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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

HE queer practice of stranglng the members of ones
1 immediate family that their souls viii so 10
Paradise has been reported again from remote Rossel
Island I'm British New Guinea.
Though believed TO have been stamped out long by
Australian mandate authorities and native policemen the
supersttous said still to take place in the
primitive inland villages which because of their virtual
inaccessby, off from the white mans law along
the coast.
In-the early days the natives used to murder their
loved by smotherng them and by kneene their
chests until their ribs broken but after the turn of
the century white traders reported that stranguaton had
become the approved method 1t thus that Rossel
received its evil sobrquet the Island Of Strangers
Rosse lying Immediately south of the 18th Parallel
700 miles northeast of Australia is lonely mountainous
little island almost continually shrouded in mist and rain
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

of whom his brothers. leaped him and held
him down length of cord called for and he
quickly strangled before he had chance TO bleed to
death"
In 1888 Scottish sailor in the company of Sir William
MacGregor the British explorer, described the old
fashioned smothering process follows
when came TO the village "a small settlement
the base of Mt Rosse there crowd standing around
who lying his back the ground apparently
dying and gaspng for breath Suddenly four threw
themselves upon him and three sat him while the
fourth held his mouth and AS he an old
shriveed man, he expired under this treatment,
which a very strange thing to witness"
If person dies accidental death away from his
relatives il is thought to be unucy the
pleasant residence in hell is thought follow.
Though rife with various superstitions and religious
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

dered there Frenchman named Lucien Fioni killed
in 1892 although there account in Rosses history
of So shipwrecked Chinese being killed
by the natives in 1854.
Fiolin seized and done death with spears.
knives and axeS5The alleged
that he after their women" there some
traders who said that Fion had witnessed of the
stranguaton deaths and the natives learning
going to report the episode to the authorities murdered
him also. Otherwise the natives generally peaceful
concerned the white traders
The most popular methods of stranguation of ones
loved ones these; IA cord Of native human hair
spun to the thickness pencil placed around the
neck and twisted a tourniquet. 2 cord made of
fbers of the tough pandanus plant dashed around the
victims throat and then pulled taught by two husky
natives who hold the victim down with their feet g..
group Of natives hold the victim the ground while
another aborgne presses the of warriors shield
against the PERSONS windppe.
In more brutal rib-breaking methods, the and
legs often broken to hasten death.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25
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~ an extreme heat Of 100 10 $50
degrees Fahrenheit is the most that
the average man can stand for any
length of time, then the men who work
in the Comstock silver mines in Nevada
the hottest mines in the world are
TO be piticd
The shafts and galleries Of these
mines are over $50 miles long, more
than 5000 feet deep and at the 200
foot level the temperature Of water is
1873 degrees and the air is 126 degrees.
In another shaft-the temperature rises
10 10 degrees. and men can work in it
for only ten or Is minutes at time
The temperature in Death Valley
California, runs up TO lao degrees in
the shade-just nice place for one of
these silver miners 20 sit down and
cool off
But one Of the hottest jobs belongs
TO stokers on ocean-going steamships
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

stocking a battleship for an hour or so
on his return from Panama and
seemed none the worse for the strcnu-
Gus experience.
Men familiar with the sea say that
stoke hole veterans are actually fond
OF stocking. They are exceptions. no
doubt. and even in their cases the taste
is slowly acquired. matter of habit
But there is a distinct type Of big.
british fellows who are generally
DULLES of the black gang, and who
like to task their great muscles and
to feel the sting Of the heat on their
brawny shoulders.
In the basement Of some of the big
metropolitan office buildings the heat
from the boilers is intense enough TO
cook an egg hard in ten minutes six
feet away from the furnace. Firemen
work in this atmosphere year after
year without visible harm
ierful things are told Of women en-
ch bakeries II is said that they can
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

