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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-02
Stephan Pins Hopes on Denial
OF Intention TO Harm America
Helped Krue in His Flight as Generous
Gesture, Is Plea of Defense Attorney
CONTINUED from Page one)

In English II ! had any carpenter
work.
when I told him l hadn't, he
said he was thirsty and asked
permission 20 come upstairs for
a drink. We went up TO the
living room and he spoke 10 me
for the first time in German.
"He then showed me a Ger
man officers epaulet and ex-
planned how he escaped from
the prison at Bowmanville."
Mrs. Bertelmann's testimony be-
came very dramatic.
FEELS LIKE PAINTING
81 felt a chill over my whole
body" she said. II felt like
fainting. My legs gave way. 1
hung on 10 the wall for support.
He looked at me like some
hunted animal.
81 asked him why he had come
Ia me. Then 1 thought of Max
Stephan. phoned him. He
wasn't there and left word for
him To call me back,
In a few minutes, the witness
related. while she was nervously
pacing the floor, Stephan returned
the call. He was abrupt, she said,
and demanded TO know why she
had phoned when he was busy.
"I want you TO come over
right away" l told him. II
couldn't tell him about the lieu
tenant and he didn't want TO
come. But 1 insisted"
While awaiting Stephan. she
became increasingly nervous.
"The lieutenant asked me for
another drink of water" Mrs.
Bartelmann said. 81 was so ex-
cited 1 started to make coffee
instead"
TELLS OF PRISONER
Stephan entered without ringing
the bell.
"'Go into the Kitchen I told
him" said the witness. There's
n German prisoner from Can
ada there.
"My God, are you crazy?'
he asked. "Then Stephan went
into the kitchen and Krug In
troduced himself. IL was the
first time I had heard his name"
DID NOT HEAR TALK
Mrs. Bertelmann said she walked
in and out of the kitchen and did
not hear the entire conversation
between Krug and Stephan.
'T heard the lieutenant say
had picked up an old thing I'm
Canada, fashioned his own oars
and rowed across the river" she
testified.
"Mr. Stephan said: why don't
you give yourself up: You
haven't a chance
COMPLAINS OF TREATMENT
"The lieutenant answered: Il
have to try because of the treat
ment i have been getting"
The witness said she had large
of clothes in the kitchen
which she had planned to send
to Germans in Canadian prison
camps. From this she selected
sox and shoes for
Krug. One of the 6ier's shoes was
an inch longer than the other and
the sole was worn through, she
declared.
PUT SEQ ON TABLE
Stephan told her he had come
away without money. She put $50
on the kitchen table. but she did
not see who took il.
"But the money was gone
when the men left?" Babcock
asked.
Mrs. Bertelmann was then asked
TO identify Krug in the courtroom.
She pointed to the Nazi flier. who
nodded slightly.
"Your Own Horoscope" by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-02

was not later returned 10 the
court.
The statement stephan made 10
FBI agents az the time OF ms ar
rest was read into the record yes
terday over the protests OF defense
counsel.
AS John Bugas. Detroit FBl
head took the stand, Anderson
asked that the jury be excused.
His request was granted.
eft doesn't seem 10 me that
YOU have established definitely
that stephan Is a citizen" AM
herson declared. An alien can
not be tried for treason"
NATURALIZATION CITED
Judge Tuttle pointed out that
Stephan's naturalization papers,
granted in June, 1885. had been in
troduced early in the trial by
George NJ. Read, court clerk.
But the attached photograph
doesn't look like stephan the
attorney argued.
I'm the absence of the Jury,
I'd say IL IL a very good like
ness" responded the court. "In
any event, the matter Is one for
the jury 10 decide"
With the return OF the jury.
Bugas began his testimony. The
evidence closely followed previ-
ously submitted facts. IT showed
STEPHAN was called by Mrs. Mar
garet Bertelman, became inter-
ested in the case of the fugitive
fiier and assumed responsibility for
his safety.
FRANKLY ADMITS AID
Stephan frankly admitted to
the FBI, according to the state
ment, that he had arranged krugs
shelter. purchased him gifts and a
bus ticket TO Chicago. He put
Krag on the bus Sunday morning,
April IS.
The statement further showed
that ne had told the facts to Viii
liam Nagel. former Detroit post
master, in his tavern that evening.
Nagel, disbelieving the seemingly
fantastic tale, said:
I'D do the same thing, Max"
Also covered was a statement
BY the clerk of the Field Hotel.
where Krug stayed Saturday night.
The clerk disclosed his suspicious
of the fiier TO Stephan and Ste
phan allegedly asserted:
81 don't want anything to do
with IT,"
FBI AGENT HEARD
Jack o. Parker, San Antonio
/ 81 agent who figured in Krug's
a rest, preceded Bugas.
He told how Krug, when appre-
PENDED in a hotel. endeavored 10
pass himself off as French sea-
man. Failing. he quoted the fiier
us claiming to have accomplished
" ne of my purposes"
~ talked to n very important
aas about the shooting of my
..iurade," he quoted Krug.
Ibid KrVg mean stephan"
Anderson asked.
no." replied Parker.
Anderson asked Parker if Krug
h 4 revealed where he obtained
tiSs money for his two-week flight
II III started in Detroit. led to Chi
c;sa. New York and later into
Tsxas.
HE said he got 1t from
= Rsiends," Parker answered.
@He did not say a friend?'
ANDERSON questioned.
NO" the witness said. 'He
said frlfrds."
Mrs. Scrtelmann was accompa-
MED to court by matron from the
immigration department, in whose
charge she has been since her ar
rest.
Attired smartly in a black and
white checkered suit, with small
hat and black veil, she appeared
calm and poised. She began her
testimony in low voice.
In answer to Babcock's questions
she said she was dressing Saturday
morning, April 18 when the buzzer
sounded in her upstairs fiat at 259
South Philip avenue.
ASKS FOR WORK
"The release does not work,
so / went down to the lower
hail." she went on. standing
on the porch was dirty young
man i'm cOYeralls. He asked me
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-02
ASKS FOR WORK

