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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18

frightened away by Ayers wife
Martha. after taking a purse con-
tanning so cents. He returned four
hours later and Alger, hearing q
noise downstairs, called Petoskey
station police.
In few minutes Patrolmer
Alex St.Denis and William Barr
arrived. They found Pellow dig.
ging away Pellow attempted tC
flee through another door but AL
ger had barred the way and wa:
holding a flatiron for protection
Pellow surrendered when th'
Officers threatened to shoot. They
said he had burglars kit and {
loaded AS revolver. He wa!
charged with breaking and enter
ing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18
2 Fair Grounds
Mystery Fires
In State Probe

State police today Investigated
"a fire at the State Fair Grounds
that destroyed three horse race
stables al a loss of SIS, 1000 and
sent a tower of black smoke hum
dreds of feet into the air. drawing
thousands OF Sunday motorists to
the scene.
Four horses, three Of them
racers, were led TO safety as the
blaze started. Maurice House, an
owner, who helped rescue the
horses. turned in the alarm. The
barns are fully covered by insur-
ance, state officials said. and their
loss will not interfere with the
coming state fair.
The fire is looked on with sus-
picion by the state police because
| il was the second fire of the day
in the same place.
At 1918 p. m. Sunday, small
fire was found between two barns
at the north end of the fair
grounds. 1t was quickly put out.
About 6 p. mr. the second fire
istarted.
Detroit arson squad detectives.
who made a preliminary investiga-
ton before turning it over to the
state police because the barns
were on state property, said they
were told three boys ran away
from the stables as the first fire
broke out.
A partly emptied gasoline can
was found near the scene and
paper was found wadded under the
caves of the building, Detective
Edward Eggers said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18
Girl Attacked in Auto

Five youths who dragged a To-
year-old girl into an auto on
Lyndon avenue near Asbury Park
and attacked her are sought today
by police. Treated at Redfori
Receiving Hospital, the girl said
three of the five assaulted her
then showed her out of the car.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18
Man Killed in Crash

William Sullivan of Lincoln was
killed and Lawrence Kunzli Mika.
do. was seriously injured wher
cars driven by Kunzli and Thomas
Dewitt of Detroit crashed head-or
on M-171 near Mikado
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18

Arthur Schiedel. Wayne County
Ill guard, is a prisoner in his own
Jail today following charges
brought by a federal narcotics
prisoner at the Jail that he had
paid Schiedel for smuggling bottles
of paregoric TO him.
The prisoner. Jack St Dennis,
40, of Los Angeles, is awaiting
transfer to federal pententiary to
serve six years for breaking the
federal narcotics law. Fearing he
was being double crossed" by
Schiedel. st. Dennis called Sheriff
Andrew G. Baird to his cell and
told of how he allegedly agreed
20 '"v the guard $40 for each
b. Vt the dope delivered.
Sc MARKED MONEY
Sheriff Baird then arranged
with John Hess. OF the federal
narcotics squad. and Undersherlff
William c. Ryan and Louis Wag-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18

Gen. Hugh =. Johns
Americas Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18
TANKER PROBLEM

J. l.. Diggs. superintendent o
the River Rouge Terminal OF th'
Texas Company, said:
If the lake tankers 70, then
there'll be real problem. We
are trying TO keep our storage
tanks rs full as possible In an
ticipation Of any shortage. We
always try TO fill up before the
close of the navigation season.
However. II isn't rs easy this
year n In the past on account
of a greater demand for tankers
due to increased consumption.
both by industry and private In
dlyiduals."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18
Oil Firm Heads
See No Early
Rdtioning Here

Because most OF the gasoline
distributed in the Detroit area IS
transported here by lake tankers
which cannot be used In ocean
service. no immediate rationing
OF the commodity was deemed
probable today by local officials
of the large oil companies.
The only possibility Of lake
tankers being used TO supply the
eastern seaboard is that they
might be utilized to carry oil to
Buffalo whence il could be trans
shipped via barge to the, coas:.
said ]. M. Hamer. assistant man.
ager in Detroit for the Standard
Oh, Company. So far there has
been no move TO do this.
NO SHORTAGE HERE
1--WE have no shortage Of
crude oil or the finished prod
uct," Hamer said. ANY short
age I'm Detroit will be due TO
transportation and I can see no
cause for worry ON that score
I'm the immediate future"
However, I feel that II the
shortage continues In the East,
it's bound TO spread gradually
to the West. i think It's highly
improbable that well feel any
shortage before Spring. We're
I'm the midst of our peak month
now and as soon as the tourist
season IL over there'll be the
usual drop-off I'm September"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18
MAY FEEL PINCH

p. II. Harrison. regional sale.
manager for the Sun Oil Company
agreed. adding that the midwest
fields may be called on to helT
supply the East. but ! think this
can be done without hurting con.
sumers here
"Of course, II everybody ex-
poets to go along with the same
freedom and wastefulness as In
the past, they'll feel the pinch"
Harrison Said. "Most OF our
crude comes from the fields of
Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and In
diana, and i feel sure they can
supply all well need"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18

