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Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Explosion, Fire
Destroy Boat

Charles Harrison Of 610S Oak
land avenue today was seeking 70
determine the cause Of the eX-
plosion and fire which destroyed
his 30-foot speedbat on the Detroit
River at the foot Of Meadowbrook
avenue
Harrison and a passenger. Jack
Lewis OF the Wolverine Hotel.
escaped the flames by leaping into
the water Both were picked up
by passing vessel.
The explosion occurred, police
said Just after the boat had taken
on gasoline at the Detroit Yacht
Harbor dock. Flames leapt from
the motor hatch Extinguishers
brought into play by Harrison and
attendants at the dock were in
sufficient 10 quench the flames.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
City, u. 5. toPi(k
War Home Sites

Detroit housing and planning
authorities. along with federal Of
6clals. were 10 meet here today
10 select sites for 800 proposed
homes for war workers, as the
local housing and office building
problem becomes more acute daily.
Among those at the meeting
will be George +. Emery, city
planner: Charles F. Edgecomb.
director-Secretary of the housing
commission; and Col. +. Charles
Starr, Detroit agent OF the Fed
cral HouSin Authority.
No lack Of materials will pre-
vent the building program said
the Rcv. Fr. Raymond Clancy
chairman Of the defense housing
fact-fnding committee.
I'VE know the building mate
rials are here and we have been
trying 10 have a survey made
to get the exact amount avail
able" he said.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Operate Soon
Doctors Study Can Opener
in ChiId's larynx

PHILADE PHIA. Aug. 10
GNS) Physicians today studied
X-rays of the position of the key
type can opener which is lodged
in the larynx Of 4-year-old Sharon
Bell as the child rested following
a 2,5O0-mile airplane-train dash
from her Vancouver home.
At Temple University Hospital,
physicians said the child is not in
Immediate danger, but that the
delicate operation would be per-
formed as soon as possible. per-
hapS by DR.. Chevalier Jackson Jr.,
son Of the man who perfected the
bronchoscope.
The child, daughter Of a Van
couver policeman, accompanied by
her aunt. Mrs. Eileen MurchiSon,
flew first to New York and then
came TO Philadelphia by train
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Street Cars Hit;
Passenger Hurt

Peter NicopopouloS OF 5067 Cal
houn avenue. a street car paSSen-
ger, was IN Redford Receiving
Hospital today with possible rib
fractures following a head-on col
lision between two DSR Oakman
boulevard cars on Ewald Circle at
LivernoiS avenue last night.
a weStbound car operated by
motorman Norman Balone. 33, OF
1898 Woodward avenue, collidcd
with an eastbound car operated
by Nomas Strass. II, Of 323 &C.
neva avenue, Highland Park. Ar
open switch was blamed for the
collision.
Another man was given first aid
and the remaining passengers were
only shaken by the crash, police
said
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10

arrested by the Gestapo and
marched off 10 Jail.
Brussels streets are unusually
empty between 9 and 1920 every
night. Everybody who can get to
q radio set tunes in on the BIC
program from London at 9 sharp.
At 10 those who are fortunate
enough TO have sets that can pick
up short-wave broadcasts tune in
on programs in French from the
United States.
BELGIANS BROADCAST
In addition a clandestine radio
station Somewhere in Belgium"
.broadcastS three times a week To
the Belgians, in both French and
Flemish. These programs present
the war news picked up from
United Nations radio stations
and then follow with comic dia-
logues in which the Nazis ara
heartily Tidiculed.
More than.50 underground news
papers are published in Belgium
by secret presses that the NaZis
make a frantic effort to discover.
They are generally six to eight
pages in small tabloid formal and
come out once a week.
NAH GETS DELIVERY
These newspapers are distrib-
uted by hand and even through
the mails carefully folded inside
of ordinary letter paper). The
German commander in Belgium,
General Won Falkenhausen, finds
one on his desk every week and
he still does not know how it
reaches his office.
German officers frequently find
copies on the seats of their motor
cars.
Under the masthead Of every is
sue Of the famous newspaper La
|Libre Belgique free Belgium) :,
appears these words of King Leo
pold III, who is now a prisoner OF
the Nazis in his summer palace at
Laeken:
Between sacrifice and dis
honor, the Belgian of today will
hesitate no more than did the
Belgian of 1914. The fight will
be hard, but none can doubt the
final outcome. The cause of Bel
gium is just. With the aid OF
God, she will triumph"
German guards surround the
king at Laeken. He has refused to
cooperate in any degree with the
NaziS. So that no pressure can be
brought TO bear on him, he even
declines to take any part what-
ever in the administration of in
ternal Belgian affairs. He considers
himself simply a prisoner of war.
Tomorrow: The Food SItua-
tion in Belgium).
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Goes Alone
Lawyer Sees Traitor;
Mrs. Stephan Left

