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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12

same age. living in similar
rather drab environments.
They took the same car each
morning walked down the
same streets.
To Marion that morning
walk indeed, everything con-
nected with her existence
was hopclessly dull, She
wasn't resentful or rebel lious
simply empty, with an in
difference as draining as some
deadly disease.
On the other hand, Lois,
during that same. brief trip.
discovered sufficient drama,
comedy. pathos and mystery
10 charge her whole life with
excitement and ever widening
interest.
She had friends by the
score enough plots and
counterplots 10 supply all
Hollywood.
She made no particular ef-
fort 10 be enthusiastic. She
was simply so exhilarated by
life that she spilled over and
quickened every one with
whom she came in contact.
VET FIVE years before she
Il had been a Sickly. listless
girl without friends or with
out any vital curiosity about
life. Then a fine doctor be-
came interested in her.
Slowly. with infinite patience
and understanding. he showed
her how 10 use her eyes. open
her heart ask questions
search for the story that
lay beneath each passing
spectacle
Presently. without ever put
ting il into words. he had made
her realize that enthusiasm
was not only service 10 her.
self but a duty to her world.
Now no day is long enough 10
hold all the magic Lois finds
waiting around every shabby
corner.
There's no lack of color In
life. no dearth Of excitement.
II we arc bored. the lack is in
us, not in the world around
Us.
However poor we may hc.
however Handicapped. there's
an endless supply Of beauty.
wonder and amazcmont II
ven only open our eyes
roach out our hands
opyright. 1871, King Features synd.. IN,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12

cant bear to see dainty dancer who
just entranced me with n charming, as
sumed fragilty come up to group where
i am and heartily slap everybody on the
back with resounding belt and a bols-
trous Hello, Butch
and afterwards, while watching their
artistry. can never forget them as people"
don't quite agree with Mr.. Shinn. I
find that every person, regardless OF fame
or fortune is human being at heart and
what makes his eccentricitieS or deeds news
Is That Self-Same fame and fortune
DOR instance, lovable Jimmy Durante
won't sleep IN the hotel unless his room
is equipped with an old brass bed which we
keep in storage when he is out OF the city.
Monte Woolley likes his hot coffee and
orange juice at 4 in the morning.
If he can't fall asleep after late show
Tommy Dorsey ngleS the phone and asks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12
Waller WincheH
On Broadway
(Mr. WincheH is on vacation)
By Robert K. Christenberry
mayer of the Hotel Aston

Vice President and General Manager Aston
EVERETT SINN who through years frequened the
- Asor quite lot for gentleman celebrities used
often to
Il never want to meet the people who It's
iusoning to a give bad and disgusting
a party after lust one mint ,oo much and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12

II
she doesn't spoil her makeup
TOM DRAKE Pittsburgh coumnist apparently has been
made very bitter because female head
sIIer hats. a little
wearing Homburg hat looks like hopoad under muh
$50 no great stage you"
Milwaukee client How about Rose sahl star of The
Chorus Lady:
Have stein OF something
send along the bill.
Churchill keeps saying United "the
Of Quite old boy on the and with
foot banana peel
JUDITH KELLY New England housewife. Just
$1,000 prize-Rh first novel; Marriage Private
Affair"
She the mother OF Two children says up
ing novels she thought herself better fitted be novelist than
Jesse Lasky Film producer Mr. Lssky who has for some
time considered old-fashoned by the of the Holly
woodians has produced Sergeant York" far the best film
of 1871.
Maybe Hollywood needs The assistance of some "od-
fashioned producers the haky film industry its feet
If so W. Griffith and Mack sennett still around
We could of the kind of laughs Mr. Sennett
with those Keystone Comedies featuring the unogettabe Key
stone cops.
TIME marches days bring ways; but still with
mancuriss they finish the hand
and say:
IAN rightee
Said Mark Twain:
W SCENE to me OF proof
there Is future life And strongly inclined TO
QUERIES from clients:
- Q-Who twin beds Why
A-Thomas Sheraton British furniture designer invented twin
beds. but ! don't why.
Q-Wha your favorite passage Shakespeare
A-Well sir couldn't say if you asked
powerful passage would following
Tomorrow and and
Cyeeps in this petty pace from day day
To the syllable Of recorded time
And oil or>Vesteydoys have lighted fools
The Udy dusty death out brief candle
Lifes bt Waikiag shddoir poor player
That struts and his hour upon the stage
And then is heard more II a tne
Told BY an idiot fdl Of sound and try
Sgnifging nothing.
by synd Inc
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NO WORD OF FIRELEI

