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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Rushton Puzzled
By Legal Error
Legislators Make Slip
in Old Age Pension Bill
Times stan Correspondent

! LANSING. April 17-Atty. Gen
Rushton will rule Monday whether
il is possible to rectify mistake
of the Legislature without calling
back the lawmakers into special
session.
The mistake was made in a bill
designated 10 liberalize require
ments for receiving old age as
sistance by allowing applicants to
own a home worth $500 instead
Of $500 and by increasing the
amount of personal property
owned.
Seeking TO liberalize the law
even more, the Legislature added
a new section permitting recipi-
ents to augment their incomes by
working part time. Because a
word was inadvertently left out
the meaning of the section was
reversed.
Rushton may rule the section
unconstitutional, permitting Gov.
Kelly to sign the bill and allowing
the rest of the act to go into eff
feet. If he rules the other way,
the act will be vetoed and the law
stand as il is.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18

WASHINGTON. April II (UP)
The war department today at
tributed the destruction Of 55S
AXIS planes by six L. S. army
bombardment groups in hundreds
Of successful missions in Europe
and the southwest Pacific to
deadlier gunnery and more skillful
maneuvering.
Striking by night and by day
over ocean and land these bOmbprS
were unaccompanicd, for the most
part, by fighter escort Yet the
ratio of Zeros. McSSerSchmitt l09's
and Folke-WulfS sent down in
flames or destroyed on the ground
has been Overwhelmingly favor
able 10 the army air forces"
The high toll Of Axis aircraft, it
was emphasized, is due to the
sharp-Shooting bomber crews and
10 the skill of the bomber pilots.
High point man among the six
groups was PVT. William Cum
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
j. s. Debt Passes
l25 Billions
Years Expenses Way
Ahead Of Receipts

WASHINGTON, April II (UP)
The treasury revealed today, as
the $13,000,000,000 Second War
Loan hit its stride, that the public
debt passed the old limit of $125,-
900, 100000 April Is.
Treasury figures showed that
the debt stood Wednesday at
S12O, 694, 254, 432. On Thursday,
the most recent date for which
records are available, it had
Jumped nearly $4,500,000,000 to
SIPS, $50, So, 225.
Meanwhile, war costs continued
upward to reach total of $53,-
845. 374,538 for the fiscal year
through Thursday. Expenses for
all purposes totaled S5S,467, O89,-
sol. Receipts for the same period
aggregated SIS, $50, 400, 1872.
A recently enacted law raised
the national debt limit from Sl2o,-
600 100000 TO S210,000,000,000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18

tools. Dickinson carries on an
i m m ense correspondence with
friends throughout the continent.
Instead of leaning over the
table. he sits back in his chair
and writes in longhand on paper
plcced on a board which rests on
his crossed knees. He finds this
more comfortable.
USES OLD LETTERHEADS
He still uses, by the way, the
le,terheadS left over from his
administration with the deSigna-
ton Governor of Michigan al
the top.
There was 30 much of II
left, IL was shame 10 waste
. it," he explained And of course
every one TO whom I write
knows am no longer gov
ernOr."
He said the last year was the
highlight of his life. But he al
ways says that about TIE previous
year. With him, every year is
a highlight.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Deadlier Skill of u. S. Pilots,
Gunners Bags $50 Planes

mings who pumped bullets into
nine japanese planes while with
the goth bomb group in the south
west Pacific. Cummings was a
Nashville, Tenn, bank clerk be-
fore enlisting IN December; 1910.
Three bomb groupS-91, 306 and
303-who have been pulverizing
military installations in German
held Europe, have had 10 fight
their way by daylight through
SwarmS of the enemy's best fight
crS and medium fighter-bombers.
They have destroyed 135 enemy
craft.
The combat shooting score:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18

