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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

Mystery woman-with the
few facts known about the
past of Mary Griffin (above)
police sought her slayer.
OF which was laced with a thin
leather thong. This he speedily
opened and spilled the contents
Of the bag on the table.
Even the teran chief
blinked and caught his breath
at the sight before him. From
the bag there had literally cas-
caded a fortune in glittering.
flashing diamonds! The intruder
or intruders, whoever they were,
had missed the cache they evil
IDENTIFY sought by a few wads Of
cottoni
The footstool and the gems
were taken to headquarters by
uniformed police. while the fin
gerprint men began their work;
and Wilson himself supervised a
minute examination of the
house. 1t was a long, careful
search with no detail, however
small, omitted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
Unable to
AHstGer Questions

During her brief lapSes into
consciousness. the doctors tried
to question her, but she would
only look at them with terror
stricken eyes and try to point to
something just as she had done
when Patrolman Enghram first
found her.
1t didn't take long 10 learn
that the u gems found in the
footstool were first water dia-
monds. But, alas, diamond deal
ers stated that they couldn't
trace unset stones, though all
were willing TO list persons who
had bought such stones within
the past few years.
And not one of the dealers
could recall Mary Griffin.
AS Wilson concluded, the
phone rang over the wires
came the hospital report that
Mary Griffin had succumbed to
her injuries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
No Way Linked to Communism

these organizations communstic trade
connected with the labor movement although
the trade suffering The fate OF the rest OF the national
organizations
On the third Of April this the leading national organ
cations of Norway letter OF protest 10 TeTboven
stating gangerS
Quisng leading the chaos and complete law
lessness No received
But indirect given by the end of the month
when circular all civil and
the employ of the administration requesting them to state
script
What they thought of 6using?
2-How they felt about his National Socaistic Party
blow they looked the collaboration with the German
forces of occupation
that anybody failing give would
listed as being "Imbued with inlmical spirit"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
Mary Griffin S Dingy
House Held Fortune
Broke Into Her Wichita
Home but Missed the Real Loot

oid=fashioned footstoof with the
top almost torn off,
A few minutes later the
neighborhood was rudely aWak-
erred by the changing bell OF an
ambulance that tore through the
deserted streets to rush the bat
tered old woman to the hospital
and the screaming siren of a
car that sped Chief Of Police
O. w. Wilson and his aides TO
the scene.
After few words with the
patrolman, the chief looked with
interest at the aged furnishings
and the evidence of a terrific
struggle. An old washStand
was overturned.
A faded red carpet was caked
with crimson.
The chief Immediately or
dered a Gordon thrown around
the house TO prevent the crowd,
that was beginning TO collect,
from destroying footprints that
might be found in the snow.
Wilson then made a cursory
study of the living room. where
evidently the visitors had
wrought their greatest havoc.
Enghram pointed out the foot
stool which the dying woman
seemed TO have indicated.
Mischief picked il up, carried
it to a table near the lamp and
dug into the stuffings, pulling
out old hair and cotton. Then
suddenly his hand appeared
with a chamois bag-one end
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

In 1910, it is said. 307 patents
were registered, all of which
were designed TO give better
telephone service. That's fine,
but how about the visual tele-
phone which is already practi-
cal. When will we get that in
the United States?
Seems to be an increase in
number of people who have no
knowledge of the extent of their
capacity for strong drink. There
should be drinking licenses
which could be taken from
people who are unable to handle
their liquor.
Bacon and eggs Is again The
winner as the country's most
popular dish. Too many people
have the same thing every day.
I IKE something different each
morning.
Speaking of having the same
breakfast daily a fountain lunch
attendant told me he has a
feminine customer who every
day has a chocolate ice cream
soda and sardine sandwich
for breakfast.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
Police Finally
Get o. Break