Verne c. ANDERSON, attorney
for Max Stephan, today was to
see his traitor client in Milan
federal detention home where Ste
phan is waiting to hang November
l3
But he is gong there alone
Asked whether he was taking
Mrs. Agnes Stephan TO visit heI
condemned husband, Anderson
said.
Gosh, no. If she wants TO go
she can go over by herself"
lie will discuss with Stephan the
appeal the condemned traitor may
make in an attempt TO escape the
moose.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Seek Further Clues
To Skeleton S Identity

SAGINAW. Aug 10.-SherifT ,
officers today continued excava-
ton at the site of a farm eight
miles from here where a male
skeleton with a decaying cloth
moose about the neck was found
several days ago.
They hoped TO find more bones
or articles which might lead IA
identification Of the skeleton
which apparently had been lying
lin the field five years.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
2Spiies, Lives
Spared, TO Aid
In Trial Of Ten
Nazi Sabofeurs Saved
by President 10 Tell
Of Help by U. S. Group
BY JACK VINCENT

ihlFfhhiluhai news NffNi'e Niau NfiFf
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.
George John Dasch and Ernest
Peter Burger, confessed Cocoon
spirators Of the six Nazi Sabotcurs
who were eleCtToCuted Saturday
were reported ready today 10 re-
pay President Roosevelt for the
.mercy shown them by tesufying
.against the 10 accused accompliceS
in the German sabotage plot.
The fact that Dasch and Burger
were still alive also raised the pos
.sibility that more serious charges
could be filed against the 10 per-
sons now held in Chicago and New
York on charges Of aiding and
Sheltering the spies after the eight
.Saboteurs Ian q q d on American
shores from German submarines
in mid-June.
Under criminal law. there must
be two living witnesSes. at trials
of persons accused of treason. At
present the 10 are accused of con-
.Spiracy 10 commit sabotage and
the offense is punishable by a
maximum penalty Of two years in
Jail, a $4,000 fine or both.
Dasch and Burger, now held in
the District of Columbia jail
where their six companions were
executed ultimately are expected
TO be committed TO the Atlanta or
Leavenworth federal penitentiary
Technically, they are again de-
partment of justice prisoners.
Dasch Is under sentence of 80
years in Jail and Burger must
spend the rest Of his life behind
prison bars.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Fdther 10 Join Navy
To Avenqe His Son

BATTLE CREEK, Aug. 10
The navy will get "A new recruit
here tomorrow when Edward J
Morse, Calhoun County clerk
signs up 10 avcnge the death of
his son Edward Charles. who was
lost aboard the L. s s. Arizona at
Pearl llarbor
Morse 45. who was In the navy
from 1917 10 1919 has been county
clerk since 1898 He was unoppoSed
as Republican candidate for re-
election in November. He will seek
4 leave of absence from the board
III snnnlNl.nr.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Mail Service Gifts Early
YuIe Packages for Men in Armed Forces Abroad
Must Be Sent Between Oct and Nov.

