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The Ford Motor Company. acting
IS agent for the Defense Plant Cor
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state court of claims for $6,377 paid
the secretary Of state for auto H.
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Ministers and
Wives Attend
Christmas Party

The annual Christmas dinner
and party given by the members
of the Twin City Ministerial AL
lance was held in the parsonage
of the st. James A. M. E. church,
566 W. Central avenue, St. Paul,
on December 80, with Rev. and
Mrs. Benjamin N. Moore proving
to be delightful host and hostess.
A delicious turkey dinner was
served. After the dinner the
couples attending for the first time
were initiated" The couples
initiated included Rev. and Mrs.
A. R. Howard, Jr., Rev. and Mrs.
F. S. Hogarth and Rev. and Mrs.
S. E. Ware. Others attending the
dinner party were Rev. and Mrs.
H. W. Bolts, Rev. and Mrs. H. Red
dick, Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Wilson
and DIR. and Mrs. Thomas S. Stow
all, all of Minneapolis, and Rev.
and Mrs. Victor E. Holly, Rev. and
Mrs. Clarence T. R. Nelson and
Mrs. G. W. Camp, all of st. Paul.
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Jr., DAT Iglehart avenue, have re-
turned home from Louisville, Ken
lucky, where they attended the an
nual conclave of the Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Jackson of 403
N. Western avenue entertained
with a cocktail party on New
Years Eve to help welcome in the
New Year. The guests PARTED I'M
til the wee sma' hours in the morn
ing.
Miss Aretas Blaney entertained
five girls at a Slumber party on
Friday, January 2, at the home of
Mrs. Lottie Hyde. The first part of
the evening was spent in playing
games and the party was climaxed
with an early morning breakfast at
an attractively appointed table
suggestive of the New Year.
Guests included the Misses Ruth
Benner, Pauline Alexander, Doro-
thy Schuck and Corinne Powell.
The So Cial Elites entertained
their boy friends and sweethearts
at a dinner party on New Years
Eve at a local tea room. An ap-
petizing and delicious dinner was
served. Guests and members in
cluded the Misses Earline Stokes,
Jessie Sonion, Albreta Neal, Hell
laine Galloway, Corinne Powell,
Jane Harriet Murphy, Elizabeth
Moore, Elizabeth McCracken, Mil
licent Burgess, Messrs. Ernest
Charleston, Robert Shoffner, Rob-
ert Murray, Tyler Howell, Chester
Johnson, Maurice Bellamy, Ernest
Potts, Jr., and James Clardy, also
Messrs. and Mesdames James Muir
ray and Sylvester Carter.
Bobby Edward Hill, son of DIR.
and Mrs. C. c. Hill, 333 No. Dale
St., celebrated his second birthday
on Monday, December 20, at the
Wilder Nursery School.
Mrs. William England, Alta St.
Anthony Ave-, entertained at hol-
iday breakfast party on Tuesday,
December 80, in honor of Mrs. Silas
Hall of Louisville, KY, niece of
Mrs. Frank Howard. Other guests
included Mrs. Slater Farrell of
Portland, Ore, Mrs. Mark O'Brien,
Mrs. Alice Melker Evans of Indi-
ana, Mrs. o. D. Charleston, Mrs.
Frank Howard and Mrs. Ella D.
Smith.
Rev. and Mrs. B. N. Moore, $50
W. Central Ave-, were host and
hostess to a graciously appointed
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Friday, January 9, 1912

By Estyr L. Bradley
693 Carroll Avenue Dale 1926

Dr. w. H. jackson Of Detroit Michigan of Mrs Matte
the house guest Of Mr. St.
thOny Ave He was the recipient of social during
visit though he confined his bed time with
spraned ankle Mr. and Mrs. A. Rhodes Informally
cocktail party in honor of Dr. Jackson ouotown guests
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Social and Personal
% MINNEAPOLIS

