uniform with
characters written in Chinese saying that
they were Allies who had come to join in the
fight against Japan helped too.
Among the first who were attracted to
Evening star., 1945-09-02
DNnkMM;Hr

SOLO. There is at least one Jap with
a sense of humor. A tale we heard tells
of an enemy soldier on Two Jima who
emerged from a gun emplacement
after hot U. S. ba1age. He'd obvi-
ously lived in America, for he held
his hands high in the air and sang IN
the best radio-tenor manner:
81 Iope life!
''I spant to Hre 20
oUT-ooERNG C0ERnGo. The
most be-medaled soldiers in the whole
war were the members of our First
Army who captured German COM
mand post near Marsberg. They
came through so fast that they sur
prised the Krauts in the middle of a
solemn decoration ceremony. Long
ranks of Nazi heroes were drawn up
on the parade grounds to receive hon
ors, but they took to their heels quick,
and the CTS paused only long enough
to scoop up handfuls of medals that
were laid out on long table.
The sergeant who told us about it
said he bagged 27 assorted honors
himself.
sos. The manpower shortage has hit
San Quentin hard. The prison news
paper, run by the inmates, published
an urgent Help Wanted ad for guards.
1t was headed:
JEEPERs cREEPERs, WON'T SOMEBODY
BE OUR KEEPERS?
FAST DEDUCTION. A Navy air
man in the Pacific got a chunk of AA
flax in his neck, and after he'd re-
covered in the hospital, his friends
asked how he'd felt when he got hit
Didn't feel anything at first"
he said.
Then how, they asked, did he know
he was hit at all?
We'll. l looked to my right and
saw fresh hole in the fuselage. Then
looked to my left, and there wasn't
any exit hole. So l had pretty fair
idea where that flax had stopped"
Evening star., 1945-09-02

Names and dsscdptioas Of ali characters In
fiction stories and semi-6etion articles in this
magazine are wholly imaginary. Any name
which happens to be the same a. that Of any
person. living or dead, is entirely coincidsntaL
TW-e-1-AS
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
jackson
Aides Map
Answer
BY JAMES MELTON.

JACKSON. July 30-Warden
Harry Jackson and other sus-
pended Jackson Prison officials
charged with condoning scandal
Gus situations at the state peni-
tentiary promised an answer 10
Atty. Gen. John Dethmers' allega-
tions today.
Charges against Warden Jack
son are of "a general nature, and
not too tough the warden said
last night as he prepared an
answer for release today.
81 believe 1 will be able to
explain them TO the corrections
commission and the public sat
isfactorily."
Jackson and the other officials
under fire have been notified by
the civil service commission of
their rights TO demand a commits
sion hearing relative to their sus-
pensions.
Inmates of the prison yesterday
played Softball and participated in
routine weekend amusement and
recreation, giving no indication of
unrest due TO the temporary
change in the prison administra-
tive staff.
A suspended prison official, who
declined TO be named, told Of
many years experience in penal
administrative work, declaring
that Dethmers' charges were ex-
aggerated. and some uncalled for. -
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Release
is Sought
by Elliott

WASHINGTON, July 80 INS)
Brig Gen. Elliott Roosevelt, Sec
ond son Of the late president, has
asked for release from active duty
in the army air forces, it was dis
closed today.
Gen. II. II. Arnold, commanding
general Of the AAF, revealed that
the request has been filed, but no
action has been taken.
Roosevelts financial transac-
tons involving the settlement of
several huge loans have been
under investigation by the House
ways and means committee and
the Senate finance committee.
A 100000 loan from John Hart
ford, president of the Great Allan
tic and Pacific Tea Co., in 1888
which was settled for $4,000 in
1912 was revealed seven weeks
ago.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
DID NOT MAKE DEAL

Maniaci left Detroit for Los An
geles July 7 10 visit a son. Peter,
living there, and took with him
50 900 with which TO buy a fruit
business there. Police learned he
did not buy the business.
The fact that he left Los An
geles Thursday was determined
from railroad ticket receipts
found in his pocket. This was
sHbstantiated by another son,
Joseph, l9, who came back from
Europe on furlough and called
Los Angeles. Peter told him, he
said. that his father had gone
away but he did not know where.
Homicide detectives are seeking
not only the motive but the
whereabouts OF Maniaci since he
arrived in Detroit. They also want
10 know why he remained away
from home
Maniaci leaves a wife and five
sons, three of them in the service.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Stettinius Gets
Peace Go-dhedd