With thousands of Dctroit'S men
in uniform now overseas tho post
office today came UP with the
suggestion that the old slogan of
DO your Christmas shopping
early viii be more important this
year than ever before.
Christmas packages intended for
service men abroad must be mailed
between October / and November
l, officials said SO folks with scrv-
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10

army Of occupation.
But tho BeIgians have launched
a new kind of strike. In grow
ing numbers. they simply pretend
that they are unable TO pay their
taxes or that they can pay such
a ridiculouSly small proportion oi
their normal assessments that the
same purpose is achieved.
GERMANS FURIOUS
This has made the Germans
furious and they have forced the
Belgian authorities to issue violent
warnings to the delinquent indi-
vidualS.
l am proud 10 say that l am
one of these delinqucnts.
l received -Such-a- threatening
warning from the tax authorities
and was ordered 10 report for a
hearing before a certain Belgian
petty Official
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Weiss Jurors
Inspect EIoise

The Eloise Hospital ward where
Omar Weiss received the injuries
(Which. his family declares. caused
his death. was being Inspected to-
day by the coroncr's jury which is
70 decide whether the 2l-ycar-old
patient died as a result Of an
attendants s beating.
Some hospital attendants have
cOntendcd the youths death was
caused by gastric hcmorThagcS.
complicated by injuries he caused
20 himself in pitching against "A
restraining strap.
An attendant Milo Grove. is
held pending the coronerS verdict
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Beaten Author TO Chile

BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 10 CUP).
Waldo Frank, the United States
author who was severely beaten
by six men last week, after he
had chided Argentina about its
spirit. has recovered and will leave
TODAY for Chile
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Disney Donates Deer

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 GNS).
Walt Disney, creator OF Mickey
Mouse, today contributed two iron
deer toward the nations goal for
100000 tons of scrap iron and
steel.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Ruth Hussey Weds
SeIzniCk Assistant

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 10 GNS) d.
The marriage of Ruth Hussey,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer actress. and
Robert Longenecker of the Myron
Selznick agency, was reVe eal d
today.
They were married yesterday in
the Catholic mission at Pala by
Father Julian.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10

ice stars in their windows better
start making out thcir lists
Packages going overseas may
not weigh more than IL pounds,
or be more than Is inches Ions
or have a combined length and
girth of more than - inches. Food
and perish0blc clothing should not
be sent. as the men are amply
provided with necessities. and food
likely would spoil in transit.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
instructions
Given for
BIockout

Last minute instructions were
being sent today TO thousands OF
police officials and afraid ward
ems asking them for rigid enforce
meat" OF Detroit's first 30 minute
trial blackout scheduled for IL
o'clock Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, as a reminder to vio-
lators. 90 persons were scheduled
TO appear today in traffic court to
explain their laXity during the last
blackout.
Wednesdays blackout will be the
first time the safety zone lights
will be out.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
BY JAN BEULEMANS


NEW YORK. Aug. 1O.-One Of the most important
acts of sabotage which all Belgians beginning to
participate might be termed financial sabotage.
As in the of France and other occupied countries
the Germans levy a tremendous contribution from the
public treasury of Belgium ostensiby for supporting their
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Disputes Board
''--,-
Urged by JAW

