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Evening star., 1941-08-06

when Hitler launched his blitz-
krieg on the Soviet Union and
made up Stalin's mind, I was
awakened at Z am. by a Nazi
corporal and taken to the office
to hear news over the radio from
Berlin.
Not until July did they clamp
down on me. On that day was
taken from the relative comfort of
the prison in Chalon-described feel
ingly in Belbenoit's Dry Guillotine"
to Dijon and there left in soli-
tary confinement with no meals
from the outside, walks in the court
yard limited to Is minutes day,
talking between prisoners strictly
forbidden and punished by in
generation in the dungeons, with
out food or water until total COL
lapse" as the sergeant put it-a
real German prison" as an officer
said proudly. He had objected to
what he called the 'laxity" of the
Chalon Prison. where the director
had taken seriously the Fuehrer' S
orders to try to conciliate the French
people to win them to "collabora-
ton" in the new European order"
In the Dijon Prison there were
beatings in the night and, in the
course of those few weeks. Is execu-
tions. I never knew who the VIC
TINS were because we, the prisoners,
could not exchange ideas.
Luckier Than Others.
In the treatment accorded me-
except for the weeks in Dijon-I
was luckier than many others.
Apart from occasional anxieties over
the possibilities of finishing as q
prisoner of war and the inevitable
discomforts of life in an ancient,
crumbling calaboose, I could not
say that "suffered."> In all nom
essentials the German authorities
were or tried to be decent.
came away convinced of sew
trail things which, in subsequent
stories, will explain:
First-At the beginning of the Sec
ond year OF occupation, the popula-
ton OF the occupied zone is 95 per
cent hostile to the Germans. with
"collaborationism" limited to French
Fascists, to interested industrial ele-
ments who require German raw ma
Evening star., 1941-08-06
in history for ferocity and for losses
-

in history for ferocity and for losses
such as the Russians have suffered.
In the south: The Stain Line
has been pierced and a wedge has
been driven to the gates of Kiev,
the Ukrainian capital; the Prut has
been crossed and all of Bessarabia
captured; Russian retreat has been
cut OF and an encirclement battle
now is raging in full fury.
In the north: The stage has been
set for push toward Leningrad by
another break through the Stain
Line, defeat Of the Red Array in
Estonia and smashing of strong
Russian position south of Lake
Peipus.
Further Details Promised.
The war review promised further
details tomorrow on the battle of
Smolensk but said that the war in
Finland, where a Northern German
Finnish arm is striking also toward
Leningrad in mammoth squeeze,
would have to be left for a later
report.
Prefacing its analysis of the situa-
ton, the high command declared it
was apparent from numerous re-
ports that the Soviet leadership no
longer possesses reliable picture
of the situation on their own front"
Evening star., 1941-08-06

terials, and to a handful Of poDtic-
ians and journalists who have been
bought in one way or another.
Second-That the French have
had their eyes opened. Where
year ago they viewed the Germans as
archangels with flaming swords, as
marvels of virtue and efficiency, they
see them today riddled In very
human light, as bureaucratic as the
French, and far more corrupt.
Unable to Organize.
Three-The German propaganda
line about q united Socialist Europe,
freed from the oppression of British
and American "Judeoplutocracy," no
longer carries any weight because
the great mass of the population are
now convinced that, even If the Ger
mans were sincere, they have proved
themselves incapable OF organizing
constructively in the wake of their
victorious army. In my last weeks In
Chalon I heard continual comments
on the fact that in YugoSlavia and
Greece the Germans hadn't been
able to set up even Quisling gov
ernment.
Fourth-That the Germans have
made a serious psychological error
in getting Admiral Darlan to use the
French police to do the work OF the
army of occupation, such as enforc-
ing the curfew in Paris, in watching
the demarcation line on the free"
side. Where many people used to
tolerate the Petain government on
the theory that it was really under
the guise of increasing "collabora-
tionism." playing for time and giving
the Germans the -around, they
now see humiliating evidence to the
contrary.
Fifth-That German morale In
recent weeks has slumped, due to two
developments: First. the attack on
the Soviet Union and failure OF the
wehrmacht to keep to its time
table, and, second, to the conviction
that the United States is on the
verge OF actual hostilities.
In ensuing articles ! will relate
prison experiences in which these
conclusions are based.
Newspaper Alliance. Ineo
Evening star., 1941-08-06