Slemmons, 22O1 Fifth avenue
south, as hostess. Bridge prizes
were won by Mrs. s. o. Harris,
first; Mrs. Floyd Poole, second, and
consolation prize was won by Mrs.
Curtis Harris. After the regular
meeting Mrs. Clarence Smith was
surprised with a baby shower of
toys for the 'heir to be" and his
or her room. Refreshments were
served. The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Ann Thomas, 3847
Smelling avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cratic,
Jr., 1886 Fourth avenue south, en-
tertained at dinner on New Years
day at their home in honor of Mr..
and Mrs. G. L. Bailey and family
and Mrs. Dorothy Scott and her
son, Noel.
Go Getters Club: The Christmas
turkey awarded by the Go Getters
club on December % was won by
Constance Winston.
The condition of Mrs. w. McEl-
roy, 4041 Clinton Ave, who has
been confined to the hospital seri-
ously i'll since Christmas, is report
ed the same.
Mr.. Asa Mitchell, TIP Oak Lake
Ave. No, who has been confined
to General Hospital, has returned
home and is able to be up again.
The A. B. G. Club held their an
nual turkey banquet on Saturday,
January 8, at the home of Mrs.
Esther Roach, 1917 Fifth Ave. So.
Games were played and gifts were
exchanged after dinner.
Mrs. w. III. Brown of Waseca,
Minnesota, spent New Years Day
and the weekend in the city visit
ing her daughters and son, Bernice,
Tiny and Alfred Brown of 1851
Bryant Ave. No.
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black, with Miss Louise Neal wear
ing black also with matching tur-
ban. Miss LORNA Marmon was
wearing blue as was Miss Louise
Escue Of Minneapolis. Shades of
fuchsia were worn by Miss Bar
bara White and Miss Margaret AL
len was sweetly attired in black
and pink. Miss Yvonne Weber was
gowned in blue crepe. The other
guests included Messrs. Fred Ing
ram, Cozy and Barnie Breedlove,
Johnnie Harper, Bob Jones, Cleve-
land Ray, James Hughes, Charles
Latimer, Max Hall, Jack Ranie,
Robert Jones, Robert Cooper, Low
ell Brown, Norman Davis, Manley
Rhodes, Raymond Sessions, Percy
and Clayton Hughes, Lloyd Gam
Dol, Ernie johnson, Eugene White
and Otis Skinner.
Miss ROsamOnd Collier, 800
Gaultier street, entertained at a
luncheon on Monday, December 20,
to honor Miss Annette Hatton of
Hampton Institute, Virginia, a
holiday visitor here. Guests in
Guided Mesdames James F. Simms,
Bertram M. Shannon, Margaret
Payne Carter, John L. McHie Jr.,
Leroy Coleman Jr., Milton Beau
ford, William Roach, Misses Eliza
beth Schuck and Rose Lillian Nc
CURE.
The Twin City Forty Club enter
tanned about two hundred guests
at its annual Yuletide formal dane
ing party in the attractively deco
rated new gymnasium of the Halle
Q. Brown House on Monday, De-
cember 20. The Coterie Club, a
group of young married folk, en-
tertained about one hundred fifty
guests on Tuesday, December 80,
with an informal dancing party at
the Sterling Club. &. The Credja-
fawn Club held its annual New
Years Eve dance at the st. Paul
auditorium and, as usual, it was a
big success with Elmer Graham,
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements.
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Mrs. GerOne II. ReeQ. quests IN
cluded Mesdames Earl Harris, Sam
Ransom, Fred Schuck, Hammond
Turner, James Kirk, Edward Hat
ton, Earl Brent, John Few, Louis
P. Moore, Edward Shepherd, Ollye
A. Gum, Gerone E. Reed, John T.
Claibourne, William Godette, Will
liam Hanna, Alonzo Cotton, Dwight
T. Reed, W. A. Young, Wallace
Chambers, Henry Johnson, George
Mundell. On the same day in
the evening, Mrs. Thomas was
again hostess at a supper bridge
party at her home. First mems
prize at bridge was won by A. V.
Hall, second by o. C. Hall; first
ladies' prize was won by Mrs.
Eunice Glass and the second by
Mrs. o. A. Gum. Guests included
Messrs. and Mesdames James
Strothers, Roger johnson, Kenneth
Blair, John H. Hickman, Jr., James
Green, Owen C. Howell, William
Ridley, Curtis Raymond, Mesdames
Slater Farrell of Portland, Oregon,
Robert F. Brown, Mary Combs, Ida
M. Murphy, Susie Tudos, Inez Ford
Johnson, Eunice Glass, Cora Cuth-
bert Vaughn, Earl Brent, o. A.
Gum, Cornelia Smith, Miss
Gladys Smith, Messrs. Sydney
Cuthbert, Leslie Ferguson, A. V.
Hall, and Jimmie Lee.
Miss Lola Mae Vassar is now re-
siding at the home of Mrs. Rose
Johnson, SCI st. Anthony avenue.
Mrs. Audrey Boswell Bradshaw,
social worker for the City of Los
Angeles, and a former st. Paul
resident, arrived in the city Mon
day, January 5, for several days
visit with relatives and friends. She
10 LLC HOuSC SuCoI VI WI D maui
Bradshaw, 626 st. Anthony ave-
nue.. In her honor, a group of girls
entertained informally on Tuesday,
January 6, at the home of Mrs.
Lawrence H. Mccoy, 2S8 N. Avon
street, at cocktails and a midnight
lunch. Guests included Mesdames
Eli Hickman, George w. Brooks,
Jr., Theo. F. Allen, Thomas Har-
grave, Sgt. William Smalls, War
rem V. Grissom, Miss Margaret
Tresvan and Yours Truly. Mrs.
Bradshaw was also among the
guests at the regular meeting of
the Mr.. and Mrs. Club of St. James
A. M. E. Church, Thursday, Janu-
airy 8, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Brooks, Jr., ITO st. An
thony avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Lawrence,
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WALTER N. RIDLEYS
HAVE BABY GIRL

