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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-11
Ex-Prison Guord, Two
Conviets Also Killed
Bleedy okIshoma Psnltsntiey Brsek
colled 'Worst In Three oeeodes'

side the walls by q prison en-
ploye.
A short distance away Alex
snder caught up with them
Dunn requested that he let the
party pass.
warden. you can pass, but
the prisoners had better fall out
of that car" Alexander replied.
START SHOOTING
The prisoners started shoot
ing and Alexander shot back.
Dunn was the hrst victim.
The enraged convicts shot him
twice In the head and stabbed
him through the heart.
THE OTHER DEAD:
Tab Ford, 50, former guard
and former deputy who was In
the sheriffs office when Alex
ander got the alarm and joined
him In the chase.
Roy MCGEE, 80, serving Is
years for armed robbery.
Claude Beavers, 80, under
sentence of Is years for armed
robbery and under q life term
for q break In 1896 when Dunn
led the posse which caught him.
LEAD 3 BREAKS
Prison officials said he was
the leader of both the 1885 up
rising and that yesterday.
THE WOUNDED:
Bob Pollock, 40, former pri-
son guard who Joined Alex
ander and Ford.
Hiram Prather,. 81, serving
life for murder.
Bill Anderson, serving ~
years for armed robbery, 50
badly wounded officers first be-
lieved him dead.
Fentriss was accompanying
Dunn on an inspection Of the
new prison communication sys-
tenn when the convicts leized
him. He was uninjured.
Governor Leon G. Phillips
summoned all state officials
connected with the prison adj
ministration and Attorney Cen
eral Mac Q. Williamson to Nc
Alester for the investigation.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-11
Tragedy Stalks
Mountain Cr1Qs

oLONGMIRE, Mt. Rainier Ma
tional Park, WASH, Aug. 11-(R
AS his father before him, a.
year-old Leon Brigham, Jr., Of
Seattle loved mountain climbing
IA sport that has once again
brought tragedy to the family.
Scar h . ~, pessimistically,
seek the University Of Washing
ton football player in the depths
Of . crevasse on the side Of Mt.
Rainier glacier.
Standing by II the father.
Twelve years ago he was the OBJ
Jet Of similar rescue party.
With five companions he tum-
bled into q Mt. Rainier crevasse.
Two Of those companions died.
The son tested . snow bank on
the Carbon River glacier Sunday
and fell into Z deep crack In the
Ice. Four companions called to
him and lowered rope 80 feet
down the four foot cleft. There
was no answer.
While three Of the men camp
Cd 1t the site Of the accident, the
fourth ran down the glacier. Five
thousand feet down, he fell ex-
hausted ct the feet Of another
climbing party.
National Park rangers organ
lied . rescue party. Equipped
with Ice axes and tackle for de-
scent into the crevasse, the res
euers Sunday night began the
trek up the mountainside.
The youths fall Il strangely
n parallel 70 the accident which
befsll his father, q Seattle high
school football coach. The father
vas ssriously injured IN July,
The elder Brigham, . noun
tnineer with six ysars experieneo
on Rainier's slopes, plunged into
q crevasoe 1900 feet up The
mountainside, during IN attempt
70 scale the $4,000 ioot pax.
with him went five other roped-
toGothee members Of tlne climb
Inc party he headed. FORREST
0roothonDe, Lonsmire guide, and
Edwin Kstxel, Milwaukee, Wis.
et@sgnsy. were killed.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-11
Warden Slain in Prison Break
From aCell
to Limousine

