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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-10-19
Naziis Face
Rising Tide
OF Unrest
HLutinies, Desertions,
Suicit.es and General
Lowering of Morale on
Increase Among Ger
man Q c cupati n
Troops in Norway.

London. Oct. l9.-(AP)-
MutinlcS. dcScrtiom<. suicides
and general lowering OF morale
are on the increase among the
2O0.OO0 German troops Of oc-
cupatiOn III Norway. the Nor
"rEii,n government in exile WAS
lnt"lm"a to-day III fresh reports
brought nut nI me homeland.
Two large concentration
camps were reported ol. ned for
mutncGrS along the Finnish
ronticr and al least 400 naZis
were said 10 be confined in one
OF thCm.
One authoritative account said
that 1000 German soldier sta
toned north of KirkcncS rebellcd
against an order for them To go
to Russia and that one out of
every ten was ordered cNccut-
ed. The order had - be c0un-
ttrmandrd. this report went on.
because naZi firing squads rcfuS-
ed To shoot the men and the
rebels were sent To cOnccntra-
ton camps instead.
Suicides were declared mounting
al an alarming rate" and desert
crS We're reported leaving in in
crcasing number. making their way
aCros- the Finnish frontier alour
routes outlined IN leaflets dropped
nom Russian planes.
Accounts OF Hitler's troubles with
in his OWN ann were coupled win
growing unrest among the conquer
I'd peoples of Europe rebclling nj the
unYI campaign Ia recruit labor for
war industries
In bo'H occupied and unoccup.cd
FRANCO lie nails were increasing
their pressure with 500 Gcsiapn
agent: reported assigned the taSk
OF ruu'd!mG 40 workers i'm the NIcHy-
ruled u1u" alone.
In Belgium. 600 Jews have bee"
sem o. the French coast To Labor nr
Hn'-Inlas.uI Qualifications. the Bel
gian urw. u-rucv reported
GCrwa. AND Italian troops wcr,
:aiu - nave tired ON u crowd of
GrcCI, transport workers in Athens
The m.mHr- IF casualties was und>-
closed
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-10-19
Nazi Raiders.
Attack Britain

London oct. I9.-tAP)-Gcrmar
daylight raiders. taking advantage
"i low clouds. attacked several
point, nu he west coast of Britain
today. causing considerable damage
and SOME casualties and giving Lon
do three p.1cI alcriS
The naI,. lying singly and far
apart ~ e." apparent attempt to con-
fuse 'hr ground d"tcnScs. machine
CANNED and bombed scattered areas.
NJ buro~ were dropped IN Lon
don itself THc dlcrtS were the first
daylight alarms ,u,indCd IN the cap
rial since Ocirs"r 10.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-10-19

III Chicago uD approximately 81 400
while wearing the stolen uniform Of
a policeman.
ScpiclnhCr ~ abandoned an au-
tomubrlr stolen August - after q
gun battle with q deputy sheriff at
BuCyrUS. ohio.
September - NubbCd another
couple in Chicago. bound them and
drove them 10 WlumciKa. Chicago
suburb. where Trey escaped.
September % Rubbcd another
couple in Chicago. hound them and
assaulted the girl
September 20 Escaped after
w"unding N the chest II Chicago
police officer vino Sought tu qucs-
tion him about thc car winch 10
,C.'.i. ,'"d ~ pay, r"r,N
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-10-19
Probable
Hits Scored
On JapShips
Second Big Assault in
as Many Days Made in
Effort to Ease Pres
sure on Americans on
Guadalcanal Island.

