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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
Waller Wincheu
On Broadway
mr.. WincheH Is on Vacation)
By Lou NoUa
Next Worlds Heavyweight Champion)

I WROTE Heavyweight Champion" my by
line because / know that's what I'm destined be-
don't think typcay pop-of part OF Just
another fighter 1t
Did you feel something happen you?
Well I've known that the title be from the day quit
my - day job the San Francisco Bay Bridge knew
when asked wife the Iertha Robbins marry
knew that only through winning the title would able
give the things give
asked her marry broke outwardy little
OF the of fighter looked muscebound than
utle-bound
No has my get
the sports world aduaon- probably than
deserve Bur usually comes after I've done something which
instance at Alameda tCal3 High Sacramento Junior Col
ege and California Agge my coaches advised going
out became only ioureitcr Alameda
up to my time and did all right at the college
When selected Pacific Coasts A. US boxing
team TO compete the nationals ST Louis the coast
team There mention of me in the me-iournament pub
national ute When this country sent me to Paris in 1895
as member Of is boxing team in the international amateur
started because he said my system training initiated against
fellow TO bring home title
IN TIE worslooking gym fighter history work
81 ANY d TOR Pa s, p"e aa ae m o me n
NJ re h man h ol me o b ai any ne ~ aI' some
fight sitting my dressing
nice-lookng fellow dressed neatly
I He fellow l had Just knocked
i've taken lot Of y kdoG about my soeae u , to
punch and dynamo STANCE even got ra1znG "hfn went on
vegetable Jncc d fet look PACK Ie" years m N nete
that My balance is better thanks 10 studies
punching cleaner thanks the lessons
be the study Of rhe cosmc punch
/ kidding a laugh Of the way Conn
~nacd up with punch. called the
cosmetic punch.
my presence the game today warden and lfer
When hut slowly the blodfoSonnC
Galeno fight Carlen took out Of the hospital
City, Nev. the Nevada State
Caren's friend Bill Lewis warden Warden Lewis
each day and LEI with
able-boded My second and fer think
brought back the after had been
officially counted by every authority the country
GONE Of The regulars think I'm
- honestly enjoy my with the Id
rather SIT chewing rag the
swany party They speak language If they don't
If
he important tho
usual movie burleSquc Not Of know
father pianist the Of the Francisco
Symphony.
be 7 know that I hope he is
only fights That against Tony
Caento. And he knocked dizzy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
FIRELEI CHOSEN

Tho names Of prominent
rivals like Wilhelm PECK
and Mucn.zc berg were
anathcma 10 him. He would
not have them a collabo-
ratorS. He would choose has
own collaborator> from the
unSpoiled rank and file. And
abruptly he said to Firelei
You're going to Copen-
hagen with me"
Flrefcr fecoiled. She would
stay with me, she answered.
Your man will 70 low
shortly" Wollweber COM
mented. There are a lot Of
things I'm going to do in
Copenhagen. The air il
cleaner there than in Paris"
Three days later Firelei re-
Ceived her sailing orders from
the Western Sccretariat. She
was needed in Copenhagen.
and 10 Copenhagen she had
10 60. ----.--------
Expulsion from the party
for violation Of BolSheviSt dis
Clpline was the alternative
WollWebcr went TO CopCn-
hagen by -a1rplanc Firclci
travelled aboard the r. A.
Bcrnstorn from Dunkerque.
In Roger Walter Ginsburg 5
atelier | found a letter from
the Western Secretariat. as
signing me 10 direct a special
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26

please note that one expert claims
Listening string makes the hair grow" listen
Ing TO brass instrument, makes the hair fall out"
Keep that mind when tuning IN on the radio
Ever hear Japagcsc thought police There such
group Jar rs assignment rs TO arrest people Tor not hhK
Ing Like the government
CAID James Barrie
- In lo,e-makinc a, in best who
We can Mr. Barrie making statement
casting reflection on the writers Get Man articles
but possible.
You = Washington pie.
Don't YOU the Boston cream pie writes
Yorker,
washington pie is brown cake with white frostng the
top and nothing like Boston cream pie
Imagine trying tel old Washington fan like myself
1 don't
Every knows how communism robS the soul of nation
and proves it base
md abominahe war"
Who said foregoing
WAY sir Churchill 1910 less than
sII7HY many >alesglrls asks
W what bitter feminine subscriber.
looking small girl time. They
much ohglng in what want
girls give nerory complex and usually sell
something don't which return the next day.
Everything indicates ar-hosees nurses and senographels
the best chance getting unusual husband
When woman beautiful her first child IS usually girl
With army reaching World War proportions timely book
Is titled 'Craps' scientific treatise crap-shoong.
designed 10 enable those who must toss dice TO lose less
money.
Champion crap>hoofer of the AEr was Sarge" svcnke
now well known gaeehorse trainer
- why they put behind People
eating sandwiches look monkeys When a
Iuuccounter looks eating sandwich effect
: startling depressing"
saa.t doctor sharply young gentleman patient:
u didn't tell 30 'ahhh'"
= know sou ddut. but caught glimpse
rfd-hcaded nurse"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
'Experience'-How Does
Green Youngs+er Get It?
By Elsie Robinson

