The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 20

TIMETABLE WHAT IS WAK RKALLY LIKE? FOODS R-d Blu -V Book 4 iiod indefinite! SHOES Airplane iarip I and 2 Bok 3 fo-d indefinitely Ration Board Offn-e 3i Second St I SI AR Stamp 30 and I Rnnk 4 rarh 5 lbs lnrifinit''tT Stamp 40 5 lb homr rm-nin thrnush lh 2X I94S GASOLINE A-l' 3 callons tbroocb Auz 8 ft EL Period 4 and 5 couoons valid Ihrouib Sept 30 'Florida9 1 Most Complete Newspaper- Miami Soldier Tells His Dad of Horrors Mutilation Stench Sunday June 11 1944 Page 8-B I I Iiiui ois of war and The seeming futility of its wholesale destruction of humanity are graphically and realisti icane Watch! Hurr i cally described by a United States Army officer in the European theater in a letter to his father in Miami With the salutation "Dear Dad" the letter follows: "Either this afternoon or tomorrow I will go on reconnaissance among the dense Kraut minefields and I know my chances on not tripping a mine! So far my luck has been good but I have walked across minefields and have not tripped one I don't want to worry any more than necessary but I did want to tell you the feeling of an average American in battle "We always follow the infantry across the battlefield and that gives us a first-hand look at the horrors of war after the tide has rolled on I can usually spot a minefield by the horribly mutilated bodies of our men lying on its outer edges but this is not always true "The stench of death lies over all and the mutilated forms which were once human beings are still being picked up by the little squads for burial Here is a vehicle which received a direct hit from one of our shells and it had been loaded with Kraut soldiers Arms legs and heads are scattered over a wide area and the sight leaves you cold and sickened I'm not a person with a weak stomach but sometimes I feel like losing my last meal over tome of these sights 1 REPORTS FROM STATIONS in the Caribbean area are received at reau Forecasters Grady Norton and Warren Jchnson are shown checking a message MIAMI' WEATHER BUREAU goes on an around-the-clock hurricane watch Thursday official start of the tropical disturbance season Here atop the Congress building Trudi Augen Forecaster Warren lohnson and Ida Benson inspect the rain gauge machine Censorship restrictions on hurricane warnings have been lifted Again the Mess Is Awful "Here is a gun pit that received a direct hit front our artillery Again the mess is awful! Everywhere are littered dead horses mules cattle wrecked and discarded equipment and a deathlike stillness that seems to stand in awe that humans could be so brutal to each other The terribly destructive powers that are unleashed are stunning to the imagination "Many of the dead never knew what hit them but then there are the others who died slowly Their feet and arms and hands have dug graves in the earth where they vainly tried to crawl somewhere "We now come to a line of charred vehicles loaded with charred bodies There are several hundred vehicles and they block the road Our low-flying aircraft caught them trying to escape and the chaos is complete "Hour after hour such scenes are repeated and the whole body rebels against even looking on any more such scenes but every sense has to be kept alert for the most heinous invention of man mines! "An area for a gun position has been indicated to me on a map and I take a crew with me to sweep for mines and establish all details of the new position War Demands Expand Forecasters Prepare For Tropical Storms Industry In County 9 Lt Huttoe 112 Plants Receive OPA Probers Delve For More Data Four Officials Here Sock i irlonco Supporting evidence for an Investigation already marie of the Dade County Ration Board by crack investigators from Washington is being sought here by OPA officials from Atlanta and Jacksonville it was learned Saturdav Gets Small New Office Recruited to full strength the staff of the Miami Weather Bureau is ready to go on an around-the-clock watch for hurricanes next Thursday Ernest Carson meteorologist announced Saturday The hurricane season officially Opens Thursday and additions to the local staff were Wade to ln sure i constant watch Grady Norton is the senior forecaster In addition to Carson's staff he will have the assistance of Warren Johnson whb has returned from the frost-warning station at Legal Wager Plan Given icle Support Mayor Leonard Thomson said Saturday he had received widespread indorsement of his proposal for a state law permitting munici 16 Million In Orders In Span of 13 Months By ni: i in I in Herald si(f Writer Greater Miami has become much more of an Industrial center than most residents realize For instance the Smaller War Plants Corp has channelled $16000000 worth of contracts to 112 plants here in the last KJ months Lakeland and Simpson who has returned here from Chicago These men are veterans at keeping an eye on tropical