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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-18
Civilian Defense
Enro||s 375,O00

LANSING, June 1S tUP).-
Lieut.. Col. Harold A. Furlong
state defense administrator, esti-
mated today that 375,000 volun-
teerS had enrolled for civilian de-
tense activities in Michigan.
Furlong reported to the state
defense council that 7S,473 civilian
defense volunteers in the six pro-
tective services had completed
training on May 81, a gain of 400
per cent over April 30. He said a
total of 1878 persons were en-
rolled in the protective services of
which 142,916 were either in train
ling or had completed their courses.
He said 1873, 233 persons were listed
lin the citizens service corps.
Enrolment of 57,481 air raid
Iwardens was reported with $4,000
having completed basic training
and $4,000 more in training aux
Hilary firemen who had completed
Training or were in training totaled
l13.776; auxiliary policemen 10000,
and emergency medical volunteers
ready for service numbered 15,905.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-18
Injured
In Boat Blast

MT. CLEMENS, June 1.-TWO
men and three women were in St.
Joseph's Hospital today as the re-
suit of an explosion Of a 35-foot
cruiser at San Souci, Harsens Is
land
Most seriously injured was Nor
rSon Williams, a.. of 1924 Bal
moral avenue, Detroit. who suf-
fered burns and fractures of both
legs. Painfully burned were
Pheron Pomeroy, "a, of 1866
Harper avenue. Mt. Clemens; his
wife, Elsie. 81; Edith Hawk, 26, of
1886 Charleston avenue, Detroit,
and Mary Genick. 25, of 1886
Havana avenue, Detroit.
The owner and operator of the
boat. Ray Pointer of 1927 West
Seven Mile road, Detroit, who was
hurled into the lake with his
guests by the blast, was not in
jured. State police stated a belief
that a cigaret carelessly tossed
into the gasoline tank caused the
explosion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-18
Kern Store0pen
Monday Nights

A decision 10 remain open every
Monday evening as service to
defense workers was announced
today by the Ernst Kern Company,
first downtown department store
to adopt this policy.
Beginning June p, it will mean
three and half extra hours Of shop
ping time each Monday evening
for workers in the Detroit area
who are unable to reach downtown
Detroit during the day, according
to a Kern company announcement.
Although the store will not open
until 1890 noon on Mondays,
telephone shopping staff will be
on duty as usual Monday morn
ing. the switchboard being open
from a. m. to 9 p. m. for the
of telephone shoppers.
Tuesday through Saturday, the
regular store hours will be main
tanned as in the past.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-18
BIackOuf
ViOIatOrS
I'm Court

approximately $50 violators of
the city blackout ordinance during
the blackout of Sunday. May "a,
will go 10 court today TO answer
to their infractions.
These Violators are from Areas
3, 5. 6, s. 9, IL and y, and their
violations cover number of
phases of the blackout such as
driving with lights on, failure to
put out lights in residences, stores
and neon signs.
They were selected by Assistant
Corporation Counsel Arthur L.
Barley for prosecution as the
most fragrant in their districts,
A second group of about 300
violators will be brought into
court June 25. They are from
Areas 1, 2, 4, z, 10 and 20.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-18
boastfuI Max Stephan indicted
For Treason; May Get Death
NsturaIized Citizen, Born in Reich, Faces
U. S. Trial for Aiding Fugitive Nazi Filler

Max Stephan. who boaStcd /
on't be in lai long when he was
rested for aiding escaped Nazi
er Hans Peter Krug, today was
'lder indictment for treason. 9
Maximum penalty upon conVic-
On is death.
Ii was the first treason indict-
'ent Of the war. and If the former
staurant proprietor Is found
,iiity il would be the first convic-
On on a treason charge since the
Risky Rebellion of 1871. Even
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-18

