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ELLIS SAMHJN COMING HOME IN HIS FATHER’S ARMS TO HIS MOTHER AND SISTER
... a skillful rye operation restored the sight of the 4-year-old, blind since birth ...
'Blind' Boy Sees
His Playthings
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Four-year-old KU»* San il:n Jr
camp home today t h-.r : ,. s
had never vet n.
It was just seven dv- t go tha'
he left to go to Harper Hospital
where the blindin„ <■ i-• i on
his right eye u, > i-M:ov» i l > a
skillful surgeoi
Now ho can *ec at :,.t dimly
the small red am-m • he loves
so muc h.
Before the operation he could
only twist the sterling wheel m
forlorn, make-believe f,. h:r-n
afraid to |>etJnl it about Mie room
for fear of humping the lurmturc
SEES Ills To\s
Now he can se< th- toy gun
v ith the lou-l snap m«t» ad of
knowing it only h> touch and
sound, and w itch the flames
streak up m the tug has.- burner
when daddy shovels on th coal.
Before the operation. Kills
Could dtoting . j
lights held very i !<--<• t>> Pis ryps
Now he recognize* . *|-»i > e ,i dis
tance instantly
As he dim hod inl e. i f ther’s
Car to go home, he Toutied the
maroon leather spat and ex
claimed:
“This is h swell red par.”
A moment later h- shouted:
“There goes a hig truek."
PREPARE EOR \RRIY.\L
He followed passing car* wifi:
his eyes, something he never did
before.
Bast night th.- hoy’s parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Kill* Sandlin of ,V>J
Tillman, superintended almost
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Skating at all city rinks and
parks except Northwestern. To
bogganing at River Rouge.
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VIENNA OIL REFINERIES BOMBED
ROME, Feb. 7 (TP) — bombers of the United
States fifteenth Air Force pom bed oil refineries in the
\ ienna area today. The .Germans laid smoke screens
over most of the larged and the bombs were dropped by
instrument.
HERO OF MANILA TO GET PROMOTION
MANILA, Feb. 7 (IP)—(Jen. MacArthur, back in
liberated Manila, today told Brig. Gen. William C. Chase
that he was making him a major general. Chase’s first
cavalry was the first outfit to reach Manila as the result
of a forced 100-mile drive.
ARMY AIR FORCE CHIEF IN HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (IP)—Gen. Henry 11.
Arnold, commander of the army air forces, is in a con
valescent hospital for a month’s rest. Maj. (ten. David
V W. Grant, air forces surgeon general, ascribed Arnold's
illness to overwork.
REP. FOGARTY BACK IN CONGRESS FROM W AR
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (CP) —Rep. Fogarty (I))
ol Rhode Island took the oath of office as a member of
the 7J#th Congress today after two months of active
duty with the navy. He yvas elected to the 70th Congress
in November, then resigned his seat in the 78th Congress
to become a carpenter’s mate in the Seabees.
PACIFIC FORCES (JET AUSTRALIAN FOOD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (INS) —Oscar Cox, general
counsel of the foreign economic administration, told
( ongress today that Australia and New Zealand are
providing 90 per cent of the food rec|tiired for operations
in the Pacific. The two countries, he said, are supplying
reverse lend-lease items at a rate greater than their re
ceipt under lend-lease.
GOEBBELS QUITS AS GAULEITER OF BERLIN
LONDON, Feb. 7 (UP)—Moscow radio said today
that persistent reports yvere reaching Bern that Nazi
propaganda minister Joseph Goebl>els had resigned as
gauleiter of Berlin. The broadcast said the reports yvere
supported by the fact that daily appeals to the Berlin
populace yvere signed by another Nazi deputy named
Schach.
Ail oil’ Ambitious.
Swoiioo lt(*|iorls
LONDON. Feh 7 iINS)
Stockholm disfwtrhes today told
of a report said to he current in
London that Hitler is relinquish
ing the title of fuehrer to become
president of Germany, naming
Franz von Papen his chancellor.
Qualified circles in London, how
ever, had not heard such a re
|»ort.
