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I PAGE TEN THE ESCANABA DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1943 WAGES RAISED IN LUMBERING Sawmill And Logging Operators May Now Adjust Pay Detroit, Aug. 13 (P)-Lumbering and sawmill operators in Michigan may increase wages uP 50 cents an hour by first getting approval from the Labor the regional WLB announced today. This and other action was taken today in an effort to expedite wage adjustments in the lumbering business. according to David Wolff, regional board vicechairman, who said "the lumber industry is now the No. 1 critical industry of the nation from the standpoint of war Along the same line, the tonal WLB in June ordered wage adjustments in 30 northern Michigan and Wisconsin lumber companies correcting situations which the board felt interfered with effective prosecution of the war.

Today's ruling covered workers not affected by the June decision. Additional action taken by the Regional WLB today provides that adjustment requests may be sent directly to Philip Arnow, wage stabilization director, and information required in the application has now been cut to a minimum. Arnow was empowered by the board to approve such adjustments as do not exceed named in the National WLB ruling in June, if these raises would tend to upset standard rates not, area. The stabilization rector also may approve increases for those workers in the 30-company June case who did not benefit by action at that time because they were not members of the bargaining unit. A minimum of cents an hour for logging operations and cents for sawmill was provided for in the June i NWLB decision.

Dr. Bernier Succeeds Dr. Ware At Nahma Nahma--Dr. A. B.

Bernier of Barranquilla, Colombia, has atrived in Nahma to suceed Dr. H. M. Ware, resident physician for the past three and one-half years, who is retiring Dr. Bernier lived in New Jersey as a boy and studied at Cornell University.

He is married and has four children, a daughter, eight years old, and three sons, one five and one three years and the other five months of age. Members of his family will arrive her to make their home in about a month. Dr. Bernier has been a practicing physician for the past ten years. He and members of his family are United States citizens.

Briefly Told War Savings Meeting--George G. Whitney, Detroit, executive director of the Michigan Retailers War Savings committee, will address a meeting of the Delta County War Savings committee at the Sherman hotel at 12:15 o'clock Tuesday noon. Your Phone and 693 will Buy, Sell and Rent for you. BRITISH MAKE NIGHT ATTACK UPON BERLIN Continued from Page One) 300.000 before evacuations began, and further fraying Nazi nerves. Nights Get Longer Berlin is undergoing partial evacuation since saturation attacks almost obliterated Hamburg.

Many Hamburg refugees have fled to Berlin and told the of their city's fate. Thus Mosstory, quito raid seemed a aimed in part at German morale, since it was not in great force. Nights are lengthening, however. The moon over Berlin will be full on Aug. 15, and the RAF has implied strongly that Berlin is due for the same pounding that was given to Hamburg.

Besides their main objectives, the British attacked airfields at Dijon and St. Dizier and blast furnaces near St. Omer. All are in France. Shipping off France and the countries and railways were bombed.

Intruder planes shot up 19 locomotives. a critically short article in Hitler's arsenal. A mine sweeper and motor torpedo boat were sunk in Dover Straits. Southern Italy also was bombed. The targets were San Giovanni, Crotone, Foggia, Trinitapoli, Margherita Di Savoia, a railway bridge south of Scalea, a staition west of Dorio and objectives near Normano and Nicera Terminese.

These attacks were made by planes from Malta, the Middle East and North Africa. Defenses Saturated The bomb deluge on Milan was crammed into 30 minutes, and when pilots were crossing the Alps enroute home they saw a huge pillar of smoke over the city. They said fires were well concentrated in the area, which includes the Caproni aircraft works, the Breda arms works and tire and aircraft factories--among other things. Milan was last damaged on Saturday night. Crews were quotled by the air ministry as saying last night's raid was "an outstanding success." Swiss reports i said peace demonstrations broke out.

The Turin attack was packed into a half-hour and this city's defenses were swiftly saturated. The de destructive raid Turin previously was on July 12. Watchers on the Swiss border 27 miles from Milan could hear the explosions and see the glow of fire. BY RELMAN MORIN Allied Headquarters in North Africa, Aug. 13 (AP) Smoke and fire billowed over historic Rome today 88 American warplanes in their second raid of the war on the capital poured more than 500 tons of bombs on military objectives without the loss of a single plane.

