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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
Man Dead,
Wife Shot
In Quarrel

What started as an egg.throw-
ing family argument. police be-
lieve, today ended in a gun battle
which left a Warren Township
factory worker dead and his wife
near death from gunshot wounds.
The dead man. Henry Musser,
40, of 1859 Maxwell avenue, War
lren Township, truck plant
worker. was shot through the
head. His wife, Ethel. also 40
was in serious condition in Sara
toga Hospital with similar
wound.
Mrs. Helen Dinner, a neighbor,
told Assistant Prosecutor Howard
r. Carroll of Macomb County
that she heard a woman scream
then shout don't shoot me, after
which she heard a shot.
Looking in through a window
she was quoted as saying. she
saw MuSser bend over as though
looking at something on the floor
Then, she said, she heard another
shot.
Police found Musser dead, his
head on his wife's chest on the
floor. Between the angle formed
by their bodies was a 80 caliber
automatic. which has been turned
over TO Lieut.. James Payne. De.
troit police identification and bal.
listics expert.
Carroll said there were evi
dences of a quarrel in the house
Broken eggs, as though thrown
were, splattered in the bedroom
and a pot, of chicken had beer
thrown through the back door.
The assistant prosecutor said he
talked with Mrs. Musser al the
hospital but she was too inco.
herent TO tell a complete story Of
the quarrel and shooting.
A 19-year-old invalid daughter
was in the Musser home at the
time but was unable TO tell what
happened.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
Don't Slug Landlord
Hit Him With Rent Law, McNamara Advises
One Tenant Couldn't Wait, Thong

Don't slug your landlord with
pick. brick or shovel--hit hin
with the rent control law If hi
overcharges you, Patrick V. Nc
Namara, rent director, pleaded
today.
He said 10 tenants:
get along with your land
lord, even II II means paying
the higher rent. When the legal
rent rate has been established,
the tenant can easily recover
any excess rent and, II II goes to
court. can get three dollars for
every dollar he has overpsid."
Although excellent advice, Nc
Namaras plea came too late, 20
lice said. for Dwellie Paschal. az
landlord, and Clifford Elder. 40
tenant. OF 2126 Chene avenue
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
British Papers
Ask I'd Front

LONDON. July l3 GNS).-Th,
British press today renewed dc
mands for second front 10 aiC
Russia.
There Is no longer any
place, as The Times points out,
for merely platonic admiration
Of Russian valour and sacrifice"
said the London News Chronicle.
I'VE must come TO the aid Of
our ally promptly and resolntely
with all the ingenuity and mill
tary force at our command.
Here and In America that Is
the peoples will"
Said the Herald:
I'VE are pledged Ia establish
n second front. When are we
going to keep that promise :"
Reuters News Agency quoted
the Sydney. Australia, Mornini
Herald AS stating:
"If there IL to he second
front II must surely he opened
soon next year may be too
late"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
AIR FORCE ACTIVE


Despite dust storms which swept
over the desert. and interfered
with aerial operations, fighter
planes of the British and South
African air forces carried out pro-
Itective sweeps and fighter-bombers
attacked targets throughout the
battle area.
Two German planes were shot
down over the battle front and
three were shot down in attacks
on Malta, the communique issued
by the middle eastern command
and the air force said in review
ing yesterdays action. The Allied
side lost but one plane.
The total of Axis prisoners
taken since Fridays attack passed
the 1000 mark early yesterday
with more trickling through The
lines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13

who elected 10 settle their rent
argument by the pick and shovel
method.
Paschal was in Receiving Hos
pital with a bruised head and
Elder was in Jail for investigation
of assault. Their battle with the
diging tolos, police added. ended
when Elders wife, Mabel, hit
Paschal with a brick.
Mcnamara said only about 200
600 of metropolitan Detroit's AGO.
600 landlords have registered their
properties with the rent office,
The deadline is Wednesday, he
said, and no extensions will be
granted.
OF 100000 properties registered,
legal rents already have been fixed
on 100000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
New ,Ronnnne|
Fails 10
Gain in Egypt
Coun+er-Attack TO
Regain Lost Ground
Beaten; Line ShelIed
BY LEON KAY
United Pres. stan Correspondent

