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Peacetime Army
Vital to U. S.
Read Adm. Woodward, Page 11
U. S. Frees Detroiters of All Job Controls
INDICT McKAY IN LIQUOR PLOT
Outsiders Get
Warning to
Avoid City
WMC to Continue
Its Regulations tor
In-migrant Workers
All manpower controls over
residents in the Detroit area
were lifted by the WMC Sat
urday, making Detroit the
first major city in the nation
to be affected by such an ac
tion.
Announcement of the suqx-n
-->.ion of controls was made in
Cleveland by E L. Keenan, direc
tor of tiui Michigan « Ohio» Kc-n «-
turky region.
The commission, however, re
tained jurisdiction axul controls
over in-migrant workers and at
the same time warned people in
other i>arls of the country that
"there is very little liklihood of
finding employment in Detroit
duiing the next few months
As a protective measure for
workers, the commission also re
tained conirol over seniority pro
visions. This means. WMC officials
said, that any person! laid off
with guaranteed seniority would
be assured of keeping it.
Suspension of manpower con
trols means that persons may now
quit an old job or seek a new
one without procuring a certifi
cate of availability as they were
required to do in the past.
Soldiers Guarding
Chicago Trucks
Take Over After
6,000 Drivers Quit
CHICAGO. June 16 <INS)
Fifteen hundred soldiers today
began escorting the few trucks
remaining in operation as 6.000
of the Chicago area's 1 fv.CiOO
truck drivers walked out in de
fiance of government seizure of
1,700 trucking firms.
The latent seizure of trucking
facilities by the Office of D« sense
tation came after the
r strike threatened a complete
tieup of trucking facilities in the
Midwest “
The drivers walked out as a
detachment of fxtf) military police
from ('.imp Skokie. HI., moved
into a temporary army camp on
Wabash avenue just south of the
loop. One thousand infantrymen
from Fort Custer. Mich., were
ramped at Northerly Island on
the 'hore of Lake Michigan
The walkout occurred after a
strike vote last night in which
members of the Chicago Truck
Drivers. Chauffeurs and Helpers
Union (Ind.) and the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs. Warehousemen and
Helpers of America (AFL) voted
6 to 1 to strike
In a referendum taken by the
National Labor Relations Board,
the two unions agreed to strike
In protest against refusal of the
War Labor Board to reconsider
their wage and hour demands.
War Expenditures
Show Slight Decline
WASHINGTON. June 16 <UP»
—War spending in the first five
months of 19-15 fell ofT 15 per
cent from spending in the same
period last year, the War Produc
tion Board revealed today.
The WPB released treasury de
partment figures showing war ex
penditures from January through
May totaling $38,015.0()0.000 as
against $38,583,000,000 for the
same months last year.
Tigers Win 2, Yanks Lose;
Polynesian Beats Hoop Jr.
The Detroit Tigers increased
their lead in the American League
by taking both ends of a double
header with Chicago Saturday.
7-5 and 6-1. New York lost to the
A s. 4-3.
Polynesian, An outsider at 12-1. |
won the 55th running of the
Preakness at Pimlico, beating out
PAC in State
Nears Its End
«
The powerful CIO Political Action Committee is on the skids
in Michigan and it may pass into oblivion as early as the last of
this week, officials of the UAW-ClO admitted Saturday.
Four hundred delegates from
CIO local unions in Wayne
County are to meet in the hall of
Local 137. UAW-CTO, Fourteenth
and McGraw. next Saturday and
if wishes of CIO officials are car
ried out, the PAC will be dis
solved.
If the delegates don t vote to
dissolve the PAC immediately,
union leaders say it can t last
longer than the first of next year.
ABOLITION I KtiKD
John Brophy of Washington.
D. C., director of CIO regional
councils, had advocated that tl*e
PAC l*- a- M- w-tnk can
be handled by the state and
Wayne County councils of the
CIO. R. J. Thomas, L’AW-CIO
president, has the same views.
Pochard T. Frankensteen, LAW
CIO vice president and candidate
for mayor, doesn't want the PAC
dissolved until after the mayoial
election.
If the PAC were dissolved im
mediately. it would mean that the
Wayne County council would han
dle labor'*, part m the <wrung
mayoralty campaign. If thi*- isn't
done, a unity committee will he
set up to link the council and the
PAC.
