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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Monareh's Biography

FREDERICK THE GREAT"
The most extraordinary mon
arch since Marcus Aurelius. who
combined philosophy with states
manship. warcraft and batting
Christians. He was Frederick
the Great (17l2-17s6), king of
Russia for as years.
He was tyrant. a poet.
freethinker. warrior who stood
off and defeated all Of Europe
in seven years. the friend and
patron of the revolutionary Vol
taire. a man who spoke perfect
French and bad German. man
who loathed his people-a fellow
with a big nose and staring
eyes; a dirty man, combination
of highbrow and berry beast.
Pierre Gaxotte has written an
excellent life of this paradox.
Frederick the Great" yale
University Press, Gazette is a
Frenchman. and he writes. as
most Frenchmen do, -drsma;i-
cally, wildly and epigramati-
cally,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Convinced Informant
Was Telling Untruth

"What's your name and where
are you FROM" demanded Blake.
albert Ives" came the sullen
reply. I'm from San Francisco
on my way north to try for job
in a lumber camp"
That's a lie! You're not big
enough TO wash dishes in
lumber camp! Come on-yOu're
coming with me to Truckee,"
and the officer, taking time
only to radio ahead. hustled his
reluctant guest into his white
coupe and streaked for Truckee,
40 miles to the east near The
Nevada border.
In that little town, high in the
Sierras, the captain found High
way Patrolman Arthur Barrett
standing alongside a blue De
Soto. Ives stared at the auto
in such terror that the officer
literally had to drag him out
OF the police car.
Barrett ordered the occupants
ON the car so they could be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Chief Started Quiz
The Next Morning

The following morning San
Franciscos Chief of Police
Charles Dullea called in the en-
tire homicide squad; he sum-
married the results of the
investigation issuing from the
killing that had occurred during
the night.
~At l:10 this morning" he be-
gan, "a restaurant owner was
killed outside of his place of
business, just south OF San
Francisco Park. The victim,
Leland Cash, went out to his
car with a small package of
bacon, while his wife got ready
for the trip home. Mrs. Cash
heard a shot and dashed out to
find her dying husband on the
ground slongside his car.
The gunman may have been
easing the place when the owner
rame out with his package,
which the killer evidently
thought was the days receipts.
Mr.. Cash was deaf and wore a
hearing apparatus, the battery
Of which he carried In his coat
pocket.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

asked the officer as he reached
for his hot car sheet.
"Yes-license number 58A930.
The car Is q dark blue De Soto
sedan, headed east on the Lin
colu highway-must be near
Truckee by now"
Blake scanned his list mi
nutely. Suddenly he stiffened 10
attention--the car in question
was stolen in San Francisco on
April Z, the day before the Cash
crime. Captain Blake glanced
up narrowly to find his informer
inching toward the door.
Come back here" roared the
officer. AS the shabby youth
Shuffled over, the trooper studied
him with interest. The left eye
lid dropped over what appeared
to be a blind eye, and the afflic-
ton gave the youth a cunning,
cruel expression.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

sec that the driver was man
hut woman wearing a white
turban Sat in the back seat"
The following day, 100 miles
TO the north. a tousled, squirting
youth appeared before Capt
Joseph Blake AZ the state high
way patrol station in Grass Val
ley.
II came TO report a stolen
car began the youth. II
thumbed a ride from two men
and a woman, and during the
lift they began Dragging about
stealing the car. Later they
started whispering among them
selves and figured they were
going 60 rub me out, 10 Sneaked
away at the first stop We made"
Get the number ~ the cars"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

psychiatric treatment of habitual
drunkards.
At least, the probate judges
believe almost 100 per cent that
this would be a step in the right
direction. They say they are
forced TO lock up inebriates in
county iiails when they should
60 to hospitals.
In some cases and only 70
arc on record in tho entire state
dunkardS have been COM
mittcd 10 hospitals for the in
sane. There They are forced TO
minglc with tho mentally unhal-
anCCd, a course that may prove
harmful instead of helpful.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