CHICAGO, Aug. 10 tINS)-
Closing their session with a series
of resolutions. one urging the
establishment of a national board
to arbitrate AFL-CIO jurisdic-
tional disputes. delegates to the
.UAW-CIO were en- route home
today
The new board. according to the
resolution. would comprise one
representative each from the Go
and AL and a third to be mutu-
ally designated. It would super
sede the War Labor Board which
now handles lurSdictional dis
.puteS. The resolution read in
part
"Jurisdictional disputes re-
sulting in work stOppages are
harmful to the labor movement
and retard the war effort of our
country. They only serve TO
help the employers. because,
whenever labor is divided, the
employers benefit"
GREEN SILENT
AFL President William Green,
who is in Chicago for the execu-
tive council meeting Of his organ
lzation. withheld comment on the
resolution. He said, however, that,
while he had not been empowered
10 set up an arbitration commit
tee he would act when such
power is delegated 10 me.
In another resolution. the con-
vention urged the settlement of
strife in India. called upon the
British government 20 take i'm
mediate steps TO come to an agree
mcnt with the Indian National
Congress Party. and declared.
The claim of the Indian peO-
pie 10 their independence is a
just and democratic one, fully
in accord with the liberating
and democratic aims of this
war"
Copies Of the resolution were
ordered cablod 10 Prime Minister
Churchill and the Indian National
Congress
Denver was chosen for the 1913
convention. and Detroit was
named as alternate. in the event
transportation difficulties rule out
the Colorado city
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
sENTRIES SURPRISED

The sentrieS on guard were
taken completely by surprise-and
it was not until the Gestapo ar
rived that the NaziS realized the
meaning Of the vari-colored dresses
and the effect on the paSSersby.
The three women were speedily
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
BeIGiMm Under the SmaSGiEsa:
Nozis Levy Toxes;
But Nobody Pays
Streets Deserted Nightly as BIC
Broadcasts News; King Prisoner

Cs Tho second Of inside stories about Belgium
under the WastEa leader of the Belgian underground
eanzaton Because of relatives st IN Belgium and he
himself escaped 10 America Lisbon rccenyiuSt
ahead Of the Gestapohc using the peudonym Jan Beuenans
Both his material and personal background YouChed for by
Belgian officials the United StacS)
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
Stencil Sfirs Protest
Fox Creek Overfows, Dumps Sewage in CeIar
on Lawns; Householders Up in Arms

turn below jefferson. From that
point tO the river. sludge has
settled 10 the bottom until the
creek II contaminated as far as
Essex avenue.
Fish that enter the creek
are killed by the sewage, and
when the wind II I'm the east,
the stencil Is insufferabie. When
there Is food like Saturdays,
this dlsease-breeding filth Is
carried into the houses and scat
tered over the lawns"
GET NO RESULTS
a committee Of the association
met with sewer officials but were
told nothing could be done at this
time, apparently because of lack
Of funds. Houston said.
'If conditions aren't cor
rected, the association members
will have TO take things i'm their
owns hands and descend on the
city hall in a body" he said.
Another section of the city
where many easements were
flooded and lawns damaged by the
heavy rainStorm was the fireman.
Sussex area. There are many new
homes IN this area.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
WOMEN'S TRIBUTE

On one memorable occasion
recently, three beautiful young
Belgian women contrived TO stage
a symbolic tribute at the tomb of
Belgium's Unknown Soldier that
created a real sensation.
One of them appeared at the
tomb in black dress, another in
a yellow dress, and the third in a
red one. Now these are the colors
of the Belgian flag and when the
three young women stood side by
side the effect was terrific.
Within 10 minutes a crowd Of
several thousand Belgians had
gathered 10 cheer the patriotic
display which was staged in the
main square at Rue Royale.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
DOLLAR \ MONTH

After he delivered 10 me the
usual warning about dire conse-
quenceS if l did not pay up my
taxes, l proposed with as straight
a face as / could maintain to pay
the Belgian equivalent of about
a dollar a month on my back
assessments.
At first he looked astonished
and shocked, then he looked
around the room 10 be sure no
gestapo agents were about. Sud
denly his face became wreathed
in smiles and he beamed at me
as he said
"You are right. That is the
thing 10 do"
There are many other ways in
which the populace in general eX-
presses its contempt for the NaZiS
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10

