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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
The Council Scandal

Asst December when reports of bribery concerning the
l. Herman Gardens housing project first leaked out,
The Detroit Times etorialy urged prompt and thorough
investigation.
Today there is no question in the mind of single
Deroter but that the investigation HAS been prompt and
extremely thorough.
Judge Ferguson and Prosecutor Bowling have per-
sued their grand jury inquiry with such logged energy
that the whole sorry and shameful mess VIII be cleared
up Immediately.
Shocking as were the confessed corruption of Council
man Hamilton and the indictment against Councilman
Ewad. decent citizens unanimous In their demands
that the rotten conspiracy be unfoded in its entirety
The unfolding will not be pleasant Other council
may be involved.
That is a gloomy prospect 1t casts cloud on the
integrity of Detrots governmental structure.
But it is better to have things IN the clear ana 10
start fresh, than to hush things up Deroters may be
thankful at least that they have nquisitor as fortnight
as Judge Ferguson who promises to stick to his ugly task
until that task is done.
TWO details remain to be clarified in the web of bribery
L and corruption.
One is the naive conduct of the city government in
continuing send monthly checks to Chicago contracting
firms after these firms suspected of bbng Detroit
councmen and after these firms had been indicted by the
local grand jury.
The Times recommended last December that all De-
trot participation the Herman Gardens project be sus
pended until the bribery charges had been hreshed out
The thing open municipal sore. 1t was SUBJ
ject of street corner discussion.
Yet the City of Detroit bandly went along with its
contract payments to Chicago contractors who were under
indictment by Judge Fergusons grand jury and who were
avoiding grand jury contact
Why!
That is question that must be answered before De-
troters regain full confidence in their city government
THE other very important detail is why the Chicago
i contractors who alleged to have inspired the
corruption of Detroit councimen don't into court
and say their say.
They are under indictment by Judge Ferguson
Prosecutor Bowling has tried to bring them here They
insist they innocent but they stay beyond the ursdc
ton of grand jury and refuse to submit their books
and records to it.
The federal government has substantial and definite
stake in the S8300000 Herman Gardens project.
The federal government has been oddly reluctant to
enter into the bribery matter
Now, with councilman admitting $4,000 bride
and another indicted for $4,000 bride what is
there for the government to stay further aloof?
The federal government can force the Chicago
tractors to here to the indictments against
them.
The federal government should employ this force at
If the federal government neglects this obvious duty
Deroters should make their congressional representatives
ask why
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
Connolly Answers

l. (a) Louisiana; (b) New Hamp-
shire; tc) Maine.
2. ta) John; (b) Clement; (c)
Stafford.
3. ta) Elinor Wylie; OBJ II. w
Longfellow; (c) Mrs. Henry
Wood.
4. ta) Hair-do: (b) roundabout
route; (c) expert.
5. ta) Paris; lb) Moscow: tc)
Vatican City.
6. ta) West Point; tb) Versailles
(c) Thermopylae.
Z. ts) Shrewish disposition; (b)
INSCRIPTIONS; (c) traitor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20

0BF|of- southern trailer
" camp the other day came a
complaint to the local police
that sharpers were despoiling
the inmates of the PLACE with a
little pastime known as the
three shell game, or more tech
nically as "the nuts"
The news caused some lifting
of brows among old-timers who
thought this diversion had be-
come quite passe. They did not
think there was anybody alive
who would fall for 1.-The nuts"
They forgot the axiom that one
is born every minute.
The three shell game is played
with three halves of walnut
shells and little ball about the
size of a pea, preferably of soft
rubber so it can be squeezed
into an even smaller compass at
the will of the shell operator.
He shows you this ball under
one shell and then drops the
shell over it and begins moving
all three shells around with his
fingers, finally daring you to
guess which shell the ball is
under.
IT SEEMS simple enough TO do
L this, especially if you kept
an eye on the shell under which
you last saw the ball. In fact
it seems so simple that you con-
slider a wager on your ability to
pick the right shell practically
the same as stealing money.
But of course the hand is
quicker than the eye, and the
ball is never under the shell you
select. More than likely 1t is
between the fingers OF the OPP.
orator.
He whips it between them to
make it cinch that you do not
guess the right shell, even by
accident.
The old-timers will perhaps
marvel that we are going into all
this detail to explain a game
that is as familiar to them as
the alphabet, but obviously the
operation is not an open book to
one and all, else we would not
have had this beef from the
trailer camp.
A GAIN we refer the oldies to
IA the axiom quoted. The
trailerites must be a brand new
crop.
The thing that puzzles us most
is where those shell operators
learned their art. We thought
all the old masters in that line
had long since been gathered to
their fathers, as the saying is.
Evidently some still survive,
passing on their skill to pupils.
The shell game is considered a
swindle by the limbs of the law,
and not at all a contest between
the eye and the hand.
Its illegality is the chief rea-
son why we cannot think of APP
plying for what would undoubt-
edly be the most remunerative
concession in the world. which is
a license to operate the shells at
Broadway and Fiftieth street in
New York City. the heart of the
Wise Guy Belt.
We are confident that IL would
return not less than $1,000, 900 a
year dealing only with New
Workers.
THEY would know that there
Il was some larceny connected
with the proposition, Of course,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20

