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Evening star., 1941-06-18
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Batteries-Hamlin, Kimball, Tamulis and
Owen; Olsen and McCullouEh.
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Evening star., 1941-06-18

(See STRIKES, Page 2-x.)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05
Sports Roundup

Cary, Ind-INS- Tommy Harmon, former Michigan All
American football today classified A-subjec to
immediate aby his local draft board Gary Harmon some
weeks ago given temporary classification ga when at
fday filed his behalf showing him be the sole
of his parents Mr. and Mrs Louis A. Harmon OF Gary.
Detyoit-NS- Joe 4HGn Los angeles midget automobile
ing dri1ey Saratoga General hospital today suffering from
possible brain eoHenon the result Of plshdP last night at
Motor City Speedway.
New York up The Yankee dynasty rules the American
pennant years and their twelfth in history the Yankees
their old tricks They record-clnchng the
pennant five days earlier than other American League
winner The old record by the 1886 Hanks who
clinched their pennant on Sept g.
Nesy York -4P- Tao months of petition among SOB golf
clubs the Peter Dd7VSon National Ringer Tournament has end
cd first place tie bet7Ueen the Glen Oaks Golf Club Forming
ton, Mich, aud the Overlook c, C., Lancaster, Pa.
Niles Ill. ms Forty-hree. payers-approximately
fourth of the field boosted figures considerably better for
the first Is holes of the ST. 900 Tam OShaner Open Golf Tour
the rich classic into second round play today
Nev York -INSThe greatest heavyweight champion of his
generation Joe Louis and his challenger Lou No0d signed
tracts for their Sept % title fight the Polo grounds today
making several Sneeyy Pngc propdgandts Skk hiding and
hating of the unfair campaigns long 7He
You several gerry much in the kno genisc haze been pop
ping off for aVeeks that this fight ood take place
but the crHe sn that Louis trying out Noad
5Uds exploded.
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AZHZNM GW7LH!9
R/CHARD HOUGH7OW1

the floor Of the tunnel. He decided
to poke around a little on the lower
part of the pile next to the walls.
Lying among the rocks against one
wall he saw several wide planks
only one inch thick and badly
rotted. He wondered why such light
timbers would be used in tunnel.
He moved them with his foot.
There was a hole underneath!
His heart increased its beat. Re-
moval of a second loose plank re-
vealed a passageway, not through
the tunnel, but off to one side, into
the mountain!
He got down on hands and knees
and thrust his flashlight into the
hole. Five feet ahead Of him were
the rungs of a ladder nailed against
the side of a. vertical wood-lined
shaft.
Henry shut off the fashlight
quickly, fearful that someone
might be in the hole.
He waited several minutes.
There was no sound. He crawled in.
His hands felt emptiness below and
in front.
A faint light came down the
shaft. Far above was a disk Of blue
sky. He was in a we'll.
The fashlight showed the bot
tom Of the well filled with rocks
and dirt almost to the level on
which he lay. He pulled himself
into it and stood up. The flashlight,
turned skyward, cast deep shad-
ows where the curbing had rotted
away in several places and earth
fallen.
Fresh marks on the rungs Of the
ladder told him that this was the
way of escape taken by the man
they chased into the tunnel.
He thought of returning outside
and climbing the hill to locate the
mouth Of the well, but realized that
he would be exposing himself to a
rife shot If the man were anywhere
in the neighborhood. Much better
would be to climb the ladder and
peer out, concealed by the brush he
could see growing over the edge Of
the hole against the sky.
Flashlight in pocket, he started
up. The disk OF sky enlarged. One
ladder rung broke under his feet,
but his handhold saved him. Fear
full. he continued upward. One, two,
three-a dozen steps. Another rung
broke, and the handhold loosened!
He grabbed desperately. Some
thing else came loose. Horror
gripped the pit Of his stomach as
he fell backward. The world fell
with him-planking. rocks, dirt.
There was a terrific roar in his
ears.
He landed half buried in the
debris, after falling only half the
distance he had climbed. The hole
through which he had entered the
well was buried beyond reach, and
escape through the top Of the well
was possible-becaus the ladder
was no longer there!
ITO Be Continued)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05

