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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
John w. Smith
Left Only $4,000

Lot of people were surprised 10
hear that the late John Smith, you
know, the council president and
former mayor only left 5000
when he died.
Fred Frahm. according to the
latest word, is q janitor and clerk
now out at Jackson Prison. Quite
a come-down. Ell?
A lot of US who used to ride
the buses are jolting along in the
streetcars now since they took
buses off streets where the cars
run to save rubber. All the old
relics lying around in the carbarns
have been reconditioned. We can't
kick, though. They probably don't
jump like jeeps.
We had quite a Fourth cclebra-
ton here, too. Noisiest Fourth IN
years-and the smokiest. OF
course, though. the noise and
smoke wasn't from fireworks. II
came from the factories making
the tools for you.
Our own Jack Zeller of the tt
ger management, has stirred up q
hornets nest with his proposal to
shorten the length of the baseball
season by two months and to elm
mate the southern training trips.
And Margaret Russell, the Times
sports writer, won her fifth weekly
golf tournament of the season with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
You Can't Tell a Leg
Without a Stocking

cool and comfortable. and best
of all, it saves hose. believe
IL is N important to conserve
them as 10 II TO conserve sugar.
For painted legs would be bit
chilly In Mtnter-"
The hoseless brigade grows each
day. They use othliquir and leg
stick, and an eyebrow crayon Il
draw the stocking seam.
As 10 doing the duco Job. the
girls admit il takes a little time
but they insist IL is we'll worth II
No worry about runs and you may
swim with the paint on.
So Get in Tune
So take off your hose, put Z
bow in your hair and you're ir
tune with the latest style.
Some beauty experts have an
other solution. They insist thai
well tanned legs are better thar
the painted variety. Protested
Miss Tiegs:
1T Is difficult to get q good
leg tan with only one day n
week In the SUN. We agree, but
the tims element enters In. The
duco opb IL the only answer"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Revived in Time
To Land Plane

There was nothing he could dc
but sweat and wait. Finally Joan
woke just as the gas tank went
dry and she had 90 land dead
stick" She said she had awak-
ened several times but didn't have
the energy 10 take the controls.
The boys at Camp Perry were
speechless last Sunday when Mar
lene Dietrich dropped In for 9
visit. Most of the men were on
leave and kicked themselves when
they got back.
One Detroit woman had the
granddaddy OF all nightmares this
week. She dreamed her hotel was
being invaded by the sons of Nip
pom and fought SO hard she
twisted the bedclothes around her
neck and the hotel people had to
call a doctor to relocate several
Vertebrae.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

a 37-43-S0. Mugs" really burns
up the links.
The dress manufacturers must
be tearing tn cir hair over the
Stacks. About every fourth woman
downtown wears them, and all the
shops--and there are plenty OF
them-wear the pants or coveralls.
The old place surely is changing
but fast. And you can notice how
the women are replacing men In
most jobs.
Gasoline stations are having q
hard time getting help because all
the boys 60 into the plants where
they're needed, as soon as they're
10. Or else they enlist.
So the gas station men are down
now to hiring 17-year-olds for the
summer months and worrying
about what they'll do when school
starts in the fall and takes these
away from them.
The piles of rubber salvage are
growing all over the city and you
can't find a disable used tire un.
less you srhave the luck of the
sleeping girl pilot. More people
are leaving their cars at home ano
those who drive to work are Load.
ing their cars for the trip.
Begins to look as though the
landlords here may get the ceiling
set up a little or else get a raise
authorized. They're organized and
putting on the pressure.
And say, that mail home Is be.
ginning TO pick up little and you
should see how glad the family is
1t makes them feel swell even il
you only write half a gage. just
let them know you're o. K.
See you soon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
XDVERTiEEMENT
Coal Rati0ning
Near;OrderN Now
Is U.S.. Warming

To those who have not as Jet
answered the demand OF govern
ment officials 10 Immediately buy
coal, the Detroit Coal Company
offers a home storage plan Fiii
up now, without any payment until
September. Then you may pay IN
cash or in six or nine monthly pay
iments Harold T.. fckes. Washing
ton fuel co-ordinator. says Buy
now or go without. Hestless homes
next winter, unless you stock up
now" Call the Detroit Coal Com
pany. TO. s.s5o3. today for coal
without cash.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Fears 'InUdsiOn'
OF Jap Aliens