WASHINGTON, July 30 (INS)
Former Secretary of State Stet-
tinius plans to leave for London
in the next few weeks" TO Join
IN the interim work of setting up
the United Nations Security Or
gsHizatien now approved by the
u. S. Senate.
Senate ratification of the char
ter by the overwhelming vote of
SO TO 2 was the 'go ahead" sign
for Stettinius to proceed with his
task as President Truman's rep
resentative in the interim commits
sion.
Stettinius, who presided over
the San Francisco conference, will
be the United States representa-
tive on the security council OF
the world organization after
Congress has defined the powers
Of that post and his nomination
has been confirmed by the Senate
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Reds Hunting
For Hitler

BERLIN, July 80 CUP)-Col
Gen. Alexander V. Gorbatov said
today there still is no definite
proof that Adolf Hitler is dead
and an investigation is continuing
to determine whether he still is
alive.
Gorbatov is the Russian repre-
sentative on the interallied COM
mand of Berlin I'VE do not ex-
clude tho possibility that Hitler
is still alive and in hiding" Cor
batov told a press conference.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Boss of B-29S Warns
Tires Hey To War End

WASHINGTON. July 30 (UP)
Maj. Gen. Curtis (. Lemay, who
has been directing the B-29 at
tacks on Japan's resources. today
warned that if the supply of air.
craft tires is interrupted, the at
tacks on japanese targets likewise
will be interrupted and the war
will be prolonged.
In a cable TO 1t. Cen Ira c.
Eaker. deputy commanding gen.
eral of air forces. Lemay said. in
obvious reference TO the recent
rubber industry strikes:
~ have news which indicates
that a serious interruption 10
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
AerOnauIicS Board
Accused Of Bias

WASHINGTON. July 30 (INS)
-Pan-American Airways today
accused the Civil Aeronautics
Board OF fostering a governments
backed monopoly for TWA and
American AirlineS in postwar
overseas air routes to major Euro
pean traffic centerS.
Pan-American petitioned the
CAB ~ reconsider its July de-
ciSIons restricting Pan-American
to Foynes, Ireland, and Marseilles,
France, while making Dublin and
Paris available 10 TWA and Ber-
lin anu Moscow available 10
American
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Army Crew
Set 10 Seize
i. ). Rubber

A special u. S. Army team
has arrived in the city and is
standing by for orders from
Washington to seize the u. s.
Rubber Co.'S plant, it was
learned from a reliable source
today.
News Of the army's action
came as deputy sheriffs ar
rested five persons who have
been picketing the plant.
Warrants for nine others
have been issued.
Strikes also were in progress at
four other plants: Federal Mogul,
1000 out; Gelatin Products, $50;
Aluminium Co. of America, 55;
Aero Products, 100.
Arrested were: William Stra-
baugh, 1851 Townsend; Edward
Harwood, $3.50 Montheu; Boyd
Dowell, 6705 Drake; AL Lyzsczyk,
1857 Norwalk. and Augustine
Gagnon, 1888 Cadillac.
One picket, Charles James, 328
E. Garrett, Hazel Park, who was
missed by the deputies, telephoned
the sheriff's office this morning
and said he would surrender. in
company with an attorney late
this afternoon.
Deputies could arrest only per-
sons cited for contempt of court,
so the picket line continued.
Those arrested will be ar
raigned before Circuit Judge
George B. Murphy at 2 p. m.
Wednesday.
Despite the picket line, 1888
employees reported for work this
morning. OF this number, how
ever, only SO were tire builders.
The regular scheduled force of
tire builders is 200.
"The majority of workers who
reported on their jobs today will
have but little work TO do. as
their jobs are being held up by
the tire builders" an army
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
WILL WARN OF RAIDS

