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Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Long Vigil Kept

Yet Rooney levied large sums
from store owners in return for
allowing them 10 hire non-union
peddiefs az lower than union
wages.
The detectives often saw
Rooneys car circle department
stores. apparently observing the
number Of guards on duty; but
never did they see a bomb or a
brick thrown.
For two weeks Prybl and Gray
kept up the monotonous job
without getting anywhere
then came the Gross murder.
AT this point 1t should be ex-
planned that the only duty OF
investigators Gray and prybl
had been TO keep the union"
under surveillance. They were
10 be on the job only during
the hours when stores were
doing business. At night, the
places Of business all were
guarded by private watchmen.
All Of those things Prybl and
Gray considered as they pom
dered over the murder OF Stan
ley Gross.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
IN THE REALM OF BOOKS

the villainies OF European di-
plomacy and' the dirty power
politics OF the European coun-
tries into which the Washington
'lnternationalists' propose TO
drag us, for the rulers of
Europe. seen and unseen, have
not changed in a hundred years.
Louis poleon was i'm
prisoned In the fortress OF Ham
for his part in a revolution
against Louis PHILIPPE. In
prison he wrote a pamphlet,
THE BOLTON OF
POVERTY Hear! heart
MsSrs. Wallace and Willkie).
Escaped from Ham. Elected
presldent-prince of France in
1SiS. Swelled head a la uncle
Napoleon began TO develop.
Had himself proclaimed (he
was really elected" tuck that
away in your brain-cells, Ameri-
cans1 emperor in 1852. A reign
Of expressions began which no
hemming or having by Prof.
Gucrard can hide. He made
bluffs at "Socialistic" reforms.
In fact. started to butt into
everybody's business in Europe.
which brought Bismarck (who
garbled the famous Ems de-
Spatch) 90 his feet. Followed
the Franco-Prussian War, in
which Louis the Hypocrite got
his haymaker at Sedan.
Prof. Guerard has also an
other name for Louis. 1t is
"Salnt-Simon on Horseback "
SAint-Simon was a French
Socialist. But il seems 10 me
that the Emperor Louis Napo-
Icon, who lived under Big
Bony's hat. had, his real title
conferred on him In the fortress
most properly named Ham.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
DEMO

UCAESARIAN DEMOC-
~ RACY" is a new phrase
for the very ancient dictator
racket. 1t is found in Albert
Guerard's NAPOLEON III:
AN INTERPRETAT TON
CHarvard University Press). II
is a brilliantly written book.
But all the unquestioned talent
Of Prof. Guerard cannot hide
from me his unconsciously
comic attempt 10 inject some
element Of greatness in the
phoniest dictator tho world
has ever known excepting AL
ways PAGLIACCIO MuSsolini
&C a f SAR1AN DEMOC-
RACY" is the keynote Of this
whitewash. OF course the words
constitute n contradiction in
terms. Emperor Louis Napo-
leon (1S0S-lS73) was. however.
neither a democrat nor a
Caesar. for he lacked the in
stinct 20 be the first and hadn't
the quits" TO be the second on
a first-class scale. He was a
befuddled "Socialistic" Caesar,
nearly all pose. Had he not
been under the complete in
fiuence of the magical legend Of
his uncle Napoleon I, had no
such person as Napoleon l ever
existed. Louis Napoleon would
have been a Socialistic poli-
tician Of a very low order or
head-noor-walker in a GRAND
MAGAZIN for ladies Chcmises
In Paris.
But Prof Guerard's book is
mighty Interesting reading for
these days, for II reveals the
intricacies. the skullduggeries.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
By Benjamin De Casseres

Madame Barschak has also
written a brilliant and readable
book. Read them both and
you'll get a vivid look-in on
France in the last century
France. which is always dra-
matte. brilliant. intellectual and
fascinating whether she is re-
publican, Napoleonic. corrupt or
Just ham fat Caesarian, which
she is likely to be again.
The greatest drama - Ger.
tainly the most overturning--
in the worlds history was the
discovery and settlement of the
Americas, from Patagonia TO
the roof of Alaska. And we
have this epic story AT LAST,
told as history should be told
with virile warmth. clarity OF
style and dramatic overtone in
THE STORY OF THE
AMERICAS: TIE DISCOv.
ERY. SETTLEMENT AND DE.
VELOPMENT OF TIE NEW
WORLD" by Leland Dewitt
Balwin tSimon a. Schuster), TO
be published on Tuesday.
Here arc the ambitions Of the
empire builders. The rapidity
OF action is the books bost
arresung element To this may
be added the separate qualities
Of the colonizing nations-quali.
ties which shaped the peculiar
destin kes Of the districts
colonized. We pay mental
tribute 10 their toughness when
the SwgdishneSs Of rural Mime.
sota. the Dutchncss of an
isolated Michigan lake port or
the Frcnchness Of many dis
tricts in Great Britain'a
Dominion OF of Canada forces
itself or our attention.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Police on Job

