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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-04
Out of the Night

leave you hugging that
table.
A man brought a small coll
lapslble table. Hertha Jens
put the typewriter on this
table and sat down behind it.
I'm ready" she said.
Inspector Kraus dictated.
The typewriter began to clat-
Ter. Name, date and place
OF birth, family history youth.
arrests and other details al
rrauy known 10 the GeStapo
went Gown on the paper.
WILL YOU TALK:'
Paul Kraus continued to
dictate:
"The accused, arrested on
the night of Nov. 80. 1888, In
the vicinity of the Botanical
Gardens under suspicion Of
high treason committed while
he was i'm the employ of the
Communist International i'm
Moscow, states of his own free
will"
"Now what?" the Inspector
snapped. "Will you talk ~
yes, sir"
Hcrtha Jens, sitting less
than Two feet in front Of me,
smiled. Her fingers ran
nimbly over the keys Of her
typewriter.
when did the Comintern
send you TO Germany and
what was your mission ,"
Inspector Kraus had taken
the whip out of the hands of
The trooper. With every word
he said he tapped my back
with the burr Of the whip.
! said.
tie GenfiHterH- did net
send me. I came to :"
THE accused" Paul kraus
dictated. "stubbornly denies
the weil-known fact that he
has been an active agent of
the COmintcrn, sent To Ger
many 10 prcpHre the violent
overthrow of the Hitler gov
eminent. His attitude is
typical of that of a confirmed
and hardened enemy of the
New Germany" The in
Spector paused. "The court
Will like that" he added.
WHIPPED AGAIN
The whip sang in the air.
Then-it bit Viciously.
where are your legal quar-
ters In Hamburg ,"
II changed quarters every
night. / lived in hotels
"You lying hound"
Again the whip slashcd on
ne.
where was your hide
out >"
After every cvasivc an
swer l gave. Paul kraus
. struck me mercileSsly. And
after each stroke, he repeated
the one question:
Where were your illegal
quarters ,"
l had heard that men could
end their lives by sheer force
of will. Just close their eyes
and wish hard; Death come"
1t was futile thing.
Each time Inspector KrauS
waited long enough 10 be sure
that my eyes were open and
that my body was able 10
Squirm- before he swung the
whip back over his shoulder
TO strike again.
you're n fool" he said.
"Do You imagine that one Of
your chiefs - kuusinen or
PiatnitZky or Nollweber or
any one of the other black
guards--that II one of your
chiefs were strapped To this
table instead of you,-do YOU
imagine that they'd hesitate a
minute before they'd sell YOU
out and "A thousand others
with you IL they thought
thatd help Them"
SAYS NOTHING
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-04

IERE is pleasant little that will give message
every 1t numerical puzzle designed spell out
fortune Count the letters first II the number
letters subtract II the number is than
add number Start the upper left
hand Of the and check of key
right message the
the checked figures give you 20
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-04
Is 1T AVATIN .

~ - v - ~ ~
"Who Is this man Q"
II don't know. l can't see"
"Is this Michel Avatin ."
II can't see.
do YOU know Avatln
NO, sir"
"In Copenhagen you were
seen together with Avatin.
Avatin was in Antwerp the
week lila Raikof was muir
dered. So were you. Did
Avatin send you to Ger
many"
mo, sir. don't :"
"Is Avatin I'm Germany"
II don't know"
what was your business
with Avatin i'm Antwerp and
Copenhagen ?"
II don't know Ayatin."
"Who was Avatin's lady
love i'm Hamburg ."
II don't know"
did YOU get her address
when YOU were In Copen-
hagen
NO. sir"
(To BE Continued)
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the Gestapo. You know what
that means, don't yot ?"
"Yes, SIR"
every well. tell us now
where you had illegal quar-
ters."
l gave no answer.
"GiVe him kaschumbO," said
the Inspector. Fifteen on
the legs to Timber TIP his
memory"
Fifteen strokes across the
thighs eat up the skin. Under
the whip, raw flesh burns like
fire. Each stroke jOltS through
every inch of body and brain
like a fiery hammer. 4 man
groanS until every cell IN him
groanS, and then II IS as II ne
loses his mind
"Shoot me-" I groaned.
"ShOOt me-"
"Why should we shoot
YOU ," a deriSiVe voice
sounded "Who do you think
we are?"
"ShoOt me-"
l do not know how many
times l said it.
where did YOU have your
illegal quarters >"
COULDN'T REPLY
Now the whip came down in
the small of my back
Paul Kraus growled; "Will
YOU answer my question
now ."
| could not answer. A stab
bing pain was in my right ear
Some one had kicked the side
of my head.
Ellis ear Is bleeding" SAID
Hertha Jens.
where did you have your
Illegal quarters VIII you
tell lis that now"
Somebody poured water
over me.
This is your last chance"
growled Paul krauS. well
put n rubber hose tn YOU and
fill IL with boiling water IL
YOU don't answer. Before we
do that. we'll put salt aIl-orer
YOU. Will make YOU feel fine.
Salt is n noble stuff"
The whip came whistllng
through the air.
where did YOU have your
Illegal quarters
There was a long silence
and the smell Of freShly-ht
clgaretS.
Give him Kaschumbo,"
krauS ordered. Twelve on
the Kidneys"
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SAYS NOTHING