Walter N. Ridley, extension
director at Virginia State Univer-
sity, and his wife, Mrs. Henrietta
Bonaparte Ridley, are receiving
congratulations on the birth of a
baby girl born Tuesday, December
80, at 11:4O p. m. The baby has
been named Marilyn Louise and
weighed eight pounds at birth.
Ridley called his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Everett Chapman, TOT st.
Anthony avenue, long distance,
twenty minutes after Marilyn
Louise made her debut, and said,
'I'm the happiest man in Virginia"
Mrs. Chapman left the city for Vir-
ginia to remain away for about
seven weeks.
Buy Defense Bonds
One of the peppiest and gayest
crowds on New Years Eve were
the members of the Saturday At
ternoon Club and their guests at a
party held at the home of Miss
Dorothy Hall, 996 Iglehart Ave.
A baked ham and black-eyed pea
supper was served at 2 a. m. Guests
and members attending included
Doctors and Mesdames Maurice
Crouch, C. C. Hill, Norman H.
Howell, Messrs. and Mesdames
Warren v. Grissom, Theodore F.
Allen, Lawrence H. Mccoy, Loun-
neer Pemberton, George W. Brooks,
Jr., Mr.. Elmer Bradley and Yours
Truly. The next regular meeting
of the Saturday Afternoon Club
will be on Saturday, January II, at
the home of Mrs. George W.
Brooks, Jr., ITO st. Anthony Ave.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Gum, 638 st.
Anthony Ave., entertained at an
Egg Nogg party on New Years
Day from four to eight. The house
was beautifully decorated for the
occasion with lighted red candles
burning in silver holders, a Christ
mas tree, large vases of red and
white carnations, with the table
beautifully set with red candles in
silver ships. About one hundred
people called during the open house
hours.
Mrs. Silas Hall of Louisville, KY,
spent the holidays visiting her aunt
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Howard, 1862 W. Central Ave.
Mrs. Cecilia Anderson of Chica-
go spent the holidays with Mrs.
Violet Raymond, GOT Rondo Ave.
She was the inspiration for several
social courtesies during her visit.
On Friday, January 2, a lovely
semi-formal dancing party was
given at the Sterling Club on Dale
and Rondo Sts., by the Misses FL
Veeda Luckett, Mary Jane Cyrus
and Norma Wright. Miss Luckett
was gowned in white crepe, Miss
Cyrus in blue with red roses for
her corsage, and Miss Wright in
green and white. Among the
guests present were Miss Ernestine
Thompson, sophisticated in black,
Miss Thelma Roberts, lovely in
green, Miss Norma Davis in pink
crepe, Miss Muriel Holiday, at
tractive in blue, as was Miss Gym
thia Hit. Miss Harriet Thompson
was wearing blue satin, with Miss
Theresa Ray in a combination of
black and red. Miss Louise How
ard was strikingly beautiful in
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open house party on New Years
Day. Members and friends Of st.
James A. M. E. Church called dur
ing the reception hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. James WOOten, 667
st. Anthony Ave-, entertained sew
eral friends at bridge on Saturday,
January 8, to honor their twenty
first wedding anniversary. First
bridge prize was won by Mrs. J. D.
Jones, second by Mr.. Joe A. Tres
van and the guest prize by Mrs.
Cecilia Anderson, a social worker
for the city of Chicago, who was
the holiday house guest of Mrs.
Violet Raymond, GOT Rondo Ave.
Other guests included Mrs. Fred
Schuck, Mrs. Ruth Grice, Eugene
Ross, Charley Compson, Mrs. Vio-
let Raymond, Mrs. J. D. Jones and
Joe A. Tresvan.
The Criterion Art Club held its
Christmas party on Saturday, De-
cember 81, at the home of Mrs.
Gerone E. Reed, 1926 Fuller Ave.
First club prize was won by Mrs.
Reed and the first guest prize by
Mrs. W. B. Walker, second guest
prize by Mrs. Samuel Ransom. The
next regular meeting of the Cri-
terion Art Club will be at the home
of Mrs. Lula Thomas, 354 No. Dale
st.
The Grand Slam Club held its
monthly meeting on Friday, De-
cember 10, at the Sterling Club.
First club prize was won by Mrs.
Earl Brent, proxy for Mr.. o. A.
Gum, second by Mrs. Dwight T.
Reed, ST., and the third by Mrs.
o. C. Hall.
Mr.. C. S. Jones of Chicago and
Mr.. Joseph Coker of the Bomber
Plant in Omaha, Nebr., were holi-
day house guests at the home of
the R. F. Wilson's, 697 St. Anthony
Ave.
Mrs. r. S. Harris and her ne
phew, Mr.. Harry s. Nay, spent the
Christmas holidays with their
respective mothers in Moberly,
Missouri.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Day, 1415 Edge
combe Road, made trip to Huron,
South Dakota, their former home,
during the holiday season. Mrs.
Robert Taylor and Mrs. Leon
Hampton of 937 Rondo Ave. ac-
companied them.
The Anna Jackson Past Daugh-
ter Rulers Council of St. Paul
elected the following officers: Mrs.
Mable Harris, Ernestine White,
Tillie Daniels, Mary Moss, Flor
ence Haskins, Susie Tudas, Carrie
Ailep, Elizabeth Wooten, and Mae
Lark. Mrs. Roberta Tyler presided
at the election and Mr.. Lear How
ard, District Deputy, was a visitor.
From the organization, Mrs. Rob-
erta Tyler, Carrie Ailep, and Mable
Harris attended the tea given by
the Mary Mason Council of Mime
apolis as guests.
Mr.. Howard Tyler, 283 N. St.
Adams, is confined to the Northern
Pacific Hospital.
The Past Matrons and Patrons
Council, o. E. S., will meet, Sun
day, January IL, at the home of
Mrs. Minnie Archer, $40 W. Cen
trail Ave-, st. Paul, at three o'clock.
Mrs. Hattie Bell Douglass is the
president and Mrs. Emma Simms,
secretary.
The Leslie Lawrence Post of the
American Legion will hold its So
cial meeting January 10 with
Mines. Ollie Gum and William
Godette as hostesses.
Rev. and Mrs. B. N. Moore en-
tertained friends on New Years
Day at their home with open house
from A to 8 p. m. Refreshments
were served. Assisting the host and
hostess were Mrs. Thomas Neal,
Mines. Odessa Brent, Lucilla Will
liams, Misses Gloria Williams and
Clarica Mack. Mrs. Cora Moore,
hostess, was dressed in white
chiffon and Mrs. Neal wore black
moire taffeta.
Watch
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Among the beautifully appointed bridge parties
holiday the Tuesday, December
five by Mrs Lula Thomas, 34 N Dale
dessert bridge The service consisted of mods
Christmas trees cake with pOnea and nucups holiday
design First prize bridge Mrs Earl by
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Rawjjess Club
Members, Guests
Welcome 1912

