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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27

Finger Of Life and that is why
It used for the wedding Now I'll ask Why do
both and wedding ring while
only wedding Has this sgnfcance7
Q-You Hurry Up Yost the fifth best football
Name the four, my good
Al, Kanutel RocSne q Pop Warner;
3, Percy Haughton a. Howard Jones.
KEEP following check national defense
IA expenditure World heHnted States
debt by S25.0000O0 600
employed gasoline attendants paid 500
a half work a day. They also keep
they As previously reported here of good
looking increased the receipts OF
stations high 20 per cent
Writes that clever Thespan Guy Kbbee
against bald I have bald
would think OF giving this distinctive
49, aRiun-e
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27
Waller WincheU
On Broadway
(Mr. WincheH Is on Vacation)
Observation-Disclosures
BY. BARBARA STANWYCK

bit of tsttle-talns pas Hollywood celebrities
EVEN motion picture has been made the city Of
per een an sn Sa se that few
motion picture has been filmed the city of Hollywood
as Hollywood annexed Los Angeles before
of the Angels throughout life industry
one or ws e o S h d
has never engaged any other profession but acting As for the
Clark Gable in factory was an oil worker
mbeack classified ad salesman and hoppcker before he
Wallace Berry waterboy in wiper rail-
road rondhouse ronworker elephant business
Gres Carlo model in Stockholm department
nf chap who ha could 90 rig well
before he left Beatrice Neb to win fame and fortune and
Robert Montgomery served apprentice oil
and worked in locomotive plant
SHOULD the props fall from under Grant he could go
~ back to sltwang which he did throughout England in his
and manager While William Powels first thoughts were Of law
Edgar son % who 6 piece acting with me IN
dentist but he still is He isn't quite movies here to
i @ &sdsna '"'
paint days Robert Benchey the
and magazine editors to turn his en- n
Landscape painter at Smith College when the acting fever side
Buddy Ebsen took pre-medica and worked sod.
footirbs and later the motion picture cameras ne '-
Fred MacMurray doing all right himself hot horn
pictures
DAY MLLAND this particular time could find immediate
~ employment for before he became
professional soldier England
Nelson Eddy studied singing while working Philadelphia
and Allan Jones earned his first dollar
shovel in the Pennsylvania coal fields
Fredrc March handsome model and they sll
models TO advertise things
Mepyn Douglas only could be- but most persuasive
politician with his hands political movements IN his
adopted
George Murphy, who into his and justly.
Wall Street broker and dancer and Rosalnd Russe
first job a riding instructor
his dollars drug store
paper office a building and loan association and bank.
Kibbee successful printer and Warren William has
had enough cub reporter Guys paper
Morgan sold bes tooth brushes and real estate and
punched
Martha Carroll had experience
teachers George Raft still shake couple OF
floor which he amply paid by night
clubs before Tipped the lucky Scaace that changed
his future life
Me? Well third from the left in the chorus on the
Roof
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27
Why Do You Love-Because
Of Aiding Another in Need?
By Elsie Robinson

WHY do YOU love?
w Do you love Baby
Eleanor because she's COM
pletely bewitching and looks
exactly as you did when you
were 3. Mother E.? And are
you crazy over Sam Jr., Dad.
because the child is the bright
est little shaver in his class
and nuts over all the things
you, too, went for when you
were z?
Is that why you love-be-
cause the loved one in some
way reflects or flatterS you,
does you proud" Or is
there another rarer reason?
Don't answer, though, until
you've heard the story. Yes,
it's a true one. And If ii
doesn't change your slant on
this sad, old world. you GER
tainIy need a load OF vita
minis.
The Browns were going TO
have a baby, No, it isn't A
blessed event" They'd
waited years, realized at last
that there could be no such
miracle for them.
But somewhere there must
be a small Somebody TO sleep
under the blue blanket with
the pink Dummies TO splash
in the pink tub with the blue
"fwoggies" to fill the
hunger for a little fat paw
a small droopy head =.
a mop of picture-book curls.
IVES. the Browns were going
L 10 have a baby. An extra
special, hand-picked one that
would make the other neigh
borhood infants look like a
bunch Of discards from the
bargain basement.
Came the great day, with
Dad Brown scuttling i'm
portantly out of a taxi and
Nom Brown dropping de-
liriously over a bunny bundle
.oand every parent on the
block squirting through the
curtains and fit TO be tied
with curiosity.
A general reception. it was
annoupced. would be given for
the,|Aevitable Best Friend.
WTo arrived at a fast canter
with a small side serving Of
tears.
Tip-toeS whispers -.
expectant gaspS. Straight
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27

