Detroit evening times., January 13, 1945, REDLINE, Image 1

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Report U. S. Convoy Off Luzon
3d Fleet
Reported in
Luzon Gulf
LONDON, Jan. 12 (INS)
Japanese Premier (irn. Kunlakl
Kniso ban summoned a supreme
Hir roumil of the n*-ne>r»*l staff
from all war theater* for to
morrow, the Nazi DNB agency
reported today.
Present and future strategy
will be reviewed, the agency
•aid, adding that another meet
ing will be held next Tuesday.
TWO CONVOYS I.ANDKI)
NEW YORK. Jan. 12 (INS)
Two American convoys already
have effected landings on ihe
shores of Lingayen Gulf on Luzon
and early today a third convoy of
“more than 100 transports and a
hundred and some score landing
barges escorted by 10 rarrlgr?
reached the gulf." ihe Japanese
I)omei agency reported
The report said the new convoy
WH|~''advancing boldly in the face
of pur fierce attacks, claiming
the first two convoys had been
“reduced to nearly 40 per cent by
Jap attacks.
The dispatch admitted that
the Japanese, “regrettable as it
la, are being forced to >ieid air
mastery to the t»*e, and also
that the convoys ha\e continued
to pour in an enormous amount
of auppllea."
Meantime, veteran U. S. Sixth
Army troops smashed forward in
all sectors of Luzon from points
more than nine miles inland.
Gen. MacArthur’s communique
announced new American gains in
the heightening battle for the
capital island of the Philippines
and reported that his forces had
overrun five more towns in their
advances *on the Lingayen. plain
as they drive toward Manila, little
more than 100 miles to the south.
(The Tokyo radio in a glfx*rny
broadcast heard by American
monitors on Luzon, reported
that the Japanese high com
mand expected a major naval
battle to develop "imminently"
in the waters near the Philip
pines There was no comment
at Gen. MacArthur’s head
quarters )
Hebrew Committee
Hits British Attitude
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12 (UP*
—The Hebrew Committee of Na
tional Liberation denouncing the
“attiude of the British govern
ment." today appealed to all the
United Nations to declare jointly
that crimes committed against
Hebrews in Europe. Irrespective of
the victims’ citizenship, shall be
punished as war crimes.
Panlellp <M»d«lar«l
Out of Danger
HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 12 (UP)—
Film star Paulette Goddard's
physician said today sht was out
©f immediate danger after an
emfrgency operation for a rup
tured uterus during pregnancy.
The actress had a fair night and
was resting well, hospital attend
ants said.
4 Die in Bomber Crash
PITTSBURGH. Jan. 12 (UP)
An army B-25 bomber crashed and
burned near Morgantown. W. Va .
airport today, killing four crew
members and injuring four others,
two seriously, Maj. W. G. Brown
of the army air transport com
mand announced hfrp.
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MERIDEN, Conn.. Jan. 12 (UP)
—The condition of Senator Ma
loney (D) of Connecticut, a pa
tient at Meriden Hospital for two
weeks, was serious today as the
result of a heart attack Thursday.
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Yanks Join
British to
Trap Nazis
PARIS, Jan. 12 (UP)—
American and British forces
joined today in a meat-chop
per operation which virtually
eliminated the last remnants
of Nazi panzers west of the
Ourthe and penetrated al
most to the heart of the once
threatening Ardennes bulge.
field Marshal Montgomery'*
British troo[*> rammed east to
establish firm contact with Gen.
Patton's Third Army southeast of
St. Hubert, now firmly tn dur con
trol.
ITie Nazis were fighting stub
bornly at key points to protect the
still orderly withdrawal of their
forces, now almost entirely east of
the Ourthe.
ESCAPE ROUTE CUT
(The main salient escape
route has been rut to two mile*,
INS reported.)
On the northern flank the
American First Army's 83d In
fantry and Third Armored Divi
sions fought thnugh Langlier, a
mtJr southeast «.f Bihain. house
by house and by late afternoon
the town was in their hands.
Meanwhile Patton s forces slugged
their way north
Advance elements of both forces
were within four miles of Houf
falize. key transport center which
the Nazis must hold in order to
evacuate retreating elements still
engaged in the St. Hubert corner.
NAZIS USE RESERVES
Tn the Alsace corner of north
eastern Francp, the Germans
threw additional reinforcements
into their Rhine River bridgeheads
on both sides of Strasbourg and
won some local successes.
Thp Allies still appeared to have
the situation under control, how
ever. allhough the French lost
Obenhcim 14 miles south of Stras
tnd American Seventh
Army forces were driven out of
Herlisheim. 11 miles northwest of
the Alsatian capital.
TTie American First Army re
ported today that since Dec. 16
it had taken 18.348 prisoners, de
stroyed 223 tanks. 19 self-pro
pelled guns. 627 motor transports.
39 artillery pieces. anti-tank
guns and captured 14 tanks, four
self-propelled guns. 114 motor
transports and four anti-tank guns.