OF Firelei and the child I
heard and saw nothing for
two days. The reorganization
of my propaganda Apparat
had been accomplished with
out further arrests. All the
old addresses. as far as they
were known by the captured
comrades, had been aban-
doned New contact stations
had been established, new
meeting places and pass words
fixed. new cover addresses
found for communication with
the hundreds of Communist
ship units -strongholds which
had remained practically pn-
touched by the Gestapo
drives.
The first large edition Of
new leaflet, entitled The
Hooked Cross is a Hunger
Cross, was being launched
under Popovics' tirelesS hands.
And still there was no word
from Firelei.
l met her again on the
fourth day after the invasion
Of our former home by the
Gestapo. / saw her sitting al
a reading room table in the
city museum. turning the
pages Of a large book contain
ing reproductions of Albrecht
Durer'S paintings.
Her face looked drawn, but
her hands were steady and
her eyes serene. That she
was there, safe for the mo-
ment. was like a miracle That
instant | pledged myself never
10 leave her alone again.
"You see" she smiled. T
can take care. 1 have done
nothing foolish"
Tell me-"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12

or green gray eyes arc As Iule' nom
committal. They give the impression Of
sizing people up. EVD)
GOOD silk can be raised in the United
" States In fact around 1925 many
families raised their own silk So don't
worry too much about the silk stocking
situation.
All you need are a few mulberry trees
and several silk worms and you can raise
the material for the little ladys silk stock
ingS in your back yard
Driving an automobile al 60 miles an
hour is three times as expensive AS driving
one al - everything considered. 1t costs
around Is cents rrttr-to- fHh-tite- kind at
automobile owned by the average family.
when "A woman shrinks from her
husbands ki~S~S II fnaS-Tfet- he question
of n lack Of affection: II may he because Of
his tobacco stained teeth" says feminine
contemporary.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12
On the Side
By E. V. Duriing

SomCfilBcs from her egCs
Z Gid rccsirC
Fun spCcchicss messages.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12
CAMOUFLAGE 1T

Of tugboats manned by Com
munlStS.
CAMOUFLAGE 1T
I received the needed con-
Signment Of paper. and found
a Storeroom for il in a base
ment under a bakers shop. |
hired puShcart 10 transport
the paper. The contraband,
once aboard the vehicle. was
covered with 300 pounds of
potatoes, and TWO OF my as
SiStantS pushed il 10 its deSti-
nation.
The same potatoes / used
the following day 10 camou-
flage the transport of an
electrically driven multigraph
machine The machine had
previously been the property
of a party unit of white
collar workers, all OF whom
had been arrested. l mounted
the machine in dark room.
adjoining a photographers
atelier on the top floor Of a
building on the Reeperbahn.
This seemed an ideal spot
for a secret printing plant
The atelier had two en-
frances. The front stairs
led TO the Reeperbahn, the
back stairs into courtyard
opening on a side street.
saw 10 IT that an electric but
ton was installed in the
photographers apar tment,
connecting it to a buZZer in
the dark room.
The men engaged in print
ing could thus be warned by
the photographer should raid
ers enter the latter'S apart
ment. l again appointed
Alexander Popovics as head
printer. He caressed the al
most new machine as If ii
were his own child.
"Now we are ready again"
he said happily. you write
1 print."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12
CHAPTER 62

7 saw Firelei. She was
walking slowly past the house
which held Our apartment,
The house was silent now. No
BrownShirtS were in sight
SwaStika flags hung Imply
on scores Of poles protrudlng
from windows.
As F'irelei walked past the
house, her eyes were directed
upward TO the windows of our
apartment. She continued TO
the next corner, paused rest
leSSly, and then retraced her
steps, again passing the house,
again scanning the apparently
silent windows. She walked
80 yards past the house and
then suddenly entered a hall
way.
l strobe up the steps and
toward the same hallway.
forcing myself 10 walk
leiSurely At the bottom of a
semi-dark staircase l saw
Firelei speaking to my young
helper.
TALKS TO FIRELEI
GO away from here" | said
ncrvouSly. "This is madness"
II have 10 get my child"
Ftre1ei said firmly. Hes
living on the window sill. tie
is crying"
And who else Is there? ."
II don't know. Everything
else Is so quiet"
Where are our watchers?
Did YOU see the NaZis leave?"
l asked the young Communist
1.-TWO troopers went away
with the car. They had II
packed high with things they
took"
"And the others? The
Gestapo man."
II don't know"
Don't 20 into the house."
| said. They've set trap.
They're probably hiding In the
rooms. waiting for us to come
for the baby"
They put him on the VIM
dow sill. He's hungry. He
cries" Firelei muttered. She
clcnched her fists. 1.-THE
beasts, oh. the beasts
She wanted to 60 into the
house.
Don't co." I plead e d.
They'll arrest you"
They wouldn't allow you
to have your baby in Jail with
YOU" the young comrade said.
We stood in the hallway.
not knowing what TO do. A
man passed on his way up
stairs. His clothes smelled of
stale beer.
He looked at u.s." thei
youngSter whispered. I'VE
can't stay here longer"
Firelei said thrOug
clenched teeth, "If I ever get
my Jan hack. l shall teach
him how Ia hate"
These were terrible words
10 come from the tender lips
OF Firelei.
ONLY WORKMAN
The man looked AT us" the
young Communist repeated.
II tell YOU, we can't stay here
any longer"
II stay" Firelei said. Gle
was only a workman"
! could not bulge her.
There were pressing matters
10 which | had 70 attend. AL
ready | had lost the greater
part Of the day. | felt that
nothing could be done about
our child.
If the GeStapo agents got
tired of lurking behind the
By Jimmy Hatlo
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12
NONE RETURNED

