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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-05
Report Favors
Dormitories for
j. ). Workers
House Unit Also Asks
For early Action on
so Million in Housing

tEAriIer STORY on rage ALL
Temporary dormitories for
unmarried Government workers
was recommended late today by
the House Public Buildings and
Grounds Committee. The COM
mittee in formal report, urged
quick action on q bill 1t has
unanimously approved, author
izing an appropriation Of $780,
600, 900 for emergency housing of
Federal employees in the District
and metropolitan area and con-
struction of necessary public
works for the expanded war
time population.
The report. filed in the House by
Chairman Lanham Of the Buildings
and Grounds Committee declared:
Temporary dormitories for un-
married workers will afford oppor-
tunity for association with fellow
workers, minimize the problem Of
transportation, keep the amount Of
Federal expenditure within reason
able bounds and relieve the situa-
ton with reference to normal real
estate activities when the emergency
is over"
Chairman Lanham said he would
ask the House to give privileged
status to the housing bill by apply
ing to the Rules Committee tomor-
row for a special rule to expedite
action on the measure.
Hospital Situation Alarming.
The committee declared In the re-
port that aside from the acute hous-
ing needs it had been impressed"
with the inadequacy of Washingtons
hospital facilities. 1t also stressed
the shortage of school facilities. wa
ter and sewer services and fire pro-
lection control.
According to present plans, about
$40, 900 900 of the $50. 600 900 author
lied in the bill would be used for
construction of homes for Govern
ment employees in the lower-income
brackets. The remaining SIC, 1000 900
is expected to be advanced to the
Commissioners to provide urgently
needed public works such as schools,
hospital facilities and extensions Of
the water, sewer, refuse and fire pro-
lection services.
The report said, in part:
There is universal agreement
among all who have given study to
it that the necessity for Govern
ment assistance and action with
respect to housing and public works
at the seat of Government is I'M
questionably urgent, and that with
respect to meeting the housing
shortage now becoming emergent,
no conceivable program of private
enterprise will be adequate.
May Come Up Tomorrow.
TN respect to the necessary and
accompanying public works, it is
Of importance that advantage be
taken for the reorganization of the
Government departments for the
war effort. While definite steps have
been taken In this direction, the
end is not yet In sight"
The report also declared the COM
mittee is very definitely of the opin-
ion" that private enterprise should
supply rs much of the permanent
housing needs as possible, and that
'the defense housing proposed in
this measure should be restricted to
the minimum necessary for the ad-
ditional personnel to be provided
during the emergency in connection
with the wartime activities"
Filing OF the report formally
placed the bill on. the House cal
endar, making possible its consider
alton tomorrow under a unanimous
consent agreement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-05
Cunodu and Soviet Sion Pact

LONDON. Feb. (P.-Russian
Ambassador Ivan Maisky and tbs
Canadian High Commissioner. Vim,
cent Massey, signed an agreement
today for the exchange of consular
representatives by Canada and the,
Soviet Union,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-05
Late News Bulletins
c. Bethlehem PorIeys Broken of

NEW YORK H1.-Contract negotiations between the
O. Steel Workers Organizing Committee and the Beth
lehem Steel Co. broken of today announced by
Labor Department Conclator James F. Dewey who asked
that the controversy be referred Immediately to the War
Labor Board and union security involving
IA plants and 10000 workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-05
Life in Europe HORRIBLE Earle Says

PHILADELPHIA G49-Life in occupied Europe "is sc
horrible it isn't worth living George H. Earle Minister to
Bulgaria told charity campaign luncheon group today Mr.
Earle said Russian parachutss landed in Bulgaria while he
there to revolution captured, soaked
with gasoline and set are by the Gestapo Ito make them
confess"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-05
Hiuleoh Park

FIFTH RAcE-Prrss. -sl,4oo: allow
ances; 3-year-olds; lis miles on the
Air Current tArcaro) TAO $50 2.e0
Bremen Pass May $50 $50
Horn (SchmidD 24O
Time, i "a As
Also ran-Bostee, First Lord and Rise
Above It.
SIXTH RACE-Purse, S1,40O; allow
ances: 4-year -olds and UP: mile
aCash Basis tMehrtenO $50 $50 800
City Talk fDay) 40 $50
Pomiva (McCreary) $40
Time, 1913.
Also ran-commencement. Allesandro
Aresttno, High One and q Riding Light
Howe Stable and W. M. Jefiord's entry
SEVENTH RACE+Purse, $1,000; claim
ing; 4-year-olds and upward: 3-16 miles
Inconceivable (James) 1880 $50 $40
Burning Stick (Roberts) $40 4.8O
Junco tFinnegan) $40
Time, SO Is
Also ran--Trapeze Artist Enoch Boz
land. Colorado Ore. Golden Lea and Wise
Hobby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-05
Late Races

