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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
The Wicker Egg Basket and
Oilcloth Valise in Which the
Clue of the Giants Night
shirt Was Found.

pubhcized. The question on many lips be-
came, Who knows such a woman"
weeks and months went by and the ques-
ton remained unanswered
The trail of the name Timothy Byrnes"
seemed hot with promise. There was Tim
othy Byrnes, former Atlantic City politician.
but the calendar of his movements COM
pletely cleared him Of the slightest relation
to the tragedy at Railway. The Timothy
Byrnes who was in any way concerned with
the Nameless Girl was some other man. ard
10 this day his identity is a mystery.
The hunt for the Unknown Giant brought
out unexpected aspects. He was not hunted
by individuals but by mobs Every man of
exceptional size for many miles about the
scene of the crime was suspect Men Of
giant stature and strength accustomed all
their lives TO dominating their fellows now
shrank before the coming OF a crowd They
were cornered, questioned harred and bullied
one after another these powerful fellows
were finally left limp, but declared innocent
OF the murder of the Nameless Girl To this
day the Unknown Giant is still unknown.
To the pity and terror in the mystery
was added final touch of the fantastic Ser
geant Conger got an inspiration when the
basket with the hen eggs was found near the
scene of the crime He took the unbroken
eggs to a poultry farm and had them
Matched FerndpS the breed of the bird that
laid them was distinctive enough 10 help lead
the hunt to where the eggs were placed in
the farm basket
Interested eyes watched the first chick
break out of the shell. The eyes became still
more interested. Weeks later the chicks from
the unbroken eggs were developed enough to
make their contribution TO the mystery.
A New York reporters story described
the bizarre product of these eggs as a re
markable and individual bird with large
feathers on his feet like the wings OF Mer-
curry" But it did not tighten the mystery
of the Nameess Girl
She was buried in Railway Cemetery Her
pallbearers were six New York reporters
several OF whom later achieved fame as writ
ers. II was they who paid for the wooden
marker over her grave and had The Name
less Lady" painted the board The text
Of the brief sermon preached by Reverend
William Ruth at the burial referred TO an
ancient counterpart Of the Unknown Giant:
He stitch in the lurking places Of viii
lagos; in the secret places doth he murder
the innocent"
torrential rain washed the grave marker
away Old maps that told whore the Name
less Lady was buried are lost But her story
arises SIN on the anniversaries Of the crime
and people still ask who she was and who
was the Unknown Giant
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Investigators.

II was a question that was TO he heard
often again Of the Namelcss Girl.
The crowd craned to look closer. Someone
called. Let us see her face"
Coroner Terrill tried TO turn the woman's
head. The night warm when that head
was thrust into the mud but by morning
frost had come. Coroner Terrill gently dis
engaged it but it a sight neither useful
nor At for public view.
You will have chance TO see her later
at Rynos Undertaking Parlors,' he an
nounced.
The body was removed there. washed and
found to be that of girl no more than
twenty years old. She must have been comely,
with light hazel hair, blue eyes, broad strong
features attractively modelled But her face
had been gashed with knife, her throat
deeply cut, and her head and the upper part
Of her body showed the impact of terrific
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

blows. Yet medical examination showed
that murder was the only passion that had
dominated the killer at the time of the attack
While the examination was going crowds
pressed about Ryno's morgue. Other crowds
poured out of trolley cars, and came in bug
gies, on bicycles and on foot When the doors
were thrown open they filed past the dead
woman who was now humanity recognizable.
They looked at the young face with compass
sion, fear and some with recognition. The
girl seemed about TO be no longer nameless.
TITS Mary Luik!" woman screamed.
Another brushed her aside mo, no. It's
Lena Vogt!"
A third called out, It's not know her.
It's Annie Sanbro"
Others pressed forward with claims that
they recognized her It's Mary Gornley.'
NO. she's Mary Matby." It's Miss Moekel.
Call her mother, somebody
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

