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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
Firm Joins AFL
In Asking 0PM
To Reopen Plant

Irvan Cary, UAW-AFL presi-
dent: officials of Douglas & Iona
son Co. and a representative OF
the AFL Metal Polishers' Union
were in Washington today seeking
.OPM aid to reopen the Douglas
and Lomason plant, now closed
by a UAW-CIO strike.
Major automobile companies
have been reported threatened by
closing for lack of parts since the
strike was called last week. but
spokesman for both General Mo-
tors and Chrysler Corporation said
the danger is not immediate.
A UAW-AFL spokesman said
Cary will first seek to obtain an
OPM and labor department decla-
ration against inter-union raid
ing" in the present jurisdictional
strike. Secondly, he will ask in
fiuence be exerted 10 reopen the
plant with proper protection to
AFL workers.
The sUAW-CIO claims that while
the UAW-AFL still has a contract
with the company that the CIO
group now controls the 400 en-
ployes of the company. The Go
asks an immediate consent bar
gaining election and has filed a
petition with the NLRB.
In statement today. Cary de-
manded that r. j. Thomas, JAW
Go president. declare himself on
whether the strike is authorized.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
Vocational Training
Course SET al Wayne

A two-year course in vocational
training on a cooperative basis
will begin a. Wayne University
early in July. II was announced
today Under the program. stu
dents in their first ycarwill attend
classes two hours every morning
10 study retail store merchandis-
inc methods In the afternoon. the
students will work in stores. being
paid for their employment.
The second year students viii
attend classes in the evening and
work on their Jobs full time during
the day. Under this program the
theoretical side OF store operation
is combined with tho practical
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
FrahIn Protected
GagnOn From Purple
(Continued from Page Onel

ness chair he has often occupied
as a crack detective and police Of
| fetal.
Judge Earl c. Pugsley is hear
ing the trial on the grand jury
charges against Frahm and the
detectives.
The former police official took
the stand after motions TO dismiss
the charges against him and the
four others we're denied by Judge
Pugsley. At the same time, a
motion by Chester p O'Hara, spe-
cial prosecutor. TO condense the
eight counts in the indictment 10
three, was granted.
DIDN'T KNOW BUSINESS"
Frahm. under direct eXamina-
ton by Kelly, told of meeting
Gagnon in 1895 and of visiting
with him frequently from that
time on. He. said the wives OF
both of them were friends and that
they visited each others houses
often and went 10 clubs together.
Kelly then asked:
Q-Did you know he ran .
baseball pool:
Al did not.
Ole testified that In 1899
he gave you $4,000. Is that
true:
A-No, sir.
Q-Did he give you any money
In 1889?
Ale did not.
Ole also testified that in
1888 he gave you money repre-
senting l cent on each baseball
pool ticket sold. Is that true?
Att Is not.
Frahm then denied taking any
money from Gagnon for any pur-
pose in the years 1895 to 1899.
with the exception of $50 Gagnon
Offered for baseball uniforms for
a softball team in which Frahm
was interested in 1895.
Frahm told. under questioning,
that he formerly was a DSR con-
ductor before joining the police
department in 1911, and his SER
vice record was reviewed briefly.
Then the questioning conferred
around Frahms property hold
ings az Lexington, on the shore
of Lake Huron.
FROM SPROTT ESTATE
az bought u from the estate
OF former superintendent James
Sprott, shortly after ne died. Il
paid $500 for IT," he said.
at is 100 feet on the lake
and about 1900 to 1900 feet
deep. 1 built three small cot
tages on the lake front. They
measure about l2 by 20 feet
and cost about S225 each"
Frahm then detailed other pur'
chases in the Lexington vicinity
which included more lake frontage
and two farms and which totalled
with the first parcel, SIT, 500, eX-
elusive Of the money spent in
building 10 cottages and a shower.
bath for a trailer camp. He said
he still owes $1,000 on this prop.
erty.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
REPORTS RADIoED