beliefs, Rossel has
tw finite
heavens. They are
Yuma. the destina-
ton OF most Of the
spirits, which is a
hill on the western
extremity of the
island, and Tenn
eve. the floor of
the lagoons sur
rounding Rossel.
Only the good.
il is believed, go to
Temewe, and the
good on the Island
of the Strangers
are classified as
those who do not
S t e al, CO m m 1t
adultery or prac-
tice rcery.
Murder, either of
ones relatives or
anyone else, was
never looked on as
n crime until the
white man came.
Murder was so
common that a
n a tive, grief
stricken, say, over
the d e a I h OF a
chief of his tribe.
might murder the
first person he met
a s a AN < e
means of alleviat-
ing his sorrow.
Also, the penalty
for thievery was
d e a I h for the
W o m a n w h o
cooked the thiefs
food.
So far as is
known, the only
white man MUIR
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

They shovel coal close by thermometer that indicates 100
TO $50 degrees, and addition they get the shrveling.
direct heat from the furnaces mouth Yet they do
unhealthy. and thousands of them make business
of crossing the Atlantic earning their living in the
boiler room
in 1909 President Theodore Roosevelt tried his hand
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

Still wonderful things told of women
ppyed in the French bakeries II is said that they
walk into Of these immense oldfashoned where
the temperature runs TO 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
But oven this pales before Hindu mystic who calls
himself the Fire King. This human salamander enters
hrcbox heated TO sizzling 600 degrees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

gaory for while and then be consigned a vague hell
IT, however the spirit forced out of the body the
gho would be speeded Paradise by Wonao Therefore
this murder method is invoked just before the relative
thought to be dying natural death age disease
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

According to Captain Pale Linnet. Danish copra
trader of Melbourne, Australia who operates schooner
to Rosse the practice is generally applied ones father
mother brothers and sisters example if ones father
dying he would be choked to death by his
a natural death appeared to be inevitable If a
daughter dying the business might be reversed
and the father aided by elder brother of the
dying person. might do the strangiing These murders
carried out by the male members of the clans
wherever possible principally because the stronger
and more able to hold writing victim
Captain Linnet described the strangulaton method,
thus the inland village Of Gwoj early this year
young native pierced by spear during frenzied
argument Blood gushing from his side and he
fell TO the ground with only few .mens to live about
half those who witnessing the argument,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

The squat. brown,
bushy haired ma
tiVcs are Of mixed
Malay distraction
and are commonly
G le q Papuans,
after Papua, the
native name for
New Guinea. on
Rossel the people
are only one gen.
GRAFTON r g m ov e d
from cannibalism
and headhunting.
In the interior
of the i s a n d
Mount Rossel rises
majestically into a
purple haze. The
mountain is the
h o m e of I h e
s u pre- m e diety
Wonajo, who is
believed to reside
directly on top OF
it in his ethereal
dwelling, c allie d
Ngwo.
Principally, it is
the favor of Won
ajo that is sought
when the natives
participate in the
strange stFaRgala-
ton practices. The
idea Of doing to
death the relatives
that they love best
originated in the
belief that the gho,
which is the spirit
or ghost, if per-
mitted to depart
from a dying per-
son of its own ac-
cord would be
forced to wander
around in a DUR
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-25

ny Inc. Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
Neutrality of
l.. S. in Hands
of Eight Men
Senators Listed as
Doubtful

Washington. Nov. sap Eight
tight-lipped senators apparently
held the power today TO make the
Senate's expected approval OF Neu-
trality Act revision either a sub
stantial Administration triumph or
the close thing that opponents pre-
dict.
These eight remained classed as
doubtful" on most polls as the
Senate began It's second week Of
debate on proposals to scrap pres
ent prohibitions which prevent tho
arming OF merchant ships and bar
their operation in tn war zones.
With supporters pushing for a
vote by Wednesday the Senate was
called into session an hour earlier
than usual (at- IL a. m. EST.
Senator Geodge (D-Kal, former
chairman OF The Foreign Relations
Committee, was nominated 10 lead
of the debate with speech I'm sup
port OF the projected revision
Behind the scenes, both sides
Unanswered TO Tr1ng out their
maximum strength on the quos-
ton OF adopting the Foreign Rela
tions Committees amendment w
the House.approved bill permit
ting the arming OF cargo ships. The
committee amsndment would
broaden the measure to repeal
those sections OF the present law
whicD bar merchant vessels from
belligerent ports and f-om combat
zones
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03