Each name sent widening circle of fear
among the families and friends of the women
named. From all over the countryside people
came hurrying, breathless haggard, hysteri-
cal.
And by one came the living to say
that these fears were false
The mystery became of interest to the big
metropolis. New York sent its foremost news
paper reporters to the scene. Police from
other cities sent their cleverest detectives
Every farm and household for miles about the
scene was visited by police and reporters
Scores of trails were picked up and followed
TO dead ends
Suddenly sensation surged up again George
Wright formerly chief of the Railway Police
later a private detective was working on the
mystery Of the Nameless Lady by himself
and had come TO Milton Creek tributary of
the Railway River.
Standing on the bridge that crossed it he
looked down and saw something that sent
him scrambling to the water 1t was an old
fashioned valise of ocloth grounded on an
slet Of mud. 1t was evidently thrown there
from the bridge. On the bridge rail at that
point dark stains Wright had not noticed till
then proved to be dried blood.
The valise seemed to hold the rest of the
story of the Nameless Girl. Among articles
of womans clothng-some of it matched the
clothes on the body-was a handkerchief on
which was embroidered in silk: * NJ. NoorZ"
There was also combination pencil and
rubber stamp reading: Timothy Byrnes."
But what everybody found Of greatest in
terest mans nghtshrt The moment
it was taken out of the bag and separated
from the womans clothing it intrigued public
curiosity
Then it was unfolded and onlookers gasped
Crudely though the shirt was made, it
must have Appropriated the size Of the man
who had used it. Across the chest il was fully
four feet. It's length and sleeves were in pro-
portion. The man who would fill that gar
ment would have to be nearly seven feet tall,
with the chest Of a gorilla and corresponding
limbs and strength.
So terror added 10 the mystery Of the
Nameless Lady. The creature who had vented
his ire on the young woman/was giant. and
no one could tell who he was and where he
might strike next
The Unknown Giant changed the mood
Of the investigation. Up 10 then. time seemed
to be Of secondary Importance in the hunt
Now the Unknown Giant must be found be-
fore he unleashed the beast in him again.
The hunters added frenzy of energy to
their activities,
*. NJ. Noorz" the name presumably OF
the hitherto Nameless Girl, was advertised
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Missing Persons

Those having information
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
Nth the Public Relations Squad
OF the Police Department, Ma
tiondl 1000.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Office Boys Tale
Of Commission Debated

On July l The Star printed IN
one edition a story that 12-year-
old American office boy, employed
by the British Purchasing Commits
sion here, had declined to conform
to an order to rise from his chair
when a British officer entered the
room, and got in his say on lease
lend when the officer upbraided
him" The story came from one of
The Stars special services.
The Star has been informed that
no such order ever has been issued
by the British commission, and that
in fact the boy, aged 16, not IL, has
admitted that the incident did not
occur.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The American Red Cross, at the
request Of the Government, is plan
ming to establish numerous club
hotels in foreign lands so that
United States soldiers and sailors on
leave can have soft drinks, hot dogs,
full meals, bed-and breakfast at
rock bottom prices. They will be re-
stricted to enlisted personnel.
Bernard S. Garter, Red Cross dele
gate to Great Britain, came here
yesterday for conferences with Nor
man Davis, chairman of the Red
Cross, and military officials on pro-
posed plans. He expects to return to
London shortly.
Several of the club-hotels already
are in operation in the British Isles,
Iceland and Australia. Today an
other and the largest thus far will
be opened. For it, the Red Cross
took over partially blitzed hotel,
appropriately named the Washing
ton Hotel, In Londons Mayfair, re-
conditioned 1t and renamed 1t the
Evening star., 1942-07-04
| Three at Miami Accused
Of Army Bribery Attempt
py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, July 4.-Two Miami
Beach business men, already under
Federal indictment on charges OF
attempting to bribe an Army officer,
were nabbed along with a third
man yesterday in a second case OF
the same nature.
Arrested for the second time were
Nathan Ginsberg, part owner OF the
Tides Hotel, and Bernard Sharon,
part owner of the City Hall garage.
The new defendant is Julius Kesden,
Sharon's garage partner.
The three were accused by FB1
Agent r. G.. Danner of attempt
ing to bribe a commissioned
officer to obtain permanent as
signment at the beach training
school for a private about to be
sent to field duty.
Ali pleaded not guilty to the
charge of conspiracy to bribe an
Army officer to do an act in viola
ton of his duty" when arraigned
yesterday. Bond was set at $4,000
each.
Earlier this week Federal grand
jury indicted Ginsberg and Sharon
on charges of trying to brlbe a
major to prevent the transfer OF
a private stationed here.
Evening star., 1942-07-04