7 said nothing. l was more
dead than alive. Beneath me
blood and sweat were sticky
on the table. My left hand
had swollen 10 twice its nor
NAL size,
Inspector Kraus' voice came
calmly:
we have high respect for
heroiSm. We have big con-
tempt for traitors. Our eX-
perience has shown MS that
the biggest bosses in your
mi oN ement are the most
bringing towards once they're
i'm our hands. Whenever we
catch n big shot, we roll up
his whole organization. All
YOU have 10 do is follow this
precedent and you'l he per-
fcCtIy comfortable. Are you
going 10 tell us something
real now ."
Yes, sir"
"You know damn well I
can have YOU shredded to
pieces inch by inch, and the
most NANCY cock on earth
wouldn't crow in sympathy
with YOU. You know that.
III YOU decide To stop lead
ing Us around by the nose, we
might come TO terms. Sup
pose you tell us all you know,
suppose YOU help us pull of a
big scoop, catch lot Of sub
NcrsiNe hsh--then we could
recommend YOU To the Judge.
You might get away with a
life sentence"
Yes, sir"
MANY QUESTIONS
"Iherc're several thousand
questions 1 want to ask you.
Thousands of questions TO
which you know the interest
ing answers. What want
YOU to Know il that we have
no time 20 fight with YOU an
hour or two for each answer.
should YOU persist In
wasting our time i'm such
fashion. We'll he compelled to
consider YOU guilty Of sabo-
tagging the necessary work of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-04
By JAN XALTM

self TO the elbows and drank
the water. Inspector Kraus
gave me a cigaret. While I
smoked, the side of my face
on the floor, he dictated and
the typewriter clattered.
1.-The accused" the inspec-
tor dictated, "after having
been confronted with ire
futable evidence. admits that
he took Illegal residence with
one Baumgarten ut Venus
berg IL I'm Hamburg after his
secret arrived In this city to
engage i'm unlawful Com
munist activities"
"Mrs. Baumgarten Is soon
10 have a baby" / said.
KRAUS GRIMACES
Inspector Kraus made a
grimace.
"Oh, well,' Hertha Jens
assured him. I'VE can bring
her i'm anyway"
Are the Baumgartens Com
munists?" demanded the in
spector. did you give them
Instructions >"
mo, sir" ! said.
How did you get their ad-
dress ."
"By chance. I heard they
had IA room for rent"
Now you are lying again.
You got their address i'm
Copenhagen. You got their
address from the Comintern."
mo. sir. They were not
Communists"
"We'll see Bau m CARTE
about that. Well put Baum
garten on the table and make
him give YOU the lie. You
see. my friend, the plot
thickens."
l did not answer. The
Baumgartens were 81 m p @
comrades. They knew little
that couid harm the move
ment. And / had arranged
with them that they should
say, when questioned, that
they had taken me 10 be a
foreign journalist.
NOW, PROCEED"
"You have said A." Paul
Kraus observed. "Now let us
come TO u. and proceed down
the alphabet. What was your
business in Germany:
II came to find my SON"
II ask once more: What
did-6 umintern headquarters
instruct you 10 do in Ger
many"
was not sent by the
Comintern."
you were sent by the
GPU:"
mo. sir
Inspector kraus bent down
and struck the cigaret out of
my face.
Get some salt" he said
, CURLY. He walked into the
next room. The Elite Guard
prodded my ribs with his
boots. Inspector Kraus re-
turned and showed me a
photograph. II was the photo
graph of a stocky man. taken
as that man was getting off a
street car.
Hertha Jens went down on
her knees and held magnify
ing glass over the face of the
photograph. / blinked my
eyes and wanted TO look
sharply. l could not. My
vision was blurred. 1t was
as if the pain shooting from
my right ear had somehow
paralyzed my ability 10 see
clearly.
Is 1T AVATINc
"Who Is this man ."
II don't know. 1 can't see"
Ts this Michel Avatin ."
II can't see
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4 COntCnlpOTaIY
Evening star., 1941-05-31
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