Somewhere in New Guinea.
Oct. l9.-(AP)-Allied air
men hurled their second big as
sault in as many days against
Japanese bases in the SolOmonS
before dawn today in an often
sive aimed at easing enemy
pressure on American forces
fighting on Guadalcanal.
Flying fortreSSes manned by
Americans struck heavily at Il
big concentration of japanese
ships at BUN and probable hits
were reported on three japanese
cruisers and a number Of other
vessels.
Seven flying boats were de-
Stroyed.
The raiders loOsed - tons Of
bombs. including many 1000
FOUNDERS, despite .unfavorablc
weather and one Of the strong
est concentrations of anti-air-
craft. fire ever tossed mp by the
enemy
Low hanging clouds prevented OBJ
Scpvation OF all the results, but pilots
reported large explosion shattered
one of the ships which sustained Il
direct hit.
These raids followed closely upon
smashing blows yesterday AT RAJ
baul. in New Britain, BUN and
Buka, in the SolOmunS, and Sala-
malIa, i'll New Gunca-all import
ant sources Of air support and sup
plies for Japanese forces at Guadal-
canal.
Captain Kenneth McCuiIar of
BateSville, Miss. who has been
dropping plenty of BOMBS on the
Japanese In recent raids. stuck
around over BUN until near
dawn and dropped two big
bombs alOnside scaplanc ten
der.
My bOmbardier. Lieutenant Rob-
crt Butler of ST. Pauls. n. G., yell
cd that traccrs were coming right
into his bombSight so ! pulled up
sharply" Captain McCullar re-
counted. Our bomb hit within 80 10
- feet of ii ship, spraying II with
bomb fragments"
Starting for home at dawn, Nc
Guitars plane saw three japanese
ZeroS take off from Bum and they
followed along for % minutes. but
only one of them attempted To press
home All attack.
The attacking Zero. Captain Nc
Cullar said, would race ahead and
then come in hcadlong. pulling off
sharply to avoid turrCt fire. With
each run the American plane crew
was pouring four hundred rounds of
ammunition at the enemy craft.
u put our plane right above the
water top" the captain said. 'Hc
didn't want To come down that low
so he pcclcu off and left us alone"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-10-19
S e | e tive Service
Change, Tax Measure
and A riations
May Be P u S h e d
Through Upper House
This Week.

Washington. Oct. I9.-(AP-
The administration sought To
dynamite 4 legislation log jam
in the Senate Today in an effort
To put three important biliS-thc
proposal to draft l8 and 10 year
Odds. the rd-brcaking tax bill
and S6.3il 100000 appro-
priatiOns mcaSurc-on PrcSi-
dent Rooscvclrs desk before the
end of the week.
The appropriai'"::. J.n. carrying
about $500. 5000 for the Navy.
mad the right OF way ard leaders
hoped to obtain It's speedy passage
Ia clear the tracks tor consideration
tomorrow of the Sclcctivc Scrvic,
proposal. The House passed the lat
,cr bill by Il vote of Bib to 10 on
Saturday.
There was Il possibility that Re
publican Leader McNary OF Oregon
would seek 10 delay action on this
proposal until several absent sCna-
tors could return later IN the week
Democratic Leader BarklCy Of Ken
lucky said he had not yet decided
whether Ia insist ON the start OF de
bate tomorrow.
Final congressional approval of
he tax bill by Tuesday vas re-
2ardcd as furcgouC conclusion.
leaders wanted Ia get II to the
President for his signature by We'd
ncSday so that Increased excise
taxes could 90 into effect on Nov
cmbcr |. Tho House was duc To act
first on the conference committee
report on the laX bill. delivered two
days ago.
There was little opposition 20 the
huge appropriations measure. and
indications were that majority Of
The Senate was prepared Ia 90 along
on the drafting of Ia and 10 wear
oldS with only minor changes in the
ICIaInt -. Id L
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-10-19
Ship Sinking
Toll Mounts
To 495 Total
(BY The Associated Press

Destruction Of medium sized
United States merchantmen by
enemy submarine action in the
Caribbean about two months ago
was disclosed today by the Navy.
raising TO 495 the Associated Press
tabulatiop Of announced western At
!!antic ship losses since Pearl Har-
Dor.
Two torpcdocs crashed into tho
vessel. breaking il apart and killing
Lieutenant Commander Van Moore,
U. 9. N. retired
Forty-four sur> ivors driftCd in
The 'pcn sea for two days and finally
reaci, ID Caribbean , r. from
which hey were brought 3, the
United 81, 'ns
Seven Uu. cd Nations cargo ship,
last week wcr, announced sunk in
western Atlantic tiers. bringing
death to ,S3 rc!,uu. ;rclrding
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-10-19
Cuadalcanal
Battle Lines
Are Drawn
Battle of Stalingrad
Takes Another Turn
Against Russ slams;
Germans Pay High
Prices for Slight Gains
In Volga Capital.