prison walls, more about the Ger
man army of occupation and more
about the state of affairs in occu-
pied France, Belgium and Holland.
than if I had been allowed to roam
freely about in these three countries.
I met scores of German officers
and soldiers who talked to me-
their priSoner-aS they never talked
to civilians in the occupied areas.
And 1 met and talked for days with
literally thousands of Frenchmen,
Belgians, Hollanders and others
from both occupied and unoccu-
pied areas. And in the intimacy
OF prison life-with due precautions
against the inevitable stool pigeons
they talked more freely than
any one had talked to me in the
nine days I was in Paris.
From the curious vantage point
OF prison in which the guards
and the prisoners were constantly
shifting, ! saw" the start of the
Balkan campaign. Night after
night troops moved through Chalon,
a rail center, headed for the south
west. I saw" the war in Syria
coming and when French troops
from the unoccupied zone crossed
the line in train after train, en-
route through Germany to Greece.
l was able to send word of that
fact to friends in Vichy with GER
tain precisions as to numbers and
equipment. From my guards I
heard the story of the sinking of
the British battleship Hood and
saw their CONSERVATION when the
Bismarck followed her off the stage.
Talk of Hess Stopped.
With me my guards discussed
Rudolf Hess flight. They were
frankly puzzled and not little
alarmed. Then one day they
dropped 1t. The 1ateful Sunday
Evening star., 1941-08-06
Strayer Colleue Of Seersiarial TRAINING

Courses for hish school graduates and eelleEs
lay and evening sessions; begin September and is.
asses form every Monday. Open all summer. June
,rgest in 80 years history of the college Students
nber should make application in advance. Strayer
ca nts for business positions and qualified to make
live examina tons Over 900 employment calls each
Evening star., 1941-08-06
Heavy Sentence Ordered.

From what / was able TO learn
from certain functionnaires of the
military tribunal for the region, the
judges had received orders to give
me as heavy a sentence as possible
so as to justify the exchange and,
in addition, if the exchange had not
yet been effected when my sentence
had been served, to hold me anyway
in "schutzhaft" or preventive arrest.
In the months between March 13
and July 81 was not only able to
lose 38 pounds (210 to 172), but I
was able to see, from behind my
Evening star., 1941-08-06

Luftwaffe. Many tons Of explosives
and tens of thousands OF incendi-
aries were dropped and hits scored
on airplane and supply factories, it
said.
Rail Facilities Blasted.
German planes were credited also
with blasting rail facilities SOUTH
east of Kiev, including the destruc-
ton of bridges over the Dnieper
River. In the Voznesensk district
along the Bug River in this area
German reports said their air bombs
wrecked tracks and a depot, blew
up munitions train and destroyed
IL grounded Russian planes.
The high command was unable to
announce any additional great cities
fallen into German hands. Through
out the reports there recurred men,
ton of the stubborn resistance of
the Russians, strong Notifications,
bad terrain and bad weather.
Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev still
have withstood the German power
drive. But the military successes
documented by the special an
nouncements far surpassed expec-
tationS," the high command de-
clared.
Destroying Fighting Power.
1t was insisted again that strategy
called less for so-called prestige
successes such as capturing big cities
than in the destruction of Russian
fighting power
Divided into summaries of fight
ing on the north, center and south
OF the vast battlefront from the
Baltic to the Black Sea and fourth,
roundup, communique, the high
command issued these claims:
In the center. The battle OF
Smolensk has ended in German
victory after battle unmatched
Evening star., 1941-08-06
Branch Heaven Robbed
Of Cash Box With $40

Two policemen went to heaven
last night and heard tale Of woe
from the angel in charge. Spe-
cifically, they went TO a branch
heaven" in the 1900 block Of Seven
teenth street NV. and met Miss
Peaceful Joy.
Miss Joy told them colored
man had left the place in hurry
with a cash box containing $50
under his arm.
Evening star., 1941-08-06
Berlin
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tCOntlnued From First Paee)
in Russian Notifications south of
Kiev by capture of 81 bunkers.
Russian counterattacks, made
partly with tanks, collapsed and
prisoners were taken, the agency
said.
The regular daily war bulletin,
issued separately from the lengthy
review, said Moscow had been
pounded again overnight by the
Evening star., 1941-08-06
Four Months Prisoner Of the Nuzi Army
American War Correspondent Found Life Behind Walls
Revealing as to German Success in Occupied Areas