National prohibition got its
start in this country during the
days of the World War-wartime
prohibition it was called. Now
there are serious moves on foot
to start national prohibition
again-in the interest of a sober
Army and Navy. These moves
have progressed so far that a
bill drying up absolutely all Army
and Navy posts-and authorizing
the Secretary of War and the
Secretary of the Navy to estab-
lish prohibition areas within a
reasonable distance" of these
posts is now on the Senate calen-
dar awaiting action by the upper
house Very little has been said
of this move toward another
emergency" If not wartime"
prohibition.
Furthermore, this prohibition
legislation has by action of the
Senate, been added to House
bill, already passed by that body,
designed to limit vice in and
around Army camps and Navy
yards. This was done on motion
of Senator johnson of Colorado
when the calendar was last under
consideration in the Senate.
Evening star., 1941-05-31
Dean Powell Undecided
On Accepting Bishopric

The Very Rev. Noble c. Powell,
dean of Washington Cathedral,
was still undecided today about ac-
cepting an offer to become bishop
coadjutor of the Maryland Diocese.
The high church post was offered
Dean Powell, who also is warden
of the College of Preachers, by a
delegation headed by the Rev.
Arthur B. Kinsolving of St. P$uls
Church, Baltimore
The delegation came here on in
structions given at the final session
of the diocesan convention in Balti-
more Thursday. Dean Powell some
time ago declined a similar election
to the bishopric of the diocese of
Louisiana, explaining he wished to
continue his work at the College of
Preachers of the Cathedral.
In postponing his decision of &C
ceptance or rejection of the elec-
ton, he said he wanted ito give
complete consideration to all mat
ters involved" The position of
bishop coadjutor has with it auto
matte succession to the bishopric.
Evening star., 1941-05-31

these States voted overwhelming
ly for repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment, when the people
themselves voted. There was no
publicity about these resolutions
recommending the passage of
the pending dry bill when they
were put through the State Leg
islatures recently.
If this legislation is enacted
into law, it would be within the
bounds of possibility that orders
could or would be issued drying
UP the Is largest cities in the
country. including New York,
San Francisco, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Chicago, all of which have
Army and Navy posts within close
proximity.
In World War days the argu-
ment was advanced that the grain
which goes into the manufac-
ture of beer and liquor was
needed for food purposes, for the
military forces, the people in this
country and the Allies abroad.
1t may be that a similar argu-
ment will be advanced in the
interests of national prohibition
again-during the present "emer-
gency."
Evening star., 1941-05-31

Many members of Senate, it is
said, were caught mapping. How
ever, Senator La Toilette of Wis
consin has entered a motion to
reconsider the vote by which this
amendment of the House anti
vice bill was amended The Sem
ate will have another opportu-
nifty to vote on the question.
The Senate bill, which is aimed
at both the sale of all liquors,
beers and wines in and about
Army and Navy posts and at
vice, with the prohibition of the
establishment of brothels and
bawdy houses near these posts,
was introduced in the Senate last
February by the late Senator
Morris Sheppard of Texas, the
father of the National Prohibition
Amendment to the Constitution,
which was repealed eight years
ago. Senator Sheppard was
chairman of the Senate Commit
tee on Military Affairs. Ths bill
was referred to that committee.
On May 16 the committee ordered
its report to the Senate without
recommendation" either favor
able or unfavorable, with the
idea that the Senate itself would
fight the matter out. The report
was filed by Senator johnson Of
Colorado, and the bill very nearly
slipped through the Senate with
out. the slightest attention being
paid to it and its implications.
Stimson Opposes Move.
Secretary of War StimSoh
wrote a letter to the Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee chair
man, Senator Robert B. Rey-
noldS of North Carolina. strongly
opposing the enacting into law
of the part of the measure which
is designed to extend total pro-
hibition to Army and Navy posts
and to areas around them. In
the same letter he favored the
anti-vice provisions of the meas
ure. So far as is known Secre-
tary of the Navy Knox did not
report to the Military Affairs
Committee of the Senate on the
bill. Mr.. Knox in the past was
a supporter of prohibition. And
so was Josephus Daniels, now
Ambassador to Mexico, who was
Secretary of the Navy during the
Wilson administration, when
wartime prohibition went into
effect.
Mr.. Stimson cracked down
hard, in his letter, on the sugges-
ton that total prohibition be ex-
tended to Army and Navy posts
and the areas around them. He
said that he was heartily favor
able to an Army in which drunk
enness is nonresident. But, he
Evening star., 1941-05-31
Eden's Pledge to Syria
British OfficioI Seeks to Detoch Arab Chiefs
From Influence of the Germans