Att O'CLOCK in the morn
"A inc of April s. 1870. San
Francisco Slumbered under a
heavy blanket of fog. To the
south along the deserted leach
Golden Gate Park had already
BACKED out, leaving a ghoStly
darkness that was broken only
by occasional biohS OF red neon.
where roadside stands waited
impaucntly 10 speed their lin
gering guests.
The Fat Boy Barbccue--Situ-
ated on the beach border where
the scrub trees wage an eternal
fight for life against the en-
croaching sand -. finally douSed
its lights and became another
spectral shadow in the murky
night.
Shortly after, a door slammed
and a dim figure made its way
from the front door 10 a lone
car parked in the lot alongside.
Suddenly another figure APP
peared from out the gray gloom,
and the two converged at the
side of the car where they
seemed 10 talk for a moment.
The conversation wa abruptly
punctuated by flash of
orange flame and a roar that
reverbersted from the stucco
walls and skipped out across the
water. One figure Slumped to
the graveled ground 10 become
an inert smudge, the other dis
appeared like a specter into the
shroud of obScurity from which
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Killers Heritage

With a wealth OF anecdotes.
with a superb understanding OF
the deeper currents of history
as well as of the people that
guided them. Gazette tells the
story Of Frederick. the men and
women around him. and the Eu-
rope of Louis XIV, Catherine OF
Russia and George III.
II is also the story OF a later
Europe. that of 1870. 1914 and
1899. for. without Frederick,
there would have been no Bis
marck or William III or Adolf
Hitler. Frederick literally made
history. and his mark will be on
IL for long time TO come.
II you are biography fan,
don't miss this book. It's full
meal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
McCracken at Helm

The job of doing something"
about the unfortunates who are
unable 10 handle alcohol tenn
perately has fallen TO Lawrence
McCraCken, former newspaper
man and magazine writer who
IS genuinely interested in the
problem.
For months, McCracken has
been working quietly building
up the Michigan branch of an
organization known nationally
as Alcoholics Anonymously
It's m e m berS arc former
drunkardS whose commcndable
hobby II is To take a sufferer
IN tow and cure him. Every
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
RebeIlious Bacon

THE KINGS PASSENGER"
One of the first men to rebel
against tyranny in America was
Nathaniel Bacon (1647-1676),
who told Governor Berkeley OF
Virginia what human rights"
were. Bacon was an English
man, an aristocrat by birth but
a democrat at heart. The fuss
he kicked up is known in his
tory as "Bacon's Rebellion" and
il was to Nathaniel Bacon that
we owe the initial inspiration of
that great document that Jefer-
son penned just 100 years after
Bacon's death.
Around this almost forgotten
episode in American history
Nathan Schachner has written
strong. vivid romance in "The
Kings Passenger" (LippincottD
The romance itself centers
around Jeremy Wynne, an Eng
lishman. who came out to Vir-
ginia (penal servitude) with
Miss Anne Churchill after
Wynne's death sentence had
been COMMITTED in a crime COM
mitted by his father.
The boat they came over on
carried Nathaniel Bacon. From
the landing at jamestown
through the adventures of lover
and rebel to the dramatic climax
in which a man and woman
together face a new life in
new world, Schachner unfolds
with color and vigor a story
that will stand as an important
achievement Of historical fiction.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
In the Realm Of Books
& De Ga,,e,e,
Rebels Who Refused to Give UsJ
With Lee Subject Of Fine Novel

