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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-09

THE most fascinating period
l. in American history to me
has always been that stretch be-
tween the first inauguration OF
Lincoln and his assassination.
The Washington of those years
brought out as if by some
powerful acid all the good and
evil, all that is sublime and
cheap. in the American charac-
ter and all that the past and the
future hold for us.
No one has yet written the
story of that era as it should be
written-especially. lyrically. l
suppose the nearest to the pos
Sible best we've had is Carl
Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln:
The War Years" The next best
is Margaret Leech's Mrs. Ralph
Pulitzer "Reveille in Washing
ton-1860- 1865" (Harper). 1t is
a vivid, thrubbing, exciting book.
Here are the spies that in
tested dirty, half-finished city;
Andrew Carnegie; crooks; Cen
-eral Grant It; pfotters; the sinister
John Wilkes Booth and his
co-conspirators; the enigmatic
figure of Mrs. Lincoln; old Gen.
Winfield Scott; Walt Whitman,
war nurse and poet; drunkards.
harlots, thieving army con-
tractors; 'wacky" messianic
dreamers. incompetent generals,
the wounded, the wounded, al
ways the wounded, many of
whom who died while cham
payne parties were believing
next door.
over all Of this tragic circus
towers the giant figure of Lin
coin, doing his mighty job be-
tween wiSecracks and Off-color
stories told TO foreign am
bassadors with his legs cooked
upon a table.
There was never anything just
like this era in the history of
the world before and Margaret
Lecch in "Revcilfe in Washing
ton has portrayed il in an un-
forgettable manner. A book for
must reading.
WHEN Hamlet, in one OF his
w dirty moods was panning
the gentle Opheha he let this
fly into her chaste ears:
II have heard of your paint
ings, too. God has given you
one face and you make yourself
another"
Yes, says Paul Calico. in a
regular blitzkrieg against female
makeup in a-Feeefi+- number of
Vogue e'GirlS. take off those
masksrD. YOU girls of today have
got "panzer facades.'
These "panzer facadcs' Of our
gal friends are OVERLAPPING your
sweet features like shellac -
Your faces. gals. are "taut with
bitterness or discomfort Facial
expression by the Il a d W n
Locomotive Works
And your sweet mouths, gals p?
"You louise up its lines so a
guy can't measure where u be-
gins or ends or follow its sweet
and wonderful contours"
It's all buried under = goocy
paste. red lead burberry pie
/ mouths
And what about the women
II who comb their hair IN public
/ those who bring their bedrooms
into the theater? Paul says that,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-09
FLOYD DUMAS,
1856 DickersOn avenue

TO THE EDITOR:
TO argue that because Europe
L is prosperous she is a grave
danger TO us is TO concede that
a united and prosperous United
States is a danger to Europe.
God made the mountains upon
the continents and the oceans
separating those continents.
Let the mountains and the
oceans serve as the intended
barriers TO encroachment Of one
people over the rights of an
other.
LOUIS T.. LAMB,
East Lansing, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-09
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Ocf- 9. 1910

LuftWa6e .ufCt m hIng
raids on London RAJ reta.iates
by bombing naval bases and
Krupp plant ir Germany.
Japan insists thcrc IS n0 cause
for alarm - 1le Far East and
SAYS American booking passage
20 America under orders IS un-
necessary.
Field Marshal kcfcl cmc. ol
German supreme Ggfsmarn fe-
places italian Marshal Graz
ln charge 81 the Axis campaign
In Africa.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-09

WHEN informed by his wife
w that the dcmmy-taSSy was
no error and that ne was ex-
peCtcd 10 drink his coffee from
10. he became most respondent.
lie hurled the understood cup.
coffee and all. against the wall.
Then he roared.
"Maw, I just amt gonna
drink my coffee by the squirt.
you tell that girl 10 take
these dangnabbed thimbles away
and bring all III fellows some
Schooners Of Java or wei go
down 90 the Chink's where civil
lilation is going on"
AZ this. the other genIierfcr
guests rose and cheered ~
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-09
| tie RS TO
+h Q Editor
TO THE EDITOR:

Mr.. ROOSEVELT has insulted
" the intelligence and integ-
rity of every American who
adheres to the Christian faith
when he utters such an absurd
statement that religion in Rus
STA is on a par with that in
America.
OF course he knows better!
There is more than meets the
eye. 1t smells of political and
international intrigue, but true
Christians will not be fooled.
The same question has been
dealt with in centuries past by
the Vatican: and there is nearly
1000 years of experience back
of that faith, and that portion
OF Italy will not be weaned
away by any false promises Of
JUG tolcilii.
Joe is on the spot. He might
open church or two for a
while, and when it's all over.
priests, ministers, and nuns, will
again find new graves and their
churches and converts desc
Grated and destroyed.
1t is high time for Congress
to raise its eyebrows. Well it
might.
Neither President Roosevelt
nor Stain, with his hands drip
ping claret, can make true
Christians believe any different.
FLOYD DUMAS.
1856 Dickerson avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-09
OEfR6|1A HIVES
BY GEO. ROCKWELL BROWN
special 10 THE DETROIT TIMES

Published every Week Day Evening ana
Sunday Morning by The Times Publishing
Company at 1928 Times Square. Detroit,
Mich.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-09

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IT Is the duty of Mchigans lawmakers TO end
| silly feud and adjourn the 1871 session of the l
Evening star., 1941-06-29

Leading airports in the Neither
lands are being provided with mod
ern night illumination.
Evening star., 1941-06-29

present on the Russian front. Their
total number of infantry divisions
is probably not less than 225, of
which l20 are already assigned to
Russia. Another 80 or 40 divisions
could be fed into the Russian battle
without seriously weakening the
German positions elsewhere; but
1t is to be noted that If the demands
on the German reserves were to 60
beyond that point, either they
would have to abandon their Afri-
can enterprises, or else they would
begin to open up TO the British,
already with almost complete COM
mand of western air and sea, a
series of most interesting possibili-
ties for counter-attacks.
Many Opportunities.
The British Isles now contain a
splendidly equipped army of some
30-35 infantry divisions, four or five
armored divisions. and supporting
units. No one need expect the
British TO launch this little army
on continental adventure as a whole
but the vast eXpanse of German
held coast facing the British Isles
offers many opportunities for sur
prise when command of the sea
and air is already in hand.
The Germans must be strong
everywhere along this arc: double
the British strength is none too
much. When their available effec-
tives fall below this point, trouble
may be expected. This is but an
other facet of the opportunity now
presented to the Western democra-
cies TO take advantage of the Ger
men preoccupation with Russia.
1t works both ways-the more the
Germans are hammered in the west,
the less likely that they can take
the offensive there when finished
with the Russians; the more thsy
are hammered in the west, the
more they will have to pull back
from the Russian front to deal with
the new attacks. and the longer the
Russian resistance. Stalemste in
the west this year. plus q Russia
still fighting through the winter,
would spell defeat for Adolf Hitler.
Even with Russia knocked out, he
would have no hope of victory if
he cannot beat England, too. be-
fore American production has over
come his armaments lead.
And in the face of all this. we
waste time, we debate. we hesitate.
We have lost week already. How
much more?
Copyright, 1871, by New York
Tribune, IncD
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Trial Of DR.. Auhagen
AS German Agent
Opens Tomorrow
Visiting Jurist to Hear
Charges Of Failure to
REGISTER With U. 5.

DR.. Frederic Ernest Auhagen, Or
ganizer Of the American Fellowship
Forum and writer and lecturer,
goes ON trial in District Court to-
morrow on charges of failing to reg
lister with the State Department as
an agent Of the German govern
ment.
The case will be heard before q
visiting jurist. Federal Judge Charles
G. Briggle of the Southern district
of Illinois, and jury. George Nc
Nulty, special assistant to the At
torney General, is prosecuting.
The indictment charges DR.. Au-
hagen with carrying on propaganda
in behalf of the Nazi government
through lectures on political and in
ternational affairs. He is described
as organizer of the Fellowship Fo-
| rum.
The Indictment is in three counts
The first accuses the defendant oi
these activities and of being the
agent of ''one DR.. G. Kurt Johann
sen OF Hamburg, Germany" The
other two counts concern DR.. Au-
hagen's alleged acts as agent of the
! Hamburg man.
The alien registration law requires
all representatives of foreign gov
eminent to register and list their
activities. Failure to register is pun
| iShable by fine of $1,000 or two
years Imprisonment or both.
Evening star., 1941-06-29