that year. however, each person
convicted later was pardoned Dur
inc World War / there were sew
cral prosecutions for trcaSonS, but
no convictions.
The indictment was returned by
the federal grand jury before Fed
eral Judge Edward J. Monet.
stephan. OF German birth. is a
naturalized citizen of the United
States.
The Indictment charges that he
"treasonably and traitorously adj
hered and gave aid and COM
fort 10 an enemy of the United
States.
CHARGE IL OVERT ACTS
Eleven overt acts of treason are
charged:
. That, on April IS, he drove to
the home of Mrs. Margaretta
Bertelmann, 259 Philip avenue,
for the purpose of taking Krug
under his protection. Krug
had sought refuge there after
rowing across the Detroit River
following his escape from a Ca
.danian prison camp.
. That he obtained money from
Mrs. Bertelmann for Krugs
benefit.
That he escorted Krug from
Mrs. Bertelmann's home and
drove the flier 10 his restaurant
at East jefferson and East
Grand.
FOOD. DRINK, CLOTHING
That he provided Krug with
food. drink, personal effects and
clothing.
. That he made inquiry regard
ing train schedules between De-
troit and Chicago, with intent
10 aid krug.
. That ne escorted Krug to
Haller's Cafe. 1407 Randolph
street, and bought drinks for
both of them, covering up Krugs
identity by introducing him as
lone of the Meyers boys"
That he took krug 10 the
Progressive Club. 3003 Elmwood
avenue, and bought drinks, this
time introducing the flier as a
friend from Milwaukee.
CHARGE CASH OBTAINED
That he took the flier to the
place of business of Theodore
Donay. 1852 Gratiot avenue, and
obtained money, which was
given to Krug.
That he escorted krug to
diSorderly house.
That he took Krug back to his
restaurant and fed him, intro
ducing him again as a friend
from Milwaukee.
That the next day he took the
flier TO the bus terminal at
Washington and Grand River
avenues and bought him ticket
TO Chicago, the object Of which
was TO start Krug on journey
that would take him through
Mexico TO South America and
thence back TO Germany to re-
sumo active status as a member
of the German army.
Stephan still is in the Wayne
County Jail. Mrs. Bertelmann pre-
sumably is under detention as an
enemy alien. A treason charge
against her is not possible, since
she is not a citizen of this country.
Krug, who was recaptured at
San Antonio, Tex. appeared before
the grand jury during its investi-
cation.
Stephan's attorney has asked
that the defendant be arraigned
Friday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-18

Dad will be glad every day, # you give
him wardrobe of Ritz" shirts. Snow
white broadcIoths -. famous for durobiI-
Try and keep-fresh-quaIity! SANFOREZEO
TO Keep that perfect fit. The collar has
that starched appearance with soft COL
lar comfort -. is guaranteed for I'fe of
shirt. These values rate three cheers!
KERNS-MENS FURNIsHINGS-STREET FLOOR
CHERRY $500
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-18

King Peter, the exiled mon
arch studying in England,
who will marry the Princess
Alexandra Of Greece, p, who
is also in Britain as a nurse
at his school, Cambridge.
He's Is, will visit America.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01

North makes mistake which
is very common. Hypnotized by
the pattern of his hand, which is
the weakest possible for any suit
bid, he tries two no trump.
North's hand Is strong enough
for a response to two diamonds,
but the no trump bid is absurd.
He must assume that South has
values only in the two suits he
has bid. That leaves the part
nership wide open in hearts. And
two no trump will surely trap
South, for the bid ought to show
real shoppers and strength in
both hearts and clubs.
North should bid two spades
over two diamonds, showing his
preference. South will probably
bid three spades, counting on
North for some real streng&.
Now North should pass, as he
has a bad pattern with the bar
est minimum for his responses.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
BY PETER EDISON
MonitOr-Leader Washington
CnreaSnnnd ant

