Detroit evening times., June 14, 1945, REDLINE, Image 1

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Hank Grmil>crg, veteran Tiger slugger now a cap
lain in the arim air corps, whose imminent discharge
from the army at Fort l)ix, N. J., may mean the addition
of a potent hat in the Detroit lineup, Greenberg is pic
tured here as a private after his induction in May, 1941.
Apiiota S;MM‘d<*cl
On Ais*(ioi*t She
Corporation Counsel William K. Dowling said today that lie
would work “night ai.d <i. v“ to complete within a week the
drafting of a resolution t... condemn the proposed airport site at
Fight and a Half Mile ard Wyoming.
American League
CLEVELAND R H L
000 1 1
CHICAGO
000 4
Gromck ard Hay* i: • and
Tresh.
Boston at Philad* p: r, ..: t
jHtnr.
On In game- v o ji . d
National League
FIRST GAME
PHILADELPHIA R II T.
01 1 001 000 3 5 3
BOSTON
001 700 00* 8 10 2
Barren. Lucifer *l' and pen
rock. Seminick *€• ■ Coo |mi and
Maxi.
Ncw York at. I.r<« k:. r r.„• ht
gniru’.
Cincinnati at St. L< *.■ n;cht
game.
Only games -» hedul-d
Decide to Try Laval
PARIS. June 13 <l* I’ ’ The
French high court of justice <n
nounccd today that it i a derided
to iry Pierre I.a\,d in .it -entia
because the former Yn h\ chief
apparently \n.is rem;. n.ng in
Sfwin.
Fal her of Ul Huns Out.
'lailoil. Fares IMvorrr
A 57-year-old father of IS chil
dren, 15 of whom at* living to
day was sentenced on* t* * ;hr*r
years for ahandonim; hi w* I < ;* mi
six minor offspring six wars a«?n
Shortly be/ore 1»♦ *i nsentenced
by Judge Christopher I Stem
in recorder's court, the defendant.
Thomas Henry Baker, w is sued
/or divorce in circuit court
Arrested in Ogdensburg. N Y\
Baker told police he left his
/amily in lo3h for his health.
“I can’t figure it all out.*'
moaned Baker. "Three of ntjr
However even if th#* r*";olution
- completed within that time, de
( oive action by the council will
nflt lx forthcoming unless three
members of the council alter the
stand they took at la*t night s
meeting They declared thev were
opposed to selecting a site until a
froup of aviation exiierts has com
pleted its study in mid-July.
Uouncilmcn Charles E. Dorais
William Rogell and William A
Corn toek jxiinted out that they
veil'd at last night * formal ses
-if.n to request the resolutiou l>e
c-tuse no expenditure of funds
w i>* involved and us presentation
to |he council will bring the air
l>ort j**.ur to a head for a deci
sion
All three counciimen printed
(Continued on Page ?, C «#. #)
Stale Orders Closing
01 Bars on V-J Day
LANSING, June 13 (UP) The
Suite Liquor Control Commission
tck|a> announced that for a [wriod
of *4 hours immediately after of
ficial proclamation of the cessa
tion of hostilities against Japan
the serving of alcoholic liquor
must he susjicnded throughout
Michigan.
Bevans Gets Air Post
ROME. June 13 (UPI Maj.
Gm Revans has been appointed
commandant of U. S Army Air
Forces in ihr Mediterranean, it
was announced toda>. to succeed
Lt Gen. Cannon.
hoys are in the service and send
my wife allotment cheeks.
Threr of my girls are working
in Detroit, so they don’t need
money now.”
Welfare records show, the de
fendant’s wife. Mrs Genevieve
Baker, of 3725 Sheridnn, and hrr
children drew $3,197 81 in welfare
benefits between 1935 and ID4O.
Baker was previously sentenced
W days for assault and hattery
upon a complaint brought by his
wife.
D4I I \KI I INI * ro Ri FFALO
Fv#ry rvrnlui *t 5 30. to Cleveland every
T rot *' 11 m root of Third St CA S*oo
DAC L**e Ride every Sund»y at 11 Oft A M
—Ad*-
Tlit Army Remind* You!
0 Billion
Vvjjgyyv Clarks a
World War II D*t
Report on
Hopkins Trip:
Greenberg
Will Leave
Army Soon
Capt. Hank Greenberg,
former Tiger outfielder, was
scheduled to arrive in Fort
Dix. N. J., today pending an
early discharge from service,
it was announced today in
New York.
Maj. George Paul, public rela
tions officer at the s*f>aration
!center, said Greenberg would re
ceive his discharge “within a few
day§."
i Jack Zeller, general manager
I of the Tigers here said he bad not
heard anything ol Greenberg's
la nding discharge.