It was one night a week later
that break came. Wilson and
Hayes entered a basement dive
in fremont avenue where the
air was thick with smoke and
liquor fumes. AS the officers
made their appearance two men
quickly. arose Wilson recog-
nized O'Shea's face from his
police record. The officers
started across the room on a run
and the two men fled out the
back door which led 10 a vacant
lot-there the fugitives we're
lost in impenetrable darkness.
1t was late in the evening
when Seager gathered his men
to assist in experimenting the
killer. With Baum and Mans
field they drove to a cafe on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
43 Norwegian Groups Protest

the fifteenth Of May, 43 national organizations
memorial Terboven calling his attention
of developments Norway declaring that "the DEGREES
commissioners open violation
wegian law and principle of law Justice
stated that the attempt people
Quisng to aid the work of the party "a well
considered make
Of their make them leave the way right
Justice
The memorial ended:
cit evident section
have provoked which
and Is harmful 10
THE is
to
April today n the earliest opportunity"
The letter signed by the council unions
national organizations Of civil of public functonae
University professors teachers of architects engineers
of insurance of chambers of dentists
artists authors and high
agriculture of teachers and
the Institutes Of technology professors
of foesers OF trained Of judges and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

He first examined a broken win
dow. under which he spotted a
brakeshoe key such as is used in
freight cars. Practically all the
glass had been smashed out of
the window, only a thin edge re-
naming in the putty. The thin
covering of snow on the frozen
ground revealed footprint traces
of two men who had evidently
come from the direction ef-the
railroad less than so feet away.
Only one of almost a hundred
prints appeared distinct enough
to be of any value, and this was
brought TO the attention Of one
of the police technicians, Sergt.
Cornelius Kelly.
Kelly Immediately set about
getting an impression by deli
cately painting the print with a
thin coat of heat-resisting shell
lac.
Chief Wilson had now two
clues TO the killers one the
brakeshoe key, he felt confident
revealed the occupation of at
least one of the slayers-a brake
man or railroad worker. The
second clue was the footprint.
At 8 o'clock, when Chief Will
son returned to headquarters,
copies of the morning papers
were on the streets and on the
breakfast tables IN thousands Of
Wichita homes. Screamer head
lines announcing the tragedy in
the house of mystery were bla-
Zoned across the front pages.
Wilson got a report from the
doctors on Mary Griffin's con-
-ditien-that- gave small chance
of her ever talking again. She
had a serious brain conclusion
and a broken jaw, which, in
woman OF her age, might never
heal sufficiently fer her to talk
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
Races DOlCn Path,
Jumps on Porch

Just a moments shuddering
hesitation and Enghram was
racing down the pathway and,
in a long vaulting leap he
landed on the Crumpiing front
porch. The officer heard a noise
like a slamming door coming
from the rear or the nome,
from the inside came no more
than a gurgling groan.
He was off the porch and
around the dilapidated structure
in swift run that brought him
crashing into a crouched body
that seemed to come out of the
ground. He was staggered from
the force of the collision when
the figure slipped like a wrath
from his grasp and disappeared
from the rear Of the house
into the Stygian darkness.
Enghram didn't follow be-
cause he knew the impossibility
OF finding any one around the
railroad tracks at highland
besides, the moaning cry from
inside the house was getting
fainter and fainter. Gathering
his stunned wits, he opened the
rear door and walked in to an
eerie black wall. There was an
open door that led TO the front
of the house, and through this
he stepped softly and warily
into large front room.
The moans came IRON a small
bedroom to the right, which he
entered, preceded by the bright
ray of his flashlight. He stopped
suddenly and stared at the
floor. The little old lady in
black lay there in a -crumpled.
hludopoupd hnani
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

been forgotten by people that during the
Revolutionary period the American colonies had rattle
snake flag" According to Wagnas New Standard En-
cycopeda:
the being coled to
The snakes rattles
generally numbered
Permitting pass the right has always seemed dam
recently noted been the
Where passing permitted theirs
should kind of from the behind whether
it is going pass the left right
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

-
Have you forgotten Rudolph Valen-
tho in The Sheik"? I haven't for
gotten Valentino was in it, but I never
saw the picture.
Were you present at the Dempsey
Firpo fight? Firpo really lived up to
that title, "The Wild Bull of the Pam
pas" when he got up off the floor after
being down seven times and knocked
Dempsey out of the ring.
A ballplayer a lot of Chicagoans
forget and shouldn't is Circus Solly"
Hoffman.
Do you recall the first time you ever
rode in a Pullman sleeper7 1 do.
even remember the first time ever ate
in a restaurant and what I had to eat.
1t was at Oliver Hitchcock's in Park
Row, Manhattan. had corn beef and
beans. Coffee and apple pie.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