Gen. Hugh $. OhnsOn,
Americas Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18
u. S. Chart

Detroit and vicinity Mostly cloudy VIII
occasional rain today and tonight; TUESDAY
partly cloudy: not much change IN TEN
pe allure: highest TO-DAY about 80 degrees
lowest tonight 90 degrees. highest Tuesds,
SIS degrees: gentle southeast 10 cas-
winds becoming moderate southerly.
For the region within 900 miles OF De
The forecast for the region for TO-DAY
and tonight Is occasional rain in northern
Indiana and the southern and central por
,ios OF lower Michigan and scattered
showers in Ohio and Upper Michigan. j
will be somewhat warmer In Upper Mich
gan. Ohio and southern and central In
1ians. Occasional light rain and somewhat
warmer Is expected 10 reach the western
portions OF New York and Pennsylvania
by tonight Tuesday viii he fair 20 partly
cloudy over the northern and western por
tons OF the region, except partly CLOUDY
20 cloudy with scattered showers ant
thunderstoms I'm Ohio and showers IN th'
western portions Of New York and Penn
sylvania II will be cooler in the north
western portion OF Upper Michigan Tues
DAY and in Ohio Tuesday afternoon 81
night. but somewhat warmer over IN
western sections OF New York and Penn
sylpania.
LAKE FORECASTS
tSoon TO Midnight Today
Erie and ST Clair Wind tasterly ~
70 IS miles per hour; mostly cloudy ocea
sional rain
Huron--Wind southeast over south por
ton and south 20 southwest over nortf
portion, IS to 20 miles per hour. partly
cloudy. scattered showers.
ontario-Wind easterly. 10 TO IS mile
per hour. partly cloudy. showers Al night
MICHIGAN--Wind south 10 southVes
over north portion and southeast 20 eas
over south portion. Is to 20 miles per hour
becoming northwest over most Of lake a
night: mostly cloudy. scattered showers
superior-wind northwest oyer extrem
west portion and southwest shifting 4
northwest over central portion IN after
noon and over remainder OF lake .,
night, 20 70 % miles per hour, partl,
cloudy scattered showers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18
Noon 10 Midnight TODAY

Highest temperature last % hours wa
100 degrees at Phoenix and Tucson.
Lowest temperature last night, f3 ID
Erees. Toronto.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-18

We're cleaning housed Our entire stock
OF better Summer dresses greatly sac
riheed. Grab yourself some real bar
gains to wear the balance Of this
Summer and next. Use your credit.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
From Half Mile Away Navy Torpedoes Blast Target Size of Lamp Post h
BY JERRY O'LEARY, Jr.,
Star Staff CORRESPONDENT.

ABOARD THE U. S. NAVY
TORPEDO TESTING BARGE,
NO. 2, PINEY POINT, MD.-At
a distance of more than half q
mile, United States Navy tor
pedomen today scored four hits
in six shots on a floating target
no larger than your corner lamp
post. 1t was part of exhaustive
tests of the deadliest weapons in
the present war.
The two missed shots-either
of which would have blasted an
enemy" vessel out of the water
were less than five yards from the
dead-center of the buoy like tar
get.
Shortly before the fire when
ready!" order was issued-routine
tests for the Navy seldom wit
messed by outside observers-Lt.
Comdr. Paul H. Weidorn, COM
manding ofIicer OF the barge, dis
patched q fleet OF eight power
driven tenders to stations along
the range to retrieve the spent
torpedoes.
Tanker Is Warned.
A huge oil tanker, blundering
up the Potomac River in care Of
a sturdy tug, had to be warned OF
the course by a speeding tender
from the mother ship just before
the tests began. Every craft at
the grounds flew a red f1ag-in-
ternational signal of danger-be-
fore the fish" were discharged.
A hustle of preparation pre-
ceded the actual firing. Six huge
Evening star., 1941-08-24
New Way Is Found to Make Co|ored Movies;
Special Lenses Used With Regular Film