Ecorse; Miss June Floyd and Miss
Edith Haistones. Detroit.
Mr.. Ossenheimer died about $3.50
this morning at Beyer Memorial
Hospital two hours after a car he
was driving overturned In q ditch
on Wear Ri. near Rawsonyille Rd,
Wayne County. When tho car over
turned. its top was smashed, and
Mr.. Osrenheimer suffered a com
pound skull fracture. He was alone
at the time.
Mr. OssenHeimer was the son OF
Donald F. and Beulah sherman
Ossenheimer and was corn in Pfym-
outh Apr 8. 1925. His home had
been in Ypsilanti five yelrs. at IA
Florence St. where he lived with
his mother and brothers and sister.
Warren f., Franklin j.. Lee and
Caroline T. Ossenheimer. His faith
err preceded him in death. He is
also survived by his grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Osscnheimer.
Tekonsha, Mich, and grandmother,
Mrs. Minnie Sherman, Homer, and
several aunts. uncles and cousins.
Friends may call at the J. Il.
Moore Funeral Home until Tuesday
noon when the remains will be
taken to Homer for services at 2
O'Clock Wednesday from the Floyd
Mains Funeral Home. Burial will be
in Fairview Cemetery. Homer Rev.
William r. Straw. will officiate
Head Lacerated
Miss Frances Craig, Il. Adrian,
was treated by Manchester physi-
clan shortly after midnight Sunday
for head decorations sustained when
a car In which she was a passenger.
driven by Wilbur =. Lenaway. 81
Adrian. crashed head-on into a yehi
Gle driven by clifford NJ Bruder 20.
Cherry Hill I'd, on the Manchester
Rd about six miles north Of that
village.
Face, leg Injured
Lacerations on the face and left
leg were suffered by Miss Betsy
Teeter. 20. Ann Arbor. when car
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
Conference on
Mines Called


Members of the Defense Media
ton Board called into conference
again today the principals in a dis
pute affecting the coal mines of
seven steel companies and their
$4,000 miners.
Chairman William A. Davis, who
hopes to have broad decision on
its recommendation for settlement
of the controversy before the end
of the week, invited John l.. Lewis,
president of CLOS United Mine
Workers, and Is executives of the
steel companies. Only issue s
whether the mines shall have a
union shop, under which all work
ers would be obliged to join UNIV
after a probationary period.
After a three day work stoppage
last week Lewis sent the miners
back TO work under a truce expir-
ing November 10.
The National Labor Relations
Board. seeking TO avert another
threat TO steel operations. called a
hearing today at Pittsburgh on
petition by 80 riverboat operators
who ask that AFL's Masters, Mates
and Pilot Association be designated
their bargaining agent with Carne-
gie-lllinois Steel Corporation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
Coast Guard
Now in Navy

Washington NOV. APP The
coast guard Joined the Navy to-
day making the worlds largest
fleet still larger
In surprise move. accompanied
by no explanation. President Roose
Welt issued an executive order last
night taking the coast guard from
the jurisdiction Of the Treasury
Department and placing 1t under
the command OF the Secretary Of
Navy.
II was the first time since the
ttt0Ttd Wat mai Inc COAST guard
has been incorporated in the fleet,
aud Mr. Roosevelt acted under a
1915 statute which states that in
time of war or when the Presi-
dent shall so direct the coast
suard is to become a part Of the
Navy.
The presidential order. released
at Mr.. Rooseyelt's Hyde Park,
n y. estate. transfers to the
Nays command 300 ships exclu.
sive of picket boats and other
small auXiliaries. so sirplanes.
loo officers and 10000 enliste 1
men.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
Paul Ungrodt
Club Speaker