CAIRO. July -. - An Axis
counter-attack on Gen. Sir Claude
Auchinleck's newly won positions
west of Fl Alamein was defeated
and imperial artillery has opened
a bombardment OF the entire
northern and central sectors, it
was announced today.
A communtaue indicated that
after several Ineffective attacks on
the new British line. anchored on
the Hill of Jesus toward the coast.
the German command threw some
of its forces into a determined
attack. but was driven back.
As the British guns opened up
on the German and italian lines
all along the northern or coastal
and the central sectors. British
groups, led by tanks and motorized
infantry. harassed the enemy at
the southern end, toward the Qat-
tara depression.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
Reds Stiffen
After Enemy
Gains 50 Mi.
Heavy Losses Fail
TO Stop Invaders;
Foe Near voronezh
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press star Correspchdent

MOSCOW. July 13.-The Ger
man high command today exploded
a fierce new thrust against the
northwest Moscow front. threw
hundreds of tanks against the
corpse-littered approaches of voro-
.nezh in the southern sector and
pushed two drives southeastward
into the Don River bend against
Russian artillery.
Two fresh divisions of German
troops and several hundred tanks
crossed the Don River and REIN
forced the two or three enemy
divisions already pounding at the
outskirts of Voronezh, but late
dispatches from the front said that
the four-day onslaught had failed
to penetrate the city's defenses.
To the south, however, Axis
columns had pressed eastward
through the Boguchar sector to-
ward the Don River bend and
second drive was moving SOUTH
eastward from Lisichansk toward
Voroshilovgrad and Rostov.
REDS COUNTER-ATTACK
The import of the new German
offensive thrust on the Kalinin
front, northwest of Moscow, was
not clear, but dispatches said that
heavy attacks apparently near
Rzhev) had gained some ground
and that Russian tanks were
counter-attacking persistently.
1t appeared that the enemy was
attempting major operation
either in an effort to push closer
TO Moscow or to divert Russian
strength from the Don basin drive
toward Stalingrad and Rostov, at
the entrance to the Caucasus.
The Russian position lis seri-
Gus, the newspaper Pravda said
in a survey Of the Don basin fight
ing, but IL also reported that blasts
of Russian artillery fire were
"butchering' mass assaults by
tank-led enemy infantry.
1t was admitted that the Ger
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
Find Arms Cache
On French Coast

VICHY. July 13 GNS).-One
person was killed and another
wounded in a gun battle on the
French coast today when French
and German police discovered and
seized hidden arms and ammuni-
tion dump.
The dead man, according TO an
official announcement. was a ter
rorist" who presu am b Y was
guarding the cache The wounded
man was a paSserby.
The dump was found in the
town OF Houdin. in the PaaS de
Calais department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
No Job for Soldiers Wife
Woman, Al Pleads in Vain for Work in War Plants
After Husband EnIsts in Army

little factory experience. But I
could learn the same as some of
the younger ones they hire that
have never been in shop and l
could probably work rings
around them. too.
In some instances I've seen
girls in the same line with me
hired in that had been in De-
troit only three days or a week.
IN DETROIT rs YEARS
I've been in Detroit 25 years
and am a taxpayer and have a
husband in the service, yet l and
many others my age can't even
get an application blank to fill
out. After all it's the same gov
eminent that gave them the de-
Tense orders that our husbands
are fighting for.
We get no allotment from
army pay until November !. But
there is no squawk there. All
we want is work now.
Where is these manufacturers
patriotism
MRS, MABEL PAPIN,
24280 Grove avenue,
East Detroit.
Mrs. Papin's husband. Joseph
enlisted in, May and is now sta
toned at Camp Rucker, Ala. The,
have a son and daughter both o
whom are away from home. Mean
while. Mrs. Papin is living alone II
the small but neat home she an,
her husband worked together 4
buy,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13

The following letter from Mrs.
Mabel Papin Of 24280 Grove
avenue, East Detroit, illustrates
how hard it is for some women TO
find war-production jobs after
their husbands have joined one of
the armed services.
TO THE EDITOR.
The Detroit Times:
Why is it in city as large as
Detroit, city so full of defense
plants, that a woman who has
given her husband TO the United
States Army can't get work?
Is it because l am Al? Yet
my husband is al and they don't
consider him too old 10 carry a
gun and fight for them He
worked in what is now a defense
plant for IA years and vol
unteered for service never
dreaming l couldn't find some
sort of defense work.
SAME EVERYWHERE
Al the plant where he worked
and many, many other defense
plants it's the same story They
either won't talk to me at all or
look at my birth certificate and
see the age then say:
"WeIl call YOU II anything
shows up"
True enough I've had very
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
EdseI Ford Reveals
Detroit Production
Can Be TrebIed
RetooIine Just Finished. Capacity
Output Will Be Reached in '43
BY INEZ ROBB
Istl New. Service staff Correspondent

