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HURON WEATHER EDITION PORT HURON, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1943 TEN PACES TODAY PRICE FIVE CENTS i. 1. 1JW Army Aids Flood Victims Dead Commander Of Japanese Fleet And His Successoi HPT IVCIT'Q IPTIT'ID) A 1 za FMl SfnTS I Convention Aide TALI Al nnu nTirrn FLOOD FODCES ATTU FIGHTING ABOUT rfl PI SI AH!) f3w4' BACK ON JOB 6j Stoppages At Chrysler forced Tank Production Lines To Halt Jfe- The 5 V. BASES, BERLIN GET POUNDING 22 Axis Planes Are Wrecked For Each Allied Loss In Mediterranean Area ROGER GRFFNF la tor) Allied warplaues led fresh ruins smouldering in Italy, Sicily. Sardinia and Pan'ellrria today and marked up a three-day toll of at least 272 Axis planes destroyed in the pro-invaion otTenstve against southern Europe.

In the north. RAF bombers struck al Berlin again for xHy i ENDED, KNQXREPORTS Oniy A Question Of Time Until Last Of Japs Are Wiped Out Washington. May 22 AP American forces on Attu island have sla-shed remaining Japanese troops there into three groups, the Navy reported today and the final phase of the cam-aign to restore the island to American control is now under way. The three enemy areas were listed in a communique as hichagof harbor at the northeastern tip of the island, t'hi-chagof valley which runs southwest from the harbor and the northern shores of Lake Nich re at the iwSWatWi EVACUATION OF ILLINOIS CITY Beardstown Residents Flee When River Comes Over Top Of Sea Wall Beardstown, 111 May 22 Mayor Fred L. Clme issued a proclamation today to evacuate the city of all women, children, older persons and invalids as the flooded Illinois river topped a S350.000 wall and began seeping through the two foot emergency extension of sand bags.

When, the rive- continued to rise the mayor called a meeting of the town council this morning. Following the meeting, he issued the proclamation. Nearly everyone in the city already had moved furniture and other belongings to second floor rooms and the order was not unexpected. The caravans of Army trucks began leaving town, convoyed by state police. The evacuees were being taken to Springfield.

Jacksonville and Virginia and were ordered to report at concentration centers established at the schools nearest their homes. More help was expected when 200 members of the Illinois reserve militia report for duty. Units were ordered out from Macomb, Gales-burg and Monmouth. Voluntary evacuation of the city began Friday night and received impetus this morning when sirens sounded the signal that the river had risen to the fateful 28 6 foot I MUMJ T. V'.

Cooper had a promi- vev.i role in the animal convention! icf the Michigan League of Women i Voters here. She is prosidf ill Army men assist a woman in a wheel chair and other refugees from the flooded area of West Terre Haute, after the Wahash river overflowed and 6,000 persons in that section were moved to higher ground. Military police from Fort Benjamin Harrison were dispatched to the flood scene. REDS ABANDON WORLDORDER International Unable To Meet Now, Heads Point Out i was forte ije of ma'er about 2.400 of vorker; at six r'atits teecici of tne board. A Chrysler 500 tt shut, rep- bomber plant abling resumpt An ana wnloving ab However, a nfl workers fil.1 ates.

The track "is going -JP toeet" urging meir.ber ed Automobile -eet Sunday to rot to go to wnr-c Previously, the i-rJttee of Dodco Local UAW-CIO. which ha I' hen announced it com 3 of the too niem- vn'trl to i re'er the WLB's back -to--, nrder to a bur.s rrteetir.s of -nbershtD at Keywov r'h s'ann: Sunday, yarl Bpvnolds. -e- ot ne local, said the exceiitive corr -did not feel aulhorired to membership tack to wo nittee order ork he-Ikout of of the the cause ot the spontaneous tie Leo LaMotte. riirccto: Oion's Chrysler division "excuse" that the executive committee "didn't v. to order thc membership back is just an alibi, far as I'm cor.i ena "The board fte membership caek to I know that the member responded before to such tons," he added At the Chrycr tank today a company order i a 2.000 workers were sent nome oe ca'ise of a "sermus shortase" par.