disturbances and this year they will resume reports on a prewar basis Censorship restrictions for the past two years restricted warnings until the tropical disturbances theatened land areas Xow the weather bureau is permitted to start issuing advisories when the tropical disturbances first form These are followed by storm warnings if winds develop intensity and hurricane warnings if developments warrant Although the hurricane service has been deprived of radio reports bv ships at sea the handicap can he overcome Carson declared Reports are Still available for land-based stations throughout the Caribbean area Hurricane forecasting for the Caribbean area is handled by the Miami office to a line from Apa- lachtcols to the canal zone The watch system is maintained here until Nov 15 which is regarded as the official end of the hurricane season PALL MONTHS DANGEROI Inspector arrived Thursday and lixai officials explained they w0tt liiir tn contMae routine1 rheckup which wis interrupted when op in csi iiiiirs arrived from Wishi ngton on Mi I to li ii in li I heir jiI'oIm1 However it was learned that ac it RENO llrralH Stall Writer Surrender of his skyscraper offices In the courthouse and return to less sumptuous quarters in the old headquarters building was decreed Saturday for Lt Hut-toe of the police morals squad as Police Chief Nelson began to apply his program of unity The change which will take place Monday was not announced byChief Nelson who Saturday had no comment about his new job tivities of the four officials headed by Stewart Maxey state ration officer were much more intensive than those of a routine check Also it was reported from Washington that additional information of raw materials for two or more years following resumption of full-scale civilian production in order to assure the small fellow of a fair share CAPAI mOMJEM Another big problem for the small fellow who was producing civilian goods before he received government war contracts and greatly expanded his facilities is how to use that additional produc These plants most of them small a number of them new and the others greatly expanded from their prewar productive capacity are turning out everything from diving helmets to radar assemblies to help the war effort Bui alter the war what then? i bat's the problem thai has many a Miami businessman thinking ahont the postwar era already although the war is far from on The trouble is as Manager has been requested from local and State OPA officials to supplement that Rained in the recent probe I'll ESS SEARCHED Atlanta and Jacksonville offi palities to license race track betting offices under the Florida State Racing Commission Thomson proposed the licensing of bookmaking establishments to curb the activities of illegal bookies now operating in many Florida cities "Thousands ol i 1 in tive capacity in peacetime Mine Detecting Is Slow Work "We finally arrive iii the area Indicated and usually it is mined We have two mine detectors but it takes several hours to clear about a 50-yard square due to so many shell fragments buried in the ground Each fragment must be dug up to make certain it is not a mine "Mid afternoon arrives and we are supposed to occupy positions that night but the progress of the minesweepers is far too slow 1 need an area about 500 yards by 1000 yards to hold vehicles and men so I just start walking I can't ask anyone to go some place 1 haven't been so I must leave footprints for others to follow Likewise I have to drive my vehicles everywhere the others arc to go "This always makes chills go up and down the spine and leaves an empty feeling in the pit of the stomach Those are times I'm glad my will is made and well provided for I know it is only a matter of time until I do step on one and pray that it is over quick Even as careful as I've been some my men didn't follow instructions to walk in my footsteps and they paid the price of their foolishness "I know thinks I'll be home when the European war is over but I have no hallucinations about that as any commander would be foolish to use green troops in the Pacific as long as he has seasoned troops released from this theater by cessation of hostilities "When this is over we'll help finish there then there's always the possibility of being a member of the army of occupation I'm not being pessimistic but realistic in reviewing all possibilities Still Ton ah To kill In (old Mood "I've often wondered if the Kraut's thoughts are the same as mine when he is about to make a kill! The Krauts are using green troops in ever-increasing numbers as we whittle down his seasoned fighters "Naturally the green troops through inexperience pull some awful boners and they pay dearly for each mistake but I still have to steel myself to kill them in cold blood "The day they marched towards the lines in parade formation I cussed them for double damn fools in three different languages and when