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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-14
CHAPTER 81

comfortable size TO shut my
self from the view Of pas
sengers and officials on the
platforms. Neither l nor, I
am sure, any of my fellow
voyagers, suspected that the
Gestapo had just evolved a
new wrinkle in raiding tech
nique.
The train was approaching
Ludwigslust. a small town 80
miles from Hamburg, and not
far from Bismarck's tomb.
The engine shrieked. slowed
down and the train stopped as
il had done at all the other
stations on the line.
AS before, 1 spread out my
paper and raised il until its
center was on a level with
my eyes and waited. pretend
ing TO read, for the train to
move on.
The train did not move.
was shocked by a petty
officers voice barking in from
the platform:
"Alles aussteIgen! All pas
sengers leave the train"
There was a stir and a
Scraping of feet and excited
whispers. l looked up.
SURROUNDED BY NAZIS
The train was surrounded
by BrownShirts. They wore
around their sleeves the white
band of Goering's auxiliary
police. Their pistols half pro-
truded from their holsters.
and the storm bands of their
caps were strapped tight
under their chinS.
l saw my fellow travellers
scramble out of the coaches.
Some joked. others asked ner-
vous questions, a few looked
frankly sghast at the raiders.
l shuddered inwardly.
What now?" l thought.
"Das Spiel ist aus"
/ thought of a sad and
beautiful song which Firelei
liked 10 sing. Farewell, green
earth" That was its first
line.
Once more came the
strident command:
Passengers must leave the
train"
Ten feet away, Ernst Woll-
weber stood on the platform.
black eyes blinking in the sun
light. He held a match TO
his cigaret, and his eyes fol-
lowed a cloud of tobacco
smoke as it dissolved in the
clear morning.
/ jumped out of the COM
partment. I jostled past Woll-
weber, and in doing so I
stepped on his toes, l raised
my hat.
"Verzeihung," I said. 81 beg
your pardon"
Keep your nerve" the chief
muttered. These fellows
know nothing"
Then we drifted apart. |
fell toward the rear of the
train. hoping to discover a
loophole. The ring of storm
troopers was closed. Anyone
foolish enough TO break
through it would go down
under their bullets. Storm
troopers stamped through the
coaches. looked into the tool
rooms and the lavatories.
NAZI TALKS WITH CILLY
At the far end Of the train,
Cilly stood chatting with a
Brownshirt. Cilly had thrown
her head back TO show her
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-14

The first time L saw Tom MIX ne was
having his horse shod at blacksmithy on
the present site of the Brown Derby res
taurant.
The first time I saw Rudolph Valen-
tino he was an unknown, trying to negoti.
ate a can of olive oil on credit at Halls
grocery store on Hollywood boulevard near
Cahuenga.
Mr.. Hall, general storekeeper of the
village, was the most uncanny star-picker.
Every one he extended credit to be-
came success.
The first time I saw Paul Whteman
he was slim young man playing violin
with a four-piece orchestra for a shoebox
cafe in the basement Of the Potter Hotel
in Santa Barbara.
He played the Wedding March for q
young couple who had been married that
day-Helen Ferguson and William Russell
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-14

Is the unkindeSt cut of all
However, gentlemen, let us not dignity
these remarks with a reply. Let those OF
us who need TO do so fatten out our fronts.
I am opposed TO compression of said
male fronts by artificial means. Therefore,
in the interests of subscribers wishing TO
get their girths under control l am going
10 ask Lieut.. Commander Gene Tunney,
Il. 6. n, for the plan of exercise he origi-
mated for this very purpose.
morning phone conversa-
~ tons between women friends last 30
minutes. Increase has been caused by
discussions Of the silk stocking situation.
Note it suggested that to save silk
stockings women either wear Stacks or
''bobby-sockS."
OF the two evils il would seem to this
department the ''bobby-socks" is the lesser.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-14
Waller WincheU
On Broadway
(Mr. WincheH is on vacation)
By Margaret Ettinger