In a story in the Times re
cently, it was rrvealrd that
Greenberg had been “getting m
shape” playing tenni- for two
.weeks at Hot Springs, Va.. for a
possible return to baseball.
Tigers Score l
Hoover Homers
ST LOUIS r. H E
020
DETROIT
20
Potter and Mancuso Orrel! and
Swift.
By LEO MACDONELL
PRIGGS STADIUM. June 13
Joe Orrrll and Nelson Potter were
the rival pitchers as th*> Tigers
and Browns took the field here
I today in the second of a three
, game series.
Orrell had won one game and
lost two Pot ter had bagged four
and dropped In.
FIRST l»IM.
ST l.Otlls—M«ro t- vw-d ini r. *V s. . ~.tr
• »nl oul th* Itrur »•> Krrfvidi .....d t .
i Mayo No run no hit. no rrnr
DETROIT—Hi«!>». hit i homr tun ict>> thf
UH*| deck ol thr Iff! nod blrachri xru :e
t.’»»rd out Mayo Cullrnhinr waiard Y. a
»ln*W to left. Cullttibtnr vnrimr fr»m'r
m*d to Krctvirh Outlaw flird lu Kro-O. I.
T*i< run*, two hit* nv frrnr
SECOND IVMMI
ST I .OUIS - H.r.fr i umtilrd
iruundtr MrQuinn hit a homt tut. inf t*»
lower »t»n<!» In %l*ht ftrld *c< Tn« St.-; tout
• hr*d of him Martin niad to Cu.irnbitc
ChrDtman wa* ou> Mayo to Yont Man. u*o
alntlrd to left Pottar lined tu Cramrt. T»<
; nin* tw.i hit*, t.nr errot
DETROIT Mater popped to M*nru»-' in
front of (he plate ChrDtman t ".ted out
Swift Orrel! wa* out MrWuinn f Potter,
who covered flr*t. No run no hit no error
Hull Declines Parley Bid
WASHINGTON, June 13 (INSi
—President Truman diselosed to
day that he had asked former Sec
retary of State Hull to accompany
Jiim to the United Nations con
ferenco, but that Hull had de
clined for reasons of health.
In the Times TODAY
ra*e Pare
Relief Health I I Pattern »
Roh Hope 14 Pejler IO
"hur." Baer II »i .din Prntr.m* 22
Caiialtlr. 12 R tllnn (hart It
I nmlr, 22 2* Kipler 2]
( rn*«word Putile 22 Kunmn II
Oltwn II horlrly I
Onrllnc It Sport* 14 17 !•
I.dllnrlal Pate 10 state, Srrren •
Feature Pair II Veteran* srrtlea II
Elnanrtal 1* Want Vd*
Honor Roll 12 !• 20. 21
Horoarope • W inrhrll 11
Mallon IO WPhlni WeU 22
Mary Haworth 11 What* the
Mo*|e Protram* 24 Anawer? 10 II
Ohituarte* • Women'* Pa*e •
KFTRO MARf.TRINE aer* the OK whenever
»frved for It* ‘ farm Frelh'* Ha»«*r Ada,
5 P.M. FLASHES
NAVY PILOT DIES AS PLANE EXPLODES
NEW YORK, 'June 13 (INSi —\ navy fighter plane
exploded in the air above Far Kockavvay today ami
crashed into three empty bungalows, killing the pilot and
narrowly missing a group of children.
CLARK O K I) FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, June 13 (INS) The Senate
judiciary committee today unanimously recommended
confirmation of the nomination of assistant attorney
general Tom C. Clark of Texas to he attorney general.
OPA BOOSTS GAS TO FOOD HANDLERS
WASHINGTON, June 13 (I P) —OPA announced
today it would grant “preferred” gasoline rations to
wholesale and farm representatives for the marketing of
fresh fruit and vegetables, because of the “importance of
this skilled work” in getting farm produce into wholesale
food channels.
TROOPS LOAD SHIPS IN LONDON STRIKE
SOUTHAMPTON, England, June 13 (I P)—British
troops were railed out to load ships on the Southampton
doeks toda\ because of a strike of 1.500 stevedores. The
strikers walked off the docks after demanding extra men
lor t\ pes of cargo requiring special packing.
SENATE GOP SPLIT ON TARIFF Cl T
W ASHINGTON, June 13 (INS)—Senate Republican
ranks broke today in the reciprocal trade agreements fight
when Senator Smith (R) of New Jersey, declared that he
will support the administration’s request for authority
to cut tariffs 50 |ht cent below levels of Jan. I, 1945.
Smith reversed a position he took in a statement on May'
17. after consultation with state department officials.
