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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-11
CHAPTER 80

lie blew the smoke of his
cigaret into my face. His
gray-green eyes Shone hard
and bright.
He continued quickly:
Here's your choice. Either
YOU confess. Then your head
will como off. One stroke with
the big AZ. Ssst. Like that.
Quick. But till then you've
peace. Or you don't confess.
Then well take the meat of
your bones, inch by inch,
gently, and you'iI howl, and
you'li die anyhow"
Alone in such cell a man
does not think | had no
thought and no conscious will
10 keep alive. There was only
dark. Overpowerlng urge
lnSide-hate.
Hate him or you're lost"
Roll in the phOnograph,'
Rdddm ordered.
BRING IN PHONOGRAPH
Two troopers brought a
monograph and some records.
For 80 seconds the door of the
cell was open and i saw the
faces of Elite Guards peer in
at me from the gloomy hall
way. Harsh commands rang
In from the yard
'Lauf, du Drecksack! Run
fasterw
Radam grasped my hair and
jerked my head backward.
Head up. In five more
minutes you'll be a cripple.
Then, turning TO the troop
ers:
What are you playing
THE Blue Danube"
mot loud enough" said
Radam. Better play n good,
loud march. Play the Fred
circus rex.
"All right"
Radam pushed his knee into
my abdomen.
We're gentle souls" he
muttered. I'VE don't like 10
hurt anybody, unless we have
TO. When we think a man
knows and won't talk-what
else shall we do, what:
81 am going to give you
one more chance. You know
what crushed kidneys are
like: They make you dis
charge blood TO the end of
your days. You know, it's
hard luck to lose blood all the
time. So I think you'll tell
me how you organized that
murder"
1--WE organized no murder"
Are you sure:"
I'm sure"
GENTS IN THE EARTH
Don't be funny. I'm go
ing to make you wish you'd
never been born. After that
you can join the gents in the
cool earth"
Radam tapped the concrete
floor with his toes.
"a select company. Some
got broken necks and the
others have no heads"
The troopers laughed.
Radam said:
This dog Is sullen. Clout
him. Clout the holy ghost
out Of him"
THE monograph Is busted"
a trooper reported. They'll
hear him scream"
Then tie a towel round his
head" Radam directed, land
jam n steel helmet over his
face, and then all you fellows
sing. Let him yell to his
hearts content.
They tied a dirty towel
around my head and clapped
steel helmet over my face and
threw me TO the floor, face
down.
Radam bent down.
Tell me about the murder"
he growled.
| shouted something. I do
not know what l shouted.
"Clout the swine! Put
wet towel over him and clout
him.
/ heard them soak a towel
under the faucet. They
stretched the towel taut over
my back. Then the troopers
sang.
"Am Brunnen vOr dem Tore,
Da stecht elm Lindenbaum;
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-11
Out of the Night

TO murder storm troopers:"
"No."
"Your comrades say you
were"
That's impossible"
would you like some more
beatings?"
mo"
Nobody hurt you up to
now?"
mo"
"wilI you tell the TRUTH"
Eyes"
"WhO was at the meeting
besides yOu?"
IL don't know"
so you admit you were NJ
the meeting where a murder
was planned:"
81 was not there"
'Liar! You've organized
strikes
Eyes, I have"
'"The Strike i'm Sweden last
year,"
- Eyes"
1.-THE strike of rivermen In
France: The seizure of Ger
man ships abroad: Strikes
against the swastika flag 10
Antwerp? In Marseilles: In
lie Havre?"
Yes no."
ANY KILLED:
Were any people killed In
those strikes?"
There was some fighting
with police and scabs."
Radam appro h e d me
closely. He stretched out a
finger and traced a swastika
in the slime of sweat, dust and
blood which covered my belly.
"SOme strikebreakers were
killed, yes: And some work.
ers, yes: And some police
men in Hamburg, yes: Who
killed them"
uOu y AuOW, Il Ndlu.
"YOu murdere them.
snarled Radam.
NO"
"You are intellectually re-
spOnsibie for those murders.
You're more guilty than those
who did the direct killing. You
said at that meeting that
storm troopers had to be muir
dered. That that would drive
the Nazis out of the workers
quarters. Right ?"
That's not right"
$50 you organized the
strikes, but you did not do
the actual kilIing:"
/ did not answer.
THE accused Is silent" said
Radam. Then:
do you believe in the
thesis: Kill the Nazi where
ever you meet him ."
mo"
"YOur comrades Wollweber
and Neumann originated the
slogan
II believe so. 1t was
wrong slogan"
WHY"
FRIENDLY DISCUSSION
81 believe that many Maxi
could have been won over BY
friendly discussion, that indi-
vidual violence was harmful"
"Wollweber was a Com
munist?"
Eyes"
"And Neumann
Eyes"
"And you?"
Eyes"
"And Wollweber and Neu-
mann propagated murder ?"
l did not answer.
You wanted to win over
Nazi by discussions 2"
IL did"
"And those who could not
be convinced had to be muir
dered; that was your convic-
ton, yes:"
-'- "No,n
Are you a pacifist:"
mo"
$50 you're a man who be-
lieves In violence. It's cost
you your head, friend" Radam
turned toward the troopers:
Take this dog, out for
exercise and bring me Dett-
mer, Wehrenberg, Hoppe and
koopmann."
TAKE HIM TO YARD
Two Elite Guards took me
out into the dark yard / was
naked. They kicked me and
told me TO run. j ran across
the yard and the Elite Guards
ran beside me. and hit me
with their rubber clubs,
shouting:
Run faster, Faster"
After that / stood still in
the cold. with arms raised.
Five minutes. 10, CO. do not
know. ! had ceased TO be
man. ! was living chunk Of
meat without ambition, hope,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-11
BY JAN VALTM

