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Mistrial in Gaming Laws Case
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4-YEAR-OLD ELLIS SAXDELIN JR.
•. . he's waiting for the return of his lost dog. Sandy .. .
Blind Child's Dog
Wanders Away
Someone in Detroit ran brighten
the life of four-year-oki Ellis San
drlm Jr. with the return of hi
life-long pet "Sandy."
The red rocker spaniel is lost
and his blind master, win of Mr.
and Mrs. Ellis Sandeiin. 3582
Tillman, has been in tears for the
last two weeks.
Sandy went for his evening
stroll two weeks ago and has
never returned.
Elli*. who has been blind from
birth, was given the dog by hi<
father and the two have been m
m* parable.
A reward of $lO has been
offered for information leading to
Sandy’s return If you see Sandy
call TYler 6-3066.
De Gaulle to See Stalin
PARIS. Nov. 15 (INS) Gen.
De Gaulle today announced ac
ceptance of an invitation from
Premier Stalin for a series of
conferences.
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Freed in Murder.
Faces New Charge
Cleared of suspicion in the Oct.
3. 1942. hotel room, knockout
drop murder of a University of
Michigan graduate student.
Thelma M. Little. 35. a registered
nurse living at 1404 E. Jefferson
today was charged with grand
larceny in connection with the
drugging and robbing of a man
last week.
Arraigned before Recorder’s
Judge Groat on the larceny
charge, Mrs. Little stood mute
and was held under $2,000 bond.
Her examination was set for
Nov. 22.
Mrs, Little, a widow, \Aas ar
New Bribe
Eviden<*e
Revealed
By FRANK MORRIS
LANSING, Nov. Js—Several
legislators have confessed to brib
ery negotiations in connection
wjth a bill not identified directly
by Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler,
but obviously the anti-branch
banking hill of the 1939 session, it
was revealed today,
s SIMILAR NAME
Filing a new statement with the
supreme court in the 60-day sen
tence for contempt given to
Francis P. Slattery. Grand Rapids
banker, Sigler and Judge Carr
called the measure the “blank
bill.”
The legislation which Slattery
lobbied against during the 1939
session was known as the “bank
bill.”
Slattery’ was sentenced Thurs
day w hen Judge Carr held he “was
giving evasive answers and with
holding information.’’ The banker
is free on bond pending appeal,
which is to he heard by the
supreme court Dec. 1.
WITHHOLDS NAME
In his new document filed wnh
the high tribunal. Sigler gave por
tions of the grand jury transcript
showing that Slattery persisted ini
saying he could not recall a con
versation with a legislator, idonti-,
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'rested yesterday upon the com
i plaint of George Cannon. 47. of
the Victory Hotel Annex. I,t.
James C. Neville of the hotel
squad, said Cannon identified the
woman as having drugged him in
a hotel room, robbed him of $268
in cash and a ring and w-atch.
Meanwhile. Homicide Squad In
spector John O. Whitman said he
is satisfied Mrs. Liftle is innocent
in the 1942 drug slaying of Clyde
A McCoy. 37. the Michigan gradu
ate student and attorney.
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Gordon Calls
Mistrial in
Gaming Case
Recorder** Judge Gordon
today declared a mistrial in
the trial of nine men charged
with violating the state gam
ing laws and said a new trial
date will be set as soon as a
jury panel can be drawn.
The mistrial was declared
as the result of an article ap
pearing in another Detroit
newspaper about allowing
gamblers to “slip out” on
misdemeanor charges.
Judge Gordon, in a slairmml
following his declaration of mis
trial. defended recorder’s court
against charges by Prosecutor
William Dowling that the court
acquired assistance from judges
borrowed from circuit court to
bring the docket up to a point
where they could try the con
spiracy cases immediately.
ANSWERS DOWLING
“In regard to the conspiracy
cases, the Judges and the clerk
conferred frequently with the
assistant prosecutor assigned to
the trial of theae cases and have
followed his wishes In the mat
ter until some six weks ago.
“At that time, the remaining
cases were arbitrarily set for
trial because It appeared that
Prosecutor Dowling, with his
staff riddled by resignations,
would lease 19 of these cases
untried when retiring from
office.**
WONT BE BLUDGEONED
“This court will not submit to
bludgeoning by newspaper* or
any other persons in the trial of
esses In this court. Such mat
ters are to he considered in con
tempt of court.** Judge Gordon
added.
Meanwhile, Judge Maher
ordered the conspiracy trial of
Willie Simms. Isadore Kirchner
and eight other defendants to pro
ceed after he questioned jurors
and found none of them had read
the newspaper article in question
A motion to declare a mistrial
in this case had been pending.
Col. Elliot Roosevelt
Back From Germany
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15 (INS)
—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt said to
day that her son. Col. Elliot
Roosevelt, has returned from pho
tographic reconnaisance duty over
Germany, but that she had not
seen him.
