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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07
BY JACK SHEPPARD,
Special Ecuadorian Correspondent for The
American Weekly.

QUITO, Ecuador May 30.
THE recently announced engagement of
Julia Esther Briones and Captain Felix
Abdon Guerrero Zarate eliminates the
strangest romance in high life that Ecuador
can remember.
The announcement was not issued from
one Of the fine old haciendas or the large city
residences where persons of such aristocratic
families usually live but from the Carcel Pub
lica Municipal, the steaming-h hot state prison
on Guayaquils Gale del Dolor, street of
pain" so-called because there also are the
hospital, the cemetery and the morgue.
Each was serving a moderate sentence for
murder-commtted in the same city for the
same reason and almost at the same time
and yet the two had never seen each other
until they met and fell in love, within the
prison.
Two long fuses of events had been burning
unseen before those two explosions came.
On the afternoon of that eventful day in
1910, mems barber shop in Guayaquil was
startled by the intrusion of a beautiful and
well-dressed woman, evidently Of the upper
class
For such a woman even TO look into one
of these places for men only, simply isn't
done in most parts Of Latin America. Only
a matter of life and death would explain it.
Inc neau barDer mad been working long
time on the already-handsome face Of the
man IN the first chair and was now finishing
a facial massage the last touch in making
the customer irresistible for the romantic
evening he evidently had in prospect
AS the astonished barber dropped his
hands, the customer recognized the intruder
Julia, what are you doing here ?" he
gasped.
Il have the thing you asked for" said the
woman.
The pact?" he asked eagerly
Yes, the pact" was the answer You
remember IT was written in blood"
Then give it TO me quickly. This is no
place for a lady 70 be seen"
Here II is" said the woman
But she drew from her pocketbook, not a
sheet Of paper but a shining pistol Before
anyone could intervene. she had fired five bull
lets into the reclining man
This killing and the revelations it brought
forth would have been sensation enough for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07

proud DID, aristocratic families.
The only alternatives were to become a
disreputable woman, an outcast who would
not be recognized on the street, even by her
own mother, or that respectable but ptiable
discard an old maid
OF late years a few women have made
honorable positions for themselves in the pro-
fessions Among these exceptions were Lola
Briones and her younger sister Julia.
Their parents died when Julia was in her
teens but Lola had risen to be secretary of
Guayaquirs Department of Education and
was able to provide for her little sisters train
ing TO enter either profession or marriage.
Julia chose to follow in Lola's footsteps.
Julia gave every promise of equalling her
brilliant sister, passing through college and
winning a teachers diploma. Her record as
teacher fully matched Lola's for two years
and then came man who upset everything.
He was a member of the wealthy. aristo-
cratic Cevallos clan, perhaps two rungs higher
up the social ladder than her own family He
dazzled the girl but she kept grip on her
heart and held him at a cold distance con-
WINGED that such man could have no serious
intentions regarding a school teacher
Perhaps he didn't at first but, if so, her
resistance had its usual effect on a man of
this type He begged to marry her
Julia confided in her sister, who pointed
out one serious objection.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07

right she told him goodnight alighted
from the car and watched it disappear down
the street Then she unlocked the front door
But there on the threshold she seems to
have had premontion that everything was
not all right for she paused, shifted and peered
into the dark
Possibly her nostrils detected the odor of
numerous cigarettes, such as a man might
have smoked during a long and nerve-wrack-
ing vigil
Dona Maria had little time TO speculate
because a tall figure arose in the darkness
stretched out an arm toward the head silhou-
cited against the open door and a pistol
flashed just once.
Julia had used five bullets TO do her work.
but graduates of the Colegio Militar learn to
shoot straight The captains was a direct hit
through his wife's heart
He placed the body on a couch, carefully
fixing her skirt so that she would look like
good woman, at least in death, then drove
to the police station and gave himself up.
The motive of both murders was vengeance
for infdelty
In the United States where domestic diff
culties are taken less seriously, the result
might have been just two more mergers that
had TO be dissolved, but here things are diff
ferent. Until quite recently marriage and
raising a family the only praise-worthy
career for girls who belonged TO any OF the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-07

one season but another one oc-
CURED almost Immediately.
Late that night a car be-
longing to a wealthy young
physician slowly passed the
residence of Captain Felix Abb
don Guerrero Zarate, in the ex-
elusive residential district of
the city.
The captain, a cavalry Of
ficer, graduate Of the Colegio
Militar, at quito, Ecuador's
West Point" would surely be
far away with his troops, at
military maneuvers. But his
wife, the former Senorita Dona
Maria Magdalena Mejia Duenas
and concededly the most beau
tiful bride of her season, wished
TO make sure.
Every window in their house
was dark, as it should be.
So, assuring her friend the
doctor that everything was all
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
Heb Postal Clerks