through the living room into
the bedroom she went, with
the Browns following. their
eyes blinded with that adoring
glory that once turned Beth
lehems meanest manger into
the worlds most blessed
shrine. And there
There. lying on a small pill
low, was the tiniest. sickliest
looking scrap of a baby girl
that the Best Friend had ever
seen.
She could not believe her
eyes dared not trust her
throat.
For a long moment she
stood, her face averted, strug-
Cling for words that would
soften the shock. Then blurted
out the bleak, uncompromis-
ing question:
But. b-but how did you
ever come 10 pick this one ?"
STARRY eyed, the new
~ mother bent over the
pitiful little stray, tucked in
a bit of hand so small IL
seemed a birds claw, straight
ened again and smiled.
well, we looked at a lot
Of them, kate-all OF them
bigger and stronger than little
daughter"
Her voice sang in the joy
Of this dear. new word she
had so long wanted to use.
But she looked as II she
needed love more than tho
others did, 30 we chose her."
The pages fluttered for a
moment in my hand as I
turned the letter. A news
paper photograph slipped out.
There, radiant in her bridal
veil stood the little one who
had needed love most. And
who. for 20 years. had known
and grown on its lovely
miracle.
Why do we love?
Because you are flattcred
or fulfilled by the one you
love because you are
pleased by the pride of pos
session?
Or because your heart
knows and answers that
need and in serving an
other your own heart is
filled
Copyright. 1871. KING Features synd. in'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27
MYSTERIOUS DEATH

His wife died suddenly,
under circumstances which
remain a mystery to this day,
in May, 1888. while Dimitrov
was in prison, awaiting trial
II was at this time that the
GPU stepped in with this
threat TO the Gestapo:
Leave Dimitrov alone.
Whatever you do to him, we
shall do to your spies In Mos
cow"
Negotiations for an eX-
change of prisoners began
through the medium of the
Soviet consulate in Copen-
hagen, and through Georgl
Dimitrov's sister, 10 whom the
Gestapo, strangely enough,
granted free passage in and
out of Germany.
The deal between Moscow
and Berlin was concluded on
the eve of the trial. But
Dimitrov, for face-saving
reasons, was kept in Germany
until the end of the great
Leipzig show.
He, the star prisoner Of the
Gestapo, enjoyed Jail privi-
leges unattainable o the mass
of more obscure captives. He
was supplied with newspapers,
allow TO smoke cigars in his
cell. and to receive mail.
The little" conrad s,
meanwhile, received only beat
ings, and often bullets. In
later years, / heard them
speak bitterly in the concen-
tration camps about Dimitrov
and his rescue by Stain.
They felt themselves be-
trayed and abandoned by the
cause they had served. Had
they insulted General Goering
in open court. as Dimitrov did
so dramatically at Leipzig.
they would have paid hid
eouSly. and paid with their
lives for such ~ heroic"
gesture
] was preparing To take the
road 10 the land where death
Is easy The map OF Ger
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27
COURIER WAITING

