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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29

Ernie Byficld Chicago hotel man was changed
Of the famous College Inn at the Hotel Sherman TO the
Panther Room. And the College Inn became the
Panther Room the receipts doubled
sir if you and you have a place called the
Blue Room the Copper Room and doing we'll
why not call il the Tiger Room and see what happens?
IDIOTS ferrying England paid
$1,000 month Coplo gets $500 month and the radio
$500 month Commercial airline pilots paid around
$3.50 month
enjoy cooking my family listening
to their praise Efforts" Tacoma subscriber
This undoubtedly of all wives who cook So don't
forget family cook boost after good dinner
Some advice for from James Agate
"I a notices your hat it is the for YOU"
a divorce in San Francisco the Judge awarded the
couples springer spaniel to the husband
springer spaniel said his honor "If it had
pekingese the
wife"
WOMEN enjoy shopping around to avoid it, Yet if
W always buy first place he might him
self quite a little money in the long
Today I saw a standard o marked 81 in
store S349 n
That could make quite a saving by the case
NIow Break Down the Defense of Stubborn Bachelor or
the Btzkeg Technique Applied to Love is title of book young
Manhattan is working Sounds interesting.
The dogs and Duchess of Windsor
carng around their trip named Breezy Detto and
Poog.
Those babytal names are all right for small dogs but say
give normal real had Great Dane once
named Alexander.
Robbie which girl friend said she named after Robert
Taylor because he so beautiful
IN JUNE % 174o Frederick the Great Of Prussia said:
~ this country
mu get o is
ToohpckS being referred tooth cleaners
gum massagcrs" their being recommended by
dentists everywhere They folders. AS matches do
Does your canary sing because he happy?
George Macdonald claimed:
a bird knows nothing gladness. And is only
machine"
Edinburgh Scotland is only city world o Rolls
Royce taxcabs, says a contemporary.
IT isn't
roda =, a polls Po,ce ta,icah IN Geneva Sutherland
bp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29
SIGNS STEADILY

I signed. My hand was
steady. a photograph of my
self, bearing the Gestapo seal.
and my fingerprints were then
affixed 10 the document. In
spector Kraus smiled broadly.
we will celebrate this
with a glass of cider" he said.
I'VE are non-alcoholics here
&C.. Hertha, please telephone
the canteen :"
Hertha Jens raised the re-
ceiver. Her whole JunoeSQue
shape seemed 10 bubble and
SILVER.
1T is so very exciting she
gIggled.
-A-tHeepef brought a bottle
of cider and three glasses. We
drank.
Anyone who still works
against Germany today is
shoveling his own grave"
kraus murmurcd. I'VE are
not what we used TO be-"
He had the disconcerting
habit of staring at me silently,
for minutes az "A time Not
a flicker of emotion was I'M
his sunkcn eyes. / survived
these dangerous intervals by
staring, In my turn, at The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29
Are Women 'Sob-o+eurinq' D
Loved Ones in War Machine?
By Elsie Robinson

do thousands Of doting mothers
and. sweethearts belong in
their Shiny company?
The war department thinks
they do. :. believes that blue
letters from home are largely
responsible for lowered soldier
morale.
Says Lieut.. Col. Walter M.
Harrison. G.. S. c., Bureau Of
Public Relations:
whining. crying. complain
letters from homefolk to men
In the field do more to make
grumblers than rain, heat,
long marches and night alerts.
I've can fight bullets and
bombs but there IL no way to
-cnnlhatthe- secret -uudezaaia--
ing effects OF saboteuring love.
This country was not made
by women who cried or
who encouraged their sons to
cry.
HIT WAS made by Spartan
Il wives. mothers and maid
ems who gloried In the Tight
ing independence Of their men
who fought and suffered
and often died beside them In
the long trail they broke from
ocean to ocean.
wherever American men
went, their women followed
and whenever the man
faltered- or-fell, the WOMAN
was there--Bet TO weep over
him but to reload his rifle and
uplift his spirit.
mo Drawer human being,
ever lived than the pioneering
wives and mothers Of America
Shall their modern daughters
spoil their record now?
walter NJ. Harrison,
Lieut.. Col, q. =. C.,
Bureau Of Public Relations"
Shall they7 The answers up
to YOU - wife, mother or
sweetheart.
Which are YOU sending that
lonesome lad-GUMPTION or
GOOSE PIMPLES7
attributed oy king Features sYsd.. In'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29
COULD YOU DO 1T:

us this the Jensen YOU
know so well:n Inspector
Kraus inquired.
"Yes," l said.
would you come in
friendly association with him
If we sent you TO Copen-
hagen
Il am sure of il. I'd prob
ably live i'm one of his apart
ments. I've done so before"
you see" Kraus explained,
1--WE don't want Jensen. He
can be a goldmine for us. We
want Jensen hale and hearty,
so as TO furnish us line on
the passports and the men
who use them, and where they
use them"
II understand"
How well do you know
Jensen? He il a great boozer.
DO you know him well enough
to have him buy beers for
you?"
eyes, I know him well
enough for that" l answered.
"You will have TO prove it,"
he said finally. "We1l give
you chance to prove tiff
you can"
Our conference lasted, with
numerous Interruptions, all
through the day. Before 1
left 10 shuttle back to my cell
in Camp FuhlSbuettel, /
clicked my heels and raised
my right arm stiffly.
Hell Hitler" l said.
Hell Hitler" krauS muir
INJURED. barely raising his
fingers from his desk.
In the last days of February.
1887, the Gestapo engineered
my escape" from Camp
Fuhlsbuettel.
While these arrangements
were being made. / continued
10 languish in prison, and con-
tinued to wear the convict's
uniform. The Gestapo worked
with great secrecy, and equally
great efficiency.
Those were weird weeks
Even today l wake up at
night, at times. and wonder
how / pulled through them
without losing my balance and
my life. They were weeks in
which my wits were pitted
against all the craftiness of
the Gestapo. I had ceased TO
be myself. / had become a
cunning animal, battling in
the dark, fighting a battle of
despair.
x week after / had signed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29
BY JAN VALTM

the pledge of Loyalty" to
the Gestapo, / was transfer
red from the murder Camp
Fuhlsbuettel TO small pre-
cinct Jail in the heart of
Hamburg the Huetten
Prison.
The transfer took place in
the dead of night. No pris-
oner could possibly know that
l had left Camp Fuhls-
buettel.
My new abode, a small Jail
which contained only a dozen
cells, was a I'm ost empty.
There were only two other
COnVictS there.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29
TWO CONDITIONS

Tomorrow came.
Between s and 9 in the
morning a sleek gray car
whisked me TO the GeStapo
center. a few minutes later
l faced Inspector KraHS across
his cluttered desk
We'll" he cried cheerlully,
"have YOU decided >"
YES" l said
you will work with us?"
Eyes. i will work with you
under two conditions"
I'VE. too. have our con-
ditions." the Gestapo chieftain
observed. 1--WE will come to
them later. What are yours?'S
First" / said, "the release
of my wife. Second L will not
do any small-time spying I'm
factories or city blocks. have
no grudge against the Com
munist rank and file, against
the poor suckers who do not
even know whose wagon they
are pulling. But when il comes
10 bringing the top conspira-
tors 10 justice. the ones who
scheme from neutral soil and
send others To die I'm the
trenches, the real wirepullers
l am at your service"
ONLY BIG THINGS
1--WE don't want YOU for
small-time spying" Inspector
Kraus said matter-of- factly
"We have thousands to do that
sort of work. We want you to
slip into some central body
of the enemy machine.
I'VE want you to. get us
line on their sources of infOr-
nation, on their plans, their
personnel, their movements.
The world is big. We have,
in most countries, an excellent
Apparat. But the value of
this machinery depends on the
information furnished to it
and to us--by confidential col
labOrators i'm the inner circles
of GermaHy's potential foes.
"That should not be difficult
for you, If complete secrecy
is maintained. You have
travelled much. You have
Weltkenntniss. And you will
have our faithful and energetic
assistance"
There was a pause. The
Gestapo had put its cards on
the table. In that instant I
knew: If / did not succeed in
winning their confidence,
would never be permitted to
leave their prisons.
1.-THE leaders of the Com
intern know that / have been
sentenced TO Is years." / said.
II must have plausible
reason To account for an
earlier release"
ARRANGE ESCAPE
Inspector Kraus gave mis-
ChieVous grin.
I'VE shall arrange for an
escape he said. wen let
the enemy know In some in
conspicuous way that YOU have
escaped during a transport,
and that we are looking for
Xou.- high and low.
Among the anti-Nazis, a
man who escapes from one of
our 'sanatoriums' is always
hero. We have had expert
ence. We have done That be-
fore. IL has always worked"
g II understand" / inquired,
BY Jimmy Hatlo
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29