TO THE EDITOR:
7 FOR one, know they do not
i exempt one for fiat feet. If
that were the case, my son also
can be exempted. or sent home.
He is in the army now and he
has flat feet.
My son not only had to wear
arch supports in his dress shoes,
but all the time. He hated to
give up his job, too.
Why is Hank Greenberg bet
ter than my son. or any other
man that had to go?
I wonder if the doctor who
examined my son forgot to look
at his feet.
MRS. c. c. SCHULTZ,
703 Pearl street,
Hazel Park, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
Pastoral
Scene Full
OF Tractors
Summon Pionc
Of SfreamIine Formin.
By EDWIN G. HILL

IN the failing afterglow of +
light, there is the soft, pc
vasive fragrance of gasolh
waited across the meadows.
Mingling with the throb OF 4
frog-chorus, there is the rolling,
clanking cadence of the cater
pillar tread, as a weary plough
man tractors homeward. Family
you hear him singing some
quaint snatch of night club blues.
The crescent moon rises behind
the gaunt skeleton of a new
header. dim in the gathering
dusk, which they have been as
sembling that day.
Over in the front office. now
that the spark-plugs are cleaned
and the gas tanks filled, the
hired men punch the time clock
and sit around arguing about OBJ
solescence and capital and CON-
sumers' goods. These bucolic
musings have TO do with a Sum-
mer evening on a corporation
farm. as some future Harold
Bell Wright of the onrushing
machine age may fit them into
a pastoral idyll.
They were stirred by the news
of the departure of Thomas d.
Campbell for England-Thomas
d. Campbell, the silver-thatched
wheat king of all the world.
without a COW or a horse or a
dog or an ice-house or SWIM
ming-hole on his 43.000-acre
farm in southern Montana.
CAMPBELL is on a mysterious
~ mission. He won't tell any,
thing about his Forthcoming dis
cussion with British statesmen
and agriculturists. 1t is clear
that he could coach them in
empire wheat production. as he
has tidy little wheat empire OF
his own. But the empire has a
surplus of wheat. and his visit
may have something to do with
the possibility of more intensive
cultivation OF the soil of the
British Isles, in case of difficulty
with transport, as the British
might put il with their gift for
understatement.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
TO THE EDITOR:

TO THE EDITOR:
7 READ in The Detroit Times
L that William Randolph Hearst
has exposed the practice of vivi-
section of conscious dogs.
There is no place in hell hot
enough for any man or woman
that would consent to, or watch,
such horrible thing.
They may claim it is permits
sible because the dogs are mon
grels, and no one loves them,
but I could enjoy seeing a man.
guilty of this awful thing, in the
same place as the helpless dogs.
am writing to the President
and congressman about this, and
know that many millions more
will.
have always been in favor of
humane societies and anything
about protecting animals, but
what is the matter with all these
associations?
Are they afraid of the medical
society? What is the use of pay
ing for animal protection if they
are going to permit this thing to
go on?
MRS. RITA KAYGA,
Pontiac, Mich.
TO THE EDITOR:
AS FOR Hank Greenberg
"A doing more good out of the
army than in, l disagree.
Being in the army shows boys
good example.
Why should Hank Greenberg
be deferred any more than some
boy who has a new bride to
leave, or a mother that didn't
raise her boy to be a soldier.
VIOLET CODY,
1880 Nebraska avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
Quiz Answers