winston Burdett. CHS COR
respondent in Turkey, reported
in broadcast from Ankara
that various commercial radios
in Turkey have picked up I'M
specified and uncredited reports
that Germany attacked Russia
al ID points along the frontier
after Rumania demanded return
of Bessaraba from the Soviet
Union. He stressed that the
reports were entirely without
confirmation.
martin AgronSky, MIC An
kara representative. radioed his
home office that Germany had
served an ultimatum on Russia.
But he branded as untrue the
report that Germany actually
. had invaded Russian territory
One of these Turkish rumor.
claimed the Rumanian passenger
liners Rogele Carol an d Daci;
have been converted into armed
auxiliary cruisers for use in tn,
coming action for recovery o
BeSSarabia from Russia %
a Stockholm dispatch 10 tn
London Daily Mail said il was re
ported that Finland was prepare,
to meet any eventualitieS and tina
the streets OF elsinkl wer
crowded with uniformed men an,
women.
Gen. Hugh s. JohnsO n.
Americas Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
Hostile Broadcasts Barred

WASHINGTON. June 10. -
tINS)-Radio broadcasters were
warned by the FEC today il will
not tolerate hostile propaganda
ing in the interest Of any foreign
government which has repeatedly
and flagrantly expressed its
enmity 10 this country"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
Hollis Wedding Today

GRIDLEY, Ill, June 49,
CINS) - Former United States
Senator Rush d. Holt Of West
Virginia and Miss Helen Froelich.
daughter OF Mayor William Froe-
Itch Of Grldfey. were TO be mar
ried this afternoon at the home
of the mayor and Mrs. Froelich.
Today is Hollis thirty-sixth birth
daU
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19

they failed a couple ~ times.
Q-You were afraid Of banks,
then?
A-More or less.
500 IN SAVINGS
Frahm said ne and his wife haC
between $500 and $500 at variou;
times in savings accounts.
Q-How hany times did you
visit the safety deposit box?
A-TwO or three times up to
the present time. I still have
some papers In 1t, although no
money.
Frahm said he drew out the
cash in the box al various times
OF, 500 when he bought some prop
erty and S2,400 another time when
he was buying property at Lex
ington, Mich.
Under the direct examination
of his attorney. George Kelly
Frahm. after telling of knowing
Gagnon socially as a golf club of
fetal, said that in 1885. when a
soft ball team in which he was
interested was playing at Chandler
Park, Gagnon approached him.
TOLD OF SHAKEDOWN
"He told me he was being
bothered by Big Abe. who was
trying TO shake him down. and
when I asked him II he meant
the Purple Gangs Abe, he said
he was not sure.
"A few nights later ] met Abe
Bernstein In front of the Hotel
Book Cadillac. I'D known him
ever since the Purple Gang be-
gan operating and 1 asked him
If he had been bothering
Gagnon.
He said no, and I told him I
didn't like II. Later I saw Gag
non and told him didn't think
he'd be bothered.
AT this time I didn't know
anything about n baseball pool.
/ just knew Gsgnon rs the sec
rotary treasurer Of the Eammier
Golf Club"
Frahm, tanned and confident
gave his answers readily anC
seemed entirely at ease in the wit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
u. S. Chart

Detroit and vicinity: Fair today and
Friday. warmer today. gentle west 10
southwest winds. backing TO southerly this
afternoon.
Lower Michigan: Fair today and Friday
warmer today.
Upper Michigan: Partly cloudy and con
tinued warm today and Friday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
RADIOED CAPTAINS

Early last, May. Rome sent wire
less messages 10 the captains OF
II Ypgoslavian ships in American
waters ordering them 10 sail inn
mediately for friendly" South
American ports and report TO the
Italian consuls there.
The YugoSlavian captains ie-
nored the orders and advised
Yugoslavian Minister Constantir
Fotitch in Washington. who, in
turn, notified the state depart
ment.
United States Coast Guardsmer
were Immediately ordered e
board the Yugoslavian vessels In
q precautionary measure. but they
were quickly withdrawn when il
became apparent the YHgeslapiaH
captains could be trusted In view
of the good faith of the Greek
captains, the American govern.
ment likewise considered II un.
necessary 10 take any precau'
tionary measures concerning the
Greek SHIPS now IN American
ports.
The number Of Greek vessels
affected by Borcher's orders j,
withheld in difference 10 the gov.
ernment'S ban on the publication
of any information concerning the
movement of ships carrying Amer
lean supplies 10 Britain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
GERMAN PROTEST