because he says he gets better re-
suits with the four.
He Is quiet, curly-haired, slightly
gray, high browed, with q gener-
Gus mouth. He is ~, member Of
the Institut d'OptiQue of Paris, and
came to Berlin at the request Of
scientific colleagues in Germany.
He believes his invention has three
outstanding advantages. It takes
q long time. in Germany about three
weeks, to produce color film by pres
ent processes. That means that
the weekly newsreels are excluded
from color pictures.
with my invention" he says,
you can throw picture, true to
nature as regards color, on the
screen as quickly after the event
as it now takes black and white
film to appear.
Secondly, my invention is infi-
nitely cheaper. Even the smallest
movie house can afford my special
lens. In less than . week operators
can get the hang Of focusing my
lenses quickly.
Thirdly, my Aims are much
cheaper than color films treated by
special chemical means"
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Shade Tree Conference
To 0pen Here tuesday

The Seventeenth National Shade
Tree Convention will open . four
day session here on Tuesday. The
first meeting is scheduled at 10 Am.
Tuesday in the Msyfiower Hotel.
Chairman Randolph Of the House
District Committee will welcome the
400 scientists and practicing arbor-
lists who are expected to come from
all parts Of the country. DIR. Ernest
N. Cory of the University Of Mary
land, president of the group, VIII
respond to the welcome.
Both technical and lay aspects
Of tree preservation will be dis
cussed. Topics range from the
"Chemotherapy of Vascular Dis
eases of Shade Trees" to . discus
sion of camoufiage technique, to be
given by Maj. r. P. Breckenridge,
u. S. A.
Vance I. Shield of st. Louis. Mo-,
president of the National Arborists
Association, will discuss Trees and
National Defense" Other authori-
ties will speak on technical subjects.
The delegates will visit Mount
Vernon, where they will plant . tree
to honor the memory Of George
washington on Thursday afternoon.
Charles G. Wall, superintendent Of
the estate, will talk on Trees OF
Mount Vernon"
The annual banquet will be held
At the Mayhower Thursday night.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Third Chute Battalion
BEING Formed al Benninq
~ the Associated Press.

Sy the Associated Press.
Plans for the faster training of
air troops were disclosed yesterday
IN an Army announcement that a
third parachute battalion was being
formed ahead of schedule at Fort
Benning, Ga.
The outfit is the 503d Parachute
Battalion. previously scheduled for
organization next month. At its
full strength Of 500, the 503d will
bring the Army's parachute force
to more than $500 men, all volun-
tears.
The advance in date was made
possible, the War Department said,
"by improved methods of training"
and experience gained since the
first sky-dghter unit, the 50lst Par
achute Battalion, was formed last
October. The 502d was created
last month and the 504th is to be
formed November l.
The three battalions make up the
parachute group, commanded by
the jumping colonel" 1t. Col. Will
liam c. Lee.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

torpedoes, equipped with dummy
warheads and filled with air to
prevent their sinking, had to be
fueled and creased, the latter to
protect them against the cor
rosive action of the salty water.
Picked men from the barge's crew
of $50 sailors spent the entire
morning setting the intricate
mechanism of the missiles.
Although the direction and ac-
celebrating apparatus of the weap-
ons are guarded secrets, it is gen.
orally known that the depth,
speed and direction of the tor
pedoes can be controlled with
amazing accuracy.
Three blasts on a steam whistle
warned all boats in the testing
fleet that firing was about to be-
gin. Comdr. Weidorn and 1t.
Charles E. Weickhardt, second in
command, along with three mem
bers of the crew took stations in
the elevated observation post
atop the barge. Torpedomen
stood by their tubes.
Fire when ready" spoke the
officer.
A sailor relayed the message
to the firing deck by speaking
tube.
Torpedo Is Fired.
A momentary silence. Six sec
onds licked OF.
"Whhooosshhh! !"
A sudden hiss of compressed
air, a pun of smoke and the tor
pedo from the starboard tube
Evening star., 1941-08-24