Eisenhower Transfer
Rumor Meets Denial
WASHINGTON. June 13 iINS*
President Truman today threw
cold water on the rumots that
Gen. Eisenhower might not re
turn to Enrols' as U. S. control
commission member.
A puss dispatch lmm Pari*- tn
da\ >aid there was a flurry of
lumois** Thar rhi Allied com
mander might not return, hut the
President tossed aside a question
on this point by saying the iu
mors didn't start here.
Riots in Colombia;
City in State of Siege
CARACAS Venezuela. June 13
(UP> Ph si<ien» Alfonso Lopez
of Colombia imposed a state of
siege in r>ogota t*xlay and estab
lished press and communications
censorship following a day of
riots in the Colombian capital.
Senator Asks Prolic
Of Loan to FIIIPs Son
WASHINGTON. June 13 (INS)
Senator Bridges <R > of New
Hampshire today requested the
Senate to learn the facts regard
ing published reports that a $200.-
o<>o loan to Brig Gen Elliott
Roosevelt, son of the late presi
dent. had been settled lor SI,OOO.
Westbrook Peeler said Tuesday
that John Hartford, president or
the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.,
had loaned Elliott Roosevelt $200.-
000 in 1939.
Caruthers F'wing. general coun
sel for Hartford, later said that
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! Servicemen Granted
Extension on Taxes
j WASHINGTON. June 13 (INS)
—Treasury Secretary Morgcnthau
announced today an additional
two and a half months extension
of time to overseas members <>f
.the armed forces for payment ol
their income taxes from three and
a half to fivc arid a half months.
This would help servicemen who
are granted leave while en route
from the European to the Pacific
j theater of war.
Allied Naval Force
Bombards Kuriles
NEW YORK. June 13 (INS)
A bombardment of a Jap island
in the northern Kuriles by an
Allied naval forte was reported
todav hv the Tokyo radio.
the loan had been settled by Jesse
Jone>, former fi'deral loan admin-i
istrator on behalf of Elliott fori
$4,000.
ELLIOTT KEEPS SILENCE
NEW YORK. JUne 13 (INS)
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt told
reporters today that he W'ould
have nothing to say about his now
famous $200,000 loan until he got
good and ready to say it. accord
ing to a story printed in the New
York Journal-American.
Torch Applied
To Borneo's
Oil by Japs
MANILA. June 13 fUP)—The
Japanese put the torch to rich
oil installations on north Borneo
today as Australian troops ad
vanced slowly toward Brunei
through thick jungle country.
Reports from the front said
that columns of smoke w’ere seen
and explosions echoed from the
direction of Brunei, capital of the
sultanate of the same name.
LITTLE OPPOSITION
There still was no enemy oppo
sition to speak of, but the Ninth
Australian Division found it tough
going along the bad, narrow road
through the jungle from captured
Brooketon to Brunei. After an
other two-mile gain, the Aus
tralians were 10 airline miles or
14 miles by road, from Bruner
i Other reports said that 1,500
civilians, many of them hungry
and sick, had been liberated so
far. They included Chinese, Ma
lays. Indians and Javanese
Australian troops shared their
rations with the liberated natives
and immediately set up a hospital
for them.
NEARLY STARVED
Melbourne radio reported that
the civilians had been living for
nearly four years on three pounds
of rice a month and whatever
roeonut and tapioca they could
obtain.
On Labuan, Australian engi
neers went to work to clear the
Jong unused airstrip which was
captured in the early stages of
the landing. The strip was re
ported overgrown with grass and
fiocked with bomb craters but it
was expected to he cleared soon.
U. 5. Newsprint Use
Under Senator's Fire
i j , •
Detroit Time* Washington Barean
WASHINGTON. June 13 De
mand for an investigation of
excessive use of newsprint by
government agencies had been
made todav by Senator Butler
(R) of Nebraska.
Butler charges that government
use of paper has been increased
eight and one-half times in the
last four years, while private
publishers have suffered continued
curtailments and reductions.
THE - WEATHER
5 hoi rlt Tr.MmiATi nrs
12 mid 60 6am 60 12 norm 74
1 a m. 60 7 a re. 62 Ipm 77
2 ■ m. 60 6 p m. 62 2pm 77
3am 60 Pam 63 3pm 80
4 a re 6ft 10 • m. 64
Sam 60 111 a '0
Thr *un Will »rt at ft 08 p m tod*r »nd
rUr tomorrow at .V S 4 « m
Th*> moon roar ar ft 18 * m . today and
*»t tomorrow at 12 27 a m.
*5 r \) W* malts
__ 3 art in for
a doubl*
trimming.
