Detroit evening times., June 17, 1942, NIGHT EDITION, Image 1

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PARADE HONORS 15 HEROES
Italian Fleet Cut to 3 Big Ships
U. S. Bombers
Tip Scales in
Allies' Favor
Mediterranean Battle
Costly to Britain as
Well as to Mussolini
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By SIDNEY 4. WILLIAM A
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LONDON, June 17. BfitUh
Aviation experts predicted today
that the striking power of United
States Army air.corps units might
•Vhange the whole aspect" of the
war in the Mediterranean where
British and American planes in
flicted crippling losses on the
Italian fleet in h four-day battle.
It was acknowledged, however,
that the battle in which American
Consolidated four-motor bombers
participated was only a "limited
success" because of considerable
losses to Allied convoys on the
way to Malta end Tobruk.
DICE’S NAVY CRIPPLED
Naval experts believed, never
theless. that the four-day action
had so reduced Mussolini's
vaunted navy that it now has
only two battleships and one
heavy cruiser capable of fight
ing.
Italy began the war with
seven heavy cruisers Five are
now at the bottom of the Medi
terranean.
It was indicated that the
Allied losses were largely in
supply ships, whereas the Ital
ians lost heavily in warships.
THIRD FRONT
The role of the American Con
solidated*—cheered in big head
lines in the British press today
brought statements from aviation
experts that the Axis must now
combat a third aerial front in
Kurope. added to those in Russia
and the RAFs devastation offen
sive against western Europe.
The American air force units,
after months of preparation in the
Near East, were said to have gone
Into action in the Mediterranean
at a critical time and to have ex
tended the areas of potential Allied
offensive operations to vast areas
of the Mediterranean and Black
Sea regions.
SURVEY OF LOSSES
Admiralty and air force com
muniques, issued here and at
Cairo, accounted for two Italian
battleships, hit numerous times by
bombs and set afire, one 10,000-;
ton Trento class cruiser sunk, and
two cruisers and two destroyers
d maged and probably sunk. One'
of the damaged cruisers was set |
afire.
Official quarters, discussing thej
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Chemistry Too Hard
Inability to Grasp Formulas and Equations
Blamed in Detroit Girl's Suicide
I>ik» Staff Cormiwmlfnl
EAST LANSING. June 17.
Fits of despair because she was
unable to pra&p chemical formulas
and equations today was thought
to be the motive behind the death
plunge of 19-year-old Jean Des
mond, Michigan State College lib
eral arts freshman from Detroit.
Miss Desmond leaped or fell
from the fifth floor of the home
economics building on the cam
pus. She died two hours later
from back injuries and shock. ‘
RAF Blasts
Ruhr After
8-Day Lull
LONDON. June 17 (UP).—Up
wards of 300 British Jong range
bombers attacked German war in
dustry targets in the Ruhr and
Rhineland during the night after
an eight-day lull, due to bad
wvather, In their devastation raids.
Eight bombers were lost in last
night's operations, which included
laying mines in enemy waters.
It was understood that if the
improved weather continued Air
Marshal Sir A. T. Harris would
order a resumption of raiding on
a 1.000 plane a night basis, and
Britons watched eagerly for the
first indication that the United
States Army air force was join
ing in the attack, as it had done
in an air-naval battle in the Medi
terranean.
The weather was not yet good
enough last night to permit an
attack on the scale inaugurated
by the 1,030 plane raid on Cologne
May 30.
During the last three nights the
Germans had sent two or three
planes a night over the English
south coast, to drop a few bomba
which caused slight damage and a
few casualties. They wounded two
persons last night w'hen they
sprinkled high explosive bombs on
a south coast town.
Strike Again Hits
Aluminum Plant
For the second time since Sun
day vital war production was
halted today at the plant of the
Aluminum Company of America.
3311 Dunn road, by an unauthor
ized strike of 2.500 members of the
Aluminum Workers Union (CIO).
Today’s strike is the fourth a:
the plant since the first of the
year. In February there were two
unauthorized work stoppages as
the result of wage disputes.
Harry D. Williams, president of
Local 11 of AWU. said that the
men walked off their jobs at R
o’clock last night in a dispute over
the company's attempt to install!
a new "system of job classifica
tions without consulting the
union."
Williams said that the union
had been negotiating with the
company since last December
at the present time the union's
requests for a $1 a day increase
and a union shop now are being
heard by a panel of the War Labor
Board.
