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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27

Nothing doing" Bauman said gloomily
These faces don't fit. And those punks GER
tainly weren't prizefighters."
Loudenslager was preoccupied. "Baunan
look at this whiskey bottle; it's against State
law to sell bonded in this size
Bauman whistled. illicit liquor! You
think Deckard was in with a bootleg mob Q"
More likely than he was killed by some
defeated checker rival We've got to trace
this illegal bottle"
The following day the detectives made a
circuit of all local bars grlls and liquor stores
while patrolmen raked in the Cty's slcazy
compliment of known bootleggers and bar
room touts. These, snarling pJous protests
of innocence, waited for their lawyers. In
nocent they were, for once.
"Can you beat that, Chief? Deckard bought
six Of these fancy little bottles from local
glass store. So he could fill them from a
legal quart, whenever he was in the mood
and carry them around on his hip"
That scattered the Illicit liquor theory into
improbability along with the checkers.
Columbus was combed for the missing
strangers-wth their shabby car
Finally Bauman and Loudensager found
bartender who told them that two men answer
ing the description Of the hunted strangers
had frequented the place where he worked
The swarthy one had answered 10 the name
make coupe.
They hung around that poolroom down the
street. l heard them say they was from
Cleveland. They looked like gangsters."
That night, after a hurried check up Of
that particular model coupe owners and con-
ference with the proprietor of the pool parlor,
the detectives, accompanied by Police Ser
geant William Murphy, crept up dingy stair
way on North High Street
Bootng in the unlocked door Of a rear
apartment, the officers walked in behind
drawn service automatics, paralyzing bulky
figure in dirty undershirt and trousers
Loudenslager's eyes went to gray slipover
sweater draped across chair back.
us that your sweater ?"
The rooms occupant could hardly deny il.
We'll, put it on" Loudenslager ordered
I'VE want TO see how you look in it" And
as the quavering suspect donned the sweater
What's your name?''
Burberry" was the whimpcrcd response
Robert Berry"
Conducted to the bar and grill this half
baked specimen promptly identified by
both the waitress and proprietor as one of
Deckards drinking companions. With little
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27

urging he admitted this. also ownership Of
the 1890 coupe.
His pal Tony, he said was Anthony Ger
bich, sometimes known as Tony Carlo But
he didn't know where Pal Tony was And
murder? What murder?
Confronted with the evidence that his Ja-
lopys tire-tracks matched those of the muir
der-car. Berry wept.
Yeah ne remembered Tony borrowed
it that night We went ont to the car to-
gether but Tony and this man got arguing
| didn't like il and took a powder, leavin'
them outside the grill
With Berry behind bars and Gerbich's idcn-
uty in their possession the police launched one
of the most strenuous manhunts in Ohio's
criminal history
Greasy Tony. they soon learned was a
smalltime rackctecr Among his numerous
girl friends they located his latest a good
looking blonde who answered 10 the name Of
Nellie Bunty
Her stubborn retcence evaporated when the
police proved TO her that Tony had two-timcd
her all around the block not only did she talk
but agreed to help.
Sure. he's ducking between Columbus and
Cleveland she told them Cheating on me
was he? I'll help you get Two-Timc Tony"
So, working as decoy, the girl arranged
several lovers meetings but Tony with nerves
IhaI jingle JangIe-Jmgled failed each appoint
ment until a date was set for a rendezvous in
a Columbus juke Joint There Tony, swagger-
ing up to Nelcs smile, felt gun muzzle in
his ribs and turned TO face the music.
yellow as they come" Bauman noted after
wards. Not scrap Of fight in him"
And Loudenslager remarked that he hadn't
expected pugilist to begin with Trained
boxers are shy Of fighting with bare fists
The bones in the hand are brittle and the
average prizefighter, cherishing his knuckles
for professional work is not likely to en-
gage in an eXtra-curricular smuggling match
Gerbich. rushed to headquarters, was told
Berry had named him as Deckard's killer In
fury, he promptly accused Berry So the case.
which had appeared a vendetta then a weird
checker wizard murder then a bootleg
staying resolved finally into one Of the
drabbest of crimes murder for petty larceny
Deckard, in underworld parance, had been
"mugged
Anthony Gerbch, found guilty Of man.
slaughter. was sentenced to ten to twenty
five years
Berry released on $4,000 bail furnished by
a professional bondsman jumped it and has
SO far kept out of sight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27


