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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
TUESDAY, ]DEC. 8, 1942
SIX TUESDAY, DEC. 8, 1942
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American Battle Lines Extend to Far-Flung Fronts
AMERICA DOES NOT FORGET:
Pearl Harbor Commemorated
by Launching of 12 Warships
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-America
remembered Pearl Harbor today with
work. Officials made no speeches.
Shipbuilders launched 12 warships.
Japan remembered too. Amid an-
noucemntsthat an unspecified
number of new warships had been
commissioned, Tokyo got around to
admitting the loss of one battleship
and three aircraft carriers, just half
-the number Washington knows were
sunk'.
The true score of a year of war in
the Pacific, by official United States
and Allied count, stood at 394 Japa-
nese ships sunk to 86 American, al-
though Tokyo admitted the loss of
only 40 warships.
Symbolic of America's growing
might since the war started with the
sneak attack at- Hawaii one year ago
was the launching of the 45,000-ton
battleship New Jersey at Philadel-
phia. Among other fighting ships
which entered the water during the
day was the aircraft carrier Bunker
Hill at Quincy, Mass.
It was a day of work as usual to
press on with the offensive which the
nation launched against the Axis af-
ter rising from the dark defensive.
The attitude of President Roosevelt,
who saw no occasion for any, special
commemoration of the anniversary,
and of Secretary of State Hull, who
said the memory of Pearl Harbor
speaks for itself, was shared through-
out most of the country..
In New Mexico there was a state
holiday, however, while community.
ceremonies honored the families of
some 3,000 men who served with New
Mexico's 200th Coast Artillery in the
epic stand on Bataan or Corregidor
in the Philippines.
Be A Goodfellow
Trailers Considered
as Housing Solution
Trailer homes nor 171 families was
suggested to the Common Council
last night by Ann Arbor's Trailer
Camp Authority as a way of combat-
ting the critical housing shortage in
cities near Ford's Willow Run plant.
Expansion of a small camp at Don-
ovan school to accommodate 145
trailers and creation of a smaller 26
trailer unit nearby was recommended
by the authority in a report to the
Council after a five-months' study.
Purchase of a new Chrysler Bell
air raid siren was tentativelyagreed
upon.
British Pound
Nazi Shipping
and Railways
Strike at Important
Centers in Germany,
France and Lowlands
LONDON, Dec. 7.- (/)- Working
on an Allied 24-hour schedule of de-
struction, Britain's new Whirlwind
bombers pounded at German ship-
ping and railways over France and
the lowlands today while the Nazis
stili wereassessing damage from
heavy raids last night in which more
than 100 RAF heavy bombers spilled
explosives on targets in southwestern
Germany, including Karlsruhe and
Pforzheim, important railway and
munitions centers.
In today's daylight attacks the
Whirlwinds, escorted by Spitfire
fighters, were reported to have dam-
aged three ships off the Brittany
coast and to have made many attacks
on railways, camps, barges and other
targets. Six planes were lost.
The air ministry reported also that
some pilots crossed into Germany
where barges on the Dortmund-Ems
canal were bombed.
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ASSOCIATED:
PRESS
Troutman to
Give Talk on
Negro Culture
Inter-Racial Gro'ijp
Will Sponsor Speech
at Union Thursday'
The historical background of the
culture of the American negro will be
discussed by Leonard B. Troutman at
8 p.m. Thursday in the Union.
Mr. Troutman is Personnel Direc-
.tor of the NYA in Detroit. His talk
will be entitled "Twenty Centuries
behind the Veil."
This is the- second in a series of
lectures sponsored by the Inter-
Racial Association in an effort to
bring before the students of the Uni-
versity the importance of the prob-
lems of minority groups. In the first
talk, Prof. Leslie White considered
the racial question from an anthro-
pological viewpoint.
The association is also planning
lectures concerning the question of
white domination in India and the
problems of other oriental minorities.
The Inter-Racial Association is a
University - recognized organization
whose aim is to combat racial preju-
dice and to eliminate discrimination.
In addition to the lecture program,
it investigates housing and employ-
ment problems of minority and indi-
vidual cases of discrimination.
E. W. Mill Traces
'War in Review'
at IRC Meeting
IT'S A LONG LONG TRAIL:
400 Pounds of 'Mail Per Day
in Each Local Postman's Load
By MARION FORD
Four hundred pounds is a lot of
mail in any man's language but only
an.average day's load for your neigh-
borhood postman, according to fig-
ures assenmbled by the Ann Arbor
Post Office in its biennial mail count.
These counts, taken in March and
October every year, are spaced over
a five-day period of time and repre-
sent an average week in the mail-
man's business. During the five days
of October 19 to 23 Ann Arbor's foot
carriers delivered 14 tons, 960 pounds
of mail exclusive of all parcel post
packages, special deliveries, and reg-
istered letters.