help the youngstcr find his
place in practical life.
Every year. about the
middle OF the senior year.
each twelfth grader. who IL
sure he or she will not attend
college, u invited TO enroll
IN this program.
This means that they will
thereafter spend half their
time I'm the class room and
half I'm practical work i'm the
shops and offices Of the city
where they will acquire the
necessary experience that
will help them greatly in
securing employment after
graduation.
Employees pay not ing
for such service and are
under no obligation hut
the school gives credit, IL
work II well done, and the
executives gladly recognize
such credit.
Eighteen weeks ~ such
work teaches diversified
methods and gives the pupil
n wonderful workout I'm meet
ing and adjusting himself To
people.
also. II usually results In
permanent position after
graduation, n most employers
prefer hand trained workers.
"Some people think our plan
exploit labor hut we believe
IL offers the first, practical
tie-up between school. home
and workshop which modern
youth has ever known.
What possible 'exploita-
ton could he worse than our
present system Of turning
youngsters out In wholesale
lots. all dressed up with no
place to GO?
mo wonder the fifth
collmnists and agitators find
ready material for their In
sidious poison.
LAWRENCE A. BARRETT,
superintendent Of Schools,
"Salida, Colo"
Which. says |, is as fine a
picture Of real democracy A
work as I've over seen. And
here's my hand 10 tho fine
men and women who arc
making II possible.
Wish | could send thor
story 10 every Board NJ
Education, every Chamber Of
Commerce and Juvenile Court
in Americai
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26

I'VE youngsters who cant
L get start High
school graduates too poor for
college too young for
draftcc status too mex
perienced for regular jobs
how can they find a place IN
me working world
Seventy-hvc per cent Of or
juvenile delinquency starts
during that period when the
unemployed youngSter drifts
aimlesSly. waiting for some
thing 10 break y growing
more disguised and diScour-
aged by the hour Want jobs
OF course they do
They're poisoned with envy
Of the lucky ones who land
something quick filled
with increasing diStrust Of a
system which has. SEEM
ingly. denied them their fair
chance But one question al
WAYS blocks their search:
How much experience have
YOU had ,"
HOW much experience
III Obviously. none! For the
simple reason that scarcely
any provision has been made
TO bridge the gap between
academic theories and praC-
tlcal work programs. Whose
fault is It?
Are the youngsters, them
selves. too difficult? Have
the parents been unwisc, or
indifferent left II up 10
teacher? Is the school 10
blame out Of step with
realities? Or are business
and labor responsible?
a tough handful Of ques-
tons. Wherefore we intro
duce. with special pride.
Lawrence A. Barrett. super
intendent of Salida PUBLIC
Schools. District No. Z. Salida,
Colo.
For Professor" Barrett
and his teammates, plus a
notable group Of ciVic-minded
business men have evolved a
plan 10 meet this problem 4
and for five years II has
worked.
we call H." says Super
intendent Barrett. "our Co
operative Industrial Program.
Actually. it's plan whereby
the schools, shops. homes and
Offices all work, together TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
By JAN VALTN

rade Wollweber wants 10 see
YOU"
II have instructions To re-
port To PiatnitZky," ! count
cred
Never mind Piatnitzky.
Comrades kuusinen and Bella
Kun are i'm Copenhagen now.
Everything can he arranged
here" Jensen advised me.
Three days passed before
the Western Secretariat found
time TO attend 10 my future
work Meanwhile | saw
FirGlci She had her quarters
on OereSundSvei, in a modern
room overlooking beautiful
beach and the reaches of the
Baltic Sea.
"Wollweber works day and
night" she said "He Is like.
stcamShovel I'm brooches.
digging his way into the
Westbureau."
Firelei suffered under the
reports of unabating horrors
in Germany. But she was
happy in her work. Wolf
weber had put her in charge
of the transport of Communist
literature from Denmark and
South Sweden 10 Germany by
maritime couricrS.
In addition 10 this function,
il was her duty 10 remain
each morning from ; to II
near the telephone in her
room 10 note down the exact
wording of each of numerous
incoming messages. The texts
Of these messages were then
transmitted by courier 10 the
Western Secrctariat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
CHAPTER -