She had reused a dozen
people, who were not mem
bers Of the party. A grocer,
seamstreSs, A truck driver. a
tailor's daughter, and Others
who had learned TO like Firelei
from previous association and
were willing 10 do her a favor
Every few hours she had
found some one else. and her
request had always been the
same:
"My child Is up there In the
house. Please go and take
him tn your home until 1 call
for him"
One after another those
friendly people had tramped
up 10 the second floor. where
our little Jan had last been
seen squirming on the window
sill. And none Of the merciful
reScuerS returned.
Our apartment was like a
hungry msw," ,Firelei said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12

blue eyes the accomplished in conveying
fair speeches. messages with brown eyes usually seem
10 difficulty expressed by Anna Held in her song Just
My EAc Behave Chances from with greon
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12
CALLED TO BERLIN

Ter DuddlnS, the SWarthy
Rhinelander who had sue
cccded the too-weil- known
-Reiehstag deputy, Hermann
Schubert. as the political chief
Of the Hamburg party organi-
zation. conveyed the order TO
me. | had met him for a SEEM
ingly innocent stroll through
the dark Stadtpark.
He gave me a password. an
address in Berlin-Neukoelln.
and told me where and when
motorcycle courier would
be waiting 10 take me along.
OF course, i received no ink
ling as TO the nature OF my
mission.
And Fireleie" I wanted to
ask.
| remembered the promise
/ had given myself,
The question. 10 Communist
cars, had too absurd sound
10 be uttered aloud. The
party needed Firelei in Ham
burg. IF she left her post
she would be regarded as a
deserter And the new party
rule branded desertion a
treason.
"AIl right" l said 10 bud
dins.
Hand over your Apparat 10
Comrade Otto. He has nerve"
Very we'll"
Otto X. was my chief aide
decamp In our maritime or
ganization. He had won
reputation for engineering
mutinieS on German ships in
American ports during the
October strike Of 1881.
II warn YOU" Duddins con-
cluded. Not a word to any
one about what you will hear
or see In Berlin"
MEETS COURIER
| met the courier at noon.
He was young student who
had abandoned the university
10 become a profesSiona
revolutionist. He wore tho
insignia of the monarchiSf
Steel Helmets on his leather
Jacket.
"If we're stopped on the
road" / instructed him, 1--WE
don't know a thing about each
other. You picked me up at
a gas station because I offered
YOU 10 marks to take me 10
Berlin"
Every we'll"
Five minutes later we raced
through the outskirts OF Ham
burg. Five hours later. with
out stop. we entered Berlin.
The student drove 10 branch
hoStelry OF the Y. NJ. c. A..
where we dismounted in the
courtyard.
"Ill stop off here for two
days" the student said 'If
YOU need me, ask for Herr
Gerdes."
(TO BE COntinued)
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Out of the Night

