Detroit evening times., June 15, 1942, NIGHT EDITION, Image 1

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25 SLAIN IN REICH FOOD RIOT
Wanted:
All Kinds of Old Rubber
(Here's Where to Find It)
Her* are some of the articles
wanted in the scrap rubber drive
and where you may find them:
Kilek«»n« F»y swatters,
gloves, aprons, drain board mats,
sink stoppers, jar rings, dish
scrapers, ice cube trays, faucet
sprays, gaskets, rtibber bands.
RalbrooniM Shower
caps, drain plugs, soap dishes,
hot water bottles, ice bags,
sponges, shower sprays, bottle
stoppers.
,
Redraoms Girdles, hair
curlers, combs, dress shields,
garters, suspenders, rubber
heels.
k I\'nriM“rlea-Bottle nipples, I
I carnage tires, baby pants, crib
pads, bibs, pacifiers, teething
rings, toys,
I'lofirlH Tennis balls, rug
cushions, rain coats galoshes,
golf balls, vacuum cleaner tubes,
rubbers.
City Joins U. S.
In Salvage Drive
Items of salvaged rubber, rang
ing from bathing caps and crutch
tips to baby pants and teething
rings, poured into Detroit's 3,300
filling stations today in thl open
ing of the two-week national drivf
for every available scrap of the
war-needed substance.
Officially the drive, which au
thorities say may have a bearing
upon extension of gasoline ration
ing. began at 12:01 a. m. today.
At that time, the state’s 11.000
service stations were authorized to
buy discarded rubber for 1 cent
a pound.
EXPECT 400.000 TONS
Ofdered by President Roosevelt
In a nationwide address, the
salvage drive was expected to ac
cumulate as much ns 400.000 tons
throughout the country.
Whether the final stock pile
expectations. WPB officials
'said, is dependent upon the full
co-operation of virtually every
citizen in the nation. No house
holder should regard any rubber
Item as too trivial for contribution,
they said.
Howard A. Coffin. Socony
Vacuum White Star division man
ager, was appointed to head the
Michigan oil industry committee,
in charge of campaign instructions
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'Too Good to Be True'
Pedestrian Protection Ordinance Goes Into Effect,
Police Ready to Give Violation Tickets
The “promised land" for Detroit
motorists and traffic policemen
apparently approached reality
today as the new pedestrian-pro
tection ordinance became effective.
A three-hour survey of down
down streets showed pedestrians,
possibly not yet aware the new
law gives them rights as well as
responsibilities, bent over back
ward to observe the rules which
protect them.
“So far It’s too good to be
true,** said one patrolman.
“Everybody even looks at
policemen and smile* for the
first time since Judge Homer
Ferguson started his grand
" TICKETS FOR VIOLATORS
Police were prepared to give vi
olation tickets to those violating
the new pedestrian ordinance hut
no report was Immediately avail
able at headquarters and none of
a score of officers questioned had
yet issued any.
As pedestrians, for the most
part, sought to obey the regula
tions. some congestion was caused
at intersections. Much of this
iraa because pedestrians did not
Civil War Breaks Out in Rumania
Natives Fight
Hungarians;
Seize Food
War Clouds Gather
Ominously Between
2 Axis Satellites
BERNE. Switzerland, June 15
(INS).—Civil war has broken out
in Rumania between natives and
the Hungarian minority, report*
from Budapest said today.
War clouds were said to be
gathering between Rumania and
Hungary, two Axis satellites which
have been at loggerheads since
Germany awarded part of Transyl
vania to Hungary.
Mohs of Rumanians, according
to the reports, attacked an area
inhabited by Hungarian peasantry,
smashed doors and window* in t&c
homes and confiscated aH food and
•LEFT FOOD FOR RAY
Enough food suppUet for only
one day were left to the Hun
garians. It was said. The next ra
tions will not be allotted until
: July 10.
Peasants ran frantically from
the fields to their houses when the
attack broke out and many arrived
'only to find their bouses in ruins
and their barns empty.
Those peasants who resisted
were severely beaten and some
reported killed.
MARCH INTO HUNGARY • j
The peasant leaders took the at
tack as a warning from the Ru
manian government to quit the
country, it was said. They organ
ized hundreds of their people and
marched into Hungary. Primitive
wagons carried their possessions.
They arrived in Hungary weary,
sick and w’ounded, the reports
said.
The incident was said to have
aroused Hungarian diplomatic
circles and resulted in greatly
increasing official tension with
Rumania.
realize it is not mandatory to wait
for the green light—that the ordi
nance requires only that the pedes
trian be sure that nn interference
with vehicular traffic will be
caused if he should cross with
the red light.