footprints blurred in the slush. had driven off
ordinarily enough in car, leaving tire
tracks
The coroner determined that the victim had
been drinking and a drained unusually
shaped 5-ounce whskcy bottle was found on
his hip. Rgor morus suggested 1900 p M
as the hour when Death had struck
Then nearby the officers picked mp soddcn
wallet IN which they found "A name-oard
Willard a. Dcokard and q North Med
brock Way address
The crime-motive seemed baIcfunv clear
until deputy, spying a CRIMSON twinkle I'M
The snow some fifteen feet from the BODY
uttered "A shout and picked up AN expensive
ruby ring Apparently tossed away as in
gesture Of contempt II seemed to cancel the
robbery motive
Furthermore" he pointed out. what ban
dit sticks UP a victim with bare fists This
looks more like some sort of .vcpdctta. I,.i,--
See n Deckatd has family" ll..
But\Deokards WIFE. NAo readily .gcnt.tiAd
her poor husband could 6lrow no light ON
the mystery Of his staying
That the retired Insurance agent rNgat have
incUrreQy the vengeance OF "a huer scca,v
cntNcly beyond prohah ,ty
The Columbus Detective Bureau took lf
prcssons OF The ure-tracks The triangle
possibility was c<Tioro1 bu. The victims exc
empiary life refutca such drab involvement
Although several empty wh.ahuy bottles
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27

since he lost out
in the national
C h e c k e r tourna-
ment. He'd long
cherished the am
bition TO become
the nations great
est checker player.
He beat the state
champions, b u [
was nosed out in
the finals"
Loud G n $ ! a ger
froW n c d. you
don't think some
one he'd beaten
could've had it in
for him ?"
1t was not diff
cult for the imagi-
nation to picture
two brains strain
/ n & yer re d
squares and black
enmity smoul-
ders a series of
complicated moves
- tho Ntyizard fri
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27

40 - az - -
that of a middle-aged
man hatfcss and
coatlcss but other
wise Well-dresscd.
The melting" snow
and rain had wa shed
the blood from the
dead face leaving
clearly outlined the
b attered m out h,
broken nose and the
Jaw dislocated as
though by blows from
-a+a hon sledgc
Coroner Smith
Strengthened quickly.
Look here. boys
This poor chap was
beaten 10 death with
bare fists You can
sec the knuckle-prints
plain as day 80
Brass knuckles
have been heard OF in
the murder trade, but
homicide from naked
punching the Off
GERS stared IN disbe-
lief envisioning some
ham listed modern
Goliath
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27
BY THEODORE ROSCOE

Early the morning of December 1888 young
@ ploddod to work along wtted the
@ Columbus Ohio. An allnight had turned
drzze they what at first appeared
of old clothes propped upright against the bank.
inspection revealed it the body
death they thought they
them hurrying the to phone
the shern's office.
deputies E E. Smith
ined The body
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27

The Swarthy
Man, staggering
Up To the
Waiting Girls
Smile. Felt a
Gun AIuZZle Jam
into His Ribs
and Turned,
Hands Lifted,
Go Face the
Music at Last.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-27

~ December n. 1912
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28
Hospital 50 Carries On