LEY ne Associated PreSS)
United States and Japanese
'attlc lines were drawn today
or Il showdown fight on Quad
! canal in the Solomon islands
u the southwest Pacific. while
thousands OF miles away. in an
lihcr vital theatre Of the world
conflict. the battle Of Stalingrad
.ook another turn against the
russians.
The German struggle to con-
qucr Staiingrad bit by bit-a tao
tic nccesSitatcd by the stalwart
Russian dcfcnSc-waS marked
by an advance over hundreds
of new German dead which
added one more block of Stain
grads battered buildings 10 the
German holdings within the
city.
Bu; the Russians. ON this 56th day
II siege and sixth day of renew
d. al Out assault by the Germans.
''!li We're moving fresh troops across
he VOlga into the ruins Of Stain
%ad in an unrcmitting effort 10 qIe!i
lie German threat or kill as many
- the foe as possible.
The Russians rep0rtJ.d that
$500 of their bcSicgcrS fell on
Sunday alonc-the price of the
new German gain in Stalingrad.
evidently in the northern fac
tory area of the riverside city.
The German high command said
nat reccntly-Conqucred industrial
rca of Stalingrad had been mopped
~ and that in the western Cau-
'H>US German infantry had storm
d new heights and in steep ascent
COX mountain strongly fortified
ri,h Sin p.l.hoNc>."
Stal.uGrad was the StraGetical
'!vui %! The whole RuSsian-Gcrnan
ra". iu>; a. Inc Impending tooth
md nail light lo. Guadalcanal would
fleet the future course Of the war
n IN" Pacific.
l. =. Marines and Army
troops. cntrcnchcd in The green
cry of GuadalcanaI. were ready
for full scale assault by Jap
ancSr land forces which had
been landed there with heavy
equipment i'll mighty effort to
wreSt back the first fruits of
American offensive action in the
southwest Pacific.
bHi tn" Guadulc1nal force vas not
lone IN Is ordeal. Powerful bomb
- .r'n convenient bases in The
.ICAE'N". command zone were en-
aged 10 repeated sweep OF Japan
ST." supply lines and dCp"'S in the
'., i'N"N'"'N S'lononS.
l''Wac concentrations of Japanese
Hi'~ INC h'jn-Sho"tland area
ere mo particular targets Of allied
'''''ls over ~" W"cN-"nd Ihey
ere ''''N'H '' hIE' MT three
i'.~'!,' -'"N!aN' '"nori ana Sc'-
81 ".t'. 'NN''~. hu'N ha'hpr was
n' WIFE 81 IONS '' bombs cropped
y .""' WAVE" '' "'''"d ''moerS IN
900" ''''' '>S.'' ''N'' "''"CN'
IN III" Ne" Britain area al.
''d medium h"mhcrs DESTROYED
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-10-19

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-10-19

Washington. Oct. l9.-(Ar-
Regulations To halt overnight
eviction of tenants and sales Of
houses to cvade rent control
were issued today by the office
of price administration.
Evening star., 1942-07-21

torious service" In a position of
great responsibility
In addition to his sea command,
Admiral Bristol also had charge of
bringing certain unspecified base
projects to completion and con-
Quoted an anti-submarine training
program. The Navy said that in
all the various activities he displayed
good judgement and sound decision
which contributed in a large meas
ure 10 their successful accomplish
ment,"
The figures on the number of
ships plying the stormy Atlantic
routes at a critical period OF war
were the first such given out by the
Navy. Since the 2,4O0 ships men
toned were only those escorted by
a single task force, the actual total
Evening star., 1942-07-21
Sofety Awards Slated
For Government Drivers