Detroit, Sept. 5-AP-It the De.
trolt Tigers are to catch the Gfeve-
land Indians in their fourth place
battle, it will be on the road later
this month while both clubs are
making final 1871 invasions of the
East.
BY recording his seasons 22nd
victory yesterday in ten innings,
Z to 6. Rapids Robert Teller gave
the Tribe a 31a game margin with
three games to play in the current
series. Bobo Newsom was the
choice to face Lefty AL Smith OF
Cleveland on the mound today.
The Tigers. Feller's prime
nemesis OF 1910. gave the Iowan a
battle right down to the finish
even though they booted home
three runs in the tenth. With two
out in their half of the inning, Billy
Sullivan and Dutch Meyer OF the
Tigers drew passes and Charley
Gehringer's pinch double that scor.
ed them both just missed being a
home run by the margin of two
feet.
But Teller, who seemed to be lab
oring without much of his famed
speed, managed TO get Pinch. Hit
ter Birdie Tebbetts for the final
out with Tuck Stainback, running
for Gehringer, parked on third
base.
The victory gave Cleveland a 10
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05
Bob Teller Records Twenty
Second Victory For Tribe

to 9 edge over Detroit in their sea
sons competition.
Victim OF the Cleveland assault
in the tenth was Paul (Dizzy)
Trout, who relieved Starter Hal
Newhouser in the seventh and was
charged with the defeat. Trout
contributed an error before Lou
Boudreau belted a two-run single,
and then Boudreau sprinted home
with what proved to be winning
run when Rudy York muffed a toss
to first base attempting to pick off
Roy Weatherly.
Before the big tenth, the two
clubs participated in a seesaw bat
tie, Cleveland took the lead with
a run in the second inning, but the
Tigers came back with two when
Pinky' Higgins singled, Billy Sulli-
van doubled and Feller walked Mey.
or and Newhouser to force in Hig-
gins. Then Boyd Perry flied to the
outfield. scoring Sullivan.
The tribe tied it up again in the
third when Gee Walker homered
into the left field stands and went
ahead In the sixth when Oscar E.
Grimes singled home run. But
again Detroit came back with two
runs. the first on Higgins tenth
homer and the other on singles by
Sullivan and Newhouser plus Kelt-
ner's error.
When Cleveland gathered three
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He knew this trail was not fire.
quently used. 1t would be easy to
ambush a man here, even in day.
light.
Remembering that the rifleman
the night before had Enthusiastically
intended to kill him, Henry eau
tiously left the trail and climbed
the bank until he could look down
from above upon the rock where
the slayer of the professor had
been hidden. It was deserted.
The little clerk did not return to
the trail, however. He pushed on
through the brush, found fairly
open way down a dry watercourse,
and followed it until 1t deployed
out on the level beside the old rail-
road tracks.
The tunnel was lighted partially
by the sun and did not seem as for
bidding as it had on Henry's two
previous visits. Resolutely he
pushed his fears aside and entered.
The light from outside grew dim
hundred yards inside the portal.
Henry snapped the switch OF his
flashlight and advanced cautiously
along the timbered wall. His knees
were weakening. Precipitation mois-
tened his forehead. He kept the
beam Of light from trembling only
because he kept it on the move,
swinging back and forth the width
Of the tunnel, playing over the pile
Of wreckage ahead OF him.
There was not a sound except his
own cautious footsteps on the
gravel. Cobwtbs hung lifeless In
the deserted place.
Satisfied that he was alone, be
snapped the fiashlight off. Behind
him the tunnel mouth was bright
with reassuring sunlight. A bird
was singing. Ie turned his back on
the brightness. Gradually his eyes
adjusted themselves. It was not SO
dark in here, but what he could see
vaguely the mass Of timber and
rock that choked the tunnel from
top to bottom.
The debris sloped upward at an
angle Of about As degrees. As Jones
had pointed out, the only logical
place in which to look for a posi-
bic passageway into an inner part
Of the tunnel was at the top of the
pile.
Henry climbed upward, careful
to avoid the jagged splinters In the
ends Of great broken beams. The
huge fallen rocks were imbeded in
clay, mostly hardened now, which
Indicated why the earth had given
way above the tunnel. There were
places where the clay was wet, re-
vealing Its semi-liquid nature.
Henry snapped on his fiashlight
and poked its beam into several
narrow places against the ceiling.
They all shut of in dead ends. He
went over the entire top OF the pile
twice without discovering anything
beyond what he and John Jones
had found. The tunnel was sealed
so tightly not even a lizard could
get through.
Discouraged, Henry returned TO
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05
Sports Calendar
TO-DAY