TWO hours later Charles Prybl
and Bert Gray. partners In In
vestigation for the states at
torney, reached the Racine po-
lice station and received all
available information.
The two investigators then
started for the state attorneys
office 20 confer with their chief.
Can't. Daniel Gilbert. n man re-
nowned for nne work on many
murder and kidnapping cases.
Despite HE fact that there
pas a woman In one NJ the cars,
they felt pretty Kiire young
Gross wasn't slain because OF
his private life.
Gross was probably too busy
going In school and working
nights to have any time for
W m en- or gambling" Gray
offered. "And 10 couldn't be q
case Of mistaken identity be-
cause Gross had been on the
Job for three weeks"
RAcketeering! That was the
only answer 20 the murder.
So vicious had racketeering
become in Chicago that Prybl
and Gray had spent the previous
TWO weeks investigating IL; and
In that experience they believed
they had gained information
that might lead 10 the murder
ers Of young Gross.
States Attorney + J. Court
ney and Capt. Gilbert had given
them the assignment after
scores of Chicago businessmen
reported attempts Of racketeers
10 terrorize and bleed money
from them.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Staying of University Student
Solved by Clues on Raekets

At / O'CLOCK on the morning OF May %. 1888 young
"A Stanley Gross yawned seepy he paced back and forth
before a large department store o. W. Chicago avenue
Chicago.
Stanley University of Chicago student, had good
tired for he had spent busy day at his classes before
coming duty a night watchman.
would be graduated and he had prospects Of
good job Meanwhile he must help for his mother and
the younger children in addition paying for his education
Across the avenue bakery wagon driver loading
his and sleepy newsboy watched on; otherwise the
deserted.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
A TRUE DETECTIVE STORY
Terry McShane

one out OF tho office except
Berry and me-" Alex began.
about III o'clock he told me to
call q phone number in Ber-
wyn "a suburb) and tell Rosie
TO come down and bring one.' "
Davidson said he did az he
was told and In less than an
hour a pretty young girl walked
into the office. Rooney intro
duced her as Mrs. Rooney" and
addressed her as Rosie" About
that time the watchman had
dropped In for his glass OF beer.
"When the watchman left"
Alex continued, ''Rosie reached
In her purse for q pistol and
handed it TO the boss. She
asked AIm why he wanted the
gun and Rooney told her, We're
going over TO that store TO kill
n rat of q watchman that has
been keeping US from smashing
the place 90 piecesv
"Then they left and In about
q half hour Rosie, Rooney and
Berry returned hilarious with
laughter. Rooney took q slug Of
whisky and then told me, We
got the rat! He's a dead
mackerel now'n
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Rosie Enters Scene

Rosie followed that announce
ment. Davidson said, by stag
gering grotesquely. rolling her
eyss back and laughing loudly.
Alex could only add that
Berry had a pistol. In addition
10 one supplied by Rosie: he
said he did not know where
Rosie could be found.
Prybl and Gray went back 10
the headquarters determined To
find Rosie's phone number. They
got an expert TO drill open
Rooney's safe which was
jammed with papers and rec
ords. documents that revealed
Rooney's fabulous income TO be
more than $50, 900 a year.
They also found a notebook
filed with telephone numbers,
including one in Berwyn. The
two detectives tracked the num-
Der down to the apartment Of
Pose Rizzo."
Then the partners turned 10
hunting for Berry. In a can
vass OF the neiqhborhood Gray
came upon q cab driver who
knew Berry. and Berry walked
right into their arms.
SO Berry was locked up In A
cell and the investigators re-
hswrt trrir xrarrh- for Rosie
and Rooney
"fsH knew where every Chi
cag0 hoodium goes when he
wants a vacation In the coun-
try?" Prybl asked his partner
late Saturday afternoon. Gray
nodded. "surc. up around Eagle
River, wisconsin"
On the evening Of Sunday,
June 10. they drove into the
village Of Phelps, Wisconsin.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Screeehine Brakes