Mrs. Roosevelt scofTed at a
question about whether the Roose
velt sons would he in Washington
for the President’s fourth inaug
ural. “They do not get any more
, leave than any one else.” she said.
"We never make requests for
them."
DETFfSIfIiiPfTMES
Only Detroit Newspsper Carrying Both International New\ Service and United Press
45th Year, No. 47 C Detroit 31, Mich., Thursday, Nov. 16. 1944 5 Cents
5 p. M. FLASHES
NAZIS ADMIT METZ IS DOOMED
LONDON, Nov. 15 (INS)—Capt. Ludwig Sertorius,
military commentator of the Nasi Tranaocean Agency,
hounded the keynote tonight for the fall of Metz with an
assertion that “w*e do not regard Metz as a sufficiently
valuable position to wage a battle to the death for it”
POPE INTERVIEWS FDR EMISSARY
VATICAN CITY, Nov. 15 (UP)—Pope Pius granted
a private audience today to Myron C. Taylor, President
Roosevelt’s special emissary to the Vatican. Taylor later
presented to the Pontiff a group of high-ranking Ameri
can Navy and Army officers.
LAKES-ST. LAWRENCE SEAW AY HEARINGS SET
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (INS)—A Senate com
merce subcommittee today decided to conduct public
hearings on the question of whether an arrangement
with Canada for construction of the Great
I .aw fence Seaway is a treaty or an agreement.
W AC RECOMMENDED FOR SOLDIER MEDAL
t\ S. EIGHTH ARMY AIR FORCE HQ., England,
Nov. 15 (INS)—A recommendation for the Soldier’s
Medal was made today for Grace Sharkey of Philadelphia,
a corporal in the WAC, who helped to safety the crew*
of a Liberator bomper, on w hich she was an observer, and
which crashed and burned on a test flight.
U. S. FORTRESSES BLAST AUSTRIA AREAS
ROME, Nov. 15 (INS) —Giant Fortresses and Liber
ators. living unescorted deep into enemy territory, blasted
strategic objectives in the Lintz and Innsbruck areas of
Austria today. Heavy cloud formations forced the bom
bardiers to release their explosives by means of instru
ments.
ROOSEVELT MEETS WITH HENRY J. KAISER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (INS) —President Roose
velt conferred today with Henry J. Kaiser, the West
Coast shipbuilder, on the urgent need for workers to stay
on their war production jobs so that “our fighting men
may not be let down.” Kaiser urged the President to
issue an appeal to war workers “to stay on the war jobs.”
SUSPEND U. S.-CUBAN SUGAR PARLEY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (INS)— Acting Secretary
of State Stettinius disclosed today that negotiations
between the United States and Cuban governments
regarding purchase of the 1945 Cuban sugar crop had
been suspended the second time because of the Culian
demand for a higher price than the present 2.65 cents
a pound.
JAPS PREDICT DEFEAT IN PHILIPPINES
CHUNGKING, Nov. 15 (UP)—Private reports from
sources inside Japan said today that Premier Kuniaki
Koiso has warned industrialists that the battle of the
Philippines probably represents Japan’s last opportunity
to obtain terms more favorable than unconditional sur
render and that the Japanese government is preparing
influential segments of the public for eventual defeat.
THE WAR FRONTS
FRANCE—More Metz forts taken; escape route nearly elosed.
(Page 1.)
RUSSIA—Reds storm into Budapest suburbs; Moscow says
city’s fall is near. (Page 1.)
PAClFlC—MacArthur’s drive to smash last Jap stronghold
on Leyte in full sway. (Page 2.)
ITALY —British troops advance against atiffening German
resistance. (Page 2.)
Red Advance
Seals Doom
Of Budapest
LONDON, Nov. 15 TUP)—Rus
sian storm troops drove into the
southern suburbs of Budapest
today and Moscow dispatches said
the assault on the Hungarian capi
tal appeared to have entered its
final, decisive stage.
Soviet front reports said Mar
shal Malinovsky’s forces were
pushing in over the northern and
1 eastern approaches of Budapest to
I join in the siege and were in full
I control of the entire corridor be
tween the Danube and Tisza south
of the capital.
NAZIS flee; rail hub
(A Nazi DNB news agency
c o m m e n t a t o r said German
I troops evacuated the big rail
and highway hub of Jaszbereny,
31 miles east of the capital,
after Russian forces had out
flanked the town. There was
no immediate Russian confirma-*
tion of the reported evacuation,
which would weaken seriously
the eastern defenses of Buda
pest.)
A front line dispatch relayed by
Moscow reported the resumption
of violent fighting in East Prussia,
where “the earth is quaking from
explosions and the sky is aflame.”
Farther north, the Soviet gov
ernment newspaper Izvestia re
ported, the remnants of 30 Ger
man divisions pinned against the
Baltic in Latvia and Lithuania
were being finished off rapidly.