Immediate interest in tho Com
lunity Fund drive prompted a two
part program for the Rotary Club
today. Nate Munro, co chairman
with Don silkworth spoke OF the
active part which the club Is TAX.
ing prompting solicitation and Dr..
G. C. Wescott, chairman OF Com
munity Fund board read stirring
article on the importance OF the
fund and IT'S accomplishments.
The second part Of the program
was given TO Paul Uugrodt for
comment on his recent trip west
for the convention OF Chamber of
Commerce secretaries where he
was a speaker lie made the trip
nv air and was enthusiastic in
his prediction that air travel will
rapidly increase 10 greater proper
lions than most people now realize.
Visiting airplane manufacturing
plants in California he found the
industry thriving He also found
some feeling of concern about the
development here which will mean
that the Npsiani plant will be
tho largcs iu the United states.
taking that distinction away from
California
An observation OF Importance
was the community forums which
have sprung up IN California Here
subjects Of every kind are dis
cussed principally religion and pol
tiles There is a strong Commun
istic Development Mr. Ungrodt
stated. one which threatens the
security of The nation from within.
Guests present today were Law
renee Weyand Wayne. and Gene
Mcmillan Detroit
Next Monday a number OF the
Ypsilanti Eotar.ans plan 10 attend
district meeting IT, Windsor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03

Ypsilanti Goodfellows Associa-
ton will begin activities for the
holiday season by holding their
annual meeting Wednesday az 1880
p. m In the. Ypsilanti Daily Press
Office.
Besides the annual reports and
election Of officers. tho group will
determine plans for the year, Sc
lect committees and set the date
Of the annual newspaper sale.
President Earl Snyder is calling
attention to membership which in.
cludes all persons who are beyond
the age Of 81 and have served as
former newsboys.
Other officers are Glenn Groos-
heck. vice president: and {. J..
Hewens. now Of Bad AK. secretary
treasurer. Mr. Hewens who held
his official position for several
years viii probably be replaced.
Included In Goodfellows plans
for the current year is the Rorison
Christmas Dress project which
already has started for the fifth
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
OPM Sees no
Plan to Meet
Priority Loss
Crisis to Come
in 1912

WASHINGTON, Nov 3-lNS-With
10000 smaller manufacturing con-
Germs facing shut-downs within the
next few months because of ma
terials shortages, the OPM ad-
mitted today that no program has
been developed to cope with the
threatening "priorities depression
The crisis in this trend, caused
by the priorities system, IS ex-
pected shortly after the first OF the
year. when 100000 non-defense
workers may be added to unemploy-
ment rolls.
Meanwhile, under the leadership
Of Floyd B. Odlum, contract distrib-
ution chief, the OPM is studying
ways and means of throwing de
Tense work into the breach in order
to avoid widespread work stop
pages and a series of-sharp, local
depressions.
Under these plans, defense sub
contracts would be awarded by the
War and Navy Departments. after
a manufacturer or a community has
been certified as a victim of the
priorities system But apathy be
ing displayed By defense procure
ment officers has repeatedly arous-
ed Odlum's ire. \ spokesman for
his division declared that Odlum
might have to get tough before
the service departments agree 10
large-scale sub-contracting pro
gram.
The OPM Is giving serious con
sideration to plan under which
non-defense industries will continue
to receive critical materials until
next June-at the cost of defense
production-as means Of avoid
ing disruption OF the nations eco
nomy and morale.
The plight of the closed non
defense business may be regarded
as much a casualty to the defense
program as bombed civilian
plant" contract distribution
declared. He added that
it may be less harmful to permit
critical materials to flow into non
defense manufacturers than TO keep
defense work going at top speed
at cost Of Gripping economic dislo-
cations.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03

areas using April !, 1880. as a
base Wages would be specifically
exempt from control.
Several days before its final &C
tion the committee accepted the
stipulation that ON farm products
no ceiling could be set which was
either less than llo per cent Of
parity, or less than the price lev
els prevailing on Oct. l. Oparity
prices theoretically give the farm
or the same purchasing power re-
turn for his crops that he received
in the base period l909l9lil
However. at the last minute and
by a vote Of 10 TO II the members
adopted an amendment by Rep.
Brown lD-GaD TO add a third re
striction on farm ceilings that
they must not be lower than the
average prices from 1919 TO 1929.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
Plan
viii be Used

