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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-22
Watch
Plots

Maybe they didn't face them
because they had no bureau
cratic boards of this and that 10
invent social ills in return for
soft $1,000 year Jobs.
WHEN a nation is threatened
with destruction as we are
al the present tune, there comes
out of the depths Of 100000
persons a person II almost wrote
IT with a capital P) that we
never knew existed before-a
real. tremendously ever-present
person.
That person is the soul Of
America. a collective being who
embodleS the one single will of
all the individuals in the United
States.
Maybe YOU call this person
the country maybe you call him
defense, maybe YOU call him
Uncle Sam.
II makes little difference.
He IS a Super-belng TO whom
in normal times we never gave
much thought, but in whom.
when the enemies of all Of us
surge around US in the air. on
the land on the seas. we me, &c
ourselves.
This colleCtiviSm Is not the
same as the enforced COLLECTIVE
ism Of the Germans, Italians and
Russians.
II IS a collcctiviSm willed
voluntarily and gladly from the
depths of our being
II is The American soul. Of
which each one of US is a living,
breathing part
II Is now we the people. rot
/ the individual.
But that does not mean that
we should abandon our pattern
OF American indlvidualiSm.
As a mattol-ef fact. u is for
that great principle that wc are
temporarily collectivizjng.
ONCE upon time and not
" so long ago - the word
psychological was looked on as
"A hlghhFeH-word
Today il has come TO have
low.bTow implications. par
tlCularly since IL has been
reSurrected by tho Gcrmans.
In their hands psychological
warfare Is a weapon second
only IN importance 20 tank and
arDlanC
II means spiritual mental and
physical sabotage.
Rumor, panic. fear. distrust
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-22

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-22

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
Victim Is Shot
in Back of Head

I'm afraid he Is, Madam"
the ambulance doctor informed
her softly-then he turned to
the officers. He was shot d.
rectly I'm the back of the head |;
death was instantaneous"
Detective Vern Filby acknow-
lodged the doctors statement.
"Dr. Charles Warren Du Bots,
my son." she said between sobs.
Two husky officers helped the
unhappy mother TO the living
room where she sank on a
couch: while Filby reported in
by phone 10 Capt. II. J. Wallis,
chief of the central homicide
squad.
"Okay." answered the chief.
'T'll send a technical detail, and
Lieutenant Giese to take charge"
BY the time Lieutenant GieSe
arrived Mrs. Du Bots had recov-
cred sufficiently to make a CO.
herent statement. The old lady
explained that just an hour be-
fore, at about 10 a. m, the door
bell rang and her son called out
from below that he would an
SWer ii.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

TTiE Los Angeles Police De-
l. partment was confronted
with a rare type OF homicide,
one In which convictions are
most difficult to obtain.
Yet, with purely circum-
stantial evidence resulting from
remarkably keen observation
and clever deduction, the police
were able to convince a skepti-
cal jury Of the killers guilt.
The prisoner was charged
with one of the strangest mo-
tives ever heard at murder
trial.
When the sirei. OF police am
bulance moaned TO silence in
front Of 2791 Francis avenue.
DR.. F. X. Sauer hoped out and
hurried 10 the porch of pretty.
gabled house. AS he waited TO
be admitted he was joined by
two radio patrolmen and three
detectives.
Finally, an aged woman, bor-
dering on hySteria, came to the
door; she led the group through
the house TO the kitchen where
a young man lay on his back
stretched across the floor.
Its my boy. doctor, don't tell
me he's--he's dead ="
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

