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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-18
Advocates Return Of Braddock Fine

Dan Parker noted New York sports scribe James
Baddoc should be refunded the $4,000 he fined 1887 for
running out of a match with Max Schmelng.
You will recall that Braddock Jumped the Scmeng go,
after Der Make had knocked Joe Louis and instead
Louis crack at his in Chicago.
joe of by Knockout. He gave Schmeing a
chance the and slaughtered the German in the first
round.
Parker points out however that Schmelng might have
carried the title back Germany had Baddok given him the
chance. And there the crown still would remain.
SOS to Bob Ripley!
Come Immediately to Detroit Word is out that Dr. Duncan
Campbell pulled Golf Club Sunday worthy
universal recognition But story only the good doctor
tell.
One of the appreciated letters have received
today from Birdie Tebbetts the Tiger catcher.
10 per of all the athletes sports writer's deal with
of the Tebbets casswe what picnic job
Lieut. Hank Greenbeg has reported Fort Worth Tex AZ
the time he will be sports
fields throughout the nation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-18

the greenbacks with another great Ryder Cup promotion
His outstanding job gained official notice last evening when
group Of friends rendered him testimonial dinner the
c. diploma the American Red Cross and
trophy containing letters from every player who participated
in the cup matches here in July.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-18

'Batted for Wilson in seventh
Detroit 1913 Oi0 2O6-ie
Muskrgon 600 100 O0O--
Errors Llpon, GehrngeT Carlson 2
Iohson Home runs Ross ? York. Ritbe
Two-hs hits-Sieradsky. Johnson. York
Riebe Cramer Runs batted in-Johnsou
York . Riehe 2 Ross 2 Wilson 2, Cramer,
RsdcliG Double plays Upon 10 Gehr-
niger 10 York stolen base-York. Struck
out By Wilson 10. by Henshaw 3 by Pat
Ten l. b. Wiersema J. hy Bard l. by
kWotek I By Vandermolen !. Hrts-On
Wilson S IN innings on Heushaw l IA
3 innings, of Patten In innings on
Wiprsema { IN innings. of Bard In z
innings of Kwolek 2 IN innings on
Naudernolep in inning Winning
pitcher wilson Losing pitcher Patten
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-18
BOB TALES
BY BOB MURPHY
Sports Editor
TGNAU DESERVING AWARD 1T BANQUET

With football and the approaching World Series all set to
crowd golf the picture Detroit and Michigan
can look its links accomplishments of the past few
months with complete satisfaction.
spite of and the loss of Of young players this
was one of the best golf years our town has known
Chick Harbert gained with his play He is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-18
As Release Shirley

PHILADELPHIA. Aug IL
CUP) The Philadelphia Athletics
today announced the outright re-
lease Of pitcher Newman Shirley.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-18
RETAINS TWO

Holmes has retained Chef Blu
kowski and Emil Dimitries OF last
seasons club, while Lou Sielaff
has hooked up with Joe Paulus'
Chene- Trombly and Jim Dimegllo
is rumored headed for Ted Re
bain's team, hacker yet to be an
nounced He is Still shy a man Tor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-18
Cut Causes Delay

BALTIMORE, Md. Aug IL
CUP).-A scheduled l0-round bout
between Johnny kaopvich and Al
Blake was postponed last night
because Of a cut eye received by
ka0pVlCN during training.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-18

sentimental few minutes Sunday Yankee Stadium when
Walter Johnson dishes up and Babe again his
Hereulean cut at the apple
It's all to help the gate for Army-Navy relief And don't
think aren't going have the sideboads at Briggs
Stadium this Sunday Detroit fans really coming through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
Tool SHORTAGE

To conserve metal, there will be
fewer hand tools made, says the
WPB. Obviously, then the hand tools
in use around the average home must
be used sparingly if they are to last
for the duration, and an appeal is
made to wives to cooperate.
The most complicated household
tool the lawnmower, should be used
least of all. The wife, with one ap-
praising eye on the long grass in the
yard and the other on her husband
peacefully listening to the radio, must
periodically restrain her natural, I'M
rationed impulse. OF what use is it
to have the grass short, If victory is
cut short with it? Nor should her
husband be routed from the radio
along about the fifth inning when
the bases are loaded with two out, to
fix that broken hinge on the garage
door-not when victory may hinge on
the preservation of hammers and
screwdrivers. Better leave him alone.
In conclusion, any husband who
has nerve enough to put up this ar
gument and lucky enough actually to
get away with it is assured of place
in the Hall of Fame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
CROSSING the Street