Earlier Results, Rossvan's, Other
Selections and Entries for Tomor-
row, Page TX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-02-05
Weather Forecast

Occasional rain. ending late today; not much
change in temperature. Temperatures today
Highest ~, at 4 pm; lowest, 80, at 4:10 am.
From the United states weamer Bure.u. Report
Full Details on Page Az.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Italian Morale EbIbS
Troops Lose Confidence Which Animated Them
Earlier in Drive for Alexandra

WITH BRITISH TANK UNITS
ON THE Ell ALAMEIN FRONT,
Sept. % (UP).-The morale OF
Italian troops on the North Afri-
can front, as indicated by prison
ers taken in recent days, seems
to have reached the lowest point
since Field Marshal Erwin ROM
mel opened his drive for Alexan-
dria last spring.
They have definitely lost the
confidence which seemingly ami
mated them a few months ago
when they thought they would
march triunphantly into Alexan-
dria and Cairo by August at the
latest.
"We weren't anxious 10 fight
and the Germans know It," one
Italian prisoner said. Their tao
tics previously were TO place
their gunners among our units
20 give us support and encour-
sgement. Today they box US In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Trenton Plant
Rdzed by Fire

A two-story warehouse of the
Trenton Valley Distilleries, Inc,
Trenton. Mich, converted to war
work. burned today at an esti-
mated loss of SIS, 900.
The government had ordered
100000 gallons of Ethyl alcohol
annually, for synthetic, rubber and
munitions, from the plant.
The fire. which started in a
room where grain was dried cleo
trically for the manufacture of the
alcohol. ragged for more than three
hours. The walls collapsed on Is
new automobiles stored in the
building.
G. A. Boeckler. plant superin-
tendent, said the loss also in
cluded several hundred tons of
Impressed grain and like
amount of grain already in the
drying machines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Is Feet UpTOO High
Boy, 8, Cines to Top Of Coal SiIo for Half Hour:
Police. Firemen Effect Rescue

Eight year old Lawrence ]
Lewis is back to earth today-but
for almost a half hour he didn't
think he ever would be.
That was during the 80 minute:
that Lawrence chung to the top OIL
a 75-foot coal storage silo at 10421
Grand River avenue, which he had
assembled by a ladder up the out.
side.
In statement" to Patrolmar
John Meade of Petoskey precinct,
Lawrence explained:
81 didn't think much about 10
going up. But when I got up and
looked down-oh, boy"
The story is carried on by hys-
terical calls from neighborhooc
women. telling police:
There's little boy way up In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Start Late
Shopping
Monday

An order requiring downtown
stores to remain open until 5:45
p. m. was endorsed today by the
r etail Merchants Association
which suggested that an even later
closing hour might better alleviate
the DSR's late afternoon jams.
Charles E. Boyd, association Sec
rotary, estimated hat approx
$1,000 downtown store en-
ployes would be affected by the
order. effective next M on day.
The new regulations of the
Office of War Transportation
simply means that no downtown
stores will close before 5:45
p. m.," Boyd said.
as oppers who can do so
would help the cause along by
shopping In the morning and
leaving the downtown district by
mid-afternoon. They would not
only better their chances of a
seat, but would get better serv-
Ice In stores which are faced with
serious personnel problems"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

Lotion Heir Sued BY Wife
He Won With Sign Language

Two witnesses for Mrs. Somer.
meier. Mrs. Bessie Price and Mrs
Thelma johnson, told the court
Somermeier had spanked his wife
one night when she refused tc
take part in poker game al
Mrs. Johnson's Raymond. Cal.
ranch.
"Mr. Somermeier grabbed his
wife by the arm. took her up
stairs and then we heard sounds
Of q spanking and screams"
Mrs. Johnson said.
Mrs. Somermeier has asked $500
a m on I h separate maintenance
from her husband, grandson of the
late Andrew Jergens. Somermeiel
has file d a cross-complaint fol
divorce.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

with German infantry between
every Italian company"
WILLING TO BE CAPTURED
Indicative of the Italian morale
was the incident a few nights age
when an Allied patrol collared an
Italian prisoner, himself a mem
Der of an enemy patrol.
"If you want" the italian
said. "you can capture the rest
of my patrol. They all are per-
fectly willing" t
The Germans, too, are complain.
ing, the prisoners indicate.
Thew complain about the heat
and about a shortage of water.
They even complain about these
things in letters home.
One letter found on a dead Ger
man, which he had written to a
friend in Wiesbaden but was des-
tined never to mail. said:
I'VE cannot stand the heat
nor the water shortsge-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Canada Gags
Dresser for S|ur