This IS the first OF a series OF
ftr daily articles in Which an
American aoar correspondent tells
the story OF his arrest and i'm
prtsonment TOR four months by
the German forces in occupied
France and discloses intornla-
ZION he cleaned from other pris-
cfters and Ndsi guards.
Evening star., 1941-08-06

Recent measurements of British
soldiers show that the British have
grown taller in the last 100 years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Field Artillery,
NegroUnit,
Is in Training
Times stam Correspondent

WASHINGTON, March a. -
Under the steady hammering Of
Negro leaders and their friends in
Congress, the army general staff
was disclosed today to have finally
organized a complete field artillery
brigade of Negro troops for the
first time in the countrys military
history,
1t was announced by the war
department that the 46th Field
Artillery Brigade, all Negro except
for white officers. is in training
at Camp Livingston, La. 1t was
formed from groups furnished by
the 349th Field Artillery, a Negro
unit now at Fort Sill, Okla. The
new brigade consists of the 350th
Field Artillery $50 nm. howitz-
ers), 351st Field Artillery t155
nm. howitzers) and 353rd Field
Artillery tf55 nm. guns. 1t is
assigned to CHG.
Until formation of the new
brigade, the Fort Sill regiment
and the 1S4th Field Artillery. a
national guard outfit from Chicago
now in training at Fort Custer
Mich, were the only Negro field
artillery units in the army.
SENATOR BROWNS WORK
Senator Prentiss M. Brown Of
Michigan, joint author of a Senate
resolution to investigate discrimi-
nations against Negroes in con-
nection with the defense program
is among congressional leaders
who have backed Negro leaders ir
their attempt to break down the
military caste-sy system which
hitherto has relegated Negro
troops to the infantry, cavalry
and work battalions.
1t was recently announced thai
a number of airdrome squadron:
of Negro troops were being or
ganized and that Negroes would
have their own flying units a:
we'll, thus admitting them to the
air corps for the first time. The
air corps and field artillery were
the two 'holdouts" among thu
military services which Negroes
found it hardest to crack.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04

The first Michigan draftees to
be sent to Camp Grant, new army
reception center near Rockford.
ILL.,, will leave Detroit by train
tonight, following induction at the
station at 1910 West Fort street.
The Camp Grant center, opened
recently. is the largest selectee
clearing house" in the nation, set
up to handle $50 men daily. All
draftees indicted here the rest of
this week will be sent there, be-
cause of crowded conditions at
Fort Custer.
OF the 1859 men indicted here
yesterday, Is were sent to Fort
Sheridan, ILL.,, and the remaining
81 to Fort Custer, near Battle
Greek. A total of 81 men were
rejected by physical examinations
yesterday.
Starting next week. draftees in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
78O Guardsmen
Leave Tonight
For Illinois

Sevenry-six officers and 70f en-
listed me-. OF DetroitS antisircraft
regirnent-the 21oth Coast Artil-
Iery of the Michigan National
Guard-wili leave ~ tram tonight
for Fort Sheridan. III.
The regiment was modified for
federal service a week ago yeSter-
day, and an advance contingent.
including five officers and 90 men,
went TO Fort Sheridan last Friday.
The troops will leave the regi-
ment's arrnory at Woodward and
Hancock avenues at Ills tonight
and march 10 the Michigan Gen.
trail branch depot in Woodward
avenue lust south of Milwaukee
avenue. The regimental band viii
accompany the troops on the
march.
Two special trains will carry the
men TO the Illinois post. The first,
Transporting AZ officers and 402
men. viii leave az Sis. 70 be fol-
lowed 80 minutes later by a sec
ond train bearing % officers and
302 men.
Riding in sleeperS, thU troops
will arrive at Fort Sheridan at I
a. m. tomorrow. During the train
ing period in Illinois tf1r- regiment
will be issued lis armament and
additional CONTINENT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Idle Wife
Fired From Windsor Job
Because She's Married

Although her telegrapher hus-
band is serving his country in the
Canadian merchant marine, Mrs.
Doris Hills Ferris today remains
ousted from her Windsor city re-
lief department clerical job be-
cause of a municipal rule against
employing married women.
Death twice has brushed her
husband, Meredith f. Ferris, dur
ing the year he has been sailing
under the Canadian flag. Once his
convoy was. bombed = another
time, near a British port, his ship
was torpedoed.
She was discharged by the
Windsor Board of Control.
THE controllers action seems
unfair to me-" Mrs. Ferris said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
Ad Appropriation
Goes Back 10 Senate