the thing was over I found I had clenched my fists so hard that my fingernails made the palms of my hands bleed Tears were in my eyes a lump in my throat and I was sick all over My mouth was dry and I was so weak I could hardly stand "You can't imagine my feelings as I watched my shells rend bone and flesh among their ranks There would be a high geyser of dirt debris and flame and bodies would go reeling end over end to land some distance away "When I first spotted them I automatically sent commands to my guns over the radio but my mind and thoughts were of those their wives sweethearts and and I knew that there would be much sorrow in many homes I keep wondering do they have these same thoughts or are they inhuman? I believe that they are human the same as I and that makes the whole war so senseless Records show that September and October are the most dangerous months for hurricanes although they have been reported as early as the latter part of May and as late as December However these were exceptions but the weather bureau knowing from long experience that hurricanes are tricky does not take any chances It keeps its finger on the pulse of every tropical disturbance until it has moved out of this area Bookies do not make odds on hurricanes but from its records the weather bureau figures that Miami can expect a hurricane once in 20 years with the same odds for West Palm Beach and Fort Myers Key West and Pcnsacola may expect a hurricane once every 10 years but the odds for Jacksonville are one in 30 years Tycoon Tackle Inc for instance couid probably turn out with its present plant capacity five or 10 times as many fishing reels as it did before going into war work But could it dispose of that much added production? Tycoon is not counting on i' Now producing plane part- it hopes to lie able to continue1 so after war for civilian transport plane- The bigger concerns are better able to take care of themselves Emhrv-Riddle has its eye on participation in an anticipated huge government plan of veterans' vocational rehabilitation Consolidated Vultee- has tremendous financial resources and is undoubtedly mapping a complet Kennard Johnson of the Miami chamber of commerce paint out that "Miami doesn't know what Miami manufactures today" It's true Nowhere is there to be found a complete list of manufacturing plants in the Miami area Most nearly complete is that at the Miami area office of the Smaller War Plants Corp with which 590 individuals or concerns from Fort Pierce to Key West have listed their producing facilities IV 17 QUALIFY Of these only 137 have been able to qualify for war contract awards under SWPC regulations But tiie SWPC is not a postwar planning agency The chamber of commerce which in part is sent out two questionnaires to manufac Miami" said the mayor "insist upon making bets on horses It is ni runt rut ion that it would he better to establish and regulate betting places so that the slate will net its income from wagers The system would he handled on a strict pari-mutuel basis" Thomson said that with the exception of several ministers and Commissioner tlardner all persons talking and corresponding with him had expressed approval of the plan One group of citizens he said urged him to appoint a committee of five to take the lead in pushing such legislation Mayor Thomson said he declined to take the lead stating that he had proposed the idea without any intention of heading an organization to obtain the proposed other than to say that his policy ould be to act and talk afterward "I'm trying to get my bearings" he said as he continued his rounds of each department of the police division Huttoe the number 2 party of the now famous Leslie Quigg-lluttoe feud which played an important part in the recent trial of the discharged police chief moved from old headquarters building to the courthouse during the height of the feud i I'd RTH SHIFT He first had offices on the third floor and later moved to spacious quarters on the 16th floor from which he directed his force of men His new quarters it was learned will be a one-room office immediately next door to the chief's office There was some talk that the identification bureau now occupying quarters on the second floor of the headquarters annex may be moved to the offices which will be vacated by Huttoe and in that way do away with the necessity of taking prisoners from the jail in the courthouse across the street to headquarters building for photographing and fingerprinting The move would tie into the plan made before the entry of Chief Nelson for a central records room Under that arrangement all records of every department including the identification bureau automobile theft bureau traffic bureau and detective bureau would be kept in the central record office each of the contributing bureaus holding records only for 24 hours cials have spent considerable time with ftfes of the Ration