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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18
IN DAMASCUS AREA

In operations around Jezzine,
British authorities said. the Allies
inflicted severe casualties on the
Vichy forces and captured several
armored cars.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Jerusalem said that Free
French and British Indian troops
captured several more/ positions
in the kiswe area south of Da-
|maScus but that the advance
stopped short of Damascus itself
until the Vichy counter-attacks 10
the south and west are overcome.
1t appeared this halt was de-
signed TO prevent the forces ap-
preaching Damascus from being
Ioutflanked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18
ADMITTED IN CAIRO

British military authorities at
Cairo admitted Withdrawals in
Libya but explained them as
merely for strategic purposes. The
offensive was launched, Cairo ex-
planned. to determine the strength
OF the Axis forces and this having
been accomplished, the withdraw
ais were orderer.
In Syria, the Vichy French
launched a terrific counter attack
IN a last attempt to save the an
cient cities of Damascus and Bel
rut from capture by the British
and Free French. The front was
extremely fluid as the mechanical
divisions battle each other over
wide areas. The British conceded
the loss of Ezra, Merj Ayoum and
Kuneitra. Ezra was retaken and
new drives started against the
Vichy forces at Merj Ayoum and
Kuneitra.
Latest dispatches described the
fighting in Syria as getting
tougher as the Allies approached
to within three miles Of Damascus.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18
COUNTER-ATTACK

The British were declared TO
have counter-attacked, recaptur-
ing Ezra and taking 80 French
prisoners.
AT present. operations are pro-
crossing to drive the French from
Merj Ayoum and Kuneitra.
On the Lebanese coast the Allies
were declared 10 have advanced
four miles north of Sidon in
force. while advanced patrols
moved still further to within II
miles from the important seaport
of Beirut, seat of the French man.
date administration.
French naval units which have
been operating against British
off the Lebanese coast
are said to be based at Beirut.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18
ELECTRIC EYE DEVICE

So far as can be determined,
the device works on an electric
eye principle. The rather an
cient lorry" which figured in its
discovery apparently was parked
on a roadside near Daventry,
where Britain's greatest overseas
wireless station is located.
Watts and his colleagues must
have been far-sighted because in
1885 there was peace throughout
most of the world and bombing
planes were almost curiosities.
The address marked the first
official request for American man.
power TO assist in the defense of
Britain in the struggle which Lord
Beaverbrook termed the battle
for the future of the world"
The minister of state explained
that radio and electrical techni-
clans are in demand to support
Britain's air defenses.
simultaneously the air ministry
revealed hundreds of the radio
locators are already in use and
that thousands are being produced,
for which operators must be
found.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18
International News service Wire

NEW YORK, June 1S.-Brenda
Diana Duff Frazier, the society
lass who was named most glamor-
Gus Of the glamour girls in 1885
and has held the title since, will
we'd John Sim m "Shipwreck
Kelly before the end of June
Cholly Knickerbocker, society re-
porter for the New York Journal
and American, reported today.
Heiress 10 millions. Brcn d a
Fraziers name has been linked
with many fashionable beauS, but
with none longer or more often
than with Kelly a former Uni
versity of Kentucky athlete.
Formal announcement Of the
betrothal is being made today by
Mrs. Frederic y. WatriSS. the
bride 10 be'S mother, Knicker-
booker reported
APED AND COPIED
Small, dark, pale-faccd Brenda
Frazer mas set as many Styles as
any fine lady OF history
Her pale-face was and is dupli-
Gated wherever face powder is
sold, by small and large dark
and light girls eagerly climbing
into the mold she cast.
Her hair-do. her manneriSmS
have been aped and copied from
the Gowanus Canal TO the Golden
Gate and her travels and travails
as described in the press have
been must reading with the fe-
male population of the nation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18