The record of pedestrian fatalities
so far this year provides persuasive
evidence in support of the Traffic
Advisory Councils recommendation
that crossing the street between in
tersections be outlawed in Washing
ton. OF the forty persons who have
been killed on the streets of the Capt.
tai since the first of the year, So per
cent were struck down while crossing
In the middle of the block Some
of these walked between parked cars
directly into the path of oncoming
vehicles, the drivers of which had no
opportunity to swerve or stop. 1t is
reasonable to assume that some Of
the crossers might have used cross
walk had there existed a prohibition
against venturing into the, street be-
tween intersections. 1t follows that
at least some lives might have been
saved had the regulation, sponsored
by the council and by Traffic Director
Van Duzer, been in effect during the
past seven months.
The present regulation permits
crossing in the middle of the block
providing there are no vehicles ap-
preaching close enough to constitute
hazard. When this regulation was
adopted it was explained that it
would be virtually impossible to en-
force a strict no-jaywalking ban.
Some police officials still feel that
enforcement of such a ruling would
be impracticable and that, therefore,
the regulation would be futile. On
this score, there is possibly justifica-
ton for the belief that the police
could not enforce effectively so broad
q regulation. But, even If only
sporadically enforced, the very exist
ence of such a ban undoubtedly
would serve to bring a degree of
voluntary compliance-and If so
much as one life were saved as a
result, the restriction would be well
worth while.
II the proposed regulation were
adopted, an intensive campaign Of
education should follow. The pur-
pose of this campaign would be to
impress upon pedestrians that the
restriction is designed to protect
them, not to make driving easier for
motorists. It is aimed at preventing
a practice which directly contributes
to the majority of traffic deaths in
Washington. AS such it should be
supported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
Lines for a Clock

IT is not loneliness to find the house
With shades full draun or Dindous
shattered tight.
Nor get to knoU the HALLIDAY dark
and chill.
Silent of footsteps gathering dopn
the flight.
1t is not silence when no rotce
responds,
When in room there ,Uaits no hu-
ing thing.
These are not far it ,De but hear one
sound
The ticking OF clock, the rhythmic
suing
OF one sure pendulum. Then is the
house
Alive to our return. But If pe find
Those hands held motionless on
some 1Deird hour,
That uotce lono-stilled, there sefses
on the mind
Such loneliness and silence as to
kn0D
The pery pulse OF time is beating
lou!
Isabelle BRYANs
LONGFEILow.
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MiIiiqun

None Of the standard reference en-
cyclopedias contains any proper bio
graphical notice of Lambdin P. Mill
gan. He is forgotten character.
Yet In the course of the proceedings
In the Supreme Court yesterday At
torney General Biddle declared: IF
1t weren't. for the Milligan case this
case wouldn't be here" The lay pub
lie, therefore, might be interested to
know something more about the in
dividual who indirectly was respons-
ible for the present test of the powers
of President Roosevelt.
What is readily available concern
ing him, however, is very sketchy,
indeed. The Dictionary of American
History says: "Milligan had been ar
rested at his Indiana home by order
of the general in command of the
military district of Indiana, charged
with conspiring against the United
States, with giving aid and comfort
to the enemy, and with melting in
surrection and disloyal practices The
charges grew out of Milligan's &C
tivities as an officer of secret order
whose general purpose was to CO.
operate with the Confederate gov
eminent. Milligan was tried before
court martial established under the
authority of the President, found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged.
Before execution of sentence pro-
ceedings were instituted in the Fed
eral Circuit Court denying the legal
ity of the military trial, and asserting
that Milligan had been deprived of
his constitutional right to trial by
jury"
Much Of the philosophy of the
Government position in the matter
traced back to the mind of Joseph
Holt, judge advocate general of the
Army, who had endeavored ito de-
velop the jurisdiction of the military
commission so that persons and Of
lenses not subject to the jurisdiction
OF courts martial could be tried by a
military body. The military author
tiles were thus enabled to arrest and
keep in prison many persons who
would otherwise have been released
to the civil courts"
When the problem reached the
highest tribunal in 1865 it was "a bat.
tie OF giants" Attorney General Henri,
6tanbery and General Benjamin F
Butler argued for the Federal side
David Dudley Field, jeremiah S
Black and General Qater President,
James A. CARRIED for Milligan.
The Copperhead leader himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
being assailed by their opponents as

being assailed by their opponents as
foes OF labor.
Such campaigns may be regarded
by many voters as distracting in
f1uence at time when their atten-
tons are centered on the progress of
the war and their own contributions
to it Their hearts are with the
members Of their families in the
armed forces. Nevertheless the task
of electing men to represent them
in Congress, in the State Legislatures
and other public offices is even more
important now than in peace time.
And if, through some kind fate, the
tenure of office of those being chosen
this year should extend to the time
that peace is restored, their task will
remain difficult.
The problems confronting those
who are given public responsibilities
today call for the utmost in states
manship The responsibility of the
voters who must select those to hold
such offices was never greater in the
Nations history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
Virginia Elections