Murder mosaic-from Tim
O'Shea (above) finally came a
story that pieced together the
intricate pattern of the crime.
West Third street where the
local detectives surrounded the
place while the two Kansas Of
hcerS entered
O'Shea, unSuSpecting, was sit
ting at a table near the door.
He never got a chance to get out
Of the chair, for Mansfield had
him covered with a gun.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
NeighbOrhOOd
Is Awakened

Enghram reached down and
lifted her To the huge old-faSh-
Toned bed. The woman opened
her eyes, stared CLASSIFY at the
patrolman, and her lips began to
move wordlessly. With a super
human effort her scrawny right
arm came up and pointed at
something in the front room.
Enghram's eyes followed the
direction and his light caught
the wrecked furniture in the
room. Nearest him was a small
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

incompetent Norwegian traitors.
Under the weight of public seof-n
and disdain, with united
nation quietly opposing every
illegal act, Terboven and his
commissioners had the choice
between captivating or COM
hitting acts of crime and terror
on a progressive scale.
They chose the latter al
Tentative. All the laws of Nor
way were abrogated. All the
judges of the Supreme Court
resigned in a body as a protest,
and some OF them were sent to
prison. Local judges followed
the example set; and the Ger
mans set up peoples courts
On the German pattern.
But they soon found that
even any pretense OF a court of
law was a menace TO their rule,
and finally the whole country
was handed over TO the Gestapo
with Him mlers right hand
henchman, Rediess, as actual
dictator.
--tfartiaffaW- has been pro-
ted. every organization in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
Costly World War

A ENCOURAGEMENT Of the cur
n rent great shipbuilding pro-
gram of the government again
recalls the fact that 126 vessels
built by the United States gov
eminent during the World War
at a cost of $3o0,OO0,00o were
sold to a San Francisco man in
1922 for S750,000. Boy, is that
taking a loss?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
How Norway VIRTUES
Under Nazi Heel Told
Her Patriots Jailed or Executed, She
Recoils at Prosecutors

nv THE anniversary GsrnsHy abolition Of the Norwegian
" sui giving rs hs eoHqueors plenty
special article based the latest
leak of the country through an under
grapevine Habro president OF the Norwegian
lament behndtheeeneS picture OF whs IS going on
year after escaping King and other Free Norwegian
government officials London.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
Search Continues
Until Morning

The search continued until
morning and when the first gray
streaks of the cold, damp dawn
came I'D. Wilson went outside.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
BY CARL J. HAMBRo
President OF the Norwegian Parliament
nHriftra FTprsssIy for International News Ser,ceJ

NEW YORK oct the present reign Of German terror
Norway tremendous tension reported daily with executions
Germany OF hundreds OF the
the country result Of sudden explosion and
st less Of connStc activity, as Berlin would eao people
10 believe m
natural Of the attempt 10 enforce the new
CTYIfZEu
year ago sept Is the German high commissioner
Terh0en declared that the king had been
the constitution abolished and all political parties
dissolved
The administration Is commissioners
appointed Teboven The resentment In Norway against Quis-
the party which at the last elections in
Norway only fraction of cent of the
electorate strong Teroven did dare TO put him
of puppe Instead he declared him
poIca purity the only party allowed in Norway
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
Wife Waits for Meniou to Primp

MRS ADoLPIIE NENJoU among the wives who usually
N dressed for the heaer dinner before their husbands
Mrs. Meniou passes the waiting playing solitaire.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
A Few GImpses From Aud Lang Syne

no YOU recall Claire i'm The Gold Diggers? recall
- Ina in THE Quaker Girl"
Remember near beer and the that the fellow who
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

claimed att radio con1scaed every organization in the
country political parties the Salvation Army and the Girl
Scouts declared dissolved and their leaders courmartaled
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05
Choose TO Set Up Reign of Terror

But peepe-pleHld -Miing-tn suhrnit-tT
German ridiculous contemplate utterly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-05

heap!
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Robber Suspect Reported
Identified by 10 Victims

