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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-11

well for Serge, because he disapproved Of Pro-
hibition. When restaurants refused to serve
him his beloved vodka he broke dishes glass
ware and furniture When they got to Paris,
he wrecked the lobby of the swank Hotel Grill
Ion and had delirium tremens again.
He ran shrieking down the fire escape in
the dead of night and vowed he wouldn't stop
until he got back to free Russia"
BY that time, Lenin, his protector, was
dead, and Serge was thrown into Jail for
writing a poem the new dictator did not
approve.
In 1928, year after their marriage Isa-
dora made up her mind that Serges ideas
of freedom were too strong. even for her,
and she divorced him by paying a IS fee to
a Moscow court.
When Serge got out of prison, he began to
develop an obsession for suicide in a spectacu-
lar manner.
One night he left his house in Moscow
with bundle of firewood He built himself
a funeral pyre in the center of one of the
city's squares AS he was about to touch
a match to the heap, the Soviet police de-
. by American Weekly Inc Great Britain Rights Re
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-11

The Germans scratched their heads in be
wilderment If the Russians had wanted the
Louvre Museum, or the Eiffel Tower, the
Germans could have obliged. They knew
where to look. But where could they fird
one particular urnful of ashes in all Paris?
They investigated Isadoras friends when
they reached the city. Some of them had fled,
others had disappeared died.
The manager of the theatre where she used
to dance in Paris remembered he had seen
an Oriental-looking vase in Monster Mallottis
studio on the Place du Sorbonne, and that it
had a queer inscription scratched on the
face of it.
In fever of haste the Kommandatur and
his men dashed off
And they got there just in timel
Now the ashes are on their way back to
Moscow, packed in a case guarded day and
night by German soldiers. They will get
there in plenty of time for the celebrations
next October 4th.
How the Russians will separate the ashes
of Serge and Isadora and worship the proper
ones is something for them TO worry about
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-11

Serge Essenin, and they can't worship his
ashes without worshiping those of his wife,
Isadora Duncan Their ashes are romantically.
though hopelessly, mixed in the urn and not
even Communist would attempt to separate
them.
Like everything else that has come out
of Europe this last year, the story of the
ashes is as fantastic as the lives of Isadora
and her husband. Linked with that story are
present Russo-German diplomatic relations
and Russia's pitiful attempt to find some
native-bom heroes to giorify instead Of
murder
In Goddess Russia churches and palaces
were long ago turned into Peoples Museums"
The Reds soon discovered that they couldn't
exhibit breadlines and poverty for visitors to
gaze upon so they looked around for some
one to honor.
Since they had "purged" most of their
prominent men in recent years, Soviet leaders
had to dip back into the past 1t was then
they rediscovered Serge Essenin.
Serge was a half-mad genius who started
writing verse shortly after the Russian Revo-
luton. He was a staunch supporter of the
Reds but his poetry largely reflected the
mysticism of the old Russian peasantry.
His verses came to the attention of Lenn
who liked them because they were good and
overlooked that they did not go out of their
way to glorify Communism.
So Lenin gave Serge house in Leningrad
and a pension which Serge spent on vodka
In 1922. when Serge was q years old
Isadora Duncan, the great American dancer
who revived with trimmings of her own
the dances of the ancient Greeks went to
Russia on tour. She said she wanted to study
Russian folk dancing in Moscow and Lenin
responded by inviting her to occupy the palace
Of a former noble family
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-11

She got through the
customs with Serge
on the strength of
the Russian mar
rage. -
The tour was a
failure. Isadora was
banned in Boston,
too drunk to dance
in Brooklyn and
foreclosed for I'M
paid bills in Chicago.
She pawned the love
gifts of former adj
mirers and bought
passage to France.
II was lust as
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-11

On the Very Verge of
The Garbage Can Was
the Economically Inter-
mingled Dust Of the
Great Dancer and Her
Poet. When the From
Tic Search for Them
Through Paris at The
Request From Mos
COW. Soved Them for
Worship in a Red
Shrine
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-11