III anything, ne appears younger
than he did on New Years day of
1941, when he left the executive
office at Lansing and returned TO
the farm two miles from Charlotte
where he has lived since boyhood.
On his birthday he did the
chores, as usual; cooked his lunch,
and made plans 10 drive through
Kentucky and Tennessee alone, Wis
iting old friends and preaching a
sermon or So
EXCITING EXPERIENCE
Few men, at 81, would hazard
such a journey. Dickinson is look
ing forward to the trip enthusi-
astically. for he loves to drive
and has no fear of traffic.
He walks as firmly as ever. His
keen mind still bubbles with droll,
pointed comments on state and ma
tional affairs. His voice does not
waver.
Life remains for him an exciting
He has not grown
tired, nor is he afflicted with the
cyniCism that so often is the
burden of elderly men who have
seen much of life.
GROWN MORE TOLERANT
His two amazing years as gov
ernor and the subsequent blow Of
his defeat, have mellowed him and
he is today a more tolerant and
more kindly patriarch from the
strict, God-fearing, unrelenting
preacher who became governor so
suddenly and Unexpectedly.
He gave the impression that he
wouldn't mind very much if his
visitors smoke in his home, though,
after all these years of con-
demning tobacco and even pro-
hibiting smoking in the Senate, it
is not TO be expected that he will
yet consent to try puff himself.
GARDEN Is HIS
Weakness OF h u m n nature,
which once stirred him TO bitter
denunciation, are accepted philo-
Sophically now and without rancor
He learned, after reaching so
years of age, how the other half
lives and he is more inclined now
to accept human frailties.
l went out TO visit this old
friend and found him in the barn.
He lives with his granddaughter,
Mrs. Della Patterson, but she has
been recalled TO the Charlotte
school because of the shortage OF
teachers. Dickinson is alone all
day.
He doesn't do much farm work
himself. The market garden is
his hobby and the patch had been
plowed and made ready for seed.
FARMER DOES WORK
Most of the hard work is done
by a farmer who lives with his
family in the other house" which
is on the other side of the wood
lot. The Is head of cattle and
the three horses are on that end
of the property.
Inside the house, the dining
room table was cluttered with
io..o,e ord Daporc and VUritipc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Countess Trial Date Set

MIAMI. April II (UP)-Federal
Judge John w. Holland today set
May 5 as the new trial date OF
Germantown Countess Elsa Won
Stahremberg, who is charged with
impersonating an FBI agent and
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Blood Donor Record
Smashed al Cadillac

A new world record for an in
dustrial plant was reported set at
the Cadillac plant. Saturday. when
employees contributed 252 pints Of
blood 10 The Red Cross mobile unit
in a five-hour period.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Stephan Sends
Plea TO Murphy
Continued from Page One4-

Continued from Page One4-
Gals in both Washington and De
troit denied Saturday that any in
vestigation is under way.
u. S. Atty. Lehr said that Ste
phan at the time of his arres
told FBI agents that he had sug
gested a Hypothetical" situation
to Nagel wherein the eX-post
master was asked what would b,
the right course for him (Stephan.
if an escaped Nazi fiier came t
him for help.
STEPHAN GIVES VERSION
Stephan quoted Nagel as saying
that under the circumstances he
might help the Nazi.
At that time Nagel denied tc
FBI agents that such converse
ton ever occurred.
Stephan did not take the stand
at his trial, but his statement
naming Nagel was read into the
court record by John S. Bugas
chief of the Detroit office of the
.FBI. Lehr said this was done to
give the trial judge and the jury
all the facts.
MIGHT HAVE TESTIFIED
Had Stephan taken the stand
in his own Defense" said Lehr,
produced Nagel in rebuttal."
BugaS' statement was contained
in the record considered by the
u. S. Circuit Court of Appeals al
Cincinnati, according to James
McCabe, one of Stephans attor'
neys.
"The Nagel matter Is nothing
new" said McCabe. ut all
came out before. The govern
ment did not call Nagel as a
witness. The defense had OPP
portunity IL II wanted to, but
did not.
SURPRISED AS ANY ONE"
90 now COulu We piCuithtC
any error of law on this point?
I'VE were surprised as any
one when the newspapers stated
that the stay was granted be-
cause of the Nagel disclosure
at seems a crime to me that
Mr.. Nagers name Is being booted
around i'm this fashion"
In denying Stephan a review o.
his conviction, the u. S. Supreme
Court did not hear any evidence
because the case was considered
on a technical ground.
When Stephan's letter was pre-
scented TO the court by Murphy
they consented to a stay pending
an inquiry.
Nagel, now 70 years old, was
captain in World War /, a former
city controller, postmaster in De
troit for nine years and former
managing director of the Michigan
Liquor Control Commission as wei
as former president of the Crosse
Pointe Savings Bank.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18

"YOur Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, Is one of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
B From Detroit,
0utstdte Join
Navy in Week
1t. Cmdr. Flechtner
Gives Full List Of
Youths Sent to Camp