The government forces re-
tired Three hours later they
renewed their attack. squirt
inc high pressure Jets Of
water from hoses Of tho Paris
fire engines. Defenders were
topped over by the impact
of tho water The Garde
Mobile boarded the bargeS
and cut the moorings.
Turning slowly around
themselves. the ships drilted
downstream, some a nc,
utnrts >iH clinglng together.
As soon as the Garde Mobile
rcaSSemblcd 10 tackle the
next line of obstruction. Maui
vaiS and ! sent out the courierS
with orders TO Fe-establlSh the
smashed barriCadC.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
Out of the Night

week the Silesian quietly
took his bearings.
He recruited a train Of de-
voted assistants from the
rank and file of refugees. He
dispatched private couriers 10
Copenhagen and the Soviet
Union. and soon these dis
patch-bearers returned with
favorable answers.
Conferences with delegates
Of the Western Secretariat
followed. Ernst Wollweber'S
reputation as the organizer Of
the German underground
was immense.
Wollweber'S greatest asset
was the fact that he was
hardly known outside the Ger
man frontiers. He was A man
of mystery. and he knew how
10 exploit that role. He
moved through the streets Of
Paris, thick-Set, silent, his iron
forehead almost hidden under
a too-lmge fedora hat. his
Saturnine eyes glnting into
the hot Paris Summer air
He used a great number of
names. At the Comite Mon
dial they called him Schulz.
In the refugee committees, he
was known as Anderson, In
the conferences of party
funCtionarieS. he was intro
duCed as Kurt Schmidt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26

T IERE pleasant little that will you
every day 1t numerical puzzle designed TO spell out
your your first II the number
If number than
add your key number the upper left
and every your
numbers Then under
the checked figures gave you' S-Z6
81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
EPITHETS FOR ALL

Our cafe conference con-
tinued Wollweber spoke Of
the Western Secretariat. the
highest body of Comintern
and plenipotentiaries outside
of the Moscow offices of Molo-
tov and Piatnitzky
Ulrich he called a lawyer
Scoundrcl." OF the Pole Rene,
the chief Of the World League
against FaSclSm, he spoke as
a Schlappschwanz Ia dish
rag"
"If I had Rene's power" he
growlcd. II could make the
world turn around the other
way"
We came TO Henri Bar
huSSe Wollweber had never
heard of him.
"Who is this Barbusse fell
low" he queried.
He wrote the book Under
Fire" Firelei explained.
He wouldn't last long
under fire." Wollweber COM
mcntcd Sardonically. Hes
too tall and thin. Any fool of
detective could pick him
out among n million others"
Flrclei laughed.
"Comrade Ernst, how about
this fellow Goethe ."
- Goethe is dead" Wolf
weber said. Goethe wrote
Faust"
Wollwebcr told me that he
would shortly leave for Mos
cow. From Moscow he would
60 10 Copenhagen. He asplred
10 create for himself an
Apparat on which he could.
rely utterly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
THREE BARRICADEs

THREE BARRICADES
This time We were not con-
tent with one blockade. over
a stretch of one mile we built
three barbados with over 40
ships.
The combined forces Of the
government now assaulted our
barrlcades at all points al
once. using the darkness Of
night 10 approach unobSerVed
We had received orders
from the Comintern not 10
advocate the use of firearms,
since the action had more the
character of a dress rehearsal
than of a decisive combat.
To avoid an outright insur-
rectioE. the police and the
Garde Mobile. the latter IN
steel helmets also abStained
rom using their pistols.
Bruises, broken heads and
countless drenchings in river
and canal water were the lot
of both sides
The general melee lasted
four days and nights. 1t was
the most adventurous strike
play ever enacted on French
soil. On the night of August
26, all key organizers were
called to- consultation in ST
Denis.
Franchon informed us that
the order HAD come 10 call off
the strike at daybreak Com
rade Arrachard flew up IN a
rage.
why" he protested. "the
affair is going wonderfully.
"Nhy stop"
THE comrades from the
mintern are satisfied"
F'ranchon relayed. I'VE must
not play all our cards. II has
been an experiment. a success
full experiment. We may now
draw from ii lessons of value
for the greater battles OF the
future"
LEADERS ESCAPE
Several hundred batelierS
had been arrested in the
course of the experiment"
Thirty j m porte d militantS
from Dunkerque were charged
with rebellion. Not one of
the real leaders of the strike
was among them.
On a Sultry day at the end
of August seemingly appear
ing from nowhere, Ernst Woll-
weber arrived in Paris
Firelei met him in Comrade
GinSburg'S atelier on the Rue
de Seine. Wollweber was
crouchine over A map of Paris,
and another one Of Europe
"Comrade Ernst" Firelei
cried. welcome 10 Paris.
We feared YOU had been
taken.
Feared The SilcSian
gripned. Even the best can
he replaced. though il happens
at times that the dead come
back to life"
The arrival OF Wollweber in
Paris was like the appear
ance of a hungry hawk over
the chicken ranch. The num-
erous German Communists
who had installed themselves
in comfortable Offices since
their flight from Germany
feared for their positions and
their budgets.
SWINGS INTO ACTION
They did everything in their
power 10 isolate the danger
Gus newcomer, 10 head him of
TO Brussels or Moscow. For
BY Jimmy Hatio
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
HER DREAMS GONE