A second misunderstanding
caused many to run to complete
crossing of an intersection as a
light change caught them mid
way.
25,000 ARE WARNED
The ordinance provides that a
pedestrian starting to cross on a
green light has right-of-way to
complete the crossing and motor
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by PIERRE J. HUSS
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DESTRUCTION IN HARBOR AT PORT DARWIN. AUSTRALIA’S NORTHERNMOST PORT, AFTER JAPS LEFT
Three ships afire behind a United States destroyer sil
houetted on sunlit waters after a successful air attack by
Japanese bombers apparently land-based in New Guinea.
Left an Australian ship's burning and exploding; she had
1,500 at Murray
Protest Layoffs
Protesting the layoff of
skilled airplane workers, approx
imately 1.500 employes of the
Murray Corporation of America
this morning participated in a 25-
minute demonstration in front of
the plant.
Lloyd Jones, president of the
Murray Local UAW-CIO. said the
picket line was established at 6:30
a m. and was discontinued in time
for the day shift workers to report
to their jobs. He said the union
had learned that 2.000 workers
would be out of jobs by September
1 because the army has discon
tinued the manufacture of one
type of bomber.
A company spokesman said that
the men who were laid off would
be lent to other companies until
the corporation again goes into
top production and that the com
pany expected to have all the men
hack at their jobs inside of four
months.
5 Lines Change
To Cars at Night
•
Beginning tonight, street cars
will replace DSR buses which have!
been operating nights. Sundays
and holidays in Gratiot, Harper.
East Jefferson, Fourteenth. Mt.l
Elliott and Trumbull street car
lines. The buses have been used
instead of street cars on these
routes at night since 1939. Street
cars are returning to conserve
rubber.
Limit Baby Carriage Metal
WASHINGTON. June 15 (UP). I
- The War Production Board to-,
day limited the use of iron and
steel in baby carriages after Au
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1942
Flag Takes a Bow
Wind, Sun Combine to Produce Dramatic Scene
as 7,000 Pledge Allegiance at Belle Isle
(The not ion’t obtervane* of
Flag Day and Mae Arthur Day
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By JOHN CREECY
The sun. hidden by clouds all
morning, burst through triumph
antly. and a brisk wind billowed
!the big flag toward w'hich 7.000
hands were stretched.
“I pledge allegiance to the
flag of the 'United States of
America,” 7.000 voices chanted.
Above Belle Isle three mighty
bombers soared, their insignia
faintly visible. *Beside the isle, the
flag flew from the masts of sturdy
lake boats, carrying ore for Amer
ica's arms.
“And to the republic for
which It stands.”
Some of the hands outstretched
were browm. Some of the voices
wore strange accents. Jews. Cath
olics. Protestants were there:
oldsters, wearing the hats they
wore at San Juan Hill: kinder
gartners, chewing the ends of
their flagsticks.
“One nation. Indivisible, with
liberty and juatlce for all.”
Thus, yesterday. Detroiters paid
honor to their flag. And to a man
who is an embodiment of the
things their flag stands for—Gen.
Douglas MacArthur.
It was no vaudeville show that
brought these 7,000 to Belle Isle.
The “I Will Do My Best" organi
zation. which arranged the pro
gram. thought it unfitting to stagei
an elaborate entertainment just toi
draw' a crowd. The ceremony Whs
a simple one, of heartily-sung pa
triotic songs and brief, straight-!
forward speeches.
To General MacArthur. speak
ers addressed the greeting that
would mean most to him— that
Detroiters, through purchases of
iwar bonds and through produc-[
tion, would do their best to send
him tanks and planes.
In a tribute to the flag, the Rev.
Edgar De Witt Jones described It
as “our nation in epitome.”
“It Is Washington and his suf
fering soldiers at Valley Forge,”
he said. “It Is Lincoln at Gettys
burg saying that 'government of
the people, hy the people and
for the people shall not perish
from the earth.*
“The flag is the Mayflower
Compact, the Declaration of In
dependence and the Constitution
of' the United States. It Is
Nathan Hale saying. ‘My only
regret Is that I have hut one life
to give for my country.* “It Is
Gen. Douglas MacArthur leaving
the Philllplncs. saving:
“ ‘We'll be hack.’
"The flag Is the blood, sweat
and tears of host upon host who
treasure their American cittren
•hip as a priceless privilege.”
As part of the MacArthur Day
observance, a cablegram of tribute
was sent to the general by the
Filipino defense workers of
America.
The organization, numbering
about 200. asserted:
“We pledge you full support
and will stand behind you like
our brothers In the Philippines.
