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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-16

Mother Taken
F. Z. Darragh and daughter, Dor
othy, returned Tuesday from Frank
lin, Ohio. where they attended the
funeral OF Mrs. Eliza Doyle OAR
ragh, IS, Mr.. Darragh's mother.
Mr.. Maleltzke Dies
Charles MaleitZke. 1901 jackson
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-16
Driver Assessed

Driver Assessed
For driving away without show
ing her drivers license after a
minor collision on Pearl ST., Mrs.
James Simpson. 1863 First Ave, was
assessed IS in municipal court
Tuesday. Her arrest had been
sought by Frank Sima, this city,
who claimed a car driven by Mrs.
Simpson struck his, which was
parked at the curb, April 3.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16

For the Inside News" OF
Washington, Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column in the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16
REDS AT FORD COMPANY

He then charged that ex-Com-
ma 4iistts=sffti =synpathizers paftfef-
pated directly in the Gripping
recent strikes against the Ford
Motor Company Allis-ChalmerS
Corporation, Vultee Aircraft and
HarVill Die Casting companies in
southern California.
A general strike will be called
in the aluminium industry within
the next weekend" and at Com
munist direction, Matthews pre-
dicted on the basis Of information
which he said his committee pos
sesses.
Cardinal interest of the Comnu-
nists in all strikes. he testified, is
political" and they employ their
claimed interest in better working
conditions for employees AS a blind
to cover a defense-wrecking pro-
gram"
Matthews cited the following
incident on the army issues
Several men I'm soldiers
uniforms attended recent
meeting OF the American Peace
Mobilization Committee at RAN
dalfs Island, y. Y, giving the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16
Bridges Termed
A Sacred Cow
To Moscow
International News Service Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, April IS
Testimony on the editing of Com
munist Party publications, in New
York. and the statement tn (
Harry Bridges is considered a
sacred COW by The Daily Worker
and other Red newspapers, high
lighted the resumption of the Aus
tfaiian-born West Coast fongshoTe-
men leaders second deportation
hearing
The testimony came from the
governments fourth witness, How
ard Rushmore, young New York
newspaperman. who for four years
was a member of the editorial
staffs Of Communist publications.
Chief Government Counsel Bert
del Guercio. following his attempt
to prove first that the Communists
advocate violent overthrow of the
government, and sec on d that
Bridges is or was a Communist
and hence should be deported had
Rfet4isi4ff4ere identify a trunkful Of
Communist pamphlets, books and
newspapers He also quizZed Rush
more about his knowl e d e e Of
Bridges. -
Rushmore told of having inter
viewed Bridges in New York in
1885. for The Young Worker. Com
munist newspaper. Bridges, he
said, praised the work and aims of
the American Youth Congress,
which Rushmore said was a Com
munist front organization.
Trial Examiner Judge Charles
B. Sears ruled out a direct ques-
ton by government counsel as 10
W h c Their Rushmore b elieve d
Bridges belonged 10 the Commun-
ist Party-on the contention of de-
Tense attorneys that the question
c allie d for "hearsay and guess
work"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16
Axis Financed Strikes
Dies Aide Warns Congress of Roa,e.Rezlia Money
Paid Communists in u. S. TO Tie Up Defense
ceMagNIsEFReNF

Communists clsnched fist
salute"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16


He characterized the peace
committee as a Communist
front organization" includfn z
numerous federal government
m ployes in its membership
Expanding on the Communist
situation. he said the committee
files contain the names of half a
million men and women" who are
members either of the Communist
Party or its front organizations. |"
He added:
Earl Browder (former Com
munlst Party secretary now in
prison for passport fraud
claimed the Communist Party
had $4,000 members in labor
unions, largely concentrated in
the clio. But our Investigations
show their are several times
that number In these unions"
Matthews said there were proven
Instances in which Communist
leaders had TAXED" a severance
with the party in order to enter
military espionage work for
Stains government"
If the party is confronted with
a choice between organizing mil
lions of workers in, for example
the button industry, or fewer err
ployes in small factory which is
a defense "bottleneck" the party
will choose the smaller plant
every time he added.
Kenneth Eggert, Toledo, O.. Go
organizer has been assigned to
work on the aluminium strike, and
it will begin in Cleve elan d,
Matthews declared. He added that
Eggert had gone TO Russia to
study trade union organizing
methods, and that he was the
same leader assigned to supervise
the recent strike at the Harvill
Die Casting Corporation, an i'm
portant unit of the California air
craft industry.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16
Red Cross Sends
$4,000 TO Sgt davvss