Nazi mechanical offensive which
shattered the resistance of the
French army at Cambria last year.
Hurled back at the front. the Brit
lsh we're reported by Berlin and
Rome to be making a furious stand
at Sollum.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18

korski and Howard Forman said
Janiga closely fits he description
of the driver who ran down Roy
w. Miller, Is, and his brother,
Wilburn. ID. Of AIS Raymond
street, Dearborn Township, about
II p. m. Sunday. at Outer drive
and Raymond avenue.
Jacob Brown OF $50 Second
street, Wyandotte, only witness TO
the accident, the detectives said,
could not identify Janiga by face
but said he resembled the driver
in general physical features.
They claimed damsi 10 his car.
which they found in Janiga's back
yard, was the same as that de-
scribed by Brown.
Janiga was arrested at 8 p. m.
yesterday at his home.
When asked TO explain damage
TO his auto. according 10 Detec-
tives Sikorski and Forman, Janiga
told them il was caused Sunday
night when he had been drinking.
SAYS HE SLEPT
lie was quoted by the detectives
as saying he fell asleep in his
parked auto at lakewood boule-
ward and Michigan avenue about
$50 p. m. and did not remember
what happened until he awakened
al about ! a. m. Monday on Wayne
road. in Wayne.
Classmates today Cancelled the
picnic which Wilburn, as chairman
Of the committee, planned for his
fellow students in the lob grade
at Dearborn High Scholo. Mildred
Paison OF $4,000 Columbia avenue.
Dearborn. a classmate and a men,
Der of the picnic rnommittee, said:
Eve still have the picnic
money Wilburn collected and the
elias has voted to do something
with II that will preserve his and
Roy's memory"
Funeral services will be held for
the victims at 100 p. m. tomorrow.
Boy Scouts from Wilburns own
troop will be pallbearers. Roy's
Sunday school classmates will be
his pallbearers. Burial will be in
Cemetery. Dearborn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18
5-YEAR EXTRACTION FIGHT

The baron and his ex-baroness,
Margaret GLENN, from whom he
was divorced year ago, have
fought deportation to Germany
for five years on the grounds they
face certain death before a Nazi
firing squad should they be re-
turned. His ex-wife is employed
in a Detroit office.
Said the baron's first wife
today:
II wish them both every
happiness.
Blonde Miss GLENN is employed
in a downtown office.
Mauchenheim. a graduate engi-
neer and craftsman, is employed
by a local automotive manufac-
turing company. He left Germany,
he said. to avoid military con-
scription. His entry to the United
States from Canada was declared
illegal because he voided his visi-
tors visa when he accepted re-
fund on his head tax.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18
TAKES STAND SOON

Frahm, accused with the sus-
pended electives Of protecting
the National Sports Junior base
ball pool, is expected to take the
stand in his own defense.
Visiting Circuit Judge Earl c.
Pugsley and a jury are hearing
the case. which involves, along
with Frahm. former Lieuts. Clyde
Ranney and James Dooley and
Detectives James Bennett and
John Mulligan..
Yesterdays testimony disclosed
that the pool still was operating
as late as March of this year,
despite the fact il was thought
broken up permanently by the ac-
ton of the Judge Homer Ferguson
grand jury.
Clifford South. defendant who
has pleaded guilty, was the wit
ness. He said Jack Gagnon, con-
fessed operator OF the pool, ap-
preached him this year asking him
to return as an agent. He said he
refused because Gagnon didn't
keep his word 10 take care Of at
torney fees, if l got into trouble"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18
Takes
Stand in
Frahn1 Trial

The present police superintend-
ent faced his predecessor in office
across a court room today as the
defense opened in the trial of Ex-
Supt. Fred w. Frahm and four
detectives charged with taking
brides TO protect a baseball pool.
Supt. Louis l.. Berg was called
as the first witness when George
Kelly. attorney for Frham, opened
the defense. However, Berg was
called not as a defense witness,
but as as tate's witness so that
he could be cross-examined.
He testified as to the duties of
various officers in thedepartment
during the years 1935-1939. Shortly
before the. prosecution had rested
its case.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18
Facing Exile. WEEDS
Baron, Who With Former Wife Fought Extraditior
to Germany for S Years, Marries Cafe Manager

This proves I am q political
rather than a civil refugee" he
said. "for this IL done only to
those charged with political
offenses."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18
Seized in Hit-Run Killing
Electric Eye Weapon
Beaverbrook Reveals Britain Has Radio Locator
That Spots Bon,bers in Darkness Fog

ing something toward smashing
Germany's night bombing, am
perfectly satisfied"
British official circles. although
keeping secret the technical de-
tails of the device, were lavish in
their praise of its efficacy, par
ticularly in combating night
bombers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-18