The announcement came amid
reports that this country would
reject or pigeon-holeo Germany's
protest against President Roose-
velt's order closing all Nazi con-
sulates and propaganda agencies
I'm the United States.
Undersecretary OF State Sumner
Welles declined any formal COM
ment on this country's course of
action. Earlier. however. in re-
ceiving the protest from Hans
Thomson. G erman charge dat
flares. he had stated only that II
would get consideration"
1t was recalled that. in effect
President Roosevelt had rejected
in advance the German protesta.
ton against "unjustified and H.
legal" action. when he told hi'
press conference Tuesday that
Nazi officials were guilty of sub
versive activities. -
His statement was considered
as this government stand in re
! ply to the German argument thai
the custer violated terms of tn
German American treaty .
Friendship covering reciprocal con
sular rights. This applies. a stat
department informant pointed out
only when such agents do not en-
gage in activities adversely affect
ling the country in which they arr
/ stationed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
INSPIRED By BERLIN

Irrespective Of whether the
orders actually were issued by the
German-controlled Athens govern
ment. American officials regard
them as having been inspired by
Berlin.
IL the Greek captains had az
cepted the orders transmitted by
Borchers, IL is thought in official
quarters IN Washington that they
might later have been instructed
either TO sabotage their ships OF
attempt 10 escape with them into
an Axis port.
II was pointed out that il the
Greek captains had not been loyal
10 the democratic cause, they
might have sailed from American
ports with cargo loads Of vital
war supplies and, once at sea.
headed for an AXiS-controllcd
port in Europe.
Germany's action in seeking in
directly 10 get control OF the
Greek ships in American waters
recalled q similar move by the
Italian government in connection
with Yugoslavian vessels in this
country's ports.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
TROOP MOVEMENTS

Another report widely circulated
said that the German-TurkiSh
treaty. despite announcements 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
MENTIONS GERMANS

The Tiflis radio also announced
of German mechan-
lied divisions and infantry forces
as well as important air squad
rons AT Cernauti, Rumania, and
of German sea craft at the port
of ConstanZa.
This same radio station attacked
the "temporizing"" policies of Mos
COW. The announcer asserted that
Moscow thinks that by handing
over the hen il is making the COW
safe. but the time for parleys and
appeasement is past"
Inquiries on this unparalleled
situation met with varying ex-
plantations.
one, thory accepted as fact by
many quarters was that Germany
determined TO obtain food and
oil supplies from usSia-had
served an ultimatum upon Mos
COW demanding cession OF Bessa-
rabia. This ultimatum was said
10 expire on Sunday night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
Invasion Barred
By Tif|is Radio
Continued from Page One)

from Stockholm which quoted
travellers arriving at Helsinki
from Russia as telling OF inten-
sive Soviet mobilization.
The railway line connecting
Moscow and Leningrad. these
travellers related. is blocked by
troop trains.
Coming on the heels Of a
treaty OF non-aggression and 'mu-
tual interest" signed between Ger
many and Turkey at Ankara yes
terday. the strange series Of broad
casts served 10 excite the British
press and officialdom.
Seasoned observers recalle d
similar instances when planted
announcements by interested gov
were used TO becloud an
issue or carry out a war Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
COUNTRIES NOT NAMED

The state department. in erect
ing new barriers to entry OF
suspected alien agents. did not
name any of the countries IN
which the order applied. but It
was evident the restrictive meas
ure was directed chiefly AT Ger
many and Italy and the territories
controlled by them.
On top of the closing Of the
consular offices, freezing Of Ger
man and Italian assets, and the
state departments new action.
this government is expected soon
to dispatch a strong protest 10
GERMANY over the sinking of the
United States merchantmen Robin
Moor by Nazi submarine in the
South Atlantic Nav 81. The de-
partment is awaiting receipt of
full particulars from survivors
landed at Cape Town Monday
before taking action.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
RsrIsfed L. $ PI,sn, oraes

the contrary. actually contained a
secret clause providing for pass
age OF German troops into Syria.
One British agent reported TO
Whitehall that Nazi troop move
ments into Turkey started from
Varna and Burgas less than two
hours after the pact was signed.
London newspapers all specu-
lated upon the possibility and ef-
fects of Russo-German fight
The Evening Standard, owned by
Lord Beaverbrook. minister oil
state, suggested that Britain
should give Russia all the as
sistance in her power in such a
struggle IF Washington could be
persuaded to make a similar
promise"
Military experts paraded their
best opinions, with the majority
believing Germany could defeat
Russia within a month in view oi
the known defects of the Soviet
military machine and the lack o.
skilled officers"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
TTLIs ANNOUNCEMENT

