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Evening star., 1941-06-25
Man Seized in Ohio
Will Be Questioned
In Strieff Murder
Police Told He TuIked
About Cose and Body
Bore Marks of Scratches

Detective Sergt. Aubrey Tolson,
one of the homicide squad detectives
working on the Strieff murder, was
on his way to GAINESVILLE, Ohio, today
to question a man who has been
arrested there as a suspect in the
case.
The local police were notified of
the arrest yesterday in an airmail
letter from c. H. Courtney, Zanes-
vile police chief. who said the sus-
pect had been picked up Sunday.
Mr.. Courtney said the man had
peen arrested on charges of drunk
enness and he had been babbllng
about the Strieff murder. He was
from Washington, police were told
and his body bore numerous marks
of scratches and bites which he was
unable to explain.
Stayed at Mission Here.
Police checked here and found
the man had been staying at a
mission in Washington for the last
year.
Mr.. Courtney, reached by The Star
by phone, said the man denied any
knowledge of the murder. He said
he was not in Washington on the
day the girl was killed and claimed
he was 'on the road"
On one of his hands, he wore q
bandage which covered marks that
a GAINESVILLE doctor declared to have
been made by human teeth. The
skin was off the knuckles of one OF
his hands. Chief Courtney said, one
of his shins was barked and he had
scratches on his face.
The Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton was called on by police yester-
day to give scientific aid in the case
for the first time since the body of
Betty Strieff was discovered 10 days
ago in a garade in the rear of I'LL
@ street NV.
Police turned over to the F. B. I.
particles of sand which were found
in the girls shoes and samples of
earth taken from various places
where they believed she might have
passed. They have asked the F. B. 1
to attempt to match the samples.
Two Questioned Anew.
Continuing their back tracking"
on the murder case, police returned
to the 1900 block of Florida avenue
NV. to question again the residents
of that neighborhood who say they
saw Miss Strieff on the day she
disappeared.
Feter Duncan. proprietor of a
store at 1910 Florida avenue NV,
who told The Star the girl had
bought a stick of butter in his
place, and Mrs. Maggie Foutz, who
lives above the Duncan store and
who told The Star she saw the girl
get out of an automobile and go
into the store. were subjected to
lengthy questioning.
Acting Chief of Detectives Keck
announced later that there were dis
crepancies in the stories told by the
two. Police. he said, are not con-
vinced that Miss Strieff was ever in
the delicatessen.
The 23-year -old War Department
clerk left her home, at 2ll0 Nine
teenth street NV, about 2:20 pm.
Sunday, June Is, to buy some butter.
She did not return and her
body was discovered the following
morning. She had been criminally
attacked and strangled.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Please!

DON'T BE A CYCLE SKUNK
Most unpopular fellow in the woods
is Mephitis mephitis, who disturbs
his furred and feathered neighoors
with a foul smell.
A foul noise can make a human
Just as irritating in this city. If
you ope,ate a motorcycle, control
the pops, bans, rattles, loars and
hullabalOo, ~
Evening star., 1941-06-25
To Lecture on France

+. DR.. Gilbert Chinard of Princeton
University will speak on The Spir-
itual Bond Between the United
States and France" at pm. tomor-
row in the University of Maryland
Home Economics Building.
The talk is under the auspices of
the French School. 1t will be the
only one of a series to be given in
English.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Make June Safer
June, 194l
Toll In PreyinuS Months.

June IS Iuns II luna II June III
- . . .
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Curron Will Seek
Death Penalty in
Assault Cases

Because of recent cases of
criminal attacks on women
here, United States Attorney
Edward M. Curran. announced
today he is instructing his as
%sistants to ask District Court
iuries to return the death pen
atty where persons are indicted
for such crimes.
Under the law District juries
are empowered to bring in the
death penalty.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-27
for Sale

convertible club 5-pass
coupe. built-in radio. heater and defrost.
ers finished In original navy blue. Folks,
it's positively a spotless beauty priced 10
sell fast full price S555. STATE MOTORS,
62Oi CASS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-27

PoNTIAc-'4O de luxe torpedo 5-pass. club
coupe spec. hnsh; large heater: loaded
with extras; Just the car you have been
looking for; on sale today. $685.; long
E-Z terms
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-27

A BETTER price for junk cars; also
wrecks. s. a s. Auto Parts. TO, $3.50.
A CALL for junk cars pay IS TO 500. We
pick UP. Tyler 4-y31s.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-27
Wanted Trucks and Trailer