liz e
curtains. they would take our
son with them. / had an
appointment with party
member. who was a photog-
rapher, about the installation
Of a new printing plant in his
atclier.
Il must co." l said pain
fully.
We'll, then go"
"You promise me To do
nothing foolish %"
II promise" Firelei said.
This neighborhOod Is dan
gerous. Never forget that too
many people know YOU here"
II know. / shall do nothing
foolish. "
l gave Firelei most OF the
money l carried in my pockets.
We agreed on place where
we could contact one another
the reading room OF the city
museum, any day between ,
and 3. We parted, not know
ing whether we should ever
see each other again.
ORGANIZES NEWSPAPER
I resolved 10 organize the
new printing establishment OF
our harbor units on a basis of
utmost decentralization. as the
best safeguard against cataS-
trophes-to-come. Each phase
in the production of propa-
ganda material had TO be
worked out in separate
place. There was one for the
writing Of copy, another for
paper storage, third for the
typewriters, a fourth for the
printing paraphernalia, and
fifth as a depot for printed
material awaiting distribution.
No comrade working in one
shop was 10 know the
location of the other stations,
and each two stations re-
quired a separate courier serv-
ice. i forced my thoughts
away from my perSo a |
troubles Even SO small a
task as the purchase OF a hun
dred thousand sheets of paper
was fraught with danger and
claimed total attention.
All paper stores were under
GeStapo surveillance. and the
merchants had been instructed
TO report the names and adj
dresses Of all quantity pur-
chaSers of paper. 1t was
exceptionally hard TO find a
man inconSpicuous and coura-
geous enough TO 60 TO a
dealer 10 buy paper.
But after much diligent and
cautious searching ! found Jan
Templin. a foreman in the
stevedoring firm Einheit-
Unity which handled the dis
charging and loading of Soviet
ships.
Templin was a fine figure
Of man, gray-eyed. blond
haired, and as sound as a full
grown oak. Together we
walked down a lonely street.
a courier preceding us, and
another following 10 warn us
in time against the sudden
appearance Of a raiding squad
Jan Templin rumbled with
discomfort.
by the grave Of Kari Lieb-
knecht," he swore. 1--WE three
apartments crowded with big
Comintern uncles. and / don't
know what to do with them.
They came scuttIing from
Berlin and now they want me
To smuggle them out on Rus
sian ships. The lot OF 'em. is
80 scared they'll faint when
they see a brown shirt flut-
tering from a line"
/ laughed. His wrath was
funny, l thought.
CAN'T GET SHIPS
"Who are they" / could
not help asking. Templin
growled:
"Never mind the names. If
i only could put the whole lot
in a sack and drown them.
What do the bOobs think?
Can l shake Soviet steamers
out of my sleeves ."
That's your problem" !
said. my problem Is paper"
Paper"
Eyes. Where can I buy II
without being grabbed on the
spot ?"
Buy II ."
What else: Have you
paper TO give away"
ANY amount" Jan Templin
said.
"A hundred thousand
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IERE is pleasant little will give message
day II numerical puzzle designed
your fortune Count the letters number
OF letters is or more subtract II the number less than
add3 The result number upper left
hand corner of the reetanee and
numbers left to letters under
the checked figures give you
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-12
By JAN VALTN

"Many people went in-none
came out. The GestapO Just
kept them there, and hoped
that one of us would come In
the end"
After three days OF waiting
the man hunters had tired.
They had slaShed the beds,
broken the furniture, torn
pictures off the walls. All
my books. photographs and
manuscripts they had carried
away with them, together
with a radio and other objects
of value.
They had found nothing. l
had taken good care 10 clear
my rooms of all discriminating
matter. The people Firelei
had sent into the house were
then set free after each had
Submittd TO a parting kick.
The GeStapo crew departed,
leaving the. wreckage, and an
nouncing that they would send
a city nurse for the child.
The SeamStress, a plucky
girl named LeiSchen. had then
returned to our apartment and
escaped with the baby.
IL gave Leischen my last
money" Firelei said, ito take
our son TO my relatives i'm
Hanover"
She eoufd not hide how
hard il was for her TO part
from the child. / pretended
not TO notice her anguish. l
spoke of work that was 10 be
done. She listened as if MOTH
ing else existed for her.
You are my comrade,"
said.
AYE" she nodded. Back
to the trenches"
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toms after Templin's men had
hidden il in the coal bunkers
of tugboats manned by Com
muniStS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-24
Murray
Steps Into
Strike
international New. service Wiz