In recognition of safe driving by
36l District Government drivers,
emhlems and certificates will be
awarded to them at ceremonies to
be held at Mckinley High School,
Second and T streets NE. at pm.
Thursday.
The ceremony will consist OF
short talks by city officials. enter
tainment by professional talent, fol-
lowed by presentation of awards.
Each winner will receive in addition
to the certificate, one or more prizes.
Evening star., 1942-07-21
2,4OO Ships Reached Britain
In Winter, Bristol Award Shows

German U-boat attack, and only
eight Of the ships were lost. In all,
the task force gave its protection to
approximately so conveys averaging
about 40 vessels each.
The warship group was COM
manded by Vice Admiral Arthur
Leroy Bristol. jr., IS, of Charleston,
S. c., who died at sea of natural
causes April 20, In awarding him
the Distinguished Service Medal, the
Navy cited his exceptionally meri-
Evening star., 1942-07-21
Recreation for Soldiers

Otto S. Lund. manager of the
District Red Cross, today issued an
appeal for easy chairs. desks. floor
and table lamps, billiard tables.
ping-pong tables, bridge tables. a
grand piano. upright pianos and
radios to equip day rooms for SOL
diers stationed in the Metropolitan
Area. Prospective donors are asked
to telephone Republic $500. extern
sion 244, so that the Red Gross may
collect the items
Evening star., 1942-07-21

said by his sister to have been
brooding over impending Army in
duction, fatally slashed Mr.. Lacop-
pidan at Third and H streets NE,
after wounding his brother-in-laW
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
Christiani, at their home, 323 H
street NE. Their injuries were
not serious.
Evening star., 1942-07-21
Former 6. u. Gridmun
Dies in Norfolk

Py the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va. July 2l.--G.
Moran Barry, SO, widely known
sportsman and at one time presi-
dent of the Norfolk Baseball Club
in the Old Virginia League, died In
a hospital here today after brief
illness.
A native OF Norfolk, Mr.. Barry
attended Georgetown University.
He played football there and later
refereed outstanding football games.
Before entering the insurance busi-
ness in Norfolk he organized a
sporting goods firm and was an
Evening star., 1942-07-21
Coroner Delays Inquest
In Butcher Knife SIayinq

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said today he will wait several days
before conducting an inquest into
the butcher-knife Staying of Joseph
D. Lacoppidan, 70, by Edward
Deenihan yesterday morning.
To permit burial Of Mr.. Lacop-
pidan while delaying the inquest.
DR.. Macdonald swore in a jury
OF six men over the body
The coroner said he would delay
the inquest in order to study the
condition of Deenihan. Gallinger
Hospital patient. Deenihan, "a, an
railway express worker.
Evening star., 1942-07-21
Fy the Associated Press.

Fs ETt HSS0tlaTFu PTeSS,
Fresh evidence of the enormous
amount of war materials and other
supplies being delivered to Great
Britain came yesterday in a Navy
announcement of the posthumous
award of a Distinguished Service
Medal to the commander of North
Atlantic task force.
This one force alone escorted
2.400 merchant ships across the
ocean last winter, guarding them
against the constant menace of
Evening star., 1942-07-21
IS Doomed in Fronce

BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, July 81 CF1.-The Berlin radio
quoted Paris dispatch last night
saying Is of 80 persons accused Of
continuing illegal Communist propa-
ganda" in France had been con-
demned to death by a military tri-
bunsl
Evening star., 1942-07-21

of ship crossings for the winter
probably was double or triple that
number, depending upon the avail
ability Of both ships and escorting
task forces.
Evening star., 1942-07-21

ardent supported of organized base
ball in this area.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Why East Is East