Dizzy sky battles raged over the city during their second raid as between 40 and 50 fighters tempted to halt the All-American assault, but the young fliers pressed their attack home with precision accuracy. Railroad Yards Hit Crewmen reported seeing tremendous explosions and smoke surging upwards to more than 3,000 feet as the Allies resumed their attempt to Italy into submission by destroying the railroad yards and airfields in the Rome area. Locomotive and repair shops at San Lorenzo yards rewere, peatedly hit while the railroad yards of Littorio also felt the ARMY'S DINNER SET 137 Thin plate 55 Suffix 7 Gave up wreath 40 Kind of cloth 56 The 8 Placed 54 "Coyote 43 Cupola uses it 9 Before State" (abbr.) 2 3 5 8 10 12 13 15 17 18 20 22 27 228 30 32 135 37 38 42 45 49 50 52 55 57 Answer to Previous Puzzle 10 Any SERVICE MEDAL 11 Sufficient SNEERED US OR ALE 12 Drench DISA ARMY RI 18 Rifle pin A ST A A 21 Thin opening AR STD DISTINGUISHED 23 Book of ROBE AE SERVICE N. VM psalms CORALS MEDAL THREE 25 Unhappy TAR A ARE 26 Heavenly REVERES ARIDITY body ORE EVOLVES DEE 31 Observe MS AWARD A DA 32 Five and five PE SLAD PUN 33 Moist STERE GREETED 34 Uncooked HEEDS MORSELS 37 Tomatolike fruit 44 Serpent 57 Right (abbr.) 38 Among 46 Biblical VERTICAL 39 Hawaiian food pronoun 1 Absorb 41 Exclamation 47 Prince 2 Power 42 Perform 48 High bank 3 Substantive 43 Removes 50 Boy (abbr.) 44 Dim 51 Falsehood 4 Hill 45 Behind 52 Toward 5 Separate 48 Quote 53 And (Latin) particle 49 Fortified place 54 Bristle 6 Coarse yarn 51 Hawaiian GRAFT ALLEGED IN LEGISLATURE Detroit Citizen's League Petitions Rushton For Grand Jury Detroit, Aug. 13, (P)-The Detroit Citizens' League has informally petitioned General Herbert J.

Rushton a grand ottornean jury to investigate charges that certain members of the state legislature have been accepting graft, William P. Lovett. league secretary, announced today. Lovett said that the petitionfiled by six members of the league acting as individuals- -was backed by sufficient evidence, in his opinion, to merit the calling of a grand jury immediately. "We are convinced," Lovett said, "after a careful investigation for six months, that graft was paid to certain members of the legislature to defeat the anti-chain banking bill, prohibits the establishment of any more chain banks in Michigan.

"Individual members of the league have become disturbed and worried over the increased reports of graft in the legislature. During the last three sessions there have been reports about the buying and selling of votes to defeat this bill. "One high state official told me that a barrel of money has been spent to defeat it. So with all these reports we decided to investigate as we always do when we get these reports." Lovett said "voluminous reports in writing" had been submitted to Rushton. A similar committee of the tizens' League, com Lovett recalled, was responsible for bringing into being the Ferguson-O'Hara grand jury which cleaned up graft and corruption in Detroit and Wayne county official circles.

Japs Will Beg For Mercy From China Soon, Says General Chungking, Saturday, Aug. 14. (P)-No longer can "cowardly Japanese airmen" fly at will over China, and "soon Japanese everywhere will beg for mercy which they have never shown our airmen." declared Claire L. Chennault today in a message to the Chinese air force on the occasion of that group's anniversary. The commander of the 14th U.

S. air force in China recalled that six years ago today the Chinese air force "severely defeated an attacking force of Jap raiders over Nanking and Hanchow," and said the force "has certainly inspired fear" in the Japanese pilots and people. Army Is Reduced To Field Rations To Conserve Food Chicago, Aug. 13, (P)-Plans to reduce the amount of food provided for the American army were outlined today by Col. R.

F. Carexecutive officer of the subsistence branch of the quartermaster general's office. He reported that orders will be issued, probably within the next three weeks, placing vitrually all army units on field rations "and reduced field rations at that." He said the deductions had been decided upon after a careful survey of needs. The program was designed to conserve food and at the same time give the soldiers plenty to eat. Forest Fire Loss Lowest In History Lansing, Aug.

13. (P) -With smallest forest fire losses in the history of the state conservation department, fire fighters are increasing vigilance in the first dry spell of an unusually rainy summer. Department officials reported 381 fires this summer, compared with 683 at the same time last year and 1,286 in the comparable period of 1941. This year's fires have burned 4,374 acres, compared with 11,170 in the similar period of 1942 and 9,011 in 1941. Duward Robson, assistant chief of the field administration division, said fire hazards probably would increase in the late summer and fall.

