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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17

British troops first landed on
the southern shores of the
island.
RUN GANTLET OF BOMBS
The Axis command apparently
had evacuated all the troops II
could Reconnaissance planes re-
ported only a trickle Of boats
running the gantlet of Allied
bombs across Messina Strait
yesterday.
"A Berlin broadcast said all
German troops had been evacu-
ated from Sicily.
The broadcast said the last
German and Italian troops with
all their arms and supplies had
been brought back from the
torefield of the European fort
reSS- SiCily-to the continent"
and were now disposed on the
Italian mainland. Gen. Hube.
the Germon commander. was
one of the last TO leave, the
broadcast said.)
MeSsina itself was only a
burned out shell of the former
modern city of 176.5O0. The ruins
reSembled those left by the great
earthquake Of 1908, which razed
the ciW.
It-had- haen.heHahed sithetit
respite since the last days Of the
TunlSlan campaign with particu-
larry heavy raids being directed
against IL IN the last week during
the Italo-German evacuation "a
southern Italy +
Gen. ElSenhOwerS Communique
revealed that the ,next-to-the-last
chapter Of The campaign yester-
Continued on Next Page, Col. 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
Rushton Acts
On Bribery
Of Legislator
Studies Grand Jury
After S+enson Tells of
Mysterious 81 900 Gift
BY DON GARDNER
Times staff Correspondent

LANSING, Aug .17-Atty, Gen,
Herbert J. RuShton indicated to-
day he will ask the Legislature
for funds 10 conduct a grand jury
investigation after receiving a
statement from Rep. William c.
Stenson alleging he received
$1,000 in bride money during the
1912 session.
Stenson, a Republican from the
Upper Peninsula. told Rushton a
mysterious story about finding
$3.50 in $50 bills in his topcoat
pocket.
On the day the House voted on
the controversial snti-chain bank
Ing BILL. Stenson found the
envelope in his topcoat pocket had
been switched with another which
contained not $3.50, but $1,000. &
RETURNED THE MONEY
Il didn't keep a cent of H."
he explained ut was all given
back TO a man I could not now
identify because / don't know
his name and never saw him
again"
StenSon's amazing story caused
Rushton 10 redouble his efforts in
running down rumorS of big pay
offs allegedly made by both sides
during the legislative fight to get
the anti-chain banking bill passed.
IL told the Detroit Citizens
League / would put a couple OF
men on the case" he said. But
/ can't promise a grand jury
until 1 get names and places
and dates of crimes committed.
/ will also need money and IL
nece ssary, / will ask the
Legislature for funds when II
cOnvenes. This might take
500, 900"
CLOAKROOM INTRIGUE
From the beginning. Stenson's
story is one Of cloakroom intrigue.
1t started after the Senate had
passed the bill by a two thirds
majority and it had reached the
floor of the House.
II am telling my story be-
cause / want the rumorS cleared
CONTINUED on Page Four
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
DOOR KICKED IN

Schnurle followed them upstairs
and demanded that MCGlnnon
open the door. but the latter re-
fused Whereupou SChnurlc
kicked in the door.
They started 10 fight and in the
Scuffle McGlinnen WAS stabbed
the detective said
NeighborS called police They
took McGlInncn 10 The hospital
and Schnurle 10 the station
Gildey said that Young Gruonc-
valid was found downstairs in an
acute alcoholic condition After at
temptS 10 question him proved
futile. ne was taken 90 the
hospital.
Police were looking for the girl
10 question her
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
The Weather

The sun piI set A. $50 q n today,
and riV tomorrow A. 6.41 a m
The moon VIII rise a. q $50 r. m.
today, and set tomorrow az 8 SO = m
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17

(Reliable sources in London said that
the y. S. Seventh Army had already cap
tured Messina)
Formal announcement of the fall of Messna,
which for practical purposes means the end of the
Sicilian campaign, was expected hourly.
Already big guns laundering the overture to the
battle of Italy proper.
Allied and Axis artillery traded fire the watery
mans land Of Messna Strait which narrows to two
miles
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
Fall of All Sicily
Today

ALLIED HQ., N. Africa, Aug. II (UPy
Victory flushed American troops stormed
into bomb devastated Messina today and
Gen. Eisenhower predicted that all Sicily
would be in Allied hands by midnight if not
earlier
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
Boy Stabbed
In Juvenile
Liquor Party
Second Youth lake
70 Hospital, Victim
Of Acute Alcoholism

