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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-01
GIVEN WARNING

"Comrade" was still a magic
word to me. Toward evening
we walked ashore together.
Soeder warned me:
BE careful about what you
say when you meet the com
rades higher up. You've been
away a long time"
"Why careful
"Well, just be careful.
They've been big clean-ups i'm
the COmintern. The Comm
tern has changed its face. II
has been unified. 1t is now
going like torpedo. One di-
rection only. No more vagaries.
No internal discussions. No
compromises"
| was TO learn much more
about this change of face
during the coming weeks.
Zinoviev and Trotsky had
been purged. Bukharin was
pushed away from the helm
of the Comintern. Stain now
dominated Russia and, there
fore, the Comintern as well.
He had launched the gil
gantic industrialization pro-
gram of the Five-Year-Plan.
and those who opposed him
were trampled into the gutter.
Purges in Moscow were fol-
lowed by purges in the Com
intern. whose organizations
changed their role of assault
troops Of the world revolution
for the role of defense guards
Of the Soviet Union.
And the most militant for
nations of the Comintern
fell into line with fervor; the
Five-Ycar-Plan would make
the Soviet Union the strong
est industrial and military
power on earth. That was de-
cisive. The immense strength
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-01

tAiaoT worlds great accomplishments have been by men
between ages as At OF ~ who studies
takes advantage scientific discoveries IN ways and
means prolongng vgor good man at 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-01

Bonnie Edwards has
changed her hair and mind.
She's now blonde. and Phil
Ammidown is the current
Romeo.
don't believe those stories
about Hess being a peace man
Don't you recall all those
wild stories out of Berlin the
first 3 DAYS about him losing
his mind. being a suicide. etc.
when they heard he was in
Scotland? When your man is
supposed 10 be your peace
emissary you don't call him
goofy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-01

0XIJHAT have YOU been doing today
w that's thrilling or interesting" asked
the lady seated next 10 me AZ dinner
party in a commendable effort to stir up
little conversation,
So ] said:
81 have been eating grass, playing
pin0chle, studying the racing form, swim
ming. driving a golf ball. writing column.
trying TO drop-kick football over the barn
and practicing pronunciation"
She said
"Now, you don't really mean YOU have
Aeea eating grass. do You e.--
I said l really did mean il. cross my
heart. hope 10 die. etc. because / read
,>o,od of nraSS contains moro vita minis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-01

between the houses. AT the
end of the street, lights shone
on a wharf. / ran. / was
free.
/ tramped the streets Of lie
Havre all night. intoxicated
with deep draughts of free
dom. A man lives his life only
when he is marching. l
thought, when he keeps
marching onward al any price.
When he stops marching. he
decays.
The JOY of life is the joy OF
the experience that comes
from feeling ones own
strength. In the thousand
days spent in San Quentin 1
had never stopped marching.
that is why / strobe the streets
of LIE Havre. through driving
rain and darkness, with eager
delight. drinking the raw
December air like honey
moon wine.
I climbed high 10 the. top
Of the steep promontory.
where the lighthouse looms.
for no other purpose than to
shout my gladness and my
challenge into the wind-flled
night.
] came to my senses toward
dawn. My shabby suit had
Wilted like burlap in the rain.
The wind had carried away
my cap. and my shoes were
ooZing water and mud. For
two hours l wandered about
in search of the Offices of the
Communist Party of lie Havre,
but in vain.
/ did not ask for directions.
People might become sus-
picious at the sight Of a dis
heveled foreigner inquiring
for the Communist headquar-
ters.
HEADS FOR HARBOR
i made my way to the har-
Dor. Beyond a breafast and
chance TO dry my clothes
there were other things /
wanted most / wanted TO
hear the word "Comrade." /
wanted to feast my eyes and
brain on something that was
impersonal and beautiful at
once.
The first ship I boarded in
my quest for breakfast was a
British weekly boat from Car
diff. A cockney officer,
belching vituperation with
enormous lung power. drove
me off. 1t was good to hear
the cold Einey-saailtt- water
curses.
Next ] boarded Norwegian
Far Eastern freighter. The
Norseman was as clean as
the English ship was dirty.
and the Norwegian sailors
met me with the traditional
hospitality of their country.
They gave men a powerful
breakfast of coffee, oatmeal.
French bread. salt fish and
chewing tobacco. and while |
ate they unstintingly praised
the temperament OF the lie
Havre wenches and the natu-
raj beauties of Norway. l
stripped and hung my clothes
over radiator TO dry.
At noon, while the crew
was in the mess room for
lunch, a young Scandinavian
from ashore entered, and
started out on political
harangue. He then pulled
wads of leaflets from under
his belt and distributed them
TO the sailors, who addressed
the newcomer as Comrade
Soeder. The headline on the
leaflets ran:
"Who are the enemies of
the seamen ."
The emblem they displayed
"a globe crossed by ananchor
and a flag--was the insignia
of the Maritime Section of the
Comintern. Soeder was a
m c m Der of the Havre
"activist' brigade. / almost
Rugged him for JOY, and told
him who / was:
Welcome, tomrade," he
said.
GIVEN WARNING
"Comrade" was still a magic
word TO me. Toward evening
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-01
HEAD OF APPARAT