Indications of an i -n rv. r. en of the strike followed a War La bo Board directive that the men retur to work at once and an order -reinstatement of a the CAW claims was -broken off by the company a months Michigan GOP Group To ganize For 1944 Bv G. MILTON KFI.I.Y I Ass x.a--J May 22 A st: -ileal group is mr.pplris; s.ace ancnigan on grn a Dewey-for-Presi ent, although Dewey. New York, man who nade city, says he rot Senator Jerry T.

Log Hepablican. describing Thorn Owns a. tiie candidate, Bav Citv the "we want to get star! the field cler.r for is state. We are a-J 'Ste officials to stay i commitnvr.ts to ay see wh.ut v.e hav Ke reluctant to grt mt Mom for Dfttcv." Dewe; in tt.l i a Logie said that 'Z of She boat" 'ie Dewey 'Jelch opposition encumbents stat ek rennminatins' personally will "Id quarrel Hale Brake See DFUT'V 1 neir pi seek in 1: Stat no and r.l -e Soldiers To lie aves Decorated J- Charles ramm oh t'-ted -ecorate everal -A Amer 3s5 at Members ah at cemeter-. Gcr ootid, pat and "aat.

and X. V. rummat: in charge Stephan Appca! Denied "eiroit. M3V '-g -Federal Arthur Tufio Jud icd '-trial met-Max keeper un it-r aiclir 13. to 1.0 Weath ier- nit" 1 down t-y a sr.o::- ssMS na down me of the I i Workers iv.iu io deride "whether or i 1'OEW B001 OPENS! Regional ta about birds ttte .,,1 Dt Soto 7 an vHav.

e-n- n- vnal 7'jO returned i Kercheval plants ut 4 'if 3 3 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (above), commander-in-chief of the Japanese fleet, was killed in action while aboard a warplane in April, and Admiral Mineichi Koga, (he-low), former commander of the fleet in Chinese waters, has succeeded him, Tokyo radio has announced. Yamamoto once boasted he would dictate peace terms in the White House in Washington. STALIN PONDERS FDR'S MESSAGE No Indication Of Contents Of Roosevelt Note tlv Tli" Moscow, May 22 Premier Stalin's answer to President Roosevelt's personal letter may be in former Ambassador Joseph E. Davies' hands for delivery to Washington in a matter of days. At a press conference Friday at which he described his meeting with the Soviet premier at the Kremlin, Davies said Stalin smiled after the long translation was completed, and said he would take it up with Davies in a day or two.

Davies also indicated he was prepared to do nothing more than act as messenger between the heads of the American and Russian governments. "I am not here to conduct any negotiations," he said in answer to a question. There was still no definite indication of what the letter contained. 'Speculation in Washington, based on Prime Minister Churchill's recent statement before congress that he and Mr. Roosevelt hoped "in the not far-distant future" to See STALIN, Page Two New Giant Bombers Will Attack Axis, WPB Chief Reveals Washington, May 22 AP Air crews of the United Nations are slated to fly giant "super bombers" in attacks against the Axis.

Charles E. Wilson, executive vice president of the War Production board, disclosed Friday that the new craft is scheduled for production, but declined to give any details, saying only that "bombers are getting bigger and heavier." General Henry H. Arnold, chief of the Army -Air forces, declared several months ago that "entirely new -battlew agon are ou the way." Wilson reported that the April output of heavy bombers was four times greater than production a year ago, and by April. 1944. would be eight times greater, indicating a monthly production of 1.000 four-engined bombers a year from now.

Heavy bomber production last month was about 500 ships. Thyssen Escapes Nazis, Says Moscow London, May 22 The London Daily Sketch said today that a Moscow radio broadcast reported that Fritz. Thyssen. once a multimillionaire German ind u-t i lali. had escaped from a Nai concentration camp and that several of his relatives had been arrested Thyssen was one of the leaders in Germany's pre-war heavy industry.

He openly opposed Adolf Hitler's policies, however, and fled from Germany in September, 1939. at about the time Germany invaded Poland. If you want to Ret deed to jour home by payicg up jour land contract, see Mx. McCabo at Miehisan Natmnt! Bari'i. W-S-o.