WINS BRIDGEHEAD
Confer at Lansing
For Detroit Funds
A group of city officials led by
Mayor Jeffries were in Lansing
today to confer on legislative
proposals which would bring the
city of Detroit additional funds.
Conferences include one with
the Michigan Finance Commission
followed by another with the
Wayne County delegation to the
state legislature.
Strike Closes Briggs
City to Keep
Fast lime'
Regardless
Detroit late today >ecmed
destined to stay on Eastern War
Tirra regardless of whether Gov
! Kelly signs the ‘View time hill'
passed by the Legislature,
f Rebellious city councilmen and
the corporation counsel presented
a united front in support of the
present ‘‘fast time" and Corpora
tion Counsel Dowling and his as
sistant. James Walsh, were agreed
that the city could 'invoke its
home rule privilege* to retain thr
time by ordinance.
DOWLING MISQUOTED
I>ow)ing. misquoted earlier in
the day in a Lansing dispatch say
ing that Detroit would have to go
along with whatever time the
state adopted, quoted an opinion
of the attorney general which said
home rule cities have the right to
set their own time.
Detroit's rouncilmen were as
caustic as the rural Republican
jlegislators who pushed the bill
through the House yesterday and
! stood firm as the legislators
' talked of reprisals for Detroit's
I concerted opposition.
HOME Rt LE ( ITED
Most outspoken was Council
man Frank Cody:
“We still have home rule and
we can set our own time. I
tavor no change.”
Railroads, bus lines and tele
graph services and agencies will
continue to operate on "fast
time" regardless ol the outcome
in Lansing. These operate under
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission over which the Legisla
ture has no jurisdiction.
fit her rouncilmen who have
I "very definite'' idea&»on keeping
the present time in Detroit ex
pressed their views as follotvs:
HENRY SWEENY: "I'm In
favor of keeping I>etroit on the
present time during the war
|M‘riod. After the war I think
we should go hack to the for
mer time. < entral Standard.”
Gt'S DOR A IS: “Detroit
would make a mistake by a
| change in time and it would
cause a large amount of eon
fusion."
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100 Little Aid, Belgian
Premier to Resign
BRUSSELS, Fob 7 (UP< Pre
. micr Hubert Picrlot announced in
■ ’he rhaml>er of deputies today
that his government could not
continue under present conditions
and he would submit his resigna
tion to regent Prince Charles.
Pierlot had told the chamber
yesterday that the Allies had ap
preciated Belgium’s needs hut the
failure to provide the necessary
supplies was on "account of the
military situation, particularly the
unforseen Ardennes counteroffen
sive.”
lit .Million CigarHs
Slii|»|ioil to Swwlpij
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 7
The government announced today
that 18.870.000 American cigarets
aboard the Swedish safe conduct
ship Falsterbohus on the way to
this country were bought nine
month* *t-go hy 10 private im
porters. The announcement Raid
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45th Year, No. 131 C Detroit 31, Mich., Thursday, Feb. 8. 1945 5 Cents
5.800 Out
At llrig^:
! Production of vital aircraft and
tank part" at the Briggs Mack
avenue plant was halted today as
5.800 war workci" walked ofT the
job. closing the plar A t.
The general strike followed a
walkout of 15 employ* - in the
burr department at 10 a. rr. yes
terday alter they had been or
dered to do jobs in the re-work
department.
QUESTION OF PAY
Je>s Fera zi a, president of
Briggs Local 212, L’AW-CIO. who
said the men walked of! the job
because the company refused to
pay them a higher rate of pay for
doing re-work as provided in the
contract, was endeavoring to set
tle the strike today. A mass meet
ing of the workers iv to be held
at the local hall. 10940 Mack, at
2 p. m. Thursday.
Shortly after the burr workers
left, they were joined by 1,500 in
the tank, tool room, press room
and inspection departments. At
5:30 p. m. 850. more of the 1.800
second shift workers walked off
the job.
The 4.(XX) employes on the day
shift reported for work this morn
i ing but walked out shortly after.
! closing the plant.
STRIKF AT ( ONTIN FATAL
Fifty maintenance employes on
the third shift at the Continental
Motor Co.'s plant walked off the
job at 1 a m. today and did* not
return until 6:43 a. m.