FOREIGN DEVILS have
read no more fascinating story
of Tibet and India than For
eign Devils" by Gordon Enders
(Simon & Schuster). Mr.. Enders
lived in Tibet for many years
and enjoyed the confidence of
the Panchan Lama.
Whether Mr.. Enders is telling
about the Incarnate Buddha
,(and the childish way they have
of finding" him), the daily hab-
its of the people, the important,
even mystical. part played by
wild animals in their lives. the
screwy ways Of ghosts" "spir-
il" and other incredible entities.
a feeling comes over the reader
of having been in a region of
cock-eyed horrors, lands where
the common, everyday laws OF
the wide-awake western world
do not apply.
Mr.. Enders takes us not only
through Tibet but also all
through what he calls modern
Asia"-India in particular.
After reading il all I became
acutely aware again Of the
meaning of Kipling's lines. East
is East and West is West. and
never the twain shall meet"
And no Grips nor Chang
Kai-Shek nor DR.. Lin Yutang
can ever bring us together.
Foreign Devils" is a thrill
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Revolver Used,
Search DiUuIged

"A thorough search Of the
parking lot failed to produce an
exploded cartridge such as would
have been elected by an auto
matte, 50 we are fairly certain
that q revolver was used; tho
slug removed shows 1T TO be SO
caiiber. These thugs are prob
ably using stolen cars, and from
now on "a hour car check Is
I'm forcew
Picking up suspicious char
acters and checking their alibis
required an enormous amount of
work-and in the midst of this
investigation a charming, sloe-
eyed little cigaret girl from an
all night hot spot walked into
headquarters with a shiny .3S
caliber revolver!
She explained that. at work
the previous night, a young man
who was a little the worse for
drink, attempted 10 engage her
in conversation; realizing he was
making little progress he tried
TO impress the girl by showing
her the butt of a gun he carried
In his back pocket.
She finally wheedled him into
letting her mind the weapon for
him until he needed il. Having
learned from the newspapers
that the police were looking for
a man who carried a .3S calibcr
revolver, the girl brought the
weapon and an excellent de-
scription of its owner 10 the
n0lice
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Mysterious Call
Complicated Case

The gun went 70 the ballistics
laboratory for comparison tests
with the fatal Cash slug and the
description went 10 Inspector
Butt. Within three hours the
police had Robert s Quinn ~
custody
The newspapers were soon
featuring the story ~ the Cash
murder SuSncct who admitted
ownership Of the revolver turned
IN by the cigarct girl, and who
confessed IN II gas station and
taXicah stickupy But the priS-
oner savaCcly denied that he
had anything TO do with the
Cash crime
The ballisticS test seemed 10
bear him out, for his gun had
not fired the slug taken from
the roadstsnd owners body
The Gaze appeared TO be cir
cuited 10 its starting place
except that Dullea noted that
there was an appreciable de-
crease IN car thefts Whether
the bandits had flown. or were
lying low. was uncertain-but
the officer chose 10 think IL was
the latter
A request for ballistic tests or
all IS rcyoivers taken from Of
Tenders was issued 10 the Rocky
Mountain states. neighboring
Nevada and Arizona. and as
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

questioned by his superior. They
identified themselves as Mrs.
Juanita Spinelli, Michael Sine
one and Gordon Hawkins. The
woman, who appeared to be
about so years of age, burst
into tears and sobbingly pro-
tested her innocence of any
wrongdoing:
"Mr. SimeOne and 1 made ar
rangements with Mr.. Hawkins
to drive us east, We thought 1t
was his car-heaven knows /
would never drive in a stolen
car"
Dapper. m ddle- aged Mr..
Simeone, also much worried, APP
peared mortified that he had
trusted Mr.. Hawkins, a car
thief. While this was going on,
Hawkins stared with murderous
intent at his erstwhile hitch
hiking passenger.
Blake looked curiously at the
shrinking Ives and came to the
conclusion that the youths NOR
tai fear of this bizarre trio was
born of som thing deeper
than his professed transitory
acquaintance. The officer turned
his glance quickly toward the
woman who stood beside and
slightly behind him. She, too,
was glaring at Ives with a burn
ing hate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Just Like a Woman,
Duchess Inconsistent