Will. Ola what i was tOlu 10
do, and only once did i fall
into the snow and cry:
Finish IL! Shoot me,
shoot!"
A shot In the back of the
neck would have been sudden
paradise. The oopers
laughed. They slapped my
face with belts. Then they
made me run around the yard
on all four. After that. they
brought another naked man
out into the snow. and stood
him up, facing me.
do you see this fellow"
a trooper asked.
EYES," / said.
ADAM AND EVE
That's Mr.. Adam" the
trooper said. adam and
Eve"
The others laughed.
Hit him." said the troop
er.
I did not move. ! could not
see the features of the man in
front of me. All / could see
in the dark was his naked
ness and his trembling knees.
Damn you. hit him."
l reached out and slapped
the mans face. Not hard.
An Elite Guard jumped be-
tween us and struck me
violently.
That's how I want you to
hit him." he said. Hit him.
/ did not move. A trooper
kicked me from behind.
'Hit him.
/ could hear the breathing
of the naked man with the
trembling knees. His head
was bent slightly forward, like
the head of a hanged man. 1
felt the sudden impact of a
rubber bludgeon across my
abdomen and / doubled up
with pain.
take II easy" said a
trooper. "Stand straight"
i stood straight.
Hit him." he commanded.
SINKS TO KNEES
] reached out and hit the
naked man in front of me. He
sank 10 his knees and shook
his head. This monstrous
thing was repeated again and
again. and then it was his turn
to hit. He hit me many
times, lightly at first. but
then with astonishing force.
The night was calm and the
skeleton arms of the trees
reached weirdly into the star
lit sky. A dog barked in the
distance; muff1ed sounds OF
torment and madness pranced
from the hulking flank of the
prison and subsidized in inter
minable groans; the bell OF
the prison church rang a
melancholy midnight, and=a
breath of air stirred the tip
of the swastika flag in the
beam of searchlights on the
outer walls.
Two naked men stood In the
yard and hit each other. and
from somewhere drifted the
aroma Of steak.
From a window sounded
Radam's voice:
Bring the swine back
In the four corners of the
cell stood four men, noses
and toes against the wall. and
beneath the window stood a
fifth. AS 1 entered the cell,
they twisted their faces side
ways TO see. Their faces were
gray and hollow and crusted
with dirt and bristly boards.
NO CHANCE TO SHAVE
They had had no chance to
wash or shave in months. /
knew they were comrades. /
knew that / knew them, that
they were workers who had
gone with me through battle
and distress. and yet / was
not able to recognize a single
face, so much had they
changed.
Hoppe called Radam.
One of the men turned
around. He was the harbor
worker Arthur Hoppe, who
had been married three weeks
before the Gestapo took him
between midnight and 3 in the
morning.
Hoppe" said Ra d a m.
pointing at me, was this man
at the meeting where the
murder of HeinZelmann was
planned ?"
The typewriter clattered.
Hoppe looked a me out OF
great sunken eyes.
YES" he mumbled, "he
was there"
did he incite TO violence 2"
II can't remember"
Ito Be Contlnued)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-11

PEVIVAL century fashions for 10
be gaining strength Saw Madison avenue
wearing bird H. History reveals that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-11

