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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-05-04
DANGER AHEAD
CHAPTER Nv

AS Barry strobe along the
dark deck, his anger at Allison
faded under a strange, rising APP
prehension. He was i'm a state of
tingling alertnesS when her
scream rang out. With the first
sound he whirled, lodging.
The instructive side movement
saved him. AS the dark form of
the native catapulted against
him, hurting him TO the deck,
the swiftly descending knife slid
harmlessly through his coat
sleeve, barely grazing his arm.
fFor a lIdeous second while the
breath was Knocked out OF him,
he felt the knife being ripped
loose for another plunge. But
control returned and he grabbed
the natives arm midway in its
vicious downward jab. Instant
ly the dark giant reached his
other hand for Barry's throat.
Barry twisted free and they
went into a grim, rolling fight.
Allison stood frozen, her
screams strangled into breath
less terror as the two 1.-the bod
les writhed and strained across
the shadowy deck before her.
Then she caught the CLEAN of
the knife still in the natives
strong grip, waiting - waiting
for that one fatal instant when
Barry's desperate restraining
hold relaxed Fury flowed
through her, bringing strength.
She ran forward with a sobbing
scream.
Barry, XII him, Barry"
Just below her now was the
cruel black face of the native
With fastidious loathing she
CLOSED her eyes and began beat
N it with her fists.
"HcV!"
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The Tiber Freshet.
He was also present at the great Tiber
freshet, which occurred about 1904, when
1t rained necessarily for several days.
OF this incident an old account says:
There were then no houses on the
south side of the Avenue, between the
Capitol and Sixth street, all Of the
ground being public land or q part Of
the Mall. The creek, at that time, ran
considerably more TO the right before
entering tidewater than it does now. 40
1T had then began to grow late. The
workmen at the Capitol had ceased their
labors for the day, and a few. who had
lived west of the Capitol, were anxious
to get home; and, as the water had
somewhat abated, they resolved to at
tempt to cross the flood. Five or six of
them started and, believe, took each
other by the hands for greater security.
Although the water was nearly up to
their waists, they continued to walk on,
and 1t was thought they would reach the
other side In safety. But their bright
hope was blasted, for all Of = sudden.
as they approached the main stream
over which the bridge was built, the
dood took them OF Of their feet, and
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The Armed Forces Take Miami