QUIETLY, without fanfare General Hospital SO is
" going back to war
new group of doctors and nurses has replaced the
men and who formed Detroits first Hospital Sc
in 1917. handful at time slipping out of town
and assembling Camp Carson, Colo. Presently, train
ing completed they will move on to battle front.
None knows which one-but that it will be battle
front there can be little doubt Hospital units don't stay
in training camps long
ND so tradition lives on 1t tradition in which
a all Detroit can take pride
The first Both General Hospital organized by DR..
Burt R. Shury the first general hospital to serv
ice in France. It took group of hotels at Vtel,
which did not even have plumbing facilities and converted
them into hospital Despite every handicap, 36 COM
piled record of saving the lives of 90 out of every 100
soldiers sent TO it.
generation mans this memorable unit
But il marches behind the same banners as did the older
SO 1t carrying on the same tradition II Will pei
form the same high, selfless service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28
What War Bonds Buy

Aerial photographs are the
eagle-eyes of the army and navy.
The aerial camera helps record
d a mage done to the enemy,
shows up camouflaged positions
which are invisible to the human
eye and aids in the preparation
of maps and charts. The film for
an aerial photograph costs %
cents.
Every time you buy 25-cent
War Stamp you are supplying
your government with funds
which may go TO purchase addi-
tional film for aerial cameras.
In total war. even the smallest
contribution 10 the war effort is
necessary. and the school boys
and girls of America can get
into the fight by lending their
money TO Uncle Sam through
the regular purchase of War
Stamps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28
Better Health
by DIR. Logan Clendening

MORE and more we are COM
A'1 ing 10 realize that air
power is to be the decisive
factor in winning the war.
With this in mind We are be-
ginning to train boys of 16 years
in high school in the principles
of aviation.
The potential number of fliers
which we eventually will have
in service has not even been
estimated.
1t is probably not generally
appreciated that at least so per
cent of the technical problems
which go 10 make these aviatorS
efficient are medical problems.
The aviator has nothing more
than one human body. no mat
ter how superior il may be 10
the average body of his fellow
creatures.
That body must in the space
of a short time, during flight,
endure changes of altitude for
which the hardest mountain
climber of a generation ago took
days or weeks of acclimatiza-
ton.
THE oxygen Saturation OF the
Il blood is the important factor
in standing attitudes, and the
oxygen saturation of the blood
is affected by carbon nonoxide.
and air fields are filled with
carbon monoxide gas all the
time.
Right away the medical Of
ficer comes into the picture.
The aviator on duty must be
continually working out mathe-
NAUTICAL problems of distance
and targets, and the entire sue
cess of his operations depends
upon the extreme accuracy Of
those calculations.
Accuracy certainly is affected
by fatigue.
If there is continuous vibra-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28

salvage division, and he says
they want this bumper steel
right away, so never mind what
any one else says in Washington
and go ahead with the collec-
tons.
About s8 million sets Of bump
ers are in existence. netting
somewhere between 100000 apd
half a million tons, but probably
much more than the first figure
because that is based on a weight
of 10 pounds to a bumper. plus q
little for luck.
Most bumpers weigh at least
IS pounds, however, and the
bumpers from one 1912 Chrysler,
a rather snowy job, which were
turned in at one town collection
the other day. weighed u
pounds.
These and lot of other bump
ers on recent jobs are steel shells
and cost quite a lot OF money
new at the dealers and thur
might tempt some one along tho.
line between the collection point
and the smelter. so il would be a
good idea 10 smash them with q
sledge before throwing them IN
the pile.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28

THE American Legion, the nations
million-strong organization Of veter-
ans Of the first World War, has elected
Roane Waring of Memphis as its new
national commander.
Mr.. Waring has all the qualities of
national leadership which his important
post as head of the American Legion
requires.
He had an outstanding military career
in the last war and has served his country
continuously and with conspicuous success
and deserved personal honor ever since.
He has been a member of the Ameri-
can Legion since the st. Louis caucus in
1919, and commanded the Memphis post,
which is one of the largest in the world.
He has a son serving on the staff of
General Macarthur in Australia.
IN EVERY respect, Mr.. Waring is repre-
sentative and characteristic of the
American Legion and of the American
fathers of sons in this war.
The American Legion is to be con-
graduated and commended for its choice
of a national commander in this time of
great peril and great duty.
The American Legion has always had
constructive and patriotic leadership.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28
Photo by international News Photo,