One of the most persistent of
the whispering campaign stories
out American aircraft has
been a report that the first time
American Flying Fortress bomb
ers were sent over Europe on a
daylight raid, five of the seven
ships were shot down.
This story has received wide
circulation. It's effect has been
to spread the idea that the Fly
ing Fortress was unsuited for
use against the Germans and to
destroy confidence in what has
been hailed as the most potent
air eapon of the war. So
alarming has this word been
that the Army Air Force and
the Boeing o m p IN y, which
made the original ships, assign
ed some of their personnel to
run down the source of the
story. 1t is now possible to tell
what really happened.
The main fact of the story is
essentially accurate. Seven Fly
ing Fortresses, flown by Raj
pilots, were sent over for a day
light raid against an important
objective, and five of them were
shot down. But the facts behind
the raid reveal an amazingly
careless disregard of correct tao
teal handling of the big ships,
and this caused the heavy losses.
1t is not the first time the
Fortresses had been sent over
the continent, either, but the
second. On both trips they were
unescorted by fighter planes.
The first time, the planes went
over at high altitude, which is
what the FortreSses were design
ed for - daylight precision
bombing at heights above ack-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD
ed American citizen, 1895. &C.

ed american citizen, 1888. .oc-
cupation-actor..
Including the latter item,
there was a good deal of infor-
nation on the form that might
surprise most of Hollywood.
'Slezak was a star of silent NOV
les in Germany, and on the Ber-
lin stage, prior to 1880, when the
Shuberts took him to Broadway
along with the show. Meet My
Sister,"
Whenever he got into a stage
hit such as Music in the Air."
lode to Liberty" or II Married
an Angel, movie companies
would make flattering offers.
But by the time his stage con-
tracts had expired, Hollywood
would have forgotten him.
TURNED OUT COMEDIAN
But until a few weeks ago,
Walter Slezak never faced an
American camera. Usually a
comedian, he now is the heavy
in Once Upon a Honeymoon"
AS Baron Won Luber, Nazi No.
S, he's married briefly to Ginger
Rogers.
Comic or villain, it's clear
that Slezak still has his sense of
humor. He tells without malice
of experiences which would
have Soured many an actor on
Hollywood. Once when he came
here, representatives of a talent
agency tried to sell him as a
writer. Another time he receiv-
ed a hurry call to visit q Para
mount executive and was flat
tered when the latter gave him
long sales talk about the quail
ty of the studio, its personnel
and pictures. 1t seemed Para
mount would be proud to offer
Mr.. Slezak a contract, although
first maybe he'd better make a
test. Just a sound track of your
voice." it was explained. Sing
one of your favorite operate
arias."
IS n e." exclaimed Slezak,
I'm an actor!" The studio had
confused him with his father.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
. SO THEY SAY

A phone gal has to make both
ends meet in order to hold her
job.
I'm ready to ride a jeep,
pound a typewriter or cook.
-Hortense May Boutell, WAAC
officers candidate.
-
We Americans at home do not
know the meaning of sacrifice.
| say it is time we shed our gen.
teel manners and customs and
girded ourselves for the fight.
II doesn't belong alone to our
soldiers, sailors and marines.
Col. Richard c. Patterson,
New York state chairman of
the War Savings staff.
An axis victory can only
mean that Italy would be rele-
gated TO the status of a domin-
ion of the Nazi State.
Sen. James M. Mead of New
York.
Everywhere in the occupied
countries resistance TO the Nazis
grows. II began as a trickle; now
it is swelling flood; once we
land on the Continent it will be-
come torrent no Gestapo can
keep back.
Ansel Mowrer, foreign
information service, Office Of
War Information.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS
Test YOUR knowledge of cor

Test your knowledge OF cor
rect social usage b. answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authori-
tative answers below:
I. II someone starts TO tell you
a joke ard you know what is
coming, should you say that you
have already heard it?
2. II you ar in the habit of
telling other people about your
children should you show some
inter est when they talk about
theirs?
3. II hostess has her guests
out of-doors and she sees that
the mosquitoes are annoying
them. should she invite the
guests indoors?
4. II the flies are bad in her
yard, should hostess plan to
serve supper out-of-doors?
S. If a person invited to a pic
mic says, I'D like to bring a bowl
of baked beans along" is it all
right for the hostess to say,
THAT would be grand?
What would you do if
You would like for your hos
tess to know how much you en-
joyed having dinner and spend
ing the evening at her house
(a) Tell her so when leave?
(a) Tell her so when you
leave and then telephone her
next day and say again how
much you enjoyed the evening
spent with her?
Answers
|. No.
2. Yes. Turn about is fair play.
3. Yes.
4. No,
s. Yes.
Better What Would You Do"
Solution--(b).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
ESCAPE GUARANTEED

grand jurors said the Ferndale
city Jail was in deplorable con-
dition but the Ferndale chamber
of commerce replied:
There were only two prison
ers in the past year; and the jail
was more comfortable than the
cutters from which the men were
removed"
Anyway, said the Chamber of
Commerce, the Jail door was
left open and when the prisoners
found out about it they skipped
town.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
PROBLEM SOLVED

