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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
Saturday, July 10, 194l
the Side
By E. v. Durling
I think you are happy
In this second match,
For 10 e1ceis your first.

(The percentage happy is much higher in
first matches Evidently the
first marriage the judgment in selecting mate SO II
first marriage failed be optimistic try again. AT tins time we
have statistics third marrages.-EVD)
TNIERE 97051 than women in this country
il difficult to understand why many complain
Of not being able to get man.
Consider our campaign No 1884 started today.
This is directed against match manufacturers who turn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
Miss RAND

to acquainted With"
Scientists stl hopeful Of nventng "deathray for use
in aerial warfare one scientist describes such "a jet
OF radoacton of hitherto undiscovered quality that will
cripple Something might wreck the explode
bomb load burn the plane XII The crew. Let hope the
don't discover this "deathray first That could happen
UOUR country right wrong. right kept right
" wrong to he put right"
SO said Carl Schurz.
In England woman can't vote until she 30 years age
Professional football in the United States originated by
Marcus DAILY copper king when organized aared team
represent the city of Butte Mont.
naming place the marriage Wilmington
Franklin Ethel concluded
by saying 1T rainy day why the weather report - asks
a Chcagoan.
Well sir YOU know the old saying;
"BIest be the bride the shines ON
General Mctzcl Of the German high command has
''The realities of notcs plan,
but the exploitation hostile weakness"
Quite The Naz weakness the civilian population
Continuous bombing Of may bring revolt
Civilian population lost the last war for Germany
SALLY RAND Spends her acting
~ Sally playing Tauah Bankheads part in The
interesting Talulah also decided
change activity good thing and her summers
Mrs. AI,emu Whitney Known TO her n,ina,es as Liz"
From Jock Whitney she received 100000 divorce settlement
Which reminds who knows the original OF the saying that
amt hay"
Gertrude Lawrence The stages most versatile
birthday wedding anniversary occurred July A.
Gere admits being AZ and Is an excellent example OF no"
young intelligent with character look
her fOrtcS ! would Miss Lawrence looks about 80
John F Flaacke. Banking employe Another of the
champions born New York City Mr.. Flaacke the steady
kb champion Of the world
y lie has had the Job for II years.
ONLY time Ethel Lionel and Barrymore appeared together
" stage the curtanaiser "Pantaloon by j. NJ
Barrie.
Another dog Champ Clarks vorite dtty You Gotta
Stop Kicking My Dog Around
What are the words Of Sewing
Soldiers" of the boys Camp Din All know is the
last four lines
0me soldiers send cpistc
Say they'd sleep IN ths}cs
Than the SOFT short SHIRTS
For soldiers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
Elsie
Robinson
Working in the Dark
Toughest Test
BY ELSIE ROBINSON

BY ELSIE hOblNSON
OFTEN / think OF that
" period in Christ's life OF
which there is no record -.
that dreadful hour of dark
ness and confusion whish
must have come before the
stone gave way -. before
He saw the quickening dawn.
Working in the dark"
That's the toughest test we
all must face. Easy enough
TO drift with life -. or sur
render to death 40. IL there's
nothing else to do.
But when one must work
in the dark" not knowing
what's ahead not know
ing where ones laundering
gestures will end there's
challenge few Of us can
take.
Yet we all must take Il
now. individually and as q
nation.
Working in the dark"
Our pioneer fathers thought
they knew how tough that
could be. Thought that MOTH
ing could be tougher than the
hazards they faced. day by
day.
Would there be water ahead
of them in the morning?
ar DROUGHT that cut
" quicker, and more agoniz-
-ingly, than any plague?
Would there be the safety
of some white-skin fort? Or
the torture of a red-skin at
tack?
Creeping over the slow and
dreadful miles frozen
or blistered by frost or sun
glare they asked them
selves these questions.
And went ahead blindly,
working in the dark"
And today you and ] are
doing the same thing-going
it blind. working in a new
and more dreadful dark.
The old laws which we
knew are gone. The old Gus
toms and passwords on which
we depended have been wiped
out. Even the prejudices,
attitudes, conventions that
padded our childhood, have
been junked.
Literally and fearfully we
are working in the dark.
WAS il like that for Him.
w 1 wonder, before the
Resurrection came?
Did He wake to a hideous
hopelessness that was worse,
even. than the agony on the
cross?
Sitting there, blind
wrapped in grave clothes in
that strange, sealed tomb
did He wonder where to turn?
How to begin?
You and I wake that way,
often. in these dark nights.
Reading the headlines 4.
listening to the news you
and ! are overcome by the
same terror or lethargy.
Which way shall we turn.
How shall we escape! What's
the answer?
There is only one answer
our own will-power and
faith.
Always, since the beginning,
that has been the only answer.
For always men have had to
work in the dark" or take
the count. And always they
have had to supply what 1t
takes, out of their own
hearts and the spark God lit
in them or else.
Working in the dark. We're
all doing that today. Not in
a medicine tent, but in some
common chore. Standing over
a sink.
Sitting behind a desk.
Checking columns.
Wiping a baby's nose.
Have we the courage to
take the test that divides a
sissy from a soldier? The
test of a man. Or will we
give way.
Working in the dark
God guide our fumbling
hands!
1871, King Features synd.. Il
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
81 SHIPS DETAINED