Acreage For 1944 Plantings Raised Washington, Aug. 13, (A) The war food administration (WFA) announced today that state wheat planting goals under the 1944 farm program calling for a national acreage of 68,000,000 acres. This compares with 54.149,000 planted for harvest this year. The largest acreage ever planted to wheat was 80,814,000 acres in 1937. State goals compared with this year's acreage included: Michigan 750,000 and 657,000.

Decrease In Speed Noted On Highways Lansing, Aug. 13. (A) -A slight decrease in the speeds traveled on Michigan highways was reported today by the state highway depjartment. The department said a survey indicated the average driver's speed in July was 39.1 miles an hour compared with 39.3 miles in May and 39.9 in April. The July for commercial vehicles average, to be 36.8 miles an hour, compared with 37.6 miles in I March and 33.9 miles last October.

ALLIES SEIZE AXIS BASTION OF RANDAZZO (Continued from Page One) celerated the withdrawal of troops to the Italian mainland and allied fliers dubbed Messina Straits "Flak Alley" in recognition of the strong anti-aircraft defenses emplaced along the shores. Cape Orlando Taken The American spearhead, twice hurled into the enemy's right flank from the sea for sensational gains totaling 25 miles since Sunday, was the nearest allied force to Messina. The British juggernaut on the east coast climbed slowly but surely over mountainous enemy defenses on the heights of Mount Etna and virtually passed this volcanic obstacle 35 miles from Messina. These were the highlights of the developments aground: (1) A famed division of Lt. Gen.

George S. Patton, U. S. seventh army, capitalizing on the second seaborne flanking movement of the week Wednesday, captured Cape Orlando and the nearby town of Naso and Brolo and scored an eight-mile advance on the north coast. (2) Gen.

Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's British eighth army--50th Northumbrian division--gained four miles on the east coast and is threatening Taormina, the harbor and highway junction 25 miles south of Messina, it was announced. Randazzo, dominating a mountain pass through which runs a highway to the east, 1 was of the strong points upon which the German high command was depending to delay the allied rush against the evacuation beaches along Messina Straits. Escape Routes Shelled German remnants falling back before the American coastal drive had no natural defense lines before Marina Di Patti, 28 miles west of Messina, and roads, highways and bridges on their routes of retreat were shelled yesterday by U. S.

warships in one of a series of allied attacks from the sea. With not a fighter base left to the enemy on the Messina bridgehead and allied planes and warships striking enemy trations where they find theoncene Germans withdrawn from line duty looked to a motley little fleet for evacuation. From 35 to 40 vessels of various sizes were seen at one time yesterday in the narrow waters, only two miles across at one point, "The enemy evacuation by small boats across Messina Straits is quickening, although not full-scale evacuation has yet started." an authoritative allied statement said. "This is extremely difficult traffic for the allied air force or allied warships to halt, although constant attacks are made by both service arms." The withdrawal of non-essential Nazi personnel and surplus service and supply troops started at least 10 days ago. It may be possible that combat detachments are now being shipped across the two or three miles of water to Italy, dodging allied planes and naval patrols.

Among the prisoners newly rounded up was another highranking Italian officer, General Fiumara of the Italian Napoli (Naples) division. A report to headquarters added, a trifle obscurely, that the general was captured "with donkey." REDS BATTER KHARKOV: AIM AT SMOLENSK (Continued from Page One) hinge between Kharkov and Smolensk. The new Russian storm center aimed at Smolensk was 85 miles north of Bryansk. Smolensk, one of the first major captured by the Germans in their initial invasion of Russia three years ago, is near the White Russian border and about 190 miles from Lativa. Ickes Wants Coal Miners Released In Armed Services Washington, Aug.

13, (AP) Secretary of Interior Ickes disclosed today that he has asked the war manpower commission to release anthracite miners from the armed services in order to step up production of the home heating fuel. Because prospective shortof anthracite, Ickes directed yesterday that deliveries to dealers be limited to 90 per cent of last year's requirements. The war manpower commission said tonight that Ickes' request for release of miners from the armed services was under study. AUCTION SALE Thursday, August 19 At The ESCANABA SALES BARN Carroll Corners Make arrangements to sell what you don't need come and buy what you do need at the Sales Barn. Frank Barron, Manager Munising News COUNTY BOARD SESSION BRIEF Alger Supervisors Will Be Represented At Lansing Aug.

16 Munising-Two members of the Alger board of supervisors will represent the county at a meeting of the state board of equalization to be held at the state capitol in Lansing on Monday, August 16, it was decided at the regular August session of the board held at the courthouse here. Evered Lezotte, chairman of the board, will select the two representatives within a few days. In a brief session the board members appropriated $150 to pay the county's share of the 1943 Lure Book and turned the duties of a county drain commissioner over to the Alger commission. The office of county drain commissioner was abolished by the board a year ago. The board also accepted the report of the Alger county bureau of social aid and apportioned the second half of the second priority of the Horton county road fund.