The bulk of the telephone
messages were in code. Firelei
neither knew their meaning,
nor the identities Of the callers.
II did not matter.
dreams OF her youth
were gone. Her child was
lost. She was resigned TO
serve the cause which had
taken 50 much. and from
which a return 10 a former
manner of life-now 50 re-
mote and strange-had be-
come impossible
on the morning Of my
fourth day in Copenhagen
JenSen'S son Martin. who was
a GPU man handling tho
management Of Communist
activities in the water, gas
and electrical works of Copen-
hagen, called on me. 1t was
Sunday
Were going to the West
bureau" he said There's "A
fight on about YOU"
What sort of fight ." !
As kCd. somewhat startled.
While we journeyed by
tramcar TO the suburb Of
Charlottenlund. where Otto
Wilhelm kuuSlnen, the I'M
official secretary of the Com
intern maintained an office IN
the apartment of woman
GPU operative, Martin Jensen
goSSlped in whispers
He was anxious 10 please
me. for | knew of some Of his
indiScretonS with party bellies.
asd Comradc Martin was
afraid that his pretty wife,
Inge, who loved him franti-
cally would learn Of his
. cyot.c oScapadcS.
NO DECISION YET
1T i a juriSdictionaI fight"
he exclaimed. THE inter
nationalistS want YOU To boss
the waterfront groups, and
then Nollwebcr came and
SAID. Nothing doing. ! need
this comrade in Germany. p"
"IIas there been "A de
ciSion >"
NO, they're still fighting"
"Nho i stronger
The German, believe
WoIlweher. He has the biz
patience. He sits and argues
until the others are tired OF
the argument and GO home"
We halted near the home oil
KumSncn'S hostess Chariot
tcnlund was "A fashionable
residential district Old tree
and comfortable benches hned
the avenues.
Martin Jensen entered a
house, l73 Ordrupvej. and re-
turned presently with a tall,
rather bony woman Of about
40 She had an intelligent
face. and she walked with a
lanky, peculiar gait which
seemed 10 denote that she
was unable 10 bend her left
leg al the knee.
The woman was Petra
Petersen. a secret agent, and
a veteran operator in the cen
trail telegraph exchange OF
the Danish capital
(To BE Continued
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26

conference Of the Anglo
American delegations to the
World Youth Congress against
War, which convened in Paris
in September
OBJECT OF SESSION
The object Of the special
conference was the co-ordina-
ton of the work of Com
muniSt organizations in the
armament and shipping indus
tries for purposes of military
intelligence and the nbStruc-
ton of arms shipments not
approved by the Soviet gov
eminent.
At the end Of the World
Youth Congress. IN the offices
OF the Comintern bureau of
railroad s OntcrnationaleS
kOmmittee der EiSenbahner)
on the Place de la Republique
in Paris, l met the former
Polish army officer whom the
Kremlin had appointed, after
the arrest Of Albert Walter.
10 act as commissar for the
Maritime Section OF the Third
International.
This comrade informed me
that he was about 10 be re-
called TO hll an administrative
post IN the Soviet Union, and
that he had proposed TO Molo-
TOW that | should be con-
Sidered for the function Of
secretary general of the Mari
time Section
Nobody knows the inter
national waterfront better
than YOU" he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
THE CANNIBAL