1 i h. i I 4 0r-i mark. Army trucks, loaded down with home furnishings and women and children, left the city by the only unflooded highway. A crew of 500 Negro soldiers from Joliet worked under floodlights along the threatened seawall. All able bodied residents aided in the losing fight against the waters which lapped the sandbags heaped atop the dike.

Soldiers Guard 100-Mile Front Th rress) An army of soldiers, engineers and civilian defense volunteers stood guard today along a 100-mile front of the mighty Mississippi river, choked by flood waters from scores of tributaries, ready to meet the imminent dangers from the ever-rising "Father of Waters." From Alton. 111., southward to Cape Girardeau. some 4,250 troops patrolled the river front, an area regarded by Army engineers at St. Louis as the immedi-See FLOODS. Page Two Big Nazi Offensive Near, Belief By EDDY Moscow, May-silence prevailed GIFMORE Sta ff nln 22 An ominous along the Rus- front today with evidence pointing to the approaching zero hour for the long-expected Ger man otiensive.

On the German side of the front, the invaders continued to pile up stores of ammunition, tanks and men for the summer push that may come almost any time. One front-line dispatch used the Russian phrase 'Groznaya Tishina'' stern silence to describe the present, tense atmosphere. (The midday communique as broadcast by the Moscow radio and recorded by the Soviet monitor in London, ignored German radio reports that the Red army has launched drives of its own as preludes to offensives in the Caucasus and Orel sectors. (The Berlin broadcast, recorded in London hy the Associated Press, said the Russians had "concentrated strong offensive forces on the whole Kuban front in order to capture the German-Rumanian bridgehead." It added that it was believed in Berlin that the Kuban drive would start "at the same itime as the expected Soviet offensive south of Russian heavy artillery contin-i ued tne assault on Novorossisk's inner defenses Friday night. Game Postponed at Boston, (S).

third successive night the sixth attack on 1 ho Nazi capital since May 13 while other British planes shot up trams in German-occupied France, sank two large vessels in a five-ship convoy in the English channel and laid mines enemy waters. It was the ninth straight night of attack on Hitler's Europe. London underwent its sixth successive night alarm, but a deafening anti-aircraft barrage drove off the lone Nazi raider. Apparently no bombs fell in the capital. American bombers and fighters destroyed 8(5 enemy planes Friday in sky sweping combats and dam aging raids on Axis airdromes in Sardinia and Sicily.

22 To 1 Ratio Nineteen fighters were destroyed in combat and another 67 were knocked out on the ground. Of the 2i2 enemy planes de stroyed. 70 were shot down and 202 were destroyed on the ground. tThis direct dispatch did not take info account three additional enemy fighters which the commu nique said were destroyed Thursday night. These would raise the three day total to 275.) (Knocking off Axis planes at a ratio of more than 22 to 1.

the American and British squadrons again centered on enemy airdromes in an increasingly successful campaign to sweep the Luftwaffe from the path of invasion across the Mediterranean Large fires were left burning by fighter-escorted Flying Fortresses in attacks Friday on Sciaccn and Castelvetrano airf.elds in Sicily, the communique said. What was termed officially as a "heavy force" of B-17 Flying Fortresses led Friday's onslaught by blasting the Castelvetrano airdrome in western Sicily. The bombers found the field fairly well covered with Axis planes and dropped string of bombs across the dispersal areas and on buildings. Three six-engined Mcrsburg-323 See LANES, rajre EiRht Asks Observance Of Michigan State Troops Week Here Mayor George C. Iliggimt, in a proclamation issued today, urges residents of the city to observe Michigan State Troops Week, starting Monday, and appealed to men between the ages of 18 and 55 who can spare the time, to enlist in the troops, one of the vital protections to the welfa-o of the people here.

A campaign to recruit 50 men to bolster the ranks of Company and Company L. Thirty-third Infantry, which ate on active duty here, will be launched by local organizations Monday. The American Women Voluntary Services will set up a recruiting booth on the city hall lawn. Company commanded by Capt C. E.

Robinson, has been on active duty guarding the approaches to the Blue Water Bridge and the St. Clair tunnel since a few days after Pearl Harbor. Company of whirh Capt. George Whitehead is commander, has been on artive duty since that time and holds weekly drills in preparations for emergency. The text of the Mayor's proclamation follows: Whereas, Honorable Harry F.