THE congressional dawdng over the necessary increase
i of paw to the post office clerks has preciptated a
situation that cannot help but become dangerous to one
Of the counrys essential defense functons-communca
tions.
Dozens. Of skilled veteran postal clerks finding it
increasingly difficult to meet the higher costs of living
with the modest salaries that have not been raised for
II years leaving the service to 60 into more equtaby
paid industry.
Their work is Of necessity being handed over to mex
perienced or unfit men, who with the best of nten
tions cannot match the fidelity dependabity and know
edge of their predecessors.
This means misdrected mislaid, delayed, or in gen.
cral badly handled mail
And that means confusion loss of time hazard to the
privacy Of the mails
Our congressman should realize that mailman is
much more than good walker with bag his shoulder
His work requires intelligence, knowledge, discipline
responsibility, a high degree of uncommon sense
He cannot be replaced easily, and most certainly he
cannot be expected suffer financially for his loyalty and
esprit de corps.
And it is well to keep in mind that the mail service
vital sector of front.
Essentially a mailman is valuable a soldier as If
in the signal corps
The post office clerks do not deserve hardship to
themselves or their families
They do deserve to be sighted in the general rise
Of wages.
They richly deserve what they worth, and the
Congress should waste time in paying decent price
for the invaluable service they are rendering.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
Hiqh School Recruiters

THE eagerness with which the youth of America accept
any job given them in the present emergency is most
inspiring.
A notable example of this the past week
end when Lieutenant Commander c. L. Edwards of the
naval aviation cadet selection board brought nearly 200
presidents of various high school graduating classes from
Michigan to Detroit.
Edwards assigned these student leaders the task of
returning home and recruiting classmates from the gradu
ang classes for the United States naval aviation forces
Those who watched the spirited manner in which
these youngsters accepted their assignments rest
assured the resourceulness of Edwards will pay ample
eturns for the navy
Unquestonably the idea will spread to other states
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20

GASOLINE can cause toxic
~ poisoning from fumes, and,
according TO reports, this form
OF intoxication is on the in
crease.
1t is easy to understand why
this should be so. since we now
use 2,000,000,000 gallons of
gasoline each month-twice as
much as was used in 1927
and whether gasoline is used in
your car this year or in an army
car, tank or airplane or in an
industrial plant, this amount is
used just the same.
l knew a little patient-a boy
OF 9-who, on a visit TO farm.
was seated on a tractor where
he was right over the exhaust.
He became quite pale and
anemic during his vacation and
undoubtedly the condition was
due TO the gasoline fumes whicn
he inhaled.
When he was at home in the
city riding in his fathers car,
he was protected from the
escape.
TTI TDJEC ehn,y that ,,,o,, ay
~ posed to 1000 parts of gaso-
line get drowsy and dull and
some may even develop numb
ness in as little as five minutes.
Within an hour they are
dizzy, suffer from a lack of
muscle control and experience
slight nausea. When the amount
of gasoline is upped TO three
times that amount, the same
symptoms appear, but more
quickly.
When. il is shot up to 1000
parts of gasoline, the men are
intoxicated within five minutes.
Animals die very quickly in
fumes above 10000 parts per
million.
The Parts of the body which
are most subject TO assault
from gasoline fumes arc the
nervous system. the lungs and
bronchial tubes. the blood and
small blood vessels which may
break. causing hemorrhages into
various organs.
The nervous system OF a per-
son in air heavily laden with
gasoline or poorly ventilated
may 60 bad in a very few
minutes or hours.
The victim may fall uncon-
sciouS and die Immediately, or
within a short time.
If death is delayed. the lack
of consciousness may be less
rapid and may resemble acute
alcoholism. with brief period
of incoordination.
Dclirium and incoordination
lasting for hours or even days
may follow.
The type OF unconsciouSness
depends on the kind Of gasoline
used.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
Social Security Board
Shows Yank SeIf-ReIian+
By BENJAMIN DECAssEREs