An all night drinking patty
ended early Today IN the -Atahh+Rg
of one youth and the Treatment
for acute alcoholism Of another
In serious condition Bedford
Receiving Hospital with a knife
wound in the abdomen is Norman
McGlInnen, -. Of 1919 Creydale.
Held at The 14th precinct for
questioning as his attacker is
George Schnurlc. JIG. Of 1880
Fielding at whose home The party
was held.
Being treated for acute alcohol
-fSrr IT the hospital is Arthur
Gruenewald, Ia, OF 2l456 Santa
Clara.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
MET AT MIDNIGHT

According 10 the story pieccd
together by Detective Joe Gildey.
OF the Schaeffer precinct. McGln-
Hen, Gruenewald and 15-year-
old girl met Schnurle in front Of
a BEDFORD theater at midnight.
Schnurle Gildey said invited
the trio 10 his home His parents
are on vacation.
According 10 Glldey Schnurlc
produced = bottle OF rum from his
fathers supply and the four
drank il
About $50 a m. the detective
said. Schnurle demanded that his
three friends 20 home MCGlin-
nen refused and took the girl 20
an upstairs room and locked The
door. Gildey said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
H. S., Italian Guns Duel Across Str
U-BOafS
Scared
=. =. =. Knox

WASHINGTON. Aug. II CUP)
Secretary Of Navy Knox said
today the only ships being sunk
by German submarines now are
either stray vessels or those in
small conveys with inadequate
protection
lie told a press conference that
the submarines are not as aggres-
slve as previously presumably be-
cause of the loss of the best
U-boat shippers,
An analysis Of Allied ship sink
ing announcements suggested that
the German high command has
shifted many U-boatS 10 the South
Atlantic, possibly to escape the
very effective anti-submarlne pa
trolls along northern convoy lines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
SOUTH LOSS SMALL

Knox noted that the South At
lantic was the scene OF the great
est activity by German subma-
rines, but ne indicated that losses
there were of no great Importance
TO the Allies.
Knox said the 80 submarines
which President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill had an
neunced as sunk in May. June and
July represented an estimate.
He added that it would APP
pear" that Germany cannot build
submarines as fast as she Is losing
them.
Knox. just returned from a va
cation in New Hampshire, said
he didn't know what was going
on in the North Pacific. but ne
presumed there was lot OF bad
weather"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
GOOD NEWS

A reporter observed that since
July 80 there has been no news
of action in that area except for
the raid on ParamuShlru.
"You know the old story"
Knox replied. mo news is good
news"
He estimated that the present
strength of the navy, exclusive oil
the coast guard and marine corps
is between 100000 and l,S00, 00(
enlisted men and between 150,0O
and 100000 officers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17

British troops first landed on
the southern shores of the
island.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
CLoAKRooM INTRIGUE

lCOntinued on Page Fourl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17

Continued on Next Page. Col.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03