WASHINGTON, April 16.-The
Red Cross today cabled S25 900 to
American Minister Arthur Bliss
Lane for launching relief in Yueo-
slavia and rushed loading r. of a
S1.000.O00 cargo of additional sup
plies for the war-stricken country.
The cash is to be used for iTn-
mediate assistance of wounded
soldiers and civilians in Belgrade
and other cities. Further funds
will be sent if distribution IS found
feasible
The supplies being loaded include
10 field hospitals, 100000 blankets,
drugs and surgical equipment.
For the Inside News" of
Washington, Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column In the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16
AGAINST RADICALS

Mrs Holt. the dynamic leader OF
the Legion auxiliary. said her MEM
berS stood 100 per cent behind the
drive against radical radio pro.
"A great deal of our Ameri-
eanlzation work Is done among
the youth groups of California"
Mrs. Holt said. land we realize
that radios most ardent fans
are the young people. Programs
such as these Sunday morning
plays should not be permitted TO
go into American homes.
I'VE have been utterly lax
about such things in the past.
Certainly this is the time. when
democracy and our own nation
stand In such deadly peril, 20
clean up the aiEways."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16
Thuo Gets 10 Years

Thomas J. GantZ. 27. of $50
Mack avenue. who robbed a taxi
cab driver of 1882 on the night
of February .. was sentenced by
Recorders Judge Thomas NJ
Cotter to serve from 10 to 20
years. CAN'T had long record of
convictions and sentences.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16
What's on the Air
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

This program has been
Riven Inc Detroit Times By
the sta lions herein listed.
II the presentations a.
scheduied are not on the
air, the fault Hes with the
stations and net The De-
tr0it Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16
Club 10 Hear Choir

The st. Catherine Choir will sing
for the meeting of the Girls Music
Appreciation Club at the Mark
Twain Library, $500 Gratiot ave.
nue.. tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock. A music quiz will complete
the program.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16
Special to THE DETROIT TIMES

LOS ANGELES, April TO-
Public outrage over the airing OF
radical and subvcrsive TadiD prop
uganda continued TO mount today.
AMore veterans groups and OIL
Wl bodies, including the Los
Angeles and San Francisco boards
of supervisors and numerous addl=
tlonal American Legion posts
aimed new criticism at Orson
Welles. authoT-actor; the FREE
Company. for which he stars, and
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn, which airs his plays.
PufPertedly depicting dramatic
ally the benefits Of the American
way of life. the plays drew Amer
lean Legion ire for having an
opposite effect and assertedly en-
couraging moral support of Com
munists and other fefeign-inspired
subVersiVe elements.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
The developments included:
Unanimous adoption by the
L Los Angeles County Board
of Supervisors of strong reso-
luton against broadcasts of a
subverslve tinge.
O-Similar action by the San
- Francisco supervisors, both
bodies sending copies of their
resolutions to all radio stations
In America.
o-Adoption BY three more Los
- Angeles American Legion
posts of ringing resolution
against the Free Company and
demanding cancellation OF Its
programs. These were Fire
fighters Post, consisting of fire
department members; Victory
Post and Hollywood Women's+-
Post whose members served as
nurses or Yeomaneites in the
World War.
f--Issuance of a statement by
Mrs. Harry Owen Holt of
San Francisco, state department
president of the American
Legion's nationwide attack on
the Free Company.
-Denunciation OF the Welles
broadcastS by Sacramento
~0st No. 81, American Legion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16
More Vets Join.Drive 10 Muzz!e
Radical Radio Productions

which resolved that "the depart
ment of California take the nee
essary steps to ban said -propd-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16
Iat1 New. service sian Correspondent