CaDlnet, the concierge ndu IOullu
the urn full of ashes. She had
thought that some lazy tenant
had dumped a few weeks accu-
mutation of cigarette ashes into
the vase" and she had brought
it TO the cellar to empty IT in the
ashcan when the Germans had
burst in.
This will please Berlin" said
the Kommandatur 10 his aides.
and clasping the urn fondly TO
his medalled chest. he and his
company left the cellar.
To Hitler and his Foreign Of
flee. the urn was a valuable dis
covery. 1t gave him a chance to
do a favor for his ally" Stain
Most interesting of all, it added
the final chapter in the astonish-
ing career Of the ashes Of the
cremated bodies Of the famous
American dancer, Isadora Dun
can, and her crazy Russian poet
husband, Serge Essenin.
II was a narrow escape for the
ashes that the Germans bounced
on them when they did. A mo-
ment later and they might have
had TO sift the human ashes from
the others that filled the ashcan
Or sent Stain some "ersatZ"
dust - lust as good" Nobody
would have known.
The sitting process is just what
the Russians will have to do
though in their minds of course.
For they have just declared that
their new national poet-hero is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-11
BY IVAN NARODNY.

IN gALT-in the name of Der Fuehrer!"
- The Nazi Kommandatur of Paris
burst into the cellar of the house
in the Place du Sorbonne. The concierge
stopped dead with the urn she was about TO
empty poised over the ashcan.
Give me that" barked the German.
But, Your Excellency. they are only
ashes" whimpered the frightened janitress
Ashes. you fool, but that Is what want"
The Kommandatur seized the urn from
the womans shaking hands and carefully
scrutinized the surface. Barely visible through
the dust and CRIME which caked the vase, he
could read this inscription:
'ISADORA, WAIT FOR THEE"
Where did you get this?" he asked the
woman.
The janitress replied that she had been
cleaning out an apartment in the building
which had been hurriedly- vacated when the
Germans entered Paris II had been occu-
pied by a Monsieur Remisov, Russian
writer. On the top shelf of the kitchen
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-11

cllned rapldly. she was poor ana unhappy.
She grew bitter, and hated those who had
the wealth and luxury she once reveled in.
The schools she had established in America,
France, Germany. England and Italy were
closed one by one. She wanted to return to
Russia where she said, she and Serge had
been so happy"
She kept putting off the date of her de-
parture to Russia, until, finally she couldn't
afford the train fare.
Yet it is characteristic of her indomitabe
spirit that one of her last plans was for a
dance pageant based on Serge's last poem,
Invocation to Death"
In 1928 while she was riding in an auto
mobile on the Riviera, the long flowing scarf,
which was tied around her neck, caught in
the wheels of the car and dragged her to her
DEATH
Her body was cremated and the ashes
placed in the urn with Serges ashes.
They became the property of NJ. Mallott,
whose studio on the Place du Sorbonne was
by A Remisov the Russian writer
at the time of the German occupation of
Paris.
Then the cry came forth from Moscow.
Where are the ashes of Serge Essenin ?"
They had already proclaimed the poet a
national hero. The town in the
Ryazan province where Serge
was born was officially re-
named Essenino. They had put
up a plaque outside his house
y in Leningrad. His books were
reprinted and the anti-atheistic
poems removed.
Even in death, Serge was
"a "purged" and prominent place
found for his ashes in the
Peoples Museum in Moscow.
But where are his ashes?"
the Soviet leaders walled
The brightest brains in the
OGPU were summoned and set
to work.
Bit by bit, they pieced
x.z toge ether the ong-forgotten
episodes of the poets past. His
numerous widows were rounded
up and pumped dry of informa-
I@3 ton. Finally, the last widow
remembered the pupil of Isa-
dora's who had come from Paris
to claim the ashes way back in
1928
The ashes must be in the
possession of the dancers heirs,
the OGPU concluded, but there
was a war going on and they
I might be scattered anywhere.
They called upon the German
Ambassador in Moscow. who
got in touch with his Foreign
Office Would they please
= search for an urnful of ashes,
labelled "Isadora, 1 wait for
theew he requested, when they
got into Paris?
He described the urn and
warned them if they didn't find
it, the Russians would be awful
ly hurt. He explained that Stain
and his crowd were going to
declare a national holiday on
e Possible next October 4th, Serges birth
Red One day, and must have the ashes
by then.
The Germans scratched their heads in be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-11

An Interesting Photo
graph Of Isadora Taken at
the Time When She Was
In Love with Essenin, and
Performing In Moscow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-11

l9n BY American Weekly Inc. Britain Reserved
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
Rob 4 Groceries
In 30 Minutes