each of whom fills stocking better than
Santa.
Gladys George and her groom deco
rating Cora a. Irene's.
Lois January at the Belasco Jessel
rehearsais telling puns. The Lois form or
wit.
Elsa Maxwell squeezing into cab out
side the Hurricans.
Bea Vain on the Astor Roof.
Vain on the Wool? I musta been
drugged
Broadway Rose now called Broadway
Cactus.
Wendell Willkie, who proves that the
only way you can put your country before
everything else is by getting behind the
President.
MEMOS OF A MIDNIGHTER: The
A'A Commissioner is rumored planning
another gendarme shakeup this week.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29
CHAPTER 1Os

Il will think it over" ] said
finally. "For me IL is a
monumental decision"
Remember" KrauS said
precisely working with us,
you work with the winning
side. No force on earth can
keep Germany in the position
of "a second-rate power. As /
have told Nou-times have
changed"
II shall give you my an
Swer tomorrow" l replied.
Leaving the headquarters
Of the foreign division, l ran
into Rudolf Hoffman. He
passed me in the corridor,
As he Shambled by, his eyes
struck my face-and glanced
over il as if had net been
there.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29

I'M : blue Fact is-Jim'S
~ been blue ever since he
began doing time in Uncle
Sans army.
Doing tiTne"--not a happy
phrase. Sounds like a prison
sentence. And that's exactly
-heM lima feels about tho draft
No convict ever hated the
jute mill more than Jim hates
military routine.
1T doesn't make sense"
says he; "takin' n fellow away
just when he's gotten a start.
Lookit me. Always wanted to
be an architect. Never dared
dream I could make IL. though.
Then had swell luck,
found that position with Stan
ton q Briggs. Peg m l got
engaged that same night.
"Sure thought I was fixed
for life. Then along came the
draft--and here / am-every-
thing smashed.
Sometimes I feel so low I
could bump myself off. II IL
wasn't for those letters from
Nom and Peg. I'd go cuckoo"
Those letters from Nom
and Peg Jim honestly
thinks they're life-savers.
In reality they're poison.
Every tear-stained line is
loaded with loneliness, resent
ment. mounting fear all
the deadly markings of self
pity.
SMALL wonder that Jim be-
~ comes more discouraged
and embittered with each
reading. Yet Nom and Peg
believe they're showing their
love" by such daily down
beats.
They're not They're MANN
ing the man who needs their
help -. robbing him of his
courage and pride turning
him into a traitorouS wcakling.
Saboteurs .. fifth column
lists . . every decent citizen
despiSeS those titles, loathes
the creatures they iii. Yet
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29

IERE pleasant game give you message
day 1t numerical puzzle designed spell
fortune Count the letters your number
Of letters subtract If the number
add your number upper
hand of the rectange and
numbers left TO right Then read the the letters
the checked figures give you 0z9
s~Osrtsht Is Miller Features Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29
Out of the Night