Continued on Page Eighty
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Britain Seen in Position
Of Debtor After War
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May For the first
time in her history, Great Britain
will be an international debtor coun-
try when the present war ends, Capt.
Oliver Lyttleton. president of the
British Board of Trade, warned a
luncheon audience today.
1t will be necessary, he predicted.
fer the government to establish a
selective export policy and to con-
troll imports after the war. relaxing
its control of industry only slowly.
Capt. Lyttleton listed the govern
mentS current economic war objec-
tiveS as ID rationing of the civil
population so that only the essen
tials of life will be manufactured,
(2) the avoidance of initiation in war
finance, 80 the mobilization of
plants, raw materials and shipping
(4) the mobilization of man power,
and 80 starting the creation of
postwar plans.
Evening star., 1941-05-07

spent portion of your life was in the
Army"
The fourth speaker of the evening
was the Spanish author, Isabel de
Palencia. who said that I'VE, the
living, must be ready to make
sacrifices" for democracy.
She urged seeking after truth
and a learning of the true meaning
of democracy and the word 'fascism. p"
For one thing, the latter means
mot to think" she asserted.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Knudsen Sees Output
Ample for U. 5. Army
Within Six Months
Warns 64-Hour Week
Moy Be Necessary
If Crisis Increases

The United States will be proddc-
ing enough equipment for its Army
within six months, and the arma-
ments race with Germany will come
out in our favor" in the opinion OF
William S. Knudsen, o. P. M. di-
rector.
Discussing the defense program
at a press conference late yesterday
Mr. Knudsen declared that nobody
on earth can out-produce the United
States" if I'VE all get into the spirit
and go after this job"
We haven't that spirit yet" he
added.
Asked why the inspiration was
lacking, the o. P. M. chief re-
sponded:
Nobody has dropped any bombs
on us yet"
Questioned concerning lack of
equipment for current maneuvers,
Mr.. KnudSen said that when the de-
fense program started an army of
not more than 100000 had been
planned, but it since had been in
Evening star., 1941-08-21
R.F. {. 10 Lend Cash
To Soviet When Funds
In u. 5. Are Spent
Jones Places Advance
At Less Than Billion;
Has Seen Oumonsky
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
When Russia needs money for
her war effort against Germany, the
Soviet government will find Jesse
Jones ready to help out with an
r. F. c. loan.
The Federal Loan Administrator
revealed at his press conference
yesterday that he had already dis
cussed the possibility of loan with
the Russian Ambassador, Constan-
tine Oumansky, although matters
had not yet reached the formal ap-
plication stage.
Mr.. Jones would not indicate the
probable size of the loan, but said
he couldn't imagine it would be as
big" as the $1,000, 100000 mentioned
IN rumors.
AS for security. he remarked: 'I
guess we would have to take their
promiSSory note"
Will Exhaust Cash First.
He explained that financial help
would not be forthcoming until af-
ter the Russians had exhausted their
cash resources and assets here.
Then the amount would depend on
how much material and equipment
they could obtain from American
industry, already showed under with
orders for the defense program and
lease-lend aid to Britain and China.
Mr.. Jones said he did not know
the value of Soviet assets at present,
or how long they would defray pur-
chases here.
He told the press conference that
he believed aid to Russia would take
the form Of cash loan rather than
a lease-lend ALLEGATION. Then he
added that the reconstruction
Finance Corp. could find some way
to help, If that was the administra-
ton policy.
Aid Already Promised.
The administration already has
promised assistance to Russia in her
fight against invasion, and the belief
was that the details of that assist
ance will be worked out during the
projected conference of American,
British and Soviet officials in
Moscow.
Mr.. Jones gave no explanation
why Russian assistance would prob
ably be in cash rather than lease
lend equipment. However, some
Congressman are hostile to the idea
of lease-lend aid to the Soviet and
they might make trouble for the
new lease-lend appropriation request
which Mr.. Roosevelt is expected to
send soon to Capitol Hill, covering
further aid to Britain and China.
Mr.. Jones noted that Russia has
one of the smallest debts of any of
the major powers. However, Russia
owes the Treasury a defaulted debt
Of $404 ,632 ,309.
Evening star., 1941-08-21

creased to a force of about 1,500 900.
Director Knudsen said that be-
tween 100000 and 100000 per-
sons are engaged in defense pro-
duction in Great Britain and that
a 64-hour-work week is in effect.
He added that he did not believe a
64-hour-work week was necessary In
the United States now, but that "as
the emergency becomes greater we
might have to come to it."
He revealed he had discussed Brit
ish armament needs with Lord
Beaverbrook, British Supply Min
lister, particularly steel, tools and
tool steel.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
japanese Baron
lnvents Glider