!. Rugby.
!. Poor Richards Almanac.
!. Calvin Coolidge, Congregation
alist; Herbert Hoover, Quaker
Franklin d. Roosevelt, Episco-
palian.
|. Still in the experimental stage,
soybeans are used in the manu-
facture of plastic bodies.
!. In the bed of stream.
!. Yes, however. each bird must
be trained separately and not
all birds are adaptable.
!. Tropical American fruits.
25 YEARS AGO TODAY
March 20, 1916
Allied chiefs assemble for war
council in Paris.
German troops attack west
OF the MeuSe and gain in wide
assault near MaIancourt.
Allied air fleet numbering rs
planes drops bombs on SUBJ
marine base at Zesbruggs,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
We're in War
But Not Ready
For Shooting
Roosevelt Power Effective
Without Combat

(The opinions expressed by
General Johnson are not neces-
sariiy those of The Detroit
Times.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
DEfR6Is HIVES

Published every Week Day Evening and
Sunday Morning by The Times Publishing
Company at 1225 Times Square, Detroit
Mich.
Entered at Detroit, Mich, as Second Glass
Mail Matter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

Mems Fellowship group of First
Christian church. 9Th ave. and X
q. win meet in the church social
hall Monday At $50 p. m. for din
ner and = discussion program.
under general theme Of The
Christian Man AZ Work
DR.. c. c. Reynolds. chairman,
nh preside. introducing several
headers Of the church group who
pT1li speak and take part in the
program.
Music features Of the program
ara being arranged BY Myron WI
lard. In charge Of general ar
rsngement l. o. c Gosz, with Les
ton Webb and J. H. Hagood serv-
ing On the attendance committee.
Approximately 100 men are ex-
pected 70 attend. Reservations
may be made BY calling the church
office.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
Three Tacomans
Receive Awards

Awards 10 three Tacoma men
were made Thursday At the annual
Governors Day review Of RoTC
troops in the University Of WASH
inEton stadium.
One Of six honor graduates
named. Cadet Colonel George r.
Helmer was chosen an honor grad
uste. selected on the basis Of schol-
astic excellence, outstanding quail
ties Of leadership. character and
aptitude for military service. He
was also presented by Governor
Arthur Lsnglie with . medal Of
merit. which Is given each year to
the outstanding field officer In the
ROrC. He was chosen the out
standing man IN the Coast Artii-
lery unit.
Cadet Captain Newton ]. Buren,.
r.. was presented with a sabre for
being the outstanding cadet cap
tain In command and leadership
b the Coast Artillery unit.
An honor basic award Of q medal
vas presented to Bruce A. Brig
ham Of Fort Lewis. cadet first
sergeant Of the Infantry unit. He
xas chosen the outstanding basic
student In his unit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
Award Diplomas
To Is Students
Exercises Tussdoy
Al Gig Horbor