Dean of Hollywood Publicity Women)
rIE day Holyyvood-twenty-two years ago-I
driving the intersection of Hollywood and
Highland
The first time Tyrone Power he backeyed Agar
old child riding the regular Thursday night dance the old
Hollywood Hotel powerful shoulders his dad Tyrone Senior
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train"
"Have you been In Germany
before this:"
"Only aboard ships"
The Gestapo man seemed
satisfied. He looked at his
colleague who had closed the
book and shook his head
slightly. He had found MOTH
ing.
A question, shot at me all
OF a sudden, almost took me
off my guard.
"Why are you using the
local train to ride from Berlin
to Hamburg?"
Its cheaper" I said. "My
consul would not pay the ex-
press tram tax"
How much money have
you?"
"Forty-three marks"
"Where did you learn to
speak German"
my mother was from
Eupen. lived there many
wears. The district was Ger
man before Versailles was
signed"
"Ah, then you are almost a
VOlksgenosse (cOmrade) ?"
"Yes, sir"
THANKS HIM
THANK you, you may go
back to the train"
II was over. 1 was afraid
that / was walking too fast
toward my compartment. I
was afraid I would break into
a run. / forced myself TO
walk slowly. in a manner L
thought would look casual to
sharp-eyed observers.
Back on the train thought
of Ernst Wollweber. He would
never pass. If any ones pho
tographs was in the suspect
list on that table, it must be
Wollweber's. / lowered the
window of my compartment
and glued my eyes 10 the
chief. l held on to the sides
of the window. The COM
pressed excite en- which
filled me like liquid stone inn
parted 10 me the sensation Of
being in danger of floating
off the floor of the coach.
Ernst Wollweber was smok-
ing steadily. He gave no sign
of agitation. His short.
thick-set shape appe cared
harmless and insignificant be-
tween Cilly's tall elegance in
the rear of him, and tho
large man in front of him,
whose coarse face and heavy
watchchain conveyed the i'm
preston of a butter-and-egg
man, or a horse trader.
The line grew shorter. Two
men who had no identification
papers were led off 10 the
waiting room. An hour, per-
haps, had passed since the
train had been stopped. The
Gestapo officer grew i'm
patient. He marched down
the length of the still waiting
line of passengers. motioning
the women and few children
TO 60 back 10 the train.
Among those who went was
Cilly She walked 10 her
compartment grace lly
leisurely. A score of male
travellers remained in the line.
The last of them was Ernst
Wollweber. His head had be-
come restless on his chunky
shoulders. His small feet
fidgeted on the concrete.
Death to him, was 50 feet
away.
The drab station and the
blue sky. the trees and the
houses and the locomotive
they all seemed 10 ask:
"COmrade Ernst What
nowe"
Then something astonish-
ing happened. Ernst Wolf
weber limped out of line. His
face was screwed into an
apologize grin. He limped
straight toward the tall young
Gestapo officer. bowed
clumsily, handed him the
light-gray Danish passport.
An instant the two were en-
gagged in conversation. The
Gestapo agents at the table,
seeing the squat little pas
senger talking 10 their
superior, did not bother to
call him back into the line
nor did they dare to question
him.
They talked animatedly,
Wollweber with a strange
show of respect, the Gestapo
officer in a jovially patronizing
manner. His gloved hand
patted Wollweber's shoulder
after it had handed the Danish
passport back to him.
Ito Be Continued)
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Out of the Night