ANY make OF model. cash waiting. 65l5
West Warren Tyler $3.50.
SPOT CASH paid Tor trucks. any make
or model The high dollar
4. A. MOSS. 5000 t,Ass AVE.
Az rHOBiLEp WILLNS DEALER
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-27

ROTATE TRAILER PARK. l7O22 Toledo
road, at Allen road-i5 minutes from
Ford's. 50 monthly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-27
Camp TraiIers

NEW and used trailers; many fine buys
Low down payment; budget terms
KIRCHER. 1887 LlVERNoIs L.
TRAILER parts Accessories: also repair
! parts: many other useful articles Fed
leral Trailer, 190sg West Warren. Open
daily and sunday 90.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-24
u. Of NJ. EnroIs
.11,400 Students
Time. stan Correspondent

ANN ARBOR, Sept. 24-The
University of Michigan opens its
one hundredth year Monday =
with more girls than ever before
enrolled in its classes.
Total enrolment for this one
hundredth birthday year of the
university is unofficially set at
II, 400. about IL per cent below
last years figure.
To commemorate that day 100
years ago. university officials
have set aside October Is as
Centennial Day. on which day
classes in the literary college
the first university branch 10 be
founded-will be. excused and a
special program scheduled.
Leading educators and alumni
of the university throughout the
country have been invited 10 the
centennial celebration.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-24
Two Face Quiz
In MOIestinQ
Of Children

Two suspects were held by
police today in the wave of child
molestations Of the last several
weeks.
One of the suspects will be
viewed today by a 7-year-old girl
10 see if he is the man who yes
terday noon offered her % cents
10 allow him to drive her 10
school.
The child ran screaming. away,
according 10 other children with
whom she was playing. Mrs.
Helen Ouimet. %. of 1884
Lysander avenue, saw the incident
from her window and furnished
police with a description of the
man. II tailed with that of a
man sought for a series of moles-
tations.
The suspect is a resident Of The
neighborhood and has been iden-
titled by other residents AS having
made advances 10 other children.
The second suspect was arrested
by Detroit police on information
from Dearborn. Several students
in the Maple School took his
license number after he had
circled the school three times in
a maroon car. He is 10 be ques-
toned by police of both cities.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-24
Prison Numbers
Replace Names
Times stan Correspondent

JACKSON, Sept 24-Two for
mer Detroit councilmen. Harry /.
Dingeman and John Hamilton, to-
day surrendered their names for
numbers as they became Just two
more of the 5.26i prisoners in the
southern Michigan prison.
Dingeman is No $3.50. Hamil-
ton is No 5l6ll.
They opened the second full day
Of their sentences Of 3 20 10 years
each in quarantine cells. where
they must stay for % more days
before they may associate with
their felloW-lnmateS
Both have had medical tests and
shots for various diseases They
face further examination by soci-
ologists and psychological exam
iners and finally viii appear before
n classification board. They viii
then be assigned prison Jobs.
Both men were sentenced for
selling their VOTES as - tro I
councilman on the original Her
man Gardens Housing contracts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-24
$40 Cache
Police Find Ii in Dead
Mans Wooden Leg

When Anton Nicholas, So. of
270S Ellery street. was found dead
in his parked auto in front of his
poolroom at 7437 Gratiot avenue,
friends told Deputy Coroner Fos-
ter Knobloch that he usually car
rled large sum of money.
! Knobloch. reporting Nicholas
death was apparently due 10 natu-
raj causes, found only $40 in his
clothing.
A more thorough search re-
vealed $40 in bills in Nicholas
wooden leg.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-24
Gold Teeth
$4,000 Dental Work Is
Stolen at u. of M.

ANN ARBOR. Sept. 24.-The
gold Filings have literally been
stolen from the teeth of the Uni
versiiy OF Michigan School OF
Dentistry.
Ann Arbor police are investi-
eating the theft of 81 900 worth Of
gold dental work from the dental
school.
The gold was in the forTN Of
bridges. crowns and inlays. knd
was set in plaster OF paris modes
OF false teeth.
Several hundred such models are
kept in cases in the dental build
ing, and police found the lock on
the case jimmied.
Today Detective Harry Smith is
out hunting for the gold from
somebody's teeth-hunting in gold
smelters in nearby Pontiac and
Grand Rapids.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-24
Labor Federation TO Meet