ooSSNM0, N. Y, Aug. IL
R-Richard Whitney, who lost
S11 900, 900 In Wall Street, left
prison walls q free man today
after making . profit of $181.01
in 20 months In Sing Sing.
The 63-year-old former presi-
dent Of the New York Stock Ex-
change, paroled after serving
three years and four months of
q 5-to-lO year sentence for steal
Ing 4zl4, 900 from client brok-
erage accounts, was met by his
brother, George, In q chauffeur
driven limousine.
Whitney greeted his brother,
q ]. p. Morgan partner who ad-
vanced -, SEQ, 900 Of his own
fortune In Z vain attempt to save
Whitney's firm from bankruptcy
in 1893, with q silent handclasp.
Neither spoke until the big car
pulled away from the prison to
carry Whitney to the Barn.
stable, Mass, dairy farm which
he will superintend.
As he emerged from the pris-
on, wearing slightly baggy
gray suit and gray hat and
squirting uncertainty in the
bright sunlight, Whitney's pal
lid, heavy face lit with q smile.
"What . beautiful day." he
said.
He declined to talk with in
reviewers, however, declaring
repeatedly but with unfailing
courtesy:
II haven't got q thing to say.
Not = word"
It was Z block from the prison
entrance to the waiting limou-
sine, and the onetime spokesman
of Wall Street, . bit weary, had
to make two trips to carry his
suitcase, . basket and two red
Irvine bags to the car. The
chauffeur, looking i'll at ease as
Whitney trudged painfully up
with the heavy suitcase, was not
permitted to enter the prison
gates to help.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-11
Dr. FRANCIS z. BARDEN

BY FRANCIS z. BARDEN
nMcALESTER, Okla, Aug. IL
-R-An iron-clad rule he.
himself, laid down several years
ago brought death to Warden
jess r. Dunn Of the Oklahoma
Penitentiary and to two escap-
ing convicts and . former pri-
son guard in q brief but bloody
Sunday break. the worst in
three decades.
Several years ago Dunn told
Bill Alexander. then Q guard,
III there ever should be q break
and the convicts get hostages,
even II they get me and ! tell
you not to shoot, 60 ahead and
shoot"
Alexander, now a deputy
sheriff, remembered that adj
monition yesterday when he in
tercepted four long-term prison
ere who had seized the warden
and q chance companion in the
prison yard yesterday.
USE HOSTAGES
The convicts, armed with
home made knives used Dunn
and J.. H. . Fentriss, telephone
engineer to shield their escape
past two guards at the east gate
and fled in q car parked out
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-11
NYA Workers
Make Benches
sSslfridss. City ,,,,oq~
Place Orders r

ODuring the week ending Aug.
l, NYA project workers In the
Mount Clemens woodworking
shop made nine screens and eight
cement bench ends.
The screens are for Selfridse
Field which has placed an order
for 43 Of them ~ well a. 4 chairs,
q table, six book cases and q bull
letin board.
Frames for all the screens
were made last week, with the
rest Of the order to be delivered
a. soon a. possible. The sNYA
also has on hand an order for 8
metal chairs for the City of
Mount Clemens.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-11
SpOrtSnlen
are Saved
from River

1.-TWO men,. one I local resident,
narrowly escaped drowning yes
terday when their boat capsized
at the mouth Of the river.
w. De M n n TX Of Detroit,
owner Of the JEBI-u, q 1876 cubic
inch hydroplane had been thrill
ing many onlookers along the
river during the afternoon. Late
in the day he loaned IL to q cou-
pie Of friends for a spin out on
the lake. The friends, Bob Weber
of Detroit and Jack Hoadley
well known down river lad had
negotiated the river to the out
side light. Bob was at the wheel
and was doing "about so" when
the plane struck q swell from
a cruiser leaped high In the air,
turned completely over and set
tied to the bottom.
The two men were thrown out,
Jack being hit by the h q c h
which flew open as the boat
turned over, he was knocked out
and went down. Bob, noticed
that his friend did not come up
and Immediately started diving
in search Of him. He soon res
cued Jack and brought him to
safety where he regained con-
sciousness and the two to o k
turns at diving to fasten lines
to the sunken boat.
An unidentified spe e d boat
owner volunteered to tow the
boat to al Gasow's marine rail
way where II was tn. ned over
and pulled up. The boat stood
the crash with practically no
damage. When the boys were in
terviewed Bob had little to say,
Jack said he enjoyed the thrill,
his only thought being to keep
clear Of that propeller, while De
Munnik was glad that the boys
were all right, he said he hoped
he could get her running again
in time to enter that race at Lake
Orion next Sunday.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-11