toward the train when one of
the Gestapo men called after
him:
"Aber Sic haben etwas
vergessen." (But you have for
ten something's
Comrade Scheer had left
his American passport on the
table. He whirled and came
back, his arm outstretched.
The Gestapo agent grabbed
the passport.
81 thought you couldn't
understand Ger an?" he
rasped.
John Scheer looked at his
fingernails. "A little / under
stand" he said.
The Gestapo officer who had
so far kept aloof from the
proceedings interviewed.
Tst bier elm National
socialist der A m erikanish
sprechen kann?" Us there a
National Socialist present who
speaks "A m eri C n" p he
called into the line of waiting
travellers.
There were two Nazis who
could speak American" John
Scheer's body sagged visibly.
His face grew stark. The
Nazi travellers talked 10 him
in English. He tried to an
swer.
"Dieser Herr list Bestimmt
klein A m err ikaner (This
gentleman is surely no Ameri-
CAM, one of the Nazis an
nounced. John Scheer's Eng
lish was bad, and without an
American accent.
"Sorry, we must detain you.
Any baggage:"
Two storm troopers escorted
Comrade Scheer into the wait
ing room. Again he walked
erect. 1t was the last l saw
of him. Months later came
the news that he had been
murdered. No one except his
killers knew how he died.
The examination continued.
Except for a dull ache in my
eyes l had already forgotten
John Scheer. 1t was my turn
now. Two men and a woman
were now the only people be-
tween myself and the table.
My passport, I knew, had a
flaw.
If expert hands took the
second page of the PASSPORT
and held it up against the
light. expert eyes could easily
see a spot where the paper
was thinner. where the old
photograph had been washed
off and the new. my own. had
been fastened in its stead.
HANDS IN PASSPORT
The man in front of me
was being questioned. Me-
chanically I listened TO his
answers. He was Austrian,
on the way TO visit his mar
ried sister in the old town of
Lauenburg. Throughout the
inquisition he shifted from
one foot TO the other.
"Schoen. you may go back
TO the train"
The Austrian departed with
alacrity.
Next"
I stepped forward and
handed my passport to the
Gestapo man. The other,
after a quick glance at my
face. was again thumbing
through the list of wanted
men. A little way off their
superior stood like a statue.
"Sprechen Sic Deutsch 2"
"Jawohl" l was calm now.
The clammy fear had gone.
Are you travelling alone?"
"Yes, sir"
"For what purpose are you
In Germany"
II am a seaman. I left my
ship In Danzig. I am on my
way back to Belgium TO find
myself another ship"
The Gestapo agent looked
up.
HAS TICKET
what was the name OF
your ship?"
User, OF Antwerp" said.
"A Belgian ship"
"Why Is there no Polish
transit visa In your passport"
His finger stabbed at a
blank page Of my document.
THE Belgian consul In
Danzig sent me by ship tn
Stettin. There 1 took a train"
"Show your ticket
Luckily, on Wollweber's adj
vice, l had bought a through
ticket from Berlin to Ham
burg Hauptbahnholf.
why are you going to
Hamburg"
my consul In Hamburg
will ship me to Antwerp. 1t
a. AIu~
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iOilk Millt tlilOoAf ohN NiS
Nazi grinned appreciatively.
John Scheer was striding
briskly toward the locomotive,
looking neither right nor left,
putting as much distance be-
tween himself and Wollweber
as he possibly could.
For no reason I followed
John Scheer. 1 patted my
chest where the good Bel
gian passport rested. II was
as important to me now as a
flimsy raft is TO a castaway
in midocean. Suddenly l
knew why 1 was following
John Scheer.
The crazy idea had seized
me that Comrade Scheer was
a locomotive engineer. and
that he was about to board
the locomotive and give her
full steam ahead. OF course,
he did not do it. He planted
himself beside the engineers
cab, crossed his hands behind
his back, and stared haughtily
over the heads of the Brown
shirts.
l turned. Ernst Wollweber's
face was a sullen mask. He
was lighting another cigaret.
i had a curious thought, one
which had nothing 10 do with
the immediate danger.
"Our aim Is In a haze" l
thought, "the movement Is be-
coming an aim I'm itself"
MUST PROVE IDENTITY
A voice, sounding as il it
came through a megaphone,
announced:
"All passengers line up!
Produce identifications"
A small table stood at the
end of the platform. On the
table lay what looked like a
book of medium size. Sitting
on chairs behind the table
were two young men in
civilian clothes - Gestapo
agents. Strung ott in
single file in front of the table
was the line of passengers.
Among the first 10 was
John Scheer. Five or six pas
sengers stood between him and
myself. Toward the end of
the line stood Wollweber, and
behind him, almost a head
taller, Cilly.
A small distance away from
the table, overlooking the
whole scene, stood a tall
young man with flashing blue
eyes and an air of arrogant
superiority. He wore no
uniform. but in his coat lapel
was the officers insignia of
the Elite Guards. He was the
official in charge of opera
tionS.
"Step forward"
To confront the Gestapo in
broad daylight is a far diff
ferent experience than 10
thwart and combat it out of
the dark. / had no urge 10
see what was happening to
Wollweber and Cilly. All my
effort was concentrated on
appearing unperturbed, and
my glance was fixed on the
table in front.
The examination gan.
One by one the passengers
stepped up TO the table. show
ing Identification papers and
giving answers TO curt ques-
tions. Meanwhile a detach-
ment of storm troopers was
going through the baggage
which had been left in the
compartment.
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TTERE pleasant little game that will give message
every day. numerical puzzle designed to spell out
your fortune your II the number
the number less than
number Start at the left
and check of key
right Then read the the letters under
the checked figures give you o$
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On the Side
By E. V. Durling

But lore you, sir;
And rhen coHan says she ores
The must hear her,
Though he love her not.
Elizabeth Browning
Above is certainly distinguished authority TO the proprey
Of proposing Young fellow keep IN mino what
Mrs Browning has said when young woman proposes
Won Do not interrupt her your is no break
10 her gently saying don't think I'm good enough
for YOU But 1 will be a brother TO you E " ID
ALLEGED grth control by majority OF males continues
"A inspiration of many dparagng cracks by females
Some references noted 1.-The plump tmn OF the
average the bugng mdrn of the mdde-aged
) male" .
/. Also noted about "potbeled males This latter
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Thursday