without hesitation. That's
Bob's. He's had that aimee no
was police surgeon In Pasadena
q few years ago."
Just then 1t. Tom Bryan, in
charge OF the technical detail,
called Giese to the kitchen,
where he pointed out two dime
size spots that had been anna
teurishly plugged with plastic
wood.
Quickly the detectives set to
work and scraped the filler
which, Ii proved, went all the
way through the floor boards.
Giese took the Smith and
Wesson from his pocket and ex-
tracted a bullet. The slug fitted
neatly into both holes. A search
of the cellar, however, failed to
produce the slug.
GieSe rushed back to head
quarters where he got in touch
with the nearby Pasadena police.
AS he suspected, the police there
had no record Of the revolver in
question.
He determined to lay this evil
dence before Mrs. Du Bots.
The aged woman graciously
received him. She asked the
lieutenant if he had heard from
the morning visitor.
Perhaps It Is better So" she
murInured.
But Mrs. Du Bots, tho death
OF your boy was not committed
accidentally" the detective said
evenly. Doctor Du Bols was
murderedw
How can you accuse q boy 30
young OF cold-blooded murder 2"
the woman asked Indignantly.
81 am not accusing n young
man of MURDER" retorted Giese.
by tho way, you knew that
your son was soon to be mar
ried. didn't you?"
Nonsense. He never told me
that, and 1 am his mother"
Because he suspected that
he would never be married II
you heard about 10. We have
learned that your daughter
committed suicide on the evo
OF her wedding. And your sur
viving son tells Us that you at
tempted 10 persuade him to
commit suicide before he mar
ried."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
TRUE DETECTIVE STORY

friend. I continued sewing, and
though / could hear their voices
i could not mako out what they
were saying. Then they laughed
and there was n shot.
II hurried as fast rs I could
Town the stairs into the kitchen.
"The young man seemed
daze He kept repeating:
Il didn't mean to do IL. j didn't
mean to do it > When i spoke
TO my son the stranger turned
and fled out the kitchen door,"
Mrs. Du Bots was taken to a
neighbor's home and the lieu
tenant sent detail to scour the
neighborhood for the youth.
When these details were con-
Guided the detective was about
TO turn his attention to the body
when an assistant indicated Ed
ward du Bots, brother of the
dead surgeon.
Asked if he knew who his
brothers visitor might be, the
brother shook his head sadly
and suggested that the police
get in touch with Mrs. Lillian
Abbott, the deceased doctors
secretary. and also Miss Clelles
Rackham, Bob's fiancee. a pro-
fesSional nurse.
When Mrs. Abbott arrived she
appeared deeply shocked at the
sudden death of her employer
with whom she had spoken over
the phone less than two hours
before.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
Jury Gives Verdict:
Murder, First Degree

"We found two bullet holes
in the kitchen floor which we
believe were fired by the gun
that killed your son; and I
have como TO the conclusion
that you fired those two shots
to test whether or not your
nelghbors would hear them.
"You satisfied yourself that
they were not heard 80 you
went ahead with = plan 10 muir
der your son, confident that you
would have time to set the acci-
dent scene for the police after
you killed him.
Giese reached into hi, pocket;
he drew out a photograph which
he offered Mrs. Du Bots, who
still retained her gracious calm.
This Photograph Of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
Find Death Gun,
But No Prints

After hearing Mrs. Du Bots
description of the killer the
nurse shook her head:
81 knew all his friends and he
had none as young a. that. As
for a hunting trip why 1t
wouldn't be like him at all. He
had two operations this morn
ing beside an emergency casew
Miss Rackham was also sur
priSed at the hunting trip sug-
gestion-her fiance would surely
have told her about IL, she said.
Giese finally got around TO ex-
aiming the kitchen. The table
proved TO be a small one OF the
folding type fastened TO the wall.
A cardboard box containing
an assortment of shells was
thanked by a bottle of gun oil
and a tube OF polish, and run
ming diagonally across the board
lay a brush ramrod for cleaning
rifles. The detectives glance slid
10 the floor where the table
cloth still chung TO the dead
mans arm.
Along the near wall stood a
gas range, and across the burn
ers was a small towel out OF
which peered the ugly snout Of
a pistol.
Giese shifted the muzzle,
noted that it was a .38 Smith
and Wesson revolver, No. 1858;
then he decided on a course OF
action. Then the lieutenant went
next door. where Mrs. Du Bots
was resting, and showed her the
revolver.
DO you recognize this gun,
Mrs. Du Bois?" he asked.
YES" the mother answered
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
Understood Son
Was Going Hunting

She understood that her son
was going hunting and expected
the visitor was his companion
for the day. After a while she
heard the voices of her son and
another man coming from the
kitchen.
Fifteen minutes later her son
walked through her room and
returned with a box that she
knew contained a revolver.
What arc you going 10 do
with that I asked him. He
pinched my cheek and said he
was just going 20 show 10 20 q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