Bill Bridenbaugh up At Nc
Evoy and Bridenbaush's At 357
North Gratiot II . confirmed OPP
timist. He's leaving Saturday
for q fishing trip 1t Burt Lake,
Indian River, 20 he invites all
his friends to drop In next week
for their quota Of Ash. "Come
and get EN-" says Bill
Pat McEyoy told N that the
new bump and paint shop
opens today, with the newest
and most modern equipment
In town." Service Manager
Cord o n Stein will be In
charge.
Art Rose, major domo at the
sleek Chevrolet building at 166
S. Gratiot, believes there'll be
plenty Of cars this fall, despite
the projected cut. Demand will
exceed supply, too, Art claims.
The interior of the Chevrolet
building Is done in white, and
Arts office with its heavy,
leather lounges overlooks the
salesroom. Nice set-up.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-11
DODGERS SIGN SHETLEY

NEW YORK, Aug. 11-Rho-
ten Shelley, one-time Furman
back, signed for his second sea-
son with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Of the National Professional
Football League.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-08-11

The 20th amendment to the
u. s. Constitution went into
effect Feb. Is, 1888.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
International New. service Gable

MANILA. Nov. 29-Blame for
delay in vital defense preparations
throughout the Philippine Islands
was laid Al the door Of his critics
today by President Manuel Quezon
OF the Philippine Commonwealth.
The delay, President Quezon de-
clared in a radio speech. has left
tIlipinoS unprepared m the event
of war outbreak IN the Pacific.
President Quezon. reelected "a
a second term earlier this month,
deplorcd the fact that critics OF
his administration had accused
him Of attempting 20 build a die
tatorShip.
Such criticism. he said. pre-
vented him from exercising emer-
.gency powers voted by the ma.
tional assembly IN l940.
Moreover. Quczon asserted. the
hue and cry set up by his critics
had so alarmed Washington that
President Roosevelt had asked him
not 10 use his emergency powers
unless requested 10 do so by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
" GRID Becomes
TuO Warning Camps

The hurry up order which sent
the second contingent Of marines
aboard the President Harrison
FRIDAY morning instead of the
scheduled Sunday and caused
.GlaSSford 10 step up the de-
parture of the Lu2on and Oahu
10 Saturday instead OF Monday
caused a furry If excitement and
added gloom was interpreted As a
result OF the negotiations II
Washington gone bad.
The creation Of League 81
Thirteen anti-CommuniSt anti
Comintcrn states in the so-calleC
Congress of Berlin and German
Foreign Minister Won Ribbentrop''
note of defiance taken together
with the aims laid down by
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill in the So-callet
Atlantic charter has definitely
and unequivocally divided thu
world into TWO vast warning
camps. Soviet Russian com
muniSn. tho third theological anc
political power is all but crushed
Stain Is little more now thar
another bic notch on Hitler = gun
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Cigar in Bed to Feature
IChurchiIlS 9th Birthday
BY THOMAS c. WATSON

quarters in London and ChurchillS
personal staff. Of course. will mark
the day.
And the prime minister's mail
will undoubtedly be much heavier
because OF the gifts and messages
OF congratulations which will pour
in despite his widely known prac-
ticc Of refusing gifts from all hut
his very closest personal friends.
But for the rest. the prime MN
iSter probably will 60 about his
birthday much the same as he
would on any other Sunday, lie
will wake up. for instance, 10 a
pre- breakfast cigar I'm bed, with a
towel wrapped around his head
while he tackles ms correspond
ence and urgent matters Of state
lie may devote part of the day
TO visiting some coastal defense
zone. 10 regard with an expert
eye the Notifications built against
the day when Hitler may throw
caution 10 The winds and try to
invade England.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