WASHINGTON, April 16-The
Rome Berlin ANS is speeding
financial aid 10 Comn1unist-con-
trolled. unions in this country to
promote the prompt "scuttling' of
the United States defense program
through strikes, DIR. :. 3. Mat
thews. research director Of the
Dies House committee investigat-
ing ur-Americau activities, warned
Congress today.
The veteran investigator in
formed the House military affairs
that the Dies commit
Zee has evidence proving this and
showing that there is noticeable
Communist influence CROWN &
within the American armed forces.
The military committee is pressing
a public inquiry into the entire
defense program
The witness said that il is the
aim of the Axis powers TO foment
civil strife throughout this country
70 handicap aid 10 democracies
abroad, and asserted "Nazis and
Nazi synpathizers have been rap
idly infiltrating into Communist
controlled unions in this country.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16

which resolved that "the depart
ment of California take the nee
essary steps to ban said -propa-
gsnda. -
c-Action by Legion state exec
" utlves, under orders from
Department Commander VIII
liam j. Farrell, to compile data
ON the Free Company's broad
casts for the semiannual meet
ing In Santa Barbara Sunday.
F-Dee Holder commander
the seventeenth district,
largest In the West, with 1000
members, and John ID. Home of
I h e department Americanism
commission, issued statements
stamping the broadeasts as "un-
American and dangerous"
Q-Commander Al Mehn of the
u Ventura County Council of
the Legion, instructed. Ventura
posts to act against the broad
casts at next Friday nights
meeting at OxnArd.
0--State and local officers of
~ the United Spanish War
Veterans of Foreign Wars Joined
the Legion in excoriating the
Objectionable radio entertain
ment, aired on Sunday mornings.
10-Numerous Legion p osts,
~ county councils and off,
GERS followed the lead OF the
national organization and other
groups that have acted.
Welles was singled out for spe-
.ial criticism because, among
,ther things, his name has sp-
pared on a petition in support
# Harry Bridges. radical West
coast longshoremen'S leader.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-25
THE FARMERS CASE

Agriculture is today fighting for an
even break with labor and industry.
The fight is being led by the Market
ing eooperotives.
The problems Of the farmer are
extremely difficult. He must pay un-
preeedented woees; and even il he is
oble to do thot, he may find It impossi-
Bile to obtain competent labor. Good
men have gone to the factories, at
tiocted by defense wage scales.
The formers taxes ore rising. And
50 is the cost Of all the manufactured
products which he must buy.
II is obvious that this situation con-
not 90 on forever. II other groups ore
TO receive higher prices and wages. the
former must be given the same bsne-
fits. The marketing cooperotives ore
6oIno on excellent john presenting the
fnmog& fose e q eeg hnG6 .QotioQ 80,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-25

All this has been done IN four
daily hours Of studying by q fell
low who generally played
hockey from school and ran
away from it forever at the age
of IL. Cabin has revised other
early tastes. His father, a
cabaret comedian, always had
urged Jean to be an actor but
the son wanted no part of It.
What he. most wanted. for
awhile, was to be q prizefighter
like his brother-in-law.
So he fought and worked in
a foundry. and presently had to
put in his two years Of military
service. Out of that, and unable
to find any sort of job, he fl
nally allowed his father to find
something for him-a place as a
chorus boy in the Folies Ber-
gere. Cabin thus became the
most unusual-looklng gentleman
of the ensemble since Wallace
Beery's hoofing days on Broad
way.
He became a song-and-dance
man, soon was doing comedy
(which he hated) on the stage
and in French pictures. 1t was
through dramatic parts that he
got to be q top. star in his own
country.
LIKES HIS GINGER
Cabin trotted around with
Marlene Dietrich when he first
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-25
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

IL the club break there are plen-
ty Of tricks. The opening lead
was won by the ace Of hearts.
Dummy led q low spade and
the jack won. Another spade
to the queen brought out the
ace. East returned the ten of
spades, forcing the king, and
South let 90 q diamond.
Two top clubs were cashed,
and the bad break was revealed.
But with East holding the only
shoppers in the black suits, a
squeeze was sure to follow.
South cashed the top hearts. the
queen Of diamonds, then led to
dummy's top diamonds, on the
last Of which East found II i'm
possible to hold protection In
both black suits.
This Is q simple squeeze, such
as occurs In one or two boards
Of every duplicate game. Ye:
Mathews was the only player In
this duplicate game to bag 1t.
The other South players ali
began by trying to run the club
suit, before knocking out tn,
ace of spades, % that East, on
getting in with ace Of spades,
was able to force out South's
third club honor and kill the
vital rs-snfry for the squeeze
aifunfa0n- .,.,..sss,.. : ,.,t
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-25
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

was brought to Hollywood. His
current attraction, though, Is
Ginger Rogers. Back In France.
he admitted, friends used to rib
him about the blind crush he
had developed for Ginger, just
from seeing some of her pic
lures.
It was several weeks before
he met Miss Rogers, md by that
time he had learned enough
English to ask her for q date.
They're getting along fine.
In June, 1899, Cabin had just
built q new home IS miles from
Paris and was in the midst Of
production on a picture when
he received his mobilization or
der.
ut is easier for me to learn
the language" said Cabin, "than
to get used to a country where
there Is peace and plenty to
eat"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-25
Wan cAsUALYIls m rHGUs