difficulties which are causing the
present delay.
The first difficulty is that the
Russians are superior to the Ger
mans about two to one i'll numbers
of armored fighting vehicles. De-
spite qualitative differences, this
does enable the Russians to strike
heavy counterblowS with certain
recklessness as to losses. The Ger
man armored Spearheads may thus
be blunted, or even broken off and
destroyed. The second difficulty is
that while the Germans may be
able to obtain local air superiority
in decisive areas, they cannot, over
the wide extent of this great front.
keep the Russians altogether out of
the air; the Russians are not in the
position of the Poles, who were
blinded after the first two days and
unable to coordinate the move
ments of their ground forces.
The principal German attack ap-
pears to be developing in the direc-
ton of MinSk, an important railway
junction just inside the old Russian
frontier on the main rail and road
lines from Warsaw to Moscow This
is a straightforward smash through
the middle, if it develops further
The axis of this push is directed
to the northWard of the Pripet
Marshes. considered a military OBJ
stacle of the first importance. Its
right flank, as it advances. is exposed
to a Russian counterattack; and the
Russians report that such an attack
mas taken place. The left flank of
this German thrust is covered by
simultaneously German advances
into Lithuania, which appear to be
proceeding slowly.
Second Offensive.
A second German offensive is ap-
parently developing south of the
Pripet Marshes, directed on Kiev.
The Russians claim that this is be-
ing held up on the line k-Lwow.
Still farther south, indecisive fight
ing RACES along the Prut River,
Evening star., 1941-06-29

The accuracy OF former German
high command communicates as to
land operations has been such that
we may we'll hesitate to believe that
the Germans would have chosen this
course of action unless they were
quite certain of being able to make
good. The only point at issue is
whether the Russians may actually
continue TO astonish their oppo-
nents; they have been tougher than
anticipated, as the delays show. but
the Germans have ample reserves
and a considerable superiority in
staff work which. added to their air
superiority, seems sufficient to war
rant their early anticipations.
Evidence Air Force Is Active.
The Germans now claim that the
Russian air force has been perma-
nently crippled, though there is some
evidence to show that it is still
active 1t is in fact unlikely that the
Germans can drive the Russians
altogether out of the air, as they did
the Poles. The Russian air force is
much stronger, both actually and
relatively. than the Polish: it has a
far greater degree of industrial sup
port, and much large replacement
reserves of material and personnel,
and its base organization is wide
spread. German qualitative and
numerical superiority should be
enough to enable the Germans to
establish local and temporary
superiority when it is necessary for
them to do so. however and this
should be sufficient for their purpose
The German objective ought not
to be thought of in terms of local
tiles. Rather. their purpose is to
destroy the Russian armed forces.
They will seek to break through the
Russian armies. divide them into
fractions, surround and destroy the
fractions separately or smash them
up into masses of fugitiveS. This is
the time tried German technique In
Russia, it faces certain difficulties
not encountered in France or in
Poland, and it is probably these
Evening star., 1941-06-29
ferred to the Senate Judiciary Com.