The first gauge of how seriously
the public is taking it's wartime
responsibilities at the polls in ad-
joining States will be furnished by
the August Virginia primaries. Al
ready an indication of apathy has
been given by the dearth of candi-
dates in seven of the States nine
congressional districts. There will
be only two Democratic contests for
Congress. Representative Howard w.
Smith is being opposed by former
Mayor Emmett c. Dawson of Alex
andria in the eighth district, while
Representative Clifton Woodrum is
running against Moss Plunkett in
the sixth district. Both 1ncumbents
are running on their records and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31

energy in selfish politics. If your Con-
gresham thinks it is necessary to for
sake the urgent affairs of his country
for his own interests, he ought to be
retired
Organized labor, which for years de-
cried industrial tyranny, is now more
tyrannous than industry ever was. The
New Deal political clique, labor racket
GERS and the powerful organized labor IA
vored class have already darkened free
dom's holy light" There is no freedom.
No more may our greatest symphony or
crestra broadcast its matchless music
or make musical records for the pure
pleasure of music lovers the world over.
stopped was high school orchestra be-
cause it was not unionized or might
interfere with those that are! The
soldiers on the suffocating sands of the
African desert, the homesick lads in the
icy north, the lonely lighthouse keeper,
the sick, the blind, the crippled. the
broken-hearted in cottage, camp and
hospital, the sailor on the darkest sea
where danger ever threatens are to be
denied the comfort and pleasure of the
music of the Boston Symphony Orches-
ira by Labor Leader Petrillo because the
musicians are not members and do not
pay tribute to his union. No broadcast
ing station is permitted to give this free
music to the world. Is this the land of
the free?
This country cannot exist half slave
and half free" The great mass of un-
organized labor must not be the slaves
OF a labor oligarchy. There must be but
one common law, no favored class, rich
or poor. The Constitution of the United
States must be restored-supreme. The
Supreme Court must not be tainted by
politics nor coerced 1t must be a
tribunal of our greatest. wisest, most
honorable jurists. Every citizen, organ
lied or unorganized. must be protected
in his right to work for anybody, any
where, any time.
When these reforms are established
and not until then, will America be the
land of the free"
DANIEL C. BENNETT, M. D.
Winchester, Mass
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meanwhile, languished In Jail. Fol-
lowing his apprehension much had
happened to contribute toward his
obscurity. The war had ended, Lin
coin was dead, the country was
anxious to get back to normal. Milf
CANS appeal was decided in his
favor by a margin of a single vote.
He was released after eighteen
months incarceration and disap-
peared from public knowledge. The
accident which momentarily restores
him to notice does not rescue him
from oblivion. Only his name sur
vives-as an index to judicial prin-
ciple now again being debated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Tr1ce,oell.

attitude which has given 1t Its common
name. the praying mantis.
~ -
The mantis belongs to the order OF
insects which includes the grasshoppers,
crickets. cockroaches and the walking
stick, so-called.
All odd ones, to be sure.
But the mantis is the oldest of them
all.
Sometimes he or she Is called the mule
killer. This name, like so many popular
names, is in error, since the insect in
no way is harmful to animals.
The heavy front legs end in hooks with
which 1T grasps unwary insects.
The strange looking small head is often
the subject of attack by the birds, and
we have seen many nantes (the correct
pluraD which have had their heads
pecked off.
1t is more a Southern insect than a
Northern one. Washingtons location in
the true South is very we'll shown by the
mantis' presence.
Both European and Chinese NANTES
have been introduced into this country,
so that it is difficult for the layman to
tell which species he is seeing
Anyone will do, however, for this Is
an insect of insects, creature fit for
sore eyes," as the saying has it.
There is no harm in him, however.
He should not be destroyed. He is, to
the contrary, friend of all gardeners
and householders.
We do not believe any mantis could
harm bird. He would, If he could, but
he is not large enough.
He is brave, however and will defend
himself from the songsters as our cor
respondent points out
One is reminded OF the old French
maxim This is very wicked animal
when attacked, it defends itself!'
The female mantis lays eggs in a gray
case about the size and shape of a small
hens egg.
These cases. with their contents, are
hung on shrubbery
The case bursts, and the young insects
hop out with the first touch of warm
weather in the spring.
Occasionally an unusually warm day
| In December or some other winter month
will cause them to come forth.
Then they all die, upon quickly en-
! suing cold weather.
After one has gotten over the first
shock of seeing this strange creature,
| one gets over fear of it, and usually likes
| to watch it.
1t Is a clean looking insect. When
touched, or grasped in the middle of its
back" it becomes perfectly rigid.
It's color changes, from time to time,
from light green to mixture of grays
and bronzes, according to its location.
| Poised amid leaves in shrubbery, it j..
almost invisible unless the observer hap
pens to see the cold, merciless eyes.
Lacking anything better to eat, any
mantis will swallow its mate-if smaller
at the drop of hat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
Complain About Profanity
In Government Offices,