Two gunner staged four grocery
store holdups in 30 minutes last
night, firing two shots at one of
their victims as he fed for help.
The victims were Oscar Muller,
80, and his wife, Pauline, 80, of
8742 East Forest avenue, who lost
$40; Jose Rodriguez. 35. of 601l
Cadillac avenue, $50; William A.
Klatt, AS, of 1880 Van Dyke ave-
nue., sos, and Charles Brunnell, 81,
of 8943 Harper avenue, $40 and
cigarets.
In the Muller robbery, the BAN
dts fired several shots at Muller
as he fled into a back room and
out a window calling for help.
Inspector Fred Stephan of the
detective bureau. who lives in a
house at the rear of the Muller
store, came to Muller's aid but
was unable to find any trace of
the bandits.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
Drunk Driver Gets
3O-Day Traffic Term

Three Jail sentences were handed
out today by Traffic Judge Thomas
F. Maher, the longest going to
John Rolando. A, of 1921 Division
street. who received 30 days for
drunk driving.
John Ryba, 81 Of 1878 Williams
street. received 10 days in Jail and
is prohibited from driving for two
months as penalty for reckless
driving that caused an accident.
Caught while speeding, Virgil d.
Redlin. %. of 1861 Pasadena ave-
nue.. was convicted of driving
without an operators license, his
own having been revoked on a
previous charge, and sentenced to
five days in jail
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05

he has had better opportunity than other American
to study the European picture in all its phases from
point of view and in virtually every capital.
Editor IS note-Our correspondent advises that is
impossible disclose the of the American who gave
this interview II will be recalled however that Col
William j. Donovan sent abroad by President Roosevelt
study the European situation first hand has arrived
in London).
So far as German invasion of England is concerned,
he doubtful Adolf Hitler will try it, he says unless
he has at least 80 per cent chance of success.
This margin obviously be gained unless or until
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05

the British fleet and merchant marine upon which this
island kingdom depends smashed
The six months he foresees period of shadow
boxing during which Hitler will try soften England
through attacks by and and perhaps by
Mediterranean and Middle East.
Germanys decision occupy Bulgaria and Her other
in the Balkans, he said all designed protect
Rumania-the soft spot solar pexus.
Except for the destruction of Great Britain he said
Hitler has single aim purpose. Various options have
been up Attacks upon Gibraltar aq Suez and
Russian Ukraine are in the Naz books They are
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
Bombers Attack
London, Wales
International New. Service Cable

LONDON. March dropping
fire bombs and high explosives,
Nazi raiders pounded the South
Wales seaport of Cardiff the third
successive night and scattered
bombs over other sections of Bri-
tain. the air ministry announced
today.
Towns in western and south
western England also were raided
London experienced another air
raid alarm. but the all-clear
sounded an hour before midnight.
However. another alarm was
sounded today
Heavy anti-aircraft fire and ter
rife fire from naval guns was
heard at one south coast town as
German raiders apparently at
tackled shipping IN the English
Channel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
Soma|i functions
Fall TO British
International News Service Cable

CAIRO, March 5.-Opening the
way for a swift drive into southern
Ethiopia on the heels of the shat
tered Italian army, British Africar
troops today captured the highway
junction towns of Iscia Balboa and
Bulo Burt in Italian Somaliland
In Rome an Italian commu-
nique said: Tn North Africa a
German detachment encountered
an armored enc my formation
which II put to flight. capturing
prisoners and war material. The
enemy again attacked Jarabub
In the Libyan desert with strong
forces and demanded Its sur
render. Our garrison replied
with artillery fire"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
.Bru(ker Chairman
OF Goodwill Drive