In the course of quarter of century,
it has never failed to adopt policies for the
good of the country, and has never failed
to support them vigorously and vigilantly,
and has never failed to administer it's own
affairs Loyalty and with integrity.
The men selected to lead the American
Legion have therefore had proud tradi-
ton to uphold, and have always done so
with great personal credit.
MIR. WARING is worthy successor to
lV1 the long line of his predecessors. He
has what may be the most difficult task
of them all, and knows it. But he has the
support of the biggest membership the
American Legion has ever had and he has
the esteem and good will of the nation as
a whole in greater measure than ever
before.
The American people take great
pleasure from the selection Of such a man
for so vital task
1t assures them that the American
Legion, from which they have had so much
in the past, will fail them now but will
continue on its course of virile, responsible
and traditional Americanism-a course
which means not merely victory in this
war but perpetuation Of our institutions
and ideals of liberty and justice thereafter.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28
Aviation
Medicine

ton of the navigator's table. the
instrument panel. the gun
mountings, il will result in
visual and general fatigue.
Again, right away the medi-
cal officer is called in. at least
medical experiments are re-
quired. in the actual construc-
ton of an airplane.
THE medical problems which
j center about gun turretS
have not even yet been sue
cessfully solved in a complete
way.
How large should gun turret
be ?------s----
The gun turret is useless I'M
less an average young adult man
can efficiently use the guns in
the turret.
He must wear adequate cloth
ing and have oxygen and inter-
communication equipment. and
he must have an even chance
of getting out of the turret
in a hurry in case abandonment
OF aircraft is necessary.
One OF the most intricate
problems which the aviation
physician has had 10 solve is
that of the aviator's clothing.
The heat regulation of the
body can compensate under
rdinary circumstances for
changes in environmental tenn
peratures.
OUT when you postufate
- changes in temperature and
altitude made in a few minutes,
the normal adjustments of the
body entirely fail unless arti-
ficially helped.
And consider that in tropical
climates the temperature inside
an airplane which has been sit
ting on the ground may be 120
degrees F. to 140 degrees F.,
and that the aviator must enter
that temperature in clothes that
in a few minutes will protect
him from the extreme cold OF
high attitudes. and you will see
you have a problem that was
never dreamt of in the philoso-
ply of the humdrum, stay-at-
home classical hygienist of the
days OF peace.
Aviation medicine requires
under any conditions very special
training.
Twenty thousand physicians
alone. it is estimated. will be
needed for the American Air
Cops.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
p. It's there any way that
moles can be removed other
than having them removed by
a doctor?
Answer - Not safely; the
process is quite complicated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28

IF millions Of Americans own
government securities they will
take n more active and helpful
interest I'm the way their money
Is being spent, not only now
but in the years 10 come. Sec
rotary OF the Treasury Morgen-
THAI.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28
w. MERTON HAZEN.
TO THE EDITOR:

A ANSWERING Mrs. Lawrence
"A and Mr.. Farber:
This much / can say before
you jump on landlords not rent
ing places with children. Check
up on your children and see if
you would let them break up
your dishes. Can you trust
them?
Most renters think just be-
cause they pay rent their chill
dren can do what they please to
that home and neighborS.
had one three doors from
us, a family from Ohio with
five kids. People on each side of
them were buying their homes,
and when this family moved in
no one could rest in that block.
Ball games, wild west and climb
ing fences and tearing up the
grass.
They had TO be put out and
you should have seen the place.
s. ALAINSKY.
1852 Kentucky avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28
Letters to
The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:
DOST OFFICE employees

pOST OFFICE employees OF
4 late have been receiving good
publicity on why they should
receive an increase in salary.
More power TO 'em. We are
intellectually with them 100
per cent.
The employees OF the United
States meat inspection service of
the bureau of animal industry,
department of agriculture, are
in the same boat. We have re-
ceived no basic increase in pay
since 1928. At the present time
il is a more arduous task TO
make our pay meet the increased
cost of living. We are not in the
high salary bracket.
w. MERTON HAZEN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28