Ernst WOllwcber seemed 10
take a sinister delight IN
using the names Of men who
had died in GeStapo dungeons.
Firelei called him The Cannl-
hal, a name which he seemed
10 like. especially when It
came from the lips of a like
able girl,
He would stop in dis tracks
then, and his black Mongol
ayes would peer upward. as
If they were studying hidden
code in the pattern of the
kalSomine on the ceiling, and
a grin would come TO his
tobacco-Smeared lips. a. grin
10 Which FireleiS- only answer
was a rather comical Ugh
One evening Firelei and |
were with WollwebGT in a cafe
on the Champs ElysceS. Woll-
weber drank soda water. We
talked about Germany. about
Paris, and the future. And
suddenly he said:
I've been looking around.
This Paris is a treasure chest.
I've learned more here i'm one
week, tell you. than in three
years in Germany. In Ger
many. our comrades either
starve 10 death or are beaten
10 death. And here? The
boulevard cafes are lousy with
deserters."
At this point he broke into
an ugly Snarl
I'm going 10 round them
up" he growled, lone and all.
I'm going To send them back
TO Germany where they be-
long"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
FILLED WITH JOY

7 was filed with a riotouS
citation. II was the highest
Office I could ever hope TO
attain IN the service of the
Communist In crn ational--
Tonic. a girl of 40 husky and
younglSh, the chief of the
Comintern Railroad Bureau.
threw her arms around my
neck and Rugged me for no
plausible reason.
The Pole Snickcrcd:
"Tonie. you'll have plenty Of
competition. hut there's no
hope for YOU girls To cut in
on the comrades budget"
Since the arrest of Albert
Walter. the monthly subsidy
which the International of
Scamen and Harbor Workers
-ISH) received from Moscow
varied between $4,000 TO
$4,000. depending on the
scope and Importance Of cur
rent actions and campaigns.
| repaired TO the Comintern
hotel, the Hotel q AfsaCe, and
packed my few belongings. |
was 10 90 to Copenhagen 10
receive A new set of passports
from Richard Jensen, and 10
proceed then 10 Moscow for
conference with OsSip Plat
milky. the organiZatlonal
chief Of the Cnmlntern.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
HANDED PACKAGE

! babe farewell TO my Paris
friends and boarded the
North Express tfAmsterdam.
ono Of the agel4Ys}of the GPU
in Holland met me at the air
port. His name was de
Groot, and he had the appear
ance and the credentials of a
coffee merchant. He handed
me package containing
several dozen blank Neither
lands passports for delivery 10
Richard Jensen in Copen-
hagen.
The customs examination Of
air travellers was less Strln-
gent than the examination Of
Noyagers arriving by train
or boat Soon the motors
began 10 roar, dust flew
aStern, and my plane left the
ground
The Tristan Islands slipped
by below. the North Sea
spread out in a panorama of
green and white, with the hos
tilc German coast 10 star
board, and the friendly coast
of Jutland straight ahead.
Immediately on my arrival
in Copenhagen | went 10
Richard JenSen'S home on YES
terbrogade. There a girl sec
rotary directed me to a secret
Office. Is Toldbodgade, in the
diSreputable Nyhavn district.
II was the home of the new
passport forging center OF the
Comintern WeStburcau | de-
livered the Dutch passports 10
Jensen, and requested him TO
arrange with the Soviet con-
~sul for the documents neccs-
SarY FOR my journey 10
Moscow
"You are not going 10 Mos
cow Jensen told me. Com
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-26
SWINGS INTO ACTION

They did everything in their
power 10 isolate the danger
Gus newcomer, TO head him Off
TO Brussels or Moscow. For
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-19

Sir Ralph was q bold pirate and adventurer.
While plundcring shipping ON the Scotch coast
he found his successes impeded by the bell
on the Inchcape Rock. So he ordered out the
lOng-boat and had himself rowed to the Rock.
where he deliberately hacked through the
stout cable holding the bell which sank TO the
bottom with a doIcful gurgle
After that Sir Ralph sailed away 10 the
Indian Seas in search of richer plumber II
is an interesting coincidence that the Mackays
made most Of their fortune JIM India Then Sir
Ralph sailed for Arbroath laden with treasure
As he CROPPED his way through the fog and
stormy sea this desperate man began 20 feel
misgivings. One of his crew remarked. Il
wish 1 could hear the Inchcape Bell"
A few minutes after that the ship crashed
on the Rock and everybody on the ship went
to the bottom
These dramatic events were woven into a
ballad called THE Inchcape Rock" by Robert
Southey, who was Poet Laureate of England in
the early part Of the Nineteenth Century
Southey was not a particularly distinguished
poet but so interesting We're the facts TN this
poem that 10 has lived after most of his other
brain children bave been forgotten
When the second and the late Lord Inch
cape married Miss Lconora Brooke he was