They struck in protest over/the
company suspending an emplbye
for three days who had been lolind
sleeping on the job.
The day shift reported for work,
however, and the pi ant was oper
ating on a lull production schedule
today.
Lend-Lease Pipeline
Being Built to China
WASHINGTON. Feb 7 (INSi
Leo T Crowley, foreign eco
nomic administrator, disclosed to
[Congress today that the' United
States is budding a lend-lease
ifuel pipeline paralleling the newly
.opened Ledo-Burma road m»o free
China.
The announcement eamo as
Crowley urged lend-loase exten
sion Reviewing aid to Russia, ho
| rejiorted that by IVc 1 the United
States had sent 12,000 airplanes,
295.000 tons of explosives 135.000
sub-machine guns, €.OOO tanks, and
i 3,300 armored "coin cars, among
other equipment, to the Soviet
, Union.
Peg Firewood Price
WASHINGTON Feb 7 i INS)
The OPA today sit tailing
prices for all firewood sold by
farmers after Feb. 12 due to re
ported exorbitant increases Price*
were pegged as of Marc h. 1942.
Plan Mine Pay Parley
NEW YORK. Feb. 7 (UP)—
Anthracite opcratois have named
a seven-man committee to nego
tiate early in April with UMW for
a new wage agreement.
that the cigarfcts wen* loaded in
New Orleans.
The nf’wspaj>er Aftonbradet said
earlier that the ship carrying the
American Cigarcts was one of
-
lands for a go-ahead from the
! Germans.
Big 3 Meeting
Revealed by
White House
WASHINGTON. Frh 7 <IT>
The White House announced todpy
that President Roosevelt, Marshal
Stalin and Prime Minister
Churchill are now meeting "in the
Black Sea area ”
They art*, according to the an
nouncement. w orking on plans ' lor
completing the defeat of the com
mon enemy and for building, with
their Allies, firm foundations for
a lasting peace.”
In the first official word on the
"Big Three” meeting, the White
House announcement made sim
ultaneously in London and Moscow
—said the conference began with
military discussions and has ex
tended through the problems of
peace, including "joint plans for
the occupftion and control of
Germany.”
Also under discussion were
"the political and economic prob
lems of liberated Europe and pro
posals for the earliest |x>ssiblr
establishment of a ixrmancnt in
ternational organization to main
tain peace.” the White House
said.
“Meetings are proceeding con
tinuously,” the announcement
said.
STILL IN SESSION
It made clear that the three
leaders, their chiefs of staff, for
eign secretaries and other advis
or:- are still in session.
"A communique will he issued
at the conclusion of the eon
ferrnce," the White House said.
Major’s Secretary
Slain in Apartment
SAN’ FRANCISCO Feb. 7
• INS* An office romance be
tween an army major and his at
tractive secretary came to a
tragic climax with the death of
the secretary. Mrs. Dorothy
Turner Vivell and attempted
suicide by her boss. Maj. Stanley
Wilson Duncan, according to
{xilice.
After a telephone tip from the
major s wife, Mrs Gladys Duncan
of Glendale, police broke into the
major’s downtown apartment to
lind the secretary dead from a
stab al>ove the heart, and Duncan
unconscious on the floor nearby.
He was believed to have taken an
overdose of sedatives.
Toledo Pilot Crashes
CHARLESTOWN. R I. Feb. 7
• UP* Ensign Jack R. Gross, 25,
of Toledo. ().. was identified today
the pilot killed when a plane
from the naval auxiliary air facil
! 11 v crashed into the sea of! Block
Island Saturday.
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•*»f li Is Pacing
Patton's Drive
WITH TIIL l. S. THIRD ARMY, Feb. 7 (INS)-The
famed Fifth (Red Diamond) Infantry Division of the Third
Army, trained Fort Custer, Mich., and one of four crack
diyisions hurled into the Reich by Lt. Gen. Patton in a drive
today, is struggling against heavy odds to build up Its
bridgehead above Echternach.