LANSING. March 4.-Dffer-
ences between the House and SEN
ate over the amount TO be appro-
priated for advertising purposes
will be discussed by the Senate
today. A conference committee
from the two houses agreed on
1852 500 annually for the next two
years The Senate originally asked
S2OO. 900.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04

"Many friends have told me
they thought i should be per-
mitted to keep my job, but 1
guess they are going TO insist on
abiding by their rules.
81 understand one controller
would reconsider my case II i
hadn't lied when first asked II
/ were married"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04

Mrs. Ferris, who had worked
for the department nearly seven
years, denied it when asked If she
were married in 1889. Later she
admitted to Frank Clark. welfare
administrator, that she was
married.
Mrs. Ferris lives with her par
ents at 1850 Hall street, Windsor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-04
international News Photo

Arthur z. wunsch. %. 2oo2s Exeter.
Francis C. Sullivan. 20. 1884 Trumbull.
Robert r Walsh. rs. 1888 seyburn.
Robert N. Mundy. 26. 81 Peterboro.
John r. Clark, as. GAIT Grand River.
Edmund W. Dsrnttio. 25. $500 seyburr
Thomas II. Foster. 81. 3o45 West Kirb,
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Thomas Sees War In Year
If Policy Continues

Norman Thomas. Socialist party
leader, said yesterday he believes
this country will be at war in less
than a year If the present interna-
tional policy is continued.
A graduate of Princeton Univer-
sity in 1905, Mr.. Thomas made his
prediction at q luncheon meeting
of the Princeton Club of Washing
ton yesterday in the Cosmos Club.
I'VE are doomed if We feel that
Great Britain is Our last frontier
against totalitarianiSm" as it will
be an indication I'VE are afraid" he
said.
United States intervention in the
present war will call for another
American expeditionary force which
this time will not have friendly
continent to land on" he predicted.
He believes that If the United
States remains out of war only
then will it have chance to survive
this new era of collectivism
AS an alternative to Intervention,
Mr.. Thomas suggested we work in
close cooperation with the Latin
American countries to demonstrate
that democracy can be a success" "
Mr.. Thomas was introduced by
Houston Thompson, president Of
the club.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Skating Star Drafts New
PIeu to Stoy in U. S.

Vera Hruba, the Czech ice skater
who said last week she had to find
a husband before March l or face
deportation, yesterday prepared her
request to the Justice Department
to be allowed readmittance to the
United States through Canada on
non-quota immigration visa
Filling out papers at the Czecko-
Slovakian Legation yesterday. Miss
Hruba said that if her request is
refused she will ask for an extension
of her visitors visa. She has already
been in this country two years. the
usual limit of extensions of visitors
visas, but by applying to the Immi.
grafton and Naturalization Bureau
of the Justice Department, she may
be granted a virtually indefinite ex-
tension.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
EgEs| E!!E|I4: ~ lllI||l|'il E|| r. !: "a
The Magic of Modernization
Under The EberIy Plan

What we have accomplished in
literally thousands of Washington
homes testifes to the possibilities of
transformation through intelligent
planning and careful execution of
EberIy Plan designers and craftsmen.
There is nothing stereotyped about
it. Each home presents its own
practical problems; but they will be
worked out easily under The Eberly
Plans three "C's" - coordination.
collaboration, cooperation.
You'll be put to a very minimum of
inconvenience-the cost will have only
ONE moderate overhead profit because
ALL the work will be done by Eberly
Plan skilled craftsmen-and there will
be only ONE respOnsibility-OURS.
Live uith the modern comforts and
convenienceS Of an EberIyised Home.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Awards Are Presented
To First-CIassmen
At Annapolis
New Superintendent
To Hold Reception
For Seniors Tonight
By the Associated Press.