that they make a single perfect
image.
The colors are strikingly natural.
I saw, for example, boxing match
in q Paris arena. The sluggers'
bodies, as in nature, were much
whittier than their sunburned faces.
One wore dark brown trunks with
white stripes, the other plain black
trunks.
The referee had black trousers, q
deep blue shirt and q white tie with
light blue dots. Beads Of perspira-
ton on the boxers stood out clearly
I saw women nattily dressed for
day, evening and bathing wear, in
every color of the rainbow. Chill
dren, blond and brunette were shown
on the screen. Differences In COM
plexions were clearly visible. In no
case, Prof. Roux assured me, were
lipsticks used to make lips redder.
Nature Of Lenses Kept Secret.
Prof. Roux keeps the nature of his
lenses q secret, except to say that he
is using the principles Of parallax.
This is q common astronomical word,
describing the displacement Of an
object when seen from two differ
ent angles.
Apparently this kind Of displace-
ment explains the professors ability
to handle four images through a
single four part lens. He has only
two lenses at present, both hand
made.
He fumbled around the protector
for a moment while we were look
ing at the colored pictures on the
movie screen. AS he did so, to our
surprise, we saw images on the
screen in four different colors, yel-
low, red, green and blue.
Each image appeared fan-shaped
and each overlapped the other some
what. He had merely put the pro-
jector out Of focus.
Prof. Roux uses four eolors In
stsad Of the three primary color
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Russia 10 Be Omitted
Five Billion
Lease-Lend Request
Instead, Credits Might
Be Given If Needed
For War Purchases

By the Associated Press.
Administration lieutenants dis
closed yesterday that the new
lease-lend appropriation TO be asked
of Congress will approximate $5,0oo,-
ooo,o 900 and will provide no funds
for Soviet Russia.
Congressional leaders discussed an
additional lease-lend appropriation
with the President earlier last week.
A weu-informed oficial, unwilling
to be quoted by name, said yester-
day that the Chief Executive had
agreed at that time that none OF the
new money would 60 TO Russia.
Instead, it was said, the Russians
probably will be given credit II they
need it. Jesse Jones. Federal loan
administrator, already has intimated
that loan might be made TO Russia
to help finance purchases OF war
equipment in this country.
Would Reduce Opposition.
The congressional leaders were
said to have advised Mr.. Roosevelt
that a new appropriation for aid
to Britain and China probably
could be whipped through Congress
without difficulty If it were made
clear that none of the money would
60 to Russia.
1t was decided, informants said.
that no mention of Russia would be
made in connection with the request
for an additional allotment, but that
administration floor leaders would
be empowered to state that Russia
was not to benefit from the ap-
preparation.
Congress already has appropriated
81 900 900, 900 for the aid-to-Britain
program. While virtually the entire
fund has been obligated. only a
minor portion actually has been
spent.
Request May Be Delayed.
Mr.. Roosevelt's request for more
lease-lend funds may be delayed
until late September or October,
congressional authorities reported.
Prior to asking new money, the
Chief Executive is expected to make
one of his periodic reports to Con-
gress regarding the use OF funds
already appropriated.
Senator Pepper, Democrat. of
Florida, advocate of more active aid
to Great Britain and Russia, said he
saw no reason why lease-lend money
should not be advanced to the
Soviets. They are fighting Hitler
ISM" he declared, "and in that their
fight is our fight"
Senator Pepper added, however,
that so long as the Russians were
able to pay cash for military sup
plies and could receive ample Gov
eminent credit, they probably will
be able to keep up the fight"
Evening star., 1941-08-24
BY LOUIS p. LOCHNER,

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
BERLIN, Aug. 23.-Discovery of
revolutionary new way to make
colored movies is being shown here
by Prof. Lucien Henri Roux of Paris.
The films are plain black and
white. They are taken with an
ordinary camera, developed by ordi-
nary processes, and projected on the
screen by an ordinary machine.
The difference comes from two
lenses, one fitted on the camera
that takes the photos, the other
fitted on the protector.
The colors are supplied in this
projection lens, actually being mixed
in the beam Of light that casts the
pictures on the screen.
Takes Four Pictures.
1t is done 50 simply that one noted
German professor Of optics, when
he saw the pictures, sighed:
Its another case Of Columbus
and the egg. Why didn't we think
Of 1t ourselves"
The lens which takes the pictures
Is divided into four equal sections.
It takes four pictures, superimpos-
ing them on the Photographic Aim,
with q slight offset Of each image.
Each section OF the camera lens
is in 4 different color, red, green,
blue and yellow forming the quartet.
The result is that each Of the four
pictures is taken through different
color filter.
Although all the pictures are black
and white, the effect Of the color
filters is to give each . different
depth of blacks and whites. All foul
are visible, being slightly Offset.
Single Perfect Image.
For projection . similar four
section, four-colored lens is fitted
over the protector. It casts fouI
images on the movie screen. but thu
four are exactly supefimposed, q
Evening star., 1941-08-24