Some factions within the union
opposed immediate consolidation
iof the PAC and the council be
cause of 'flaws' in the council pol-
I icy. Many of the flaws have been
corrected pursuant to demands
previously made by Brophy and
iopposition to the combine has
:eased
TERMS EXPIRE JAN. 1
Primarily the flaws consisted of
representation limitations which
minimized influence of big locals
while favoring alleged left wing
elements in the smaller units.
Terms of the present council
officers do not expire until Jan. 1
and some locals favor waiting
until they leave office before com
bining til* tVS ( I
Bebe Daniels, Lyon
End Work in England
HOLLYWOOD. June 16 (UP)
Silent *rrern stars Lt. Col. Ben
Lyon and his wife, Behe Daniels,
returned to Hollywood late last
night after four
taimng British civilians and Amer
ican troops in Europe.
The dark-eyed actress stepped
from a C-54 army bomber to greet
her two children, Barbara. 13, and
Richard. 10, whom she had not
seen in four years. Col. Lyon was
home for a brief visit two years
ago.
Freedom of News
Demanded by Grew
j WASHINGTON. June 16 (UP)
I —Acting Secretary of State Grew
last night called for “progressive
freeing of the lines of communica
tion" throughout the world to
speed up the flow of information
among nations.
He urged that the Cnited States
take the lead in promoting inter
national freedom of news “to pre
vent at all costs the perversion]
of the channels of communication
for base and selfish ends/'
British Force Blasts
Truk in 2-Day Raid
IGL’AM. Sunday. June 17 (UP)
A British Pacific carrier task
force blasted military targets on
Truk atoll with heavy aerial
bombing and naval gunfire Thurs
day and Friday, it was announced
today.
Hoop Jr., Kentucky Derby win
ner. by two and a half lengths.
Darby Dieppe was third.
Amber Light, owned by the De
troit-owned Dixiana Stables, won
the SIO,OOO Boots and Saddles
Handicap, feature rare of the
opening day at the Detroit Fair
Grounds track. (Details on sport
pages.)
Largest CetcuUnon of Any Mkbignn New* pa pet
DETRBI¥I§prfMES
Only Detroit Newspaper Carrying Both International News and United Press
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Black Hawk Vets
Due in U. S.
400 Michigan Men
In Parade to Pacific
By PAI L LUNSFORD
Immi »Uff < «rrr»pon4rnt
CAMP KILMER, N. J . June
16 This vast army center tonight
.prepared- ld welcome the 'Marl
of the big parade to the Pa
cific.”
Early* tomorrow the Statue of
Liberty and the skyscrapers of
New York will loom out of the
dawn mists for 14,289 home
hungry men crowding the decks
of four transacts.
400 MIC me; AN MEN
Nearly 400 Michigan men are
among the returning soldiers.
The imj*atient voyagers bekmg
to the 86th i Black Hawk) In
fantry division, the first com
plete combat unit of its size to
return from victory in Europe for
redeployment to the Pacific.
Thousands of thick steaks
(each a postwar plan to most
civilians) have been saved up In
huge refrigeration units in Kil
mer. Long, scrubbed barracks
■await the arrivals. Tug< and
hands stand ready in New York
Harbor to greet the fighting men.
SO DISPERSAL POINTS
More than 300 press and radio
reporters have been briefed to
insure a complete, accurate pic
ture of the process. The army is
especially eager for the public to
understand that the veterans are
being returned home quickly.
Many reporters w.ll follow the
returnees all the way—from the
moment they scramble down the
gang planks, through the process
<C ontinued on Page 2, Col. 4)
Shortening, Oils
Raised 2 Points
i WASHINO&X. June 16 (INS)
—The point values of lard, short
ening and oils were increased by
OPA today from the present value
of 10 points a pound to 12 points
a pound, effective at 12:01 a. m.
Sunday.
OP A declared that the increases
are necessary because of short
world supply and large demand
OPA also blamed uneven distri
bution of these products for arti
ficial shortages in many areas
although civilians have the requi
site amount of points.
The point values of butter and
margarine remain unchanged at
24 point* a pound for butter and
12 points a pound for margarine.