had this grand fellow in the
Fortress of Koenigstein.
One day when the Nazi guards
were stewed TO the gills on
beer. General Giraud let him
self out OF a window with a 81
foot rope, hid in a moat, got
somehow to the Swiss frontier
and soon showed up in Vichy
with a Marshal Petain, l am
here"
General Giraud learned break
ing jailS in the last war. Fight
ing like a tiger in Champagne.
the Boches got him and jugged
him.
Now, General Giraud sprech-
enzedeutsch perfectly. So he
disguised himself as a German
butcher. crawled and "ducked"
back to France and with a
Marshal Foch. am here"
went back 10 the congenial task
of mussing up more Germans.
Great fellow, this General
Giraud. but / wish after his
last escape he'd made for Africa
and with an Il am here. General
De Gaulle." he had signed up
with the United Nations.
DOCCO 10 BOSCO Of Los
~ Angeles, YOU are great
American.
Here is his letter to March
OF Events:
Being an Italian of origin,
emigrating To America in 1921
nj the age Of 1S. love my ma
tive country, hut l love America
more.
"As a cosmopolitan. my coun-
try II where 1 earn my bread.
have my home and my life.
prefer death rather than 10 live
like n coward, freedom rather
than living under the tyranny
Of Japan and Nazism.
Even as a paralytic I shall
stand behind machine gun "a
defend American liberty II II is
necessary"
II is OF such men as Rocco
10 BoSco. Italian by birth and a
paralytic that the pnconquer-
able spirit Of America has been
made
The eternal light Of America
shines through his broken body
light for all Squirming "hy-
phenateS' OF all lands.
Copyright. 1912. BY Kinr Features
Distributed by international News Service
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY
MAY 20, I9<I

Gliders drop Nazi parachutists
on the Island of Crete; British
report they killed most of the
attackers from the sky and cap
tured the rest.
British launch a successful at
tack on the village OF Feluja. %
miles west of Bagdad, in lraq.
Berlin announces that all pas
sengers aboard the Egyptian
steamer Zamzam are safe; states
that a German merchant ship
landed them at French port.
Daily Double: l. OF all the
silly things TO have il is Onoma-
tomania, which is the habit of
repeating a word for fear of
forgetting it. 2. An insectarium
is a ZOO for insects, who would
be much happier in a regular
ZOO.
The night is mother Of the day,
The winter of the spring.
And ever upon old decay
The. greenest mosSeS cling.
Whittier
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20

Is Il degenerating or does it
still retain that self-reliant
punch?
According to some figures re-
Gently released by the board.
the American. by and large. is
still non-parasitical and he wants
10 live ION his own"
The board says that 10000
~ersons on the pension rolls
ave asked that their names be
.ricken off. as they have found
IBIS. They have all told the
lard they do not want to be
ependents.
Further encouraging facts
zen out by the board are:
OF 100000 persons who can
~eceive benefits only 280,000 are
On the rolls.
Half a million men and
women who are over 65 have
refused TO quit war work to 60
on the pension lists.
The average American, l
think. feels moro Inundated at
the idea of being "kept"--even
IN his own taxes paid in TO the
government - than any other
national in the world.
In Continental Europe there
always has seemed TO be a nat
iiral and unashamed tendency
toward public parasitiSm Of
some kind. The dream of mil
lions over there has always
been 10 bum on the state.
That is the reason that state
socialism, communism and fas-
cism are so popular in Europe
and in Asia also.
Nothing will undermine 50
quickly the character of peo-
pie than continuous guarantee
Of security.
Apparently, the American is
still sound in wind and limb. In
spite OF war and necessary regi-
mentation for the purpose OF
winning il he can still call his
soul his own.
THE war in Europe has tossed
up many amazing PERSONAL
les from the comic-opera Cac-
ar. Benito Mussolini. and the
saperhanger GenghiS X h a n
Ndolf Hitler. 10 the white-tic
benedict Arnold Of France
'ierre Laval.
Now there cmerges in tho
lird year Of the war another
mazing persona combination
4 DArtagan, Edmond Dantes
nd Douglas Fairbanks. III
He is Gen. Henri Honorc
fraud. commander Of tho
french ninth army, age 63, and
still able 10 take a flying LEAP
from a bomber 10 a yteeple. ~
10 speak.
Since May Is. 1910. until last
April General Giraud had been
living on ssuerkraut in Germany
as q prisoner Of war. The Nazis
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
BAERlNG DOWN ON THE NEWS!
.Ne1c Depth iva Texas
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER
Another thing that's deep in the heart of Texas plenty
OF oil, E,f IuA. lI..
If they get that flowing East guarantee will clap
hands in the right place.
My keyhole in the door factory tells that every
thing will be okay about July.
I'm glad of that because just put my pockeighter in
dead storage andve got my ouboard up blocks
Distributed International ssrvic.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
25 YEARS AGO TODAY
Moy 20, 1917