SAN DIEGO, CALF. - The
critical housing situation didn't
worry two men in nearby Palm
City.
The sheriff's office reported
they stole a small house, carting
il off in a truck.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01

Leo OleZdk, VINO ABOUT ~ years
ago was a tenor at the Metropoli-
tan.
MEET THE BOSS!
The Broadwayman had an
agent who had him cooling his
heels in offices where extras are
hired. When Slezak con-
WINGED him he was capable of
something better than mob
scenes, they went to the office
of Irving Thalberg and were told
the genius wasn't in. Just then
the busy boss rushed by, numb
ling something about confer
ence.
you're lucky" said the agent.
you've met Thalbergl'
The only person who seemed
aware of Slezak's stage promi-
nence was Leo McCarey, who as
producer and director of "Once
Upon a Honeymoon" knew he
would be right for the role of
the charming but sinister Nazi
official. Now the word has gone
out that RKO has a great discov-
cry in a newcomer named Wal
ter Slezak.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
MOTHERS CONTRIBUTION

ALTON, ILL.-The neighbors
felt Mrs. Flora Gray had done
plenty for Uncle Sam, giving up
seven sons to the Navy, Army
and Marine Corps.
Mrs. Gray. however, felt diff
ferenf1y--she's joined the pro-
duction army making ammuni-
tiop at Western Cartridge Co.
where II feel I really am helping
my boys" '
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY the Associated Press
IMPATIENTo

HUNTSVILLE, ALA. Capt.
Oliver w. Welch, post surgeon of
the Redstone Ordnance plant,
opened the doors of his new hos
pital a few days ago, ready for
patient number one.
Patient number one was the
captain. He suffered a fractur-
ed arm when his horse slipped
and threw him during an early
morning canter.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
TITLE AWARD

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. - For
their efficient work in speeding
up activities for the company
operating the Sangamon Ord
nance plant at Illiopolis, tele-
phone operators have been given
more Understanding title.
Company officials announced
that hereafter the hello girls
were TO be identified as "secre-
taries of communication"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
PEDDLER'S PROFIT

PHILADELPHIA - Mrs. Ella
Barr, 40, hung some clothing on
her backyard line for washing
but, she told police, it wasn't the
clothing that got the cleaning.
Shortly after she sold the gar
ments to an itinerant peddler for
Is cents, she remembered one CT
the pockets contained three dia-
mond rings worth $3.50.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
MCKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM f. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Yesterday / showed COM
mon trap bid, by way of denial
of no trump made when the
player ought to confirm it. Here
is a trap bid of the opposite
sort. North persists in bidding
no trump when the situation
demands that he abandon it.
North correctly bids one no
trump over one spade. South
has no way of knowing whether
North is strong or weak. North
may have the minimum for a re-
Spouse, or may have enough in
termediates to go game. with
South's high cards. South pro-
perly bids two DIAMONDS, asking
North whether he has any real
strength.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