board and Saturday they were reported to have subjected the file of the Wat-Transportation panel to "a fine comb" search It was understood they removed many of the records for further study It was recalled that one of the two women employes suspended while the Washington investigators were at work here last month was chief clerk of the War Transportation panel Local officials stuck by their previous explanation that the current checkup was routine in nature RE-CHECK PL ED The Herald'sAVashington bureau was informed earlier in the week there would be some re-checking on information obtained by the probers and it was believed that the Atlanta and Jacksonville men might be seeking those facts for the national office Numerous reports thai political Influence "is being used to "white wash" the findings from the probe have persisted hut In formed sources in Washington Saturday discounted the reports The congressional hill extending the life of the OPA which otherwise expires on June 30 is expected to be passed soon Jt was pointed out that the OPA is not likely to act until that measure is passed reconversion program which will turing plants in this area luring piants in tins area in an llr Thro include its JMn street plan There effort to obtain data helpful in hae hn taIU hat rt maKing plans for reconversion ril( mihr 1CJ Zl But the results were practicallv nil jfd1rmiPS "JftS6 UsPri to r'Pr anes using 36th st airport Now the manufacturing division 1 6 Pmii American Airwajs phn' Dade Tops Duval By Dade cottntv's estimated buving income of $352200000 for 1043 led all other Florida counties and comprised 20 per cent of the state's total of $1760000000 the research division of the State Chamber of Commerce reported Saturday The county total represented a gain of 35 per cent over 1942 Duval county (Jacksonville) ranked second with or 13 per cent of the state total and a gain of per cent over 1942 Optimist Group Names IVfiamians As Officers Paul Meridith of Miami Shores was elected governor and Fritz Gordon Miami was chosen secretary-treasurer of the fourth district Optimist International at the annual convention Saturday in Tampa of the chamber has started another survey to determine the number oi plants engaged in war work what plans each has for the postwar period and whether it expects to! have to reduce employment after the war The division headed bv Ran Railey of Union Battery Co expects to map its program for the coming year from the returns of the present survey The range of protects Meiu pi odliccd here under i on- I I a tremendous expansion as soon a-nru equipment is available tn open pew ifmtes to South wr-ica Europe and si Prpsjdpn' I dilie Kii kenhai krr of Eastprn ir Lines ha predicted it Miami iiprr ion will triple within five yearn iftet ihp But the little fellow who is dependent on a big concern for sub contract or on the Smaller War Plants Corp for a government contract may have more trouble finding a niche In the postwar production picture Local planning can do much to solve the problem of this little fei-Ipw There's a difference of opinion whether it can do the whole job SIII(TO VI Some government officials either believe or fear local planning and private enterprise won't be able to do the whole job There's mucii planning already going on in surprisingly wide i on-sideling the small s( hut i half dozen plants in Miami ETA 'RAFT production here for instance includes such articles as firing pins for bombs "walky-talky" radios gauges under Lend-Lease for Russia fin assemblies for 6 mm shells anchors and incendiary bomb parts NBEDLECRAFT production includes sleeping bag cases flame proof bedding canvas storage tanks holding up to 3000 callon- Demoted Officer Leaves Hospital Released Saturday from the AAF i Regional station hospital at Coral Gables Col Henry Miller of Miami left immediately for an unannounced destination to spend a 130-day leave He had been demoted from the rank of major general and sent home from England by Gen Dwight Eisenhower for alleged indiscreet remarks two months ago concerning the of the impend-: European invasion Col Dan Ogle in command of the hospital at Coral Gables said of water (for Army operations in Washington to help smooth the the desert) barrack bags hospital I way for rapid and effective recon and shelter half tents and para Jf hy Don't People Find Solution? "There must be some solution In prevent wars and all of us must work ceaselessly to find this answer Those boys don't want to die any more than I do but they have been filled with ao many lies throughout their lives that they believe in their cause as much as I do in mine tried the idealistic solution after the last war and let a bunch of silk-hatted diplomats just postpone hostilities for 25 years This is a people's war they say so why don't the people try to arrive at a solution? "Instead of trying to arrive at a solution all we read here is