City League Baseball
United Stove vs.. Cubs, Recres-
ton PARK.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05
CHAPTER THIRTY-SX

AI1AE 1 hin L
YOUR WIFE thinks you
oughtn't to go into that tunnel"
the insurance investigator remind
ed Henry. You'll be wasting your
time anyway. There's nothing In It.
It's blocked tight by that cave-in."
"If there's nothing in it, then
my wifes got nothing to worry
about" Henry was growing in
creasingly impatient with John
Jones. Now that he knew the big
man was not connected with the
police, Henry was losing his former
awe of him.
Jones shrugged. suit yourself.
I'm going to make some inquiries
at the rifle club. Do you know
where it's located"
Henry pointed vaguely eastward.
Somewhere down along the creek.
They shoot against the high bank
so there's no danger from the bull
let's. l think the man at the service
station can tell you how to get
there"
Jones departed. Henry returned
to the business street Of the viii
lage and hunted up the chief Of
police.
THE murderer OF Professor Bis
bee was chased into the old caved-
in railroad tunnel on the West
Side" he reminded the officer. II
think there must be some secret
hiding place in that tunnel. I'd like
to hunt for 1t, If you can spare a
couple Of your men to 60 along
with me-"
Outside my Jurisdiction" the
chief told him. Better see the sher-
If. He went into Castro's drug
store a few minutes ago"
The sheriff was unenthusiastic
over the idea. "All my men are
busy. There's no way through that
tunnel. If you think there is. why
don't you look for it YOURSELF"
But suppose someone is hidden
there?"
mot a chancew
Henry went out. growing TO
himself about the laxity Of public
officials. The sheriff, relenting lit
tie, came out the door after him
and called, IF you discover any
thing. Mr.. Potter, let me know"
"Oh, sure" said Henry, but he
already knew whom he wasn't GO
ing 10 vote for in the next election.
At the hardware store he bought
fashlight. Mr.. Brown commented
as he paid for IL, II thought you
got a flashlight last week? II there
was anything wrong with 1t I'll
gladly replace It. Henry"
Henry shook his head. This Is
Just a spare" He didn't explain
that he couldn't get the other fash
light from home without his wife
asking awkward questions.
Henry took the trail westward,
up along the old tunnel road to-
ward the place where Professor
Bisbee had been shot and killed. II
was a sunny day after the storm,
and not until he approached this
place did he begin to feel uneasy.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05
Lions Pleased by
Billy Jefferson

Detroit. Sept. 5~AP- Good foot
ball players are what the Detroit
Lions can use and It looks as II
they have come up with one in
Halfback Billy Jefferson.
A 2ll-pound siX-toot-two product
of Mississippi State. Jefferson al
most single-handed led the Lions
freshmen to AZ to II victory
over the varsity in an exhibition
game last night in the University
of Detroit stadium.
He scored TWO OF his team s
touchdowns and was on. the passing
end of the third which saw the
freshmen come from behind after
the varsity had taken l7-l4 lead.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05

Lloyd Seay
Only q few hours after he had
won 100-mile auto race at Lake
wood park, Atlanta, Ga, Lloyd
Seay, 21-year-old Atlanta auto
mobile racing driver, was shot
and killed in Dahlonega, Ga. Po-
lice said Seay's death occurred
during a fight, in which his BROTH
er, Robert, was critically wounded.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05
CALLED TO DUTY.