OTTAWA, Sept. % UNSl--
Theodore Dresser, American nov
elist. was prohibited today, under
wartime defense regulations. from
making any speeches or public
statements in the Dominion OF
Canada.
The order banning utterances OF
the 7l-year-old author of IAN
American Tragedy was issued by
Justice Minister Louis st. Laurent
after an interview with the author
had appeared in Toronto news
papers.
In the interview Dresser said he
would rather see the Germans in
England than the "aristocratic,
horse-riding snobs" who he said
are running England now.
Dresser also was quoted as say
ing:
Churchill has no intention of
opening a second front. He's
afraid the Communists will rule
the world, so he does nothing
except send thousands of Cana
dians to be slaughtered ut
Dleppe. He didn't send the Eng
lish. They stay at home and do
nothing"
The author had been scheduled
to address a mass meeting in To-
ronto but the speech was cancelled.
Dresser was reported to have left
Toronto after being informed of
the order banning his appearance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

LOS ANGELES, Sept. % CUP,
Pretty Irma Somermeier, Is
Buenos Aires night club enter
tainer. charged in her separate
maintenance suit that her wealthy
husband. Thomas C. Somermeier
spanked her numerically" when
she refused to play poker and she
objected to his "ex-girl friends"
In the initial hearing yesterday
on her suit against Somermeier,
heir TO the Andrew Jergens lotion
fortune, Mrs. Somermeier said her
hush d told her she must be
broad minded" about his displays
of affection toward former fem
ininc friends because customs in
the United States differed from
those in the Argentina.
She told Superior Judge Ruben
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

the air, crying, screaming and
calling for help. DO something"
1t became the duty Of Patroi-
man Meade and Patrolman Alex
st. Dennis to do something. Pa.
trolman Meade climbed the tower.
1t Immediately became Meade's
studied opinion that to ground
Lawrence single-handed would be
"a difficult job. Y
Patrolmsn st. Dennis called IL
fire department.
Ladder Company No. 81 brought
Lawrence down the fire ladder.
Meade also came down the fire
ladder.
much easier that way
Meade explained.
When Lawrence Is not atop 70.
foot coal silos his home Is ef
$500 Bryden avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

S. Schmidt that she married the
wealthy sportsman in Argentina
three years ago. after a nine-day
Sign language courtship.
She said when she married Som
ermeier she could speak no English
and he didn't understand Spanish,
so we talked in a sort of sign
language"
Mrs. Somermeier testified that
her 27-year-old husband was too
attentive to his ex-girl friends"
when we returne d from
Buenos Aires" she said, ION the
first day my husband and I were
lunching ut a restaurant when
he suddenly Jumped up and
kissed another woman, saying,
Hello. Darling, I've missed you
so much.'"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
The War Today

MOSCOW-Russian forces adj
vance through Nazi ranks at
Stalingrad on twenty-ninth
day of battle. page -
LONDON - Major General
Eaker, Yankee bombing COM
mander. declares. United
States and British air forces
can defeat Germans.
AUSTRALIA-Allied planes ex-
tend new offensive to Jap
bases in Solomons.
STOCKHOLM-Hitler seen as
abandoning hope of crushing
Russia; said to be building de-
Tense line in Russia to free
army for western front fight
ing. page D.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Rubinoff Honeymooninq

BANGOR. Me, Sept. % (INS)
Dave Rubinoff, As. violinist. and
Mertice Ashby, %, of Wichita
Falls, Tex, were honeymooning to-
day after a simple wedding cere-
mony in Beth Israel synagog.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
FORCED INTO AUTO