Sheriff Andy Baird is worried
over a telegram he got from Cali
fornia asking if it's o. X. with
him If they send some Jap aliens
into Dearborn. He's afraid it's a
feeler and more may follow.
Warren f. Bow, new school
head, says he'll be guided by the
policies of Frank Cody, his for
mer boss, whose place he's taking
Good break for Bow, isn't it?
BY this time Detroiters are get
ting so used to royalty and foreign
leaders visiting you'd think they
wouldn't bat an eye at the next
|one. But they did. anyway.
Young King Peter, the 18-year'
lold ruler of YugoslaVia paid us 9
visit Wednesday and the crowds
turned out. He said he feels better
latter seeing the superhuman jot
lof producing the city is doing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Stephan, Wife
Both Shed Tears

Then. Mrs, Stephan cried a little
and her German-born husband
wiped a tear from his own eye.
The rest Of the time, his wife just
sat with a peculiar smile and
munched candy-drops. 1t seemed
that neither realized Max may
hang for the offenSe.
AZ one point, as the 22-year-old
Krug, model of Hitlers superior
race" turned to leave the court
room. he made a sharp about-face,
clicked his heels and insolently
raised his hand in the Nazi salute.
Can you imagine something like
that happening in Germany with
out a riot? Well, now it's up to
Judge Tuttle.
The brass ring for luck went to
loan Tesch, 19-year-old Willow
aun bomber employee and Civilian
Air Patrol pilot, this week. Joan
ent up for a flight Sunday and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Brazil Target
of Nazi Threat

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 4
(INS).-Germany has made q
formal protest to the Brazilian
government over alleged mistreat,
ment of German nationals ir
Brazil and has threatened re.
|prisals, it was disclosed today.
The German note, delivered By
the Spanish embassy which repre-.
sents German interests since the
break in diplomatic relations, sci
a time limit of seven days fol-
Brazil to end the "mistreatment'
of Germans. At the end of that
time, the note stated, reprisals
would be taken against the ap-
proximately Is Brazilians still In
Germany.
Foreign Minister Oswaldo Ar
|anha said the German threats
would receive no recognition be-
cause the allegations were I'm
founded, and that any action taken
by the government against Ger
man nationals was due to the
sinking OF Brazilian ships by Ger
man submarines.
--
Three Comic Pages every dav
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

so the question will be on the
November ballot. So, maybe
when you come back you won't
recognize the old county.
Remember Leo Jack Gagnon,
the gambler whose testimony
helped send former police superin-
tendent Fred Frahm TO prison
Well, he got three years in prison
and a $500 fine for income tax
And rs, 900 boys, aged Is TO 20.
signed up in Wayne County for
the draft Tuesday. You'll be see-
ing some of them soon probably
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05


his benefactor, and put him right
in the grease.
Krug told how he escaped
from the Canadian prison camp
and made his way to Detroit
where Stephan harbored him for
"a hours, fed, wined and COM
forted him and then gave him a
bus ticket 10 Chicago 10 start
him on his way back TO Ger
many via Mexico.
The trial was packed with
thrills. You've seen the same
thing in movies, bat nowhere else.
Max and his wife sat through the
whole trial without a flicker of
emotion tfntil John Lehr. the dis
trict attorney, staged a nlasterful,
Hollywood-style closing argument
to the Jury.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Nothing Sold
But War Bonds

Just to show you how Detroit
has responded to the drive Tor war
savings stamps and bonds: This
week the retail stores here put
on a tremendous campaign. Tues
days ads mentioned no merchan-
disc except stamps and bonds and
the stores all had booths for their
sale. They have pledged them
selves to sell $3.50, 576 worth in
July.
The Home Rule for Wayne
County drive went over the top
this week, too. Over 300, 600 sig
natures on the petitions fixed II
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Painted or Real,
Milady's Hosiery
Fools an Expert
By VERA BROWN

Now it is paint up for victory"
That is what the girls are saying
as one out of every three seen or
Detroit's streets these July days
has her hose painted on.
Their views as expressed by Mrs
Betty Temmen Wilmer, 526 Philip
avenue:
1--WE can't buy both war bonds
and silk stockings, SO paint Is
the answer"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