about strikes and how people are trying to forget war in overindulgence of frilly pleasures "Many times I have been sitting in my dugout with heavy shells falling on all sides reading in the papers of conditions at home which make me realize that the general public is trying to evade or ignore the war even though they also are losing friends and loved ones each day That's what makes it so hard to understand "Many thousands of books have been written on the prevention of wars but as yet we have no solution I'll admit that I have none but there are many brilliant men in our country who do have a clear world picture and it's high time we listened and discussed some of their principles "My chances of dying of old age are rather slim but I hate to think that I gave my life just to postpone the present hostilities for another 20 years "This letter is rather confused but so are my thoughts as to any solution My only hopes are that a speedy end will be brought to the senseless slaughter of all humans "YOUR SON" Col Miller had not informed him of his plans One report was that the demoted officer was on the way to Washington to request permission from the War Department to make a statement concerning the "tip-off" incident which took place at a London cocktail party version through government aid A proposal has already been made to congress to extend the life of Smaller War Plants Corp scheduled to expire June 30 under its present authorization for another year If that succeeds congress ill probably be asked later to continue SWPC into the pos'-war period so it may help small producers with loans and allocation of materials Today the reconversion problem in Miami is mostly in the "thought" stage But effective planning to meet the problem mav come out of the work of the manufacturing division of the chamber of commerce chute assemblies WOOD TKOniCTS include ammunition boxes whaleboats pigeon cages (quite an important item) station wagon bodies prefabricated barracks cargo pallets (wooden framework on which cargo is transported from ship to shore and vice versa) and aircraft rescue rearming and plane personnel boats What wi'l he the chief problem for he small concern now engaged la prodnctag these u-- licles under war contract when their government contracts are cancelled? Their number one problem says Johnson will be materials Materials and financing both say SWPC officials The chamber contends that financing is the least of the average manufacturer's worries these days Plenty of money is available locally to finance producers its officials say and this situation w-ill probably continue after the war The great fear of the small pro dueer is that the big manufacturers will be lhle to grab nil available raw materials when the become available again fur civilian production Beach Chamber Seis Goal At 300 A goal of 300 members has been set in the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce membership drive Lowry Wall chairman of the membership committee announced Saturday Assisting Wall are Chase jr who founder! the Miami Beach Chamber in 1921: Bond Collin Dr Morris Goodman Owen Sam Blank Sam Becker Bronston Joseph Rose and Albert Kahn Invitations to affiliate In the Beach chamber have been extended to business concerns hotels apartments and individuals in Miami a well as in Miami Beach Battered Bomber Beats Off Jap Planes Gets 2 How a battered B-24 bomber limped home with one crewman dead two wounded one rudder wrecked and the ship riddled with 270 bullet holes is related bv T-Sgt Eldred Christen of Xe-v Orleans now- at AAF Redistribution Station No 2 Miami Beach Back from 17 months in the China-Burma-India theatee Christen 29 recalled Saturday that "we destroyed two of the seven Japanese planes that attacked us" VFW Essay Contest1 Won By Mis Yelverton Miss Ernestine Yelverton 2386 13th St Saturday won first place in an essay contest staged at the 14th annual convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars at Tampa The winning essay will be entered next month In the national contest at Kansas City Dr ManleN Will Address Elk Flag Day Event Annual Flag Day services will be conducted by Miami Beach Lodge of Elks at 7:45 Wednesday in the patio next to the Elks' home 720 West ave Dr Louis Manley (Iran of the graduate school of the University cf Miami will be the guest speaker Staff Photo FLAG DAY CEREMONY PLANS were made Saturday when Mayor Leonard Thomson signed a proclamation designating Wednesday as the day for observances The Flag Day committee of the Elks Lodge plans a program at 8 Wednesday in Bayfront Park Elks watching the mayor sign the proclamation include (left to right) City Commissioner James A Dunn William Shayne Norcross Capt Al Lambeil Frost Bailey and Norton Ganger Committee members absent were Abe Goldman Lee Mason Caesar La Monaca and Roy Singer There is a great deal of agitation in favor of government allocation.