Thursday
DAYTIME WAR SCHEDULE -
Morning 700 NBC CHS, 1855
NBC-Blue. 500 NBC-Red CHS,
900 NBC-Blue MBs, 1000 MBs.
11:45 MBS; Afternoon: 12:45
NBC, 1855 CHS. 1855 NBC-Blue,
400 MBS. 5:25 NBC-Red, 5:45
CHS NBC-Bue.
NBC-Red--12 noon-Youthbu builders
Forum Radio Awards:
2:15 D. MIA Perkins;
5:30-Speaking of Liberty.
CBS-2: 15-Frank Parker;
3:00-Outdoors with Bob Edge:
5:15'-Alfred Duff Cooper and
others on The Artist in War
Time.
NBC-Blue-10:30 a. m.-Roundtable
on Air Defense OF America;
11:30-Farm and Home Hour:
100 p. m.-U. s. Marine Band.
MBS-1 Maritime Day Program;
2:45-Belmont Park Race.
SOME SHORT WAVES--GSC esd
GSL London s Questions OF the
Hour; JVZ JLG4 Tokyo s:25
Light Music; Csc esd GSL Lon
don $3.50 Canadians Sing. DID
DID D2P Berlin 1890 News.
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OF course, scarcely anyone be-
deves that the Axis will do 1t, con-
voys or no conveys. If not, If con-
voying starts, presumably theren
be shooting, which, as F. D. r.
says, lis pretty close to war"
And yet
There are observers who main
tain that Herr Hitler doesn't want
war with the United Statesmen
now. II he did, they think he'd have
declared it already. Conveys might
force his hand, and coerce him into
declaration. Or maybe they
wouldn't
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HOME SECURITY

ALI VI. Lsndon, Republican presl-
dental candidate in 1885. voices the
sentiment of many people when he
holds that 1t is a "weak and ue eat
tst attitude 10 believe the security
OF the United States depends on a
British victory over Germany.
This is the second time within a
generation that We have been told
our security depends on England"
he says. and 1T is coming too close
90 a habit Of permanent thinking,
tsr a strong, virile people like US"
He says conveys mean, despite
assurances 10 the contrary. another
A.E.F. and l9i1-1S would seem like
a picnic, compared with the de
mands en- US for our money, our
ships. and our men. in order to
underwrite a Hitler defeat.
we can do the job. in the end. But
under the slogan OF preserving dem
ocracy, everywhere in the world.
we will destroy every vestige OF il
at home. and sacrifice millions Of
lives"
There is no enthusiasm In Amer.
tca TO enter another Peter the Her
NIT crusade. TO make the four free
doms effective in Europe. Asia and
Africa he said. Let US arm our.
selves so terrifically that we can
lick any nation. or combination OF
nations that are foolish enough to
attack US"
Whether I'VE can do the Job in
the end" as Landon says. is debat.
able. Perhaps there is good reason
for our defeatist attitude. Perhaps
people In the United States feel
that the strength Of which we have
felt so sure in the past, is weaken
Ing. that We need England's aid and
that true democracy is so far gone
now that nothing can save II either
here or in England.
However that may be. the least
we can do is to Loyalty strive for q
more united front in the United
States and make every possible ef
fort TO reestablish national friend.
ship. q good neighbor policy with
In the country as well as without
and 10 develop military strength to
adequately defend and maintain
IL
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WEDNESDAY, NAY Il, lSt.
FRENCH RELATIONS