Mrs. Wilmer should be an au.
thority on patriotism since her
husband of six months, David Wit.
mer Jr., %, a communications ex.
pert formerly with the Michigan
Bell Telephone Company, is now
stationed at Crosse lie naval base
The pretty bride is an instructor
at the Detroit ComptometeI
School, 333 State street.
Nicely painted legs cannot of,
fend the most meticulous boss
Mrs. Wilmer believes.
"In particularly formal offices,
like q big law office, the girls
feel called upon TO wear real
hose. But after dark they paint
their stockings on, too. That
cuts down the hose bill. That
leaves a margin for the check
OF system for bond buying"
Just to ProUs Point
Just to prove her point, Mrs
Wilmer called in six students
three who wore real hose, three
who had painted legs. They stood
in a row. Mrs. Wilmer said:
Nov you choose which you
think are real and which painted.
You see, only an expert could
tell"
The expert peered at six ex-
tremely attractive girls. They
were: Ellen Couch, 18, 1890
Monica avenue; Beatrice Straugh,
Is, ALAS Manistique avenue;
Eleanore Crates, 10, 1852 Nickel
avenue, Dearborn; Margaret Biel-
man. Is, 3216 Vicksburg avenue
Mary Tiegs, 10, $50 Campbell ave-
nue., Windsor, and Earline Metz,
10. rs Edgevale avenue.
Back Sean, Difficult
Said pretty Miss Metz:
ut Ii rather fun putting on
the leg makeup, but getting the
seam In the back straight Is diff
ficuH. You have 70 call for re-
Inducements. But the style IL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

You'd feel better, too, il you could
see il. Even most Detroiters can't
grasp the enormity and the i'm
portance of IL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

tainted at the controls. The field
noticed the plane climb
ing steadily in wide circles. SO he
went upstairs" TO investigate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

Dear Buddy:
biggest news week. of has been the speedy
Justice in the federal where took only four days
10 convict Max Stephan of Things got under
Monday the picking of six and six women as jury
packed and the spectators overlooked
into the corridors Tuesday when the arrogant Naz Ober
Peter krug took the stand TO turn Stephan
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05
Dear buddy: Max rs Guilty:
Girl Filler tainted in Air
But Came To- to Land
And the Boys at Camp Perry
Went Home, Missed Marlene

Mailing makes a sailor soldier happier than from
home The army nary asked home folks to cooperate
r. make n easier for you the aud
i(ora the Sunday Times today prints chatty letter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14
AUTO THEFTSARE
MUCH INCREASED
I 5ss4slF .s. - asssI - I.41i
Joy Riders Are Believed
to Be Real Cause of
Growing Number

Neither the rationing Of tires nor
the freezing of automobile sales is
responsible for any increase in the
number Of automobile thefts report
ed to the local police department. in
the last six weeks, according to
police officials.
"Joyriders are responsible for the
majority Of car thefts," said Desk
Lieut.. Joseph McEvoy, in reporting
that 26 cars were reported stolen
here in the six weeks since Feb. /.
ALI but two of the Is had been To-
Gated yesterday.
While there have been cases
where tires were stolen, in the mai
ority of cases the cars were found
unchanged and with nothing miss
ing.
officer Thomas Grady pointed out
as an example the case of car
which was stolen in Torrington
February is and found in Water
bury on Piedmont street March 10
by Motor Patrolman Vincent Begg.
The car had four new tires and
a good spare, and they were intact
when the car was found, he said,
in spite of the fact that the car
was missing almost a month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14
Local Housing Plans
May Changes
City Legal Authorities Study Amendments to Federal
Legislation; May Affect Projects on Hamilton
Avenue, Long Hill Road