Anthracite Miners
Win Pay Increase
WASHINGTON. June 16 (I P)
Stabilization Director Davis to
night approved a $1,375 daily in
crease for hard coal miners and
authorized a $1 per ton boost in
the retail price ceiling of house
hold anthracite to compensate
producers for higher costs.
Davis also approved a ceiling
price increase of 25 to 50 cents a
ton in anthracite for industrial
users.
In the Times TODAY
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Amuwmwit* Pictorial Review
B<x>k ShHf Pictorial Review
‘ Bum 1 Beer Pictorial Review
Caiualtlea 1 *
CIuSM 4 3-4
Crouword Puttie 2 3
Dear Buddy 2 4
Gefirft Dixon Pictorial Review
Durltnr Plc-ofial Review
Financial 2 *
Gardena 3 12
Helllncer Pictorial Review
In the Open ?■ 3
Mayfair 3
Movie Program* 4 12
Parwna Pictorial Raview
Radio 3 10
Ration Chart if 4
Real Estate 4 12
Ri'btnaon Pictorial Review
| Loiili Sobol Plc’orial Review
Society 1 t-7
Sport* 2 1-3
I Wlnrhell Pi *nrlal Revl-w
W ithlng Weil
i W-iinen » Page* 3 S 2
Woodward 1 11
Grosse Pointe
Maid Jailed in
$9,000 Fraud
Posed as Socialite
in Chicago, Accused
of Buying Spree
A 24-year-old former nurse
maid who posed as a member of
various wealthy Detroit and
Grosse Pointe families, including
the Fords, and is said to have
'kept up the lront through the
lavish use of charge accounts and
worthless checks m their nainc.s.
unmasked for Chicago police Sat
urday.
Officers said the young woman,
i identified as Annamaice Thrasher,
had confessed that her alleged
swindling operations and forgeries
had netted her approximately
$9,000 in cash and merchandise.
Miss Thrasher, whose mother
is a trusted household employe of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II and,
before that, worked for the Edsel
Fords, was arrested in her room
in the Hotel Steven*- today. Of
ficers found expensive clothing,
perfumes and othei luxury items.
POSED AS MM IALITE
She had registered at th rt
Stevens, June 1. as Mrs. Phil
Wood. Grosse Pointe socialite and
sister-in-law of Gar Wood. She
was employed as a nursemaid in
Mrs. Wood’s home. 924 Grand
Marais, in 1910, for nearly a year.
Police said she admitted naving
swindled Chicago merchants of
$3,000 through phony charge ac
counts and bad checks in Mrs.
Wood's name in two weeks.
A $l5O luggage order provided
the tip-ofT that led to the former
nursemaid’s arrest The merchant
telephoned Mr. Wood on a huneh,
learned that his wife was in De
troit and spread th<* alarm —for
Miss Thrasher hadn t waited.
ARRESTED IN STOKE
Detectives were stationed in
various smart Chicago shops and
spotted her when she returned to
Peck & Peck s. w here she had
purchased a coat that was deliv
ered direct to Grosse Pointe. and
a puzzled Mrs. Wood opened the
parcel.
"She must have had a mar
vel oum time,*’ Mrs. Wood said
Saturday upon learning of the
young woman s arrest. "I wish
I rould have that much (un on
a shopping spree. hut Mr. Wood
said not to let the idea go to
my head ?" -
The FBI wants Miss Thrasher
on charges of cashing four checks
for a total of $2,300 in Washing
ton last month, while posing as
Mrs. Benson Ford, wife of Henry
Ford's grandson. Washington po
lice estimated her swindles there
at $4,000.
She also is accused by Detroit
police of forging 10 checks
amounting to 5550 in the names of
various Grosse Pointers. Chicago
police said she had confessed
obtaining merchandise worth
another $1,500 through Detroit
charge accounts.
Jap Peace Proffer
Reported in Sweden
LONDON. June 16 (INS)—A
Reuter’s dispatch from Shockholm
today said Japan is making strenu
ous efforts to communicate with
Allied diplomatic circles in Stock
holm to discuss a negotiated peace.