Courtesy and safe driving slips
will be distributed to motorise in
Ypsilanti city and township b.
city and state police. respectively
The slips. prepared By the Junior
Chamber Of Commerce and cits
police department. will entitle the
holder TO attend any theater In
Npsilanti within a week OF the issu-
ance date on the ticket TIE tickets
are not redeemable Saturday, Sun.
day or holidays.
Besides the patrolman name and
badge number there Will be written
on the slip name OF the recipien.,
address. operator and car license
numbers. type Of commentator and
the location. time and place Of the
award ticket
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
Kick off Breakfast Today
Opens General Community
Fund Drive in YpsiLanti
Price Control Legislation
Ready For Action i'm House

Washington. Nov. S-AP-After
almost three months OF prepare.
tion in committee, a price control
bin for commodities and defense
area rents took a preferred place
on the House calendar today and
found the outlook stormy.
Administration sources especial
~ took exception 10 the banking
committees decision In favor Of
permitting farm prices 10 so con
siderably higher before the imposi-
ton OF any ceilings II was re
ported that White House backing
would be sought for a campaign to
overturn the committee action.
when the legislation is considered
Indications We're that the Contro-
yersy-laden. measure would not
reach the debate stage until next.
week. Chairman Stegall DALAI
OF the committee said he hoped
to call the bill up perhaps Thurs.
day. but many House members
were out OF the city on unofficial
vacations and Steagau said consid-
Grafton might be deferred because
of reports that administration lead
Crs had promised no action on the
measure before next Monday.
The committee. which began
hearings August {, completed its
work Saturday night and Steagall
said the vote TO send the bill to
the floor was IS to 5.
The legislation would authorize
price administrator to fix cell
ings on the price Of any commod
ity he found to be disproportionate
ly high, using Oct. as base
He would likewise be empowered
to control housing rents in defense
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-03
NEW DUNKERQUE
IN CR|MEA SEEN
Fer SPLIT ARMY
Germans Picture Retreat OF
Russians as Near Rout;
Materials Taken
SEVAST0P0L. KERCH.
EMBARKATlCN POINTS
Important Industrial Center,
Kursk, on Moscow
Railway Taken
tBy Associated Press)
Germany proclaimed triumphant


ly today that the Russian army Of
the Crimea. split by the scourge Of
lightning assault by land and air,
was trying to flee the peninsula
through the Black Sea ports of
Seyastopol and kerch in a double
Dunkerque.
The Hitler command pictured the
Russian retreat there as near
rout, declaring that German forces
had captured 53,175 prisoners, 23O
tanks. 2lS cannon. several armored
ed trains and vast quantities OF
other war material.
Far from the Crimean front, in
the Donets basin to the north,
the important industrial center OF
kursk, on the railway running
north from hharkov through Orel
and lula to Moscow, had been cap
tured. Kursk is l25 miles north
OF kharkoy.
Critical Hours
Critical hours In the great bat
ties for Moscow and the Crimea
were acknowledged in Russian re-
ports today as the Germans APP
parently loosed mighty bursts Of
power in efforts to force decisions
on those tercely-foLght fronts.
Russia's peril in the Crimea, a
back deer to the 6atfcdsus oil aud
the Middle East, as evident.
With extraordinary speed com
pared to the plodding pace of the
Russian war in recent weeks. the
Germans have driven deep into the
Crimea since breaking through the
Soyiet's stout defenses on the
neck-line Perekop Isthmus last
Tuesday.
Capital Captured
The German high command an
nounced Sunday that Simferopol.
capital of the Crimea. had been
captured and that Nazi forces were
advancing swiftly toward Sevasto-
pol. 40 miles beyond.
Reports in London said the Ger
mans were only 20 miles north
of the Crimean port.
What sudden turn had leopard
lied the Red army's month-long
stand on the approaches to Mos
COW, was not clear but information
in Moscow suggested it might be
the remorseless Nazi pressure OH
Tula, anchor of the Russian line
100 miles south of Moscow, or the
mere weight of endless fresh re-
serves OF German men and ma
chimes.