Baron Asahi Miyabara, long q
member of the Japanese House OF
Peers. has invented a glider having
its own engine. which was success
fully tested recently at the Haneda.
Toxic reports the glider is a step
ahead of similar one reported near
completion in the aviation bureau of
the Communications Ministry.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Capital Hiking Club
To Visit Skyline Drive

The Capital Hiking Club Sunday
will visit one of the most scenic
sections of Skyline Drive and tour
q nearby cavern. James Benn OF
the National Museum Division OF
Minerals will explain the ninerol-
ogy, geology and fossil formations
of the cave, and Jack Jalickee will
lead the mixers.
Buses will leave from 1416 F street
NV. at am. and return early in
the evening. Hikers were asked to
provide their own lunches.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Stars in Serial

Jack Holt has been signed to St-r
in the first Of COluunbia's new sere.
for the I941-Iq42 season. it was ar-
nOunced yest erdav. The film viii =
produced by Larry Darmour err
plans are under way to make it Ito
most ambitious of the next season s.
chapterplays. A story is now under
consideration, and will soon be an
nOunced.
Hollis selection followed a survey,
conducted by the company. Of PLAY
erS who would be tops for Seria.s.
The results showed the Columbia
star far in the lead
HOlt'S signature to the new cor
tract marks his 25th year as a screen
star. He joined Columbia in 1879
and during his 13 years with tie
company has been a consistent box
Office draw His most recent pictWC>
are The Great Plane Robbery" and
The Great SWlndle."
Evening star., 1941-01-26

psychological reactions to a COM
bination of circumstances. The
idea is approximately as Old as
everything else in the world But
what other idea is there for tragedy
except destruction by psychological
reactions TO circumstances? The
Greeks dramatlzed this Idea for
the mumbo-j Jumbo minds of their
dav with mumbO- Jumbo about fate
Man, they said. was the creature Of
his fate, and his fate consisted OF
what he did or failed 10 do about
things Done to him by society, and
it did rot make much difference
what he did or didn't GO-eXCept as
1t narrowed up the actlOn-becauSe
in the end man got done. he being
not only alone against society but
was nodded by society. For IN
stance he could triumph over a
murderOuS deed done to him only
by becoming a murderer himself or
a dead Greek-eaCh outcome being
equally damaging TO the character
of the man as II was before the
murderous deed WaS done him
The Greeks mumbo-j jumboed this
up with mumbO- Jumbo about gods
coming down from the sky and act
inc as the engineers of fate This
was the kind of symbolism the
mumbO- Jumbo minds of that day
could understand and it was eood
for them.
Shakespeare had his own mumbo-
Jumbo for the minds Of his day and
now we are evolving toward our
own mumbo- Jumbo. not vet having
riG ourselves entirely of Shake
spears. The mumbo- jumbo Of to-
day and the future are having pre-
pared for themselves a thornv bed
Of neuroSes-fluffed out. pilloWed
and blanketed with all the other
psyche analytical paraphernalia.
such as compleXeS. CbSesSiOns. fiXa-
tlons idenuficatiOnS and so forth
These are taking the place of the
Greek gous as engineers of fate.
And I think, not being an olden
Greek myself. that it's a better idea
than the Greeks ever had.
Well, all good literature nowadays
has that stuff in it and now Mr..
Riggs comes along to show that bad
literature has it. too. It's a sonOr-
Gus thing alone against So
ciety, man fighting society and be-
ing changed by his fight against
society into either a corpse or some
thing worse than a corpse And
now that there is being assembled
a dramatic arsenal full of mumbo-
jumbo that can shoot this thought
into the minds of a multitude need
ing endleSSlv to be reminded of it.
it's interesting to watch the boys
reach for the new weapons and trv
to learn how to use them. It's in
terestine even when the hoys ils-
shoot off wild and land the shot. moi
Evening star., 1941-01-26
By Ira U'olferf.
NEW YORK.