Then down the avenue raced
two automobiles. The one in
front was a greenish-blue
Plymouth coupe. Half a block
behind 1t came q long, black
LaSalle sedan.
As the smaller car ap-
preached the store It swerved
sharply toward the curb.
Two men leaned out the
window OF the coupe with
automatic pistols in their
hands
Four shots rang out. The
bullets crashed into the chest
and head OF young Gross and
hurled him to the pavement.
Both cars speeded away.
From the larger auto the
newsboy and truck driver
across the street heard dis
tinctly the loud jeering laugh
OF a woman.
And crouched over the steer
ing wheel they glimpsed the flg-
ure of what only could be
young girl.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Black Car Reappeeu

There wasn't much going on
In Phelps that Sunday evening
80 they drove TO Eagle River.
1t was pretty dull there. too. so
they drove down 10 the depot 10
watch the evening train come
In. While seated In their car
near the station both saw the
same things at the same time.
1t was a black LsSalle with a
man and woman in the front
seat. They recognized them at
once-Rooney. from having seen
him, and Rosie from photo
graphs.
For two miles the LaSalle
rolled; then IL arrived at the
Spider Lake Dine and Dance
Resort and halted at a dwelling
cottage nearby; there a man
and a woman alighted from the
car and entered the cottage.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08

main room into which the two
investigators could look, ex-
tended a bar az which Rooney
spent most Of his time. Behind
the bar was a nondescript man
later identified as Alex David
son, bartender.
Between 4 and : o'clock each
afternoon the headquarters be-
came beehive Of activity az
INTO the place struggled rttfn-
ber of men that usually ex-
ceeded 1000. they passed in a
long line nj a table behind which
sat Rooney. The boss was col
lecting dues At the close Of
each days work. every associs-
tfon member was required 10
pay IS cents 10 Rooney.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Arrests Are Made

On Tuesday morning az J
o'clock, squads from Chicago ar
rived and cautiously surrounded
the cottage; with them was
Sheriff Gregor Of Villas
County, Wisconsin. They crashed
in the door Of the cottage, guns
in hand. and aroused John
Rooney and Rose Rizzo from a
sound sleep.
Rushed back TO Chicago both
Rooney and Miss Rizzo fatty de-
MED any knowledge OF the muir
der OF young Gross.
As for Alex Davidson's story
they denounced it as a pack Of
lies.
Prosecutors moved quickly,
realizing how delays often
caused witnesses and evidence
TO disappear in other gangster
cases, and on July 26 Rooney.
Miss RiZzo and Berry went on
trial for murder before Criminal
Court Judge II. A. Miller. The
state began its parade Of wit
nesses, most important Of whom
was Alex Davidson.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08

Louis Napoleon. 10 me, is there
fore LOUIS THE HAM.
simultaneously with the pub
lication of Napoleon III comes
a companion book, THE INNO-
CENT EMPRESS" innocent of
what7) who was Louis wife.
the Spanish-born Z press
Eugene. a brilliant, "Socialis-
tic, reactionary and. like al
most all European rulers,
HAM also. She urged her hus-
band 10 send the Archduke
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08

Maximilian Ga pure "Socialistic..
BOBBY If ever there was one)
into Mexico (and to his death),
ran the country as Regent
when Napoleon was away. car
ried on good works" tbecause.
no doubt she had hideous
dreams of the fate Of Marie
Antoinette if ever the French
public got hep" to her. made
hat the vogue. and. finally.
lived TO the useless age of "a,
dying in 1920.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Prey on Business

Prohibition in that spring of
1893 was on the way out In
hooking about for new fields of
easy money. tho gsngsters had
descended upon legitimate busi.
ness.
a business man would be in
vitcd 10 join a protective asso-
ciation for which there would he
$50 entry fee and a charge Of
SO a week thereafter. If he
refused. a chunk Of ice--ice be-
cause il melts and leaves no
fingerprints-would come crash
ing through the window OF his
store that night. Or a dynamite
bomb would wreck the place.
Prybl and Gray set about 10
learn what they could Of the
association and discovered that
the real boss was John Rooney.
a former bootlegger. speakeasy
owner and slugger. Rooney was
secretary treasurer, Henry
C"HoganD Berry, business
agent. John Jilson. president.
and Herbert Arnold, vice pres
ident.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Mystery Of Girl