Despite the vast flood of ornaments pouring
out of Greater Detroit for war fronts the world
round, Edsel Ford believes this today is pro-
ducing only third of her constantly growing and
potential capacity.
There is heartening for America and the United
Nations in this estimate by the shrewd capable president
and heir to one the greatest single industrial empires
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13

in the world.
This tremendous basin of war
production is just now getting
over what Ford refers TO as it's
wartime growing pains the in
volved tooling-up process which
will enable il 10 turn out a volume
Of ornaments unequaled in any
similar district in the world
The president OF the Ford Mo-
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tor Company is convinced that
this district, which WPB Chair
man Donald Nelson expects to
produce a sixth of the nation S
war output, has just been warm
ing up for the tremendous job
ahead.
As far rs we are concerned"
Ford said, speaking of his own
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
War Chanqeover

MARS SHALL. Tex. July 13
(UP).-Parking meters have been
put TO new use here. A horse
was hitched 10 one the other day
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-13
New Stephan
Trial Sought
By Attorney
He Charges Errors,
Verdict Contrary to
Law; Denies Report

Errors in the government pro-
cedure and a verdict contrary 10
the law were charged by Verne c.
ANDERSON. defense attorney, to-
day. as he argued motion for a
new trial for Max Stephan, con-
victed traitor.
at the outset / want TO make
clear that I never said I would
not seek n ne wtrial unless my
client received the death penA
atty" Anderson said.
"This was Stephan's idea, but
the remarks were enormously
credited TO me by the news
papers"
Stephan, a naturalized German,
was not / ncourt. He is being held
1T the federal penitentiary al
Milan.
HE DENIES TREASON
ANDERSON emphasized his con-
tention thta a treason conviction is
possible only where aid and COM
fort" 10 an enemy country has
been proved.
THE governments entire case
was built on the aid and COM
fort given 90 the escaped flier
krug (Oberleutnant Hans Peter.
Krug)." the attorney declared.
This was aid to an lndivid-
ual and AZ such is not punishable
As treason"
ANDERSON said that where The
indictment mentioned no specific
country, the charge of Judge
Arthur J. futile TO the jury did.
HE DIDN'T OBJECT
"But you did not object TO the
charge when IL was given"
Judge futile pointed out.
"No," he replied. "The charge
was fair. But the jury did not
follow the evidence"
Sever a Il sections Of the tria
transcript were mentioned by the
counsel in an effort to support hi,
appeal.
He held the Introduce Tor
through Krugs testimony of the
name of anot her escaped MAJ
flier. Won Vera, was prejudicia
TO Stephan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-05
Liberal Labor Program
Proposed for Bahamas

By the Associated Press.
NASSAU, Bahamas, Dec. 5.-A
royal commission which investigated
the causes OF a labor riot in Nassau
last June has proposed a program
of liberal legislation to the Duke Of
Windsor and his colonial govern
ment.
The commission, set up by London
and headed by Sir Alison Russell, a
retired colonial chief justice, recon-
mended:
/. That the Bahamas adopt an in
come tax to replace the existing sys-
tenn under which the government is
almost wholly supported by tariffs
on foods and supplies brought into
the colony from the United States.
The new system would include in
heritance taxes.
2. That the secret ballot be given
to the voters in the colony's outlying
islands and be made permanent in
this metropolitan center where it
now is in effect on trial basis.
3. That birth control instruction
be authorized.
4. That the government adopt a
more vigorous economic policy, par
ticularly for the aid of the needy
and rural residents of the out
islands.
The commissions report discount
ed any hint that racial feeling pre-
cipitated the riot, but attributed the
disturbance to labors discomfort
over wages paid at project on the
outskirts of Nassau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-05
Van Vechten Veeder Dies;
Maritime Law Authority
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5-Former
Federal Judge Van Vechten Veeder,
IS, for the last two years chairman
of the Appeals Board in motion pic
ture arbitration cases and former
president of the Maritime Law As
ISOLATION Of the United States, died
yesterday at his home.
Judge Veeder was an authority on
maritime law and laws of SANDER
and libel.
He was born in Schenectady and
was educated at the University of
Virginia and at Columbia University
Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1890,
he practiced law 10 years there. He
was admitted to the New York bar
in 1900.
President Taft in 1911 appointed
him United States judge for the
Eastern District Of New York. Judge
Veeder resigned this post in 1917 to
enter private practice of law.
AS lawyer, Judge Veeder repre-
sented some of the largest shipping
companies. He was a contributor
to law reviews and wrote many ar
ticles on lives of early English
judges.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Margaret Lounsbery De Witt;
a son, Maj. John Van Vechten
Veeder of the Marine Corps, now
on duty in the Pacific; daughter
Margaret De Witt Veeder, and q
grandchild.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-05
Dratha