1.-THE release does not work,
SO I went down to the lower
hail." she went on. standing
on the porch was dirty young
man i'm coveralls. He asked me
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Eight Paydays Month
Are Ordered for
War Department
Employees Will Collect
Gosh for Overtime in
First Jonuoy Check

War Department employees will
be paid on eight separate days,
four in each half of the month,
in accordance with a new Sched-
ule announced this afternoon.
Employees in the District will get
their salary checks on the Sd, 5th
18th and Goth DAYS of each month
In the Virginia Offices there will be
paydays on each of the eight days,
one-fourth of the employees being
paid on each day.
The pay periods will cover from
the lst to the 18th and from the
10th to the end of each month.
Overtime Payments.
The first pay check in January
will include the regular salary for
the period, December "a to 81, plus
accumulated overtime for the entire
month Of December This will mark
the first overtime payment to War
Department employees under the re-
cently-enacted overtime pay statute
Pay checks to be issued on jan
uary ID, 10. 20 and 81 will cover
the full regular salary plus overtime
for the period January to Is. The
new victory tax will be withheld
starting with the second-period
January checks, the department an
nounced.
The change in paydays, it was
said, is being made to conform to
the Government-wide pay schedule
for departmental employees in
Washington and is designed to
spread the check -cashing load on
the merchants and banks in the city
as we'll as on the bank in the Pen
tagon Building.
Under existing procedure. it was
pointed out, it was necessary to
furnish payrolls to the disbursing
officer for preparation Of the checks
several days in advance of the close
(See PAYDAYS, Page 2-XD
Evening star., 1942-12-30
New Picture Depicts Hitler
As Growing Fat and F|obby

tions also suggested the idea that
fatty i'll health was depicted.
Comment first was stirred by COM
pariscn with another picture, re-
ceived by the Associated Press of
Great Britain through Sweden.
which was captioned as a picture
of Hitler taken on the same occa-
sion although not in the same place
in the beer hall or in the same pose
This latter picture showed no
marked difference from photographs
of Hitler taken some time ago, but
differed sharply from today's pub
lished photos.
In addition to the lack of fat in
the Associated Press of great Britain
copy there also were differences in
uniforms, neckties and medals.
Asked abou the apparent discrep-
ancies. the Ministry of Information
picture section said the pictures
which it released were of German
origin and received through neu-
trail sources.
If the man pictured in the photo
graphs the newspapers used is one
of Hitler's "stooges." a spokesman
for the ministry added, that does
not hurt our case any"
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Potomac May Reach
Flood Stage Here
.late Tomorrow
River Begins to Recede
At Cumberland From
Peak of l7.2 Feet