International NfNs ~efhltf hHt
PITTSBURGH, March 2l-CIO
President Philip Murray took a
personal hand in the five-week-old
strike at the Bridgeville plant of
the Vanadium Corporation Of
America today Just is hours after
William s. Knudsen, director Of
the Office nj Production Man
.agement, paid him a surprise visit
Murray. il was learned. met this
morning with six or seven MEM
bers of the Go local AT Bridge
vile. which called the strike in
defiance Of orders issued by Re-
gionsl Go Director Anthony
Federoff. Efforts by Federoff 10
arhitrate the dispute were re-
buffed by local union leaders,
HALTS DEFENSE WORK
Only 300 men are involved but
the strike halted defense produc-
-tion of important alloys.
i Knudsen. who flew in uneXpect-
eddy on an army Transport ship.
refused 20 diXulge any information
other than we talked over The
labor situation in general Muir
ray also was ufeefi4ffffif4 II IN iites "a
about the meeting.
Knudsen left for Detroit later
In the day on the army ship. -
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FIossy FriIls, Americas Fa-
vorite Glamour Girl. Tries
NeW Role-in Fact, Several New
Roles. What She Beurus About
the Up-to-Date Model l. Graph
{ icaIly Told In Verse by Carolyn
Wells, Famous Poet, and Illus
trafed In Pull Color by Russell
Patterson, Distinguished Artist
In The American Weekly. the
Magazine Distributed With Next
Sundays Issue of The Detroit
Sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-24
bye, Central
1000 Phones Cut of as
II Poles Snap, Fall


More than 1000 telephone sub
scribers of the Pingree exchange
were without service early today
when II poles crashed to the
ground, leaving a six block area
along Newport avenue between
Loretto and Rosemary avenues in
tangle Of telephone poles and
wires.
The first pole snapped off at
Newport and Loretto avenues last
night at BIS when, according to
police, an automobile backed into a
guy wire. The II poles then went
down. carried by the weight of two
cables each with 900 pairs OF
telephone wires inside.
Police re-routed traffic and five
crews of telephone repairmen
started TO unravel the tangle.
Service VIII be resumed by noon
today, company officials said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-24
Auto Runs Riot;
Owner Held

A speeding automobile early
today sideswiped a car driven by
Milton Myers. 3. of 1851 Nc
Clellan avenue, at Townsend and
East Forest avenues, went out OF
control and crashed into a gas
station. setting tire, gasoline
pumps safire, went through a
heavy wire fence and finally
stopped TO rest when II crashed
into the side of Isac Pardy's house,
4708 Townsend avenue.
This series of events landed
Andrew Viglione. p. 4615 Mel
drum avenue, in the hands OF
police. He is being held for in
vestigation.
II was his auto that did the
damage but, according 10 Viglione,
he was not driving. He reported
the car stolen several hours after
the crash.
Occupants of the runaway car
fed after the accident. According
to witnesses, two men and a
woman carrying a baby got out OF
the auto and ran. Viglione has a
wife. Angetine, 10, and a F-aienth-
old daughter.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-24
Aircraft, Aluminium Strikes Settled
As Clio Steel Wa|kout Looms

plent reopens, although Go strike
continues; reported 5000 of SLOT
IDLE return
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-24

putes through voluntary media
ton with the force of public
opinion as its main persuasive
weapon.
Wilson'S announcement climaxed
congressional complaints that the
new board. as constituted by the
Presidents executive order, is
beaten before ii begins, and
lacks sufficient authority to die
tate the necessarily speedy settle
ment of labor tieupS retarding
armament production.
The naval chairman said he
would summon every available
member of the board to appear
before opening hearings of his
committee one week hence, when
it takes up his bill TO strengthen
the board with enforcement pow
ers to require a 30-day cooling
off" prelude to every strike and
lockout.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-24
Poses as Worker
Loot Charity

Officials of war relief agencies
and charitable organizations were
warned by police today to be on
their guard against a confidence
man who has already yictimized
two organizations of several hum
dred dollars.
Mrs. Violet Hellgren, secretary
Of the Friends of Finland. reported
that ABOUT $500 was missing from
the box office at Cass Tech on
Saturday night after the, stranger
came in. posed as a member of
the committee. and took charge OF
the ticket sales and receipts.
Earlier in the month the Amer
lea First Committee lost $3.50 at
its meeting at the Book Cadillac
Hotel when the man. aided by a
confederate, appeared in the role
of a volunteer worker.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-24
p, International New. ssr,ics

Three major labor disputes, set
tied during the past "a hours
eaSed the strike situation slightly
today. although an estimated 81
600 workers still were idle in a
score of strike bound defense
plants throughout the country.
At Los Angeles, ClO union lead
erS settled the majority Of then
differences with officials Of the
'IIarvill Die Casting Corporation
paving ti6c WY for T'sii,sJtt workers
10 return 10 their benches IN the
plant-one Of the key units IN the
West Coast aviation industry
At Galveston. Tex. 1000 ship
yard workers prepared 10 return
10 the Todd-Galveston dry docks
after an agreement bad been
signed Sunday while in Edgewater,
n. j.. 5000 workers resumed oper-
ations at the Edgewater plant of
the Aluminium Company OF
America.