ack and pursuit plane ceilings.
The course to the objective was
flown. blind, there being a heavy
haze.
Not being able to see their
target, no bombs were dropped,
on this first raid, but when the
planes reached the point where
the navigators said the target
should be, photographs were ia
ken, using filters and trick in
fra-red Photographic equipment.
The planes, unchallenged, flew
home.
When their films were devel-
.oped, II was discovered t h e
planes had been right over their
target. Had they dropped their
bombs, they would have regis
tered direct hits.
Elated, the Raj command or
dered the planes sent back on
the same mission the following
day. This time the pilots were
told to 60 in at $4,000 feet. Why,
will never be known. Maybe it
was because they had encount-
cred no opposition when they
had gone over at much higher
attitudes.
Anyway, the weather on this
flight was clear. The pilots
obeyed orders. And the Ger
mans were waiting. Apparent
ly warned by the previous days
flight, they came up with -'ev-
erything they had in the vicin-
ity. What they did to the seven
big bombers was plenty. Ger
man attack planes went after
them from above, below and the
sides. And five of the seven were
shot down. One limped home
and made a crash landing. Pho
tos show the fuselage riddled
with bullet holes.
1t was from this tragic mis-
use of the Flying Fortresses that
the planes began to get their
bad name in England. The story
was repeated, and word got
around that the Flying Fortress
was washout for use in Ger
many, though IL might be all
right against undefended OBJ
jectives.
The Flying Fortress was said
TO be too slow, to be INSULT
GENTLY armed, to carry an in
adequate bomb load - two tons
against British bombers' seven
tons. All the charges, Army Air
Force officers declare, are UNI
founded.
The Fortress, known to the
Army as the Bit, is faster than
the Consolidated B-24 and was
built for long-range, high alti-
tude bombing - around 5000
miles at 10000 feet or better
carrying two tons of bombs at
this extreme range. When the
range is cut down to around 500
miles and the gasoline load can
be decreased. the bomb load
can be increased accordingly.
Flying Fortress armament has
been stepped up with each new
model. The first Fortress car
ried only 80 caliber machine
guns, and had no tail gun. The
Japs found that out and did con-
siderable damage to Fortresses
in the Far East. That was COR
rected, and in the battle of Mid
way the big bombers had field
day.
Today, the Fortresses carry
eight or more so caliber ma
chine guns, including two in the
tail, and are the worlds heav-
lest armed and armored planes.
Better big bombers unques-
tlonably will be built before the
war is over, but the word from
the Air Force today is not to
sell the Flying Fortress short.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
"a Service staff Correspon lie nj

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 1.-The
tall, blond, bearded man in the
uniform of a Nazi high official
sat in an RKO dressing room,
filing out a Selective Service
QUESTIONABLE: walter Slezak. j..
born Vienna, May 3, 1902. last
entered u. S., 1880. .naturaliz-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
WHERE HE CAME IN

STOCKTON, MO. - A Stock
ton automobile agency occupied
a building that once had been a
blacksmith shop. -
The agency closed for the dur
alton.
Now Frank Eilerman is open
ing a blacksmith shop in the
building.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
60 YEARS AGO TODAY

The ordinance prohibit n g
the firing of guns and pistols
within the city limits should be
enforced.
The Utica Citizen calls The
Monitor zone Of the best con-
Quoted sheets in the state"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01

loeo BOZ, American Federation Of Musicians,
probably made its most serious error when it ore.
vented - members Of This Is the Army" orchestra
from playing at the opening Of the Times Square
Service Mems Center
Up TO thot time the Department Of Justice had
shown oeoPPorent interest in Jimmy PetriIlos plan
to stop the making of tronscriptions and RECORDINGS
The Emperor james appeared to be getting owoy with
his ukose. Suddenly Attorney General BiddIe on
nounced thot he had authorized on injunction suit
ogonst the PetrIo ban.
The osininty Of the union local, in forbddino SOL
der musicians to help dedcote service mans recre
oton center, was unspeokobIe But perhaps hot very
III wind did blow some good Thot may have been the
srow thot broke the back Of Official competency to-
word the PetrilIo union
Sweden, like US, will be highly interested in osso.
Hcotno her future with the free peoples Of the West
-Df. Arne Ordine odviser to the Norwegian foreign
sSff5es.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
WARPATH

GALLUP, N. M.-Southwest-
ern Indian Braves aren't inter-
ested in offering their usual
hunting dances and similar rites
at the annual intertribal cere-
mony August 1915.
Instead they plan nothing but
war dances, victory dances and
scalp dances.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-01
Q FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
IS YEARS AGO TODAY

The county clerk has receiv-
ed a postal card from Ohio an
nouncing that fortune awaits
Adolphus Ruggles. Is your name
Ruggles?