6 A NIGEL WITH SPURS
IA When Lee signed on the
dotted line at Appomattox, Gen.
Joe Shelby and what was left of
his Confederate Army said
mol"
Then began one of the strang-
est and least-known incidents in
American history. an incident on
which Paul I. Wellman has based
his novel, Angel With Spurs
Gippincott), a book that has all
the ingredients of a fascinating,
whizbang movie.
General Shelby and his faith
full Johnnyrebs refused to sur
render. Left high but NOT dry
down In Texas, they decided TO
summon all the irreconcilable
Confederate "Now boys and
carry on the work for the lost
cause on Mexican soil.
Fight for Emperor Max
They started out to join up
with Bonito Juarez. who was
trying to free Mexico from the
yoke of the Emperor Macmillan,
the Austrian archduke whom
Louis Napoleon had made the
ruler of Mexico.
But on the way they suddenly
bethought themselves between
swigs of pulque that ii was mira
dig for white men to fight for
dams (Juarez was a full
blooded Indian, and so they
switched to Macmillan with the
ease with which they fetched
chaw of terbaccy from one cheek
to another.
Another reason why they went
over to Emperor Max was that
Lincoln was against him.
Well. they arrived at the court
Of Macmillan after many hard
ships and lots of sniping and
drinking and finally got the gate.
so to spea k-and Macmillan
gets the shooting wall, as we all
know.
The angel With Suprs" is
girl who goes along with Shelby
and his last hopes" OF the Con-
federacy.
Love. adventure, history and
racy dialog make this an ex-
citable book-made for solid en-
tertainment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Finally Confessed
Belonging to Mob

At that moment Patrolman
Barrett, who had been search
ing the car. came toward Blake
with his right hand extended
il it lay shining revolver.
Look, Captain" he said. 81
think we've got something. It's
n 49,"
Blake took one look and then
reached for the covering Ives,
who WINGED at the vise-like
grip.
"Come clean" rasped the Of
ficer. "WhO are these people?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
What Outstate Judges Say

"The liquor commission Is not
advocating a separate hospital
for drunkards. This Is just a
part Of the research to get cx-
pert opinion on different APP
proaches 10 the problem"
Bearing in mind the fact that
Detroit probate judges chose TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

these came in they were care
fully checked.
on the night of April Is. Cap
tain DulleaS judgment was vim
dicated. a man named Silver,
proprietor of sandwich shop in
the neighborhood of the Fat
Boy Barbecue. noticed a dark
blue sedan without license plates
cruising hack and forth in front
Of his ShOD.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Turbdned Woman
Seen in Auto

THAT car was the same one
that had been cruising In front
of my store earlier" said the
gallant Silver. I'm sure of IL
because I chased him up the
avenue and almost reached the
car when Ii got away. j could
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
With Hope Of Retaining Thousands

one cured becomes a member
and helps a new one.
Largest and fastest-growing
group has been formed in Pom
tiac, where al are members.
Latest is being formed in the
Upper Peninsula. and results are
already apparent.
True Picture Difficult
Concurrcntly. he sampled the
minds of probate judges.
THE presence Of only 20 per-
sons In asyIums for the insane
because Of aicohoi docs not pre-
sent true picture" he said.
~ man or his family will not
ask for his commitment unless
his condition is desperate.
MANY probate judges say
they even let desperate cases go
by the board because state in
situations are already crowded
with other type patients. Most
saw a separate institution as a
necessity.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

The Pacific Is the sea Of the
future, and some so per cent
of the British Empire is in the
Pacific area.
His examination OF the re-
sources Of the world indicateLl
the supreme economic. politica1
and military advantages Of our
continent. especially in the direc-
ton of the Pacific.
] do not see how when vic.
tory is once achieved this can
be otherwise.
The pivot of ciyilization-and
its hopes--is now North Amer
lea. How much more so when
the time comes that the whole
world, both conquerors and van
pushed, must recognize that the
United States of America and
Canada were the answers 10 the
titanic problem Of the ages
slavery or freedom?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Probate judges Aid
Plan 10 Restore Them
TO Useful Society
~ Don GARDNER
TNm,, SIAN Cotrcsrondcut

LANSING. May 9 Should
he state attempt 10 reclaim It's
hundreds Of human dCrclictS
who arc uncontrollably addicted
10 alcohol
Eight years of llluor admins
tration in Michigan has seen no
serious attempts As a result.
millions have been lost 10 the
nation in needed manpower.
Now, for the first time. the
liquor commission under guild
ance Of us chairman Ralph
Thomas, has issued orders 10
attack the problem
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
May Mean State Clinic