Every time the men in the division, longest overseas of
any U. S. division in Europe, made a move the Germans
raked the Sauer River banks with murderous fire from their
Siegfried Line pillboxes. At seven points the Sauer *nd Our
rivers were crossed during the day by the four divisions
along a 22-mile crescent-shaped front between Echternach
and four and a half miles northeast of Clervaux.
Although both rivers were at
flood stage, the 80th Division
struck across northwest of Wal
lendorf. This division met only
token opposition and late reports
said its assault was doing well.
STH DIVISION GAINS
Two crossings in the same gen
eral region w ere made by elements
of the Fifth Division, which then
moved forward 800 yards in the
face of terrific machine gun fire
poured into its flanks from West
Wall pillboxes.
Seven and three-quarter miles
northwest of Echternach other
80th Division forces effected an
other crossing The 17th Airborne
Division sent its spearheads across
four and a half miles east of Cler
vaux and the Sixth Armored Di
vision probed with infantry ele
ments four and a half miles north
and east of Clervaux.
The crossing began along the
Fifth Division's front without ar
tillery preparation. The Germans
opened up with exceptionally
fierce flanking fire which stalled
the first assault waves. The drive
was kept going, however, and the
doughboys made their way into
the West Wall, where they are
fighting.
FIFTH IN MOTION
The 80th Division went over
after intensive artillery prepara
tion two hours after the Kifth got
in motion. It struck in the region
of Wallendorf which the Ai jeri
cans gave up at the time of
Marshal von Runstedt’s offensive.
Along the left flank, a German
counterattack at Brandscheid was
broken up and 200 prisoners
taken. Other American infantry
units moved ahead up to a mile
and a quarter on a mile and a
half front, capturing Honthcim.
Scllerich and Hersoheid.
While the thrusts into the Sieg
fried defenses were continued
American Seventh Army forces
and French First Army groups at
the southern end of the battle line
cut down the enemy-held Colmar
IKicket below Strasbourg still
further.
Buffer SSO in Berlin v
NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (INS)
Butter is now selling for SSO a
pound on Berlin's black market,
BBC asserted today in an NBC
monitored transmission.
Fortl Gets 110 31 ill ion
In IMano Engine Jolts
A program calling for produc
tion of $110,000,000 in aircraft
engines and engine pin ts on addi
tional government contracts was
announced today by the Ford
Motor Co.
The order" include new Pratt
& Whitney airplane engines of
ty {■*♦* R-2800-C. now being used in
army fighter and cargo planes.
1 Representing approximately
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Japs Shelling
! Freed Camps
MANILA. Feb. 7 (UP)—Japa
nese today shelled Santa Tomas
and Bilibid internment camps
where thousands of Allied civilian
internees and prisoners of war are
being sheltered. •
The Japanese scored at least
four direct hits on the main uni
i versity building at Santo Tomas.
A shell dropped directly in front
of the entrance of the main build
ing at Bilibid. Santo Tomas was
under fire, probably from mortars,
intermittently throughout the day.
Gen. MacArthur inspected both
camps today but escaped the en
emy fire. No one was reported
killed but a few internees were
wounded.
YANKS CAPTURE FORT
NEW YORK. Feb. 7 (INS)—
American troops in Manila have
captured Fort Santiago and estab
lished two bridgeheads across the
Pasig River, the London radio re
ported today in a broadcast heard
by the Blue network.
The ancient fort was taken
after a 90-minute bombardment
lollowed by a direct assault. The
BBC report added that American
troops are pouring across the
bridgeheads into the southern
part of the city.
FLAMES ARE HALTED
GEN. MacARTHUR’S HQ.,
LUZON. Feb. 7 (INS) —American
engineers appeared today to have
brought under control fires
touched off by delayed action
gasoline bombs left by the re
treating Japs inside Manila, and
U. S. forces gathered strength
north of the Pasig River for an
assault across that stream. A
large part of the city’s once
beautiful Escolta business district
already was a ruin, however.
Reliable reports said most of
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$50,000,000. the contract for the
new type engine will he prelim
inary to larger contracts once pro
duction is started, company offi*
cials predicted.
The newspaper Aftonbladet said
that several hundred experienced
employes prohnbly will be called
hack to their regular jobs in th«
aircraft engina building when pro.
duct ion begin*.