W OANOAAAN~ ~ -
Members and friends of the
Rawjjess Club gathered New
Years Eve at the club to say good
bye to 1871 and welcome 1912 at
their annual New Years Eve
party.
The club was beautifully deco
rated and guests received favors,
nOise-makers and the usual instru-
ments used to welcome in a New
Year. Tasty refreshments were
served guests after the New Year
had arrived. Sparkling entertain
ment was offered by leading art
lists.
Members and guests present in
cluded Messrs. and Mines. J. B.
Levy, Edward Brown, Percy C..
Hughes, Sterling Vincent Owens,
Charles Noble, Harvey Moss, Har-
old Combs, Raymond o. Hatcher,
Maxwell Leo Bohannon, Martin
Brown, Don La Faucette, Eugene
Shepherd, Spondy Ratliff, Russell
S. Underwood, C. W. Glenn, ].
Boyd Crawford, Earle F. Kyle,
Burie Carmichael, Tela Burt, C. E.
Newman, C. W. Washington, John
Patton, Frederic Jones, Aaron
Shauntee, Donald Bryant, E. v.
Marshall, Andrew johnson, E. L.
Boyd, Enrol M. Fassett, Ernest
bearing, Spencer Shivers, Sidney
Williams, Curtis Raymond and the
DR.. W. D. Browns, and Mines.
Florence Wells, Carrie Neal, Helen
Curry, Palmer Jackson, Ozzie Alex
ander, Edna Boswell, Frances
PEBBLES, Bogie Jackson, Jessie
Shepard, Cornelia Burns, Frances
Bouyer, and Messrs, James Hughes
and Robert Wallace.
The COterie Club of Minneapolis
celebrated its third anniversary
January 3rd at the home of Mrs.
]. H. Grever, 1924 Oakland Ave.
Refreshments were served.
Mr.. Arthur Wright, 6O3 9Th Ave.
N, honored his wife, Margaret, at
surprise birthday party on Janu-
airy 8. Gifts were presented the
hOnoree. Mr.. and Mrs. Jones as
sisted in receiving friends. Other
guests were Messrs. and Mines.
Geo. Hall, Edward Hayes, Leon
Stephens, Mrs. Hattie Wicks, Mrs.
Julia Walker, Mrs. Jack Polsum,
and Mrs. John Tucker. Mrs. Tuck
er assisted in serving refresh
ments.
Mrs. Napoleon J. Hunter of 3849
Fourth Ave. S., was hostess at a
Christmas party on December 80,
including the following guests:
Mines. Mae Marshall, Alice Brown,
E. M. Fassett, Wallace Chambers,
Marie Hughes, Marie Reddick, P.
R. Chavis, R. Blair, Vesta Young,
Leila Thomas, Misses Timmeleah
Marshall and Rozenia Thomas.
Mines. Hughes, Chambers, Young
and Brown won prizes at bridge.
Refreshments were served, with
Misses Marshall and Thomas as
sisting the hostess.
The Women met Tuesday eve
ming, January 6, with Mrs. James
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DedIIIC5 OCIuCh anu sergeant Dam
Reed, U. S. Army.
Mr.. and Mrs. James 1. Grice and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Schuck were CO.
hosts at dinner honoring Miss
Beatrice Schuck who spent the holi-
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days visiting her family and
friends. Covers were laid for eight.
Guests other than the honoree in
cluded Mr.. Sam Reed, Mr.. John
Whitaker, and Mrs. Sam Schuck,
Sr.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-03-27