ferred to the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee, reads:
That 1t shall be the duty of the
F. B. l. in the Department of Justice
to detect and investigate felonies
committed in the District of Colum-
bia. The officers, employees and
agents of such bureau shall have
the same authority with respect to
violations of the laws in force in
the District of Columbia and with
respect to felonies cognizable under
such laws as in the case of viola
tions of the laws of the United
States and felonies cognizable under
the laws of the United States"
Mr.. Schultz said he did not know
the nature of the testimony Repre-
sentative Walter wanted TO present.
Mr.. Walter requested an oppor-
tunity to testify, and / granted
him that courtesy" Representative
Schultz said.
Other scheduled witnesses before
the committee tomorrow include In
spector James F. Beckett, acting
superintendent of the Police De-
partment, and Capt. Harvey Gala
nan Of the first police precinct. In
spector Beckett, the first witness
before the committee when it ouened
the inquiry Friday, has been recalled
TO complete his testimony.
Hebert Stresses Efficiency.
Representative Hebert, Democrat,
OF Louisiana, who proposed the in
vestigation and was added to COM
mittee assigned to conduct it, said
ne Is not concerned at this time
with increasing the personnel of the
police force.
Il am interested chiefly in try
Ing to find out whether the depart
ment is efficient" he declared. 1T
was brought out the other day by
Inspector Beckett that only eight
! men had been dismissed for in
efficiency in the last II years. The
Police Department, it seems to me,
is smugly satisfied with itself. even
| though Washington is in the midst
of the biggest crime wave in his
tory"
Representative O'Toole said he
thought more foot patrolmen should
be placed on the streets as a crime
deterrent and that special au-
tomobile parking privileges for
members of Congress and Gov
eminent officials should be abol-
| ished
The man on the beat in many
sections here is an unknown guam
tity," he declared. The police
man who has a regular post know.
everybody on his beat. He has con-
facts. A man in scout car doesn't
know anybody on his beat, and he
/ don't go around like the old-time
| police officer and try door knobs
Mr.. OToole declared that "gooc
| detective work" is confined tC
books and that 80 per cent of ar.
rests of any police department are
made on the basis of information
/ given the officers by informers
Therefore, he believes funds should
Evening star., 1941-06-29
be provided the local Police De-
partment to hire or pay informers.
Saws Congress Shares RIams.

Says Congress Shares Blame.
Representative O'Toole also ex-
pressed the opinion that Congress
itself. and not the police department,
is largely responsible Tor crime con-
ditions here.
I'VE are responsible for many Of
| the conditions" he said, because
We don't have sufficient time to
study the problems of the District.
| And we-the members of Congress
are responsible for the Govern
ment of the District, but frankly We
don't pay much attention to It..
However, when We think there is .
shortcoming in some department
we let out whoop"
Issuance of cards and tags 10
members of Congress and Govern
ment officials emitting them to spe-
cial automobile parking privileges,
Mr.. O'Toole described as "redicu-
lous." He said the "oficial tags
should be cleared out" because the
parking problem here is already
serious.
Moreover, he pointed out, he did
not believe that Washington would
have a good municipal administrs- =
ton until its responsible officials are
/ elected.
Its not romantic to talk about
stool pigeons as aids to police" he
said. But New York and other
large cities use them. And we should
use them here"
Referring to the crime investigs =
ton, Representative OToole de-
/ clared:
The public doesn't want noise !:
1t wants protection"
Evening star., 1941-06-29

with the Russians seemingly having
the upper hand. All indications are
that the MinSk drive is the main
German effort; to which there may
only be entered a mere footnote to
the effect that the Germans delight
in the unexpected, and delight par
ticularly in breaking through OBJ
stacles considered impossible by the
orthodox. such as the Ardennes re-
gion and the mountain passes of the
Balkans.
Hence, it is just possible that they
may have specially organized force
which, as the Minsk and Luck Of
fensives tend to draw in the Rus
sian reserves, may make its way
through the Pripet marshes and
strike at the Russian f1anks and
communications. In the north there
is as yet no sign of any determined
advance on Leningrad.
There is now some indication of
the forces being employed. The
Russians are using approximately
l20 infantry divisions, 25 cavalry di
visions. and at least 48 tperhaps as
many as co. armored brigades which
latter are units of about half the
size of German armored divisions.
These Russian forces are divided
into thie ee main army groups-north
central and south there are smaller
reserve groups around Leningrad
and Moscow, and a fourth army
group north of Leningrad facing the
Finnish frontier There will be very
few reserve divisions available with
out drawing on the Far Eastern
armies; Russia'S enormous reserves
of man-power will have to be used,
in general. to fill in the framework
of existing divisions, and the extent
to which these divisions can be
broken up by the German attacks
will be in great measure the cri-
terion of German success.
German Figures.
The Germans are employing al
most the same number of German
infantry divisions-about 100; to
these must be added 20-odd Ruman-
ian divisions of doubtful value, and
or Finnish divisions The
Germans are using II of their Is
mechanical divisions. and possibly
few horsed cavalry elements. Their
initial deployment suggests their in
tent to seek a decision in the north.
since the main mass of their re-
serves is behind the northern sector
of the front. They have in this
area some 80 divisions, as against an
initial Russian deployment of 66.
But the Germans have. in addi-
ton to the forces enumerated, very
large reserves which are not yet
Evening star., 1941-06-29
100 Boys to Leave
For Reeder Tomorrow