IERE is pleasant little that will message
every puzzle designed to spell
fortune Count the letters first the number
subtract II the number less than
add The number. Start the upper left
hand of the and check OF key
right under
the checked figures give you S|
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-11

lch traeumt I'm einem Schat-
ten
So manchen sue-ssen Traum."
WHIPS CRASH
The whips started 10 crash
and waves of fire curled and
SlaShed through every muscle.
At first a man squirms and
tries 10 sink his teeth into
anything they can get hold of.
Then he howlS into the he'll
met and the shrieks pound
back like thunder into his own
ears.
And after that he can't
scream any more. lie groans
a long grooming inter-
mingled with sharp gasps for
air. A Sonorous voice counted,
III -. l8 ID :"
The troopers were singing
different song now. Their
voices were slow, deep. mourn
full.
'MOrgen-roo-t, MOrgen-roo-ot.
Leuchtest mir yum fruehen
Too-od."
Things went red and black
again.
'"Twenty-fOur % :"
1t did not hurt any more.
Only my legs were out of con-
troll and kicking wildly in the
air. The singing voices re-
ceded as if they belonged to
detachment marching way
down a long street.
A dash Of cold water came
ripping into the silence. My
eyes were open again. First
thing they saw were boots TO
right and left, and in be-
tween the bright yellow OK
fords of Inspector Radam. l
was naked and utterly weary.
The brain hammered:
Tell them nothing"
The blood was pounding
everywhere close under my
skin and my whole body
seemed studded with pieces of
hot iron. The electric light
was turned on. Through the
window L saw that it was
getting dark outside. Again
stood in the center of the cell.
In a corner sat young girl
behind a small table. On the
table was a typewriter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05
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PATTERN 32l
A BACK.BUTTONED
 SPORT DRESS

Of course it's rude to turn your back, but just see what rrovoca- tive back this Isl Claire Tilden has designed Pattern 32l with a saucy back buttoning that starts at the crossed neckline and goes right down to the hem. A feature that's not only novel and attractive, but that also makes for easy dressing without mussing your curls. You can iron the frock in @ simple, flat spread piece, tool There's q young, square shape to the front neck, bordered on either side by decora- tive. stitched shoulder darts. A most becoming style note is the waistband that encircles your waist with slim, 1.-the effects and that's shaped in a nice upcurve in front. Pockets are optional but smart and convenient for holding hankle, powder puff or change purse. You may have brief, airy cap sleeves or straight short sleeves-whichever you choose. Use vivid ric-rac for accent on either sleeve style and around the waist-seam. You'll prob ably like this sports frock 50 well that you'll want to make 1t up in variety of bright, crisp cottons!
 Pattern 32i is cut in misses and women's sizes l2, IA, l6, IS, 20, 30, g. 34, 90, 38 and 40. Size l6 re- qlires 3 3-8 yards 35 inch fabric and 17s yards ric-rac.
 Send FIFTEEN GENTS d5c) In coins for this pattern. WRITE CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
 Send orders to Waterbury Demo- crat, Pattern Department, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05

That faded Cinderella of your chairs may become Q queen over. night. For today you can pin on colorful spring slip-cover material ---and tomorrow you can baste and finish.
 It's as simple as that to make such c smart slip cover as we've pictured --and smart 1t is, in beige crash and coral fringe, with seams finished in coral welting.
 Following the pin-or methed you needn't be handy" Just remove the chair cushion and smooth your fabric over the inslde-back and seat, leaving a 4.inch tuek-iil between. For welted seams, work with fabric wrong side out. Then you pin every 3 inches and cut off surpus mate. rialy outside the pins, allowing ih' inches for seams.
 In the very same way, 1t the arms. sides. back and cushion. Now pin together all seams and baste, insert- ing the welting from the right side.
 This half completes your slip covert All that remains is to stitch 1t up and add the fringe.
 Our 32-page booklet gives exact details, step-by-step diagrams for making slip covers for differently shaped chairs and sofas, also auto seats. Tells how to trim, make pleated AounceS.
 Send 10 cents in coin for your copy of HOW TO MAZE SLIP COVERS to the Waterbury Demo. crat, Home Service, 366 Gixth Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDfSEss, and the NAME of booklet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05
I'VE, THE WOMEN--
 Bridge Club" Members Are Really n the Chips

of the church, they've renamed the game. They call 1t "Whafn." Doesn't that sound like q child like little card game? They hope 1t does.
 And how do their husbands like the idea of the little women gam bling every afternoon? Well, they've fixed that just fine. They keep records (women can do strange things with figures) and they know for q fact that over Q period of time they break even. t'h
 So If you have to cat beans this week, don't kick. Papa. Mama will win back the grocery money next week, and you can have steak. If nottlle next--tlen surely the week after that. 7 f .fI't
 Mrs. Jones kept track of her money for q WHOLE MONTH, and she ended up fifty cents to 2 the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05
INDOOR FOOL VERSUS OF
 SWTNaNGIN' HOLE