MANILA, July 80 tUP1-The
Okinawa-based far eastern air
forces will follow the emample
of the Bog bomber command and
drop warning leaflets Un target
cities in Japan within u hours
before large-scale raids, it was
announced today.
The get out of town" leaflets,
prepared by the psychological
warfare branch of Gen. MacAr-
thurs headquarters, show a white
bomb burst on a red and black
background.
A message in the center of the
bomb burst warns that this city
will be the next target Of the
u. s. Army Air Forces"
The reverse side of the leanet
warns that Japan's defeat is in
evitable as long as the people fol-
low the militaristS and urges all
civilians 10 evacuate the target
city Immediately.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
IT'S 16 DAYS OLD

our B-29 tire supply Is immi-
nent. Trust that efforts are
IN d e TO acquaint every one
with our need for this lndispens-
able item. The steady flow Of
tires, as much ss-any other
materIel, has made IL possible
for the men OF the Twentieth 20
spec d up operations against
Japan. II our supply OF tires
Il interrupted our strategic
bombing operations against the
Japanese military and Industrial
Installations must cease. That
means just one thing--the pro-
longatiDn OF the war;"
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Cut Newsprint Orders
5 Per Cent in August

WASHINGTON. July 30 (UP)
The WPB said the order applied
print users TO cut orders placed
with mills for August delivery 5
per cent.
The PWB said the order applied
10 all dealers. publishers and
printers except those whose Au-
gust deliveries of newsprint would
be reduced TO less than one car
load.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
SOOng Holds Premier
Post inChina Shakeup

CHUNGKING. July 30 (UP)-
China shook up her cabinet again
today. removing T. V. Soong from
his position as foreign minister
but he retained his post of pre-
mier.
Soong was replaced by DR..
Wang Shih Chieh, former minis
ter of information.
There was no indication whether
the move had any diplomatic inn
plications. Soong is in the midst
of complex negotiations with Mar
shsl Stain and was expected 70
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Bus Strike in S States

NEW ORLEANS. La. July 30
GNS)--A strike of $50 drivers to-
day cut off Greyhound bus service
in five southern states. officials Of
the Teche Greyhound Lines re-
ported.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Border Charge Denied

A not guilty plea was entered
today by Max Kander. 49. of
Windsor. who was charged with
attempting to bring 115S pounds
of uGdeclared whitefish into this
country in a truck. u. S. Com
missioner J. Stanley Burd set
bond at $1,000. -
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
u. NabS Pair
For Cucumber

Vasil Nickoff and his wife,
Mary, Lansing grocery operators
today were in trouble with the
government because of a cucum-
Der.
A federal warrant against the
two charged they sold a pound OF
cucumber for 35 cents when the
OPA ceiling is 16ia cents a pound
The pair. operators of the Balkan
grocery. 721 f. Grand River. Lam
sing, will be arraigned later in
Detroit.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Prosperity Due.
Says Ford at 82
friemAilonai s,una
- 80 on ~ -

The future holds unequaled prosperity
States and The world Henry Ford predicted today
SD birthday quietly earharn home
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
N.eVermissashOt
Best Army'S Got

FORT RILEY, Kan, July 30
CUP)-Camp Funston came up
with a mouthful when Pvt. John
Nevermissashot was nominated
as the perfect replacement"
Nevermissashot is a full-blooded
Sioux Indian.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Southern Buses Strike

NEW ORLEANS, July 80 CUP)
Thousands of persons through
out five southern states were
without bus transportation today
as the Teche Greyhounds strike
entered its second day.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Boy
Still Critical;
Mother Held

Because her epileptic son still
was in a critical condition from
an overdoSe of sleeping pills she
had confessed administering, his
37-year-old Detroit mother today
was refused release from police
custody.
A writ of habeas corpus on be-
half Of Mrs. Julie Takacs, of 1858
Liebold was delayed by Record
er's Judge Paul E. Krause until
tomorrow to await a further medi-
cal report on the condition of the
l6-year-old boy, Robert.
The writ was presented by Atty
Anthony c. Jeffries on behalf OF
the distraught mother. who told
police she planend a mercy slay-
ing and then became frightened.
CONFER ON CHARGES
Homicide detectives conferred
with the prosecutor office on
charges TO be placed against Mrs.
Takacs.
Robert was taken TO Receiving
Hospital unconscious after the
mother had summoned the family
physician.
Mrs. Takacs slept fitfully at
city Jail last night, police said,
and complained Of noise made by
drunken women placed in nearby
cells. She was visited yesterday
by her husband, Ferdinand, who
brought her food and a magazine.
II don't know what TO hope
whether he lives or dies" Mrs.
Takacs said after her arrest.
Sometimes 1 think he would be
better off dead. III he dies there
is nothing they can de 70 me
that would be worse than the
is years I've gone through"
The boys physician, DR.. Joseph
Hickey of 6004 w. Fort, said Rob-
ert had been an epileptic since
birth and was also a mental case.
QUOTED BY DOCTOR
Mrs. Takacs was quoted by DR..
Hickey as saying she gave the boy
a Sedatfve tablets in less than
three hours. when the physician
had prescribed not more than one
an hour.
81 thought gave Robert
enough to go to sleep and not
wake up. but 1 got scared"
Mrs. Takac5 told Patrolman
John Robinson after her deten-
tion.
The mother said Robert had
been having about one epileptic
seizure a day.
Mrs. Takacs said Robert had
TO be waited on hand and foot
most of the time, even needing
assistance in dressing and un-
dressing.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Wholesaler Slain i'm Auto
Body Dumped
Into Street