Thirty-three Detroiters and %
others from the surrounding area
enlisted in the navy this week,
1t. Comdr. Byron h. Flechtner, in
announced Saturday. Detroiters
were:
Frederick q. Anderson. 500 Gladstone.
Herman y. Beers Jr, 1854 Mapewood.
Kenneth II. BonSer, 1860 Monica
Richard c. Brown. 1880 Sussex
Donald Cooper. 1883 Edsel
Joseph II. craver Jr.. 1915 Steel
Frank A. Day Jr., 4414 Crane.
James L. Doucette. $500 Concord.
Vincent ]. Earl l5347 Provost.
Robert G. EverSole, $3.50 Winthrop,
lGerald r. Hannenberg, 5303 Yorkshire.
Dalton J. Hiltz, l4205 Minock.
Andrew Jamrisko. 1920 Marcus
Harry F. Josefowieh, IS Temple.
WESLEY W.-KAngas, Highland PARK
Joseph NJ. Kanikowski. i3e3i washbun.
James w. knight, si51 Sorrento.
Albert L. Lsdowski, 2o255 Brsmtord.
Thomas A. Mss.s 5 J5 E CESS s,1tA
William J. Morgan, 2O42l stotter/
James d. o'Nelll, 32is vicksbux.
Arthur Rak, s7is woodlawn.
Roy W. Rolph 1908 BeaverlAnd.
Robert L. Rossn, So12 Dexter.
Robert d Rosseter 1928 Wabash.
Richard salter 50 T.; Philadelphia.
Wallace J. SkorcEewski, 3542 Tromhly.
Richard A. smith, 27le Fifth,
Edward swiderski. 1910 Trenton.
Robert @. Theuer, t7i79 Dresden.
Russell w. Thompson. 1908 Manor.
Robert A. Wendt, 1851 Robson,
Neil L. Wertmsn. 1880 Northlawn.
Those from the area around De-
Itroit were:
lorvire r.. Allen, Royal Oak.
Howard ID. Ames, wayne.
IW. n. BaumAnn, Crosse Pointe Farms.
ALBERT r.. Bliss, ClawSOn.
James l.. Chapman Jr., Pontiac.
james L. cum, ClAWson.
Claude c. Cottrell Jr, MI. Clemens
Ralph n. Funk, Ferndale.
John w. Hangstefer, Pontiac.
Patrick j. Kenney. Base Line.
Richard H Kreg. East Detroit
lGeOrRe J. LssEczYnskii Garden City,
William p Manr0e, Wyandotte.
Steve p. Myers. Base Line.
Jack r. MCKAY. Pontiac
Lawrence W. Peterson, Pontiac
Edward w siddall. Walled Lake "
Franklin Smith. Rochester
IOryille SomerviUe Jr., Central Lska
lWuliam u. Upton. Pontiac
John D. watts. Birmingham.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Ydnk Bombers
Wreck Bremen

Continued from Page One)
four Nazi fighters. Another Fort
reSs returned with one of its foul
engines dead, its tires fiat and It's
Stabilizer wrecked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
BY FRANK MORRIS

Former Gov Luren D. Dickinson marked his Saith birthday
Thursday and his many thousands of friends will be happy
to know that he remains strong and active
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
IL SHOT INTO SEA

A Nazi DNB broadcast said
German fighters had met the
American bomber formation be-
fore it reached the Reich's north
coast and shot y of the United
States planes into the sea.
An indication Of the size Of the
American bomber fleet sent on the
mission was given by observers al
town on England's east coast.
They said it took Is minutes for
the formation to cross the Eng
lish shore at that point.
The raid on Bremen conceded
with a strong daylight attack by
Spitfire escorted Raj Ventura
bomberS on the German held
French coastal base of Abbeville
across the Strait of Dover.
The mounting air campaign
against Hitler's European For
tress" reached its highest peak Of
destructive fury Friday night
when an officially announced force
of over 600 Raj heavy bombers
struck a devastating double blow
at two of Germans main arma-
ments centers.
The 400-acre Skoda ordnance
plants at the Czechoslovak city of
Pilsen-which is also the home
of a world-famous brewery-were
left covered with flaming mounds
of ruin. The twin Rhineland
armament-producing cities of
Mannheim and Ludwigshaven also
were heavily rocked.
The double-pronged night raids
loosed more than 1000 tons of
bombs to break all tonnage rec
ords for the entire war. But they
cost the Raj 55 bombers and
nearly 400 bomber crewmen who
.failad ~ return
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
PRESSING FOR ACTION