Vessels which had no com
munists in their crews did not
JOIN the action, except IN
Russian ports. where the sea
men were forced 10 abandon
their ships with the help Of
the Soviet police.
( BY October 9. n German
SHIPS were nefd imprisoned in
Leningrad harbor. BY October
ID, their number had increased
10 36. The crews Of FIVE
German steamers were taken
ashore in Odessa.
Occasionally the officers Of
a ship attempted 10 take their
craft TO sea at night, leaving
their crews behind. / had
foreSeen that. We had set up
vigilantc committees 10 keep
watch on every quay.
Runaway steamers were
forced 10 return, and their
captains were fined by the
Soviet authorities for CON
spring TO 60 10 sea with un-
dermanned- ships.
The German government
protested vigorously against
this detention of German
ships in Soviet ports. and
against the mass abduction of
German sailors. The Soviet
government replied that the
German Seamen were striking
of their own volition. and that
II had no legal power 10 inter-
vene.
Meanwhile. the 700 "strik-
ing Seamen in Leningrad
were lavishly entertained. The
picketing OF their ships was
done by KomSomols and the
GPU. The daily strike meet
ting was really a banquet.
followed by floor shows and
dancing.
SAILORS LIVE HIGH
In their own words, the
German sailors lived like
lords" Most of them had ac-
quired Russian sweethearts-
"Streik-Liebchen." Excursions
were arranged for them, as
well as evenings at the
theaters and visits to model
factories and museums.
Everything possible was
done 10 keep the German
workers from mingling with
their Russian fellow-toilers.
On the morning of October
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
APPEAL FOR ACTION

ana ndQ IL translated INTO
seven Languages under the
heading, Rescue the kidnapped
Chinese coolie." I notified
our units in lie Havre, Oran.
and Alexandria 10 leave moth
ing undone 10 help Yang
escape from his floating
prison.
The ship meanwhile called
at lie Havre. An attempt by
local Communists 10 free our
Chinese comrade was foiled
by the French police. The
steamer proceeded 10 the
next port of call, Oran. on
the North African coast, with
Yang still aboard.
Kommissarenko was very
angry. Others who had
known the cheerful little
Chinaman already considered
him as good as dead. After
a sleepless night I came TO the
conclusion that there was
only one man capable Of
liberating Yang.
This man was Michel
Avatin, the Lett of the
S-Apparat - Espionage De-
Tense department - of the
Comintern. Avatin was in
Berlin. Since he was under
GPU jurisdiction, / had no
power to summon him.
"Give me Avatin for three
weeks" 1 told Kommissa-
renko.
For a while the Russian
thought il over. His calm,
blond face betrayed nothing.
Then he said
"Avatin. of course. !
should have thought OF him
before"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
VICTORY FOR SOVIET

u
Albert Walter, Edgar Andree
and Christian Heuck, a Reich
stag deputy from Kiel.
tHeuck hanged himself in
1888 shortly after his arrest
by the GestapoD
All three had been seized in
violation of their constitutional
immunity. The whole non
Communist press. from the
NaziS 10 the Social Democrats.
demanded drastic punishment
for the arrested.
Nothing happened. The in
vestigations of the police and
the courts got nowhere. The
Soviet Union was at that time
Germany's best customer.
The Soviet flag ranked second
only TO the Union Jack among
the foreign shipping in Ger
man harbors.
The German government
realized that a prosecution Of
the strike leaders would in
evitably incriminate and com
promise the Soviet Union, and
feared the consequences 10 the
trade and political relations
between Moscow and Berlin.
After nine days in Jail. we
all were released without
further ado. We stepped out
into the gray November light,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
BLOW AT ESPIONAGE