Flood stage may be reached in
Washington late tomorrow, al
though the swollen Potomac
River was receding this after
noon at Cumberland, Md, from
a peak of 17.2 feet to 1863, the
Weather Bureau reported.
Forecasters said the flood is ex-
pected to reach IA feet at the Letter
gauge near Great Falls at pm
tomorrow, and 65 to 7 feet at the
gauge at the foot of Wisconsin ave-
nue. at pm. Seven feet consti-
tutes flood level here. The Letter
gauge read 81 feet and the Wiscon-
sin avenue gauge So this afternoon
The Potomac would have to rise
10 feet In order to reach K street in
Georgetown which was hard hit
when the last flood here reached II
feet on October II. Weather Bureau
officials said water may 60 over the
sea wall at Hains Point and that a
few business concerns near the river
in the Georgetown area might be af-
fected if 7-foot level is reached.
While the area around the Peace
Cross, at Bladensburg, Md. still was
open to traffic early this afternoon,
observers said the water was rising
rapidly and might block traffic if
the rain continues
There was about inches of water
at the intersection of Bladensburg
road and Defense highway.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Willie Stevens,
HoH-MUs Case
Figure, Dies
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j.. Dec.
30-William (Willie) Stevens. g.
year-old brother of the late Mrs.
Francis Stevens Hall, died today at
his home.
He was the second of the three
principal figures in the famous Hall
Mills murder trial to die within IL
days. Mrs. Hall died December 10.
Mr.. Stevens. Mrs Hall, and their
brother, Henry Stevens, were ac-
quilted in the murders of Mrs. Halls
husband, the Rev. Edward w. Hall,
and Mrs. Eleanor Mills Is years ago.
Mr.. Stevens had been in poor
health for several years.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
McCarrdn Demands
Action, Not Words,
On Hospital Needs
WPB and FWA Aides
Swop Spirited Questions
At Senute Unit Heurinq
Earlier Story on Page A-2.)


Again rapping the number of
hospital surveys made here,
Chairman McCarran of the SEN
ate District Committee in a
hearing this afternoon called for
action instead of words on the
Districts hospital expansion pro-
gram.
After a two-hour recess, Senator
McCarran called the committee
back into session in an effort to
complete the hearings today.
The recess ended a session that
at times became somewhat spirited
as representatives of the WPB S
governmental requirements division
and the Federal Works Agency
fired questions at one another. Just
before the first part of the hearing
was concluded. Senator McCarran
for the second time called on Maury
Maverick. chief of the WPB division
and FWA Administrator Henry J..
Sullivan for action instead of words.
Hospital Money Loss Told.
AS one of the last to report before
the recess was called. Paul B. Crom-
elm, chairman of the Sibley Hos
pital Board told of a financial loss
to the institution of approximately
$3.50 a month because of the delay
in the expansion program. He ex-
planned that the hospital, in answer
to instructions from FWA informing
1t that $4,000 application for i'm
provements had been approved, had
removed the tenants from six
dwellings which were to be con-
verted into nurses quarters and
that the buildings still are vacant.
DR.. John M. Orem, superin-
tendent of Sibley, in answering a
prepared QUESTIONABLE sent him by
the committee. reported that six
different surveys had been made of
the hospital in recent months, but
added that it was possible some of
them were parts of others.
conditions were the same when
all Of them were made" he an
nounced
Remark Draws Laughter.
In answer, Senator McCarran re-
marked, drawing a roar of laughter
from those in the room: "Condi-
tions after they were made were
the same. too
DR.. Edgar A. Bocock, superin-
tendent of Gallinger Hospital said
the new maternity building financed
by FWA should be ready for oc-
cupancy by February and, with
those 300 additional beds, Gallinger
will have 1,746 beds.
He urged, however. that the re-
mainder of the proposed program for
Gallinger be carried out fully. This
(See HOSPITALS, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1942-12-30
By the Associated Press.