irritation, annoyance and miSirust
in Washington against Japan. Sec
Rotary Of State Hill handed Spe-
clal Envoh Saburo kurusu and
Ambassador Nemura document
of the principles OF American pol
icy for tho Far East.
Toxic declares that war or peace
is up 10 America: Washington
places the blame for any uaFlike
developments upon Japan. A screen
of hundreds of islands stretch
from Sakhalin 1000 miles south
ward 20 the East Indies through
which American Pacific feet units
must pass japanese warshlps and
especially submarines are reported
TO have taken their assigned sta
tonS IN readiness for any even
Qualities.
In Manila, where Americas
Aslatic feet under A d m J r !
Thomas { Hart is based. there
Is equal alcrtneSs. Persistent re-
ports have IT that not Hart. who
IS a full ranking admiral, but Brit
ism Wee Admiral Layton would
he commander-In-chief OF co-ordi-
mated American. British. Dutch
and Australian forces in southern
Pacific waters in the event of hos
tilItieS.
Even II Washington talks should
break down. diplomatic, naval and
military circles IN the Far East
do not think that war will break
out immediately
II is not expected that Wash
ington Will declare war on Japan,
.biIt-Eather await Japan's next ag-
greSslve move, which observers out
hers believe will be more or less
forced on Toxic by Japan's eco
nomlc situation. especially her inn
pcrative necessity for gasoline and
oil before her army, navy and air.
force begin TO draw from her
stocks of reserves, which are
now small
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Special Wireless Dispatch 10 Tho
Detroit Times

Detroit Times
SHANGHAI, =NeX.-29.-The
sword OF war, bloody arbiter OF
force between nations when mu-
tual good will fails, and when
dealings and common sense fail
or are absent. hangs low over the
Pacific this weekend.
This is the hair Of Statecraft
wisdom or human folly on which
is susp pended aS Americans art
being hurried from China and
Japan and the japanese from the
East Indies. Malaga and the
Philippines and military confer
enceS are being held in Manila
a mcric as bridgehead IN the
Orient.
As American marines with Col
Samuel L. Howard. Lieut.. Col
y. II. Hamilton and staff passed
through The streets of Shanghai
Thursday and Friday and the
United States gunboats Luzon and
Oahu under Admiral William A.
Glassford and his chief of staff
Commander Jefrs. slipped quietly
tiown the WhanGpoo River 10 the
mouth OF the Yangtze and thence
on out to SCa for Manila. 1900
miles westward Adolf Hitler S
Azer legionS were approaching
N nearer tho frontiers of Asia
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
No Direct Relation
BefUeen TUO Events

was no direct relation be
tween these two coincidcnta
events. but they arc not who'll,
unrelated In historical significance
and IA their bearing on the ftftttf-
Of tins continent
Asia and IT'S waters may indecC
DO the scenes Of the first battles
between American and iotabta
ran forces IN any extension OF the
European war into a round-ihe
world girdlc Of blood and flames
~ the very moment when Their,
seemed ground for hope or al
least that formula for suspended
action or limited truce would b'
found in Washington. the sky sud
denly dsrkened
Japan siiffencd. Brtain's army
in Egypt under Gen. Sir Alan Gun
n'ngham with an estimated 400Ot
superiority IN troops and 20 pc
cent superiority in tanks failed q
score a much heralded and OK
Dccted great victory over the AXI'
forces IN Libya commanded bl
Len. Erwin -Rommel, one al Ger
manys great tank fighting spe
-laiRts.
The fact that the British have
not won one mayor battle againS
the Germans IN ~ months of val
lcft its impression IN Toxic IL
addition. the fall of Leningrad
Moscow and CevastoD0i nv New
Years Day IS expected by th'
Japanese.
Japan reaffirmcd and renewed
is adherence TO the Anti-Commu
INST Anti-Comlntcrn League Of J.
states at tho Congress Of Berlin
The emperor OF Japan telegraphe'
AgratuiationS TO Hitter.
YhiS siding up 10 the AXIS agar
~ Toxic brought repcrcuSSionS o
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Japs Cool Toward u. S.
AS Axis Blocks British
War May Turn
to Pacific as
ONazis Near Asia
BY KARL III. Won WIEGAND

BY KARL III. Won WIEGAND
(Chief foreign correspondent
for the Hearst newspapers. for
80 years the outstanding polifi-
cal observer in Europe and the
Far East. and who has reported
many wars. Now stationed az
Shanghai. the last uncenSored
listening post" and transmits
sion point in Europe. Africa or
Asia.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Army Air Corps Unit
Announces Openings

The army air corps procurment
divisions central office. AT $3.50
West Warren avenue. Saturday
announced 1876 openings for ac-
'countants. engineers. clerks. met
allurgists. stenographers, typistS
and procurement inspectors.
Applicants must be United
States citizens experienced in the
line of work for which they make
application. Applicants are 10 he
interviewed al tho Warren avenue
office from 8 a. m. 10 3 p. m. this
week. the office announced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Youth Sent 10 Ionia
In Torch Slayinq