The Five O'Clock Club, on the beach,
is leading a double life. Cts the en-
chanting place that sets up free drinks
twice day: At S pm. and S a m. Now.
all day, the place is jammed with fold
ing chairs and Army officers studying.
Just before pm. the place Is cleared.
At 5 pm. sharp the remaining civilians
pop in for their free 5 pm. drink. The
place turns into a night club No more
free drinks at 5 am. No one around.
There's midnight curfew on drinking.
One.Time Hot Spots
The swank Bath Club is still civilian,
but the ladies roll surgical dressings
there.
The Royal Palm Is Coast Guard bar
racks.
The White House is cooks and
bakers school.
On Sunset Island some very choice
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ride to the White House in truly demo-
cratic fashion. Far from 1t.
Here is what actually took place: Nine
months prior to coming to Washington
Thomas Law received letter from q
member of Congress, requesting his as
sistance toward securing accommoda-
tions in the embryo city for Thomas
Jefferson, the Vice President and nine
members of Congress, when that body
should meet here in the late autumn of
that year.
Mr.. Law agreed to furnish a house for
this purpose If those making the re-
quest would find a tenant for the prop
erty. Apparently this was done, for
when Jefferson arrived in Washington
In November, 1900, he took up his quar-
ters at Thomas Laws house, at the
northwest corner of New Jersey avenue
and c street Sc, which. together with
the adjoining house to the north, had
been leased to Conrad & McMunn, the
corner house as boarding house and
the adjoining one to serve travellers and
the usual patrons of tavern.
Here Jefferson was comfortably stu
ated, his suite OF rooms consisting of
bedroom and parlor, luxury at that
time, considering the limited accom-
modations then to be had in the city,
although he ate at the table with the
other occupants of the house. Here we
find him residing on March 4, 1901, when
he was inaugurated for the first time
as President of the United States, and
it was from here that he was escorted
to the Capitol to take the oath OF Office
The Conrad & McMunn's boarding
house afterward became one of the
hotels operated by Pontius D. Stelle.
Later, when remodeled, the houses which
formed this hostelry were at first styled
Law Houses, then the New Vernum, and
when removed in the latter part OF 1929
to make way for the House Office An
mex was called the Potomac Hotel.
Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
To those familiar with the early presi-
Dental elections, it will be recalled that
Mr.. Jefferson and Aaron Burr were tied
for the Office of President in the election
of 1900, each receiving 73 votes. while
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died. It's strange to see men handling
bayonets under flaming hibiscus. The
men don't even see the hibiscus. It's a
serious place.
The Army seems to be extra stern
here, perhaps to offset the lush scene.
At the Officers Candidate School, for in
stance, here's story about Connie Ben
nett of moviedom to illustrate:
She accompanied her new husband
here. But there's rule that an officer
candidate can't even use the telephone
the first six weeks He just works and
sleeps. Miss Bennett hung around, look
ing unhappy, in one of the few hotels
still open to civilians. Then she found
partial solution. At certain hour
of the day she could stand on the edge
of the parade ground and watch her
husband march-from distance!
Slapsie Makes, once a night club, but
terrific, now is a danceland for service
men. On Saturday nights there are g.
500 dancers at SIS cents a head.
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American millionaires have had to Or
ganize in order to get to the movies;
they've formed bicycle club.
The Whitman Hotels famous SO 900
sunken bar now is just place TO stack
magazines for Army boys.
Colonial Inn, which used to book Paul
Whiteman and Sophie Tucker, Is closed.
Too far out.
But the dog races are doing q land
Office business. The public suddenly dis
covered they're on a busline. Betting
is up per cent this year.
There are no horse races to bet on.
Hialeah and Tropical are closed, except
that tourists are told. hopefully, they
can orive out to Hialeah to see tho
famingoes!
The Roney-Plaza still is civilian
place in forest of military. But that
swank haberdashery shop in the corner
devotes most Of Its windows to officers
uniforms
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BY Sigrid Arne,
Associated Press stan Writer.