Kelly, as governor of the State of Michigan and commander-in-chief of the Michigan State Troops, has designated the week of May 23 as Michigan State Troops week, and Whereas, the purpose of this week is to center public interest, in the Michigan State Troops, and 1o encourage enlistment by eligible male citizens in the units thereof, and Whereas, there is stationed in the city of Port Huron Companies and of the Thirty-third Infantry regiment, and Third Bat'alion Headquarters Detachment ind Medical Detachment, and Whereas, it is recognized that the Michigan State Troops is particularly oonlia! in wartime to the welfare and protection of the people of fho; city and state, I Now therefore, I. George C. Higgms. mayor, do hereby call upon the citizens of Port Huron to nbarve the week of May 23 as Michigan State Troops Week. I do further urge public participation in such even's as may be diree'ed attention of citizens through too public press or radio, and 1 further encourage eligible male citizen whose other wartime responsibilities will permit them to do to in the units of the Michigan State.

Troops in the city and. In jnformaHoo fit 1lir va-oust 31 1 i it ot casue OMEN VOTERS END SESSIONS New President Takes Office, Other Officers Named Some 100 members of the Michigan League of Women Voters holding their annual convention here as cuests of the Port Huron League of Women Voters ended their three-day session with a business session this morning in Hotel Har- gton and a which Mrs. nnetka. 111.. luncheon at noon Walter T.

Fisher, treasurer of the was the principal rat na! league Mrs. Garrett was elected fir DeWcerd, Detroit, vice president to succeed Mrs. Frank Haskins, Hint, automatically became president alter the resignation of Mrs. James A. Starr, Grand Rapids.

Mrs. Charles Wright, Flint, was elected recording secretary. She succeod Mrs. Harvey Burton, Sagi-raw. who resigned last winter.

A program lor the coming year was adopted with the following six projects forming the major part r.f lf.ni'im nrtivitirs: The league will support etlee-tive standards of administration and finance in state and local government: constitutional reapportionment of the state legislature: development of a public health policy to insure state and local responsibility for promotion ol public health soiwicos: promotion of co-ordinated public welfare services; an adequate child Liber code for Michigan and equal opportunities of employment for aii persons regardless of race, color, creed, sex or national origin. A con tin nine responsibility of be the efficient ad-state civil service, idoptod is in con iform, of the ess. Mrs. ie league Two AIR WAR INTENSIFIED IN S. PACIFIC Alhed Headquarters in Australia.

May 22 AP Dogged efforts of the Jaua e-e to supply their menaced i Xew On dot I'm in tra 1 i Xew Gu of homi Shown-ation to of Lieut, neys Japanese raid and the runi irea bases by barge and ation of the Allies to neu-i(-nty air strongholds above inea with a great weight have intensified the Pacific air war. vg more and more inclin-c ha Her. go the daily forays George C. Ken-imbcrs and fighters, the ued 47 planes Friday in combat, bringing to 300 er thev have enmioved in a wee-K day of 2 Firduy i week to neri Th ed ir loss i or da lota! Iv 70 er 'tha Kennc ectlv inea la Fri- naged the de-d ni--fd approxii e-e. tins to ratn oral 1 sc- heas i'a ha rgc-s center nirdro sp Allied line cier ve down to supply Allied bomb- more removed from ne Friday.

Mite ttcd more than i a a rvy and supplies of a -above the Salamaua. ar Alexis-id the otii-Still oilier upon near destroyed. these muni enemy Oat of hat'em ers had K1S lessee! V( SU swoope-hree be; Hero's Widow Can't Find Home i a ap- nso hlh -Mrs. hand if ed .1 rear! after the Sta'e-i finds and ci thi I Coi i g. ia i i even Japati, ro's widow-dace to live area, i liter viewer cat m-; Unci rt acktd told an because tha 3.

of the boy, pass the "no can gns ou apart ent ousC. cr living quarters. Keliy said Wash to ia a he came from take a j-ecrc- ar plant- Port Huron branch of the 1 oi'saiiiauoii. the It ague will I I -f i i ifii'il i The program with tne I In her luncneon Fisher cmphasieri that i See WOMF.N. race i olas which is southeast of the harbor.