“May God lead you and your
gallant men to final victory.”
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been laden with mines. In the distant background an Aus
tralian hospital ship’s burning. At the far right a British
freighter-supply vessel sinks in flames. The censor per
mitted no reference to the date or further description*
Woman Found
Shot to Death
The body of an unidentified
woman, attired in a blue dress and
an apron bearing the name of a
chain grocery, was found in a field
near Monti and Wilson roads,
Lincoln Park, today.
She had been shot fn the head.
A nearby revolver indicated sui
cide.
Deputy Coroner Foster Knobloch
reported no marks on the body nor
signs of a struggle at the scene.
The victim was described as be
tween 42 and 46 years of age. 5
feet 8 Inches in height, and weigh
ing 155 pounds.
Pay Your Tax
By Midnight
Midnight tonight is the deadline
for the payment of the second
'quarterly income tax instalment,
(income tax payers were reminded
today.
Approximately 25.000 persons
are expected to pay their tax to
day and tax officials estimate that
$100,000,000 will be collected from
416.000 persons in this quarterly
instalment. The quarterly pay
ment is the largest in the history
of the Detroit tax office.
7 Boy Patriots Jailed
Danish Youths, Who Robbed German Soldiers as
Test to Join Society, Convicted of Sabotage
STOCKHOLM. Sweden. June 15
I (INS).—Seven Danish schoolboys
between the ages of 15 and 17
charged with committing acts of
sabotage against the German
masters of Denmark, have been
sentenced to prison, advices to
Stockholm revealed today.
Fleet, Planes
Help Reds at
Sevastopol
MOSCOW, June 15 (UP).—The
Russian Black Sea Fleet and
squadrons of anti-tank planes
'joined against Axis assault troops
at Sevastopol.
(Dispiaches from Stockholm
said the Russians had landed
| reinforcements by sea at Se
! vastopol, where today’s German
communique claimed that a deep
breach had been driven into
Russian positions. Dispatches
also said the Germans claimed
to have crossed the Donets River
at seceral points on the Kharkov
front.
Stockholm also reported that
German and Italian forces, us
ing barges and supported by
large air fleets, started an
assault on the Russians at Len
ingrad.)
By JAMES E. BROWN
I»»* 'I »wn Seralm Staff « •rmpowlnil
MOSCOW, June 15.—8 y using
30 full divisions totaling half a
million men and massing superior
forces in narrow sectors of the
front, the German army has suc
ceeded in driving wedges into the
Russian lines at several places on
the Kharkov front, the army
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The youths. In Aalborg, founded
a secret society called “Friends
of Churchill.” admission to which
could be obtained only by stealing
some small object belonging to
German troops.
NIGHT
EDITION
COMPLETE WANT AO*
Nazis Arrest
Hundreds for
Stoning Police
Hamburg Fight Starts •
Whan Stevedores
r~ Toss Away Coffee
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LONDON 1 , June 15 (UP).—
Hamburg, Germany’s greatest
port, where the dirintegratioti of
the German home front began fat
the last year of the World War,
has been the scene of bloody food
rioting, apparently authentic re
ports reaching Stockholm and
other neutral cities said today.
The report said 25 Germans had
been executed and hundreds had
been arrested as the Gestapo
moved In to stamp out unrest at
any cost Seven policemen were
wounded by rioting civilians armed
with revolvers, the reports
Hamburg has been long knfejnt
as the major German city with.
I little sympathy (or the Nasi anise,
an Hamburg, the saSaerof >ths-f
(kaiser’s fleet mutinied against their
officers in 1915, starting the hjpW
ing that led to the collapse of the
German home front and the armi
stice.
CHIEF GERMAN POST
It is the chief German port, the
city which has suffered most from'
the cessation of world trade that
came with the war and has beta
pounded most severely by the
royal air force.
Just before and after the 1919
armistice. Communists engaged in
bloody street fighting there and
made an attempt to set up a revo
lutionary government. In the yean
immediately following the World
War, it was a center for world
wide Communist activity.
The food riot reported today
started when stevedores, loading
coffee from "prewar stocks’* into
trucks for transport to the Rus
sian front, threw some of it ovet
an iron barrier into the street.
BATTLE OVER COFFEE
Passers-by fought for “the pre
cious coffee beans,** according te
these reports. When strong secret
Nazi police detachments arrived
the crowd stoned them.
Several policemen were wounded
in addition to those killed, it was
said, by civilians who used
volvers.
The food riot report came a few
hours after the secret "European
revofation transmitter” had broad
cast from the German side of ths
Atlantic what it called five facta.
These facts, it said, "show that
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