M1AMI.-The story that's tickling
Miami right now concerns sunburned
buck private with tired feet. He had
a night off. And he found himself at
the very swank Tatem Hotel on Miami
Beach.
(And don't get Miami and Miami
Beach mixed. did. until saw them.
In Miami you can get good sunburn.
At Miami Beach you can get the same
sunburn, but it costs bigger slice Of
your bank roll)
The tired buck private sat in all the
splendor. He stared wistfully at a
nearby hotel-of white concrete, STAIN
less steel and with penthouse.
"say!" he told a local boy, when this
war is over I'm coming back to rent
that penthouse and do nothing for six
whole months.
In that penthouse? That, my laddie,
costs $3.50 a day.
so what?' shrugged the private. II
own four theaters in Chicago"
That story puts starch into Miami. 1t
thought, when the war broke, 1t might
as well put up the hurricane shutters.
No pretty tourists to drop $35 100000
winter into its lap. No gas to get them
here.
Where Only Dowagers Had Trod.
But the Army and Navy moved in
where only dowagers had trod the Navy
into Miami, the Army into the beach.
The ''con" men and card sharps moved
out. Coupon clippers learned to roll
surgical dressings instead of doubling
in spades in the afternoons. A midnight
curfew was slapped on bars. And the
million dollar playground" became three
military camps, sitting cheek by jowl.
It happened because the Army didn't
have time enough to build enough bar
racks to train men.
Miami Beach, alone, had 332 hotels.
They make good barracks. The baby
pink and eggshell furniture is stored
now. Three-decker Army hunks jam the
pastel-tinted rooms, dance floors, night
clubs. The Army pays enough for the
space to keep the hotels out of the hands
of the gentlemen with the mortgage
papers.
Then, suddenly, Miami began to act
like the kids who finally tackle spinach,
and much to their surprise, like it. The
boys themselves are the answer So
many say they're coming back Miami
recognizes them as heaven-sent pub
licity program. The city orders post
cards by the half million lots for the
lads. Miamians sit and picture a
Vermont mailman struggling through
the snow with a picture of the royal
poinciana in bloom in Miami
The metamorphosis is astounding.
On Biscayne boulevard Chats the
towns Edgewater drive) white wooden
barricades fence off the center. Why?
So the Navy can march, safe from traf-
f1c, from classroom to mess tent. Tent?
It's more likely salmon-tinted dining
room.
On Collins avenue, Miami Beach,
where the whisper of scissors cutting
dividend coupons used to fill the morn
ing air, you can look up and down
as far as you can see and see nothing
but khaki
The other day, driving out Collins
avenue, I saw one civilian in a bath
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robe, making for the beach. He looked
like a refugee.
Remember the Million Dollar Pier that
Tex Rickard built? 1t slipped socially
until it became Minsky burlesque. Now
It's servicemen's recreation pier, maybe
the biggest in the country. It's about to
entertain it's millionth man. The dia-
mond-studded ladies of the beach run it.
Lads from the cornbelt want to fish.
No matter what they pull up "it's
perch"
Yachts for the Navy.
They have the millionaire Rod and
Reel Club red in the face. 1t seems
they catch fish that cant be caught"
with the traditional snall-boy equip
ment-a crooked pin. The Rod and
Reel Club itself is fishing from the rocks.
Their yachts are with the Navy and
the Coast Guard.
The Bay Shore golf course is drill
ground. Its beautiful green lawn has
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ferson, who came there on horseback.
BY this time the men had been washed
down a considerable distance. Some
caught hold of and supported themselves
by bushes, others by the branches of
trees, and others, who were able, climbed
them.
"Mr. Jefferson felt such anxiety for
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these unfortunate men that he offered
SIS for each person saved, and the use
of his horse to any one who would make
the venture to rescue them, but no one
attempted it, and they had to remain
in their unenviable positions all night"
When the water subsidized the next morn
ing they were rescued.
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President Jefferson.

the next we saw of them was their
heads bobbing up and down along the
current. This naturally created great
excitement and CONSERVATION among the
crowd, and believe some attempt was
made to rescue them, but all exertions
proved unavailing.
Among the crowd was President JEFF
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Jeferson's Inaugurations.

The Jefferson Inauguration that fol.
lowed was the first to take place in this
city, and the available military compa-
nies We'd with each other in showing
honor to the third President.
The Washington Artillery ushered in
the ceremonies with a salute from
heavy guns. About 10 o'clock that Or
ganization was joined by the Alexandria
company Of riflemen. and together they
paraded in front of the lodgings of the
President-elect.
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John Adams, the incumbent, who was
also running, received but S. That Con-
gress selected Mr.. Jefferson is we'll known.
husband had then just started the Ma
tional Intelligencer. tells us how 1t hap
pened. She says:
This out-of-t -the-way house to which
Mr.. Law removed was separated from
the most inhabited part of the city by
old fields and waste grounds broken up
by deep gulleys or ravines over which
there was occasionally passable road
THE election of the President by Con-
gress was then pending; one vote given
or withheld would decide the question
between Mr. Jefferson and Mr.. Burr Mr.
Bayard from Delaware held that vote.
He with other influential and leading
members went to ball given by Mr..
Law. The night was dark and rainy,
and on their attempt to return home,
the coachman lost his way, and until
daybreak was driving about this waste
and broken ground and If not over
turned into the deep gullies was momen-
tarily in danger OF being so, an accident
which would most probably have cost
some Of the gentlemen their lives, and
as it so happened that the company in
the coach consisted Of Mr.. Bayard and
three other members Of Congress who
had leading and decisive influence in
this difficult crisis Of public affairs, the
loss Of either might have turned the
scales, then 50 nicely poised. Had 1t
been so. and Mr.. Burr been elected to
the presidency, what an awful conflict.
what civil commotions would have en-
sued"
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Court Orders Draft Hearing;
Father OF Twins Deferred