ESyvAS the war broken down standards? They were
III .Ireadv broken before the Such is the
ton of Francis George Sabol Of Bethlehem, Pa
immortality among youth may have become more pro-
uounced during months but Is because those
who Immediately concerned with the present conflict are
under that they have but short time to enjoy
taking advantage Of every opportunity to live
while there Ii still time.
people will have to admit that moral conditions
have practically the for the past few decades The
only that youth today leads faster life due to
machine and he takes less pains to conceal his mis-
dofngs.
youth could only be made TO understand the detectives
are hghtng democracy freedom, better of
othey would change their put their shoulder to the
wheel and raise moral standard TO the high level where
10 belongs We lighting make better world for the
youth Of tomorrow"
Francis George Sabotage 20.
661 Hayes street, Bethlehem, Pa.
prixe)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
Have Not Lost Peacetime Morals

00NE has only TO visit the defense plants industrial
centers US0 centers and other organizations
realize that youth has lost of its peaceme
standards writes Aramentha Matthews of Chicago
youth knows that victory depends upon living
sacrifice and unity the home front the war
front More than before youth that
God Ii still the ruler Of all things and Il He
turn such crisis Even youngsters five years old
remember In their childish prayersGod bless
country
Regardless OF creed color youth are doing
their duty In keeping morale in home church
Aramentha Matthews-age %
1920 Washington Park court, Chicago Ill.
$3.50 prize
Copyright by King Feature,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
By Terry McShane

after the killing! And you
arranged themw
The police were finally forced
TO take their case to the states
attorney on purely circumStan-
tial evidence.
The jury found her guilty OF
first degree murder but recon-
mended life Imprisonment.
The case was carried to the
highest state court where the
verdict was sustained.
Copyright. ls42. by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
ELSIE ROBINSON
Youth Of Nation
Found 99.44% Okay

rs AMERICAN youth going to the dogs and blaming 1T on
i wartime conditions?
Youth Is not letting America down In this crisis cries
Norma Carol Robbins Of Brooklyn NYin ms grim "Af-
Time peod youth than the older genera
Han hut not 10 the detrment morals To the contrary
wa are experiencing strengthening of our moral hber we
mr.. sending our swetheat husbands loved ones away In
spIr of courage faith hope and prayer The they
enter on are temporary hosts for destruction and hatred
Tn. end will find God relgnng over strong
united nation.
"We have abandoned petty arguments We have said
adIeu to immortality and doing Our youh-every young
man and woman with of America In his hearts, strv
n than ever to uphold ideals Of dear red white
and blue -,
Eve are guarding honor and morale more than
ever before united hope and belief that somewhere
the mecu there far greater than us wnch
sha permit loved again. guide us TO
the light wipe all ruthless yrants from the face OF tho
EARTH"
Norma Carol Robbins-age 10.
10 Argyle road, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
Time to Check Our Standards

GOLD standards out Of date It's time to change
~ That's the challenge Of Donald T. Baines, Of Mt
Clemens, Mich.
"They keep telling us-the youth of Amerca-that we're
living changing world. Planes sink battle
bombers Toxic back President Roosevelt
has unprecedented and Mr. Henderson and Mr. Nelson
are handing out regulations every day.
"An right then, II changing world. Then why must
social standards remain the same?
eff person IL old enough to a uniform he's old
enough TO set his moral standard Self satisfaction the
greatest thing In the world and person live to his
standards and be happy, WELL that's all that
Eat drink and be merry young America for tomorrow
you may diet"
Donald T. Baines-age 10.
165 South Gratiot street, Mt. Clemens. Mich
$3.50 price
Among the hundreds of letters received
which expressed such attitude just proves
that you, young America, 99.44 per okay
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

kitchen table and floor taken by
my men shows how tho table
cloth was dragged from the
table when the body Of your son
fell. Now can you see your
mistake? No?
'Well, notice how neatly the
cardboard box, the bottle of oil,
the tube Of polish and the ram
rod are disposed on the table.
They were not dragged TO the
floor by the tablecloth - be-
cause they were placed there
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
BOOKS
By Benjamin
DeCasseres
Religious Leaders
Lives Condensed Into
Satisfying Biographies
UI WING Biographies of Re-