BY inc ANSpCldifo fEfHS
ANNAPOLIS. Nd. Feb. 4.-Flrst-
class midshipmen who eXcelled in
athletics and extra-c -curriCular ac-
tivities were given recognition for
their efforts at the Naval Academy
today.
A feature Of the first mid-year
graduation week since World War
days, the athletic and extra cur
ricular activities awards presenta-
ton was scheduled this morning in
Dahlgren Hall.
A f1rst-class informal will be
held at pm. today in Mahan Hall
Rear Admiral Russell Wilson, new
Academy superintendent, will hold
a reception for the 400 seniors and
their families at o'clock tonight
with dancing in Dahlgren Hall.
Graduation exercises will be held
Friday. with Secretary of the Navy
Knox speaking TO the young officers
soon to take their places in the line
First classmen held formal class
dinner and dance last night.
Although not officially a part OF
graduation week exercises, Gov
OConor and Admiral Wilson ex-
changed official calls yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
W. |. Austin Retires
AS Census Director;
40 Years in Bureau
President Roosevelt
Sends Him Letter
Of Congratulations

William Lane Austin, who reached
the statuatory retirement age Of 70
on January IS, announced yesterday
his retirement as director OF the
census. Pending the appointment
Of a successor, Secretary Of Com
merce Jones has named Or. Vergil
D. Reed acting director Of the Cen
sus Bureau.
DR.. Feed has been assistant dlrec-
tor for several years.
A native of Mississippi, Mr.. Austin
was appointed clerk in the Census
Bureau in 1900 on recommendation
of the late Senator John Sharp Will
liams. In 1918, he was promoted to
chief clerk and in 1917 chief ststisti-
clan fer agriculture. After serving
as assistant director for several
years, he was appointed director OF
the census by President Roosevelt in
1888.
AAl nucbAIl iidb n SCi NlIC III
the bureau than any director in its
history
President Roosevelt today ad-
dressed the following letter OF ap-
probation and congratulation to
Mr Austin:
Dear Mr. Austin:
Please allow me to congratulate
you upon 40 years successful service
in the Bureau OF the Census.
This period of service has been
marked with record of faithful
performance and progressive ad-
vancement from clerk to director Of
the bureau. You have advanced
through four decennial census
periods, giving direction to the last
one, the 18th decennial census. the
largest and most comprehensive
census ever undertaken by the
United States Government.
Your retirement and the leisure
which it will afford have been well
earned.
Sincerely yours.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Trek Begun 10 Scene
OF Bomber Wreck;
Seven Feared Dead
Officer Denies Croft
Was Equipped With
Army Bomb Sight
By the Associated l-ress.

MORTON. Wash, Feb. 4.-Sur-
rounded by military secrecy, a force
of soldiers with State and county
officials undertook a trek today into
a thickly wooded region in quest of
a wrecked Army bomber which two
rancher woodsmen reported sight
| ing yesterday.
A bomber, with seven officers
aboard, disappeared January l6 on
flight from McChord Field, Wash.
1t was feared, should this prove to
be the wreckage. that all seven men
were killed. The Woodsmen said
| there was no sign of life at the
scene.
Maj. c. B. Overacker, commander
of the 73d Bombardment Squadron,
10 which the plane and crew be-
longed, said remains of the bomber
probably would be dynamited after
all possible salvage.
Col Walter Peck, operations chief
at McChord Field, denied fatty to
neWsmen early today that the big
plane which vanished from there
was equipped with an Army bomb
sight. Previously he had expressed
belief the craft had carried some
type Of bomb sight.
Welter of Conflicting Reports.
Col. Peck said. however, that he
would not be convinced the hill
residents had discovered the bomber
1
He said the welter of conflicting re-
ports he had received in the past
two weeks had made him skeptical.
The men who brought word of
the Wreckage were Harry Stud
halter and Tom Harper. Although
authorities did not allow them to
be questioned. Maj. Overacker said
they told of seeing scattered parts
of the plane from a vantage point
about 200 yards distant.
/ C. I, Kimple. Morton weekly paper
published, said they told him they
saw at least one body, and no sign
of life at the scene. He said he
gained the impression the wreckage
was in a ravine, difficult of access.
/ Mai. Overacker said the site was
about 312 airline miles from this
little numbering community, but de-
chned to disclose in what direction.
No Sign of Fire.
Mai. Overacker said State pa
/ trolman and one of the two woods
men went into the area last night,
but had no means of reporting
/ back
The woodsmen said there was no
sign of snow or fire at the scene,
less than so miles south of Nc
/ Chord Field, from which the bomber
took off on a flight to the Muroc
Lake bombing range in California.
1t was the center of an extensive
search from the air for two weeks.
Before leaving camp at 5 am.
g am, z. S. t., the searchers esti-
mated that four hours would be re-
ouired to reach the wreckage scene,
They expected to be at the spot for
three or four hours before making
the four-hour trip back.
Horses were taken along to bring
back the bodies.