= In case Of a break in American
diplomatic relations with Nichy
the United States seems TO be pre-
pared 10 recognize General Charles
De Gaulle, head of the Free
French" forces in London.
Axis use Of French Syrian bases
indicate that anti-British elements
in the cabinet OF Marshal Henri
PHILIPPE Petain are still in the as
cendancy. If French naval and air
bases in Africa also should become
available for German use. 1t would
be regarded here as a direct threat
10 this hemisphere
The threat of United States rec
ognition OF the De Gaulle regime
ret up in London soon after the fall
Of France a year ago-is regarded
as the last strong deterrent that
could be invoked by this country
against too close collaboration with
the Axis by the Petain regime. Rec
ignition OF De Gaulle would permit
the United States to place at his
disposal frozen French funds valued
at close TO $500, 100000.
Shortly before the Petain state
ment committing France TO collab.
Grafton with Germany, arrange
ments had been nearly completed
with Ambassador CASTOR Henry.
Haye TO permit purchases of food
for unoccupied France from frozen
French funds. The arrangement,
10 which British blockade authori.
ties presumably had given approval,
was contingent on France maintain
ing her status quo.
President Roosevelt made clear
3n his recent appeal to the French
people that the United States re-
CARDS the situation as completely
changed from that which existed
under the armistice between
France and Germany. This is gen.
orally interpreted as ruling out of
consideration the possibility Of US
ing any OF the frozen funds for
French food relief.
This theory Is strengthened by
reports that the French government
is not permitting the two test"
food ships which recently carried
1880 tons OF flour TO Marseilles to
return TO the United States, even
though there had been an explicit
understanding that these vessels,
the lie de Re and the Leopold Drey-
fuss. would return to the United
States when their mission had been
fulfilled.
Despite such strained relations,
diplomatic officials declare that the
United States has no present in
tention OF breaking off diplomatic
relations with France; that rela-
tons with Vichy, probably will be
broken only By the initiative of
France.
IL France were to recall Henry
Haye, the United States would have
no recourse but 10 recall its ambas.
sador William D. Leahy. II that
step were taken. the United States
would then probably recognize De
Gaulle. Through him or his ennis.
sary an arrangement might then be
reached, such as was done with
Henrik de Kaufman, the Danish
minister, in connection with Green.
land, to permit the United States
10 take over the defense OF Martin.
ique, Guadeloupe and st. Pierre ct
Miquelon. French possessions in this
hemisphere.
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APPROVE LAND ExoHAhaE

Lansing. May 21-state Admin
istrative Board Tuesday approved
the even exchange OF a Detroit
armory site for property owned by
the Vickers Manufacturing Co.
The state is TO give up land II
acquired by gift which never has
been utilized, and is 10 receive In
exchange a property containing
two additional acres.
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Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

WCIIIy CHS ASU
Wedding Day Bird and Miss Hazel Lavender Ann Arbor
Death Little Ruth Bertha daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs Tucker, 10S E. Michigan
Of day.
When the final taken that the follow
ing elected directors of the
Ray Cotton E. A Melencamp Charles McKenny Matthew
kule, E. F. Goodwin, w. L. Kishlar z. Wiedman.
Mrs H E. Van de Walker, Mrs Howard Chaplin, and Mrs
George Norman delegates from the Ypslan Chapter
Order OF the Eastern the county meeting
Arbor.
Birth daughter Virginia weighing pounds
and Ms Clarence Reigel East Liverpool Rege
formerly Miss Emma Leland Sheridan Ave.
Fifty Years Ago
At the meeting of the council Mayor P. IN
troduced by retiring Mayor Daniel Putnam The
ceeded in eecng Charles Woodland city surveyor
ward Batwe chief OF fire department They
Frank Rathfon president
duties Of Mayor in the
hers OF the Board Public Works
II. NJ. Curtis for years j.
presented by the Mayor.
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FIRE DESTROYS BUILDING

ST. Johns, May 21-Firemen from
seven cities batued for nearly three
hours Tuesday night before bring
ing under control a blaze that
wrecked a two-story building in
the heart OF st. Johns business
district. Fire broke out at the
rear OF the d. & c. store and spread
rapidly.
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ur shipments
B T 1 I a 1 n =
W a T d, didn't
stop at saying
that our adop-
ton of the con-
voy plan would
be extreme ely
Xix ely to in
volve US in
war.
Quite a few
Of our best iso-
lationists in con-
gre SIS confess
that they wish
he had stopped
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Denton News
LADIES' AID ENTERTAINED

Denton, Mich, May I'll The
Denton Ladies' Aid Society was
delightfully."- entertained Wednes-
day afternoon at the home Of Mrs.
Jennie Myers, Plymouth. Twenty
four members were present. A CO.
operative dinner was served fol
lowed by a short business meet
ing.
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Today's Horoscope

II your birthday is today you
may expect. a happy event or So
cial gayety TO result In some dis
agreement or domestic dishar-
mony, so be prepared. Unexpect-
ed gain and heavy expenditure are
also prognosticated for the year,
90 exercise discretion. The child
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Many Attend Carnival

Many attend the carnival given
at the Denton School and sponsor
ed by the Denton Parent Teachers
Association Friday evening. Re-
freshments as we'll as amusements
were enjoyed by the people and
the evening was thoroughly enjoy.
ed by everyone.
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NAY EoUALIzE WAGES

Lansing. May 2l-Senate State
Affairs Committee recommended
passage Tuesday of the house bill
to fix a scale OF minimum salaries
for police in all cities, similar TO
scales of salaries fixed for fire.
men.
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DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.