Questionnaires have been
mailed 10 probate Judges
throughout tho state Research
is under way
The rcsult2 Ne one knows.
hut II may be the construction
OF state institution devoted
exclusively 10 the medical and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

ignore the liquor commissions
QUESTIONABLE, listen what pro-
bate judges in come OF the
smaller upstate communities
have to say about alcoholics:
give been on the bench nine
years and haven't had one In
court"
T have 25 To so each year
seeking commitments 10 state
hospitals, but they don't get
in"
1--WE commit 10 a year. but
usually have at least Is appli-
cations" ---.-
"No applications for treat
ment In 81 years"
"In three years I've had Is
cases and most would have
taken voluntary treatment II IL
were provided
Favors Prohibition
Lets bring back prohibition
and remove the cause"
I'VE don't accept petitions for
confinement to state hospitals
because they won't take patients
anyway"
"1he liquor problem Is n dis
grace with all these fine young
men going to the dogs"
"Most Of mine are young men.
Give them work"
Out of. the so probate judges
who returned questionnaires. il
is interesting 10 note that only
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Michigan Studies State Treatment Of Drunkards

three believed that alcoholics
who appeared in their court
rooms were not worth reclaim
ing"
Twenty-seven said definitely
yes, and the balance left the
space blank or said it was ques-
tionable,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Logical Prophecy

NORTH AMERICA: WHEEL
OF THE FUTURE"-Few curl
rent war books contain a new
idea. Those that are not a mere|
condensation OF newspaper arr
ticles are something between|
crackpot prophecies and strings
OF bewildered questions that MOI
one can answer.
But ] think that Hawthorne
Daniel in his North America:|
Wheel of the Future" (Scrib-I
ners). although somewhat in the
nature Of a prophecy, has got
something based on solid logic
II mean the kind of logic that
is going to stand up under the
impact OF the whirling events
ahead.
The basis of Mr.. Daniels
vision Is that the North Ameri-
can continent is. the new full.
crum upon which trade and poll
tics must rest for an indefinite
period.
The British Isles have chiefly
an artificial Importance now.
The true center Of the British
Empire is Canada.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Russia Leads World

According 10 McCracken, Rus
STA leads the world in its attack
on alcoholism.
CIT IL recognized there n a
medical problem instead Of a
moral one" he said. "lnstead
Of tossing their afflicted In jail
as we do, they treat them.
"when q mans work Is az
fected by drinking In Russia,
ne In sent to q clinic for ex-
animation. An effort II made
TO cure alcoholics by clinical
treatment, but II this fails,
they 20 TO an institution"
With nearly $19,000,000 in
liquor profits turned into the
state treasury last year, the
present liquor commission feels
that some part of this should be
spent in promoting the temper
ate use of alcohol.
Statistics show that only 2
per cent Of all drinkers are the
troublemakers," Commissioner
James d. Dotsch said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

ler." something better than
fiction. 1t is the truth that
reads like a story by a modern
lied Edgar Allan Poe.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
Man Sought In
Staying OF Five
In Hamlet, N. {.
Police Chief
Among Those
Fatally Shot

HAMLET, N. C.-(SNS)-An
armed posse of $50 citizens Tues
day was seeking Negro man said
to have shot to death Police Chief
J. B. Fallow and four other Ne
groes earlier in the day.
The man sought was listed as
Will Dawkins. He was said to be
armed with shotgun. The posse
was led by sheriff's officers and
state highway patrolmen.
According to information, the
dead were Dawkins' wife, her sis
ter, three-year-o child of
the Dawkinses, and an unidentified
man. Another Dawkins child and
another Negro man were in the
hospital, the latter not expected
to hive, it was stated by Tommy Adj
kins, white member of the Tire
Rationing Board, who was pinch
hitting as desk officer at police
headquarters while all available
police were pressed into the
search.
The trouble was attributed to
domestic difficulties.
Chief Fallow and G. A. Eacho,
white, railway agent, were report
ed to have gone to the scene when
a shooting was reported and dis
covered Dawkins in the neighbor-
hood. AS Fallow and Eacho tried
to corner Dawkins to arrest him,
he fired the shotgun at close range
into Fallows face, killing him in
stantly, and then escaped, accord
Ing to the report,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09