Municipal legal authorities are
studying amendments to federal de-
Tense housing legislation which may
have drastic affect on the local de-
Tense housing program and the ad-
ministration of the two projects now
in operation ON Hamilton avenue
and Long Hill road.
Amendments to the LAnham De-
Tense Housing Act, approved by the
President January 81, 1912, provide
that housing authorities must SO
far as practicable conform to local
regulations in the construction Of
defense houses.
The amendments also provide for
the payment of taxes to the city on
defense houses, less allowances for
expenditures on streets and other
public services within the project.
The Waterbury housing program
has been the center of protest from
city officials, who claim that the
structures do not comply with the
city's building, plumbing or cleo
trical codes. Similar protests have
been heard from various other CT
ties where defense houses have been
erected.
Defense housing officials have
maintained in the past that the
federal projects were not subject to
local inspection for compliance with
building, plumbing or electrical in
Stallation requirements.
One of Phases
One of the principal phases of
Waterbury controversy was Plumb
ing Inspector James r. Walkers
charges against plumbers who in
stalled fixtures in the houses, which
according to Mr.. Walker did not
meet the city's requirements.
Whether the provisions Of the
amendments can be interpreted as
retroactive is being studied by Of
ficials.
"Sec. z. Section 3-5 Of such Act,
as amended, Is amended by the adj
dition of the following sentence at
the end thereof: Consultation shall
be had with local public officials
and local housing authorities to the
end that projects constructed I'M
der the provisions of this Act shall,
so far as may be practicable, con-
form in location and design to 10
cal planning and tradition
"Sec. 8. Section 800 of such Act,
as amended, is amended to read as
Continued on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14
FORTRESSES OF
AMERICA GOOD
They Are Playing Imports
ant Part With DOughbOys
in War Over There
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
limited Press Foreign EditOrl

American expeditionary forces =
flying fortresses, warships and
troops-played a leading role to-
day in a spreading battle to stop
Japan's offensive on the approaches
to Australia and India.
The presence of the United States
forces in Australia was disclosed
after weeks of censorship due to
military necessity. 1t came at
time when, Allied aiIplanes again
we're batterins at Japanese-held
bases ON New Guinea and New Brit
ain islands and hunting for an en-
envy armada in the Solomon islands,
atllwart the main supply from
America and on the road to New
Zealand.
The Australian air ministry said
that boInberS blasted at least 10 en-
envy planes and caused extensive
damage to enemy-held airports at
Rabaul and Gaslnata. Japanese
planes attempting their 18th at
tack on persistently- bombed Port
Moresby met heavy defense fire.
American air forces which had
been active in the battle of the
Dutch East indies now are fighting
from Australian bases but dis
patches disclosed also that thouS-
Continued on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14
JAPANESE MOVE
AHEAD in BURMA
Reported to Be Attacking
With Tank 20 or so
Miles From RangOOn

London, March IA CUP - The
Japanese invaders of Burma were
reported officially today to be NOV
ing patrols northward from Ran
COON, and according to radio Sydney
they had attacked with tanks 20 to
80 miles northwest Of the fallen
capital.
A communique of the India-Bu
ma command said the invaders
main forces still were well south"
of Taik-gyi, 40 miles north and
Slightly west of Rangoon.
Our operations in the Nyaun-
glebin- Shwe-G Gym area are pro-
ceeding satisfactorily, it said.
That area is approximately As
miles of the Rangoon-to-Ma
Railroad junction of Pegu, and APP
parently is being used by the Britt
ish as an anchor point while the
defense line swings northwest wrad
in an arc from the old Sittang river
front.
A communique of the India-Bur
ma command said today that Japa-
nese main forces in Burma still were
well south" Of Taik-Gyi, just 40
miles north and slightly west OF
Rangoon, but patrols ARE reported
moving northward"
Our operations in the Nyarmgle-
bin-Shwe-Gyin area are proceed
| ing satisfactory" 1t said.
Taik-Gyi Is some IS miles west
and slightly south Of Pegu, the
Continued on Page a.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14
GOVT. MAY SMASH
75-DAY STRIKE
New Outbreak of Violence
Took Place in Peoria
Last Night