If all the ear-nose specialists would build swimming pools and offer them for use of the public in their communities they would be kept busy taking care of the ear, mastoid and sinus infections suf- fered by people using the pols. A young woman writes that she has heard this statement several times, and she wonders how much truth there is in 1t. She wants to take swimming and diving lessons, but her father obects, because he fears she may contract some such ear, mastoid or sinus infection in the swimming pool. Daughter can see no harm in a few diving and swim ming lessons. Sine doesn't intend to spend all her time diving and swim. ming, just an hour or 50 two or three days Q week, and surely, she thinks, that much can't affect her hearing or anything. Besides she knows lots of girls who use the swimming pool several days week and never have any trouble. The exercise is fine. Won't I please help her in this mat- ter. A favorable answer from me will win her father over easily Father thinks my advice is pretty sound.
 All right, kid, I'll let you down as easily as I can, but remember we fathers have to hang together.
 Tn the first place, you may be too young to know 1t, for have piped down lately, but I'm preJudiced against the bathtub, even though but one person at time uses 1t. If I had my way there'd be no bath. tubs, except in institutions; in pri- vate homes only shower baths.
 The same prejudice applies to swimming pools, only with far greater force, for Q swimming pool is . glorified bathtub used by many per. sons at Q time,
 still, if the particular pool you would use Is reasonably sanitary, if the water is changed at not too rare intervals, if proper care is taken to exclude persons with any obvious or potentially infectious ailment or disease, and if the water in the pool | kS CVIlbthtltly CIuOEAbdteu VT VtIlGE~ . wise disinfected, believe If I we:e in your fathers place I'd consent to your swimming and diving les- sons, provided---
 And this is a precaution believe every patron of swimming pool or even the op swiinmin' hole or river, or lake or beach bathing place where many persons use the water, should invariably take.
 Provided you plug both ears be- fore entering the water and breathe entirely through the open mouth while in the water. The latter may be easy for Q trained swimmer and diver to do, but q novice or one not particularly skilled In swlining and diving should wear a suitable nose clip to keep the nostrils closet.
 For plugging the ears (and ros- ,I trils if you haven't nose clip) use 6 twist of lambs wool or some plain (not absorbent) cotton batting sat- urated with olive oil 0: petrol alum.
 QUEsTOIONS AND ANSWERS
 Source of Information
 I've been studying dentistry for some time. I notice you seldom give any other name than your own when you copy information from text- books. Why? (- eco. Headquarters)
 Answer-Mainly Q matter of space available. Such technical infornia-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05

that perch around the low crown of 6 shiny red straw sailor.
 THE SOUTH AMERICAN
 INFLUENCE--MODIFIED
 The South American hats that Frank Borel (one of the aces among West Coast designerO is showing aren't so extreme that they look like ships party favors.
 A modified sombrero of creain- colored paper Panama has only e fat rope of scarlet yarn for trim- ming, banding the crown and loop- ing through the brifn to make @ plump tassel to the shoulder.
 A saucer.brim sailor of red toya straw has Q band of cobalt blue yarn, embroidered in rafiia flowers, around It's edge, and @ Spanish cap of red silk jersey inside holds its snug to the head.
 Turbans of closely woven striped cottons with bright tinsel threads run between the stripes of red, yell low and blue aren't too Carmen Miranda -ish for everyday wear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05
Glorifying Yourself

4 U
 Sometimes the woman ! who has to start on q trip without a lot of new clothes and accessories has more fun than one who starts not only with new clothes, but with a flock of new trappings that take not a. little getting -lised-to before she can enjoy them. y54ST 'g f5
 It's mistake, for. instance, Sto leave for .train, bus, boat or plane in. shoes that never have been, worn before. They may be perfectly, cofn- foftable and cause no trouble at all. But suppose that they aren't?
 How silly to be caught far from home without a pair of really corn- fortable shoesl # SELF CONSCIOUS # IN NEW CLOTHES <a4
 It's aInistake to carry 8 compact
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05
BY LUCIE NEVILLE NEA Service Staff Correspondent