LONDON, Dec. 30.-Adolf Hitler's
jowls, and whether they and their
owner have grown fat and f1abby
stirred considerable discussion in
London today after morning news
papers published series Of pictures
purportedly showing the Fuehrer
addressing Nazis at the Munich beer
hall November 8.
These pictures showed Hitler with
touseled hair, rather sagging jowls,
pouchy eyes. a double chin and an
enlarged midriff, compared with
previous pictures. They were re-
leased to the London press by the
Ministry of Information picture sec
ton.
The Daily Mail said a man who
knew Hitler at first believed the
series was not authentic, but on
closer examination was convinced
it was, and commented:
The physical degeneration re-
vealed here is so marked that the
man is hardly recognizab BILE.
The fatness he has developed
looks like the fatness of ill health,
not the fatness of overeating."
Other newspapers in their cap
Evening star., 1942-12-30
FB| Attempts 10 Link
1ouhy, Banghart With
Recent Chicago Jobs
Gongsters Questioned
In $780, 900 HoIdup-Murder,
$4,000 PoyroII Robbery
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.-FBI agents
who trapped the arch criminal
Touhy- -Banghart mob in the
most elaborate net in American
crime history subjected their
three captives to detailed ques-
tioning today in an effort to
learn if they had any connection
with recent major offenses in
Chicago.
Spencer Drayton, head of the
Chicago FBI office, said the agents
who killed two of the gangsters and
nabbed the three most dangerous
members without a shot had spent
the remainder of yesterday cleaning
up loose ends of the roundup and
lacked the time then to interrogate
the captives.
The three toughs in custody are
Roger Touhy, leader of the mob
that terrorized Chicagos Northwest
Side during prohibition days; Basil
Y,
machine-gunner and reputed brains
of the mob, and Edward Darlak,
murderer of a Chicago policeman
Trapped Before Dawn.
They were trapped before dawn
yesterday in North Side apart
ment, one Of several in which they
hid out since shooting and fighting
their way over the wall of Stateville
1ll) Penitentiary on October 9.
The trap. utilizing floodlights and
a loudspeaker system to call COM
mands to the quarry, was sprung
less than six hours after G-men
shot and killed two other Statewide
fugitives, James O'Connor and St.
Clair McInerney. when they refused
to surrender at another North Side
hideout.
Chicago police theorized that
Touhy and his men might have been
linked with the $4,000 robbery and
Staying of Mrs. Lillian Calvin and
her maid. Edna Sibilski in the Gal
wins fashionable suburban Evanston
home October %. ..
Mr.. Drayton said he did not know
of any Touhy connection with the
Calvin case, but that the mob quite
probably" was involved in the hold
up of an armored payroll truck in
the one-time Touhy bailiwick De-
cember Is. The holdup men OBJ
tanned $4,000 and police said the
Job" carried a Touhy mob trade
mark.
Known to Be Fundless.
The Government agent said the
FBI knew definitely that the gang
sters had no money before the truck
holdup and that afterward they
were well fixed financially" Capt.
Daniel Gilbert Of States attorneys
(See TOUHY, Page 2-XJ
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Henderson Praises
Housewives, Grocers
Response 10 Rations
OPA Check on Big Cities
Finds Orderly Buying
Of Cunned Foods

Price Administrator Henderson
today praised American house
wives and grocers for the orderly
manner in which they have re-
Sponded to the Governments ap-
peal to avoid buying and hoard
ing scarce canned fruits and
vegetables which are to be ra-
toned.
Mr.. Henderson said OPA had
checked every large city in the
country and found that buying of
canned fruits, vegetables and other
foods to be rationed soon has pro-
ceeded normally.
This is the strongest possible
proof" Mr.. Henderson said. that
the American public has not been
panicked into foolish action and
shows it's ready understanding of
the necessity for rationing.
Locally, an official of the Dis
trict Grocery Stores said there had
been notable increase in attempts
on the part of housewives to buy
sOONS SillSC Vic 3
plan was announced Sunday. He
added that the stores have the sit
uation under control, however, and
are limiting consumers to one can
Of each type of food. While there
was nothing to prevent a customer
from making numerous trips to the
stores to purchase can goods, the
official said he did not think the
shortage here would become more
serious than it already is.
Issue Faced Squarely.
Last week. Mr.. Henderson said
'the processed foods rationing pro-
gram had reached the stage where
it was absolutely essential to begin
work with members of the vast food
distributing industry and to start re-
cruiting and training the 100000
volunteers who will handle the is
suance of War Ration Book No. 2.
| Rather than permit gossip con-
| cerning the program to leak out ir
a garbled fashion and thus to create
confusion and enable some to take
advantage of others, your Govern.
ment faced the issue squarely anc
made all the essential facts avail.
able to every one"
Mr.. Henderson said this actor
imposed a serious responsibility or
the public and on the food distrib.
uting trade. He added this respon.
sibility was accepted by both 'ir
the most commendable manner"
Few Instances Of Buying.
The price administrator added
that there were a few instance.
where individual stores reported
heavier than ordinary buying on the
part of few customers, but that
these individuals have been quickly
discouraged by the storekeeper anc
by the pressure Of the opinion OF
other customers.
He said he was convinced that
orderly buying of the foods to be
rationed in February will continue
until the actual program gets under
way. He made another appeal to
housewives to buy only as they
need.
When rationing begins under the
point system" Mr.. Henderson added
you will have complete freedom OF
choice once again, limited only by
the overall confines of your ration
Everyone will get the same ration
and every one of the rationed foods
will have the same point value in
every store in the United States. u
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Heavy Collateral
ToForce BIockout
Cases to Court