WASHINGTON, d. C.-(S N 50
Rounding out 80 years in the
services of the u. S. Department
OF Agriculture, William III. Garrett,
ranking colored sub-profescional
worker in the Pathological Division
OF the Bureau of Animal Industry.
retired Friday. Almost as agile as
on that July day In 1909 when ap-
pointed in the bureau, Mr.. Gar
rett busted himself his last day at
his post, steriIizing chemical APP
paratus and assisting bacteriolo-
gists In the preparation of tuber-
culln, diagnostic agent used in
testing cattle for tuberculosis.
Shiny beakers and TASKS in the
laboratory mirrored his face as he
beemed With pride in the small
but necessary part he has played IN
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
Pioneer Jackson
Woman Passes

Mrs. Nancy Grayson, 30, one of
the pioneer Jackson families died
at her home on West Deerpark
Street, Sunday night. Her death
being largely the result of adj
vanced age.
Mrs. Grayscn is survived by sew
eral children, members of prom
inent Jackson families, as well as
a number of grandchildren.
Surviving children, are: Mrs
Gussie Brinkley, wife of Prof. S.
M. Brinkley, retired principal OF
Jr. Hill school; MIS-. Mittye Parker,
wife of j. S. Parker, West Jackson
druggist; Mrs. Eva Jones and Mr.
Hiram Wright, a -in-law, now
a resident of Detroit, whose chill
dren make up the bulk of her
grandchildren
Funeral services were held at
Christ Temple church, where she
had been member for many
years, wednesday, at 2 pm, with
Bishop E. w. Butler, assisted by
Rev. George A. Thmas, officiating
Funeral arrangements were by
Peoples Undertaking Company.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
BY MAI. LAWRENCE w. LONG

Governor Paul B. Johnson has
requested that you be informed of
some of the defects and problems
uncovered in the classification and
examination of the Registrars Of
the Selective Service System who
are Negroes.
AS Medical Advisor to the Gov
ernor and Chief of the Medical
Division, I feel that I have met
and am aiding in the solution of
some of your problems that have
arisen.
Beginning in December, 1910
there have been many thousands
of Negroes between the ages of q
and SO who have been examined.
physically and mentally. What has
been revealed is most astounding
and the time is now ripe to make
certain moves in the direction Of
correcting these defects.
We know now that % 1-2 per-
cent of the Negroes in this state
have syphilis. We can tell you that
with the assistance of the United
States Public Health Service, al
of these cases are being treated
either by private physicians or
public clinics, and they are requir-
ed to be treated under our State
and Federal Laws. Several thou
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
Another Class
Is Given Wings
Get Commissions
AS Lieutenants

TUSKEGEE, ALA. - (SNS) =
"The Tuskegee Army Flying School.
still in the process of growing, is
the result of the untiring efforts
on the part of many interested and
devoted persons who desire to place
within your grasp an opportunity
to fly in the Army Air Force. You
have reached this goal and you join
that initial group of pilots who re-
ceived their wings in this hall last
month. There will be others to
follow and from this group there
will emerge combat units as EVIL
dence of your ability and applt-
cation
So spoke Colonel Frederick v. H.
Kinble, commanding officer OF
the Tuskegee Army Flying School,
addressing the graduating class OF
Negro cadets in the Post Theatre
here Friday.
Among those who received from
Colonel Kimble diplomas and COM
missions as End LieutenantS in the
y. S. Air Corps were: Sidney
Brooks, Cleveland; Charles w. Dry
den, New York City; and Clarence
G. JamiSOn of Cleveland.
The coveted wings were pinned
on by Major Noel r. Parrish, d.
rector Of Flight Training. The in
vocation and the benediction were
pronounced by the Post Chaplain,
IT. n. Henry Hooks,