"Where are we ." l asked.
I'm Germany" Vanman said.
Three miles from Flens-
burg"
In the cottage a frontier
courier was waiting, squat
young man with an imper-
turable temperament. julius
Vanman bade me good-by.
Keep the flag flying" he
said simply.
The frontier courier. whis-
thing cheerfully, drew two
bicycles out OF nearby
shed.
Nothing like a morning
ride to whet the appetite for
breakfast" he drawled.
He led the way. I fol-
lowed. Through the cold
morning mists we rode into
the town of Flensburg. At a
tavern near the station We
stopped for coffee. After he
had emptied his cup. the
courier gave me a nod, and
sauntered off.
/ waited until he had dis
appeared down the street.
Then / also left the tavern.
/ walked into the station, in
wardly tense as l passed the
storm troopers on guard, and
bought ticket TO Ahrens-
burg. a suburb of Hamburg.
1t was the tenth of October.
Ito Be Continued)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27
WOLLwEBER THERE

julius Vanman led me to a
back room of Cafe Helmerhus
on the Radius Place. Ernst
Wollweber was there. He was
drunk. He had his arm
around the neck Of a young
brunette, Lola. the wife of
Walter Duddins, the former
Hamburg Party leader whom
Wollweber had wanted to re-
place with the luckless John
Scheer.
Duddins had been arrested
in Germany and was await
ing trial on charges of high
treason. Lola was but one
OF the growing army Of
party widows" who populated
Copenhagen and Paris after
their men had been sent to
Germany and their doom.
Wollweber shook my hand
vigorously. His thick face
was full of wrinkles produced
by a mirthless grin, and his
eyes cleaned black.
Halls and Beinbruck," he
growled. "Do your Job well.
The party won't forget its
children"
Xanman- had arranged for
every detail of my passage.
BY train and ferry we crossed
to Frederick on the east
coast of Jutland. and from
there q train bore us south
TO SendefbHfg.- On the way
l asked Vanman about Michel
Avatin. whom l had not met
-in-CopeRhagen. although he
was there.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27

answered sullenly mo illegal
worker In Germany can hope
Ia last six months. Not one
I'm 10 Of our friends there
ever comes back"
In the party we have no
friends. In the party we
know only comrades" the
SileSian observed. And i'm a
slow growl he added: We've
all faced death. What Of IL:
Das Sterben lst NIGHT so
schwer. death Is easyD The
difficult art Is TO keep alive"
Death Is easyw There was
a long silence.
Lets get down to concrete
tasks" kuusinen suggested
drily.
VACATION PASSES
My weeks vacation" passed
like a gust of wind. The days
were brimful with work. From
Losopsky,- in Moscow, came
words of praise for my share
In the great river and canal
strike in the Paris area.
THE sailor from Hamburg"
he wrote. "der hat seine Sache
gam gut germacht."
1t added much 10 the repu-
tation | had won in the
Swedish strike. LosoYsky re-
queSted that | write a short
history of the latter campaign,
and spent two of my 'vaca-
ton nights on the report. 1t
was published under the title.
The Lessons of the Swedish
Shipping Strike.
l also translated much CON-
fidential material dealing with
the arrest of Georgi Dimitrov
in Berlin and with the prepa-
rations for the Reichstag Fire
Trial. which already then
promised TO develop into an
international sensation.
The heroism with which the
world press credited the
former chief of the Western
Secetariat and the present
nominal leader of the Com
intern IN Moscow, because of
his bold and clever sallies
against the governments wit
neSses," Hermann Goering and
Joseph Goebbels. was only the
result Of a carefully organized
play.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27
By E. V. Durling

without even seeing her, and she weighs
800 pounds.
Client named Theresa writes:
"Win you please through YOUR valu-
able column give publicity 70 the fact that
girls named Theresa do not like TO he
called TeSse:"
Worlds pipe smoking champion is a.
H. Freemantle of Vancouver. b. {. Mr..
Freemantle won The title in, competition
with 81 pipe-smokerS when he kept an
ounce Of tobacco in his pipe lighted for l
hour and 81 minutes.
QUERIES from clients:
" Q-Have heard several nundled eX-
plantations all different as TO why
woman wears her wedding ring on the
third finger Of her left hand. What's
yours?
Any understanding Is that the third
finger of the left hand is connected with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27