Stephen T. Povich, 23-year-old
robbery suspect under guard at
Emergency Hospital, has been iden-
tilted by 10 victims of recent filling
station holdups as the man who
robbed them, Detective Capt. Ira E.
Keck reported today.
The identification, Capt Keck
said, was made by the victims after
viewing a photograph of Povich, who
still is in serious condition as re-
suit of a bullet wound in the chest
Detectives questioned Povich. for
mer Army sergeant at Fort Belvoir
and former welterweight boxer, at
the hospital yesterday. They said
he spoke of an ambush into which
he walked at a filling station at
Maine avenue and Seventh street
S.W. earlier this week, and of the
gun battle in which Policeman John
L. Sullivan shot him in the shoulder.
but that he could not remember
fleeing the scene.
A 27-year-old taxi driver. who con-
fessed driving the machine in which
the bandit escaped, is in police GUS
tody.
Yesterday, police said, Povich re-
fused to answer questions designed
to connect him with 30-odd filling
station holdups in the city recently
by a dark-skinned man, who ap-
peared in each instance during early
morning hours.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Sunrise Service Planned
Al Masonic Memorial
By a STAR correspondent Of The Star.

BY a STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April IL
The third annual COMMUNICATIVE
Easter sunrise service will be held
tomorrow morning on the steps of
the Masonic Memorial, preceded by
procession scheduled to start
at am.
The procession, to be made up
of worshipers from all churches,
will form in front of the post Office
and march to the memorial. The
George Washington High School
Band will lead.
A large cross, erected on the hill,
was lighted last night.
The invocation at the service will
be by the Rev. Norman Roberts.
Other clergymen to assist are the
Rev. F. w. Haverkamp, the Rev,
o. P. Lloyd, Bishop William Pierce
of the Methodist congregation, the
Rev. j. M. Jennings and the Rev.
Ryland T. Dodge.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Hoover Refuses TO Appear
Al Inquiry on Defense

Protesting that disclosure of in
formation would be fatal" to the
usefulness of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Director j. Edgar
Hoover has refused to appear before
the House Military Affairs Commit
tee investigating defense production.
In letter yesterday, Mr.. Hoover
told Committee Chairman May that
Attorney General Jackson agreed
with him, and that the policy was
approved by the President.
\. "AS director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation since 1924,
Mr.. Hoover wrote, Il have never ap-
reared before a congressional COM
nlittec to discuss the work of the
bureau other than the Appropria-
tions Committee passing on the bu-
reau's own appropriation.
During this entire period, it has
been the uniform policy that the
confidential character of the work
OF the bureau as an aid to the pros
ecutine arm of the Government
should be protected. The reasons
for this have been compelling. A
policy of disclosure otherwise than
through the processes of the court
would, in my opinion, be fatal to the
future usefulness of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
w. & 0. D. 10 Make
lis Last Trip Today
With Passengers
30-Yeor-OId Roilwoy
Forced to Suspend for
Lack Of Traffic

When Traindriver F. r. Ormsbee
opens the throttle on the lead car of
the Rosslyn-to-Pu train at
1:55 this afternoon, the last passen-
ger trip of the 30-year-old Wash
ington & Old Dominion Railroad
will begin.
Ordered by the Virginia State
Corporation Commission to dis
continue passenger service because
expenditures are in excess of assets,
the railroad is sending one last load
of passengers to the Purcellville
terminus before the midnight dead
line
Since 1911, when Senator Stephen
Elkins of West Virginia, and John
r. Mclean, newspaper publisher,
founded the old Washington & Old
Dominion Railway, the line has car
ried millions of passengers over the
single track from Rosslyn, through
Alexandria and Purcellville, to Blue
mont.
Employees Won't Lose Jobs.
In those days the railway also
ran trains to Great Falls, Va. The
Great Falls line was dropped in 1884
because OF. lack of patronage.
Other lines-the Arlington-F Fair
fax, the Alexandria Mount Vernon
and many others-also were dropped
when passenger lists shrunk. G. C.
Baggett, vice president of the rail-
road company, said today the w. &
o. D. owed its present existence to
the mail, express and freight it
handles.
None of the IS employees of the
company will lose their jobs, all
being needed to care for the four
passenger cars and four motor en-
gines now maintained.
So, when Mr.. Ormsbee opens the
throttle and Conductor John w.
Kelly starts collecting tickets. the
only riders probably will be last
ride" faddists, reporters and a scat
tering of Virginia farmers who'll
have to drive their own cars if they
want to come to Washington to-
morrow.
Orders by the Corporation Com
mission to close the line to pas
senger service have been postponed
threee times due to the efforts of
Mrs. Nellie Fletcher of Washington
and Leesburg.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Roosevelt Proposals
On 0verton Formula
Studied by Keeeh
Bills Main Provisions
Will Not Be Affected,
Corporation Counsel Says