Attu village presumably the renter of the enemy's C'hieh-ajmf harbor position, a wiped out by Army planes Friday, the reported, and a fuel depot and other installations were set afire. Washington, May 22 American troops, now in control of all a tiny patch of Attu island, today tightened their surrender-or-die trap around the last remaining members of the Japanese garrison. Kiska logically would be the next stop on the schedule of American reconquest in the Aleutians. The reconqucst of Attu leaves the enemy's garrison on Kiska without an advance supply base. The enemy on Attu, dug in on high ground just east of Attu village, indicated its determination to contest the last 15 square miles still under its control.

"It is only a question of time when they will be liquidated or will have to surrender," said Secretary of Navy Frank Knox, who regards the Attu campaign as practically over. "It's a successful operation," he declared. "The mopping up pro cess is all that's left." The Japanese were being allowed no rest in their death trap. American bombers, apparently operating from the new advanced base on Amchitka island, were taking advantage of every break in the weather to pound the enemy. Escape by was impossible.

Knox said that the navy controlled all sea approaches to the island. That was interpreted to mean also that the Navy was ready to deal with any efforts of the Japanese fleet to evacuate the garrison or to send aid. Attu is the first Japanese-seized American territory to be retaken bv the United States. TIMES HERALD RECIPE CONTEST CLOSES TONIGHT At midnight tonight The Times Herald Wartime Recipe contest closes. You still have time to send in that recipe of yours, if you hurry, for it must not be postmarked later than midnight tonight.

Many different and exciting recipes to aid the homemaker in planning wholesome wartime meals will appear in a Recipe tabloid to be published Monday, May 31. The judges will find it difficult to select the nine prize winning recipes from such a splendid group received from every community in The Times Herald circulation area. The three classes of recipes to be judged are: Class 1 Recipes using canned goods in ways that economize on ration points. Class 2 Recipes for meat substitutes. Class 3 A nourishing well-balanced preparation for the defense worker's lunch box.

These are the cash prizes awarded in each class: First prize $5: second prize S3; third prize S2. Mrs. Muriel Gilbert, Algonac, county chairman of the Nutrition committee of the St. Clair council of defense; Mrs. Roy Pearce.

Columbus, member of the Nutrition committee, and the Recipe Contest editor will be judges. Good Weather Boosts Sales Of Buddy Poppies Real May weather -a 1reat to Port Huron residents who have seen far too many rainy days brought crowds to the business district today and boosted the sale of Buddy Poppies by members of Charles Schoor post. No. 796. Veteran's r.f Foreign Wars, and it? aux ilia ry.

Bri-k sales wore reported at noon and Veterans expected to reach their goal of 6.500 poppies before the day is over. Proceeds will be used to help men serving in the armed forces ana to help widows and orphans of World War I heroes at the national VFW home in Eaton Rapids, Mich. Charles Schoor Memorial home was headquarters for the sale. KLYKO MAitGAFlMi tOUQons brine you useful premium's. 21 ARRESTED IN RAIDS REDE State Acts To Curb Spread Of Veneral Disease As part of its program to curb the spread of venereal disease, Michigan Department of Health investigators, Port Huron police and deputy sheriffs staged simultaneous raids early today on six disorderly houses in the first precinct.

Twenty-one persons, including three white women and two white men, were arrested by men directed by Police Chief Thomas J. Davidson, Acting Sheriff A. J. Foster and L. A.

Potter, chief enforcement officer for the state health department. Shortly after 2.30 a.m., officers surrounded houses at 201) Clair-mont street, 207 Clairmont street, 125 Fort street. 120'i Grand Rivet-avenue. 114' 2 Grand River avenue and 207 Sarnia street while fellow officers, provided with Mary and John Doe warrants, charging frequenting disorderly houses, entered. Earlier this week state health department investigators collected evidence of prostitution in several of these places.

Those arrested were questioned several hours before they were booked and jailed. Lucille Brown, 33, colored, 125 Fort street, in whose house 15 persons live, denied having seen the investigator. Fanny Flute. 29, and Frances G. McGinnis, 27, both of whom live with Mrs.