Some 1.SO0 members of the Fox
Creek Residents Association, made
up OF householderS on Ashland
avenue, Alter road and Manistique
avenue, on the east side, are up
in aITHS-tadaN after weekend
spent in cleaning filth from their
Easements and lawns.
The filth was left by the over
flowing of Fox Creek during Sat
urday's downpour. but the Stenca
and filth resulting should have
been avoided by action some time
ago, the houscholderS claim.
CROSSE PoINTE SEWAGE
\ Their contention is that Fox
River has so long been a dumping
place for Seepage from Crosse
Pointe sewers that il was neceS-
Sary for them 10 organize some
time ago in an attempt TO get
preventive action.
Explained G. S. Houston, one Of
those whose. easements was
flooded:
Part of Crosse Pointe'S
drainage system, designed only
10 carry surface water. pours
into the creek where II makes a
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
DARK SAFETY ZONES

Air raid wardens have been given
the responsibility of turning off the
1,20C switches recently installed.
Chicago, along with S5 counties
in Michigan. Illinois and Wisconsin
will participate in the blackout.
Chicago has never had blackout
trial.
Glenn c. Richards, associate di-
rector OF civilian defense in Detroit
warned that violators, as in the
past, would be ticketed,
Its going 10 go tough with
people who don't take extra pre-
cautions that all lights are eX-
tinguished," he warned.
Only interstate truck carriers
may drive during the blackout and
their speed must be reduced 10
Is mile an hour when travelling
through blackout areas. Aerial and
radio beacons will be left on as IN
the past.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
2Boys, ; Men
Die in Drowning
Accidents Here
Uncle Drops Child;
Rowboat Overturns
With 8, -Four Saved

The Detroit River Lake st
Clair and Lake Erie today hac
claimed the lives Of two young
BOYS and three Detroit men in
four accidents
Two of the Detroiters were
drowned in Lake Erie and four
others made their way 10 shore
when their rowboat turned over
in a squall at bennington, Ont.
The dead. Andrew w Nlblo. 40,
Of 1861 Witt street, and Henry
Mclean, 50 of 3447 Woodward
avenue.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
SAYS BOAT ROCKED

The uncle said the boat was
rocked when the others were NOV
ing from one side 10 the other.
Macomb sheriffs officers had
10 restrain the father from Jump
ing into the lake SedativeS were
administered 10 the mother
Eight-year-old Donald Plonkey
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Plon-
key Of Algonac. wa the other
child drowned. He fell INTO the
St Clair River while playing on
n dock in the rear OF downtown
stores al Algonac The body was
recovered two hours later.
Walter 7. Deueski. 25. of 6127
Toledo avenue, was the third De
troit man 10 drown He fell from
n barge az the foot OF 1861 West
jefferson avenue. on which he was
serving as "A watchman Coast
guardSmen recovered tho body.
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10
FOUR ARE SAVED

Saved were McLean's daughter
Margaret. %; his son. Robert, p
and Charles Jameson, 50, OF 1132
Ellsmere avenue. and Francis
Meyers, %. Of 1881 Whitaker
avenue,
The six were in a fishing boat
100 yards from the bennington
dock when il was Swamped by
waves. The younger Mclean dis
regarded his own safety in futile
attempts 10 rescue his father sur
vivorS said.
Thrce-year-old Lloyd LaEorrest
was drowned when he fell over
the side Of an open launch a quar-
ter mile from the foot Of Crocker
Iavenuc in Lake Clair The
boy was being held by his uncle,
Clyde LaFopreSt. "a, Of 4570 Mum
Gle street, St Clair Shores. al the
time.
In the 16-foot launch were the
boys parents. Lloyd and Jean La
Forrest both %. of % South
Highland street Mt Clemens, and
the uncle and his wife
Detroit evening times., 1942-08-10