The report said the Japanese
involved were prominent in Ihe
Swedish capital The offer re-
Iportedlv included giving up all
Japanese-held area 1 ' in Ana, in
cluding Manchuria
‘Rats of Tobruk’ Drive
Inland From Borneo Bay
MANILA. June 17 (Sunday)
(INS)—Gen. M a c A r t h u r an
nounced today that veteran Aus
tralian infantrymen of the famed
Ninth Division are driving down
Borneo’s west coast toward the
coastal oil center of Tnutong
• In their march toward the
coastal city of Sarawak, the
“Rats of Tobruk” advanced six
miles from captured Brunei.
MacArthur disclosed that for
the first time Jap planes attempted
to raid Australian installations in
the Brunei hay area One of the
four Jap planrx in the raid was
shot down
There wa* no mention In the
| Death Penalty
for Vet Fought
Congressmen Sends
Appeal to Truman
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NEW YORK, June 16 Indig
nant readers, some of them
ex-servicemen and women, bom
barded the New York Daily Mir
ror today with letters and
ixtitions protesting the court
martial death sentence meted out
in Europe May 11 to Pvt. Samuel
Rosenblum, 23, Brooklyn Purple
Heart holder, for “disobeying his
captain's command
Rep. Emanuel Celler (D) of
New York, who has appealed to
President Truman, Secretary
Stimson and Gen. Eisenhower in
Rosenblum s behalf, annr»unced
that, after ihe Mirror’s revelation
of the condemned soldier's plight,
he had received many pctftTOTis
lor commuting of the sentence.
PENALTY DRACONIAN
“I also think it only fair that
this boy's mother and sister be
informed of his whereabouts, so
they can communicate, with
him," Celler said.
"Anytxidy who wears the Pur
ple Heart rates special consid
eration. The punishment is
Draconian."
! Typical of the letters received
1 concerning the soldier, who served
two years overseas, fighting his
way through France and across
the Rhine, was one from a vet
eran:
"Surely, whate\er wrong this
boy ha* committed cannot com
pare to the honorable deed*, he
has done for his country in his
fight against the Nazis. It is
j tragic to think of a soldier be
ing killed by the enemy hut
shameful to picture him being
put to death by his own people."
SUPPORTS MOTHER
Rosenblum sole support of his
widowed mother, Mrs. Lillie Ros
enblum, 199 Ambov, Brooklyn.
I was described as a “conservative,
hard-working breadwinner" by his
sister, Mrs. Frances Lambert. De
claring her mother had been pros
trated by the news, Mrs. Lambert
said many neighbors denounced
the death sentence.
At Teller's insistence, the case
was reviewed immediately in the
European theater, where the of
fense allegedly was committed,
and the papers are due here
shortly. If the sentence is not
commuted or reduced, only Presi
dent Truman can act on it.
Eisenhower Due
In U. S. Monday
PARIS. June 16 (UP)—Gen.
Eisenhower left for the United
States today in the late Presi
dent Roosevelt’s private plane
The plane was specially sent
by Gen. Marshall to bring Eisen
hower back. It is due at Ber
muda after a brief stop at the
Azores at 6:30 a. m tomorrow
“Ike" will have a stopover of
24 hours in Bermuda to rest. He
expects to reach Washington at
11:30 a. m. Monday.
Workers to Get Raise
In Veteran Facilities
WASHINGTON. June 16 (INS)
Veterans Administrator Frank T.
Hines announced today that he
has ordered reclassification of
social workers, dietitians and li
brarians in veterans facilities
from subprofessional to profes
sional status with increased na\.
effective July 1
communique of any fleet move
ment along Borneo's east coast
toward Balikpapan. one of
Borneo’s chief oil centers.
Radio Tovko. hinting that an in
vasion of Balik|>apan was immi
nent, declared that a large
armada, composed of at least one
carrier, three battleships, 16 de
stroyers and a number of uniden
tified warships, was approaching
Balikpapan.
In their drive down into Sara
wak, the Aussie veterans received
advance support from light naval
unit« of the U. S. Seventh Fleet
which strafed enemy shore posi
tions to the south.
Flame Tanks
Melt Jap Lair
On Okinawa
Three Key Hills Fall
to Yanks as Enemy
Suicides Increase
GUAM, (Sunday) June 17 (UP)
—American Tenth Army forces
captured three dominating heights
on Yaeje-Dake plateau Saturday
and whittled the last enemy posi
tion to an area of less than nine
square miles as the beaten, fren
zied Japanese committed suicide
and surrendered in ever-increasing
numbers.