Maj. Edward J. Kelly, superin-
tendent of police. acting on instruc-
tions from District Commissioner
Young, today ordered all precinct
commanders to require alleged
blackout offenders hereafter to post
the maximum collateral of $500 or
sum judged sufficient to compel
the person cited to appear in court.
The new order, it was pointed out,
will end the practice of alleged
blackout offenders avoiding a court
appearance by posting and forfeit
ing IS or $40 collateral. 1t was Mai.
Kelly's view that too many per-
sons have been availing themselves
of this method of avoiding court
appearance.
In the future, Maj. Kelly indi-
Gated. the courts will decide whether
violations of blackout regulations
actually occurred. The order is
effective Immediately.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Flood Halls
War Output
In Pittsburgh
Rail, Highway Service
Curtoi|ed; Homes,
Offices Inundated
By the Associated Press.

ST the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 30.-Sev-
eral war plants we're closed. hun
dreds of homes, stores and streets
were flooded and rail and motor
transportation was curtailed in
the far-flung Pittsburgh indus
trial area today as rivers and
streams overf1owed their banks.
The floods swept down the
Allegheny River north of Pittsburgh
and moved down the Ohio River
toward Ohio and West Virginia.
In Pittsburgh proper. waters rising
6 inches an hour flooded low-lying
streets at the edge of the Golden
Triangle" business section, devastat-
ed by the big ST. Patrick's Day
food of 1886 Firemen and civilian
defense workers assisted families
marooned in nearby communities
Red Cross relief committees evacuat-
ed families and began setting up
mass feeding units.
36-Foot Crest Predicted.
The Ohio River stage at Pitts
burgh. 324 at noon, was the highest
for December in 100 years. A crest
OF at least 36 feet-11 above low flood
stage-was predicted
Curtailment of operations in in
dustrial plants near the rivers left
hundreds of workers idle.
The newly constructed American
Bridge Co. S yard at Leetsda!e. near
Pittsburgh. closed when Ohio River
water reached the floor level. An
other big plant closing was the
Labelle works of Crucible Steel Co.
in Pittsburgh.
Some other factories feverishly
moved vital materials and equip
ment out of the reach of the flood
waters.
Six open hearth furnaces at a
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp.
plant were not in use because of
water in the pits. Pumps poured
water out of Easements of the giant
Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
featuring Co. plant in East Pitts
burgh.
High water shut off power to the
bravo Corp. yards at Pittsburgh.
Five Pittsburgh Coal Co. mines
closed
Production Hampered.
The rising Mahoning River ham
pered production at the Republic
Steel Corp. plant in Youngstown,
Ohio. There was feet of water
on some Youngstown streets.
The Ohio River was expected to
reach flood stage in the Louisville.
KY, area New Year Day, but
United States Meteorologist j. l..
Kendall said it would cause little
damage for the present.
Flood stage at Louisville is %
feet, but no appreciable damage
is expected under 35 feet. The
gauge stood at 1853 this morning
The Kentucky River was rising
and at Frankfort had climbed to
25 feet. rise of 11.8 since yester-
day. Flood stage there is 81 feet.
Army engineers said the series
of flood-control dams erected since
1886 in strategic areas were operat-
ing satisfactorily and had sufficient
reserve storage capacity to weather
the test, the biggest since they were
built.
In the flood city Of Johnstown,
the weather observer said the re-
Gently built stream-lined channels
were piping millions of gallons
hourly down the Conemaugh River
at a record rate.
Even WITH the Conemaugh up
more than feet above its normal
4-foot level, and rising slightly, resi-
lSee FLOOD Page Al
Evening star., 1942-12-30
FIoridan Hits Closed Shop
In Nebraska Bar Address
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OMAHA, Dec. 30.-Attorney Gen.
eral Tom Watson of Florida. de-
clared today he believes the closed
shop clause Of organized labor con-
tracts violates constitutional guar
antees of employment freedom.
THE greatest menace today in
labor relations" he told the Ne
braska Bar Association convention
in prepared address. lis the grow
ing influence and expansion of, and
the increasing demand of organized
labor for a closed shop clause in
It's collective bargaining contracts,
and the consequences which this
clause imposes upon the employ
ment of the right to work by labor
generally, and upon the enjoyment
by employers generally of the right
to employ free and independent
labor