"that YOU wish To employ me
outs of Germany ."
"Of course"
where >"
THAT depends on your own
connections. ANY European
country, or Russia, or North
America. South America is
well covered. The Far East
we leave TO the Japanese"
what guarantee have you,"
! asked slowly, chat l won't
vanish once L am outside of
Germany
I'VE are no children" In
Spector Kraus said earnestly.
"Any pact of value is a
reciprocal affair. You will
know what il good for you-
"Onhand, there are three
guarantees: First, our own
Ueberwachungsdienst - con-
troll serxiee-iii- foreign cOun-
tries: as a rule, our boys
abroad are trained and clever.
Second, y0u will leave i'm our
hands material which, should
we choose To publish, will
cause the GPU to give you
one-way ticket TO Nalhalla.
Third"
eyes >"
WIFE TO REMAIN
"YOur wife and child will .
Remain in Germany" In
spector KrauS, speaking in a
gently menacing tone, accen-
tUated each word carefully.
"They vii he free, but they
will be under surveillance. You
may come To see them as
often as you like--in Ger
many. Your loyalty 10 us will
be the best guarantee of their
happiness"
II see" ! said.
II am glad you do" Kraus
remarked.
Hertha JenS smiled brightly.
"You have n very nice wife,
YOU know" she said in her
most innocent manner.
Every few minutes the tele-
phone rang. Gestapo bust
ness. Inspector Kraus made
his decisions quickly. He sell
dom talked for longer than
80 seconds with each caller,
except when the call came
through from Berlin.
Whenever Berlin telephoned,
Kraus requested me to leave
the office; / would stand in
the reception room under the
eyes of two Death Head
guards.
On more than one occasion
I heard in what summary
manner Inspector Kraus de-
cided the fate of individual
prisoners who had served out
their terms. Hertha JenS
would take the telephone and
listen 10 the call. Then she
would report to KrauS:
Convict Meier, he has fin
i>hed his sentence. They want
to know what to do with
him."
MUMBLED THOUGHT
"Meier Meier" In
Spector Kraus would then
humble. wait "A minute
what was he convicted of? -.
oh, yes, remember. How
did he behave?"
A few moments later he
would make his decision:
"AlI right, let him go. he
seems to have become sensible.
send him up here first to sign
his declaration"
Or:
A'thhisL nc ohN "a
stubborn customer. sWe'll
send him to Sachsenhausen.
Put him on ice for another
year or So"
And the anti-Nazfs fate was
decided
Lets proceed" Inspector
Kraus announced. Hertha
Jens slipped behind a type
writer TO take dictation.
PLEDGE
/ herewith declare that
have become a devoted son of
the Great German Father
land. 1 declare that the
enemies of the new Germany
are also my enemies. 1 de-
clare that I accept as my
duty the tireIess and con-
sistent effort to aid i'm the
destruction of my>cOuntry's
and Adolf Hitler's NtYemies.
1 declare my willingness TO
accept and execute TO the best
of my abilities all and any
orders issued TO me by the
Secret State Police of Ger
many (Gestapol.
Hamburg. Feb. II. 1887.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29
Walter WincheH
On Broadway
Neu0 York Heartbeat
Trade Mark Registered. Copyright. 1871.

TNIE BIG PARADE Arthur Preacher who swallowed
monoce ankng along behind Grace
Moore. who swallowed a swallow
The Jack Bennys and Ida Lupno sitting the left table
in the Stork Club to give that corner class.
At Lum Fongs-all six of those Navy Blues" gals
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29
A PHoNY ESCAPE