Three Swedish ships arc sunk
by German submarines, SwedeS
send protest 20 Berlin. IlI
British capture a mile OF Ger
man trenches along the front
between Fontaine les CroiSilleS
and Bullecourt southeast Of
Arris. in France,
United States plans 10 build
$500 war planes and train 5000
ayiatorS in a year.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
| Ell ers TO
The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:

WEARING slackS 10 school
w saves silk stockings and
silk dresses. 1t shows patriotism
in our American schools. 1t
seems 10 me that the boys are
always complaining about what
we wear. They don't like our
sloppy sweaters. short skirts.
dirty ,oxfords, crazy hats. or our
silly hairdos. Won't they ever
be satisfied?
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20

ME reports of the Social Sc
curity Boards office in
washington throw a powerful
light on the American charac-
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
BETTY SILVER,
Chadsey High.

TO THE EDITOR:
I SALUTE Mr.. Henry Ford for
Il turning his automobile indus
tries right into war production.
He is putting out more war ma
terials than any one in this state
or country When he does job
he does il right.
RAYMOND ROY GREENE,
7247 Prairie avenue.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
WA01HoAB~xWiM
WAR BONDS

Tents have been essential equip
ment II armies since Biblical days.
U. S. Troops may need more than
a million of them. They are COM
paratively inexpensive. since one
tent costs about $3.50.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
Poisoning From Fumes
Of Gasoline on increase
BY DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING

ONE form of intoxication is
" known as the ''naphtha
jag" The sensation may not be
unpleasant and people have
been known either TO drink or
inhale gasoline fumes to get
this effect.
The intensity Of poisoning
depends on poor mixing. poor
ignition and poor vaporization Of
gasoline and air.
Too rich a mixture. or incom-
plete flame propagation. causes
gasoline vapor in exhaust gases.
There is also chronic form
Of the condition. although how
frequent this is is debatable.
The chronic type occurs after
exposure to low concentrations
over a long period.
Severe symptoms. such as
are found in acute cases, occur.
The Importance of the chronic
cases is probably not very
great as they are not especially
frequent.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS
X. Y. L.: Please describe the
difference between psoriasis and
scabies. What are the causes ?
How do you treat them? Is
there a positive cure? What
parts of the body can be
affected?
Answer: Psoriasis is a skin
eruption of unknown cause, for
which there is no positive cure
although three are many treat
mentS.
Scabies is skin eruption
due TO the infection Of the skin
with the itch mite. 1t can be
effectively treated with sulphur
ointment.
The clothes and bed clothes
also must be disinfected.. Both
psoriasis and scabieS affect all
parts of the body.
J. +. L.: Will you please eX-
plain what dropped stomach is
and what can be done about IT.
Answer: There is no definite
normal place there the stomach
should be. If we examine 100
people with the X-ray. we will
find that no two of them have
the stomach in the same place.
Tall, thin, linear people are
likely TO have a stomach fairly
low. also after an abdominal
operation or a pregnancy, the
abdominal muscles are weak so
that the stomach is low.
Only a very SmallBpercentage
of these cases of dropped stomach
cause any digestive trouble or
disability of any kind.
When there is any disability.
the best treatment is TO temper
the wind to the shorn lamb and
give the patient small meals that
will not sag the stomach and
which are easy To digest.
Half-hour rest periods after
meals are advisable. 1t Is also
possible TO lift the stomach with
an abdominal belt or properly
fitted corset
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20