CHICAGO ms - Apparently
ending any chance that he will
play professional football this fan.
~Passin Paul" Chrstmau. former
University OF Missouri All Ameri-
can hslfback. Was called 10 duty
today by the Navy Christman
enlisted earlier this week as a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05
pROWNs Al FALLS

Newbery, Sept. 5-Gus Boenke,
70. Rossford, O., drowned while
swimming. at the foot OF Tahquam-
enon Falls. Companions said that
the current carried him into heavy
foam and he appeared TO suffocate
before sinking out of sight. New.
berry state police and conservation
officers planned to drag the river
today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05

chief bostswain's mate in the u.
s Naval Reserves. but had sx-
pressed belief he would not he
called up until next month. enabling
him 10 appear IN the opening
games with the Chicago Cardinals
Of the National Professional Foot.
bah League. with whom he had
signed a contract
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05

AKRON. O.-INS - Denied a
change Of venue. Albert b. Lukens.
57-year-old ianitor who allegedly
killed 2i-year-old Ruth Zwickker as
she fought of his advances and
then cremated her body in the
North Hill Methodist Church fur.
mace, went on trial here for first
degree Staying.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05
How They Stand

sGames behind leader.
Thursdays Results
Cleveland I, Detroit 90 in
nings).
New York s, Boston g.
Philadelphia at Washington, rain.
Only games scheduled.
Today's Games
Cleveland at Detroit
St. Louis at Chicago, night.
successive singles in the seventh TO
tie the score at four runs. Trout
was rushed from the bullpen. He
stayed out of trouble until the
tenth, but the misplays proved his
undoing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05
TO REDUCE FIELD

PEBBLE BEACH, Gains -
Two rounds Of play today in the
California Amateur Golf Champion
ship will cut the original starting
field to the last four. These four
tomorrow will meet in the SENT
final 36-hole matches.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05
NOT SUFFERING

CHICAGO-UP-President Rob
ert NJ Hutchins Of the University
OF Chicago said today the Cniyersi-
~ had not suffered from its sooli-
ton OF intercollegiate football and
that the campus had reacted with
feeling OF relief Term;ng
football a conspicuous adjunct %
academic life. Hutch.ns said some
persons had feared enrolment aud
Alumni interest would drop after
the sport was abolished az Chicago
year ago.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-05
Only games scheduled.

Thursdays Results
Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 0.
Chicago "a, St. Louis 0-3.
Boston at New York, two games.
rain.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia, rain.
Today's Games
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (2).
Only games scheduled
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Lewis Order Ends Coal Strike
With Work Resuming onight;
Board Begins Study Tomorrow
President and Fronkensteen
Confer on Aviation Labor
ToIks Aimed at Preventing WoIkouts;
Air Associates Trouble Discussed

A White House conference was
scheduled today between Richard T.
Frankensteen, national director of
C. I. o. aviation workers, and Presi-
dent Roosevelt as the Government
took steps to bring to an end the
threat of spreading defense indus
try strikes.
The President, in talking with Mr.
Frankensteen, was expected to dis
cuss the situation at the plant of
Air Associates, Bendix, N. J. Three
United States Army officers went to
that plant today to insure that the
corporation reinStated 65 former C.
I. o. strikers in conformance with
Defense Mediation Board ruling.
Government attention was focused
on other strikes in defense plants
in st. Louis, Plymouth, Mich, and
Bay City, Mich. and on the posi-
bility that trouble in the aircraft
manufacturing industry mi h t
spread.
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Probers for Congress
Got 100000 From
Films, Bioff Says
Answers Judges Query
About Gifts Of Money
To Legislatures
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Oct. 30.-William
Bioff, West Coast labor leader, told
a Federal Court jury today that Il
am prepared to show that 5000 900
was given to investigators in the
congressional investigation Of the
motion picture industry"
Bioff made the statement as he
resumed the witness stand for the
fourth day of cross-examination in
his trial on charges Of extorting
money from movie producers as the
price OF labor peace in the industry.
In explanation to the court, Bioff
said his statement was in response
to Judge John c. Knox's question
of yesterday as to whether Bioff
knew of any Legislatures to which
Schenck gave money"
Earlier, Bioff had testified that he
acted as a messenger for Nicholas
M. Schenck, head of Loew's, Inc, in
the collection of more than 81 ,000, 900
from various movie executives which
he said he delivered to Schenck's
brother, Joseph, then chairman Of
the board of Goth Century-Fox
Films.
The money, Bioff said Nicholas
Schenck told him, was to be used
for the benefit of the entire movie
industry which Schenck contended
was being "sandbagged by legisla-
ton"
Under questioning, Bioff asserted
that he agreed to undertake the de-
liveries after only, few chats with
Schenck. Asked If he had lunched
with Schenck on these occasions,
the witness replied:
"He don't eat no lunch, he eats an
apple. had an apple with him.
United States Attorney Matthias
F. Correa ignored Biof1's statement
on the movie investigation for the
moment and continued his cross-ex-
animation.
Bioff and George E. Browne, presi-
dent of the International Alliance
of Theatrical Stage Employees CA. F.
L., are on trial charged with ex-
torting $550,000 from major movie
producers in violation of the Fed
eral Anti-Racketeering Act.
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Japanese Move TO Place
Industry on War Basis
BY the Associated Press.