Whichever decision the House Of Representatives
nooy reach in the butter Oeoror9orne controversy,
there is one aspect Of the situotion thot probably
Will renooin os confused os ever Thot the problem
Of how 10 pronounce Inorganic.
Moroorne is derived that u.s. the word not the
product from the Lotin rorgorto, incoming pearl,
which in turn stems from the Greek roreoron olso
meaning peoh. Both root words are pronounced with
hord G. os in Morgoret, not soft one, os in Mar
jorie Yet almost oil Of US pronounce it os II we're
spelled with j.
Dictionaries held out for O long time o9oinst pub
lie pressure But the lotest edition Of the Meuiom-
Webster only odds TO the confusion II gives the word
n7oroorjn which IS connection Of fots ond ereoses,
os being pronounced with O hord g But when it odds
fnoI 10 the word ond specifies in the definition
thot the nooroorin IS the kind you spread on breod
then il gives two choices Of pronunciation with the
soft first
Our own reseorch, corried out with on expen-
dture OF time oil out OF proportion TO the subjects
Impotence hos discovered no precedent for O soft
preceding on O.
Reports from the House Interchangeable conn.,
rnttee hearings offer no solution but do suggest O
compromise II seems that oil congressman and some
oIeororeorne experts use the popular or soft g. pro-
nunoiotion Purists especially those from the OPA,
brovey give the hard os in Moreoret
But the butter men scornfuIIy refer 10 the rival
spread oleo. In foct, when they want to be por-
ticuIory derisve they hove been heord to refer to
the product os oey
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-What anniversary did the
Metropolitan Opera celebrate
recently?
A - The Diamond Jubilee.
60th anniversary of the Nets
opening in 1888.
Q-When did West Point open
as military academy?
A-July 4, 1902; il has been
military post since 1878.
Cor what Central American
country is Tegucigalpa the CAPT
tai?
A-Hondurss.
Q-What is the meaning Of
the radio trade term, "cliffhang-
err?
A - A recorded progrs
which is not complete in one
broadcast, especially, a daytime
serial.
Q-How much does gallon
Of water weigh?
A-8.335 pounds.
@ - How old was Emily
Bronte, author of "Wuthering
Heights at the time OF her
death?
A-She was only %.
Q-Where is Sattelberg on the
military maps?
A-Not in Germany, as might
be expected, but a village in the
Huon Peninsula, New Guinea,
where Jap forces are entrench-
ed.
Q-What important office was
recently conferred upon the
Duke of Gloucester?
Ale is the new governor
general of Australia.
Q-What treatment is given
soldiers who have gone A. W. O.
l., deserted, etc, that was not
accorded them during World
War l?
A-They are sent 10 rehablli-
tation centers, rather than given
long prison terms, and in most
cases emerge as topnotch fight
ing material
Q-Of what does Y. S. Army
Emergency Ration ID consist?
A-Three chocolate bars.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
IN BASIC ENGLISH

Because Winston Churchill cove over port Of his
toIk OF Harvard University some time ego 10 dis
cussion Of Bosc English, ond said thot President
Roosevelt IS interested IN thot invention there hos
been increased public ottention to who up TO then,
had been limited 10 the knowledge OF small group
Suddenly the newspapers ore making frequent
statements about Bosic English. which gives US
feeling thot we should have some knowledge with
our mother tongue What IS to Whot IS it not? Woot
is its purpose2 Whot ore its mits2
Bosc English IS good, normal English, but It
makes use OF only $50 words whereas persons Of ed
ucoton ond vide experience generally are not hoppy
without the use Of many thousands Of words
There IS no argument thot Bosic English will toke
the place OF normal English There ore serious limits
TO whot il IS possible to do with $50 words. Delicate
shodes OF ideos ore hard to make clear The linn
tied word list each unit used frequently, hos ten
dency 10 make tok or writing stiff ond complex ond
dull Those who FOR years have hod the free use Of
thousands Of words Will find trouble in getting by
with only $50.
But Bose English IS not designed for US who
fertile with words It is for those with no present
KNOWLEDGE Of English ond no time or chonce TO get
q complete education in thot respect who still need
to make use OF the English language in business SCI
ence, the orts or even for purposes Of this war.
Within the limits os to which its best friends ore
IN complete agreement, the meeting Of minds be-
comes possible through use Of Bosc English when
without il they could not meet
You moy have the feeling that this discussion IS
somewhat less clear ond simple than some you have
seer in this spoce. Thot IS true, So for os we we're
obe ond have knowledge, this writing IS completely
In Bosc English,
It makes use Of only small port Of the $50
words ovolIobe II may be much more complex and
less smooth than is possible with the words and un-
der the rules II IS our first ottempt OF use OF Bosjc
English. With experience we ore certain thot we
could DO better.
II you hove on idea that we should Rove done
better this first time, you free TO toke the word
list ond see how cosy II IS NOT.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
WORLDS NANIES

Book Of the year for all YOU
armchair admirals is the new
edition Of James Fighting Ships
macmillan: $50, famed illus
trstcd encyclopedia OF the
worlds navieS. Despite the diff
faculties of compiling. data when
navy sizes are nation best kept
wartime secrets, James has
rounded up an amazing amount
OF information that will make
better understood the naval ac-
tions of the coming year.
Americas fleet is we'll report
cd, with the information that all
SIX of our new Washington class
t35,000-ton) battleships are COM
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
. SO THEY SAY