cabinet and that the British cabi-
net makes light of its so-called
commitments to him.
Allegiance Shifted.
A British grab will be denounced
and full advantage taken of the
apprehension5 invariably felt by all
the Christian minorities throughout
Syria whenever any prospect of
Arab ascendency seems to draw
nearer and become more definite.
The patriarch of the Maronites last
winter, expressed friendship for
England. He already has begun to
shift his allegiance to the other
side. But, as against those profits,
Vichy may have to foot a heavy
bill; the strong impulse of the Syr-
ian nationalists to build up in Da-
mascus government of their own
with the help of the British army
of Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
in Palestine.
The success or failure of the po-
litical step taken by Mr.. Churchill
and his colleagues to retrieve the
fortune of the British empire in the
Near and the Middle East will de-
pend not only upon the material
resources that can be thrown into
the struggle, but upon the alertness
of the intelligence service in that
part of the world; hitherto, in this
war, that service has not given a
good account of itself; almost at
every turn, it was caught mapping.
For instance, in Lydia, when the
Sennoussis proposed to rise against
their hated italian rulers, no officer
with any command of the dialect
could be found in the whole British
Army. Two officers, dispatched
from India, proved unequal to the
task and the services of free French
Interpreters had to be enlisted.
Another failure was the tolerance
shown to zis-el-Masri, formerly a
Turkish officer and an assistant of
the German general, Lehman Won
Sanders, who, last summer, was still
at the head of the Egyptian Army.
He was not forced out of his func-
ton by British vigilance, but by the
working of the age limit and. up
till recent date, was allowed to
proceed quietly with his intrigues
Around the confines of Asia and
Africa, there is a branch of His
Majesty's forces which. for years,
has been sadly neglected: The
time-honored cavalry of Saint
Georges. And yet its equipment is
of the simplest pattern, does not
require shipping space and cannot
be interfered with by submarines
and tanks.
Evening star., 1941-05-31
The Political Mill
Serious Prohibition Moves on Foot Again
In the Interest Of Sober Army and Navy

said, total prohibition had in the
past proved ineffective to bring
that desired end about. He did
not believe the experiment
should be tried again. Know
ing the frailties of human ma
ture," he wrote, "and realizing
that habits of temperance or in
temperance are developed long
before the individual becomes a
soldier, the War Department is
convinced that temperance can
not be attained by prohibition
applied to its personnel any
more than it can be attained by
prohibition applied to the Ma
ton at large, and experience has
proven that the problem can only
be solved by lie application of
practicable and tolerant meas
ures applied in a logical manner"
The Secretary of War pointed
out that under existing law the
sale of 80 per cent beer and wine
is permitted on Army postS-but
hard liquor cannot be sold. This
policy, he said, has resulted in
a degree of temperance among
Army personnel which is not ap-
proachable in civilian communi-
ties, and which was not attained
either in or out of the Army
during the days of national pro-
hibition. If the bill should be
passed drying up the Army posts,
he said, the War Department
would have to return to the old
battle against bootleggers. He
said. too, that the War Depart
ment has its own way of COM
batting intemperance, and of
dealing with those who, through
intemperance, bring discredit
upon the service.
Seen as Stepping Stone.
In conclusion, Mr.. Stimson de-
clared: The War Department is
firmly convinced that such legis-
lation would not be in the interest
of temperance in respect to the
armed forces, but would be used
as a stepping stone for a move
ment leading to Nationwide
prohibition, a method OF control
once tried and later repealed by
majority vote of the electorate of
the Nation"
Wartime prohibition, with the
Army and the Navy as its partic-
ular guinea pigs, was the first ex-
pertinent with national prohibi-
ton in this country. The drys
are seeking to bring about an
other such experiment now. The
Legislatures of four States.
Maine, Iowa, Colorado and Min
nesota, have already petitioned
Congress to pass the bill designed
to dry up the Army and Navy
posts and adjacent territory
despite the fact that all four of
Evening star., 1941-05-31
This Changing World
Jopon's BeIIicose Utteronces, Inspired by Berlin,
Are Designed to Keep U. S. Eyes RNeted on Pacific