CIc UARDoR Commencement
exerrisrs yin be held Tuesday eve
nink At Gig Hsrbor hixh sehoo
auditorium fer q clans of Is.
Dr.. ]. r. MccuIlo.'kh q Tsco'
ma WIN sddre. students and al
Ne Ann Garrison. vsledictorisn. and
Alic> Kar.mefic. salutstorisn. VII
deliver remarks
Music vill ~ provided BY the
kixh school music department, IN
Der direction Of Harvey Z. Maier,
With oorn<t solos y Betty Berk-
heimer and numbers by the senior
clan quinteft<.
Grn1unfes Listed
cr.1ustes are Betty Alsvik. ne
~ Bah6ch. Betty Berkheimer,
Eelik Boers. Billie Ann Carlson,
pirginia Eastwood. Dorothy Nd
eards. Raymond Edwards. Jean
F1nniean. Elas Guttormsen. Dor
othy Jean Henderson, Alice Kara
matte. Alys Peterson. Jim Rusu.
Delnar Nil<elsen. Agnes shzdbolt,
Robert shadbolt Evelyn Smith.
Irene strandnes<. John swenson.
rern Underwood. Leonard Wink
ness. Louise Wagner. Billy wight
and Roland Adolphson.
TIE class win be presented by
Principal John Wagner and
Adolph s<hmei. chairman Of the
school board. win award diplomas.
II \ requested that no presents or
flowers b brought TO the exer-
eises-
Saturday has been set ~ 'clean
up" day ct Artondaie cemetery. II
q requested that men and women
81 the district make . good at
tendance on that day. Sandwiches
and coffee win be served At noon.
Postmaster A L. Hopkins 10 IN
ths Marine hospital. Seattle. for
treatment
opsn Discss@ien
There wIll b an open discus
sion on the multiple district COVER
nor plan at the Lions club Mon
day night. The discussion win be
led by Lesnder Finholm.
The L. D. n. Of the Emmanuel
Lutheran church Of Cromwell win
hold the annual sale In the church
psrlors Saturday starting At 8 p.
m. Lunch win be served. in
charge of Mira. Martin Samuelson.
A program has been arranged by
the president, Mrs. Jason Graham.
including violin solos by Miss
Olive Buntin. vocal solos BY Miss
lorraine MidtsAtre. piano solos by
Mrs. Ben Pearson.
Mrs. Alfred Finholm of olalla
has been taken to Tacoma General
hospital.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
HEsTEID.

WEsTFTELD. y. Y. - The
search for = boys novel written
four decades ago by q Chautauqus
county author has developed into
nationwide hunt among book
collectors The title Of the book
II white Horse Fred. or Julian
Among the Outlaws" II was pub
lished in 1901. The author. Charles
Austin Fosdick. had established
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

VATICAN CITY Pope Plus
warned 1000 Catholic action girls
gathered IN the hail Of benediction
here that with the approach q
summer they must guard against
immodest styles
Apparently referring to sb-
breyiated shorts and bathing
sssits. the pope aid. .you must
combat the evil customs IN the
fields a sports, hygiene,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

SPOKANE = Things are
peaceful m Spokane now. even
the police biotter reports .sBlitz-
kr1eg missing
BiitzkrieE.- however. IL not
the London variety. It's q
dachshund owned by Mrs. r. n.
Milne q Spokane which was
lost Wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
Western Welcome
Awaits Soldiers

PESDLEToS. Ora western
welcome was being prepared here
today for ESQ officers and men Of
the army air base who are due TO
arrive June ), 4 and 5.
Businessmen. ranchers and top
cowhsnds from surrounding ooun-
try will meet the new arrivals and
stage a celebration in their honor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
LITTLE GIRLS DRESSES

Just imosins some even
hove mofchins bonnets
end some navy styles hove
whistles Reel Fruit-of-the-
Loom avolity. too. Sizes ! 10
81, ~ 10 IL .........
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

sEATTLE-The Central Labor
Council interviewed IN the threat
ened strike Of Seattle Western
Union Telegraph company opera
tors and persuaded the operators
negotiating committee to postpone
the walkout until Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

smusements and styles. You
must free yourselves from ths
tyranny Of styles.
styles are not evil. and God
does not ask anyone 10 live outside
the modern world. but the fashions
which the church condemns IL the
extremist tendencies.
You must wear sane, honest ap-
parei at all times Even though
some types Of clothing may be
more comfortable and more hygi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
LoAFER COATS

A rsmarkebls velus!
Mems reg. $50 eli-wool
sport eoots in shodes
OF ton. green end teal
with button front end
poteh pockets ...
Rhodes Boroc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
Block Cat Brings
Luck TO Owner

TRINIDAD. Cslo.-A Trinidad
woman wondered II she would have
bad luck after black cat
adopted her and persisted in
living AZ her residence. Now, she
says. the cats assured OF q
home - long as n wants 70 stay.
for she has won q contest prize.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

enie. they must not be adopted Il
they Jeopardize the soul
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24

himself a. a writer for boys under
the name Of Harry castlemon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-24
FOR MEN and BOYS

sleek. smeeth-fittlaE I.stse ray
On kuits. truaks. with self-celsr
ar white belts. and alp pocket
for carrying xaiuAhles ........,
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-03