HOLD DANUBE’S BANK
A siege line already was estab
lished on the southern outskirts
to the Danube, where the Rus
sians apparently held firm control
I of the river’s east bank for the en
tire 268 miles to the liberated
I Yugoslav capital of Belgrade.
While Malinovsky’s main forces
I appeared to be concentrated cn
‘the eastern drive, Berlin reported
that Soviet troops had forged
across the big anti-tank ditch
around the capital and claimed
that heavy street fighting was
taking place in Pestszentimre,
three miles southeast of Buda
pest.
THE WEATHER
HOI'RLT TEMKRATVRES
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lam. 82 7 am. 81 1 p. m. SS
2 a.m. M 8 a m 82 2 p m. 88
3 a m. 81 9 a m. 82 3 p m. 87
4 a m. 82 10 a m. 82
5a m. 82 11 a. m. 53
Th* sun will set at « 11 P m. today and
rise tomorrow at 8:23 a m.
The moon will set at *'26 p m. today
and rise tomorrow at 8 82 a. m.
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i*ARIS, Nov. 15 (UP) —American troops today stormed
a spiny ridge 2,000 yards south of Metz, the last natural
defense line before the city, and the Germans threw rein
forcements into a desperate action to stave off the fall of
the massive fortress as long as possible.
SUPREME HQ. AEF, France, Nov. 15 (INS)—The
American web being spun around the German-held French
city of Metz closed tighter today when the Third Army
troops narrowed the enemy escape corridor to eight miles
while driving new chinks in the wall of fortresses guarding
the cathedral town. *
Battlefront dispatches reported the occupation of
Forts Hubert and Jussy in the immediate Metz zone, plua
Fort Illange outside of Thionville. some 20 miles to the
north.
Spokesmen for Gen. Eisenhower
announced the capture of “addi
tional” fortresses, but did not re
veal the number taken. Most of
the forts were taken against only
light opposition, the greater part
of which came from small arms
fire. Gen. Patton’s army now
stands within a mile and three
quarters of Metz from the south
east.
Stronger resistance now is be
ing encountered, a spokesman
said, and the greatest number of
counterattacks made by the Ger
mans since the drive began have
been fought off successfully. „
Southeast of Bruyeres on the
Seventh Army front, American
forces captured Dienville, Ivoux
and Lana.
FIFTH CLOSING IN
Infantrymen of the Fifth Divi
sion edged closer to the heart of
Metz from the south and supreme
headquarters reported that a gen
eral withdrawal of the enemy
from the Metz area was contin
uing.
The drive of the Americans up
from the south against Metz was
aimed directly at the Pouilly
Ridge, last natural barrier before
the city, which was under assault.
The prospect of early fall of
Metz was seen as soon as the
ridge is taken.
West of Metz, the town of
Chat cl St. Germain was taken
after an attack begun yesterday,
and Fort Joan D Arc was by
p.i-vcd. Fort Driant. the main
Old Bonus Row Calls
200 From Continental
An argument over alleged in
equalities in bonus payments at
the Continental Motor Co., which
caused a general strike Nov. 2.
closing the plant and leaving 6,500
workers idle, flared anew today as
200 polishers and heat treat em
ployes walked off the job.
Details of the strike were un
available as officials of Conti
i nental Local 280, UAW-CIO, were
lm conference.
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bastion guarding Metz, presum
ably also has been by-passed.
American troops have virtually
cleared the forest of Brig da
Koecking of enemy force*. South
of Rem illy Forest, the Americana
pressed to within four miles of
Faulquemont. Strong counterat
tacks were encountered around
Arriance, with infantry and tanks
attempting to infiltrate the Ameri
can positions. • '
GAINS ALL ALONG LINK
TWENTY-FIRST ARMY
GROUP HQ., Nov. 15 (INS)—
Gen. Dempsey's new push west
of Venlo has made an advance of
2,000 yards all along the line and
the northern-most thrust east of
the Wessem Canal has gained
5,000 yards.
“The attack la going fast and
will continue to do no because
there is nothing to stop It,” Field
Marshal Montgomery's spokes
man ' said tonight.
Thrusting along the road which
cuts the "island ‘ formed by the
two canals and the river. Second
Army troops have captured the
village of Levorooi, due west of
Heijthusjen and five miles from
Maas. j
BLAST RUHR OIL PLANTS
LONDON. Nov. 15 (INS)—
Mustang-escorted Lancasters of
the RAF bomber command
blasted the synthetic oil refineries
at Dortmund in the German Ruhr
late today.
I The Nov. 2 strike was settled
when both the company and union
agreed to ask permission of the
WLB to discontinue the bonus
system. The case is now pending.
When the bonus arguments Arst
arose, the company insisted on
payment of incentive pay. union
leaders said The local held an
election and voted against con
tinuation of the system.
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