Peoria, Ill, March 14-CUP)-A
new outbreak of violence in which
three men were wounded by nys-
FERROUS sniper increased the proba-
bility today of decisive fovern-
ment action to end the 75-day strike
of Toledo, Peoria and Western rail-
road employees.
The government apparently had
two alternatives: It must force ar
bitration Of the strike or take over
the operation Of the railroad.
The men wounded while riding a
locomotive past union picket lines
last night were:
Harold E. Kipling, East Peoria,
deputy sheriff and chief special
agent for the railroad, who re-
ceived shotgun pellets in the legs,
chest and abdomen.
e. g. Pittman, IS, Peoria, engi-
neer, shot in the right eye.
Bert Taylor, AT, Hamilton, III,
fireman, who suffered minor shot
gun wounds in the back of the head.
The locomotive was cut loose from
the rest of the train, Taylor re-
ported, and was preparing to switch
into the roundhouSe when the
shooting occurred. Just as the en-
CINE came to a dead stop, he said,
mot less than four shots" were fired
from somewhere in the weeds into
the egineer's side Of the cab.
Since the strike began r. p. & w.
trains have been equipped with steel
shutters to protect crew members,
but they were open on Pittsman'S
side when the shots were fired. Tay-
lor said the gun was fired mot more
than so yards" from the shack that
has served as a picket headquarters
during recent demonstrations that
(fs0ntinued IN Pare ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14
Rome Radio Broadcasted Liner Queen
Mary Torpedoed, 10000 Troops Aboard

New York, March IA - (U.Pl -
The Rome radio was heard broad
casting today q report credited to
maritime circles" in Buenos Aires
that the liner Queen Mary with "10,-
900 North American tropos" aboard.
had been torpedoed near Rio De
Janeiro.
The report was contained In .
dispatch Of Stefani, the official Itai-
ian news agency. The dispatch, as
broadcast by the Rome radio fol-
lows:
IN Argentine maritime circles 1t
IS affirmed chat The British ixans-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14
Opening, Closing Store
Schedules May Be Changed

Alteration of store schedules to
provide for opening at $3.50 a. m.
and closing at $3.50 p. m. Is one Of
the recommendations being con-
sidered by a special subcommittee
Of the Waterbury Defense Council, it
was learned today. The change
from the present schedule, under
which stores open at 8 q. m. and
close at 8 p. m, would be part Of
the campaign to eliminate present
traffic congestion caused by the
daily rush Of workers to and
from their jobs.
Before the same sub committee
is a plan calling for changes In fac
tory shifts whereby the cityss main
factories would begin morning
shifts alternately at Z q. M, 8 y. m.
and 3 4. Mas Under this plan, sncla
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14

of the major concerns, namely, the
Scovill Manufacturing Company,
American Brass Company and Chase
Brass and Copper Company would
take turns monthly In having their
employees begin work at the differ
ent hours mentioned.
Delay OF the opening Of high
school sessions from 8 q. m. to $3.50
a. m. is another proposal before
the sub committee. Encouragement
of bus schedules Is likewise under
consideration.
First steps toward changing work
and school schedules to eliminate
present traffic congestion were
taken at q meeting ct the city hall
Thursday. AL groups involved were
represented, including factories,
stores, schools and transportation
companies
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14
CHAMPIONS AFCE
FINAL CONTESTS

New Haven, Conn, March IA
CUP)-C Champions in three sections
win be crowned tonight in the finals
Of the state high school basketball
tournament.
In the class "A" division, the title
lay between Naugatuck and Water
bury Crosby in a game to be played
at the New Haven Arena.
In preceding finals game, Wood
row Wilson OF Middletown plays
Branford for the leadership In the
-" division.
Meantime, at Hartford, the cham
picnsl1ip IN the ed" division viii
be decided BY Old Sayhrook and
Portland hiah.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14

was q queen Of the North Atlantic
trade before the war and since has
been engaged in British war service.
It was noted that the authority for
the Stefani dispatch was exceeding
" vague and that false reports Of its
nature frequently ernanate from
Axis radios and other propaganda
sources. Their purpose Is to draw
denials that will reveal vital inform
alton in this case, where the Queen
Mary Is now and what she y doing.
IA Washington, the Navy END War
Departments said they had no In
f1EIaation end xegned -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-14

Atlantic Liner Queen Mary, which
left Rio De Janeiro few days go
with 10000 North American soldiers
aboard headed by an unknown d.
rection, was torpedoeed. The ship
was heavily damaged and tries to
reach the British base in the Falk-
land Islands"
The Queen Mary is 1000 tons,
one Of the three largest ships afioat.
The other two are the former
French liner Nor1nandie, now on her
side and wrecked BY fire In New
York harbor, and the British liner,
queen Elizabeth The Quesn Nary