man border. She began to
sing a folksong she loved.
"Fahre wohl. du guerra
Erde :" Farewell. green
earth.
After the first line her voice
broke
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27

figured only per fatal driving accidents
l940," states Statscian-
misleading that general do
automobiles ne-ffteh many miles
general all the commercial vehicles driven by for
instance.
Representatives of Hollywood conducted inves
ferred him cleanshaven with mustache.
The mustache preferred
The investigators say questioned not only
ferred aforementioned musache but
expressed a preference for similarly adorned.
Nevertheless am not going to grow mustache
WOMEN endowed with beautiful smiles fortunate
w But endowed smile too much leading TO the
pcion they smiling from good nature but merely
exhibit smile.
childrens prayers Following appealing in by
Jacqueine Andrews
Praise to Cod for He hath given
Salt and and milk and bread
o light til ereH
Roof and friendly FIRE and bed.
male employees with glamour girl attendants and the result
an increase in receipts of 20 per cent
United States doesn't have depend Japan indefinitely
for silk. 1t can be raised in California
Reported number children killed by auto
mobiles Don't blame all drivers Many children have
habit dashing suddenly the middle of block in jay
walk style Then there the riding bicycles who bob and
in traffic Many these youngsters don't really
know how to ride bike.
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per fatal driving accidents
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27
CHAPTER IS

l came no know her betrer
I'm laer years. when. for
several weeks. / made my
quarters in her apartment.
sleeping in the same bed in
which Kusslnen had slept
during the early Fall Of 1888.
Martin Jensen departed
Petra Petersen put her arm
into mine
"A beautiful day" she caSu-
ally observed. Lets prom
enade."
We walked through Chariot
tenlund Park until we came
upon a beach. The sun gilt
tered on the waters Of Oere-
Sund. and peaceful islands rose
in the distant blue.
AT the south end of the
beach lay an old fortress. now
converted INTO a park, with a
boat landing at its foot. Petra
Petersen led me TO small
trim motor launch. We
boarded the craft.
Aboard il were kuSsinen.
the Finn; small colorless
man with a tauntly angular
face and sharp mouse-llke
eyes. and Ernst Wollwebef,
who appeared more dumpy
than ever IN Hight flannel
trousers and a blue jacket
The launch was operated by
julius Vanman. who had be-
come a member of the ESpio-
mage Defense.
VICTIM OF PLOT
While the boat efHised at low
speed along the friendly shore,
we conferred. When Kuusinen
spoke, his voice rose barely
above a rapid mutter. From
his thin lips the sentences
-feaped jerkify.
The decision, as far as / was
concerned, had already been
made. was not going 10
Moscow. / was going TO Ger
many. Woiiweber watched me
like Observation-Disclosures
Silently.
For the present COmrade
Ernst will take over the
leadership OF the Maritime
Section himself" Kuusinen in
formed me.
Into my mind flashed the
realization of the game that
had been played behind the
scenes. a game in which l was
a pawn-one of many pdwns.
Ernst Wollweber had come
TO the conclusion that l would
never be his obedient creature.
My horizon was international.
WoHweber saw only Germany.
His one ambition=that of di--
recting all available forces
into the German struggle-not
only embraced men, but also
money.
l was being sent TO Ger
many because Ernst Woll-
weber was determined not TO
TO leave the Kremlin's subsidy
for the Maritime Division in
the hands Of a man whom he
could not control at will.
GREATEST HONOR
after ALL" Wo llweb Der
growled, you are a member
OF the German Party, and
therefore subject to the dis
positions Of the Germ a n
executive"
I'VE have come to the con-
clusion that you are in
dispensable I'm Ger m any"
kuuSinen seconded. "For a
BOlshevik II Is the greatest
honor to do his revolutionary
duty at the most dangerous
post"
"Why. Comrade Kuusinen."
/ wanted to ask. did you moi
return TO Finland after the
revlutiOn there was drowned
In blood ."
Instead l nodedd Hitler
was the most dangerous
enemy of workers rights, and
OF the Soviet Union.
"Very WELL" l said, II will
60 to Germany"
Are you nervous Woll-
weber asked.
NO"
wen give YOU a weeks
vacation. And when you come
back i'm six months or so, well
celebrate the grand Auf
Wiederseben."
Don't try TO fool me-" l
BY Jimmy Hatlo
------~-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27