{ Tomorrow: The Food SItua-
ton in Belgiuml.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Big Storage Problem Foreseen
AS War Stops Tobacco Exports

the Georgia-Florida Belt and the
old belt was widened by approx
mately three weeks in line with the
wishes of tobacco companies whose
ranks of buyers have been thinned
by the war.
The dates, which were fixed upon
recommendation of the association S
Sales Committee, were as follows:
Georgla-Florida Belt, July %; South
Carolina and Border Belt, August
s; Eastern Carolina. August 25;
Middle Belt. September IA; Old
Belt, october /, and Virginia Dark
fired, December 7.
In 194l, the Georgia auctions be-
gan on August 5 and those In the
Old Belt, September Is.
AT the same time, the organiza-
ton agreed to a uniform selling
schedule of five hours day, begin
ming at am. in the Georgia zone
and $50 am. in the other bright
markets. The same resolution lin
tied sales to $50 baskets an hour.
This had been asked by the Eastern
Carolina Warehousemen's Associa-
tion as a method Of keeping the
tobacco from being sold too fast.
Evening star., 1942-07-05
Committees Named
By Chief Of Bank
Association
Six Standing Groups
Listed by Reilly for
Coming Year

John A. Reilly. new president Of
the District Bankers Association.
announced his first appointments of
standing committees yesterday. for
the coming year the list being head
ed by the Committee on Commercial
Trade Activities, with John Saul
! chairman.
Five other chairmen and the COM
plete membership of the six commit
tees also were named by the associ-
alton chief Appointment of IL more
committees will be made in the
next few days. Yesterdays appoint
ments:
Commercial trade activities-John
Saul, chairman, executive vice presi
dent American Security & Trust;
j. M. Roundtree, vice chairman,
vice president Security Savings g.
Commercial: M. F. Calnan, president
Liberty National; Floyd E. Davis,
president Lincoln National; Victor
B. Deyber. chairman of board, Sec
ond National; c. F. Jacobsen. presi-
dent National Metropolitan; George
O. Vass, vice president and cashier
Riggs National; J. Frank White,
president National Bank of Wash
ington.
Standardized banking forms
Francis E. Robey, chairman. cashier
Bank of Commerce g. Savings; F.
H. Cox vice chairman, vire nresi-
dent City Bank; Richard E. Harris,
assistant treasurer American Secur-
ity g. Trust; r. Earle Haycock, au-
ditor Riggs National; Gerald E.
Keene, assistant cashier Second Ma
tional: James B. Skinner, vice presi-
dent Liberty National.
Consumer credit-H. T. Bisselle,
chairman, vice president Riggs Ma
tional; J. r. Fitzpatrick, vice chair
man, cashier Second National; G.
F. Burton, president City Bank;
Linwood P. Harrell. executive vice
president Morris Plan; S. William
Miller, treasurer Union Trust Co.;
w. L. Sanderson. assistant cashier
Hamilton National: Frederick P. H.
Siddons, vice president American
Security & Trust.
Budget-A. S. Offutt, chairman,
vice president City Bank; Sidney F.
Taliaferro, vice president and trust
officer Riggs National; Bruce Baird,
president National Savings u Trust;
Albert S. Galley, executive vice
president Lincoln National.
Advertising-George M. Fisher,
chairman, vice president and treas
urer Washington Loan 81 Trust; G.
Elmer Flather, vice chairman, as
sistant treasurer Union Trust; G. D.
Ratcliffe, vice president and treas
urer Munsey Trust; I. j. Roberts,
assistant cashier Riggs National:
Eliot H. Thomson, publicity man
ager Washington Loan d. Trust;
Ralph G.. Wilson, assistant cashier
National Bank OF Washington.
Protective-Rutherfo J. Dooley,
chairman, vice president and cash.
ier National Bank of Washington;
Horace F. Stokes, vice chairman,
cashier National Metropolitan; Guy
D. Cowl, assistant treasurer McLach-
len Banking Corp; Frank P. Har-
man. jr., assistant vice president
Hamilton National; Paul P. Rodler,
partner w. B. Hibbs 81 Co.; William
v. Simmons, trust officer Liberty
National.