MoNALDo. JOSEPH. On Thursday,
Pee Reeem n6erts 3 i942. JOSEPH MoNALDo Of
Of Anna Monaldo and father Of Frank and
Biagio Monaldo, Elizabeth Maiolo, Antoine
and Vincent Monaldo.
home. 1872 Georgia ave. NV, on Monday,
December, :. at $50 am; thence to Holy
3 Rosary ar Church, where mass will be said at
terment ST. Mary's Cemetery. 6
ns MgNCAsTER &. ALEXANDER; On Friday;
G G2gRsa Il mTycs stff P r. nss:
Sc Services at the s H, Hines Co. tu-
Oak Hill Cemetery 6
DRAM. Rev. WILLIAM GEORGE. On
Saturday, December 5, 1912. at his home
Rev, WILLIAM GEoRGE GRAM iSSDf beloved c8e
husband OF Olive J; Dram. Remains rest
home of VIM Reuben Pumphr asse funeral
Notice of funeral later.
e na1,3 4, 1872 at her RESIDENCE, 1918
beloved wife OF the late Dennis /. Palmer
and mother of Devereux Palmer; sister OF
MIS- MIS- AM, Annie F.: Hopper. Mrs. Daisy Beaver
Services at the above residence on Mon
s. P spazs Gatholc ;,, Church h 18th and
Interment Rock Creek Cemetery. s.
PUGH. CHARLES N. On Friday, De-
eembe5 4 t,I I942' At his home; 1928 St Elmo
beloved husband Of Blanche dNf Pneh h. 00h'
Chase funeral home Of VIM. Reuben Pun Pun,
pm. Interment Potomac, Md. 6
ROTHWELL, WILLIAM. On Saturday,
December D, 1942, at his home, 94l6 Coles
yllIe road, Silver Spring, Md, WILLIAM
pherSon RothMeli. Mr.. Rothwell rests at
az eo1ss funeral home
Notice of services later
STEBBINS, JULIETTE S. Suddenly. on
SSSa1 sprnss Md juIIETf z Ser s RHas'
ave. Silver Spring, Nd.
Notice Of services later.
,,. TAYLOR A CHRISTINE F; Departed this
dence. 453 Florida ave NV. CHRISTINE
F. TAYLOR, devoted wife of William j
Mamie King, cousin Of willard Blackwell.
Other. relatives and friends also survive
Friends may call after J. pm Sunday, De
Rhode Island ave. NV.
Notice of funeral later.
THOMPSON, JENNIE. On Saturday,
Rsss ave. . JENNIE s4a he5 bso tS
sister Of Mrs. Ella Cray and Miss Kate
Davis. Remains resting at the Safell fu-
neral home, 475 H ST. NV.
Notice OF funeral later.
TH0UR, AUGUST c. On Thursday, De.
cember 3: 1892: at his residence, 1886 18th
st. n e, AUGUST c. THOUR. beloved hus.
band OF Anna B Thour and father OF
Edna 7 Harris, Carl E.. William A Thour
and Emily T.: Thornton and brother Of
Margaret M. DAILY
Funeral from the W. w. Deal funeral
home. 1912 Georgia ave. NV. on Mon
day, December 7, at . pm. Relatives and
Cemetery.
WILLIS. OTTO J. On Friday. Deem
Der A. 1872. 1T his residence, 1928 18th ST.
NV OTTO J. WILLIS, son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William L. Willis dear friend of
Miss Annie Greene
The late Mr.. willis may be viewed at
Stewards funeral home, 30 H St lie. after
5 pm. Sunday. where services will be held
Monday, December z, at 80 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-05
lit Mpntnrtant