But hardly has any such manu-
featured information in the past
had any such sinister ring as this
emanating from
Tifiis:
Contact has been made along
the Bessarablan frontier be-
tween the glorious. determined
frontier guards tof the Soviet
Union) and advanced outposts
Of a certain power trying to
thrust Its way to Kamenetz and
Podolski.
up 10 last evening the attack
was being victoriousIy repulsed.
"Jackai contingents tpresum-
ably this was a reference of Ru-
manian forceS) are nosing their
way behind the sponsors OF the
Bessarabian reconquest -.
The Soviet In In danger Of
its very life and will have to
fight 10 preserve 20 years OF
victorious Socialist building"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
NO CONFIRMATION

Today the British Press Asso-
citation. quoting authoritative Brit
ish quarters, said there was nc
confirmation of reports that Ru-
mania and Germany have launched
military operations against Russia
or that they have presented an
ultimatum TO Russia.
The agency added that the ru-
mors - all totally unconhrmed -
for the most part originated yes
terday in Ankara and Istanbul. II
added
THE fact that the rumors
have been circulating continu-
ously In Turkey for the last ~
hours, with not a word of con-
firmation received from any part
Of the world, should cause the
rumors 10 he treated with the
utmost reserve"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19

Gen. Hugh s. JohnsO
Americas Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
REFUSED TO OBEY

The Greek captains refused TO-
obey BorcherS orders and notified
the proper Greek and American
authorities in this country.
Disclosure that the German con
sui general had sent these orders
10 the Greek captains was ono of
the chief factors which prompted
President Roosevelt 20 order eN-
pulsion Of all Nazi consuls and
propaganda agents from the United
States.
In view Of the fact that most Of
the Greek ships arc engaged in
carrying American supplies 10 the
British and allied forces in Europe,
the American government consid-
cred Borchers action constituted
both an improper and subversive
activity.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
The Weather

The sun vii set A. $40 ? m today.
and rise tomorrow AZ 456 a N
The moon sets al 325 ? m and
will rise tomorrow al z Is a. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19
Trick of NaZi Consul i'm n. Y.
To Grab Greek Slli pS Barred
Attempt 10 Put. Vessels
Under Berlin Control
Baked by Captains
BY kIN6sBURY SMITH


WASHINGTON, June l9.-Un-
Improbable sources today re-
vealed tnat the German consul
general in New York Johannes
Borchers, attempted less than a
fortnight aCo 10 exert pressure on
the captains OF Greek ships IN
American ports
BorCherS sent messages 10 the
Greek captains ordering them 10
place their ships al the disposal
Of the puppet Greek government
established in Athens after the
German occupation of Greece. He
said he was acting on behalf OF the
Germsn-controlled Athens govern
r1ent in transmitting the orders.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-19

they failed q couple 81 times.
Q-You were afraid Of banks,
then?
A-More or less,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-05
Visiting SSamaritans

A PRISONER in the Wayne County Jail was found
a suicide by hanging. Deputies said the man had
become respondent because visiting day had passed with
out any coming TO see him.
There many people in jails, hospitals and other
public institutions who lonesome because they are
either strangers where they meet misfortune without
family or friends.
In Fresno, Cal. the police attached to the traffic
division have started unique sidene. Each morning
officer visits the county hospital accident ward to cheer
up and talk with victims of traffic accidents
Especially in elderly people who sometimes fail to
because they have relatives friends to cheer
them up the police have found that the visits give them
the will to live.
Would it not be fine thing for Detroit to form
Visiting Samartans society to seek out these rendess
people in institutions and give them hope and cheer
by exchanging few words Of comfort?
Surely if police spare time from their crowded
lives, there must be persons who would be willing
to spare few hours a week for worthwhile humane
enterprise Hike
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-05
Perversion Of Fund