Former Gov Wilbur NJ. Brucker
has accepted the Craftsmanship of
the campaign to raise S44.5 for
Goodwill Industries. He will have
as his assistant chairman Gordon
w. kingsbury, dean of the school
of advertising at Wayne Uni
versity.
The money sought in the drive
will be used to pay for the Good
will building, at the southwest
corner of Clay and Russell streets,
to finance necessary alterations in
the building. and to purchase
much-needed trucks and other
equipment for the organization.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05

being held in reserve, my informant said for use in later
stages of the
The speaker insisted that Bulgaria did not want Ger.
occupation King Boris and all his advisers, he said
absolutely helpless
German and Italian offensive action against Yugo-
sava not likely be necessary, he said Now thanked
both sides largest Balkan countries probably
will enter the Axis without resistance
In conclusion the informant emphasized that naval
poweras in the last war-wll ultimately be decisive
factor. His last words were:
81 feel that Britain will pull through"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05

ordinance. He is also awaiting
trial on charges of violating the
state labor act, because Miss Lud-
wig is minor.
Miss Ludwig. who lives at $50
Merton road. was not home when
Mrs. Sofferin arrived but Mrs.
Catherine Ludwig, her mother.
was.
Before the conversation pro-
ceeded very far police arrived at
the residence and Mrs. Sofferin
agreed TO accompany them to
headquarters. where she gave a
statement to Assistant Prosecutor
Glenn Hague.
Who called the police to the
Ludwig home remains a mystery.
Mrs. Sofferin. who was wearing
a mink coat, in a statement to
Hague said:
81 went to the movies with my
husband in the afternoon and
returned to the Wonder Bar
about 8 p. m. Then we read the
papers and found our license was
going to be Cancelled because
Sammy had hired this girl.
MOVED BY IMPULSE
81 started TO drive TO our
home lat 1900 Wildemere ave-
nue) and was thinking of all the
trouble this Ludwig girl has
caused us. As l approached the
street I'm which she lives. l sud
denly decided TO go TO her and
ask her TO admit the truth In
the matter.
81 don't know what ever made
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
EVi(tions Curbed
On Service Men

Families Of men in military
service cannot be evicted for non
payment of rent until they are
three months delinquent, Circuit
Court Commissioner Carl NJ
Weideman ruled today
In the first case of its kind TO be
heard in Circuit Court, Weideman
held that the family of Clarence
Gabert. on active duty with the
navy at Crosse lie. is entitled TO
the protection of the recently en-
acted law for men in service.
Weideman told Paul Sahazian,
owner of the property where the
Gabert family lives. that an evic-
ton writ would not be issued for
two more months. Gabert owes
S35 rent for one month.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
ReutI1er Draft Status
Board, Split on Classification for UAW-CIO Officer;
r. J. Thomas Asks Aide Be Deferred

commission, and that he is "en-
gagged in important discussions
with officers of the defense COM
mission and other federal officials
looking towards speedy construc-
ton of defense aircraft"
Reuther recently presented a
plan to the defense commission
under which empty space in auto
plants could be used, he said, to
build 500 planes day.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
International New. Service Cable

BERLIN. March 5.-Some new
U-boat surprises, among them in
visible periscopes and trackless
torpedoes. are being prepared for
the British this Spring. German
naval circles limited today.
Rear Admiral Brueninghaus said
in an article that il wouldn't be
surprising if these and other
revolutionary technical surprises
were used against the British in
the anti-blockade campaign
Among them. Bruenlnghaus
wrote, may be the naturalization
of every U-boat commanders
dream-a single. standard submar-
rine motor. At present, subma-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
BY JAMES f. BROWN
International News Service Stan Correspondent

international News Service staff Correspondent
LONDON, March 5-Germanys hopes for victory lie
in concerted onslaught against shpping-juguar vein of
the British Empire.
Great Britain on the other hand will make her supreme
bid for triumph by blow at Rumainasolar pexus of the
Rome Berlin Axis
This picture of the and its immediate future was
outlined to this correspondent today by semofcial
American traveller who has just arrived in London after
extensive tour of the capitals of Europe.
He insisted upon anonymity for obvious reasons But
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
U-BOatS Progress
Trackless Torpedoes and Invisible Periscopes
Among Surprises Planned for Britain

rines use Diesel for surface travel
and electric battery operated
motors for under-seas cruising.
The invisible torpedo. the Ger
man naval officer wrote. could be
fired without causing a dangerous
trail of bubbles. AT present enemy
vessels can sometimes maneuver
themselves out of difficulty by
means of this wake.
The periscope protruding above
water is often a dead giveaway
for a submarine.
Brueninghaus also envisaged as
imminent possibilities mira red
ray devices to pierce fog and de-
termine locations of approaching
ships.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
Speaks TO Reserve Officers