But that means the equivalent Of
the purchase price Of $50 War
Savings Bond. Our army likes the
pyramidal tent which provides space
for FIVE cots comfortably. Set on
modern tent floors. water repellent,
they are equipped with small stoves.
You'll rest better tonight il you
know our troops are sheltered. Buy
u. s. War Bonds every pay day.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
rELEpuoNE-cHERRY $500

Subscription rates Gin advsnceD by mail
In any place In the United states, Canada
,r Mexico tOn Canadian subscriptions add
loG 10 cover war import taxi.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20

The advantage 10 the party OF
financial secrecy in union affairs
therefore needs only TO be
pointed out to be understood as a
threat of one-party government
which. wherever il has been
tried. has meant dictatorship and
a rise of privileged class.
by United Features synd., Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1942-05-20
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-01
Death Claims
". Rasnler, 81
Rites Friday for
New Haven Man

Walter Rasmer, 81, of isis
Main street, New Haven, died at
his home Tuesday at $3.50 p. m.
after a long illness.
He had come to this country
from Germany 20 years ago and
had come to New Haven from
Hamtramck ID years ago.
He Is survived by his wife,
Susan, and the following chill
dren: Mrs. Theodore Williams,
Mrs. Norman Taskey. and Jo-
seph, all of Detroit; Mrs. Mat
thew Wzislo, Of New Baltimore;
Mrs. r C lard Wiedmier and
Benny, both of Mount Clemens;
Mrs. Frank Gibala, of New Ha-
ven; and Margie and Mildred, at
home.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 8 a. m. from the home,
at $50 a. m. from st. Mary's
church, New Baltimore, with
burial in the Catholic cemetery
at New Baltimore under the di-
rection of the Will Funer raj
Home.
Prayers will be said at the
Rasmer home Thursday at $50
D. m.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-01
Broadened Rent Control Program is Effective Tod
London Pupils
CearLitter
in CLassroOms

LANSING, July - R-Lit-
tie Johnny, who thinks it's too
bad because he has to 60 to
school, should talk with DR..
Evan Davies, London educator
studying school systems in the
United States.
DR.. Davies told the State Ad-
ministrative Board Tuesday how
London students cleared away
the litter in bomb-damaged class
room during the height of Ger
man air raids, and within few
hours were seated in their class
es as usual.
When bomb explosions left
not enough of the building, he
said, classes moved to bomb
shelters and other quarters.
DR.. Davies aided the Cvacua-
ton of children from London at
the start of the war. He said
his mission is to learn strong and
weak points of the United States
public schools, that England may
adopt the better features and
offer her children educational
opportunities which they now
lack.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-01

The House yesterday approx
ed an appropriation of S75,000.-
600 for the OPA, slightly more
than one-third of Administrator
Leon Henderson, original bud
get request. The appropriation is
now before the Senate.
The new rent control program
calls for pre-boom rent ceilings
in $3.50 areas in addition to the
rs where rents already are I'M
der federal control. An OPA
spokesman said there was pos
sibility that shortage of money
for administration would stop
this program in its tracks, leav-
ing controls eff ,ctive only in the
original areas.
1t also was predicted that en-
forcement of the retail services
price ceiling would be feeble.
The services order applies to
such things as shoe shining and
automobile repair and sets the
March price level as the ceiling.
The OPA spokesman explain
ed that the present force of 49,
600 workers would have to be
reduced to about $500 under
the appropriation as passed by
the House. Plans for opening
230 district offices throughout
the country would have to lie
cancelled.
The agency's total payroll in
the last year was $4,000, 900.
Operations have been at rate
of slightly more than $78,0OO,-
600 annually in recent weeks.
OPA originally asked a bud
get of 100000, 900 which con-
templated 10000 employees and
would have made the price agen-
cy by far the largest in the gov
eminent after the Army and
Navy. The Budget Bureau trim
med this to $161, 100000, the
House Appropriations Sub-com-
mittee cut it to sos, 10000 the
full committee carved it to $75,-
100000, and the House accepted
the latter figure after defeating
a further slash to $50,O0O,0OO.