The Overton bill to establish a
fiscal relations formula between the
Federal and District governments
has been turned over to Corporation
Counsel Richmond B. Keech for
legal recommendations on changes
suggested by President Roosevelt
The bill as originally drafted
would fix the Federal share in Dis
trict expenses by the ratio of FEEDER
ally-owned land to the total area of
the District, after certain deduc-
tons.
Last Monday President Roosevelt
stated his belief that the United
States should pay for capital i'm
provements in the District and that
cost of maintenance should be borne
by the District. 1t was to see how
this idea might be incorporated into
Legislative form as part of the
Overton formula that the bill was
turned over to Corporation Counsel
Keech.
Won't Alter Main Provisions
Mr.. Keech said he believed the
proposed changes would not affect
the main provisions of the bill. He
expected to submit A revised form
of the bill to Chairman Randolph of
the House District Committee some
time next week.
Mr.. Randolph said as soon as the
new draft is ready he will call
meeting of the full committee and
already has invited Senator Overton
to attend the session.
Chairman Randolph said he ex-
poets to call up five District bills
for action in the House Monday,
but none of them will be of con-
troversial nature. Hearings on a
rent control bill will be resumed the
latter part of next week. Mr.. Ran
dolph said he had received many
complaints from tenants. one in
volving a % per cent rent boost in
one month.
Five Bills Listed.
The bills which Mr.. Randolph eX-
poets will be passed by the House
Monday are:
Authorizing the Federal Security
Administration to accept gifts for
Freedmen's Hospital.
Authorizing the erection of recre-
alton buildings at st. Elizabeth's
Hospital
Enlarging the powers of the prop
erty clerk of the Police Department.
To amend the traffic act so that
8 congressional tag can be issued to
Hans Jurgensen, clerk of the
House.
Authorize retirement pay for
Charlotte E. Hunter, school
teacher.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Fall Victim Gets $3.50
In $4,000 Damage Case

After celebrating more than "a
hours, a District Court jury yester-
day awarded $3.50 to Mrs. Lola
Payne. who had asked $4,000 dam
ages from the District government
for injuries she said she suffered
in fall over board at sidewalk
excavation.
The jury received the case from
Justice Bolitha J. Laws at II a m
Thursday and reported shortly be-
fore pm. yesterday to Justice
Daniel w. ODonoghue.
Mrs. Payne, who lives at 1901
Concord street NV, contended her
nose was broken and three teeth
were damaged in the fall. She was
represented by Attorneys Fred j.
Icenhower and William K Teepe.
Assistant Corporation Counsels
James w. Lauderdale and Oliver
Gasch represented the District gov
eminent.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Thousands Expected
AT Botanic Garden S
Best Easter Show
To Be Open to Public
Tomorrow From 9
In Morning to a PM.

The Easter Flower Show at the
United States Botanic Garden has
been freshened up for a record
breaking throng of visitors expected
tomorrow and "is the best spring
display We have ever held" William
A. Frederick. who is in charge, said
today Florists and botanlsts are
visiting here from 20 Eastern States.
Mr.. Frederick said,
The show will be open to the pub
lie from 9 am. until 4 pm. tomor-
low, in the exhibition conservatory,
between Maryland and Independ-
ence avenues, First and Second
streets S.W. The display is in the
main corridor and in the east and
west large exhibition rooms,
There are more than 10000 Easter
lily blooms, with from II to 20
flowers on a plant. These are of the
Earbu and Creole types. An un-
usual feature is 1900 TO 5000 cine
raria plants in luxuriant growth and
bright coloring. This is more than
twice as many as the Botanic Gar
den has ever before had on display,
There are few duplicates among this
vast showing. From 5000 to 5000
narclssus and jonquil plants also
have been added during the past
week.
AS background in the two large
exhibition rooms there are about
100 large plants of azaleas, both the
STANDARD or tree type of indoor
plants and the Kaempferi or hardy,
( deSiduous type.
Mr.. Frederick has been notified
that the railroads are bringing in
/ thousands of show visitors on special
excursion trains, and that at least
| 10000 are coming in buses.