By he Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. March 9.-Phil-
ip ManCuso, 25-year-old father of
7-month-old twins, won the first
round OF & fight against Army in
duction today with the help of
precedent-making Federal Court
ruling, but he still had no assur-
anCe that his deferment would last
more than few days.
In decision described as the
first Of its kind, District Judge
George A Welsh ordered full
and fair hearing" by Mancuso's
draft bOard-anG the board deferred
induction pending ruling from
State SeleCtive service headquarters
on whether it should obey.
MaucuSo argued that the board, in
reclassQying him, gave him an I'M
fair hearing, asking him no ques-
tons and saying only that he was
being classified IA because he had
married after the national emer-
gency was proclaimed.
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Two Draft Directors on Month S
hunger Strike Are Fed by Force

BY tho Associated Press.
Two Young men who objected to
service in work camp as well as IN
the Army are being tube-fed at the
Federal Penal Institution at Dam
bury, Conn. because they went on
a hunger strike after commitment
February II.
That was made known in response
10 inquiries today by James V. Ben
nett, director of Federal prisons. He
said the men are Louis KraWczyk,
%. Bronx, N. Y, and Stanley Muir
ply OF Long Island suburb.
Both are in the prison hospital.
There were sentenced to two and
one-half years after being convicted
IN Federal court at Buffalo, N. Y.
MI, Bennett added that the men
are in no danger, and are not being
punished.
It was learned that Murphy and
KraWczyk originally we're classified
as conscientious DIRECTORS and Or
dered to the work camps at Big
Flats, N. Y. On arriving, they de-
c.ined to work, contending the pro-
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STANDBY Statement Won't STOP
Soviet Aid, Conno||y Declares
Bloom, Also Dep|oring Charges, Says
Russian Press Has Carried Full Accounts

Asserting that the Soviet press
has published full accounts of
American assistance to Russia
Chairman Connally of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee and
Chairman Bloom of the House For
eign Affairs Committee today took
issue with Admiral william H
Standley's statement made in Mos
COW yesterday.
Mr.. Bloom explained that he had
consulted with the State Department
on the matter Of the admirals as
sertiOn that the Russian government
had hidden from the Russian people
the full story Of American aid.
On the Senate side of the Capitol.
Senator Connally said Ambassador
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Assistant United States Attorney
Edward Kallick told Judge Welsh
his decision meant that there will
be thousands of cases like this
brought into this and courts
throughout the country"
Fixing Mr.. Kallick with a stern
look and raising his voice, the judge
replied:
DO you mean to infer, Mr. Kali
lick, that there have been thousands
Of cases in Whcih draft boards have
not given fair hearing?"
NO Stree" Mr.. Kallick retorted
but there are thousands Of men
about to be indicted who will use
the excuse to bring their cases into
court"
I'd like to see this case go to the
Circuit Court on the question
whether United States District
Courts can order draft boards to
comply with the law for full hear
ings," Judge Welsh said.
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| Shark Offered
| As Cheap Food
| By Fish Dealers