man.
The referee ruled she had re-
fused suitable employment with her
previous employer The commission
upheld the referees findings that
Mrs. Stillman turned down an Of
fer of unemployment with the Ma
tional Biscuit company.
Mrs. Stillmans union dues be-
came delinquent during her ma
ternity leave. Unable to pay her
dues and regain her job. she ap-
piled for unemployment compen-
sation, which was refused by the
referee on grounds she could go
back TO work if she paid her dues.
LAS a result of the decision y
said the commission, insurance
was denied to the claimant for a
period of four weeks. Subsequent
to which she would have been able
to renew her claim and receive in
surance provided there were no
further offers of suitable employ
ment."
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-03

plant near here started labor
holiday officials at the nearly
completed $4O,OOO,OOO shell loading
plant at Ravenna, O., about 125
miles southeast of here, reported
that 1000 workmen had quit work
there. All participants in the work
stoppages are members of Building
Trades Crafts of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
Officials said the Walkout by the
1000 men at Ravenna forced 1000
other Workmen into idleness there
because of the necessity for cur
failing operations.
William Everett, president of the
Carpenters Union (AFL) said 600
union members here had been or
dered to take a vacation" to en-
force demands for a wage increase
from $112i3 to $l37l2 cents an
hour. Capt. Frank N. Ray, con-
struction quartermaster on the
project said l400 other AFL men
had refused to work Saturday and
Continued on Page 6, Col. o
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-03
japan
Hoords
oil
US. Shutdown in
Shipments Leaves
Supp|yin Tokyo

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.
(UP)-Secretary of the Ma
Wy Frank Knox said today
there is a general impress
sion" that Japan has built
up reserve supplies of oil and gaso-
line capable of lasting from one to
two years in a war effort.
H made the statement in re-
sponse to a press conference in
quiry whether he had any idea of
Japans available fuel supply in the
light of President Roosevelt's order
banning export of airplane gas and
oil and placing exports of other
petroleum products under strict ra-
tioning.
Any comment on japanese petrol
cum supplies would be pure spec
ulation,' Knox said, but he added
that my guess would be from IA
to Is months on definite war
basis"
Mr.. Roosevelt issued his order
clamping down on oil and gas ex-
ports last night. 1t was regarded
as the most powerful, if not the
tContinued on Page 6, Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-03

CHAIRMAN JACK Ienney annOunc-
ed that when the interim commit
tee returns TO Los Angeles in Sep
tember it will devote several weeks
to a study Of allegedly subyersive
influences in the state government.
Oliver Carlson, author and lectur-
er, warned the committee at its
closing session here that the recess
sion that may follow a decline in
national defense activities would
be an ideal time for Communism TO
assert itself openly in America.
The plan is to seize control by
force at the opportune time" he
said
First consideration of the Com
munist internationale, Carlson de-
clared, is the preservation of Soviet
Russia, and local parties in all ma
tions must subordinate themselves
Continued on Page 6; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-03

,000-nearly months normal
supply-in her cargo. 1t was esti-
mated that President Roosevelt'S
freezing order, which becomes ef-
fective at midnight, will catch only
six to eight months supply in the
nations warehouses.
The Tatuta's owners we're not con-
cerned with relieving this coun-
trys silk shortage. They want to
get their $17,0OO,00O boat out Of
United States waters as quickly as
possible, and she can't leave with
out discharging the cargo.
Eighteen libels have been filed
against her cargo by importers, and
more we're ready to be filed unless
the cargo were unloaded. None of
the l:bels-the l8 totaled 100000
was against the silk, but it would
have taken as long to dig the egg
yolk, albumen, tea and briStles
affected by the libels out of the
holds as it would have taken to
unload the whole cargo. 1t might
Continued on Page 6, Col. p
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-03
Committee Rejects
FRS Ban on Joint
Tax Returns Plan

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. CUP)-
The house ways and means COM
mittee today rejected a formal re-
quest by President Roosevelt to
eliminate the mandatory joint hus-
band-wife income tax return pro-
vision of the pending $3.50 200, ,OOO
tax bill.
1t was disclosed that the presi-
dent had sought that change in a
letter to Committee Chairman Rob-
ert l.. Doughton, D., N. c., in which
Continued on Page 6, Col. u