Senator Ferguson and Repre-
sentative Bradley, of Michigan,
are pressing for immediate action
on their joint resolution demand
ing that the ban on Congress and
the press be lifted from the forth
coming United Nations food con-
.ferences.
Representative II offm a n, of
Michigan, at the same time, is
urging adoption of a bill, which
he introduced in the House yes
terday, which would make it an
offense punishable by a fine of
$4,000 and a year in prison for
any representative of the execu-
tive branch of the government to
confer with the representatives of
any foreign nation without first
notifying the House and Senate,
and giving committees of the two
houses opportunity to attend.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
MORE THAN REPAID

This was the highest price yet
paid for any single nights OPP
erations over the continent. II
exceeded by three the previous
high mark of 81 bombers lost in
the thousand plane raid on
Bremen last June 25.
But the heavy loss was more
than repaid by the results achieved,
according 10 air ministry sources.
The captain of one four-engined
Halifax that took part in the blow
at the sprawling Skoda works said
that within a few minutes the
whole factory area seemed TO be a
mass of smoke and flames"
He said flashes from explosions
of four-ton and two-ton bombs
shot up through the smoke blanket
and widened the red glow OF
fires
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Sen. @ Mdhoney
Joins Battle 10
Keep Press Free
Asks Committee
TO Probe Handling
Of War Information
BY DAVID CAMELON
Detroit Times Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, April Icon
gressional anger against star
C h a m b er government and the
gagging of Americas free press
received fresh impetus today.
Senator O'Mahoney CD OF
Wyoming introduced a resolution
in the Senate calling for investi-
CATION by the Senate judiciary
committee of policies, methods
and practice relating TO the dis
semination, and control of infor-
nation during the present war.
He said:
"In a total war, such as that
I'm which we are now engaged,
which requires the participation
OF all of our people, IL is OF the
utmost Importance that all chan
nels of information shall be kept
free"
POINTS TO RESIGNATION
AS striking evidence of the neec
of such an investigation, Senator
O'Mahoney pointed to the whole
sale designations in the Owl.
Writers who resigned charged
they did so because they could nc
longer present the truth through
the Owl - that instead of the
office of war information" the
bureau should be called the "offiet
of war ballyhoo."
Senator O'Mahoney said:
when Wholesale designations
take place from an agency, APP
parentIy by reason of disagree
ment over policy, IL Is time for
the Congress to find out upon
what grounds agency decisions
are made"
OMahoney's resolution is bu'
one of many blows being STRUCK
in Congress to preserve the free
dom of the press-and to guaran
tee to Americans that they shall
have the news to which they ART
entitled.
Evening star., 1943-08-03
Picture Of Crash
Shot Of Lifetime,
Comeromon Says
BY the Associated Press.


ST. LOUIS, Aug. Slack Zehrt,
23-year-old photographer for the
Globe Democrat, thinks he was "just
plain lucky" in getting the phe-
nonlenal picture of the fatal glider
a second before it crashed Sunday,
killing 10 persons.
MY camera focus was on infin-
ity and the exposure set and I was
sighting through the finder, curl
GUS to see how the tow plane and
glider would look" Mr.. Zehrt ex-
planned. They were only specks.
I was still watching the planes
when saw one glider wing come
off. I pulled up again, not knowing
whether to snap then and get the
pieces of wing. followed the fall
ing glider down through my finder
and just decided to shoot 1t 40 feet
from the ground. The distance
fooled me, though, and it really was
100 feet. AS soon as I got the ground
in the finder I shot.
Il was just plain lucky. A lot of
things could have kept me from
getting that picture. That kind of
thing happens once in a lifetime"
Mr.. zehrt developed his picture
from spot about the size of his
little fingernail out of 4-by 50 inch
negative.
Evening star., 1943-08-03
Five Official Groups
Probe Glider Crash
In Which 10 Died
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ST, LOUIS. Aug. 3.-The crash
of an Army glider, which lost its
right wing and crashed, killing its
10 passengers, Sunday afternoon,
was under investigation today by
at least five official groups.
Mayor William Dee Becker, sew
eral other city officials, two Army
officers and Maj William B. Rob-
ertson, whose manufacturing COM
pany built the glider, were among
those killed
The official Army investigation of
the crash, reported to be the first
since the Army undertook glider
operations two years ago, is in the
hands of seven-man board of Of
ficers from Scott Field, Ill. The
FBI aided them.
The board met yesterday to COM
plete its report, to be submitted
to the War Department in Wash
ington, which will announce later
the results of the inquiry.
Designer Joins Probe.
Another probe is being conducted
by four representatives of the
Army's glider experimental branch
at Wright Field, Ohio. The group
includes three officers and Francis
Aicre, vice president of Waco Air
craft Corp, who designed the glider.
H. Ralph Burton, counsel for the
House Military Affairs Committee,
said in Washington that committee
investigators would look into the
crash and in St. Louis Senator
Clark, Democrat, of Missouri,
chairman of special Senate Air
Crash Investigating Committee,
said the committees expert, 1t
Carl Harper, U. S. N. retired, would
report his findings to that group.
Three officers from Stout Field,
Indianapolis, which sent the trans
port tow plane, its crew and the
glider here for the public demon
stration, are gathering information
for use of the 1st Troop Carrier
Command.
Towline Did Not Break.
1t. Col. G.. R. Johnston, Army
Air Forces public relations officer,
said in a statement that the nylon
line connecting the glider to the
Douglas tow plane did not break.
He said witnesses testified at
an inquiry that the right wing
crumpled off after the glider was
released.
Col. Johnston said the possibility
of sabotage was being investigated
but that no trace of it had been
uncovered yet.
Mayor Becker was succeeded au-
tomatically by A. P. Kaufman,
president of the Board of Aldermen.
Evening star., 1943-08-03
Arthur L. BIokesIee
Retires From Government