At gun point, the bandits showed
Denarais and Mrs. Ewing into tho
restaurateur's car and forced then
10 drive through Palmer Park
There the men obtained $685. from
Denairais and SIS from the wait.
ress.
When Denarais claimed persist
entity that he had no more money
even at the cafe. the men threat
cned murder and returned theiI
captives to the cafe.
The kidnapers forced Bob Miller
a. porter, TO admit them and
held him captive with the other
two.
In the basement. the men ap-
piled candle flame TO Denarais
bare feet until he admitted that
he could produce an additional
$500 upstairs. This the men took
but they still weren't satisfied. /.
Again they used the candle or
the owner until nc found S402 In
cash and Si66 worth OF checks ir
his office. They then escaped in
Dcnarais' sedan. leaving all three
victims bound and gagged.
Denarais told police the mer
slugged him with the fat side oil
a meat cleaver and struck Mrs
Ewing with a steak mallet.
Mrs. Ewing was made fast in q
basement rest room while Denarais
was being tortured but Miller was
bound in the same room with his
employer and witnessed all pro-
ceedings.
Before the men left, they moved
each of the three victims to sepa-
rate rooms.
Because he protested that he
might strangle if they applied a
gag over his hay fever mask,
DenaraiS was bound less tightly
than the others and was able 10
free himself shortly after the
mems escape.
The bandits were sighted al
Third avenue and Chicago boule-
ward AT dip a. an. Patrolmen Ed
ward Thomas and Everett Thorn
ton chased the car at high speed
and fired three shots, but the men
escaped. The car was found aban-
ooned at Virginia Park and Ham
ilton avenues a few minutes later
in the back seat was. S402 in
cash and $466 worth of checks.
II never saw the men before"
Denarais said. and I never want
10 srr- them aga4a-excepf- In
court"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
BY M. s. HANDLER
United Press star Cerrsspendent


MOSCOW. Sept. 22.-Front-line
dispatches today said Red army
troops were smashing back acrosS
|rubble-fiIled streets and blazing
blocks of houses to drive the Ger
mans out OF several Stalingrad
|sectors in the bloodiest combat 81
THE war.
Gan Exchange Telegraph dis.
patch from Moscow reported
that the Russians scored a half
mile advance in one Stalingrad
district.)
For the first time in days, Soviet
dispatches from the volga city In
Dictated that the Russians were re-
gaining, in part and possibly tenn
|porarily. the initiative on several
portions of the front.
REGIMENTS WIPED OUT n.
German losses were reported 50
heavy that whole regiments had
virtually disappeared, front reports
said. The battle was being fought
the Soviet youth newspaper Konn.
|somolskaya Pravda said, under ths
most dismal conditions imaginable
with most of Stalingrad in ruins
or ablaze and a cold September
wind sweeping the steppes.
Reporting typical Stalingrad
battle. the newspaper Red Fleet
told how detachment Of Nazt
tommy gunners installed them~
selves in four-story building.
SITUATION SERIOUS
Russians, armed with grenades
and machine guns, attacked the
building. They rushed the entrance
and fought their way up the stare
case. cleaning 1t out room by room.
BY the time the Russians had won
the building the ground outside
was Uttered with the bodies Of
slain Nazis, tossed from the wine
dows.
The situation still was serious.
4 -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Policy Sales
By Clio Aide
Bring Arrest
Trapped BY Police
Using Skylieh+ in
Fry Products Plant

Aubrey Freeman, PRESIDENT ant
shop steward of the Fry Product
local of the .UAW-CIO. from I
Jail cell today freely admitted sell
ing policy tickets among EN-
ployes while pursuing his unior
duties.
cit was only as an accommo-
dation," said Freeman, a 46-
year-old Kentuckian who speaks
with a soft. southern drawl. 81
didn't think anything of 1t.
The girls there played two or
three cents or a nickel q day. I
collected and turned over re-
ceipts to q runner. L don't
know who he was, or who he
worked for"
MEANT 50 CENTS j
In exchange for his "accommo
dation." Freeman drew the usua
Commissions" Before polics
stepped in at the Fry plant, 574t
Cass avenue. he had sold So worth
yesterday. he said, which mean
50 cents for himself.
Freeman insisted that Walter
L. Fry. head of the company anc
frequent caustic critic of unior
knew of his sideline.
Everyone knew It." he added,
81 made no attempt to keep IL
a secret. I figured I was on pri-
waite property and, IL no one OBJ
jected, 1 could sell what i
pleased.
IL can't prove IL, of course
but I think the trouble all
springs FROM our Labor Day
dispute with the management.
NO WARRANT ISSUED
"The union didn't want to
work Labor Day because we
knew there was not enough
material. We would have been
sent home by 10 o'clock. That's
exactly what happened the next
day."
With woebegone expression,
Freeman said h had no relatives
and didn't know what to do about
getting out of this place" He was
1eld at central headquarters over
night for the Garfield station.
No warrant has been issued for
Freeman. 1t. Edward Summer
vile, acting Inspector at Garfield,
Continued on Next Page. Col. 3l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
The Weather
HOURLY TEMPERATURE.