Schmidt's mission had to do
with stamping out foreign
espionage within Soviet ranks.
His task was to deliver a blow
10 the MISUNDERSTANDING. the
foreign division of the Nazi
Party.
Since no, one in the Comm
tern was better informed than
L on the Nazi doings in the
merchant marine, l was sum-
moned TO take part in the
conferences between Schmidt
and Avatin.
The Nazi foreign division
was the organization of
National Socialists outside of
the German frontiers. 1t
commanded strong columns in
the United States and most
South American countries, in
the Balkans. and 10 a lesser
extent in Western Europe and
Scandinavia.
In the Far East and in
France, il co-operated with
elements of the former czarist
army. The MISUNDERSTANDING
played a dual role. Officially
il endeavored TO carry Nazi
propaganda into the homes
and offices of the 100000
Germans living abroad.
Unofficially it maintained
more effective network of
international military espio-
mage than the German secret
service; the results of Nazi
military espionage were trans
mitted To the general staff
and the officer corps of the
Reichswehr. and was one OF
the chief means of widening
and consolidating Nazi in
flucnce in the armed forces
OF the German republic. y
Ito Be Continued)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-19
CHAPTER az

Aboard the Asia, the chief
officer blocked the gangway
with a gun in his hand. Gangs
of Russian longshoremen, led
by GPU man, now boarded
the ships. The Asia officer
was struck down. The rebels
i'm the crews were bundled
ashore by main force.
An hour later, / tebegraphed
10 Hamburg, Bremen, Ant
werp ana Rotterdam.
German crews In Lenin-
grad strike 100 per cent.
Appeal 10 all other crews To
follow example Of Leningrad
mutlneers."
The news was flashed
around the globe In Ham
burg. Bremen. Kiel, Stettin,
in Belgium and Holland. in
Bordeaux. Philadelphia and
Bombay, German sailors tied
up their ships.
Rumors Of mutinieS on the
high seas poured in. More
than 100 crews struck In
each case the strike decision
was enforced by the Party
unit aboard the respective
ship.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Four PAGES

An equal distance -four paces)
should be counted between the
units in the procession, but a
double distance teight paces)
should be counted before you
and your father enter. You en-
ter on your fathers right arm.
Al the first notes Of the we'd
ding march ttraditionally this is
the Wedding March from
'LohengrinD. the procession
starts up the aisle. These notes
are also the cue for the minis
ter 10 enter (from an entrance
in the front OF the halD, fol-
lowed by the bridegroom and his
best man.
2. II there is brides table
with the bride. groom and their
attendants at this table,. very
often the general dancing begins
before the bridal party is ready
to Join the dancing. When this
group does Join the dancing. the
bride and groom dance al first
together. and the bride dances
next with the best man, and the
groom with the maid Of honor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
To TnFonmaT Wedding
Promptly and Properly
nv MRS. CORNELIUS BEECKMAN
Authority on Good Manners

}00d Manners
honor, possibly matron OF
honor. and six ushers. Will you
please tell me the correct order
Of their entrance
2. When does the bridal waltz
usually take place?
BRIDE-TO-BE.
l. First in the procession
come the six ushers. walking to-
gether, two by two. the shortest
leading. II you decide TO have
bridesmaids, they come next.
walking together. two by two,
the shortest leading. Next comes
the maid of honor. walking
alone.
II you decide 10 have both
maid OF honor and a matron Of
honor. they may be dressed alike
and walk together, or they may
be dress in gowns of the
same type but OF harmonizing
colors, and walk together. II
they do not walk together, the
one chosen TO walk just before
you and your father is the one
who is nearer TO you IN rela-
tionship or friendship.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

OUNCE an invitation should be
~ acknowledged with a reply
that is in kind with the invita-
ton, you write a note of accept
ance or regret when you receive
q note inviting you 10 the we'd
ding.
This informal note is a par
ticular personal kind of invita-
tion, since 1t pays compliment
10 you as being close either in
family relationship or friend
fhip.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Give II Food

A well balanced commercial
fertilizer applied 10 the soil al
the rate of about IS pounds TO
1000 square feet will supply the
plant food required. After this
work Is all done. water the soil
we'll which will settle IL and firm
IL and then let IL stand for a
few days before sowing the
grass seed
Blue grass is the standard
seed that is being sown today
as it viii grow under almost
any condition.
Redtop is useful as II grows
rapidly and acts as protection
for the slower growing kinds
which eventually takes its place,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
| dWns
Need Good
Foundation
Nv AMATEUR GARDENER