Hollywood There's pleasant promise that this springs hats will be .prettier than they have been in several years, and millinery design CTS obligingly have made both col- orful, trimmed South American types and lavishly decorated bon nets in the best Easter prade tra- dition.
 It's my guess that the Latin hats will be more popular when summers white and bright colored dresses come in, though they'll be smart with tailored light wool spring suits.
 The Easter bonnets are naturals for your first navy silks, lingerie blouses and small prints. I guaran- teed that either style will be well comed by husbands and beaux who detest stark turbans, dolls hats, towering crowns and poke-in-the- eye Quills. E.s ,e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05
Feminine Nonsense' Decorates
 Filmdoms New Spring Millinery

ter bonnets is a position shape in dull green baku straw with riot of natural colored cherries, strawber- ries and tiny bananas. made of feathers. piled at the front and Q streamer -snood of bright green jer- sey.
 More feminine and fiattery is an Alice blue baku with a full-blown pink silk rose posed against an up- standing bow of blue velvet, or an ice-cream- pink straw with band and bow of black velvet, a cluster of deeper pink roses and a thin black veil dotted in chenille. The startl- ingly real fruit, radishes and birds of all sizes, made of smooth feath- CTS, decorate e number of the hats; even newer is 6 trim of small birds cut out of white pique, stiff as paper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05

The day when they used to give prizes, all wrapped up In tisgue paper and pink ribbon was just q necessary prelude to playing cards for money. They couldn't plunge boldly into 1t all at once but 1t was a nice, lady-like step from prizes to playing flor just enough to make 1t, Interesting"
 They explain 1t this way to themselves: Its really not Q bit different from playing for prizes. And it does save all the bother of the hostess, having Ito go out and look for prizes. And then you were never sure the winner would like what she won."c
 Yes, the little women are iil- terested in cutting out all the bother and getting right down to the cards. It, isn't a bit unusual to find eight of them starting a game right after breakfast, and stopping only to jump into cars and go down to the corner drug store for a sandwich = before starting an afternoon session.
 They're beginning to cut out all that pretense about play ing a little lady-like bridge to while away hours. They're taking 1t seriously-and not trying to kid each other.
 And some of them have already dared to take another forward step. They've switched from bridge to poker in the cities-where the wo- men aren't afraid of the world. WHAT'S IN A NAME?
 But in the small towns where the bridge club (that is, poker club members are also active members
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05

or travel case which you cannot open and close without drawing 0 lot of attention to yourself. Or to take e dance dress in which you never have danced before, or at least had on for e solid hour.
 Most women are slightly self conscious in brand new clothes Most Of Ls look better and feel bet ter in 2 dress after we have worn 1t a bit. 1'
 You cannot tell whether 0 new hat is a mistake or e model that does something for you unless you buy 1t slowly and thoughtfully, standing up and walking around the shop as well as sitting in front of Q mirror. 7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05
FOR UPsWEPT HAIRDOs
 AND POMPADOURS M

The majority of Borel's collection is the Easter bonnet type of pastel straws trimmed with colored veils, feather birds, pink roses, velvet bows and all sorts of feminine non- sense. Toya, baku and other fine straws are the materials and their colors are delicious--delft and Alice blues, ice-cream- pink, green-char- ., teuse, and scarlet with white.
 If ct first these seem over-deco- rated, in comparison with plain dark winter hats, remember that they won't be worn with fur coats they'll be for new pencil-slim suits and frocks, for upswept back hair and smooth poinpadours.
 The most elaborate of Borel's Eas-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05
HURRIED SHOPPING
 SELDOM SUCCESSFUL

If there really Isn't adequate time for shopping sensibiy for what you need on Q trip, better have your old clothes pressed and cleaned and forget about new ones until you get back. Hurried shopping seldom turns out successfully.
 Furthermore, don't get 6 new ard unusual hair-do 0 couple of hours before your train leaves. Get 1t Q week before and see whether you like 1t and can take care of 1t your. self. If not. there'll Do time to have your hair set in the old way or e modification of the new style just before departure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05

ton interests but few of the readers of newspaper articles. For that mate ter, owe nearly all the knowledge I have to textbooks, journals and the like-where am I to draw tn line on naming the source of the infors nation? If 1t is my own idea I make no bones of saying so-stirely you have noticed that. Your interest and your criticism show you are Q real student. I hope you will criticize in the same spirit the booklet "savo Your Teeth" I am sending you.
 Protected by John F. bile Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-05

0 WSleSS pr1ze B aq,thtng of the past. l,D
 To dta y she comes Il o m c with. her hand- .bsa 6 full of change. Women, tlie sweet things, have quit play. ing bridge for prizes-- and got right down to gambling. we play for a little something. I | ma kes t he. game more in- farAafitaO U i.