The sun will set at 7:30 .. m. today.
and rise tomorrow at 7.20 a. m.
% The moon will rise at $40 d. m
today. and set tomorrow at sos a. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
.Naziis in Civ
Pushed Back
Half a Mile
Germans Admittedly
Whitening Before
Reinforced Rus&ans

LONDON. Sept. % (INS).-
Dispatches of the official German
news sagency. DNB, admit that
Nazi regiments have "withered be.
fore Stalingrad." the Evening
Standard said today.
The newspaper said also that
large numbers of Russian rein-
forcements, including more Sibes'
rian troops, were rushing into the
city across pontoon bridges span-
ming the Nelga River.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
YOU'LL BE SORRY"

when left to 70 20 work
yesterday she told me I would
be sorry" McFarr. 70. was
quoted by Maher as saying.
The McFarrs had been married
for five years and lived at 1865
Frankfort avenue.
He worked in an auto plant un-
til he joined the police force. He
was assigned TO Dawson station.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

been respondent for some time
and had been under the care of a
physician for a mental disorder.
She had grieved over the death
of her 22-month-old daughter in
"A streetcar accident two years
ago, was opposed TO her husbands
joining the police force a year
ago and wanted to return to their
native Cannonsburg. Pa. police
said,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
NAVY MESSAGE OFFICIAL

But the navy's\ message had no
denying. II said;
Jack Singer missing In ac-
ton. Halter will forward per-
sonal effects to YOU"
Singer was q. ell had been
out with the fleet for several
,months, ducing bombs and bullets
and reporting on the fine job our
navy is doing against the Japs.
As a general rule, Jack Singers
stories of war in the Pacific had
no rs" in them.
He concentrated on the bravery
Continued on Next Page, Col. 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

The 25-year-old mother. Anne,
was lying near by, and beside her
body was a 80 caliber revolver
with one shell fired. Maher said.
Both had probably been dead since
late yesterday afternoon. he
added.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Cafe Owner
Tortured 10
Tell Of Cash
Waitress. Porter
Also Bound After
Ambush at Gun Point

Using rusty gun. steak NAL
let. a meat cleaver and bit oil
medieval torture TO enforce their
demands. three Negroes today
robbed the owner and a waitress
of Helens Steak Cafe, 928 West
Six-Mile road, OF S1.237 in cash
and S466 in checks.
William Denarais, ~, the owner
and Mrs. Hazel Ewing, %, OF 3747
Scovel avenue, were leaving the
restaurant after locking up at Bis
q. m. when they were ambushed
by the three men.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Officer Finds Wife.
Suicide, Baby Slain

Returning home from duty
early today. Patrolman Anthony
J. McFarr broke into the front
door Of his home to find his wife
and 15-month-old son dead in the
kitchen in what police describe Al
murder and suicide by the mother
Sgt. James Maher OF the homi.
eide squad said the baby, Walter
was found sitting in his high.
chair. his wrists and throat
slashed by a butcher knife, found
lying on the floor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22
Reporter
Missing
I'm Action
BY J. c. oEsTREICHER

international News service Foreign Editor
NEW YORK. Sept. 22.-"Miss-
ing ir action will forward per-
sonal effects -"
This was the message that came
to us today. brief, terse and tragic.
1t was the story of Jack Singer,
the young sports writing whiz who
wouldn't be content with the
Dodgers and the Cardinals and the
hockey games while this mans
war was on and took a hazardous
assignment as a war correspond
ent in the Pacific zone.
The word came from the navy
department at Washington after
"a hours of suspense. We had
heard from Richard Halter, our
chief correspondent at Hanalulu,
that something had gone wrong.
But it wasn't definite and it was
unbelievable that the crisp young
iftan- who only a few days before
had filed one the greatest stories
OF the war had so suddenly passed
cut of the picture.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

The situation still was serious
Continued on Next Page, Col. ~
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Continued on Next Page, Col. 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-22

Police said Ms. McFarr hac