THE foundation is one Of the
= most important points to re-
member in lawn making for
you must keep in mind that a
lawn Is a long time proposition.
This foundation work includes
good drainage. the right soil
texture and food supply.
II the soil is a little heavy or
contains much clay it may be
lightened by working in some
sand or some form Of humus
such as peat moss.
II the soil Is sandy or too
light IL may be improved also
by adding the same kind OF
humus material such as peat
moss. II works both ways. Well
rotted manure will also answer
the same purpose but always be
sure you are getting manure
that Is well decayed or decom-
posed because this kind will be
free from weed seed which Is
due 10 fermentation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
Queries

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
I am planning 10 be married
this month. on Sunday eve
ming. The wedding is 70 take
place in q hall
/. ! intend 10 have maid OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
e, Prompt

/. You should answer this infor-
NAL invitation promptly since
This courtesy will be of help to
the hostess in making her plans
Jor a specified number of guests.
Write your reply on conventional
two-sheeted letter paper or note
paper.
. If the note Of invitation Is
from the brides mother and
you are accepting, you might
answer somewhat like this:
DEAR MRS. BROOKS:
. Nv husband and I were de-
lighted TO receive your limitation
TO the iOeddin0 Of Dorothy and
Kenneth. and we accept NTH
great pleasure. We Wiii be at
.Grace Church on Tuesday. June
tenth, NJ four o'clock for the
.csremony. and come oftsrWord
TO your house to irish happiness
.und good fortune TO the brtde
sord Bridegroom,
n Sincerely.
~ NANCY WOOD.
f: Let's say that the bride has
written the invitation in her
. mothers name, and that you
ARE unable 10 accept. Then your
+. answer might read somewhat
F. like this:
. DEAR DOROTHY
/. Bob and ! are deeply disdp-
{. pointed that ne ,coH't be able 10
/. b at your ueddin0 TO Kenneth
/. on June tenth. Bob's mother ~
. III, and ne arc ledtipg todGy for
. Chicago.
. Our sincere thanks 10 your
. mother, and oil good icishes 10
. you and Kenneth for happiness
and good fortune niUnys. Wen
. BE- thinking al you ietlts9ty- az
fie day
Afeetiopotc'H
.. JOAN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
eont Calls for Care

Bent grasses are exceptionally
fine for all occasions but this
variety will require better con-
ditions than the other grasses,
requires more frequent moving,
more watering and more feeding
10 keep IL growing well.
White clover is usually mixed
in with the other grass seeds az
II adds variety and helps 10
keep down weeds during the
first several years while the
other grasses are becoming es-
tablished.
Fall is the best time 10 make
a new lawn but the lawn made
in the Spring will be Just as
successful if watched carefully
during the Summer.
How TO Sow
Divide the seed in two equal
parts. Sow the one part while
walking one way and the other
part while walking the other
way. The soil can then be raked
lightly or the seed can be COW
cred with a sprinkling OF soil,
sand and peat moss mixed in
equal parts.
Roll the lawn which will firm
the soil around the seeds but do
not roll too heavily. The lawn is
then ready for q good watering
and this should be done with a
fine sprinkler or hose to prevent
washing. but thoroughly enough
to keep the SCI from drying out.
Evening star., 1941-01-21