UI WING Biographies OF Re-
~ ligious Leaders"-There
is nothing more astonishing
and, indeed, more pulling in
all human experience than the
conversions" and the sub
sequent lives OF religious leaders.
We may not agree with many
OF them. but they do awe u.s.
both emotionaily and seientif-
cally.
Those two really great artists
in biographical etchings, Henry
Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas.
have done another capital piece
OF work In Living Biographies
OF Religious Leaders" Garden
City Pub. co...
II Is amazing what these two
writer's can do in condensation.
In a few pages-not over IL
they give Us complete, vivid and
unforgettable pictures Of Moses.
Isaiah. Zoroaster. Buddha. Con-
fucius. John the Baptist, Jesus.
Saint Paul. M o h am m e d. st.
Francis of Assist. John Huss.
Luther, Loyola. Calvin, George
Fox. Swedenberg. Wesley, Brig
ham Young. Mary Baker Eddy
and Gandhi.
One Thing in Common
One Of the beauties Of this
book is that the authors take
no sides themselves. So sympa-
thetically and yet impersonally
are the subjects treated that
you might well believe that the
Thomases were disciples OF
Moses and Brigham Young.
Mohammed and Saint Paul. Cal
vim and Loyola at the same
time.
The one thing in common
among all these religious lead
ers is the phenomenon Of their
sudden conversion" - or the
lightning-like disappearance OF
their conscious. everyday life
and the appearance Of some
thing that Is latent, Subcon-
scious, ''messianic."
All these condensed portraits
interested me. although I am
not forgetful that some OF these
leaders" have brought as much
suffering into this world-Mo-
manned, for instance-as they
have brought spiritual peace 10
their followers.
My favorits lives, however.
treated here are Saint Paul,
Buddha. Francis Of Assist and
George Fox. And how much
alike these four men were in
their experience! The like
ness, for instance, between
Buddha and st. Francis Of AS
sisi, although Buddha was never
the gay blade that Francis Ber-
nadone Of Florence was In his
youth.
These little biographies are
veritable spiritual fairy tales.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

II ERE pleasant little game that will give message
day II numerical puzzle designed TO spell
your your II the number
subtract the number than
your number Start the upper left
hand rectange and check Of key
nubers left right Then read the the letters under
Ne checked figures give you
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

POLITICAL ApvERrIsEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
Standards Broken Before War

$4,000 prize
Evening star., 1942-12-13
A||-Virginia High Gridders
From Six Schools; Fo|tz,
6. W., on Second Team
Py the Associated Press

Py the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Dec.
12-Six schools are represented on
the all-State high school football
team selected by coaches of the
Virginia Glass A Literary and Ath-
letic League.
None of the first-team members
were from Northern Virginia. al
though Marty Foltz of George
Washington High, Alexandria. was
named fullback on the second team.
Three other G.. w. bows received
honorable mention. Tackle Richard
johnson, End Charles Campbell and
Back Billy Bell. Fairfax had two
players on the honorable mention
list, End Melvin Wingfield and Back
Arthur Watts.
Those on the first team are: Ends,
Harvey Thornton, Petersburg, and
Carleton Holland, Hopewell; tackles.
George Gibbs. Danville. and Jack
Ittner, John Marshall; guards. Troy
Kelly, Danville. and Oscar Wood.
Petersburg: center, Raymond Cash.
John Marshall. and backs, Ray
! Marshall. John Marshall: Bernard
Rickett, Hampton: Jack Cloud,
Maury, and Vernon Bryant, Peters,
burg.
Evening star., 1942-12-13
War Spirit Takes Pep
From Basket Ball,
Says Vet Coach
Davies Of Duquesne Sees
Squads Being Disrupted
As Boys Enter Service
V tho Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press,
PITTSBURGH. Dec. l2-Chick
Davies, starting his 10Th year as
basket ball coach at Duquesne, says
the war is making it virtually i'm
possible" to get his boys steamed
up over the game.
We've go some good material
and. of course. we'll use our old sys-
TEN, which has been good enough
heretofore, but its plain even at this
early stage the boys won't be able
to- give the game the same zip"
said Davies.
That's because Of the war. which
has all of our minds on serving our
country
Davies predicted that anything
can and probably will happen this
season.
Boys will be going away and the
teams that start out strongest may
be the weakest later" he said
We're going to give the fans the
best basket ball we can, but here's
hoping they don't expect too much.
Davies should know his subject
His teams consistently have made
outstanding records A few years
ago the Dukes won 10 and lost only
to Indiana. In 13 of his 10 years
Duquesne has lost no home games
Chick got his Job after he decided
to quit working in a steel mill
make up necessary high school
credits and enter Duquesne.
Later he became a teacher of
English.
Evening star., 1942-12-13
Terp Eleven Scheduled
By V. P. |. Next Year