A meeting of the strikers was
to be held today at Slovak Hall.
7151 Strong avenue, at which time
Williams said he would attempt
to get the men to return to their
jobs. Company spokesmen could
not he reached for comment.
Although a better than average
student. Miss Desmond complained
to friends about her inability to
do well in a chemistry final ex
amination this week.
A check of her grades showed
she was receiving "C” or better in
all of her courses.
Miss Desmond w-as a member
of Sigma Kappa sorority and a
college fencing club. |
She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank L. Desmond of
'ISBBO Prevost avenue. Detroit. 1
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AMERICAN AND BRITISH HEROES OF THE M AR DEPLANING IN DETROIT FOR A DAY OF PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Individual heroes of two nations, men wearing the
decorations of Great Britain and America (left to right):
front rou\ Ensign Donald F. Mason, U, S. N.; Lieut.
Thomas Wilson Boyd, R. N.; Welcome Committee Chair
man George W. Carter; Lieut. J. Michael Hall, British
Commando; rear rou\ Ensign Francis E. Pinter, U. S. N.;
Louise Taylor, airlines hostess; Sgt. R. George Herbert,
British Commando; Chief Engine Room Artificer Harry
Trout Slated
To Face Yanks
DETROIT NEW VORK
Hitchcock, ss Crosetti, 3b
McCosky, If Hassett, lb
Cramer, cf I lenrich, rs
York, lb DiMaggio, cf
Harris, if Keller. If
Higgins. 3b Gordon, 3b
Bloodworth. 2b Rizzuto, ss
Tobbetts, c Dickey, c
Trout, p Breuer, p
By LEO MACDONELL
Paul Trout will pitch for the
Tigers against the Yankees in the
game at Briggs Stadium this aft
ernoon.
Marvin Breuer is expected to
hurl for New York.
The Tigers and Yankees split a
double-header yesterday, the for
mer winning the first game. 7-6.
and the Yankees taking the sec
ond, 5-3.
British Police Chief
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In Jerusalem Shot
LONDON. June 17 (INS!.—
The British chief of police in
Jerusalem was seriously wounded
when an attempt was made to
assassinate him. the Paris radio
reported today according to
Reuters news agency.
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Air-conditioned for your comfort
—Adv.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1942
75 War Heroes Arrive
Warriors Look Like Schoolboys
By ED BTEEVEB
A giant, airliner winged into city
airport with a cargo of concen
trated courage—the courage of 15
British and American war heroes.
Out of the cabin they popped,
maneuvering to the rear of a flash
light barrage and overwhelming
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the reception committee dispatched
to intercept the war aces.
There were a few gnarled vet
erans of two wars and many bat
tles. but most of them looked more
lika grammar school students than
the firm-lipped warriors they are.
To the American boys, the pa
rade of heroes is merely a
“breather** until they can taste
more of the action for which they
were decorated.
To the British aces it affords an
opportunity to see unbombed cities,
to shake the hand that signed the
lend-lea.se bill, to visit “ripping"
night clubs and to eat all the eggs
they desire. •
Lieut. Thomas Wilson Boyd of
the Royal Navy Volunteers, a
former fish dealer, is the inevitable
life of the party. He was awarded
the distinguished service order for
‘great gallantry and .skill” in bom
barding enemy positions at St.
Nazaire and for rescuing a crew of
a burning motor launch in defiance
of enemy fire 100 yards away.
Boyd had been dubbed “Lord (
Nelson" by his touring companions.)
His current project is learning
the parlance of American slang,
which is no mean trick for a thick
accented Britisher.
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Howard, R.N.; Lieut. Elliott Vandevanter, U. S. AAF.;
Sgt. Donald Huntley, RAF; Squadron Leader John Net
tleton, RAF; First Lieut. George S. Welsh, U.S. AAF;
Flight Commander Malcolm Loudon, RAF; Lieut. Wil
liam Carrithers, U. S. AAF; Flight Lieut. Carroll Warren
McColpin, RAF; Capt. George Haddock, U.S. AAF (press
officer), and Pilot Officer A. F. Taylor, RAF. They’ll pa
rade down Woodward avenue, then go to Briggs Stadium.
'Tm rooking with four jets
open; with gas, of rourse," Il
lustrated Boyd. “I’m in the
beam, ol* boy, and on the groove.