! was preparing To take the
road TO the land where death
is easy The map OF Ger
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-27
BUSY WITH SPIES

He WAS busy catching Nail
SPIES" Vanman said.
Did he catch any 2"
Vanman grinned:
"Yes, IL thatll clear you up.
The day you arrived from
Paris he caught q fellow
named Milenzer. This GestapO
rat had rented a room Oppo-
site Jensen's home. He had
a film camera and was making.
pictures Of all who went In
and out of Jensen's house.
Hoffman in Hamburg tipped
us off,"
what happened to Milen-
zere"
Our friends took him out
on the Sound I'm a boat. They
strangied him and sank him
with n shackle fastened to
each foot"
From Sonderburg a high
way skirts the shores of
Flensburg Fjord. We took
the autobus until we were less
than a mile from the Ger
man frontier. Then we struck
inland over the grounds of a
huge estate, across fields and
through woods, until we
reached a cottage situated on
a country road. The trek
had been so complicated that
| had lost all sense of direc-
ton.
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CONFIDENTIAL DATA

The confidential material
which passed through my
hands in the VimmelSkaftet
offices Of the Westbureau in
Copenhagen contained data
as far out Of the reach of the
ordinary newshawk as the
complicated codes devised by
-PfatnitZky's nameleSs Chiffre
experts.
Months before the famous
Berlin trial began. secret
negotiations were already
under way between Moscow
and Berlin to exchange Dimi-
trov and his two Bulgarian
aides for three German Off
GERS who had been caught by
the GPU as spies on Soviet
soil.
Dimitrov had 10 be saved
from being broken down by
Gestapo torture, not for his
own sake, but for the sake
of the Soviet Secret Service
and the Comintern, whose in
side workings he knew too
well.
Under dureSs, Dimitrov had
proved himself less steadfast
than many of the comrades
under his command. He sur
rendered 10 the Gestapo the
address of a couple who shell
tered him; both man and wife
sought escape in suicide when
the Gestapo came for them.
They cut their own veins,
but were rushed in time TO a
hospital by the Nazi jailers.
Dimitrov also surrendered TO
the Gestapo the name and
address of his mistress, Annie
KI1Ioppr
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MANY New Workers saying they fans for the
-'A Brooklyn DodgersSeem My mother, born
York City remained Giant fan after she had lived
Evening star., 1941-08-20
CHAPTER ~.

sHello. Phoebe! It's Clint Bow
ers. Look, you still have the work
ing script Of the play, haven't your
The police want to have 4 look al
it. ). Yes. No, Petersons send
ing . man to your place to get it;
hL just wanted you to know that
he had my permission. It'll be a
plain clothes man, name of Crowley
-. Yes you're to give 1t to him
Thanks, Phoebe"
I jumped up. "Crowley's the man
who's taking care of Carol now!
That means Carol will be left alone
Jefi, don't you think We should go
back"
Jeff shook his head. Peterson
wouldn't send Crowley away without
putting some one else on guard.
She'll be all right, Haila."
I sank back again, not terribly
reassured, however, and lit cigar
cite.
Steve broke the silence that fol-
lowed. How are things going, Jeff?
Know anything new?"
Nothing much"
Am / one of your 10 best sus-
pects?" He grinned and looked more
like Jimmy Stewart than ever.
Sure, why don't you confess,
Steve?"
What do you want to know"
"Well who is Lee Gray, for
instance?"
Evening star., 1941-08-20
UP TO KILLEN
by Kelley Roos.