The first 100 boys who will attend
summer sessions at Camp Reeder,
Boys Club of Washington camp at
Mount Victoria. Md, will leave the
club branch at Seventeenth street
and Massachusetts avenue Sc. al
1:30 pm. tomorrow.
The youngsters. the first of 400
expected to go, received their final
physical examinations Friday. Most
Of them will spend two weeks at
the camp but boys whose parents
are working will stay longer.
Arthur Fyfe is director of the
camp.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Warns Against Over-Optimism
In Soviet's Early Successes
Eliot Points Out Nozis Face Difficulties
Not Encountered in France or Poland
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING ELIOT.

There evidence that the initial Russian resistance has
than the Germans expected and that the Russian air
force in particular has not been put out of action quickly the
Lufwae had calculated 1t would however be mistake
highly optimistic conclusions from these Indications The
German high command again poSponing its promised startling
communqu until tomorrow has placed itself in such position
prestige would result from failure
substantial successes at the promised time.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Three Drown in Storm

WARSAW. Ind. June % C4O.-
Three persons drowned today in
Webster Lake near here after a sud-
den storm upset their boat.
The victims were Charles L. Crib
BILE, so. of Muncie, Ind: his son-in-
law, Walter J. Hickman, 80, OF Par
ker, Ind, and Hickman's 11-year-
old daughter, Helen Louise.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Sitting Bulls Descendant
Is Cook at Fort Bruqq
B, the Associated Press.

BS the Associated Press.
FORT BRAGG, N. c., June %
A reat-grandson of Sitting Bull,
famed Indian chief. whose forces
wiped out Gen. George Custer
troops al the Little Big Horn in
1876. Is cooking at Fort Bragg in
the 1st Battalion of the 36tE Field
ARTILLERY.
He's a Shawnee from the okla
homs Reservation and speaks Shaw
nee even more fiuently than he does
English.
His name is Watch -Kis-Ku-Ka.
but the Army and his messroom
friends call him Ralph Harvey-a
bit handler name in the rush of
things.
Evening star., 1941-06-29
Police
Continued From First Page y

over major crimes here. while Sem
ator Herring, Democrat. of Iowa
was working on the draft of a meas
ure that would accomplish the same
purpose
The McKellar bill. which was re-
Evening star., 1941-06-29

Living costs in Mozambique have
increased Is per cent in the last
year.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-11-13
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SESSION

On Wednesday evening at
7:30, the Reverend M. M. Har-
rison, Pastor of Lane Chapel,
Jackson, Mississippi, brought a
very, very interesting message
to the Conference. Reverend
Harrison is one Of the outstand-
ing ministers in the South Miss
issippi Conference. His message
was listened to by a packed
house. After the sermon, an Of
fering in the amount Of more
than $1,000 was taken for the
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-11-13

benefit Of the pastor Reverend
Matthew J. Jones, who is striv-
ing hard to entertain the Con-
ference i'm high style.
WELCOME PROGRAM
Continued on Page p
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-11-13
VISITORS

Some of those visiting the
first days session of the Con-
ference were: DR.. Luther Stew
ard, Reverend f. Divers of the
A. NJ. E. Church, Reverend r. H.
Pack of the Baptist Church;
Reverend w. ]. Walker of the
Baptist Church, and Mr.. j A.
j. A. Lagrone of Haven Chapel
NJ. K. Church. Outstanding lay
men and laywomen are attend
ing this Conference from many
sections.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-11-13
CONFERENCE ELECTS
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE

The South Mississippi Con-
ference in its session elected the
Reverend Roy L. Young, Secre-
tary of the Conference. Rever-
end z. d. Brent Of the Good
Hope Circuit was chosen as As
sistant; Reverend 0. A. Hill Of
Centreville was elected Statisti-
clan. Reverend w. D. Avery and
Professor J. A. McCraney were
elected reporters to the church
and secular papers. Mrs. ], H.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
This j

Mother: I'VE had fun with you
children when you were babies-and
then I thought grade school days
were best-but I think now that
these good times together are the
best of all"