The U. S. Infantry and Ma
rines smashed forward with tanks
and flame throwers into the ene
n y’s dwindling To! tress oi
death.” They stormed three key
heights which bring every Jap
anese defense area under domin
ation.
PREPARE NEW STRIKE
Even as the bloody 78-day
battle neared its end. Tokyo re
’ported possible preparations for
new invasions In the Ryukyus.
’American land-based and carrier
based aircraft joined for a heavy
strike against the Amami islands
north of Okinawa and only 185
miles south of Japan proper.
Tok\o said “fully Jaden cargo
shifis and landing craft" have
i been assembled in the Okinawa
area.
Squeezing the last Japanese into
a death trap on southern Okinawa,
the First 96th Infantry divisions
across Yaeju-Dake
1 Plateau to the summit of the
major heights.
Striking behind flame-throwing
I *anks which wiped out fleeing
I Japanese by the dozens and rolled
'on over their bodies, the 96th
division in the center of the line
moved to the top of Yuza Hill
(Hill 167.)
C UTTING MESA IN HALF
Heavy opposition met the drive.
But by nightfall the 96th was bat
tling on the southwestern slopes
of the hill in a push threatening
:to cut the plateau in half.
The 96th was only a mile and a
quarter east of the First Marines
on Kunishi ridge, on the western
edge of the plateau.
Another mile and a quarter to
the southeast, the Seventh Infan
try Division broke Japanese posi
tions northwest of Nakaza town
and captured Hill 153 in an ad
vance of 800 yards on the pla
teau's southern side.
_ Other clements nf the. Sevenths
advancing along the southeastern
coast, stormed into Hill 115, south
west of Nakaza.
j Fleet Adm. Nimitz announced
(that more than 1,100 Japanese
! have been killed In the last week
in attempts to infiltrate American
lines. Hundreds and perhaps
i thousands of others have been
; slaughtered by flame throwers,
(grenades and bayonets in the re-
I lentlcss U. S. advance.
Belgian Purchasers
Confer With Truman
WASHINGTON. June 16 CINS)
—The Belgian ambat-saflor. Baron
Robert Silvercruys, and a mem
ber of the Belgian Senate, Paul
Kronaeker. conferred with Presi
dent Truman today on the pur
chase of supplies in this country
urgentl> needed by war-devastated
Belgium.
They were accompanied to the
White’ House by Acting Secre
tary of State Grew,
Nazi Oil Methods Bared
WASHINGTON. June 16 (INS)
Secret Nazi oil refining and
production methods which can be
turned against the Japs were said
tonight to have been uncovered by
U. S. scientists in Germany.
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Called Leader
Of Bribe Ring
By FRANK MORRIS
LANSING, June 15—Frank I). McKay, one
time czar of the state government, was indicted
with seven other Republican politicians here today,
accused of a “dollar a case” liquor bribery plot in
volving more than $200,000.
The Grand ftapids millionaire politician was charged
by grand jury Judge Carr and special Prosecutor Kim
Sigler with heading an illegal conspiracy in 1939 and 1940
through which he controlled Michigan’s $100,000,000-a
--year whisky business.
In substance, the warrant charges that large orders
were given distillers who “paid off” to the ring—at a rate
reputed to be SI a case— and that their merchandise was
placed on the shelves of every liquor store. Other distillers
were “starved,” Sigler cftntended.
2 Polish Leaders
Reach Moscow
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Delegates Optimistic
On Parley Success
LONDON. June 16 (INS)—
Stamslaw Mikolajezyk and Jan
Stanczy k arrived in Moscow from
London by air today to attend
the conference called to reform
the Polish government,
j Delegates were reported opti
mistic regarding the chances of
settling this thorny issue between
the Soviet Union and the western
Allies, even though there were
indications trial of the 16 Polish
1 underground leaders will begin
while the conference is In full
swing. The Poles are accused of
“diversionist activities, terrorism
and sabotage” in the rear of the
Red army.