I’m >p to your Jive, quite ao.’*
Then there is Pilot Officer A. F.
Taylor, 22. o f South Africa, who
wears the Distinguished Flying,
Cross for 22 months of valiant fly
ing with raiding parties that lev
eled Rostock and Lubeck. Over
jßostock, most of his crew was
wounded or killed and ho* caught
a bullet through his leg and thigh.
“I ’ad no feelings while up
there,” he shrugged. “I faintly
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THREE CENTS
WAR HEROES
ARRIVING FOR
THE PARADE
Petain Admits
Growing Unrest
VICHY. France, June 17 (UP).
—Chief of State Marshal Petain,
commemorating the second anni
versary of his request for an arm
istice with Germany, told France
in a radio broadcast today that
f-dministralive inefficiency and the
egoism of speculators were re
sponsible for growing discontent
and public anger.
Child Bride Gets 20 Yrs.
Girl, 14, and Father Sentenced for Slaying; Says
She Didn't Like Hi* Song
MORRISTOWN, Tenn., June 17
(INS). —Mattie Pearl Manning, the
Tennessee child hride who is as
pretty as she is definite about her
musical dislikes, today looked for
ward to 20 years in jail as a con
sequence of the murder of her
husband.
The 14-year-010 girl was con
victed of second degree murder by
a jury and sentenced after a five
hour trial in which she testified
that she killed her husband. Day
mon W. Manning. 35. because she
didn't like the song .he sang.
The tune was 'Tomorrow's
Gonna Be a Burying Day.”
Mattie Pearl’* father, Frank
Morgan, 50, was found guilty of:
NIGHT
EDITION
COMPLETE WANT ADI.
Fighters Here
To Boost
Bond Sales
Tour of Arms Plants,
Rally on Program,
Debs as Hostesses
Led by 15 heroes of the battle*
fronts of the world, masters of the
instruments of war, Detroit to
day parades the products of its
arsenals. *
The parade and a mass rally
following it will give Detroiters
an opportunity to see what first
class fighting men look like, and
to inspect at least a portion of.
the war materials pouring out in
such profusion to fronts where"
other heroes are being made every
day.
BOOST WAR BONDS
The valiant men visiting Detroit
are making a 23-city tour for ths
treasury department, to stimulate
the purchase of war bonds—a war
effort which must astound men
who needed no stimulation to per
form acts of valor beyond the call
of duty.
5,000 TO TARE PART
\ •
Some 5,000 persons and mors
than 250 vehicles will participate
in the march, which will start
down Woodward from Peterboro
street at 6:30 p. m. At Park
avenue it will circle Grand Circus
Park to Bagley and then to Michi
gan avenue and the stadium.
Expected to require two hours
to pass a given point, the parads
will be a bristling impressive dis
play of Michigan-made Allied
weapons.
Such war products as 90 and
40-milimeter anti-aircraft can*!
nons, armored trucks, a 72-foot
truck used to transport glajttf
bomber fuselages and numeral*
motorized units will roll by tho
spectators. The rally is scheduled
for 8 p. m.
The men will have a full d**
with a press conference at 8 a. m.,
breakfast at Hotel Statler at*
tended by 500 civic leaden at
9:30 a. m., and trips to various
war plants.
Two of the men visited cripplsd
and afflicted children at the Lo*
land School, St. Francis Homs
for boys, Oakman School and ths
Children's Hospital.
At 4 p. m. the aces were to an*
semble at the Statler for a cock
tail party and dinner.- Following
the rally, they will be feted at tho
Detroit Athletic Club, where ths
season’s debutantes will act as
hostesses.
Brazil Calls Men to Arms
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 17
(UP).—Gen. Eurico Gaspar Dutrs
issued an order today calling up
the military classes of 1919, 1920
and 1921. As of February this
year there were 125,000 men under
arms in Brazil’s army, with 392,-
000 trained reserves.
the same charge and given ths
same sentence The state accused
him of inspiring the murder.
Mattie Pearl told her story ta
a jury of 12 men.
She testified that her husband
had been piqued when he asked
for his trousers, which she was to
have washed, and they couldn’t bo
found. / ,
That was when he began to singt /
'Tomorrow’s Gonna Be a Burying
Day." Because of the then* cl
the tune. Mattie said:
“1 thought he vu going to
kill me”
So great was her fear, she sa*4
that she shot her husband as kg
ate his lunch in her parrots* home