port said. "In some instances the
time of completion has been re-
duced over so per cent"
This speed-up was attributable,
the report explained, to rapid and
extensive increases in shipbuilding
facilities, q tremendous increase in
the number of available yards. the
construction of new machine shops
and overtime work.
Referring briefly to the Navy's
decision to shelve new battleship
construction in favor of aircraft
carriers, the report emphasized that
this deferment was not because the
Navy felt there would be no future
need for dreadnaughts, or heavy
cruisers. but only because of the
difficulty in obtaining materials for
all needed ships.
The Navy, it said, was encounter
ing extraordinarily difficult condi-
tions" because of the necessity of
operating on many fronts in differ
ent parts of the world. Also, there
was lack of adequate naval and
air bases, and in some cases short
ages of needed equipment and raw
materials. However, all these handi-
caps, were being overcome rapidly" "
the report asserted.
War bonds are the premiums on
the insurance of national liberty.
Don't let the policy lapse.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Red Cross Washington Club
Opened in London for AEF

American Red Gross Washington
Club.
This club will have $50 beds. A
soldier or sailor can get bed and
breakfast for about SO cents. About
900 men can be fed at one time.
There will be a cafeteria, informa-
ton center, recreation rooms, libra
ry and snack-bar There's also a
ballroom, where it is planned to
have dances and movies.
This club, like the others, is open
to service men of the United Ma
tions, but it contains an American
room restricted to American SOL
diers and sailors.
Operation of these service clubs
with the eXpeditionary forces Is a
new field. for the Red Cross.
Secretary of War Stimson ruled
it advisable that soldiers pay the
actual cost of accommodations. The
American Red Cross in London eX-
poets to charge about 20 cents for
lunch and for dinners.
These club-hotels are for enlisted
personnel only.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Naval Construction
Ahead Of Schedule,
Walsh Tells Senate
Some Combat Ships
Built in Hulf Time,
Chairman Reports

Py tie Associated Press.
The Senate Naval Affairs Com
mittee reported yesterday that the
Navy shipbuilding program was
well ahead of schedule and that in
some instances combat ships have
been turned out in half the time
expected.
This progress, the committee told
the Senate in a review of its activ-
tiles submitted by Chairman Walsh,
applied to "all types of combatant
vessels
The record of vessels completed
from January /, 1912, to June l, 1912,
is most satisfactory and is much in
excess of what was anticipated when
contracts were entered into" the re-
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Virginia Employment
. Shows II Pct. Gain
y, the Associated Press.

., the Associated Press.
agricultural employment In
Virginia increased $4,000, or Ill per
cent, between May, 194l, and May
1912, the Labor Department re-
ported.
An increase of 5000, or "A per
cent, was reported in May, 1912
Virginias total non agricultural en-
ployment in that month was re-
ported at 654,000 The national total
was al POI 900, a new all-time high
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Workers End Strike
AT Bethlehem Stee|'s
.Ldckawanna Plant
900 Vote to Return
To Jobs; WLB to Hear
Grievance Charges

By tic Associated Press.
LACKAWANNA, N. Y, July A
strike at the Bethlehem Steel Co s
huge Lackawanna plant ended early
today as members of the United
Steel Workers of America, CIO, re-
turned to their jobs on two open
hearth furnace units.
Lorne H. Nelles, union representa-
tive, reported the approximately 900
men voted unanimously to return to
work on No. 2 and No. 3 units and
said he was confident" other work.
ers on the ore docks and blast fur
naces would not carry out their
threat to strike today.
The many grievances against the
company" which prompted the walk
Evening star., 1942-07-04

out will be heard Tuesday morning
by the War Labor Board in Wash
ington, he added. The agreement
was reached, Mr.. Nelles said, after
Clarence Lamotte, federal labor con-
ciliator, conferred with union OIL
cials last night.
Edward F. Entwisle, plant mana
ger who said the stoppage reduced
the plants steel ingot production
by two-thirds. declared the men left
their work allegedly because four
employees were not members of the
United Steel Workers Mr.. Nelles
said he understood" the four men
had signed union membership cards.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Prince Georges Boord
AIIots Three Autos