What puzzled them was the
green coupe. They had seen
no automobile of that descrip-
tien about the union" head
quarters. And the girl! They
had never seen a woman there.
After conferring with Capt.
Gilbert. Gray and Prybl de-
cided 10 visit the headquarters.
A surprise met them there; the
place was empty except for
Alex Davidson.
Whats this ." asked GRAY.
Rooney would be here getting
ready 10 take In his quarters IL
there wasn't something wrong"
With no one else present TO
question, the investigators de-
cided to concentrate on the bar
man. But Alex didn't know a
thing. He said Rooney and the
others had left the previous
evening about 3 o'clock.
Alex story didn't sound ex-
actly right to- the detective.
First, Rooney had been drink
ing heavily the previous day and
on such occasions he usually
caroused in the Offices until
late. Secondly. the barman
seemed nervous.
You're lylngw Prybl told
Alex in Capt. Gilbert's office.
THE watchman told us that the
office was open until late and
that you and Rooney were
there"
The accusation seemed 10
strike terror in Alex heart. He
turned pale, gibbered and stam-
mered.
'I'll talk! I'll talk Alex
suddenly squealed. "T don't
want TO get mixed up In this
business. Let Rooney look out
for himselfw
Shocking Tale Told
Then the bartender, embarked
on a shocking tale of murder 81.
The boss Rooney got
pretty drunk last night and
about 8 o'clock he Kicked every
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Odd Union Office

Union headquarters were in
a saloon. The detectives took
position on the third floor OF a
building across the street.
Across the rear Of the wide
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08

II ERE pleasant little game that give you message
every day It numerical puzzle designed to spell out
fortune Count the letters in first II the number
OF letters subtract the less than
add result number the upper left
OF the rectange and every your
numbers left TO right Then read the the letters under
the checked hgurss give you
ccpvhsM william Miner. Dsrsuta On Features IAA
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08

DETROIT SUNDAY TTfES PICTORIAL q.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-08
Shocking Tale Told

Then the bartender embarked
on a shocking tale Of murder o..
"The boss Rooney got
pretty drunk last night and
about 8 o'clock he Kicked every
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-03-18
Former Local
Man Given
High Post

Washington, March Is. = The
appointment of James A. Null
Inns as assistant director Of de-
tense health and welfare servic-
es in region was announced to
day by Miss Lavina Engle, the
regional director. Mr.. Mullins
succeeds Edward C. Crouch, who
was recently appointed executive
assistant in the regional office of
the social security board.
For the past two months Mr..
Mullins has served as haison Of
ficer between defense health and
welfare service and the War Man
power Commission in the Hamp-
ton Roads area. He returned last
year from Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands for the Farm Sc
curity Administration. He was
then made administrative officer
in the Defense Housing Section
of the Washington office and con
tinued his connection with the
Farm Security Administration
until he joined the. staff of the
Defense Health and Welfare ser
vice in region 4. For ten years
prior to his connection with FSA
he was engaged in school admin
istration in Oregon.
He was educated at Berea Col
lege in Kentucky and at the I'm
iversity of Oregon, with post
graduate work at the National
University of Mexico. His home
is near Clintwood in Dickinson
county, Va.
James Albert Mullins is a son
of the late Logging" George Null
Inns, who was born and reared in
Flemingtown and who resided
there the last years of his life.
Young Mullins was reared in
Pike county, KY. He acquired the
old Mullins homestead in Elem
ingtown after the death Of his
father and his mother now re-
sides there.
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COUNTY FUND
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
ITEMS Amount
Balance on ........... 13921O5
Supplements
......... 100000
canitation Taxes .,...,.. ......... 100000
3192176
Miscellaneous
Attorney fees 10000
...... 5000
Delinquent Taxes collected 100000
Fund transfer .......... 10000
County Costs collected 100000
10000
sheriffs Fees collected (county's share) 100000
........ 10000
Current (Soc Of levy 286oOo
TOTAL ......... - sos 1921
PROPOSED EXPENDITURES
Board of Supervisors ........ ~. -. $4,000
of Revenues Office 454434
Treasurer ............ .... 1070500
Clerks 49,. 238500
Circuit Court $500. ......... $3.50.
Commemorative Attorneys 16520o
Justices office $4,000
Sheriffs Office 3,51967
Jaiors Office .. ................. j.. -. $4,000
Forest control ....... 100000
47,53500
Lunacy Commissions .......... 10000
County Agriculture Agts Office l'l2ooo
Elections . 49,. ........... .... ......... 10000
Maintenance Building and $4,000
Roads Bridges 10000
Miscellaneous -. ...... ..... ..:....
TOTAL .... .......... ..... .... ae,4aeol
PUBLIC Ass1s TANcE FUND
RECEIPTS:
Federal 14964OO
States Share .....:..... 49,, 1e,s57.76
TOTAL ....... ..... ...... ....:. 47,5s5oO
D1sBURs EMENTs
Administration % as 800 90
Capital OUTLAWS ...... ......... 49,. ........
TOTAL - - - - : S 1885 90
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-03-18
Synopsis Of the Budget
Dickinson County, Va.
1913 1914