To the Editor of The Star
The Star Of July % gave an account
OF Pentecostal follower, young wom-
an who said she was shocked at the
profanity used by her fellow employees
at the Bureau of Economic Warfare,
where she works as a junior clerk"
The Bible, which cannot be outmoded
despite the efforts of pseudo intellectu-
ais, says: Because there is no /.
knowledge OF God in the land. By
swearing and lying. :" =. Therefore shall
the land mourn" Hosea iv.1-2-3).
A junior clerk in the BEW was brave
enough to follow her convictions by seek
ing ito reform the language" by a meth
Cd that seemed right to her, but one
that OF course, could not be permissible
In Government department
The official BEW letter to Mrs. Haw-
thorn says, according to The Star, that
the board must insist that it's employees
conduct themselves in such a way that
their presence in the Office will not dis
concert the other employees"
This an ultimatum that should work
both ways, as it would be sad to think
that among so many employees there is
but one disturbed or disconnected" by
the taking Of the name of God In vain.
Therefore, it now becomes the grave
responsibility of the BEW personnel to
see to it that profanity is banned from
all their offices.
MISS FANNIE S. CAMPBELL.
To the Editor Of The Star:
The Lord will not hold him guiltless
who taketh His name in vain Using
Gods name irreverently is common
practice today. Twenty years ago cursing
was never heard in a Government office.
Times have changed however, but if the
change is not for the better what advan-
tage is there?
A written statement entitled Christ
Came to Save Sinners" is disconcerting
TO employees who know not Christ as we
sincerely wish they would for their own
happiness. But who stops to think how
dlsconcerting cursing and incidentally,
smoking, especially on the part of mere
youngsters in Government Offices, can be
to those who do not enjoy these things.
They. too, are disconcerting, and there
are those OF us who would be happier at
our work If it were not for this. It is
not because OF our own personal dislike
so much as the distress we feel when we
realize that standards in our beloved
country are being lowered by the permit
ting of destructive practices.
A FEDERAL WORKER.
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-
Hamilton Street.

Dear Sir:
"On July % was sitting at the VIM
dow. Many times I feed the sparrows
from that same window which is on the
porch roof. The birds were chirping for
their treat, when suddenly something
happened.
Il looked up just in time to see a
sparrow attack something that looked
like big grasshopper. The bird flew
off and then discovered this thing also
attacked the bird.
While was trying to figure out what
the object was. another bird few down
at it. and at the same time this thing
went for the bird too.
Then I noticed it looked like big fiat
worm with grasshopper legs, fat body
and tail that curled like worm after
having been caught.
1T seemed to lack wings. 1t appeared
to Jump at the birds.
After the second birds attempt to
fight it had failed they kept away from it.
Now, while tried to study this thing,
bird few from the tree to the roof
then discovered it had head with two
eyes looking up and followed the flight
of the bird, and had what appeared to
be collar which folded down from the
head as 1t followed the bird
AT the same time it held an erect
position, sitting on its tail, and support
ed itself by the front legs Its color was
almost like the light-colored sparrows.
"Now what was that thipco
Il never saw such reptile In all my
life. I really seen it,
Sincerely yours, L. R. K"
* ~
This Is the effect praying mantis
usually has upon at at first sight
That first time, with this insect, Is an
event.
We will never forget the first time we
ever saw one.
1t was on summer day some 10 or Il
years ago.
A black and white cat, named Byrdie
(named after Admiral Byrd had located
something in the grass.
She was leaping at it, now this way
now that.
hfCiy SIlC IlldQC d. leap, LTle LllOg
seemed to make leap in return.
Was 1t a snake?
Evidently not, because it did not wiggle
away, but stood its ground.
Upon going up closer in rather hest
tating way, we saw the thing" to be an
enormous grasshopper, in appearance
And yet it did not look like grasshop-
per, either.
r
This was the largest mantis we have
ever seen.
1t was fully half foot long.
Since then We have examined MANY
OF these interesting creatures.
One summer we had grandstano
view of one for several months.
1t had taken up it's position in a shrub
right outside sun porch window.
There it lay in wait for small insect.
with Its arms piously folded in tn.