LANSING, March 5.-H. IL.
Kimber. associate professor of
history at Michigan State College,
will speak tonight at the meeting
of the Lansing Chapter of the
Reserve Officers Association in
Estill's Cafeteria. The group also
will elect officers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
Legal? Well--
Question Is, Can a Man
Damage DUN Car?
International News service Wire

LANCASTER, Pa. March s
Local police today were trying to
figure out whether 23-year-old
Lawrence Cook has a right 10
damage his own car.
Cook was jailed after police
nabbed him as he broke the win
dows. slashed the tires and was
battering the body with a hammer
when the car refused to start. He
explained
IT'S my car. it's paid for and
] can do what like with it,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05

quarters ] a s I
nigh. after be-
ing foun I'D in
the home of a
17-year-old girl
who caused us
all this trou-
BILE"
The girl was
Mis-. Betty Ann
Ludwig. whose
employment as
a cigaret seller
in the Wonder
B a T c a u S e d
Sofferin to be
found guilty of
violating tn e
rit,r n kara .
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
Quiz Mrs. SOfferin
Police Find Her at Home of Cigaret Girl, II, Who
Caused All the Trouble at Wonder Bar

Mrs, Sammy Sofferin, wife of
the owner of the Wonder Bar.
Washington boulevard cabaret
whose license will not be renewed
by the state liquor commission,
May /, was taken TO police head
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
Woman, SO, Oldest
To Seek Citizenship

Application for final citizenship
papers was being considered today
for the oldest woman ever to seek
final papers in the Detroit office.
She is Mrs. Phoebe Cragg, SO, Of
$50 Erskine street. She came to
this country in 1916 from Canada.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05

me turn of and 90 over there,
but I knew she had worked in
another cabaret for several
months before coming to the
Wonder Bar and that she had
represented herself as being over
81 to my husband. l wanted to
get her to admit that fact"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
Windsor Man Killed

Donald Mckenzie. 1867 Howard
avenue. Windsor. died in Windsor
today of fractured skull suffered
when struck by a car as he was
crossing the street In front of his
home yesterday The driver,
Prosper Paquette. %, OF Nc
Gregor is held
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05

The draft board of Walter Reu-
Their, director of GIN activities for
the UAW-CIO, cannot agree on his
classification. it was revealed to-
day. and declined to say whether
Reuther would be deferred.
Reuther has not asked defer
ment, Charles ]. DeLand, chair
man of Board 81. Reuther's board,
said, but r. j. Thomas. union pres
ident. has asked deferment for
Reuther on grounds ne is assisting
in the rearmament program and
should be deferred for occupational
reasons.
At present, Reuther's board has
only two members. DeLand and
Edward NJ. Harrigan The third
member of the board has been ap-
pointed to draft appeal board.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
Dart Sales TO Minors Banned

Common Council today approved
an ordinance prohibiting the sale
of darts and self-opening knives to
minors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-05
GATHER EVIDENCE

A hearing in the Wonder Bar
case is pending before the liquor
commission, and the women's divi-
sion of the police department has
been gathering evidence of the
girls true age.
Lieut.. Nell J. Coolidge of the
women's division. who questioned
Mrs. Sofferin last night, said a
letter had been received from DR..
Donald O. Sloane of Hollywood,
Cal, who wrote that he was the
physician in attendance at the
birth of Betty Ann.
The letter stated:
According to records, Eliza
beth Ann Ludwig was born at
home, $3.50 Franklin avenue,
Hollywood. about Nov. 81, 1928"
POLICE RECOMMENDATION
The liquor commission action in
the Sofferin case followed receipt
of letter from Police Inspector
Thomas Wysocki of the first pre-
cinct. The communication said the
police department would not rec
ommend a license for Sofferin.
The liquor commission sus-
pended Sofferin' license at the
Powatan Club in 1899 on charges
that the club permitted gambling
and sold liquor after hours.
as OTHERS REFUSED
Sofferin said he had no official
report on the action of the COM
mission in refusing to renew his
license. Similar action was taken
by the commission upon recon-.
mendation of the police against
as other operators of liquor estab'
liShments in the Detroit area.
81 think II strange that the
commission gave me no notice."
said Sofferin. 'and I had to de-
pend on the newspapers for my
information. do not know
what action I will take"
Hague said there was no
evidence that Mrs. Sofferin had
gone to the Ludwig home TO
threaten or otherwise intimidate
the girl and that no charges would
be lodged against her.