never loaded with explosives
during these tests.
Life aboard the barge is not all
gravy. however. The huge
projectiles sometimes act up.
One torpedo took an erratic and
unplanned course during a test,
veered in a wide circle and passed
completely beneath the barge.
Even the dummy fish" could
severely damage or sink a ship
at the tremendous speed at which
they travel through the water.
Danger to other ships is prac-
tically eliminated by the system
of precautions, the constant CO.
operation of river pilots and the
habitual accuracy of the tor
pedoes. Comdr. Weidorn, in an
emergency, can close the river
to all navigation to insure COM
plete safety.
The chief danger, no doubt.
will lie with any hostile vessels
at which the torpedoes I saw
are aimed.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
tobacco Firms Ask Court
To Direct an AcquittaI
BY the Associated Press.

By the ABSoclAted Press.
LEXINGTON. KY, Aug. 23.-The
Nations three largest tobacco
manufacturers filed motions in
Federal Court today asking Judge
H. Church Ford to direct the jury
to acquit them of criminal charges
Of monopoly and price-fixing.
The motions, filed separately by
the r. j. Reynolds, Liggett a. Ny
ers and American Tobacco com.
panies, declared that the Govern
ment, in the IL weeks 1t devoted to
presenting evidence, had failed to
produce competent, substantial
proof" of its charges.
Filed with the general motions
were requests that hundreds Of
documents introduced by the Gov
ernment and testimony of many Of
its witnesses be stricken from the
record as incompetent, irrelevant or
immaterial If directed acquittal
Is refused.
Arguments on these motions are
to be heard by Judge Ford Monday
as the trial enters It's 18th week.
Anticipating full day Of argument,
Judge Ford instructed the jurors
when he recessed the case last week
that they need not report back until
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

pedoes are freed with high
pressure water hoses which cut
through soft mud with ease.
Comdr. Weidorn, who has never
lost a torpedo (Which are esti-
mated to cost more than SIS 900;
actual cost is a secreD said his
divers once recovered a torpedo
which was buried in more than
40 feet of mud. At this point,
about 70 miles below Washington,
the river is more than 80 feet
deep.
; Brought to Surface Slowly.
Because the diving vessel lacks
a decomposition chamber, the
diver yesterday had to be brought
to the surface a few feet at q
time so that his body could be-
come accustomed to the change
in pressure. The 90-foot dive un-
Evening star., 1941-08-24

threw itself 20 feet through the
air and dived beneath the sur
face Of the river. Seconds later
a bubbly wake appeared in the
trail of the torpedo but more
than 80 feet behind the missile.
Eyes glued to his binoculars,
Comdr. Weidorn-a veteran of
more than 20 years in the Navy
and a former submarine officer
announced a direct hit. while a
seaman at his side began shout
ing orders into the fleet radio
for a tender to hook the spent
torpedo.
During the firing, a Navy
training plane from the Dahl
gren (VaD proving grounds
circled above the target to direct
the retrievers to their objectiveS
if necessary. The dummy war
heads are bright yellow, striped
with red, easy to spot.
The torpedoes seldom 60 off
their course but occasionally one
will steer erratically or dive too
deep and bury itself in the sticky
mudbanks on the floor of the
Potomac.
As this reporter approached
the testing barge-one of four
maintained by the Navy for prov
ing its underwater Weapons
diving boat was in the process of
bringing up a diver who had
spent his morning blasting into
the river mud In attempting to
rescue a torpedo buried more
than 80 feet deep. Buried tor
Evening star., 1941-08-24

are Navy secrets, 1t was explained
that the vessel has every element
of q warship except self Loco
motion.
In tests, the torpedoes are
thrown into the water by 1-pound
powder charges. This method is
obsolete, however, and would not
be employed in actual warfare.
In modern sea fighting, the
projectiles leave the tubes
soundlessly and show an almost
imperceptible wake.
Residents Frightened.
When the testing range was
first established here, Comdr.
Weidorn said, the residents of
Piney Point were frightened at
the prospect of torpedoes in the
front yard. Out of the countless
numbers that have been tested
here only one has ever gone up
on the beach and elaborate pre-
cautions are taken for the pro-
lection of men and ships.
The torpedoes themselves are