II turns out that Lynn Riggs
The Cream in the Well is sand
in everybody'S coffee The audi
enceS don't like 1t. The actors
can't act it. The director couldn t
direct it. and the producer ism
going to make a nickel out OF It TO
buy aspirin for his headache
Yet it had an interesting dra-
matte idea and dramatic method.
10th of which were handled by a
man who has written poetically
and forcefully IN the past and with
a touch as hight as the silver fuZZ
on a plum. OF course. as they say.
that's why eTaSerS are on pencils,
But before throwing The Cream
in the Well" all the way into the
barrel it might be attractive on a
day like this. when nobody has
anything to think about, to think
how somebody some day will take
the idea and method of this play
and make them good and become a
new Shakespeare. Because the
Riggs play is a step in the dlrec-
ton OF the creation of a new lltera-
ture. the one that must eventually
firm up under a new Shakespeare.
even though it does happen that
Mr. Riggs made his step on a
banana peel.
Mr.. Riggs idea is a group Of peO-
pie who destroy themselves by their
Evening star., 1941-01-26
" asnt Scarlett.
But She STAYED

IN the search tor a Sc7v'e-t OHara
fer Core W-h tho W.rd MANY
wee called bv- o1l- one chosen.
OF the scores OF c.yI< brouehr -
HOLLYWOOD for screen Tess fo~ .h-7
role Of a century" one stands out
as progl g .ng tay0rablr on thet on
viable road 10 s-ardam. This Is I9-
yea~-olC AT3rv Anderson.
Miss Anderson recently completed
a par, IN the Richard A. Rowland
production Cheers for Miss Bishop "
So faTC~ahlv has he inDYe, sed this
producer with her ah.litv that he h.
contracted with her 10 appear in one
picture wear for him
another newcomer 10 films VII
has a Sirlla" Cuo-pictlTe-a--e
Oeal with Rowland IS R0Semarv -
Camp. a voUnc rp6 o aCtresS W..
played her first part III Cheers +.
Miss Bishop
Both young PLAYERS are 70 ha,0
important roles il POvland's ne-
production for United Artists IT -
Battle of Britain" This is to rn
story OF ENGLAND TODAY hioh-li~-..-t
by the greatest exploit Of the Wa
the rescue from Dunkirk.
Evening star., 1941-01-26
Continued From First Page

tCOntlnued from FlrSl rage
looking individual of "a who COM
bines. with unique effect the warm
geniality of the Southern small town
and the dynamic enterprise COM
monlv associated with Northern big
businessmen.
Kay doesn't play an instrument,
but-What he considers, and has
proved, far more important in
band leader-has great Snowman
ship ingenuity and persistence.
In high school he staged minstrel
shows and when he went to the uni
versity at Chapel Hill more ambi-
tious theatrical ventures.
The campus idol was Hal Kemp.
fatally injured in an auto accident
a few weeks ago, who had college
band. His leading fan was Kyser,
and when Kemp took his outfit into
professional work. Kyser determined
to emulate him as campus maestro,
He rounded up nine student mu-
sicians. Their Instrumentation was
rudimentary and their arrange
ments memorized from phonograph
records: they depended for their
impact on devices like false boards,
trick hats and stunts
But after a year they were so
popular that they were hired Tor
the Georgia Tech Finals. tradl-
tional grade-A name-band spot, for
the fantastic sum of $4,000
So it was with deep disillusion
that they weathered the Nanticoke
episode and the ensuing dismal
summer. But Kyser persuaded four
professional musicians in Cleveland
to spend the winter with them in
Chapel Hill, practicing and playing,
and by the next summer the band
was sufficiently improved to make
its way. after they graduated, as
small time professional outfit around
the Middle West
There followed three solid years
of dates like the Golden Pheasant
and the Bamboo Gardens in Cleve-
land. the Willows in Pittsburgh and
Valley Dale in Columbus.
Kyser Credits Another.
BY the winter of 1882 they had
worked out the Middle West, and in
a desperate bid for survival trekked
5000 miles to play four weeks at
the Bal Tabarin in San Francisco.
Kyser credits that establishments
impresario. an uncanny talent spot
ter named Frank Martinelli, with
keeping them alive as band and
starting them on the path upward.
In the next five years they tried
thousand experiments, adopted
and discarded ideas and by labori-
ously studying their own technique
and comparing it with successful
bands, developed a distinctive style
and features like their famous sing
ing song titles, and finally made
the big time.
Three years ago they hit on the
million dollar idea of Kay Kysers
College of Musical knowledge.