One weakness in our fiscal Sys-
tenn is that the privilege giyeS
Congress 10 appropriate money
carries no responsibility for
raising the money appropriated
Senator Willard +. Tydings of
Maryland.
II YOU don't put happiness into
life. you won't get happiness out
OF II, no matter what you do or
who YOU arc Harry F. Mac
Lean, Canadian industrialist who
goes on money-passing-out
sprces.
II you attempt 10 win the war
first and the peace afierward,
you will win neither. - Archi-
bald MacLeiSh, librarian OF Con-
gress.
He who holds Rome holds the
heart Of the Italian people
British Gen. Sir Harold r l.. G.
Alexander.
The trouble in India arose
from the enormous expenditure
of goods and services by our
own government, by the military
authorities, and by the American
authorities, all on the one hand,
and the serious curtailment in
supply Of consumer goods on the
other Sir John Anderson, Brit
ish M. p.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
BY PETER EDISON
MOnitOr-Leader Washington
Correspondent

The good old so-called claw"
OF supply and demand takes a
terrible beating in these times.
AS Senator Ed Smith of Caro-
lima said SarcaStically TO the 200
or more lobbyists for the live
stock raisers who came to Wash
ington as one of the most potent
farm bloc anti-Subsidy pressure
groups the capitol had ever
seen, "Oh, the law Of supply
and demand is divine law, and
we're above all that today"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
. BARBS .

Just a few weeks till Christ
mas and all through the house
hidden packages!
Seventy per cent of the Amer
lean women were wearing silk
underwear before the war, &C
cording 10 statistics. Aren't some
statisticisns the nosey guys!
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

When Dennis Morgan adj
vanced the cash for his son $
what ne was starting Inc BOY
3 year old Stanley , wv pup
fishes the mt Slzeo san fer-
nando valley BuGIe ana reviews
new pictures Tor 'Ile he'snoor-
hooo KIDS ,
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,,ri,ad uoJ,,,u,ood ha,o rnachod
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noxt s,..np She makes her film
debut <aon in the star role of
Tho sang NJ Rernadeftc
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AKIN ldli''Io'l mas no ll'ol (
eyebrows tlldh NeN'0d', nan ,
Tess uoe lnc| were pIuONeu
down TO 'he last mar lot ms Iole
OF !" Len lIe CiiillCSe u "1 'ol'
RkO is planning a re-make OF
'Clmarron with Ruth Watrlck
IN the Irene Dunno role.
Sure-fire laugh in Schlesin-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03

did il would make swell
movie.
Asked if he would ever retire
from the screen, Bob Hope
cracked that his agent was al
ready getting him set for Charles
Coburn roles IS years from now.
And it's Alan Reeds story
about a producer after the pre-
view of a film everyone liked
who said, We've got TO make
some retakes
Yes said the author, IF we
don't DO something quick, we're
liable TO have a hit on our
hands"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
FOOD PROBLEM

OKLAHOMA CITY - A cafe
operator returned ration bank
ing blanks to the county ration
board still blank - with this
note attached:
Too deep for me. Am quit
ting
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
FOILED

OKLAHOMA CITY-A youth
jumped into Mrs. S. Z. Vaughns
car and drove off.
Then l7-month-old Deanne
Sue Vaughn, whom he had not
seen in the back seat, began
wailing loudly.
Fearful of kidnapping charge,
the youth took the car back to
the original parking place-just
in time 10 be arrested by police
accompanying the child's moth
er.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
o FLASHES
OF
LIFE Q
Nv the Associated Press
SEEMS 1T WAS SUGAR

ATLANTA-A Negro was ar
rested by the FBI on charges Of
failing to sign up for SelectiVe
Service.
why didn't you register
asked Assistant L. S. Attorney
Raymond w. Martin.
i did, the man replied,
"but | don't know whether it
was for the draft or for sugar
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
YOU'RE WELCOME

SAN FRANCISCO Assistant
City Attorney Dion Holm was
stranded IN New York and un-
able TO obtain train reservations
home until January three
weeks after he was scheduled to
open fight against an order by
the Office OF Defense Transport
tation.
But he's nearing home now
the ODT obtained the reserva-
tons.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
CHOOSY

KANSAS CITY - A motorist
stopped near a WAC and two
girls in civilian clothes, and
asked the WAC:
Can | drive you downtown?
The WAC shook her head.
The two other girls rushed to
accept--but the motoriSt shook
his head, slammed the door and
drove on.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
LITTLE TOWN OF
BETHLEHEM