BY the Associated Press
BLACKSBURG, Va, Dec, l2.-Vir-
ginia Techs footballers will play a
10-game schedule in 1943, when
three new teams, the University of
Maryland. West Virginia and The
Citadel will be on the Gobblers'
slate
Athletic Director w. L. Younger
said these three schools would re-
place Kentucky, Army and David
son. The Gobbler schedule:
September -18. Catawba at
Blacksburg; Is, Maryland at Ro-
anoke.
October~2. Virginia, place un-
decided: 8, William and Mary at
Richmond; 16 West Virginia at
Mlrgantown, w. Va: %, Washing
ton and Lee at Lynchburg; 80, Fur
man at Blacksburg
November 6, Richmond at Blacks
burg; l3. The Citadel at Charleston,
S. c., Is, V. M. I. at Roanoke.
Evening star., 1942-12-13
Most Of Nebraska Sports
Staff Headed for NAVY

BY the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr.. Dec. l2-Ne-
braska may send the major portion
of its coaching staff to the Navy
Football Coach Glenn Presnell has
passed his physical examination in
connection with his application for
a Navy commission.
A. J. Lew" Lewandowski. head
basket ball coach and assistant grid
mentor, has applied for a commits
sion in the Navy pre-flight physical
training setup. and Freshman Foot
ball Coach Bill Pfeiff reports for
active duty with the Naby by jan
uary l.
Line Coach Elmer Holm has
sought to have his commission in
the Army Reserve reinstated.
Nebraska already has lost former
Head Football Coach Col. Lawrence
tBiff) Jones, 1t. Col Harold Browne
and Maj. Harold PETE to the Army
Evening star., 1942-12-13
Party Telephone Helps Ole Miss Cross Vols
Duqes Coach Bornh Plays Mehre Rvo Auburn Mentor Says

sissippi team surprisingly held the
Vols to a 40 victory. Before
the game one of the stadium men
asks me do I want telephone
line to the press box for spotter.
Now I'm just a country boy.
I don't know anything about this
fancy stuff. So I tell him, No,
don't want a telephone. Let
John Barnhill have It for Ten
nessee.'
We'll, Tennessee isn't trying
to beat us badly. I'll hand 1t to
Johnny for that. But they're
leading 14-0 at the half.
Comes the third quarter, and
Johnny is trying for that third
touchdown. Well, all this time
I've been hearing . buzzing be-
hind me, and when I look around
Evening star., 1942-12-13
Tulsa An-0ut Aerial
Attack Would Meet
5nappy Defense
Tennessee, Sugar Bowl
RivoI, Makes Duds Of
Bombs by Rushing
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
| KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 12.-
The New Year Sugar Bowl game
may develop into an all-out passing
offensive by Tulsa's Hurricane
against Tennessee team which is
tops on defense.
Tulsa's passing perhaps is the best
in the Nation, outstripping by far
anything Tennessee has offered
along the airlines this year.
The Volunteers major weapon
against aerial bombs is rushing and
blocking. designed to convert would
be bombs into duds.
In 10 games this season opponents
tried lat passes against Tennessee.
connecting with SO for a net gain OF
724 yards-but 81 enemy aerials
were intercepted by alert Vol backs
and linesmen.
Tennessee isn't any slouch when
it comes to this passing game. as
Tulsa mayhap will learn at New Or
leans The Vols have attempted but
127 passes this year for 50 compile
tons and 1923 yards gained there
by.
Only nine aerials were intercepted
by opponents.
While Tulsa may strike through
the air. the Volunteers mere than
likely will stick to terra firma where
they are more dangerous. Tennes-
see gridmen ran the ball 521 times
for a net rushing total of 1926 yards,
losing only 185 yards on the half
thousand attempts.