1910; also Frank Just the rug
leaner with his satisfied custo-
mers"; Attorney Stewart Brown.
and finally hut not least Joseph
NJ. Wyatt, resigning magistrate OF
the Traffic Court, an OConOr ap-
pointee.
1t requires almost 8lide-rule tech
niQue to figure out politician's :
chances when the potential vote
scattering is IS wide as it will be
in this case. But disinterested
book makers see the field of can
didates finishing for win, place
and show in the following order:
Kennedy - Wyatt - Meyer
Had Wyatt not entered the race,
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-03-27

pr0nosal will be made walsh WDuld
sharply divide the activities CT
the Fish and WIldlife service into
two distinct divisions. For i'll
stance, the commercial fisheries
division would be separated from
other departmental activities
handling birds and predatory life
namely. rats. Thus, the predatory
animals branch would go to Chi
cago, while the commercial fisher
les branch remains near the Allan
tic seaboard to continue its excel
lent job of improving the lot of the
oysterman, fisherman and crab
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-03-27
HANGOVERS

CONTINUED From Page u
plate. Incidentally you could
pass his place Of business and
not notice it, and his Office and
plant, small in size, amt nothing
to write home about, ali of
which would indicate that beauti-
full Iay-outs don't necessarily
mean business ability.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-03-27