Nobody doubts any longer that the
United Stotes is tremendously objected
by the war in Europe II now has b.
gun to touch every phase OF dolly life
But would you think it wos octuolly
cousino traffic deoths? Col John w
Bosworth, stote police superintendent
Of West Virginia. says it is Highway
accidents actually increose in w e. I
Viroinio with Hitler's movements, Bos-
worth soys, and warfare In Europe is
spilIino the lives Of Americans thou
sonds Of miles away from it People
feel uncertain and insecure, he thinks,
and thus they grow coreless ard rsck-
less
II seems for-fetched. but there might
be something to it, at that It is surely
true that the long months OF uncer-
tointy wear some peoples nerves thin.
Trying to poss that car oheod on riS-
ina curve however will do Hitler no
harm whatever; much more IS accom-
pIished by staying behind arriving two
minutes later and being on the job the
next morning nsteod Of on q slab.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-25
HARRISON IN HoLLYwood
~ PAUL HARRISON
MA Darviee o1sfl Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, July 25-For
any movie customer who has
grown q little tired OF the SYM
metrical landscaping Of stellar
faces, the rugged pan Of Jean
Cabin will bAa Welcome change
OF scenery. Sculpturally, It IS
Of the truly heroic mold-like
the Rocky Mountains-but the
only screen hero Cabin re-
ssmbles 10 Spencer Tracy.
In this country, following the
releases Of such pictures as
"Pepe lie Moko" and Grande
Illusion, Cabin became gen.
orally identified as "the Spen-
Ger Tracy Of France" And the
fans Of that unhappy nation re-
fer to M. Tracy Is "the Jean
Cabin Of America"
Such q situation would whip
up jealous rivalry between two
avsrage-and particularly. fem
inine--staYS, but Cabin and
Tracy are pals. Soon after the
Frenchlnan came here, they
spent IN evening together. Ga
bin knew no more than six
words Of English, and Tracy
hadn't ever learned to pro-
nouncs his guests name. CTS
ca. bann. with the last syllable
accented.) Being actors, they
made Z game of trying to make
each other understood. BY the
time Cabin went home he could
say with fair clarity: "Okay,
but make II q short one"
BROOKLYN ACCENT
You ought to hear him now.
In q little more than two months
the newcomer has learned to
speak Americanese without ac-
cent and with few Of the in
verted phrasings that many for
eigners use. Matter of fact, he
sounds amazingly like Jimmy
Cagney.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-25
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Cowboys Of Poroeuoy
Help Win independence

wCowBoY' may be q good old
~ American word. but not al
the cowboys In the world are
found In United States.
The South American counter
part, the "saucho," not only herded
cattle but was trapper, hunter
and pioneer over the broad PAM
pas Of South America.
Paraguay, which has about
a,eS0.o00 cattle. has honored the
gaucho In this 1899 stamp. These
cowboys played On important part
in the agricultural development Of
the country.
The gaucho u q survival Of
Spanish colonial days. Son Of q
Spanish father and Indian mother,
he became the pioneer Of white
civilization In Uruguay, Paraguay
and Argentina.
During the revolution Of 1911
when The Spanish were driven
out, the gaucho was the iirst 70
take up arms, saddle and load his
horse 70 Join patriotic armies.
Today the gauchos are . Vital
part Of South American economy.
Beef and hides are among The
chief exports Of those countries.
The plains ere extensive and ox-
cellent for pasturiSe end asricul-
turs. me livestock industry = -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-25