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j BOSTON. Jan. 12 (UP)—The
Pilot, official weekly newspaper
for the Boston Catholic archdio
cese, today editorially denounced
as "not funny” children’s comics
such as "Dick Tracy" and those
which highlight under-dressed
women, calling those comics
"trash."
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PHILIPPINES—J ap a re
port third convoy ready to
' land U. S. troops on Luzon,
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FRANCE—AIIies close Nazi
, escape gap to two miles;
, Montgomery-Patton junction
reported. (Page 1.)
CHINA—U. S. fleet carrier
planes attack Japs off coast of
. French Indo-China. (Page 2.)
RUSSlA—Berlin reports Rus
sians open winter offensive
I west of Viatuala. (Page. 2.)
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YANK SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
LONDON, 4an. 12 (INS)—U. S. Army Pvt. George E.
Smith of Pittsburgh today was found guilty of thr murder
of Sir Eric Teichman, British diplomat, and sentenced to
be hanged.
ROOSEVELT JR. LED LUZON DESTROYER ESCORT
ABOARD ADM. KINCAID’S FLAGSHIP, OFF
LCZON, Jan. 12 (I P) —Lt. Comdr. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jr. and Lt. Comdr. C harles Francis Adams, son of the for
mer navy secretary, commanded destroyer escorts en
gaged in the Luzon invasion, it was revealed today.
KNUDSEN URGES PRESSURE ON WAR WORKERS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (INS)—Lt. Gen. William S.
Knudsen, the army’s production trouble-shooter, told
Congress today that pressure legislation is needed to
provide war workers immediately but that it would In'
“better to leave the army out of it.”
AMERICAN DELEGATION GOING TO FINLAND
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (CP)—The Ended States
prepared today to send diplomatic representatives to Fin
land to study conditions there. This does not mark a
resumption of diplomatic relations, but their report might
lead to such action.
U-BOAT SHELTER IN NORWAY BOMBED
LONDON, Jan. 12 (INS) —The German U-boat shelter
at Bergen, Norway, was bombed today hy two “special”
formations of RAF Lancaster bonders, escorted by
swarms of fighters. Nazi shipping in the area also was
attacked, the air ministry announced.
U. S. OFFICIALS, ON TOUR. PREDICT LONG WAR
SUPREME HQ., AEF., Jan. 12 (INS) —Seven Amer
ican officials, including War Manpower Commissioner
Paul McNutt, today completed a tour of the European
theater of operations and, viewing serious shortages, pre
dicted a long and bloody war.
C Detroit 31, Mich., Saturday, Jan. 13, 1945
DEATH RIPPED THROUGH THIS HAT
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was assassinated. Three shots were fired
at close range by the unknown killers.
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STATE SENATOR HOOPER
. . . slain accuser . . .
State Senator Named
To Succeed Truman
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Jan.
12 (UP)—Gov. Donnelly today an
nounced the appointment of .State
Senator Frank P. Briggs. Macon.
Mo.. Democrat, to the U. S. Senate
to succeed Vice President-elect
Truman.
Sigler's Statement
derailed by Murder
The sensational murder of
State Senator Hooper, surprise
star state witness in the bribe
conspiracy ease against F rank D.
McKay. Floyd Fitzsimmons and
former Rep. William Green, re
called today a now-significant
statement from Prosecutor Kim
Sigler, made at fbe time the in
dictment was returned,
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Ford Plane
Production
Boost Seen
Possible upward revision of
aircraft production by the
Ford Motor Co. is being con
sidered by the government,
WPB Chairman J. A. Krug
disclosed in Washington to
day.
At ihe same time Krug an
nounced that the vitally needed :
aircraft production program for
the nation must be increased from
a figure value of $367,000,000 last
October to one representing $925,-
000.000 by next June.
“The Ford Willow Run plant
1 will continue at its rate rather
than go down,’’ Krug said.
CUTBACK OVERCOME
A spokesman for Ford said that
production has already been
stepped up and now is slightly
under the homber-an-hour mark
lof last summer. The government
previously had made a cutback in
the Willow Run schedule.
Krug said that this “hot" air
craft building schedule must be
maintained because of the need
for Superfortresses, heavy bomb
ers and navy fighting planes on
the European and Pacific fronts.
Krug outlined the revised air
craft program in revealing at a
news conference that war produc
tion schedules for 1945 will total
approximately $62,000,000,000 as
compared with $56,500,000,000 on
Oct. 1. 1944.
HEAVIER PLANES DUE
New programs are valued at
$2,500,000,000.
, Disclosing that both aircraft
weight and numbers will be
! boosted about 9 per cent over last
j October. Krug pointed out that
,B-29 production at Boeing’s Ren
jton. Wash., plartt will be increased
! from 35 in December to 200 in
July, 1945. He explained that to
meet increased B-29 schedules
Boeing will transfer production of
B-17 heavy bombers to Douglas
and Lockheed plants.