A 63-year-Old Detroit fruit wholesaler, whose
ments for the last two days mystery shot and
killed in gangand fashion at today and his body
dumped on the pavement in front of 4l36 Iroquois
He Isdore Maniaci of 1902 Fischer, who left Los
Angeles last Thursday but failed to return to his home here
although he probably had been in the city two daYs.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
STRIKERS WARNED

Tires are needed badly for the
armed forces in the Pacific and
the government will have to take
action Immediately, an army
spokesman said.
Maj. Gael Sullivan, chief of the
labor relations department for
the army's Sixth Service Com
mand here, told striking United
Rubbe" Workers, CIO, at a mass
meeting Saturday:
The government must take
one of two steps. Either cancel
the contract or take over the
plant. If we take over, both the
union and collective bargaining
will go out the window"
IT'S 16 DAYS OLD
The strike, which idled 5000
workers at its peak, started l6
days ago after II URW members
testified for the Mechanics Edu-
CONTINUED on Page 9, Col. ~
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
CALLS FOR HELP

Prior 10 the shooting. she said
she heard a man. presumably
Maniaci screaming in the car and
shouting:
"DO something for me-"
She said that in talking 10 other
witnesses after the shooting she
learned from a couple parked on
Seneca nearby that the car sped
down Seneca and turn d into
Iroquois. The shooting took place
three blocks from ManiaciS home.
Although Maniaci apparently
left Los ngeles with $1,000,
homicide detectives said, and had
only Sl30 in his pocket after the
shooting, they discounted robbery
. < q rYT-Hfitvf,
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31

A woman witness, who refused
to reveal her name through fear
Of reprisal, said Maniaci was shot
In a car as II careened to a stop,
his body thrown out and another
shot fired into u on the ground.
-Four bullet wounds were found
In the back.
None of the witnesses was able
10 determine how many men were
in the murder car but all agreed
that the killer stepped out Of the
car and fired the fourth shot into
the prone body. leaped back into
IT. and sped away. The license
number was not obtained.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
Fliers, Ships
Blast ia pan

GUAM, July 80 (UP)-More than 1900 carrier planes
blasted and burned 300me stretch of central Japan from
Tokyo to the great OsakaKobe industrial todaythe
21t day of offensive softenng the enemy homeland for
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
RUINS RAIL SHOPS

The rain of steel and explosives
spread flaming ruin through the
imperial government railw ay
shops, an airplane propeller fac
tory and other key targets.
Shells also severed the double
trunk railway lifeline linking
Tokyo with the great war pro-
ductiOn centers Of Nagoya, Osaka
and Kobe.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31
CENTERs AROUND TOKYO

Besides Hamamatsu. the air
craft manufacturing city of Ma
goya, and Osaka, Japan's second
largest city and biggest war pro-
duction center, were hit hard.
Radio Tokyo said the brunt OF
the assault was directed against
the capital and adjacent prefec-
lures. Airfeids, war factories,
communications and shipping were
hit, Tokyo said.
The 45,000-ton American battle
ship Massachusetts and the Bri-
tish battleship King George V led
the surface bombardment OF
Hamamatsu. For 70 minutes the
warships pumped more than LOCO
tons of shells into the area with
UTIt OUrNJsitiOn.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-31

return to Moscow after the Big
Three meeting at PotSdam,
WASHINGTON, July 80 (UP)
Chinese officials here said to-
day they believed the removal OF
T. V. Soong from his post as Chi
nese foreign minister was merely
an administrative reorganization
designed TO relieve him of too
much work.