Authorizations for the purchase
of new cars were issued the follow
ing rersons this week by the Prince
Georges County MD Rationing
Board:
1t. Paul r. Schneider Edmons-
ton; C. L. Wood, Upper Marlboro
and William C. Ondrovich, Benning
D. c.
Certificates authorizing the pur-
chase of 208 tires and 39l tubes
were issued last month, according
to the boards report for June. The
board authorized the retreading and
recapping of 72l tires.
Evening star., 1942-07-04

l |
OF the Police Department, Na-
tional 1000.
Frank Alexandra Biggs, 80, 6
feet, 100 pounds, gray eyes, brown
hair; wearing brown slacks and
white shoes and shirt; missing from
153 Kentucky avenue S. E. since yes
terday.
Charles Stevenson, 81, 5 feet II
inches, $50 pounds, brown eyes,
white hair and mustache, fair COM
plexion; wearing dark gray suit, tan
hat, black shoes; missing from 211
E street NV. since June 8.
Max MOSkowitz, SO, feet inches
100 pounds, bald headed; driving
black Chrysler sedan, Virginia tags,
1858; missing from Arlington.
Va, since Thursday.
Audrey Martz, 13, 5 feet 2 inches,
100 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair;
wearing a red and white checkered
play suit, dark red jacket, white
and tan oxfords; missing from 1910
Potomac avenue Sc. since Thurs
day.
Kenneth Brown. 13, colored, feet,
95 pounds, light brown skin; wear
ing tan gabardine trousers, green
shirt and brown shoes: missing from
4941 Sheriff road NE. since We'd
nesday.
Walter Augustus Gardner, 81,
colored, feet, 6 inches, lis pounds,
gray eyes, light skin; wearing blue
suit, tan shoes and a cap; missing
from 4707 Eads street NE. snice
Wednesday,
Florence Lawrence, 38, colored, S
feet, inches, 125 pounds, medium
brown skin; wearing a white dress
with blue belt, black shoes; miss
ing from 1920 New Jersey avenue
NV. since Wednesday.
Dorothy Elaine Grimes, l8, col
ored, 5 feet, inches, 135 pounds,
light skin; wearing pink dress,
white shoes; missing from 1ll6
Seventh street NV. since Thursday.
Paul Grimes, %, colored, 6 feet,
1855 pounds, brown skin; wearing a
cream sports shirt, gray trousers,
panama hat.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Cord Wonders 81 Years;
Sender, Addressee Dead
p, The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY-A CHEEKY postal
card was received here from Jonn
Blanchon, saloonkeeper, VINO was
visiting in Paris, France.
It would have been delieVerd as
addressed. to Police Chief Went
worth E. Griffin-except that Cniei
Griffin died IA years ago. AND lor
that matter, Mr.. Blanchon himseh
died even earlier, police said.
The card, marked rush. was
mailed in Paris, August 18, 1911.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Womon's Cout Deceives
BottIe-Fed Lamb
By the Associated Press.

ENID, Okla-Lambs learn at an
early age 20 recognize their mother
or the person who feeds them.
Everett Purcell says he has farmer
friend whose wife was bottle-feed-
ing an orphan lamb.
One night he was leading the
lamb to a shed and the animal
baked. So the farmer went into
the house, dressed in his wife's coat
and tied a 'kerchief around his
head. The lamb fell for the decep-
ton and trotted right into the shed.
Evening star., 1942-07-04

v stands for victory, not vacilla-
ton. Buy War bonds, now.
Evening star., 1942-01-25