Scarcity of Tobacco
May Hit Pipe Smokers
WASHINGTON. Jan 12 (UP)
j—Pipe smokers, who so far have
'largely escaped the plight of their
'cigaret smoking brothers, may
soon be joining them in line at
tobacco store counters.
There have been mounting signs
of scarcity of many popular
brands of pipe tobacco. And to
bacco industry spokesmen, here to
seek price increases, said today
that the shortage would become
severe by March.
Panama Envoy to Quit
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UP)
—Panama Ambassador Enrique
Jimenez annouced today that he
will submit his resignation when
he returns to Panama in the near
future.
nent men as surprise witnesses
and they will have an amazing
tale to tell. Their testimony
will he a neat little package of
dynamite,” Sigler said.
Death hared the secret that
Hooper was one of those “promi
nent men."
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SIO,OOO Reward
Asked for Killer
By AL KArFMAN
JACKSON, Jan. 12 —The daylight assassination
of State Senator Warren G. Hooper, chief witness
in a grand jury probe which already has indicted
Frank D. McKay and two others, today brought
out every police scientific weapon in an effort to
apprehend the murderer or murderers.
Hooper was shot three times in the head some
time after 3:50 p. m. yesterday as he was driving
his automobile between Lansing and Albion, his
home. The .38-caliber bullet riddled and partly
burned body was found in the auto at an isolated
spot on M-99 at 6 p. m. by passersby.
Auto Found 27 Miles South of Lansing
The exact spot where the death automobile came to rest
in a snowbank is 27 miles south of Lansing, four miles north
of Springport and one-quarter mile from the nearest house.
Meanwhile, the state will be asked to post a reward of
at least SIO,OOO for the apprehension of the killer. Senator
Ben Carpenter of Harrison said he would request the ap
propriation.
The few clues in the baffling case consisted of foot
prints on the left side of the car, two of the three bullets
and reports about a mysterious telephone caller, speaking
with a heavy accent, who had been making recent inquiries
at the Hooper home in Albion.
State police officials were convinced the footprints
were those of a man instead of a woman as first believed.
An additional hope for a lead lay in the fact two small
boys were reported to have seen Hooper’s automobile come
to a stop on the highway. Both boys are being sought for
questioning.
A careful search failed to locate a gun either in the
automobile or near the scene.
Comes as Bombshell to Probers
The apparently carefully plotted murder was a bomb
shell to the grand* jury plans of Circuit Judge Leland W.
Carr and Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler.
They had intended to put Hooper on the witness stand
Monday as a chief witness in the bribery case agaioat
McKay, former national Republic committeeman; Floyd
Fitzsimmon, sports promotor, and former state Rap.
McKay
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Shocked
By FRANK MORRIS
Ttan Stiff C#rr«ponlf*l
GRAND RAPIDS, Jan. 12
—Pacing the floor in flaming
paisley pajamas, Frank D.
McKay, deposed Republican
czar of Michigan, was plainly
agitated today when told that
his principal accuser on
bribe charges, State Senator
Warren G. Hooper, has been
assassinated.
He heard the news as he sat In
his Morton Hotel suite chatting
with henchmen attending the
state Republican convention.
McKay leaped to his feet when
informed that Special Prosecutor
Kim Sigler had identified Hooper
as “the fingerman" in the case
against him.
EXAMINATION MONDAY
McKay is scheduled to be exam
ined Monday on an indictment
growing out of Hooper’s confes
sions and charging bribery in
connection with race horse legisla
tion.
The ousted GOP national com
mitteeman. when told of the
murder, exclaimed:
"The only times I ever talked
to Hooper were when he was
trying to get me to g-Ke him
money to build or equip an
osteopathic hospital In Grand
Rapids."
McKay said he had shaken
hands and exchanged greetings
with Hooper in the wait
ing room of the Lansing grand
jury headquarters where both had
been called to appear.
ARRIVES FROM FLORIDA
Hooper had been pointed out to
him at that time, McKay said, by
Senator Earl Munshaw who later
was found dead of carbon mon
oxide poisoning in his garage.
McKay arrived in Grand Rapids
(Continued on Page 1 CoL 7)
William Green.
When notified of the murder,
Sigler was questioning grand jury
witnesses in Lansing. He finished
his questioning and then sped to
the scene, arriving about 9 p. m.
THINKS SLAYER KNOWN
After surveying the gruesom#
picture. Sigler declared:
”1 am convinced that who
ever shot Hooper was riding in
the automobile with him.
“This would Indicate the mur
derer was known to the victim.”
Two of the bullets entered
Hooper’s head through his hat,
which was badly powder burned.
One bullet went into the back of
the head, traveled a downward
course and came out through thd
chin.
Another bullet went in near the
left ear. continued down through
the neck and then came out
through the lung. A third bullet
penetrated Hooper’s face at the
left cheekbone, took a downward
course and remained in his body.
“The direction of the bullets,”
Sigler said, “would seem to In
dicate the murderer was tower
ing over Hooper. Hooper may
have been slugged by a black
jack so his body slum pet side
ways in the seat and then shot
from above.”
Sigler refused flatly to say
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