8npOCO WIFI Inc OT0It
10 u. 81 Ms son had registered,
e. ~ 6ot a list Of addresses Of people
who had relatives in camp. Then he
storted teIephonine and postcordine
them, osking, "Do you want to visit q
reIotive in comp? Would you drive
yourself, sofMiouid you like to 90 with
somebody else, splitting expenses?
Would you take somebody else on the
same bosis?"
He cord-indexed the information
that came in, and his douohter-in-Iow
soon had three lady travellers to share
her trip and its expenses. Word got
around, and Cages telephone began
to ring. "Con you put me in touch with
somebody who's going to Fort Blonk?"
they'd soy, and soon parties began to
be mode up which cut expenses for
everybody and made more camp visits
possible.
Gage gets nothing out Of it but the
satisfaction Of knowing that he didn't
wait to be told what to do-thot he
found something to do, and did it.
Thot's worth q lot.
An ideo like this might costly be
commercioIized; it might we'll be
obused Certainly droft boards cont be
giving out addresses Of droftees' relo-
tives without corefuI investigation.
Nevertheless, handled as Gage hos
done it, in completely disinterested
manner and with no desire but to help
and serve the droftees and their reIo-
tives, q greet deoI Of good has un-
doubtedIy been accomplished in this
case.
It's good to see such renewed
proof Of the foet that the American is
q self-storter who sees and knows what
needs to be done. and does it without
waiting to be told.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-25

l| {yf9 tF,ousondth Il d h
i Snnbsr IS oIrsody on It's way to Eng
aond.
Now Shells will bsoin- to roll oft
NJ Production lire Of the Arnnys $2O.-
600 oO0N munitions plant at Milon.
syarn.. on Auo. 10, Six months oeo this
plant was q hoyfieId."
Nov Every naval ship under con-
1trnction IS far oheod Of schedule.
Nov Three tonk ptonts are stimuli
Sunoously getting into octuol produc-
ton on medium tanks, the type the
Army hos needed most urgently, since
lioht Turks ore olreody in quantity pro-
duction, and are good enough to hove
hssn most helpful to the British in
Lbyo."
Eoch OF these is only q small flick Of
tiae needle, but together they show how
tfte defense effort is entering the pro-
dactive stoee. It hos been q weary
Struin to wait month otter month, plug
hi,o ever horder at the job with so lit
ne opporent result. Now the results
beoin to come.
With octuol tangible guns, tanks,
and piones in sight, it should be eosier
u u redoubIe the effort that will keep
Them coming in an increasing stream.
IN fhot lies the best hope for the Amer
Icon future
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-25
; BEHIND THE seen sS
IN WASHIN CTON :

four men ndnssd dbe~t, ~
Gliding that sonsthino hid. %
b done to check The flood Of
"onti-lobor" IsoisIotlon beino
proposed In both Houses, sent
out coils on Fridoy the 9Th 70
over 30 Of their inferno tlcnol
unions, oskIno thenn 70 s6Nd
in four or five Of their b6sk
men for two works. work n
Washington. T,en th6 Vim
son bill was Iold on the toble
and the ConnoIIy-Moy onsnd-
nents substituted.
Nothing much happened
during the week Of June a.
July 5, and the original dele
ootions went home, but not
before the Clio. headouor-
tiers had sent out q coll for q
July 7 meeting In WoshIn6ton
Of six picked deleoots4 fr6sn
each c. |. O. international and
two from each lNpl state
headquarters. In all, about
ESQ came to town. They we're
immediately given q courss In
how to lobby without benefit
Of the usual lobbyists tricks
the cocktail oorty WITH en-
tertoinment. This wos strictly
an open. business.hours lobby.
TURNING ON
THE PRESSURE
The mon were split UP into
geographical units. They were
given lists Of the coneressnAn
OF the unions in each con.
eressmon's district. They were
told where the eonersssmsn's
offices were, and they were
told the procedure for eolIino
congressman off the floor and
buttonholinq them in tire cor
ridors Of the Copitol itself.
There were some amusing
sideliehts here. Some Of the
labor men, respectfully. didn't
think they should bother the
honorable eonsrsssmsn while
they we're in session. The boys
got over thot as soon as they
we're shown congressman nap.
ping in the cIookroonnt, rsdd.
ing newspapers on the floor,
ond in general playing horse
all over the place.
Where the going was q ne.
tie tough, wires went out 70
the local unions in the con.
eressmen's home district. And
wires came back from the locel
telling him how his constit-
uents felt about this leeislo-
tion. This double pressure
will get almost any congress-
man, oln,ost svery time, and
II worked here, perfectly.
The strictly omoteur choroe.
ter Of the lobby wos one of
its strongest assets. There
wasn't q lawyer in the bunch,
and it didn't operote as Hobbies
usually do, with form letters
and city sIickers. Some OF the
lobbyists were tolksd out Of
their positions on the first coll
on their congressman, but
they come back to heodquor-
ters, got new answers, ond
went back to outtoIk even tho
congressman.