Meyer night have been even money
to beat Kennedy. But Wyatt, who
has been popular magistrate, up
set Meyers hopes for a return
visit to Congress-
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-03-27

The they say" people in BlIti-
more say that the going is going to
be- rough for Congressman John
Meyer in this years primaries. 1t
is not that John hasn't attended
strictly to business as a freshman
Congressman, but rather that he
has attended to it so meticulously
be hasn't done enough politicking.
But there are other factors
which will weigh even more heav-
lily against him. First. he will
have a lot Of competition, includ-
ing Ex-Congressman Ambrose
Kennedy, whom Meyer defeated in
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-03-27
DIVIDING FISH AND RATS

DIVIDING FISH AND RATS
The Eastern Shore fishing in
dustry is burned up over the Bur-
eau Of the Budgets order to trans
fer the L. S. Fish and Wildlife
service to Chicago. This transfer
was made despite official and
strenuous protests by the Ameri-
can Waterfoods Association at
Crisfeld and Governor Herbert r.
O'ConOr
But the fight has not been given
I'D and it is likely that Governor
O'Conor will personally appeal to
Secretary of the Interior lckes,
who by virtue of residence, him.
self a Marylander. The waterfoods
people, in cooperation with Gov
ernor O'ConOr, are developing a
strategy which may give everyone
what he wants. including a salts
factory "out" to the Budget Bur
eau.
Here is what is brewing: A
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-03-27
Maryland Merry
GO-ROund

(COntinued From Page y
mention"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-31

grueling adventure as much more
than an inconvenieH.e.
Ruta was looking for a reX(
berth when / talked with him. ~
Is 10 10 ] that he is already back
at sea.
ITS my life. las my home"
he says In surprise when you
ask him why he doesn't give up
SO hazardous profession. "Sure,
l could make u heluva lot more
InUHry III n war plant.
But I'll drown before I'll let
Hitler drive me off the sea-"
Tomorrow: The story of an
other hero OF the merchant
marine
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lOur Marine
7OTpeGlOed. Skipper Rejects NM$i Cigars

at Marlagmilag Nord, according Il
the recent war department an
nouncement.
A thousand miles east Of San
Salvador, the freighter plowed
through calm, warm waters as
Ruta stood his watch on the con-
troll platform. The crew and
freighter were homeward-bound
unscathed. from the dangerous run
around Africa into Suez and the
Red Sea.
Ruta left the control platform
momentarily 10 take a quick looh
at the engine room to see if every.
thing was Ship-Snape there.
And suddenly, at l1:i5 a. M,
just as ! hit the engine room.
something plOwed into us with a
kind of dull, heavy thud. re-
membered saying Gee, we've hit
"a floating mine
Hell. we've hit "A torpedo"
some one yelled just as the
ships steam pipes burst with IA
noise "a thousand times as loud
As that made by the torpedo.
KATER Up, TO KNEES
IL Knew il l went forward, I'd
he cooked alive by steam. 80 I
felt my way through the shaft
alley. The lights were out and
already the water was up to my
knees"
Ruta made his way 10 the bridge
The old man, Ruta says with con
siderable pride, was calmly stuff
ing his papers in his pockets.
IL told him l didn't think any
one in the engine room could he
alive, hut IL he would give me
his fla Shlight, l would 60 back to
see. So he gave me the flash
light and went back"
But already the engine 70 o n
was under 40 feet of water. Ruti
was the only member of the en-
iglnc crew 10 escape alive.
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BELLOWS AT CAPTAIN

The skipper got red in the face,
Ruta says, he glared at the
younger man In command Of the
German pig boat and beloved
~ don't want any eff yoHr--
--Nazi cigars. They're as black
as YOU are"
Then carefully tucking his own
cigars in his pocket. the old man
boarded the submarine for his long
journey 10 the NaZi prison camp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-31
By INEZ ROBB

International News service stan Writer
This i partly the story of a
tough old skipper who can no
longer speak for himself and
partly the story OF one of ms
young CreWmen.
Only a week or so ago the
skipper made news when the war
announced the names
of AZ American soldiers. sailors
and merchant seamen held as
prisoners of war.
The skipper, Capt. Henry Ste
phenSon, 90, merchant mariner for
decades and veteran captain of
Grace Line ships, is interned IN
Germany, the war department an
fanrpRnn