SEATTLE, Wash, March O.
Soupfin shark as a meat substitute
on the Nations dinner tables? Seat
tie fish dealers are ready to fill the
bill and at a considerably better
price than you have been paying
for pork chops or even some Of the
less exotic types Of sea food
In fact, William c. EardleY. head
Of fishery. has made a stable start
toward introducing the soupfin as
dietary staple.
I've handled half million
pounds over the Seattle docks al
ready" he said.
Mr.. Eardley said the shark meat
resembled Ling cod
Now the Office Of Fisheries Co
ordinator Harold l.. Ickes has point
ed officially to the possibilities of
shark eating.
For the last several years gigantic
haulS have been made for the
sharks Vitamin-rich liVers. which
command a high price. Sometimes
single small boat will bring home
$4,000 worth.
But heretofore the carcaSses al
ways we're tossed overheard after
the liVers were cut out. Now the
fishermen are finding the shark
meat a paying sldeline. The dock
side price is cents q pound. about
30 per cent less than for fresh red
snapper and Ling cod.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Strong Quake Fell in East,
Middle West and Ontario
By The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, March 9.-Strong
earth tremors shook sections of the
East, Middle West and Ontario,
Canada, Just before 1870 pm. last
night, rafting crockery chairs and
tables but causing little damage.
Police in several cities from De-
troit on the West to Pittsburgh on
the East reported floods" of tele-
phone calls from anxious residents
asking information after their
homes had been Jared in shocks
lasting as long as 40 seconds.
Reports of the tremorS came also
from Ohio, Western New York and
Toronto, Hamilton and London.
Ontario.
An Erie, Pa, man said the shock
was so hard he fell out of his chair.
The University Of Michigan at
Ann Arbor reported a distinct shock
recorded on its seismograph at 1927
pm. and shocks of diminishing in
tensity continued about 40 seconds.
Canisius IN. " College said it
recorded a light tremor at 1126A
pm. and that the epicenter was
about so miles from Buffalo.
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gram was not constructive and
walked away. They we're caught.
convicted and sent to Danbury.
medium security institution
When the prisoners refused to eat,
they were permitted to fast for IT
days before befeeding-th in
lection of fluids by a tube which
enters the stomach by way of the
nose and throat-Was begun. Both
prisoners regained strength rapidly
and are in such good condition that
one official said the enforced feed
lngs were becoming more difficult.
Such demonstrations by prisoners
are not rare, but usually are based
on a specific complaint, such as food
or working conditions. In this case,
an official said. the prisoners are
demanding release from the insti-
tuition.
MI. Bennett said the men went
on hunger strike because they con-
tended they were not being CON
structively treated adding
Il don't know what that means,
but that's the reason they gave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Raj Blasts Nuernbero
And Other Targets
In Western Germany
Attack Follows Roids
By U. 5. Bombers on
French Roll Centers
Special Dispatch to The Star.

LONDON, March "a strong
force of Raj bombers attacked
Nuremberg and targets HI West
ern Germany last night, the Air
Ministry announced today.
Last night aircraft Of the bomber
command were out in strength over
Southern Germany, with Nuremberg
as the main objective the COM
muuique said.
Nuremberg was last hit by Allied
planes in heavy raid on the night
of February Is.
London had its first daylight alert
in nearly month in midafternoon
today, but the all-clear was sounded
a short time later without any gun
fire or bombs having been heard In
the downtown part of the city.
Seven bombers failed to return
from last nights raid.
One German plane which at
tempted to intercept the British
bombers was shot down, the an
nouncement said.
CdnadlanS lake Part.
Some four motored Lancasters
participated in the attack and at
least two squadrons of Canadians
| took part.
(The German high command,
in a communique broadcast by
the Berlin radio and recorded by
the Associated Press, asserted II
planes were shot down, but failed
to make clear whether this score
was supposed to be the result of
defense against the night raiders
alone or against yesterdays day
raiders and the night bombers.
The Germans previously had said
eight of the night raiders we're
doWned. In Nuremberg, it said,
the population sustained losses"
Nuremberg is one of the chief Ger
man centers for production of the
Diesel engines which power subma-
rines and factories there also pro-
duce armored vehicles, aircraft en-
! glnes, electric motors, searchlights
and firing devices for mines. There
is also Messerschmitt factory at
Furth in the Nuremberg area.
The Vichy radio said British
planes also were over the Neither
! lands.
Britain Free of Raids.
The Raj raid last night, which
| came as Britain enjoyed another
| night free from attack by enemy
planes, was a swift folloWup to a
smashing assault by American Fly
Ing Fortresses and Liberators yes
terday on the important railway
centers on Rouen and Rennes in
! France.
The big American bombers were
credited with shooting down more
than a score Of the German fighter
planes which sWarmed about them
/ IN a futile attempt to break up the
raid. Raj and Allied fighters which
/ escorted the bombers were reported
TO have brought down five addi-
lolnaI enemy planes.
/ The German radio declared that
/ SO persons were killed and many
| others injured in the raid on one
/ town, but did not specify whether it
/ was at ROuen or Rennes. Consid-
/ cradle damage was done to dwell
/ ings and public buildings, the Ber-
= lin broadcast said.