The man at the head of the
Apparat in lie Havre was a
French seheelteacher- named
Canoe, a dark, hard-boiled
little man with clipped
mustache, who thoroughly en-
ioyed his job. He was cap
tain = of the reserve in the
army of the French Republic.
He was still at his secret
post as late as 1887, at the
time of the abduction in Paris
of the White Russian leader.
General de Miller, all traces
of whom were lost at lie
Havre. where Soviet steamer
left on the morning after the
abduction.
Second in command OF the
lie Havre Apparat was his
wife. a beautiful. gray-eyed,
flaXen-haired young woman.
They lived in a spacious, we'll
proportional house of their
own t5S Rue MontmiraiD.
atop a hill overlooking the
town. the mouth of the Seine.
and the wide sweep Of the
harbor with Ms cleverly cam
ouflaged shore batteries and
Notifications.
Mr.. Canoe was a perfect
host. and a marvel of ef-
ficiency. He jotted down the
information / gave him about
myself, put it instantly into
code. and dispatched his young
son to telegraph it to Berlin
for verifcation.
A few minutes later sue
culent meal was on the table.
together with wines and as
sorted liqueurs. Madame
Canoe was bewitching. Her
cherry-red lips talked in a
language that sounded like
music. Before she married,
she had been a dancer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-01

HARRY BRUNO. Lind
IL bergh's press agent in
1927. has co-auth'd a piece
with Lowell Thomas) on
Lindbergh. 1t is titled What's
the Matter With Lindbergh ?"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-01

as Nc Is now. MalDt DeITtT uHV' MI
intelligent woman Of AZ can manage TO
appear to be in her thirties and stay look
ing and feeling that way for at least 20
years -END)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-01

For months the rumors said
certain newspapers might
fold. Now there are rumors
of a new morning paper
The chain-letter craze is COM
ing back. This time the idea
is for each correspondent 10
buy a 25-cent defense savings
stamp.
Laurel and Hardy are now
a corporation. No more ex-
wives dipping into their
pocketboeks, etc.
Churchill's speech was sub
mitted TO Washington before
being short-waved.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-01
Walter
Winche|I
Memos of Girl Friday:
Simone Spanked
BY WALTER wINCHELL

DEAR Mr.. W.; I think
~ this scene at Wooilcott's
Vermont retreat the other
night best proves how little
American "intellects" know
about what is going on >.
AS / get it, Woollcott. Archi-
bald MacLeish (the Librarian
of Congress). Leggett Brown
and others were arguing long
and Justify about Germany
and Russia tangling in war.
The theme was that "it is
utterly ridiculous to think
that Germany and Russia
would fight each other, etc.
etc" Suddenly one OF
the group, bored stiff, went
over to the radio and turned
il on--and out blasted the
news that Germany had de-
clared war on Russia The
-argiIers,' red faces-theY tell
me-practica11y TT up Ver-
mont.
LEAR about the spanking
III Simone Simon actually
received backstage at Loew's
State? It's all over town.
The advance word is that
Gary coopers inpersenatien
OF Sgt. York tops his career
and rates Yorkids.
The German Military At
tache in Washington is sup
posed to have told Washing
ton reporters July u is the
timetable date for the NaZi
war machine TO take over the
Ukraine.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-01
By JAN VALTIN

Of the new Soviet Union
would guarantee the victory
of the great revolutionary Of
fensive of the future.
Evening star., 1941-03-20

We reserve
the right to
limit guam
titles and re-
fuse to sell
those we be-
Heve a r 2
c mpetitors.
Prices herein
effective un-
til closin
sat-, March
222.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
NAzlS SHOOT TEN HOSTAGES FOR REVENGE
Fren(hmen Executed in Re- tdliafion for Attacks
 on Troops