To receive the report OF the
committee on political action.
which. viii make recommendation
on candidates for mayor and mem
bers Of the city council. a special
meeting Of the Detroit and Wayne
County Federation OF Labor will
be held Friday evening in the new
labor building. s. West Montcalm
street. Frank X MarteI. presidents
announced today
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-24

On week days enjoy the two
pages of comics and adventure
strips In the daily Detroit
Times; on Sunday, the great
Comic Weekly with WORLD
FAMOUS comics I'm COLORS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05
American Sailors
Shell Submarine

WASHINGTON. Dec. D. tUPl-
The officers and crew OF tho i6.0Q9
ton naval t,nker Salinas today re-
ceiyed wa1n commendation fol
courage. efficiencE and seamansfIp
in a navy report revealing that they
had shelled and damaged one OF
three German submarines Gullns an
attack or Oct. 30.
The cOngratuations were from
Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief OF
naval operations, TO the men who
brought their ship to an undisclosec
American port after beln torpedoec
and seriously damaged. Stark Said
their work was in kt eping WI
ihe highest traditions of the navy.
The navy's report of the Salinas
incident was the first official an
nCuncement That an Axis submarine
had been damaged by an American
naval vessel. IT has been the policy
of the navy not TO reveal such at
tackS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05
Russia, Poland in
Mutual Pledges

LONDON. Dec. 5. tUPl-Russla
and the Polish government IN exile
were pledged today, once the war
has been brought to a victorious
conclusion and the Hitler criminals
duly punished. to promote "a new
organization Of international rela-
tions based on association OF the
democratic states in union"
Premier Joseph Stain OF Russia
and Gen. Wladislaw Sikorski, pre-
nlier OF the Polish government in
exile. signed yesterday a declaration
of friendship and mutual help. ac-
cording TO the Moscow radio. heard
here by the United Press listening
post.
The agreement closed a wide
breach. because in 1899. when Ger
man. invaded Poland from one
side, Russia, which then had treaty
of friendship with Germany, march
ed in from the other. The Polish
soldiers who were in the territory
Russia took and became prisoners
of war. were the ones Sikorski
pledged 10 fight with Russia.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05
Dorothy Roy in
Spotlight Again

"dlSaffiliat6d with the CommuNiS-
tic party. She said She lctt the party
because she had been 50 active or
ganizinC ana directing strikes that
she was threatened with a nervous
breakdown She testified that she
had to have time TO think over her
activities durine the previous 10 or
Il years.
She testified that She never knew
the UCAPAWA was q CommamStlc
front organization bu, that She al
ways told workers She Was tryne
to organize that Size Was Com
munist.
I never a.d Try to hide 1t she
said.
The assembly committee. headed
By Jack Tenney Of Los Angeles. Fri
day questioned members of the Amer
lea First Commluee ana prepared
to continue their nveSue2a-n Of
the parole Of Ear, King Ernest Ram
sey. and Frank Conner SATURDAY
By visiting San Quentin penitenuary
10 question George Wallace. foaril
member of the group convicted oi
he shipboard SlayinE Of Engineer
George AlbertS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05
Terrorist Attacks
In Paris Include
Shooting Of Major

VICHY. Dec. 5. ,UP)-Three more
terrorist attacks in Paris during the
past "a hours were reported today
including tie shooting OF German.
major.
In another attack. shots were fired
toward a group Of Germans at the
Issy gate on the southern edge CT
raris. None OF the Germans was
injured.
A bomb exploded on the Boulevard
Blanqui in the l4th Arrondlseement,
: was reported.
The wounding of a German officer
by terroriSts earlier this week
brought threats Of stern measures
unless the assailants were appre-
aended. That shooting caused Ger
nan military authorities TO invoke
i $50 pm. curfew in the involved
districts OF Paris.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05
4-H Clubs Finish
Successful Season
With Good Record