Britain, France and Germany after the
last war. In Germany and France there
was currency imitation Of rather vio-
lent nature The Germans, defeated,
wiped out their debt by means of a
deliberate imitation that carried away
all values as represented in money terms.
It is probable that the defeated ma
tions in this war will go through with q
policy Of reputation, probably in the
form Of currency imitation.
Those who win the war. however. will
face q problem Of debt only relatively
less troublesome, unless they tax away
a very large proportion of the cost while
the war is being carried on. Very high
taxes in wartime may save the Nation
from controls in the postwar period that
would 60 much farther than any of the
controls Of the New Deal years.
In many ways, debt becomes measure
of the degree to which socialization is
going. Nations do not blow up finan-
cially, except as q matter Of deliberate
policy. Instead, they tend to move to-
ward socialistic controls and government
planning In order to obtain Q level Of
national income from which to pay
debt service with sore ease.
Evening star., 1942-01-25
Local Police Academy

One OF the major faults found
with the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment during the congressional in,
vestigation several months ago was
the lack of an in-service training
program designed to keep members
of the department-including vet
eran offlcers-abreast of latest de-
velopments in the realm of law
enforcement. At that time the de-
partment not only had no adequate
refreSher course of its own, but had
failed to take full advantage of the
free training facilities offered by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. It
is reassuring, therefore, to know
that one of the first achievements Of
Major Edward J. Kelly as police
Superintendent has been the eStab-
lishment of the Washington Police
Academy, organized along lines of
the F. B. T. National Police Academy
The student body of this academy
is composed not of rockies but of
policemen having the rank Of sergeant
or higher, and privates who have had
more than six years of experience on
the force. The twenty-eight police
men who are taking the 107-hour
course of eighty-five subjects are not
being instructed in the fundamentals
of police work. They are taking a
highly specialized course in advanced
law enforcement, conducted by
qualified experts chosen from the
department itself and from outside
fields of endeavor The lectures and
demonstrations are intended to IA
miliarize the policemen with mod
ernized techniques with respect to
detection, apprehension and prepa-
ration of evidence in crime cases.
These procedures and techniques
have improved radically since some
of the old-timers on the local force
made their debut as officers. Unless
the police officer keeps pace with the
cunning and .resourcefulness of the
underworld, he is at disadvantage
in attempting to cope with today's
criminal element.
1t is noted that the academy is
laying emphasis on relations between
the police officer and the public. This
is phase of police responsibility
which too often has been overlooked
in times past, yet experience has
shown that effective law enforce
ment depends on wholehearted CO.
operation of the public. A proper
understanding by policemen of their
duties and obligations toward the
people who employ them to protect
the community is essential If there Is
to be proper respect for law. Major
Kelly has exercised good judgment in
stressing this important aspect of
police work.
Evening star., 1942-01-25
Sunk-on Puper

For the third time the Toxic press
has sunk the plane carrier Lexington.
Cheerfully Toxic writes multiple
obits of vessel after vessel of our
fleet. Before the war is over, each
unit Of it will need at least as many
lives as cat to remain afloat.
There are certain advantages,
however, in having a propaganda
bureau finish off a war vessel. No
risk is run, and nothing can be lost
save truth, which has been lost in
Japan for years anyhow. Further
more, while the navy can sink a
ship only once, the press can do it
over and over again and liven up dull
moments in Nippon until the United
States is in a position to eliminate
the dull-moment problem for the
japanese.
Another reason for TOXIC press
claims springs from the hope OF
eliciting useful information from
America. This would work beauti-
fully, If Toxic were correct In its
assumption that the world Is divided
into two elasses-Japs and sap4
Evening star., 1942-01-25
Proud to Serve

The announcement by Joseph P.
Lash, protege of Mrs Franklin D.
Roosevelt, that he looks forward to
entering the Army and will be
proud to serve with the millions of
other young Americans in this great
struggle for human freedom" seems
to put period to controversy
which had presented certain dis
turbing implications.
Mr.. Lash had figured prominently
in Investigations by the Dies COM
mittee of left wing youth organiza-
tionS, and at one time he wrote an
article for a magazine in which he
said: American youth does not in
tend to lay down its Life III she'll
holes around Shanghai or Tim
buctoo. 4 The program Of the