PARIS, Sept. 16.-General Hein- rich von Stuelpnagel, commander of the German Army of Occupa- tion in France, today announced ten more hostages had been shot in Paris in reprisal for attacks upon German army men.
 The executions were in retalia- tion for attacks upon men of the Army of Occupation on September 6, 10 and II, notice informed the public.
 The notice was sent to news papers through the occupied zone and posted on the walls of houses.
 Today's executions brought Nazi reprisal executions to l3, it was officially announced.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
ROME MAY BE BOMBED
 BY BRITISH
Axis Fleet Air Raids Cairo Opening Way for RAF
 to Garry Out Threat

CAIRO, Sept. 16 = This city suffered the first air raid of the present war today when Axis ians planes bombed the city heavily.
 Early reports state 39 civil ians have been killed and near ly 100 wounded.
 The Axis bombing apparently opens the way fer the British to bomb Rome.
 Last spring the British gov crnment annoInced that if Cairo CT Athens were bombed there would be rcprisais against RCmc.
 Cairo is the Hoy City of the MoiIum World as much as Rome is the Hey City of the Catholics.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
Germans Assert Capture of Many Prisoners,
 Tanks, Guns LENINGRAD STILL
 DIETING INVADERS Soviet Newspaper Reports Russians Win Night
 Tank Battle
(BY ASSOCIATED PREss)

Hitler's High Command tod y reported the annihilation of nine Soviet divisions and the crushing of nine other divisions with the bloodiest losses" of a grand total of about 27O,000 men fighting south of Lake linen on the Leningrad front.
 In a special bulletin from Hit ler's field headquarters, it was declared that strong forces of the 11tR, goth, roth, 30th and 4th Russian armies were "decisively de- feated"
 The capture of 53,000l Red army prisoners, 32O tanks and 635 pieces of artillery was claimed by the Nazis. German losses were, as usu- al, not disclosed.
 The German bulletin said the vast slaughter occurred during the past weeks"
 It was indicated that the defeat was smashing blow at Lenin- grads defense army of 100000 men.
 Simultaneously, the Soviet army newspaper, Red Star, reported a = =
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
Germany HurIing All Manpower Info Bloody
 Conflict with Soviefs

An inkling that Germany is now hurling all available man. power into the bloody struggle in Russia to possibly replace the staggering losses is seen in various diplomatic reports.
 Hitler, according to these re- ports, has been compelled to withdraw nearly half mill lion seasoned troops from Nazi-conquercd Belgium, HOl- land and France to meet the demands in the Russian cam paign.
 Young recruits and soldiers over B are said to have re- placed half a million Germans who have been sent to the front.
 1t is said, according to these reports, that western Europe is still garrisoned by 800,00o German soldiers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
BORDER WAR
 FLARES; U. }.
 H0LDING5HIT
Eeuadoreans Claim Pervu- ian Planes Bombed
 Plantation

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Sept 16. Peruvian planes bombed the Ten- guel banana plantations of the United Fruit Company on the Gulf of Guayaquil in a new flare up of the border war between Peru and Ecuador, an Ecuadorean an- nouncement said today.
 A laborer at the plantation was reported killed. Officers of the companys subsidiary organization here said the building occupied by the plantation manager was dam- aged.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
.arships Now Take Up Policing of Route Over
 North Atlantic Ocean
GUNS OF NAVY READY
 TO REpEL ALL ATTACKS
Am eriCan Merchantmen Are Given Permission 10
 Garry Arms, Munitions

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. =
 Stripped for action, the Unit
 ed States Atlantic Fleet today
 took under protection of it's
 guns all Lease-Lend cargoes in
 transit on the Atlantic Ocean
 between the North American
 continent and Iceland.
 At the zero hour of this new
 phase of operations, 12:01 o. clock this morning, it was the
 widely accepted view In author
 itative quarters that the new
 assignment meant actual con-
 voy duty of United States
 naval vessels along 2,o00-
 mile reach of the North At
 Iantic.
 In a companion move to ease Britain's shipping burdens, Am erican merchantmen were given explicit permission to carry arms and munitions to many parts Of the vast British Empire.
 Official Ruling
 The State Department announced a ruling by Attorney General Francis Riddle which held that the Presidents Neutrality Act proclamation at the outbreak of the European war did not bar American ships from transporting of war to any portion of the British Empire except the United Kingdom-the British Isles.
 Combat Zones"
 India, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Union of South Af- rica areas were blocked by the Neutrality Act combat zones' clause.
 Effect of the ruling was to clear the way for a flow of munitions and American ships to numerous British colonies and possessions. some of them in strategic proximi- ty to theatres of active operations and others of potential future im- portance.
 Meanwhile, administration lead- CTS in the Senate, mulling over the whole broad question of the exist ing Neutrality Act, reported they were undecided on how far they
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
Queer Ways Present War
 Has of Hitting Us; Canada
 Even Hands Out LifiIe Swat