III Club work in Imperial county
has ended another successful Ee,a
H. Lee Landermau. assistant county
agent in charge o. A2liccl,ura
Club work, said FRIDAY quoting the
2uuual "cpJrt c. tac locl. tan
advisors office.
! tota! OF 506 adriag,. "1;ra
boys aud Girls enrolled il 70 rcm-
munit# 4-H CluDs througnGut tle
county participated u IN" rI5agu3
throughout the year o. ti.r u2m-
Der 80 boys and girlS g n!plotel
their projects anf furnished racorG~
ot le=ulta, 0" 325 TT eau, of .ata:
cnrolllneat..
This numb'r o! = ouna.n,.9n
was greater ,LnI - ~ mam-
bcra total cnro'lmcn. or 'Ao pre-
ylOus YEA" Wi.ca fc7 O.. q fag
cent CT enro.Imcn's Te.c y"rHnat
complete
The county pr,1yam "a- ca.riel
ont as has been stated i'll 20 3unt9
HI Clubs. unGfr guidance OF s.
local volunteer aGull leaCrr-.
CT the 452 club mombcr. compiot-
lne the job 243 Werc il clothing
and home demons,.auou prol=ct
activities, Of whom 23@ were glr1
and 10 BOYS. In agricultural plY-
Ject& there were 299 OF vhrM IFS
were boys and 30 were aitl5.
Ihe average VaiIo OF aL.,l,uIra.
projects for the p.-l g.sr accord
Ing TO Landcrnan Ras $24Gn. Tin
largest single RECORD Waa t.at q
John kHblcr, lr, OF Caloxlco. .cuior
All Club member Who marEctod
II hogs from his combination b4ccd-
lg ana feeding r95cc;.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05

Dorothy Ray. one Of the leaders
OF strikes IN Imperial Valley in
1884 was III tho news again Frlda3
as a deputy labor commissioner Ot
California with an admitted Com
munistic affiiiatOn Until She dis
affiliated as She said IN 1899.
She testified in san Francisco
about her CoUmunlstic affiliatiOn
before the California assembly fact
finding committee on un-Amerlcar
activities. saying she was a member
OF the Young Communist League
from the time she was IA years OF
age and a member of the Communis-
tic party until her so-called "disaf-
filiation
This was no news TO many Impe-
rial Valley residents. who remember
the leading part She played N the
lettuce and pea strikes in January
and February OF 1884 her arrest.
trial. and conviction TO six months
in the Imperial county Jail
LATER VISIT RECALLED
Many Na.ieyites also remember
AINA AA444IN NaAAtNN4 Ae4A ~ llAA lJNA Afl4
Valley the time Ellis f. Patterson.
lieutenant governor OF California
made hIs speech at the county fair
grounds al Imperial One of the
speakers at that time was Don
Healey, called q leading Los An
geles Communist to whom Dorothy
Ray testified she was married.
At the time Dorothy Ray was il
the county jail in e. Centre. Emma
Cutler Stanley Hancock. Pat Cham
bers. and 5. c. Alexander also were
prisoners. Practically every Jail IN
the county was damned with strik-
ers involved in the disturbances. the
number Of prisoners reaching ap-
pTOXinately l08. records show Most
of the prisoners. however, pleaded
guilty and were released.
FACED BREAKDOWN
Miss Ray, VINO testified that she
lust uses the name of Dorothy
RAY, made il clear at the hearing
that she obtained her Job as deputy
state labor commissioner through
civil service examination after she
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05
Divers in Cold
Hunt for Bodies

day when they fel 151 l'y' -.
the river were m.ssW2 E!gHt bod
had been recovered. and l. nu-s.
men We're in hospitals clrht T.
critica, condition.
Fog and the difficulty OF ,cart.#-
ing in the dark beneath the psz-
dcrous. submerged sIrders force.
divers to come up at midnight. T@,
hours before. the body of the eight
IiC.m. Martin R!dseck 43. of Nv
York, had been BROUGHT UP
The orders collapsed vesterJ
while a 26-ton mobile crane vi
lifting a 98-tOn g'rder. Il Siipp.
from tie crane and crashed iHt
two other eirdors. Weighing % toa.
each. They save Wy. tn.n the e.
tire span plummeted lntp tic =
vcr with deafcning c. II,
The spans We're part OF the a.
foot main river section OF tho 3,926
foot bridge, begun IN September
1870. and scheduled to cost S45oo..
600. Tie American Bridge company
is building the hrid.e
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05

the death of Daniel Webster Oh
Oct "a of that year.
Most of the letters were merely
folded in half and sealed with wax
having no envelopes All had beel
opened in a search for money.
GIRLS PLEADING
One. written by girl to a sWail.
who left town, begged forgiveness.
In another, Pete Pratt sought
II government contracts for the
supplying and provisioning Of two
New England forts.
An Irishman, writing from Ire
land to a brother who owned {
Vermont quarry, gave the names OF
66 men who would come over anC
blast stone for him. He indicated
however. that a certain Irish quar-
ryman had offered him 10 pounds tc
ignore the inquiry so the workers
would get no wind of it"
A circular among the letters
sought to defend Pierce from 4
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05
Endeavof Official
S'ucCumbs on Coast