published the Board of Supervisors
of Dickinson County, Virginia.
COUNTY FUND
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-30
Pilots
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achievement, for ten fighter
combat missions over enemy
territory. for five bomber COM
bat missions over enemy terri
tory or for destruction of an
enemy alrplane.
Michigan arm n formally
decorated by Col, Hayden were
Air medal: Sgt. Lloyd R
Jackson, Detroit; Tech. Sgt
Manion f. Shower, Detroit; lst
Lit. Marion E. Reber, Ypsilantii
Stf. Sgt. Leroy H. Ponshine,
Route 4, Traverse City; Stf. Sgt
Ralph c. Laurence, Worthwhile;
Stf. Sgt. William c. Grigger
Detroit.
Tch. Sgt. Tauno I. Metsa,
Dearborn; Sgt, Charles H. Potts,
Jr., Detroit: Sgt. Faustyn w.
Tate, Detroit; Itch. Sgt. Henry
c Lloyd, Jr., Flint; Staff Sgt.
Norman r. Pidgeon, Virgil Lo-
cation, Iron River; End 1t.
Keith o. Bartlett, East Jordan.
Oak leaf cluster to the air
medal: Staff Sgt. Theron S. Tup-
per, 40 Oakland ST., ST. Johns.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-30

Attorney by day and war
plant workman evenings, Harry
Merrick is one of $50 members
of the bar who are helping ease
the manpOwer shortage in
Detroit.
dren. I only see them now at
breakfast and on Sundays, and
I've had four or five days Of
Sunday work"
Merrick said that the courts
are extremely cooperative in ar
ranging the hours of hearings
for attorneys on the 4-to-l2
shift, and that factory foremen
are equally understanding
when one of their litigating
workmen is right in the middle
of closing argument when the
whistle blows.
HE'S UNION MAN
Half dozen judges have
complimented me and other fac
tory workers on the job that
we're doing Merrick said.
- What about unions, he was
asked.
I'VE have a closed shop at De-
.troit Steel Products" he said,
80 of course I'm a union men,
Der l was the first lawyer to
work there. Some of nv coll
leagues kept their identity a
secret, but / told them right
away. There was no unfavorable
reaction--in fact. lot of the
men thought / was doing a
darned decent thing. The unions
didn't like the idea of our work.
ing at first, but everything has
been settled now"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-03-30
Detroit Court Adjourns
When Factory Whistles
Coll Lawyers to War Jobs
BY JAMES THRASHER
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT

DETROIT, March 80 - Six
mornings a Weex at 9 o'clock,
Harry Merrick, member OF one
OF Detroit's leading law firms,
arrives at his office in the Fidel-
ity Building from the fashion
able suburb of Crosse Pointe.
If you have need of legal as
sistance, Merrick will be glad to
oblige. But il would be advis-
able for you to make an early
appointment. Because. six :ster-
moons a week at 2:30, Harry
Merrick hangs his well-made
and well-presSed business suit
in a locker, changes to old
clothes and shoes, puts on an
apron and a painters cap, and
goes to work at the Detroit Steel
Products Co.
He has been leading this
double life since October Is,
and he's not alone in the dis
tinction For more than 500
members of the Detroit bar
have pitched in to do a similar
job, II all started when a couple
of manpower- hungry troit
war plants appealed to the bar
association president for men
above the average intelligence
to do an inspection job on pre-
cision work. =.
RUSH OF VOLUNTEERS
Since there were a number of
Detroit lawyers, esp" cial y.
young ones, who were having a
hard time making ends meet,
the bar association was glad to
cooperate. The Presidents APP
peal reached association MEM
bers last April, ju after Bataan
fell. This may account for the
fact that. instead of the expected
handful, $50 lawyers applied
for war jobs during the first
week Most of them were placed
with the Excello and Vickers
companies, which make airplane
parts.
Merrick didn't start work
with the first batch because he
really did no. need an extra job,
and because it is long drive
from his home or office to the
factory. But once he started he
has kept at it.
i've never been late to
work. he said, land I've missed
only two days since | started.
Those were the two days after
Christmas. We had friends visit
ing us, and besides, wanted to
spend some time with my chill