According to a Reuter’s dis
patch from the Soviet capital,
trial of the Poles will begin in
open court early next week, prob
ably Monday, with foreign cor
respondents in attendance. The
Poles face possible death sen
tences. ’
Mikola jezyk, former premier of
the Polish government in London,
and Stanczyk, Socialist leftwing
leader, who was "disowned" by
his party before leaving for Mos
cow, were greeted at the Moscow
airport by Soviet foreign office
officials.
In addition. U. S. Ambassador
Harriman. British Ambassador
Clark Kerr and a group of Poles
from inside Poland also extended
we ironies , Represenit a tives of the
Soviet-sponsored Warsaw govern
ment arrived in Moscow earlier.
WPB Urged to Boost
Newsprint Allotment
WASHINGTON. June 16 (UP)
—The War Production Board’s
newsprint industry advisory com
mittee has recommended relaxa
tion of newsprint limitation Order
L-240 to add approximately 38,500
tons of newsprint to publishers'
third-quarter consumption quotas.
WPB was understood to be fa
vorably disposed to the committee
proposal.
Bob Hope Troupe Off
For 2d European Tour
HOLLYWOOD. June 16 (UP)—
Comedian Bob Hone, who already
has flown 1.000.000 miles to enter
tain an estimated 7.000.000 serv
! icemen, leaves today for his second
. European entertainment tour.
Accompanying Hope when he
leaves New York will be comics
Jerry Colonna and Jack Pepper
and dancer Patti Thomas, all vet
erans of his previous tout's.
Mobile Telephone Service
Planned by Michigan Bell
Before long you can call the
office from a telephone on the
dash of your automobile, or the
office can call you while you’re
traveling about.
Or, the “little woman” may In
stall this special service to keep
tabs on friend husband
The Michigan Bell Telephone
Co. plans to add this service as
part of its postwar program.
Calls to and from motor veh -
icles would he handled by a spe< irl
operator and conversation would
FINAL
Named with McKay in the
alleged plot are;
WILLIAM H. McKEIGHAN,
former mayor of Flint and a
McKay henchman for almost
two decades.
CHARLES WILLIAMS, a
partner of McKeighan in the
Williams Sales Co.
EARL J. WILLIAMS, son of
Charles Williams and partner of
McKeighan in the 6ales com
pany.
DONALD FLORY, another
Williams agency partner.
FISHER LAYTON, person
nel director of the highway de
partment and political lieuten
ant of McKeighan, and owner
j of the Layton Sales Co. of Flint
CHARLES LETTER, also a
former McKay bodyguard.
ISADORE SCHWARTZ, un
derworld figure In prohibition
days and former McKay body
guard.
IN' DICKINSON’S REGIME
With others, these cronies are
accused of maneuvering the huge
shake-down plot during years
when the late Luren D. Dickin
son. violent prohibitionist, was
governor.
“VV> will show that more than
$200,000 was bled from distillers
during the two years,** Sigler
asserted.
This is ihe second Indictment
against McKay, the former GOP
national committeeman. The first
case, based on allegations of leg
islative bribery, collapsed when
the state’s principal witness, Sen
ator Warren G. Hooper, was
murdered.
It has been rumored here that
Carr and Sigler have obtained
several confessions in this new in
dictment.
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Longest of the several Indict
ments issued by the Carr-Sigler
grand jury, the document includes
3,000 words of technical legal
language.
In brief, it asserts that the de
fendants “did unlawfully and
feloniously combine, conspire and
confederate to corrupt liquor law
enforcement by promising, giving
and receiving bribes.”
The warrant uses the follow
ing language:
“The discrimination In the
operations of the Mkhigu
Liquor Control Commtaaion,
caused and procured by the re
spondents, was then and there
(Continued on Page Four)
Yank Flier's Killer
Before Army Court
AHRWEILER, Germany, June
16 (UP)—Peter Back. 37-year-oJd
'crippled Nazi ward heeler, threw
himself on the mercy of a U. 8.
Army court today after confess
ing the atrocity murder of an
American flier w’ho parachuted
into Germany last August. He
said he killed the American on
order's from “higher up*- H
i travel partly by telephone wire
and partly by radio,
i The operator would send out a
radio signal on the proper tWI
channel with the code number
I signed to that vehicle. Her eig
-1 nal would show on the dashboard
summoning the driver’! attention.
The driver would pres« a button
to get the operator.
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