Arthur L. Biakeslee, Government
architect, 1901 Sixteenth street, Sill
yer Spring, Md, today announced
his retirement after IS years OF
Government service.
Am authority on classical and ira
ditional styles of architecture, Mr..
Blakeslee is the author of a book
on Renaissance ornament. He has
supervised the architectural design
of many Government buildings
throughout the country and twice
was president of the Association of
Federal Architects.
Mr.. Blakeslee was employed in
the Supervising Architects Office of
the Public Buildings Administration.
He finished his work there last Sat-
urday.
Evening star., 1943-08-03

forever and ever" and was signed
Jan"
Mr. Grumet also stated that on
tne nlgnt OF Mrs, Gill's death she
met her husband in the hotel suite
10 discuss divorce plans. Capt. Gin
retired, convinced that his wife had
changed her mind and a reconcilia-
tion had been effected, Mr.. Grumet
said.
Mrs. Gill's body was found on
motel set back shortly afterward.
Mrs. Gill's body was removed from
receiving vault at Ferncliff Gem
etery, Ardsley. N. Y, last week and
Evening star., 1943-08-03

Grumet disclosed having the letter
yesterday.
He said it was written and mailed
by Mrs. Gill somewhere in Mime
sofa while she was en- route from
her Santa Barbara tCalif) home to
meet her husband, Capt. William
Sherman Gill OF Army intelligence.
Mr.. Grumet did not reveal the
lieutenant's name. He said Mrs.
Gill's family gave him the letter
when it was returned unclaimed.
The letter ended, Mr.. Grumet said,
with the inscription, "All my love
Evening star., 1943-08-03
Virginia Forester Nomed
BY the Associated Press.

15F tIIe zfssoCIaItu FfrSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 3.-John
H. Eisinger, native of New York
and former associate Of the Ma
tional Park Service, has been ap-
pointed district forester for the is
Virginia counties east of Fredericks-
burg between the James and the
Potomac River, the State Conserva-
tion Commission announced yester-
day. The new forester succeeds w.
G, Grieve. who was commissioned
an ensign in the Naval Reserve.
Evening star., 1943-08-03
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Evening star., 1943-08-03
Janet ellis Letter
To Officer Revealed

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug 3.-Authorities
today had in their possession a six
page letter purportedly written to
an Army lieutenant by Oil Heiress
Janet Snowden Gill, %, short time
before she plunged IL stories to her
death from hotel suite June /.
Assistant District Attorney Jacob
Evening star., 1943-08-03

an autopsy performed. A complete
autopsy report is expected in few
days, Mr.. Grumet said. Mr.. Grumet
said members of Mrs. Gill's family
had asked for an Investigation into
her death.
Evening star., 1943-08-03
Revival Services Slotted

MANASSAS, Va, Aug. 3 tSpeciaD :.
Revival services will be held at
the Sudley Methodist Church at 8
pm. daily throughout the week. The
Rev. Clark H.. Wood, pastor, win
conduct the services.
Evening star., 1943-08-03
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