Good old Lee Gray! She does
my laundry"
Steve Complains.
Clint Bowers made a sudden
movement and a quiet fell over us
again. This case didn't mean Carol
to Clinton Bowers; to him 1t means
that Eve North was dead. We need
ed to f,rce Jokes to prevent madness
from setting in, but he was 4 man
bereaved, man in mourning.
Steve got up with a groan.
IF this damn thing would only
get cleared up! This stuff in the
papers, all this foul publicity,
He stopped when he realized I
was glaring at him In disgust. So
that was the main worry of the
Stephen Munson Brown, jr. So that
was the cause OF his agitation, that
was why he hated this mess. Some
how had never figured Steve Brown
that way. You and Philip Ashley /"
I heard myself muttering.
You . you don't understand,
Haila," he stammered He looked
from me to Jeff and then to Bow
ers. No one spoke. Steve said,
"Oh, hell" and then picked up his
hat. The door clicked behind him
before any of us opened our mouths.
Then I said: Steve Brown! The
boy used to point out as the SWELL
est fellah in all New York"
"Steve's all right" Clint said, but
Evening star., 1941-08-20

leather chair he turned frowningly
toward Clint.
"Theles one little thing I'm curl
Gus about, Clint, and I might as
we'll get Is straishteped out while
I'm here. It's about Alice McDon-
AID"
Bowers merely raised his eye
brows and waited.
Had you promised her the part
that Carol played In Green Ap-
ples?"
Promised her the part?" He
seemed surprised. mo, not prom
ised 1t to her by any means. Alice
read for me and I rather liked
her. She's not really . good ac-
tress but she seemed to have q
surprising grasp of that part and !
was at wits end to find the per-
son for 1t. had practically de-
cided to give her q contract that
day that Carol first read for me. !
don't think Alice ever knew It,
though. Naturally, I never told
her"
She knows. And she's pretty
bitter about It,"
I'm sorry. I know, of course
that she expected the part. I ex-
pected to give 1t to her. But after
I heard Carol read she didn't have
chance. I knew in 80 seconds
that Carol was the girl to play
Diana and that was all there was
to 1t. In fact, -"
Steve Under Suspicion.
Clint's words were left hanging
In midair. A startled grunt had
burst from Jen. He pulled himself
up from the depths Of the chair and
Evening star., 1941-08-20

there was disappointment in hi
voice.
Sure, Steve's all right" echoed
JefI, still looking out the window
I remembered then what hat
brought us here. "Jen, was II
Tommy who -.
Jef walked across the room and
sank into the big chair that Steve
had vacated q moment before. mo
1t wasn't Tom"
felt 10 years slip from me. 81
knew 1t couldn't have been"
Tom Nelson and I walked home
together Sunday night" Clint said
AT least we walked a. far IS Sew
enty-fifth street together. When we
parted 1t was nearly half past IL and
Jen tells me this man :"
Two Are Cleared.
yes, 1t was Just after II that he
was at our place 1t couldn't have
been Tommy"
IF Jeff is right, If the man at
your house was the murderer, that
eliminates few people. The main
point is that 1t eliminates all the
women. And Tom Nelson. And old
Benjamin Kerry. No one in his
right mind could mistake Ben or
Jeff. Not that any one had any
very serious suspicious of him, of
course"
Jen dug his hands deep into the
leather sides of the chair and
scowled. Il guess I'm glad it wasn't
Tom," he admitted. But it would
have been 50 easy"
Not for Tom," I said.
But Je1 was already OF on .
new tack. Leaning back in the big