KALAMAZOO, Nov 29--JHdeed
insane and acquitted of the torch
staying of his 57-year-old business
partner. Robert Larry Gordon, 20.
will he taken Monday 10 the lonia
Hospital for the Criminal Insane.
Gordon was acquitted by a jury
of the murder OF Ernest East
man. 81. whom he killed by spill
ing gasoline around the room they
shared and on EaStman's clothing
and then setting II afire.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Traffic Toll Laid
To City Officials
Harfsi, Of Auto Club.
Says Funds Available
to Cut Down Deaths

General Manager Richard Harris
of the Automobile Club Of Mich
igan Saturday charge tina
neglect and false economy by city
officials have caused large par
of Detroit'S traffic and acciden
problem.
"More money could and should
be spent to save life and prop
erty and prevent accidents"
Harfst declared, adding that the
money is actually available II
city officials would use ii
Instead. he Sa Il. authorities
think of tho tax rate while traf
fc deaths and injuries continue 4
climb"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

LONDON, Nov. 29--Prlme Min
ister Winston Spencer Churchill.
Brltains man of the hour. will
celebrate his sixty-seventh birth
day quietly Sunday at his coun.
try home near London. marking
the end Of a year i'm which much
has happened 10 make Britain $
hopes burn brighter.
Only the prime minister's wife
will be with him on his third war
time birthday The Churchill chill
dren. all engaged in some sort OF
war work. probably will not be
able 10 join their parents.
No special program is contem-
plated. no radio speech nothing
but fieeting moment of respite
from the great cares of running
an empire on its strongest val
footing
The customary birthday greet
ings from King George VI. mem
hers OF the cabinet, prrmierS OF
exilcd governments with head.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Senate Faces
Price Bill Fight
lott New s.r,ies stsn Corre.ponaent

lRtl News NFrNfe NtaH correspondent
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29.-The
administration price control bit
battered by stiff opposition and
compromises IN the House, today
faced delay in the Senate with a
prolracted battle seen before finaI
passage
The tentative plan of leaders, il
was said. il 10 revise the bill anc
bring II before the Senate shortly
after January !
Senator NJ G Vary. Republican
leader. flaycd tho House bill dc.
spite the fact that some NJ rs
modified provisions were. the re-
suit of opposition led IN the House
by Republicans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

nearer the frontiers of ASl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

AnVERrisFMENr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Doctors TO Hear Grille

DR.. George Grille Of Cleveland
Will discuss The Treatment of
GOItTc al general meeting of
the Wayne County Medical Soci-
ETY. at S:45 p. m. Monday at the
Detroit Institute OF Arts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Litvinov Reaches Singapore

SINGAPORE, Nov. 29.-INS)
Maxim Litvinov. Soviet ambas-
Sador 10 the United States. arrived
in Singapore today en- route TO
Washington.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Quezon Charges His Critics
SlOW Filipino Defenses

Francis p. Sayre, United States
high commissioner 10 the Philip
pines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
City Obligations

MANY traffic problems, par
ticuiariy those relating 10 traffic
engineering and enforcement.
are indisputable obligations OF
the city government, such as
automatic traffic signals, install
latiOn Of proper safety zones and
maintaining An adequate police
force for traffic enforcement"
Harfst said.
Detroit receives, through the
Horton Fund, over $4,000. 900 a
year in cash from automobile
tax revenues In addition 10 the
work done within the city limits
-by the state highway commits
sion and Wayne County road
commission. Another million
dollars Is poured into the city
Golfers each year through traffic
fines.
Out Of this 100000 fund.
the motorist contributes toward
street lights, sidewalk repairs.
and WPA drainage work. plus
nearly haIf-milIion dollars for
street and alley cleaning.
Insufficient Funds
Only n fraction az the needed
money Xas set aside for i'm
prOvements for traffic signals
last Spring in-the meantime
cracks In pavement and asphalt
streets. which should have been
repaired before cold weather,
have been left To crumble when
ice and snow take their toll this
Winter.
"Many streets which could
have been repaired for a nomi-
nal sum will need major repairs
next Spring