THE American Fund for Public Service commonly
known the Garland FUND.- shows to what an extent
such fund be perverted when ii comes under the
control of radicals and Reds
The bequest from his father which Charles Garland
received in 1922 amounts under the protection OF
our captastc system something more than S2OOOOOO
A considerable portion OF the fund has been used
to undermine the American system which created the
fund and which has made the nation great.
GONE of the trustees responsible for of this fund
- in these other directions than public service are
Roger " Baldwin, director of the American Civil
Liberties Union who says his autobiography IN the
Harvard Year Book that COMMUNISM IS THE COAL
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn avowed Communist and
member of the Communist Party; William L. Foster,
president of the Communist Party of America Harry r.
Ward professor at Union Theological Seminary and
former president of the defunct League for Peace
and Democracy which was branded-and dlsbanded-py
the Dies committee Communist front organization;
Lewis S Gannett James Weldon Johnson and Robert
Morss Lovet all OF whom or have been letwngers
of varying degrees and activities.
Among the recipients of the moneys of the Garland
Fund were Tom Mooney. convicted of dynamiting a
Preparedness Day parade San Francisco in 1916 which
killed many men and women; the New Masses, official
Soviet monthly periodical of New York City The League
for Industrial Democracy, radical organization and
the Pioneer Youth of America, also radical.
THE fund specialized in the printing and distribution
i of pamphlets.
1t also helped finance student trips to Soviet Russia
OF course the possessor of inherited fortune has
perfect right spend his money in any way he sees h
That very right is inherent in free democratic
capitalist system which the Garland Fund tried to
destroy.
All of which reveals again the hypocrisy of the
whole radcal-red movement against our AMERICAN
WAY OF LIFE, the very of which is THE
RIGHT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE GUAR
ANTY OF FREE ENTERPRISE.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-05
L ct t e r to
The ditor
TO THE EDITOR:

In YOUR editorial. america Is
u Asleep" referring to the adj
ministration'S attitude toward
the RusSian-German war, you
quote approvingly Representa-
tive Dies statement that Amer
lea is asleep and do not appre-
ciate the gravity of the situation.
With the purpose of your edi-
torial 1 will not quarrel; and l
will admit that many of US ARE
asleep while others are wilfully
blind. But 1 truly believe that
the majority of us ARE awake
very much awake.
While we are urgently in favor
of all necessary defense, we are
opposed to American military in
tervention in the present Euro
pean conflict. especially in be-
half of CommuniStic Russia, and
have done everything that can
be done peaceably 10 thwart
the efforts of the war mongers.
We have called meetings of
the people, have procured prOmi-
nent and responsible leaders To
speak to them: we have written
10 our congressman and 10 our
newspapers and have urged
others to do the same; we have
supported financially every
worthy undertaking that prom
ised aid TO our cause.
Every poll Of public opinion
has showed us to be an over
whelming majority of the body
polite.
But in spite Of all this. the in
SidiouS schemes of the war mon
gers persist, almost without
visible restraint, and worst Of
all. they persist in high places
where they are the most effec-
tive and the most detrimental 10
our national welfare.
What, therefore, are we 10
do?
Talk -and write letters?
Wait for the next election?
March 10 Washington millions
strong and. like the Vigilantes Of
the old West. enforce the will of
the people by direct action?
Or have you some better sug-
gestion?
Mr.. Editor, the people ARE
awake They have been working.
What they have done has not
been enough. They agree that
this nation is threatened with
the destruction of unnecessary
war and Of communism within
and without.
In this you are right and have
always been right. They agree
that something must be done
quickly and that the people
themselves must do IT, If you
have any ideas on the subject, in
the name of all that an Ameri-
can loves best. tell us
WHAT MORE SHALL WE
DO?
&. {. FOSTER,
500 Eberwhite boulevard,
Ann Arbor. Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-05
Lakes Seaway Vital

MAYOR JEFFRIES has added his voice to those of
wi numerous others requesting Congress to act
the St Lawrence Seaway
In his plea before the House rivers and harbors
mittee the mayor pointed out that defense industries
centered in Detroit and other Great Lakes cities
bottled up in the interior because they lack route
the He reminded that speedy delivery of
ments is vital to the nations defense effort.
The mayor is right. The seaway should be approved
and started not only because it important TO the nation
during periods Of emergency but also because is certain
to be of major Importance during postwar reconstruction