in the battle for Singapore and
the Netherlands Indies.
Even If the United States did
not become engaged in the strug-
gle in the South Pacific the Brit
ish and the Dutch have a sizable
number of airplanes and sub
marines. These will necessarily
inflict serious losses on the Jap
anese Navy which would have to
bear the brunt of the battle.
And there are many high-rank-
ing Japanese naval officers who
fear the United States fleet
might enter the affray after the
japanese Navy had sustained
heavy losses. The shipbuilding
facilities OF Japan are limited
not only by the relative small
number of yards but also by the
lack Of raw materials. There
are Inree times as many SnlpS
under construction in this coun-
try than there are in Japan.
This means that while we could
afford without endangering our
naval supremacy to lose destroy
ers and cruisers and even battle
ships. such loss would be serious
for Japan. The wall which sep
arates Japan from again becom-
ing a third-rate power is so thin
that even a short tornado might
destroy the edifice she has built
since the time when she was
Germany's enemy in the last
war.
All these facts are known to
Japanese military AND naval ex-
perts; but they do not interfere
with Foreign Minister Mat
suoka's saber rattling. Such an
attitude has paid good dividends
in the past and may still pay
them again.
Evening star., 1941-05-31
Prescott Leeky Dies;
Writer and Lecturer

Prescott Lecky, 48, psychology lee
turer at Columbia University and
former newspaperman, died yester-
day in New York of a heart ailment,
according to the Associated Press.
Mr.. Lecky, who had attended
George Washington University here.
formerly was a writer for the old
New York World and covered the
Ford Peace Ship voyage in 1916. He
married Kathryn Jenkins of this
city in 1922. Besides his wife, he
leaves five children.
A native of Richmond, Va, Mr..
Lecky had also attended the Univer-
sity of Virginia, Columbia University
and had studied in Vienna, Austria.
Evening star., 1941-05-31
Pepper Challenges
Wheeler to Debate
By the Associated Press.

by lHS ASSOCIdleu fIeSS.
KANSAS CITY, May Ex-senator
Pepper, Democrat, of Florida yes
terday challenged Senator Wheeler,
Democrat, of Montana to a foreign
policy debate on the question, us
the President Right?"
Senator Pepper told press con-
ference he sent this wire to Senator
Wheeler at Washington:
Il have an engagement to speak
in Helena, Mont, Wednesday eve
ming, June 4. I shall discuss: rs the
President Right?' =" would be
very glad to share the platform with
you"
The Florida Senator, on a speak
ing tour under auspices of the Com
mittee to Defend America by Aiding
the Allies, said that in the event
Senator Wheeler was unable to go
to Helena he would be glad to de-
bate him any time and any place.
Evening star., 1941-05-31
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Responsible quarters In Wash
ington are still of the opinion
that Foreign Minister Matsuoka's
bellicose utterances are prompted
by Berlin.
There have been rumors re-
cently-in all probability with
out much foundation-to the
effect that a portion of the
United States fleet in the Pacific
had been ordered to the Atlantic
to strengthen the existant pa
troll system. The secrecy sur
rounding the movements of the
American fleet is so we'll main
tanned that the excellent Axis
espionage system has not been
able to verify these rumors.
There Is no doubt that Berlin
Evening star., 1941-05-31

stronghold like Singapore could
nope to do more than hold the
japanese in check.
In the Netherlands Indies
there is strong Dutch and ma
tive army well prepared for any
eventuality. The combined land
forces are supported by an excel
lent air force and a large num-
bert of submarines. The waters
of the Indian Ocean and the
small harbors of the islands fly
ing the Netherlands flag are ideal
for submarine warfare. The most
optimistic japanese naval officers
admit that the capture Of these
strongholds would be no picnic
even if the American feet re-
manned an impassive observer.