<SP FORECAST:
rm iLy J Mild with
ftcattrrcd
40rthun<Ierfth<merft
tonight;
generally fair and slightly cooler
’ tomorrow.
'
i Pollen count, 106.
Big It Session
Slated §OOll
WASHINGTON, June 13 (INS) —President Truman
announced today that the missions of Harry Hopkins to
Moscow and Joseph E. Davies to London have cleared the
way for complete solution of vexing world problems con
fronting the Big Three and that arrangements definitely
have been made for a conference of himself, Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stalin.
The President told a jam-packed news conference that
i the purpose of the new Big Three meeting will be to prepare
the ground for a peace conference.
i Flames Spray
Doomed Japs
GUAM. June 13 (UP)- Ameri
can troops, armed with special
flame-throw’ers, burned a path
through Japanese fortifications
atop Yaeju-Dake plateau on
Okinawa today and smashed des
perate “banzai” charges by
doomed enemy survivors.
One of the greatest artillery
i barrages of the Pacific war shat
tered several enemy troop concen
trations on the summit of the
cliffs, where trapped Japanese
were making a suicide stand.
Marines and infantrymen scaled
■ to the top of the plateau on rope
ladders, then used the same ropes
to haul up other troops and their
supplies.
JAPS HIT ON S SIDES
The defenders virtually were
surrounded. The First Marine Di
vision on the west, the 96th Army
Division on the north and the
I Seventh Army division on the east
I c racked through primary defenses
and stormed across the plateau.
Ifrom three side* ft~may be the
{final battle of Okinawa.
Correspondent E. G. Valeris re
ported from Tenth Army head
quarters that cornered Japanese
troops hurled themselves at ad
vancing Americans in suicide as
saults.
•CLEAN OUT* CAVES
Tn one of the largest counterat
tacks, approximately 300 Japa
nese carrying dynamite “satchels”
charged First Marine Division po
sitions on the western front. The
leathernecks killed 64, including
one woman.
On the strategic southeastern
roast near Hanagusuku, American
tanks cleaned out 105 Japanese
caves along the escarpment.
12 Injuretl in Crash
Of nSIt Bus anil Truck
Twelve persons were injured to-1
day when a DSR bus collided with
a iruck at Van Dyke and Agnes
The truck driver. Edmund
Drummond, 20. of 6538 Penrod,
was given a ticket by police for
interfering with moving traffic.
Willard Gitschlag, 29. of 2690
Filbert, the bus driver, was unin
jured.
Taken to Receiving Hospital
for treatment besides Drummond,
were; i
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PACiiE 18
He also Maid (hat definite prog
ress has been made In nettling the
Polish problem and that through
Hopkins’ trip to Kunnia the Soviet
Internment reversed its stand on
the veto question at the United
Nations* Conference in San Fran
cisco.
The President declared unequiv
ocally that during the discus
sions in both Moscow and London
there had been no change in the
American position or policy. There
mus, he said, a pleasant yielding
«in the part of Russia on some
(Miints.
SEEK POLISH UNITY
Mr. Truman disclosed that on
the Polish question the three
powers are still in the process of
reorganizing the Polish govern
ment and that the objective is to
obtain a government of unity
representing the Lublin govern
ment, the London exiled govern
ment and other Polish elements.
If a government of unity is“set
up, he revealed, it will be agreed
to by all three powers and the
London exile government will go
[out of existence.
He said no Polish government
will be sot up unless all three
powers agree and that the estab
lishment of such a government of
unity would have for its objective
to have a free election in Poland.
REASOIf FOR MISSION 9
He was emphatic that progress
has been made in arranging to
get all Polish elements together.
The President said that Hopkins
and Davies had been sent to Mos
cow and London respectively to
secure an understanding on the
views of the three powers on the
major questions confronting them
after the German defeat. This
(Continued on Page 2, Col. 8)
Truman Asks OWI Fund
WASHINGTON. June 13 (UP)
President Truman urged Con
gress today to restore the funds
which were cut from the 1948
budget of the Office of War In
formation by the House of Repre
sentatives.
Mary Hadley. 36. of 1920 E.
Fort; Helen Kruger. 33. of 8202
Olympia and her 2-year-old son,
Roger; Adolph McGhee, 20, of
5789 Iroquois; Marguerita Bauer.
49, of 272 Memweather; Floyd
Albert. 21. of 709 K. Fort; An
thony DeVlieger, 60, of 1011
Clark. Birmingham: Sarah Gray,
68. of 3603 Haverhill; Joan Baker,
3. of 1470 Van Dyke; Peter Sum
mers, 64, of 1102 Meldrum. and
Mrs Marry Martz, 59, of 3380
Monterey.