That he was alive when con-
signed to the river was proved
by the autopsy report which
gave the cause of death as
drowning.
The Duchess felt supremacy
confident that her worst punish
ment would be life sentence, be-
cause no woman had ever been
legally executed In California.
But she failed TO reckon with
Mortified, aroused citizenry-
along with her co-defendants she
received the death penalty! Ives,
however, was found to be insane
and committed to an asylum
Like a puppet controlled by
invisible strings, the mistress OF
murder jerked her way to the
lethal chamber in San Quentin
Prison at 10 o'clock on the
morning Of Nov. Fl. 1941. to
become, to other women of her
kind, salutary first.
A week later, her two tough
conspirators stumbled the same
corridor to meet the doom they
so callously dealt out to others.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
Murder in Mind,
He Called Police

With the nearby murder fresh
IN his mind, Silver phOned the
police Two prowl cars responded
Immediately, but a half hour
search of the ncighborhood failed
10 reveal a glimpse of the mys-
FERROUS car. Then. 10 minutes
after the squad cars left, a sal
low. Shifty-eyed youth entered
the shop with a gun in his hand
and growled:
This Is a stickup"
Silver was not one to submit
easily-he had agility and cour-
age. Vaulting the counter he
grappled with the intruder who.
stricken by surprise. fought
frenziedly 10 escape. The gum
man managed 10 tear himself
free and get through the door;
without a backward glance he
raced 10 a waiting car which
started of and disappeared.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

You know every one of them, so
don't lie!"
With a huge gulp, the wretch
found his voice: N
"She's the Duchess-we're her
mob. They'll try to pin every
thing on me, but, honest,
didn't have anything to do with
the Cash job :"
BY the time the group reached
San Francisco and Chief Dull
lea's office, the Duchess had
reverted TO type. She was now
the granite-faced. ex-gun moll
who emigrated from Detroit 10
California to form her own mob
and prey on defenseless, hard
working citizens. Simeone she
had imported from Michigan to
act as second in command and
common law husband.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10

him. Hawkins was for taking
him out into the woods for pis-
toI practice and then having an
accident.
Some one wanted to drown
him. But the Duchess said she
liked the baby rs she called
him-she wouldn't stand for any
rough stuff. It had to be n
mercy killing she said. After
a while she decided on a plan
she would give him knockout
drops and we would put bathing
trunks on him and toss him into
the river; when he was found
everybody would think IL was an
accident. And that's the way
we worked It."
where did you ditch the
body?" asked the officer.
Ion the Freeport bridge into
the Sacramento River. After
that, the Duchess figured the
West Coast was too hot for us
and she decided we better 60
East. But i don't think she In
tended TO take me very far.
especially when she found II was
so easy to get rid of Bob"
A ballistic test of the gun
found in the getaway car proved
beyond doubt that it was the
weapon used in the Cash MUIR
der. A mile south of the Free
port bridge the body of the
mercy victim" was found clad
only in red swimming trunks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-10
The Wedkling, IUes,
Vas Trigger Man

Icy-veined. close-mouthed Cor
don Hawkins was a local prod
uct who acted as driver and
automobile repai rman. The
weakling. Ives, had been as
signed the job of triggerman
because, it developed later, he
could easily be disposed of, or
if killed in a holdup, he could
easily be replaced.
Dullea grilled Ives first:
when you walked into the
station up at Grass Valley you
told Captain Blake you were
afraid of being rubbed out.
Why?"
II guess I was just scared"
"You had a right to be scared
the Duchess figured you might
implicate her and the other two
i'm the Cash murder and that she
might have to shut your mouth
for good-wasn't that why you
were scared?"
yes" the prisoner whispered,
that's IL. i thought was next.
Next? What do you mean by
'next'?" aske d the surprised
officer.
81 mean after Bob Sherrard.
He talked too much about Cash
couldn't get 1t off his mind.
I didn't intend to kill Cash, but
1 thought the old man was going
for a gun when he reach e d
toward his pocket"
"Never m n d the old man
now" said Dullea coldly. Tell
me more about Sherrard."
"Sherrard got scared of the
murder rap hanging over us,
and when he kept talking about
IL all the time the Duchess de-
cided we'd have to get rid of