Postoffice Shorthanded
At present, the post office is ex-
tremely short-handed and suffering
from results of the draft, resigna-
tions and retirements. Not only are
good men hard to get, according to
Florence Abbott, postmistress, but
even harder to keep because of oppor-
tunities in local defense plants.
The Christmas rush,swhich has al-
ready evidenced itself in outgoing
mail, will necessitate the employment
of between 30 and 40 helpers in the
Post Office. "People seem to be mail-
ing early this year," said Mrs. Ab-
bott, expressing the hope that most
of the heavy mail will be sent before
Christmas Day.
Though students may complain
about eight-o'clocks three days a
week, Ann Arbor's mail carriers get
up long before dawn every day. They
must be at the post office at 6:20
a.m. in order to distribute their own
mail preparatory to starting on their
routes at 8:30.
"Mixee Clerks"
Letters with incomplete or wrong
addresses are placed in what is known
as the "mixee cases" and "mixee
clerks" are employed to track down
the missing addresses. With the aid
of the city directory, telephone book,
change of address cards and student
and faculty directories, "mixee men"
are usually able to deliver the letters
after a few days delay.
Parcel post packages sent through
the mail receive very quick and effi-
cient service. Any damage done to
packages during transit is almost
invariably due to incorrect packing
or the failure to mark as "fragile"
those packages requiring individual
attention. "It's no wonder their
things get broken," said Mr. G. O.
Baumgardner, postal clerk, picking
up a daintily wrapped package.
"Something like this has nothing but
the address written on it, and so is
treated like all the other packages,
but because of the faulty wrapping
and packing will probably not arrive
at its destination in good shape."
Packages are all placed in bags,
according to their approximate des-
tination, filled, locked, piled on carts,
placed on trucks and taken to the
depot, where they are placed on an-
other truck, thrown on the train and
shipped. When they get to a main
terminal they are redistributed,
shipped again and finally arrive at
their destination. "With all this trav-
eling it is no wonder that some of
those improperly marked are dam-
aged," continued Baumgardner.
Mail to Axis countries and those
under Axis control has been com-
pletely cut off but that to our allies
and non-belligerent nations is still
being sent. V mail is particularly rec-
ommended by post office authorities
for mail to American soldiers outside
the continental United States, since
it saves space and time.
Air Mail Rates Changed
Mrs. Abbott also called attention to
the fact that air mail letters to any
soldiers outside the United States
with the exceptions of those leaving
from Seattle must carry postage
worth 6 cents a half ounce instead
of the previous 6 cents per ounce.
. First class mail always gets more
attention than the others, and all of
that which comes in before 12:30 at
night is sent out at once. Second and
third class mail, however, and parcel
post are not sent out in this case
until the next morning.
At Christmas time, four windows
will be open instead of three and
seven distributing cases operating in-
stead of five. In addition, one extra
man will cover the routes with every
two carriers in order to lessen his
load.
White House
for Wallace in
Powers Fight
FDR's Aides Opposed
to Giving New Veto
Jurisdiction to Jones
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7,- (P)-
The White House was reported today
to have entered a. fight against legis-
lation which~ would give Secretary
of Commerce Jesse - Jones financial
veto power 'over the activities of the
board of economic welfare headed by
Vice-President' Wallace.
There was no indication that Presi-
dent Roosevelt himself had joined the
fight, but close aides of the chief ex-
ecutive were lending a hand to. Wal-
lace, according to informed officials
on Capitol Hill, who declined to be
quoted by name.
Involved was an amendment pro-
posed by Senator Danaher (Rep.-
Conn.) to a bill authorising a $5,000,-
000,000 increase in the borrowing
power of the ;Reconstruction Finance
Corporation. The amendment would
require advance approval by the RFC
board of directors before the BEW
could draw on RFC funds.
Danaher said he was interested in
making certain that there was an
accounting of how BEW spent the
money for purchases of foreign com-
modities and for establishing supplies
outside this country of critical war
materials such as crude rubber.
Senator Vandenberg (Rep.-Mich.)
told reporters he thought the whole
matter ought to be aired before the
Senate.
"I hear many reports about plans
of the BEW to set up industries in
foreign countries for post-war eco-
nomic purposes and I certainly think
that Congress is entitled to know
something about that," Vandenberg
declared.
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PDC TURE INEWS
THEY'LL FIGHT FOR THE UNITED NATIONS-Mighty tools of the Army Air Forces are these P-38
"Lightning" fighters, recently used to, escort American bombers over Europe.
"The Coke's in"
NAVY MOTHER- 'Mrs.
Irene Shafer of Glendale, Calif.,
named typical Navy mother by
9th Naval District.
"That's the happy greeting heard today when a
new supply of Coke arrives at a cooler. Folks
wait for it ... wait because the only thing like
Coen.Cola is Coca-Cola itself. Customers smile
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