6y tne ASSOCIATED FreSS.
TOXIC, Oct. 30-Domei said the
government took its first concrete
step today toward placing key Jap
anese industries on a complete war
basis when the Ministry of Com
merce and Industry ordered the
iron, steel and coal industries to
organize control associations.
The news agency also said the
ministerial order designated As iron
and steel companies and "a coal
companies which are qualified for
membership in the projected control
associations.
Further evidence of the degree to
which Japan is preparing internally
for a full wartime footing was an
Education Ministry announcement
that, besides the college closing in
December for students military
training, high school graduations
would be advanced from March to
December to speed industrial train
ing.
Premier Gen. Hedeki TOTO. speak
ing to the Imperial Rule Aid Asso-
citation, stressed the necessity to
total defense Of strengthening tbs
nations internal structure. saying
that was the first problem Japan
must solve.
Evening star., 1941-10-30
Ndzi Nationals Abroad
Reported Recalled
To Fight Russians
Reich Also Declared
Seeking Skilled Labor
From Neutral Areas
Nv the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Trust-
worthy advices reaching the As
sociated Press today said Germans
abroad, some with homes and bust
nesses in foreign countries, had been
called to Germany in recent weeks
to fight on the Russian front.
About 300 in small groups left one
country in the last few weeks. The
friends of one man who left three
weeks ago have received word
already of his death in action.
Apart from those advices. the Brit
ish radio said Germany had been
compelled also to draw workers from
war industries for service in the
fighting line and that to make up
the gap in factory ranks Germany
now wants to buy skilled labor at
high rates from neutrals."
B. B. c. said Recommendation for
this lies in offlcial Swedish reports
that Germany is trying to recruit
Swedish aircraft workers on a large
scale and that in memorandum to
the Swedish government the di-
rector Of the Swedish Social Affairs
Administration" had protested these
attempts to buy out Sweden's
labor"
N. B. c. transcribed the B. B. C.
broadcast in New York.
Lack Of Trained Workers Seen.
B. B. c. said Adolf Hitler's recent
statement that certain phases of war
industry were being closed down be-
cause of accumulated reserves
actually meant that Germany lacked
enough trained workers to keep them
going.
The German Army is claiming
men due to the heavy casualties on
the eastern 'front.'" B. 3. C.. said.
Forced labor from the occupied
countries has not given the results
(See GERMANS, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1941-10-30

The latter problem was believed to
be the main issue in the discussion
between Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr..
Frankensteen. The conference was
arranged by an unidentified member
of Congress, it was explained at the
White House, rather than upon any
direct request either by Mr.. Roose-
welt or Mr.. Frankensteen
The status of the various defense
strikes was as follows:
At st. Louis yesterday strike
closed the machine tool plant of the
Medart Co. Three hundred c. I. o.
employees demanded closed shop
and wage increases-an immediate
boost of 10 cents an hour and an
other cents after six months.
A machine gun factory in Plym-
outh, Mich, operated by the Kelsey
Hayes Wheel Co., was idle as a
result of strike of C. I. o. en-
ployes who objected to the company
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