In the meantime, the GeS-
tapo staged a phony escape"
from Camp Fuhlsbuettel. One
of Inspector Kraus' aides later
told me how il had been done.
An Elite Guard had been
commissioned to saw through
the bars of the cell window.
Another guard had thrown a
rope over one of the walls.
The same night the high ten
sion wires which ran parallel
to the walls had been put out
of commission by an "acci-
dent"
AT 2 in the morning, a night
guard discovered that my
cell was empty. He gave the
alarm. A siren shrieked, fly
ing squads of Death Head
guards turned out, and the
hunt" was on.
OF course, the supposed
fugitive was not found-he
sat securely in an obscure
backwater Jail. Only the Ges-
tapo, the kommandant of
Camp Fuhlsbuettel, and two
guards knew that the escape
alarm had been a fake.
The rest of the guards. some
200 strong. and all of the
prisoners, really believed that
| had succeeded in making a
successful getaway. Inspector
Kraus calculated, correctly,
that information would filter
through TO the Comintern
that l had escaped. Even
Rudolf Hoffman was fooled by
the trick; I later found that
he had faithfully reported my
extraordinary disappearance
10 his paymasters in Copen-
hagen.
APPEAL FOR AID
Following this preparatory
coup. / tackled the job OF
convincing Inspector Kraus Of
my connections with the Com
intern bureau in Copenhagen.
1t was a game which Richard
Jensen and / played with
marked cards, though we had
not spoken or written TO each
other for more than three
years. On its outcome de-
pended, for me, life or death
Sitting in the office of the
Gestapo's foreign division, |
wrote a note to Richard Jen-
sen. Inspector Kraus watched
me lynx-eyed. Over my shout
der peered Hertha Jens.
Dear Richard" L wrote.
perhaps you will remember
me. i am an old friend who
needs your help urgently.
have just left the hospital
after a long sickness, and 1
am I'm dire need of money To
visit my Aunt Ernestine.
Please help me.
williams"
WILLIAMS" was the name OF
British journalist under
which 1 had illegally entered
Germany in 1888. Jensen
knew my handwriting he
would know. "Ernestine"
Ernest Wollweber. ! added.
at the instruction of Kraus, a
general delivery address.
Inspector Kraus had the let
ter photographed for the Ges-
tapo files. The original he
sent OFT 10 Copenhagen.
was returned TO my Jail cell,
asking myself:
How will IL end? If Jensen
makes a blunder, you are as
good as dead and gone"
Two days / waited, seized
by a mad TeStlessneSS, TOO eX-
cited 10 touch the coarse
prison fare.
At the end Of the second
day, late at night. a Gestapo
chauffeur called for me. We
drove TO headquarters. enter
ing il through the door of
another building which was
connected with the Gestapo
mansion by a short subter-
ranean passage.
Ito BE Continued
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29

huge portrait of Hitler on the
wall After a While / would
break the silence by quoting a
sentence from Mein Kampf.
"The world does not exist
for cowardly peoples"
"Oh, did the Fuehrer say
that ," krauS would murmur,
thus ending the spell of acute
danger-for me,
BEST CONTACTS
"Where would you like To
work >" he asked me abruptly,
where are your best con-
tacts:"
I'm Copenhagen" j said.
1--WE concur" KrauS drawled.
"WOllweber is in COpen-
hagen. He's as hard To catch
as lame wolf. When wolves
are old and lame, they be-
come as wary As devils. Be-
sides, 95 per cent of the false
passports on the fish we catch
are produced i'm Copenhagen.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is "A fell
low named Jensen. Old friend
of your, 1 believe"
Il know Jensen weii," / adj
mitted.
Hertha JenS whiStled.
III we could have some
body in Jensen's lair, we'd he
cocks I'm the chicken ranch"
she chimed in.
Sci Bieht 80 yorlant,r her
chief warned her quickly.
Don't let your tongue run
away with you" He tele-
phoned the Bureau of Identi-
fication.
"Send me up a picture of
Richard Jensen, Dane, Copen-
hagen, Communist, passport
f0rger."
A young Gestapo agent APP
peared. He brought a large
collection of photographs. All
of them showed Richard Jen-
sen. There was Cemrade Jen-
sen speaking at a meeting in
Moscow. Jensen at congress
in Paris, Jensen emerging
from a railway station. Jen-
sen lolling on the sands of a
beach, and many more: front
view, side views, and snap
shots taken by some shadow
ers in the rear of the giant
Dane.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-29