CHASE, ALBERTA AND WILLIAM d.
In Toying memory of our mother ALBERTA
1880, and father, WILLIAM D. CHASE,
October 26. 1881.
LOVING aEf aDRyS thiP * ngs #
HERMAN LLOYD AND OLIVER CHASE,
s5sSfs s # ssloysa nS SSsf
80 today, December B, 1886.
o God, our help in ages past.
Our hope in years to come
Our shelter from the stormy blast
DAuGHTE GsF A ssS6"'S so h9% nS-LAw, JULIA
HOOP ATKINS AND RILEY c, AT
HoUGH. PERRY V: In loving memory
who departed, this life fifteen years ago
HIS rDEX93TED DAUoHTERs, MAUDE AND
HOLMES. ALPHoNso A. tribute of
ALPHONSO A. HOLMES. who departed
this lie one year ago today. December
The blow was heavy, the shock severe
We little thought that death was near
Only those who have lost can tell
HIS SAB q paEInF Tlshg9t MtarSNf
JOHNSON, MARTHA. In loving remem
brance Of our devoted mother, MARTHA
JOHNSON, who departed this life seven
years ago To-Day december D. 1855.
Dear mother, how we miss you,
No one but God can tell:
How VIC often sit and wish that you were
here,
But in God Heaven We know you are neal
If in our home we do have only your va
cant chair.
Sleep on, dear mother, and take your rest,
Those who think of you today are those
who loved you best.
THE DEVOTED FAMILY.
WEST. MABEL BROWN. In sad but
loving memory of our dear wife. mother
and grandmother, MABEL BROWN WEST,
who departed this life one year ago to-
day, December 5. 1871.
The flowers we placed upon your grave
May wither and decay,
But the love we had for you In life
Can never fade away.
A DEVOTED HUSBAND, CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILD
WHITLOW. MRS. MARGARET Jo-
mother, Mrs, MARGARET JOSEPHINE
WHITLOW, who entered into rest seven
years ago today. December 5, 1888.
Loved and remembered always
REUBEN NJ VEST AND LEoNoRA
WEST FREEMAN.
WILLIAMS, ELIZA CARTER In fond
memory of our dear mother, ELIZA CAR
TER WILLIAMS. who departed this life
ten years ago today, on December 5, 1882.
God saw the road was getting rough,
The hill was hard to climb;
He gently closed closed her s., loving eyes
HER Ana Lo SRsRsFe eH Pfass be Tine RAMS
MAN. DAISY. MALISSA AND PARA
LEE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-05
Fog Generator
Hides Factory
In TYout

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-OCD and
WPB officials have been given a
preview of fog generator, designed
primarily to hide cities and military
detectives from daylight attacks, but
also having peacetime possibilities.
While the observers cruised the
territory in automobiles yesterday,
the machine, generated great clouds
of vapor that completely screened
a Chicago manufacturing plant.
William Sanborn, an engineer who
invented the machine, said that nu-
merous such units, mounted on au-
tomobiles chassis could fog out
whole areas during air raids. He
added that the generator might re-
place the smudge pots used in citrus
groves.
The inventor explained that his
machine consisted essentially of an
intensely hot flame into which was
sprayed an emulsion of oil and wa
ter. This, he said, instantly becomes
vapor that tends to hug the
ground, dissipating slowly. The
vapor. he added, was harmless to
breathe, stainless and non-in-
flammable.
Observers Of the test included
Otto K. Jelinek and Samuel Radner
Of the Office of Civilian Defense
and Robert G. Brown. jr., of the
War Production Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-05
Montgomery Residents
Urged 10 Buy War Bonds

Residents Of Montgomery County
were urged today by the Victory
Fund Committee to subscribe to
War bonds and aid in raising the
s1,900,000 quota for the county this
month.
Pointing out that the Nations war
effort calls for $9,0O0,000,000 before
January l, the committee has an
nounced that this means that rough
ly 7 per cent of all the bank de-
posts in Montgomery County should
be exchanged for War or Victory
bonds in December.
The entire staff of every bank in
the county is ready to assist poten-
tial subscribers in selecting the bond
best suited to his needs.
Members of the Montgomery
County Victory Fund Committee, on
which all county banks are repre-
sented, are Richard F. Green, presi-
dent; Fred l.. Thomas, vice presi-
dent; S. Walter Bogley. treasurer: L.
H. Hoyle, secretary, and A. R. Selby.
Paul c. Ramsdell, H. J. Carr, Will
liam R. DeLashmutt and Fred l..
Lutes, Executive Committee.
Montgomery County, 1t was said,
has oversubscribed its quota so per
cent in the series E War bonds for
the past several months.