shown which were not shown be- fore October 1, 1887. Educational films are not subject to the or der, and it's your guess who will supply the educational" films.
 Canada recently barred white wall tires for its sporty motorists. They began to import them from the United States. Canada decided that was hardly cricket. So now they have announced their auto sports can't import the tires either.
 It seems that war or no war the women in the United States who can afford emeralds and sapphires are getting them. India's sales of those stones to the United States are way up. Some of the emeralds India sells us come from the So- viet Union.
 And now we can begin to sell motorcycles to Australia again. They prohibited imports for a while, but now Australian mer- chants would like to substitute motorcycles for delivery trucks So the government says they can buy up. to the 1889 rate. It will save on gasoline.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16

WASHINGTON-The reams and reams of Washington's official handouts have not announced 1t but Ben Cohen, other half of the famous braintrust team, is planning to resign.
 Ben Cohen is not nearly as fam ous as his partner, Tom Corcoran, but his work will probably live longer. It was Ben who locked himself up in room in the Carlton Hotel for A hours until he pounded cut the first draft of the Securities Act, first major crusading legisla- tion passed by the New Deal and one law which even it's enemies now agree has helped to reform Wall sotreet.
 It was Ben Cohen also who wrote the law regula ting the Stock Ex- change, the Holding Corporation Act, and much of the reform legis- lation for which Roosevelt's enemies criticized him so severely, but which Willkie in the last campaign pledged to keep on the statute books.
 When Tom Corcoran stepped out of the government last winter, he tried to persuade Cohen to go with him. But the tall, scholarly retir- ing braintruster refused. He had no stomach for private law practice, was eager to aid in the defense program. Since then he has helped formulate plans to meet the electric power shortage, went to London as legal aid to Ambassador Winant and declined an appointment as a member of the Securities and Ex- change Commission.
 For the present, Ben's plans are indefinite. He intends to take a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
TWO KILLED A5
 BANK ROBBERY IS ATTEMPTED
Kansas Officers Tipped Off -CdtCh Penitenfidry
 Fugifives

MACKSVILLE, Kas., Sept. l6.-- Waiting in death trap all night, Kansas Bureau of Investigation of ficers shot and killed George Flight and F'rand Wutherick as they drove up in front of the Macks- vile State Bank The two men were fugitives from the Kansas State Penitentiary.
 Five officers were on hand wait ing fer the attempted robbery. They were tipped off in advance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
SCULPTOR HERE

A. Phimister Proctor, we'll known sculptor, is in Juneau today as passenger or one of the Campbell Church yachts out of Seattle. Proctor is reported to have recently completed statuary work for the campus of the University of Texas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
SHOOT SERBS
 FOR ATTACKS

BERLIN Sept. 16.-A DNB dis patch tonight from Zagreb report ed II Serbs have been sentenced to death for an attack on Nazi gendarme patrols in Seraleyo.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
DEFENSE TAX
 BILL PASSES
 HOUSE VOTE
31z Billion Compromise Version Ready for Sen
 ate Action Tomorrow

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. - The House of Representatives gave prompt approval today to the 3is billion dollar compromise version of the new defense tax bill. The passage cleared the way for final action tomorrow in the Senate.
 Recommendations made by a joint Senate and House commit tee were adopted without a roll call vote in the House.
 However flurries of criticism de- veloped against some of the changes adopted, particularly the reduction of individual exemptions. These include the following. re- duction from $2.000 exemption to $500 for married persons; $500 to $750 for single persons; and the elimination of the requirement. that all married persons file joint in come tax returns.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
By SIGRID ARNE (Pinch- Hitting for Jack Stinnett)

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is. = At the Commerce Department you discover some of the queer ways the war is hitting us.
 Take the pet shop business. It's in a dither-and in a letter writ ing mood-because it wants can aries. But canaries seem to be high up on the list of information al refugees.
 First, they used to come from Germany. Then we didn't get Ger man canaries anymore. The Japa- nese jumped into the breech. It's hard telling how many canaries we will get from Japan.
 There's another angle to the canary problem. The ones which are here are fond of cuttle-fish bone. We used to get that from Italy. Recently it's come from Ja- pan. One jubilant Japanese deal- CT reported recently that he'd had a single months orders for 25 tons of the stuff. Now what do can- aries eat when they have great longing for cuttle-fish bone and can't get it?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16