The city of Munising gets 43.336 per cent and the remaining 53.634 per cent will go to the county road fund. The county road fund also gets under the state apportionment plan half of the entire fund and the first half of the second priority. Honeymooners Land Big Munising Trout Mr. and Mrs. John D.

Miller, 51 Holbrook, Detroit, caught a 38 pound trout Thursday while fishing with Harold Jecobsen, in the "Mary Ann." Mr. and Mrs. Miller were married August 7 and are spending their honeymoon here. Another lucky fisherman was Eli Desarme of Munising who caught a 33 pound trout on Sunday August 8, while fishing with Harold Jacobsen, in the "Mary Ann." ALLEYS OPEN AUG. 14 Clifford Liberty announced today that the Bayshore bowling alleys will be opened to the public Saturday, August 14.

Improvements have been made during the summer, including redecorating of the rest rooms and repainting of the front and alley rooms. Alleys have been refinished and there are sufficient pins on hand for the season. Long Illness Fatal To Peter Mellin, 63 Peter Mellin, died at his home at 211 Cherry street after a lingering illness Thursday afternoon. He was born Oct. 17, 1879, in Sweden, and had been a resident of Munising for 37 years.

He is survived by his widow, four sons, Oliver, Detroit, Harold, Detroit, Dory, Ypsilanti, and Henning, Ypsilanti, and two daughters, Mrs. Patrick Sundien, Marquette, and Jane of Munising, also five graddaughters; and one grandson. The body was removed to the Bowerman funeral home, and will remain in state until the time of the funeral which is at 2:00 p. m. Monday, August 16.

Rev. H. Bjorquist, pastor of the Eden Luther- an church will officiate, and internment will be in the Maple Grove cemetery. WOODENWARE PICNIC The members of the Woodenware Welfare club will hold their annual picnic at the city tourist camp Saturday, August 14. Urban Trombley is the general chairman.

The picnic will begin at eleven o'clock and end at six p. m. Members will be supplied with trade tickets, good only on the grounds. A large turnout is expected. Members are requested to bring their own lunch.

K. OF C. MEETING The Knights of Columbus will hold their regular meeting at the K. of C. hall at 8:00.

After the business meeting refreshments will be served. Doris Mae Waring Joins Red Cross Sault Ste. Marie--Doris Mae Waring, director of the Bureau of Social Aid here since February 15, has accepted a position as social worker with the American Red Cross. Miss Waring left the Sault yesterday for St. Louis, where she will undergo a period of training before being assigned to her territory.

No announcement as yet has been made as to her successor here. The announcement is expected to come from Lansing. Prior to coming to the Sault, Miss Waring was employed in Alger county. BICYCLES BUILT FOR BABY- No automobile or baby buggy? So the Pittman family of Burlington, N. goes riding just the same in a pair of bicycles rebuilt for three.

weight of Allied might. The Littorio yards were attacked by two waves of Mitchells and three waves of Marauders. The biggest explosion was believed the result of a heavy bomb hitting an oil storage tank. The strong fighter opposition contrasted with the lack of enemy resistance in the first raid but there were no losses this time. Five out of 500 planes failed to return last month.

Bombs Find Mark Precision bombs from Flying Fortresses crashed through the roofs and hangars of administration buildings. The crews were unanimous in reports that no damage was done Rome outside of the railroad yards and airdromes which had been set as objectives. did not see one bomb outside the target area," said Flying Officer Robert Butler, of Staples, a Marauder pilot. "When our Marauders dropped their first bombs a big sheet of flame issued from a string of box cars. From then on the whole railorad yard yard was burning but the rest of the city was completely ful." Although the total number of attacking planes in the raid was not disclosed, obviously fewer were involved than in the original raid.

During the July attack, approximately 500 American bombers dropped over 1,000 tons of bombs on the Italian ital. The bomb load dropped today was something more than 500 tons. The San Lorenzo Marshaling yards, one of the objectives in today's attack, lies four miles from Vatican City. Churches Avoided The attack was driven home without the accompaniment of special statements such 88 characterized the first raid. Nor were any messages planned to explain to the Italians why the Allied commanders found it necessary to attack Rome.

The raid was executed by the strategic air force commanded by Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle. Except for especially careful briefing of the crews it differed in no way from Allied bombings of any other Italian cities.