Brown, also denied having seen the investigator. Persons arrested were to be given the Wasserman test for syphillis this afternoon. Four of the women will be charged with prostitution and the others will be charged with frequenting a disorderly house, Foster and Davidson said today. Where To Find It- Builders Page Church News Classified David Lawrence District News Dorothy Dix Editorials Garden Pa ge Local News Marked News Men In Service Radio Programs Smilax Society News Sports Theaters fi 9 4 3 4 7 5 8 8 3 4 fS 10 immediately after the impending Allied invasion A farm official who requested that he not be quoted said reports of British. Russiau.

anfi other European delegations indicated that the United States would have to make a greater wartime effort to increase its food output. This official said that lack of time would prevent major changes in the production program until the 1944 crop year, adding, however, that in the meantime overseas needs may require a further tightening up on civilian supplies in this country. Changes in the production program most likely would involve a sharp increase acreages of cereal crops, dry beans and peas, soybeans, peanuts and. potatoes commodities which provide a maxi-See FOOD, Fase Two I P.y The Afs London. May i iato.1 rw) A recommend ation for the temporary dissolution of Communist International because of its inability to meet "in conditions of the world war'' was" made in a decree published by the organization's executive committee, the Moscow radio said today in a broadcast recorded by the Soviet Monitor.

The decree, which Pravda published, said the action was taken because of the executive committee's inability "in conditions of the world war to call a congress of Communist International." The preamble to the resolution said the world wide setup decided upon at the first congress of the Comintern had been outdated by the growth of the movement and that the war "has still further sharpened the differences in the position of individual countries, placing a deep dividing line between It added that "the general mobilization of the people for the speediest victory over the enemy can best be carried out by a vanguard of the working class movement in each separate country working within the framework of its The Comintern, which is the international organization of the Communist party, was founded in 1919 by Lenin and Trotsky and its avowed aim, in the early days at least, was world revolution. After the rise of Hitler and Mussolini its slogan was changed from "World to "Fight Against the Fascists." The Berlin-Tokyo Axis, originally set up as an anti-comintern front, later developed into a military alliance. Pupils Of High School Prepare Newspaper Ads Twenty advertisements, prepared by members of the staff of the Lighthouse, Port Huron High school publication, in the annual contest sponsored by- The Times Herald and The Lighthouse, will appear Sunday in the Brides and Graduation section of The Times Herald. James R. Wightman, advertising manager of the Mueller Brass company, will judge the advertisements and prizes will be awarded on originality, composition and sales Robert McVety, Janice Borok, Joan Hume.

Arthur Mann. Jean Felting. Jan Schurr, Elizabeth Sites. Pat. Til ley, Mary Mactaggart, Fred Rouse.

Leo Calhoun and Ellen Estlund are competitors in the contest. Eight-Year-old Girl Expires In Hospital Diantha Ann Tuttle, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy S. Tuttle.

1715 Pine Grove avenue, died early today in Tort Huron Emergency hospital. She is survived bv her parents, her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ward, Sainia: and Mr.

and Mrs. Warren Tuttle. Tort Huron: a sister, Marjorie Thelma Tuttle, Port Huron, and several aunts and uncles. The remains are in the Albert A. Falk Son mortuary, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.

Monday. Rev. Jchn WT. Kahili, pastor of the Congregational church, and Rev. Clarence M.

Burk-holder. Congregational minister, will officiate. Burial "will ia Dust Bowl Lands May Be Enrolled In War Effort By OVID A. MARTIN A- Wi Hi 1 Springs. up of the nov is land where ie thirties May 22 Plow- -pastured great the "dust bowl" thousands out in a mass migration may be an im- mediate result ot the Na- tionc fnnr con re cc here.

Even at the risk of creating a new dust bowl problem, such a step may be taken as part of a far-reaching shitt to gear this country's food production for a greater part in helping feed the world, it was learned today. The parley to plan for a better- fed post-war wor'd already has im pressed rated states delegates and advisory agriculture department officials that the need for food to wn tme he war and for feeding con-al EurppeAvill be tremendous i Lakeside cemeferj'..