THE auto salvage division
Il supplies IS to 20 per cent Of
the scrap metal these days. but
its ratio may 60 up when cold
weather sets in. because then IL
will be much harder TO mine old
iron and steel which is lying
around in odd places.
The bumpers. IL thrown In
now, would help lot toward
keeping the furnaces hot in
months 10 come when the winter
lag in other collections will be
felt.
l don't know Just how this
bumper steel is to be showed
along swiftly to the mills. but I
am just the idea man in this.
and with a secondhand idea, Az
that, and the practical work vii
have TO be left TO the practical
work department.
Inasmuch as the big idea is to
give them bumpers for free and
shove them into the kettles for
boiling right away. IL would
seem that the collection should
be in the hands OF volunteer out
fits such as local salvage COM
mittees or the Red Cross. II the
Red Cross isn't too heavily over
worked already.
Naturally. some one is going
TO have to earn a dollar for ham
ding this tonnage because. after
all, that is work. but there
needn't be any graft or profit
taking anywhere.
THIS is the first idea have
= ever had that didn't have
something wrong with il. and IL
has turned out so well that I
kind of wish il had been original
with me.
Steel men and iunkmen have
written, wired and phoned from
all over agreeing that these
bumpers are fine steel and in
the best possible shape for con-
venient handling as scrap.
The only objection is that they
are covered with nickel and a
thin skin of chromium which
can't be recovered from the boil.
ing and which slightly impair
the high quality of the UNDER
lying metal.
incidentally. people who hesi-
tate TO give other scrap TO the
big. general collection because
they will be darned il they will
let the local scrap dealer make
a profit on their contributions
might be glad TO hear that the
WPB is policing the industry
and watching junk piles and
prices closely.
In fact, some junkmen say.
the prices are set so low that
they exclude some scrap from
the collection because they can't
afford 10 handle it.
A lot of suggestions are COM
ing in which / probably will pass
along. but, for a sample. William
Fellowes Morgan OF Mount
Kisco. n. Y. proposes wooden
bumpers in place of the steel, TO
be lettered with the slogan:
-"My Bumpers Are tn the
Scrap"
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THE government is going to
l. get those bumpers anyway,
sometime, for they had been in
cluded in the estimates OF avail
able scrap and were regarded
as money in the bank. but now
they are desperately needed.
They have been boiling down
the old automobiles in the
graveyards AT great rate this
summer. and there are now only
about 100000 left in the whole
country.
OF the 2S million jobs still in
existence about $500, 900 are 10
years old or more and are not
long for this world. but the rate
of retirement will probably be
slower from now on because
people will hang on TO anything
that will roll
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28
PegIer Drive
For Bumpers
Wins Praise
Salvage Biewies Urge
Speedy Donations
By wESTBROOK PEGLER

EOR about "a hours 1 was
L afraid l had spoken out Of
turn in my quiet way about the
bumper thing. because several
citizens had undoubtedly had the
idea before it occurred to me in
a fash Of brilliance and il had
doubtless been brushed of by
various officials in Washington.
l had quite talk yesterday.
however. with Merrill Stubbs.
head man OF the automobile
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-28

(Mr. Pssisr has stirred the
foiks up with that fender pre-
posaI. Sisv Freeman goes int
the problem, tn his Auto Craphs
column. Page 49,
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QUESTIONS, ANSWERS

p. It's there any way that
moles can be removed other
than having them removed by
a doctor?
Answer - Not safely; the
process is quite complicated.
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