BETHLEHEM Pa "A V-mail
letter to a soldier stationed al
Lehigh University has reached
him-three and one-half months
after it was mailed in London
II was first sent by mistake TO
Bethlehem, Palestine.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
STAND-IN SHORTAGE

Hollywood is facing a stand
in shortage, too. For two days
last week a SiX-foot magazine
cover girl was paid an extra
check to stand in for Sonny
Tufts on the II Love a Soldier
set.
News item. Negro Comedian
Stephin Fetcnit says he owes
three million dollars How he
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
Q IN HOLLYWOOD

Garland is frequent visitor TO
the Outward Bound" set o.. the
Warner lot Dialog Director
Freddie De Cordova is the rea-
son,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
0 BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

=
people took time out 10 stop and
think what might happen if all
the wartime ontrols, IN seeming
contradiction to the hallowed
law of supply and demand. were
suddenly removed and an alb
solutely free market were per-
mitted to determine price levels.
The chances are a thousand TO
one that the people now yelling
the loudest for removal of farm
price controls would be the
first to come screaming into the
market place demanding that
the guv'ment do something
quick to bring order out of
chaos.
That very condition is TO be
found today on the hog market.
OPA had set Chicago base
price Of STATS per hundred
weight on live hogs. Although
the mere act of setting a price
OF any kind on hogs or anything
else is a fundamental violation
of the law of supply and demand,
in this case il was considered
all right by the hog raisers be-
cause it guaranteed them fair
return on their labor and feed
costs and an induccment TO go
ahead nd raise q lot of pigs, for
which here was a heavy demand
juStifying this price.
PIG PROBLEM
But now it happens that all
the pig raisers, having brought
their hogs to market weight
during the summer, offer them
for sale about the same time.
The slaughter houses are jam
med. They can't kill and pro-
cess the pork fast enough 10 clear
their pens SO, in an effort TO
make the farmers hold their
hogs off the market, the packers
cut the price 81 hundred
weight, following the hallowed
old law of supply and demand
This causes the hog raiSers to
squeal louder than the proven
bal two pigs under the gate,
and naturally. The law of sup
ply and demand under such cir
cumstances is the most unpopu-
lar and unwanted law OF the
land, even If il were divine
enough TO be considered an ele-
venth commandment.
No, what's wanted, obviously,
is just law of supply and de-
mand that Will work one way
only-alWays to give the seller
the best end Of the bargain.
That is the sellers conception of
a good law of supply and de-
mand The buy er's conception
of a good law Of supply and de-
mand is something that Will al
ways rock the seller.
TOUGH TASK FOR OPA
When a government agency or
anyone else steps in 10 harmon
ize these two points of view. it
takes a darn sight more than the
wisdom of Solomon 10 keep
everybody happy. There. in
breath, you have the reason for
the unpopularity of OPA. 1t is
unqueStionably the most thank
less and the most hopeless job in
the world.
But is that any reason for Civ
ing up on the effort? Common
sense should tell anyone that the
answer to that one is an en-
phatlc No Even the Spokes-
men for the livestock growers
lobby, who came to Washington
in an ugly mood and for no other
purpose than 10 defeat subsidies,
admit openly that any sudden
removal of controls now in
force would be ruinouS 10 every
one. So again the question
comes back to the human selfish
desire TO have a law of supply
and demand that will work in
only one way-to maintain high
prices for the seller even when
there is a surplus supply tending
TO force prices down, and to let
prices rise when there is scarcity
demand.
And 1t just can't be done.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-03
DOUBLE DUTY

Anne Gwynne has been Sc
lected as the pin-up girl in the
current issue Of "Yank' for the
second time. Get a load of the
art on Anne and you'll under
stand why Donald O'Con-
nor says be and Gwen Carter
won't marry until the ANS
throws in the sponge-She 5
wearing a beautiful diamond.
With all It's top romantic stars
in the service Hollywood had TO
find a great lover-and it will be
none other than Charley McCar-
thy He'll have five girl friends
in Song OF the Open Road"
LARAMIE Day replaces Joan
Bennett IN Up In Mabel s.
Room. Joan didn't like the part.
Shirley Temple has a new
nickname on the Since You
Went Away" set. Everyone calls
her Butch" A monument
viii be erected in London for
Leslie Howard with the inscrip-
ton, Gentle Cynic.' Judy