IAbo1c ~ PoSh military OFFICER pm tt| ms
gophec True Hlrc hoping history will repeat Set-EVD
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x week after / had signed
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Ito BE Continued
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Gone Forever
Ford Sells Last Horses
at Greenfield

Henry Ford finally was rid OF
the horses Saturday and now
owns nothing but horseleSs car
riages in Greenfield Village.
He started the movement at the
turn of the century, but until now
he has continued horses as a
means of transportation. embel-
fishing the atmosphere of by-gone
days in the world-famouS museum.
Friday the IL handsome coach
horses. used on the village bus,
and the villages nine riding
horses, were sold at auction al
Julius Jacobs Horse Market on
Michigan avenue.
The coach horses sold for about
500 each and the gated animals
brought about $3.50.
Ray Dahlinger, superintendent
of Ford's farms. said no new
method of transportation has been
decided upon.
They are considering the new
tangled gasoline cOntraption.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Different Story

The truth of the matter is that
a Today supply is about all we
ever have. To announce that is
like announcing. eXcitedly, that
your town only has food supplies
for a day or two. 1t would be
true enough. but the implication
would be deceptive and inham-
lmatory.
From Mr.. Davies own office and
Iother government and private au-
liberties on the subject here. comes
a wholly different side of the story
that Mr.. Davies did not announce.
He used bureau of mines official
figures showing that stocks on the
eastern Seaboard. in the supposed
area, had declined from 22,2l4,000
barrels the week ending August 9
10 20,476.0 900 for the week ending
August Is.
The American Petroleum Insti-
tute, nongovernmental institu-
ton. tells it slightly different
saying the stocks deprecated from
u 6s6.0o0 10 20,793.0oo barrels.
Anyway you tell il, there seems
TO he a small decline and still a
lot Of gasoline on hand. Further
more, all sides agree the stocks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Gas Lid Lifted
For Weekend
Over Holiday


WASHINGTON. Aus. b. Tho
federal oil administration today
lifted the lid on gasoline for the
Labor DAY weekend holiday. but
for the first five days next week
and from September on. motorists
OF eastern and southern states and
the District OF Columbia were put
on A 10 per cent less gas basis.
Curtallment Of gasoline 10 indi-
vidual consumers was placed on
the shoulders Of filling station
operators in an order issued by
acting petroleum co-ordinator
Ralph X. Davies.
The announcement directed sup
pliers OF gasoline 10 calculate the
amount Of gasoline 10 each Of their
retail outlets for the remainder OF
August. effective next Monday
morning. They viii split the num-
Der Of gallons due eack outlet into
five equal daily quotas for the five
dsVS I'm 10 SATURDAY..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
Must Divide Quota

These daily quotas then will
be delivered 90 the filling sta
tions each day and the filling
station operator will fin the
number Of gallons he can sell
each customer by calculating the
number Of vehicles he ordinarily
serves and dividing his daily
quota accordingly" the an
nouncement said.
ION Saturday and Sunday the
tanks Of all filling stations will
be filled mp 10 take care of the
Labor Day weekend traffic.
with the weekend running
into September. the filling up Of
all station tanks will he charged
against September quotas"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-24
But It's Charged Up

This plan means that for the
five days. from August - 10 Au-
gust %, inclusive, the supply of
gasoline delivered TO stations svill
be split up into five equal daily
quotas. and that "the lid will be
off over the Labor Day weekend.
The amount OF gasoline used dur
ing the weekend period however,
will be charged against the sta
tons September quotas and
passed on by them to their con-
surners.
Dealers will be required TO OBJ
serve a monthly quota in Septem-
Der, and space their sales 10 make
their months supply last through
September's 30 days.