LOS ANGELES. Dec 5. CUP)-
D. William Shaw. 81, official Of
the National and world Christian
Endeavor union, died at his Santa
Monica home Yesterday.
Shaw was secretary treasurer OF
The National Christian Fndeavor
and secretary of the world group.
He formerly vas publisher and part
owner OF the Christian Endeavol
World
He wa born i'll Andover, Mass.
and ran for governor of the state
in 1916 on the prohibition ticket
Funeral services will be held to-
rorroW.
Shaw is survived by his wife, Mrs
Maudc Shaw, and a brother, George
Shaw. Los AngoIeS
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05
SO -YEAR-OLD MAIL LOOT FOUND 8
Daniel Webster Had Just Died :, Jenny Lind Sang .
rHI ADFruIA. De. = .UPp

rHU ADFrHIA. De- 3 tUPp r.
Ir-u, uuthoriur, loaat started !
.e..N OF records to learn details
Il .n % Ncar old mail robbery
iraa.M, 10 lzht by ,,.e discovery Ct
l.l. i1ded L :. mall bags an,
tr.",s - umc-ycllowed letters il
.u J,tle ~ IN old mla-tItv h'IldinF
Irc Ice. ~ discovered hy James
Eru.H a commcrciol arlist and
l.s we Wlen they We're exploring
tar ,u. q Il 13O-year-old house
Winch ;neH had bought
Hcu2h found Il piece Of rotung
canvas haualuA from l. beam. lie
$. o,E r.f IT, d',>; and found it to
Dc yN old-.me bluc-s med mai
las Two others were found under
The caves OF the house and IL minute
search reTealed several letters uudc.
thc floor boards.
Through a hc,r in fhe vail they
.aN others JHd when ne vail wa
.cH" ont III 4 ul.lt Of fcrcu>I
#o!H. the en'irc cache ras revealed
WHEN JIMMY LIND SANG
CAic. Postal Inspector john W
Johnston >aIG that .uats u scarcl
.a'o postal records" meht be- re-
CARED to ,sarn detail, CT the rob
@N /; aad happened when Mil
.t Fillmore. last of the Whigs
taS President %. ,nc u Unite,
7..t'r' Jenny Imd lad lust mad.
apr American debut. former Con
..t>HM"E Abraham Lincoln had re-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05

whispering campaign" questioning
his courage Signed by Major
Winship," it refuted rumor that
Pierce's face was slapped by bro
ther officer during the Mexican war
without demanding satisfaction"
Postal authorities said they did
not know yet whether the govern
ment would attempt to deliver the
letters to heirs of addresses or what
would be done with tncm.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05
Highway Group to
Convene in &c.

Imperial Highway ASSOCIATION
annual midwinter pilgrimage Will be
held in El Centre scene Of tee Win
ming of Barbara Worth" SATURDAY
and Sunday, the chamber OF COM
merce announced Friday
Delegates 10 the pilgrimage Kill nc
rendered a dove and qUall break
fast at Mexicali Sunday morning,
All sessions of the meeting in El
Centro Will be held at Hotel Bar
bara Worth.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05

sumed law practice in Illinois ~
Franklin Pierce W2s concluding d,
successful presidential cars n3ign
The approximate date Cf the RON
berry was established by i f.Cc.
copy of NOV > 1852 neWspGpC.
among the letters II carried ac-
counts Of addresses made by Pierc
on the last day Of his campaign
Several of the letters alluded {,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05
Farm Bureau Holds
Meetings Saturday

The Imperial County Farm bu-
reau will hold two separate meet
ings Saturday. Secretary Scott 2.
Foulds announced Friday
The board Of directors Will meet
at 9 am. in the court house Wher"
the" Will elect county officers anc
At I2:l5 the bureaus annual meet
ing Of all members and friends Will
be held at Sherwood 5 CaIe.
Won T. Ellsworth and L. w. Stan
ley will be the principal speakers
at the luncheon meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-05

HARTFORD. Conr-. Dec. up
- Divers went back into the cold
Connecticut river at dawn TO-DAY
to search for victims OF the col
lapse OF three spans OF the world :
largest girder bridge.
Six or seven Of the men Tho
were working on tie spans yester-