point, or at least was not allowed
to do so, and the old soldier avoided
it. although he moved closely around.
But, with other visitors, he was
more outspoken. From two of those
visitors, it was learned recently that
Marshal Petain's outlook on the war
does not materially differ today from
what it was seven months ago.
The fact is of capital Importance.
1t has been said that the dictates OF
national honor would prevent the
Vichy government from lending any
voluntary help to the German victor
in the struggle against England and
that it would not go, therefore, be-
yond the commitments entered into
under the armistice convention.
Nevertheless it is hard to imagine
that the leader, shouldering all re-
sponsibility for the future of his
country, will not be, in the long
run. detected from his course If
there is no room whatever in his
anticipation of the future for the
possibility of an ultimate Anglo
Saxon triumph.
Breach Caused BY Personal Feeling.
Last October Marshal Petain
agreed in principle to cooperate
with Germany, obviously impressed
by the somewhat ostentatious ac-
count of German military power
Adolf Hitler volunteered to give him
at the Montoire meeting. Later on,
it is true. he disagreed with Pierre
Laval about the methods of "appli-
cation" But the breach between
both must have been caused more by
personal feeling than by political
motives if the fixed idea that Ger
many cannot fail to dominate the
continent preys upon the marshal.
Last week, Fernand de Brinon,
who represents the French govern
ment in Paris. hastened to Vichy
He told Pierre-Etienne Flandin that
at last. the German government was
ready to submit his requests as re-
CARDS Franco-German cooperation,
that those requests would be politi-
cal, economic, strategic and would
extend to the working of French in
dustries. He added they were not
disposed to trust to the Vichy regime
as long as Laval was kept away.
Yesterday it was reported that Mar
shall Petain and Laval had spent an
hour together. Clearly, we are at q
turning.
The progress Of the campaign in
the Mediterranean, in Albania and
Africa since last summer would
seem to have proved that the
French military leaders who re-
fused. last spring, to throw the
French fleet on the side of England
and to continue the fight in North
Africa, had grossly undervalued
England's strength, that if the sup
port of the French warships had
not failed the British, Italy, by now,
would have crumbled
Does Marshal Petain admit that
Evening star., 1941-01-21
Petuin's S Idea on Victory
Marshal Is Represented os cIineine
To Belief Germany Will Win War

In Tours and Bordeaux his calcu-
lations were wrong? To Mr. Aliens
query he returned an evasive and
incomplete answer. He said no
competent authority could dare pro-
nounce itself about the military re-
suits which might have been
achieved in Frances African pos
sessions had they been left free to
proceed further with the war. But
he kept silent about the navy as
though, in the very peculiar cir
cumstances of Frances disaster, the
problem of the empire and the prob
lem of the fleet ought, at any rate,
to have been considered separately.
Boon In Unity Questioned.
He expatiated on the theme that,
by including metropolitan territory
the French empire and the navy in
the armistice conventions, Frances
unity had been safeguarded. But
could then the unity Of France be
called a great boon? Does 1t not
rather play into the hands of the
German victor? Does it not make
for total and unbelievable defeat?
The only kind of unity which mat
tiers nowadays, while the German
Army holds tWo-thirds of French
soil, is the moral unity of all French
men.
To the outward and largely fic-
tinous unity of the French structure,
the spiritual and inward unity of
the nation was sacrificed. Cruel is
the frontier driven by the German
occupant across French provinces
More cruel and serious in its conse-
quenceS is the frontier which rends
asunder the French soul. The Vichy
government boasts that practically
the whole French people backs it.
But at the same time projects are
known to declare that 80 per cent of
the population committed to their
charge are pro-British. If, admit
tedly, Marshal Petain commands a
volume Of public confidence denied
to others. it is because the average
man credits him with the latent will
to turn against the German con-
queror at the first opportunity.
The trend of French affairs is a
riddle to any one who does not un-
dertsand that the upheaval, at the
end Of the spring was twofold. The
French Army was routed and de-
stroyed. simultaneously, what can
be called the "counter-revolutionary
party" the party which, all through
the 10Th century, had tried to de-
stroy the tradition of 1889 and, time
after time, had failed in the at
tempt, managed to capture public
authority. 1t was hugely swollen by
the backwash of the disaster.
Laval realized what the occasion
had in its gift and seized it with
his usual aStuteneSs. Nobody
doubts the sincerity of Marshal
Petain and Gen. Weygand's patriot
ism. But is 1t so certain that their
hate for anything resembling de-
mocracy or representative institu-
tions did not color their views in
that juncture? Does not their dis
like of everything British originate
(see PERT1NAX, Page Aid
Evening star., 1941-01-21
Recreation Association
Urqed to Garry On Work

A plea that the early foundations
Of children's characters be firm
and free from bitterness" was made
yesterday by Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss, sponsor of the National
Recreation Association, who invited
funds to carry on the work Of the
organization.
In a letter to members Of the
local association she urged that the
work of the national body be car
ried on so that "our youth may
60 forward better equipped to meet
the solemn days to come" She
added: I'VE owe them as much fun
and happiness as we can give them"
Association field workers serve
more than TOO cities and give
training to more than 5000 paid
or volunteer recreation leaders, she
pointed out.
The associations free correspond
ence bureau serves some $500 COM
munfties Of the United States and
IS other countries.