Elephants, according to some authorities, are close relatives of whales.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16

Hialeah Park, Fla. is the only place in the world where flamin- goes are bred in captivity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16

The buffalo once ranged from the Atlantic seaboard to beyond the Rockies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16

Trumpeter swans are the larg- est migratory waterfowl in North America.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16

DON'T MAKE SENSE, HARDLY
 Here are some other war effects. France has announced that no Ilims of any nationality may be
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16
CHEERS BY AND FOR

The U. s. Weather Bureau sounds slightly self congratulatory in an announcement about alum
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-16

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Evening star., 1941-08-03

ington Chapter appreciates his in
terest and cooperation as well as
that of other senior bankers who
will act in an advisory capacity"
The other members of the COM
n1ittee are J. Frank Campbell, Ana
costa Bank; Thomas j. Groom,
Bank of Commerce & Savings; A.
Scott Offutt. the City Bank; Frank
j. Stryker, Columbia National Bank;
w. j. Waller, Hamilton National
Bank; j. T. Hendrick, w. B Hibbs &
Co.; M. F. Calnan. Liberty National
Bank; Richard A. Norris, Lincoln
National Bank; A. M. McLachlen,
McLachlen Banking Corp; Harry G.
Meem. Washington Loan & Trust
Co.; Edward M Blaiklock, Washing
ton Loan & Trust Co.; Willard G.
Barker, Morris Plan Bank; J. Frank
White, National Bank of Washing
ton; H. H. Mckee, National Capital
Bank; C. F. Jacobsen, National Met
ropolitan Bank; R. Bruce Baird, Ma
tional Savings g. Trust Co.; Robert
v. Fleming, the Riggs National
Bank; Francis G. Addison, jr, Sc
curity Savings & Commercial Bank;
John Saul, American Security &
Trust Co.; c. H. Pope, Munsey Trust
Co.; Ord Preston, Union Trust Co.;
John E. Fowler Arlington Trust Co.,
Virginia; George P. Sacks, Bank of
Bethesda, Md; T. Howard Duckett,
Prince Georges Bank & Trust Co.,
Hyattsville, Md, and B. J. Darneille,
Suburban National Bank. Silver
Spring, Md.
Will Attend Convention.
Several Washington bankers al
ready have made plans to attend
the annual convention of the
American Bankers Association at
Chicago, September % to October
2. according to preliminary reports.
Among them are: w. j. Waller, vice
president and cashier, Hamilton Ma
tional Bank, who is member of
the executive council, and nominat-
ing committee of the A. B. A.; John
Saul, executive vice president,
American Security & Trust Co.;
Frederick P. H. Siddons, vice presi-
dent, American Security & Trust
Co.; r. Stanley Holland, president,
D. c. Bankers Associa ton, and vice
president and trust officer, Ameri-
can Security g. Trust Co.; S. Will
liam Miller, treasurer. Union Trust
Co.; and President A. Reilly, of
Second National Bank.
Financial District Notes.
Harry G. Meem, president of
Washington Loan & Trust Co., Mrs.
Meem, and their daughter Eleanor,
will leave Thursday for Colorado
(See GAS, Page E-3D
Evening star., 1941-08-03
BY DAVID J. WILKIE,
The Stars Special News Service.

DETROIT, Aug. 2.-Perhaps you
have been telling yourself that much
of the uncertainty about 1942 model
automobile production has been
imaginary or inspired to stimulate
a cleanup of the 1941 models. Per-
haps you have thought that there
will be plenty of cars for the 1912
demand.
If you have felt that way about
the model period that theoretically
got under way yesterday you are in
for a jolt.
It will be at least another month
perhaps six weeks-before 1912
model cars are in volume production
and what that volume will be not
even the manufacturers themselves
know. Certainly, they do not know
how many vehicles they will as
semble during the next II months
that would normally mark the 1912
model period. They do not know
whether they will be in production
at all on passenger cars and COM
mercial trucks six months from now.
Won't Venture Guesses.
That may sound bit pessimistic,
but there are no optimists among
the car manufacturers and trade ex-
perts regarding production for civil
ian uses from this point on. No
industry head and few of the trade
authorities will venture guess as
to what lies even two months ahead
of the production division.
The stock of unsold new cars on
hand as the 1941 model year came
to an end was considerably smaller
than most trade sources had ex.