The navigators, many of whom participated in the July raid, again were given stringest instructions to avoid the proximity of churches, shrines and historic monuments. The bombardiers were forbidden to release, their bombs unless they were absolutely certain they had the target clear in 1 their sights. (A dispatch from the SwissItalian frontier said the American air fleets showered leaflets along with explosives as a pointed reminder to Italians that the war continues even though Mussolini is gone. (The Swiss telegraphic agency said the American planes in the Rome raid dumped thousands of leaflets, telling the Italian people: "Mussolini is gone; the Nazi war continues. One tyranny is ended.

Let 118 suppress the Edsel Ford's Son Released By Navy To Work At Plant Detroit, Oug. 13, (A)- -Lieut. (J.G.) Henry Ford IT, eldest son of the late Edsel B. Ford. has been released from duty in the United States Naval Reserve to take up duties at the Ford Motor company.

Ford entered the nacal reserve as an ensign in April, 1941, later coming an instructor at Great Lakes, he was placed on the inactive list on July 26, 1943. Henry Ford, now 80 years old, resumed presidency of the Ford Motor Co. following the death of his son Edsel last May, At that time Henry Il, who is 25, married and the father of two small daughters, was re-elected to the company's board of directors. Commenting on his new position, the younger Ford said only that he was planning to familiarize himself with all phases of the company's business. Roosevelt And Churchill To Meet Soon At Quebec (Continued from Page One) when the American chief executive and Churchill would start their deliberations officially.

The strategy parleys here have fallen into two distinct phases. The first began with Anglo-Canadian conferences, which still were going on today. The second will start tomorrow when the American and British staff chiefs meet. The Anglo-American huddles are expected to center around military matters, primarily, and therefore to be a direct continuation of the Casablanca meeting last January and the Washington meeting last May. That appeared to many ers to be the chief reason why Russia did not get a bid to the Quebec conference, assuming that a Moscow statement that no invitation had been received by the Soviet government is accurate.

The big job for the Red armies obviously is to keep on shoving the enemy back toward German soil, and any decisions that could be made here would be unlikely to alter that task in the slightest. STALIN KEPT ADVISED Washington, Aug. 13, (AP)There may be no Russians sitting in on the Roosevelt-Churchill conferences but Secretary of State Hull indicated today that they would be told of what goes on. Replying to reporters who sought confirmation of the Tass (official Soviet) news agency port that no Russian representative had been invited, Hull said he had not looked into it closely since President Roosevelt personally handles such matters. He had no doubt, however, the secretary continued.

that the heads of the United Nations were keeping abreast of one another on all phases of their respective situations and attitudes. Unofficially interpreted, this statement seemed to mean that Premier Stalin was aware of the often repeated desire of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill that he join in their discussions and that he knew of the impending conference. But since the past efforts to draw the Russians conference have been unsuccessful, as Churchill indicated o11 his last visit to Washington, no formal invitation was extended to Stalin to participate in the present talks. Moscow's acquaintance with the meeting and its purpose was indicated by the Tass statement that "because of the nature of the conference, the participation of any one representative of the Soviet government at the meeting in Quebec was not and is not envisaged." It was generally assumed here that the Russians meant that An-American discussions usually involve the war against Japan, as well as that against Germany. And since the Soviet Union is neutral in that war, she must refrain from entering any discussion as how to defeat Japan.

Broadened Social Insurance Urged By Paul V. McNutt Washington, Aug. 13 (P)--Federal Security Administrator Paul V. MeNutt called for a broadening of the social insurance program today in a statement recalling that tomorrow would mark the eighth anniversary of the Social Security act. the basis of eight years' experience," he said, "we should now prepare for postwar readjustments as well as for the permanent economic security of all the American people." MeNutt expressed conviction that workers, in order to get the greater benefits he said would flow from an expanded program, such as proposed by the Social Security board, would be willing to pay 5 or 6 per cent of their wages to finance the program, As compared to the present 1 per cent deductions Missionaries And Their Families Are Interned By Japan New York, Aug.

13, (P)-The Christian and Missionary Alliance, an inter-denominational Protestant organization, reported tonight it had received word that the Japanese had interned 23 missionaries and 17 children of missionary families in French IndoChina. Word of the internments reach- 0 ed the New York headquarters via South China. Dr. Snead listed among those interned the Rev. and Mrs.

Floyd C. Peterson (both of Grand Rapids, Mich.) and daughters Evelyn, Marion and Carol Joy. In March the missionaries had been restricted to certain areas, and on April 27 they were sent to Mytho in Cochin China province for internment, the Rev. Snead reported. He said that the action left if any Protestant missionaries pursuing their work in French Indo-China.

Dr. Snead said this was the first word of internment of American or Canadian missionaries in French Indo-China. Classified Ads cost little but do a big job. One Gal. Mineral Oil $1:39 5 lbs.

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