davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07

The endish Npponese invariably place pencil and paper
within reach OF the sufferer to tempt him to confess
his crime give them military information If con-
finally obtained the victim released from the
swing held by strong by his hair to prevent finch
and then is beaten terribly either side of his face
with double sword batedore made of thick leather
Another horrible Jap torture is the beating DEATH
in which the victim thrown flat upon his face and held
in position by athletes while Others kneeng
heavily upon his back beat him with sharp split bamboo
the lower end of which is almost four inches wide
until his body in shreds Ear twisting where the Jap
torturers twist and break the cartilage Of the is
comparatively mild example of their brutality.
Long before the Japs invented the famous water
cure" during which they require victims to so
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07

\V/HEN group of fleeing Malayan patriots came
Nfupon the body Of Comrade in the peninsula's
w jungle country recently, and found him impaled
by a growing bamboo stalk they knew the Sons of
had struck again with the Orents most exquisite
torture-"the Green Death"
Japanese atrocities which have long shocked the
sibities Of well all who live in the invaded
the Pacific have been reported in of dis
patches and by eye-witnesses oubreal. the
war. Notable among these is Editor John Benjamin
Powell who arrived in New York not long ago minus
with amazing stories of Npponese horrorhate
the Orient
when exquisite tortures invented the Japs
will invent them"
This a saying coined for these trying times
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07

This inspired act Of Cohen's may
have set a precedent in safe deposit
annals, but it was far less famous than
other highlights of pearl history.
Cleopatra probably was the first
recorded human to swallow pearl.
The Egyptian enchantress so the story
goes, dissolved an enormous one in an
acid wine and drank it.
In Queen Elizabeth's time, another
pearl-consumer was no beauty, but a
millionaire London m ere chan t-Sir
Thomas Gresham. Sir Thomas's guest
at banquet for the Queen was an
Ambassador from Spain who had Of
Tended the Queen by Boosting of the
riches and eXtravagances of the King
of Spain.
AS the banquet neared its end Sir
Thomas turned TO the distinguished
Spaniard.
scopoy don cir rTnD,,,os eaid oo,,r
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07

4 FAIRY COHEN, the sales rep
- rcsentative of a Philadelphia
jcweler, lives in a suburb, and
recently started to drive from his
office TO his home. He slipped behind
the wheel of his car and carefully
patted a vest pocket
The reassuring bulge was modest
fortunc-an extremely valuable pearl
consigned to a local jeweler who had
a possible customer. II was TO be
delivered the next morning
The salesman drove through the
twilight. turning into a lonely road
that served him as a shortcut. He
slowed down for a curve and saw an
armed man. Another one jumped onto
the cars running board
Perhaps Cohen, who knows a lot
about pearls. recalled legends of how
people i'm the dim past had eaten
and drunk pearls. Anyway, he acted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07

many gallons of
water that their
stomachs burst,
they hit upon an
unmerciful device
C a lie d fin ger
cracking" Small
pieces of wood are
placed b e t w e e n
each finger, then
all are drawn fore
IDLY together until
the bones are
broken in splinters.
This refined tor
ture is usually APP
pile d only to
women and chill
dren.
The punishment
Of the wooden col
lar" was practiced
in ancient times by
the Japs and was
inflicted p ar t leu
larly on poor debt
ors. Wooden col
lars weighing 200
poun d s or more
were placed around
the necks Of gam
blers or those ac-
cused of defama-
ton of character
as well as persons
held for a score OF
so-called minor"
offenses. Debtors
usually died under
the h e Wy yoke,
since the sentence
made it mandatory
for the collar to be
worn until the debt
was paid. Finding
it impossible to
work with such a
burden il was not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07

for il seemed like good idea and ii
His fingers slipped into his pocket flew 10 his mouth
and the jewel disappeared down his throat
The unsuspectng mghwaymen, relieving Cohen of
small Of money, allowed him 20 drive He did
"A Philadelphia hospital where doctors discussed the
best physiological peardiving technique for recovering
the jewel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07

in the Orient as
the little Japanese
A." NJ o n k @ y Men
wage ruthless war
and inflict agoniz-
ing pain upon
those victims they
put on the rack
or whose ankles
they crush in
Vises.
But the m o S [
horrible of all Jap
anese devilishness
is now reported
from M a ! a Y a
where fast-grow-
ing bamboo stalks.
sometimes reach
ing a height of
five or six feet
overnight, are used
TO kill natives who
oppose the follow
ers of the Son Of
Heaven.
Staked and tied
over a small bam-
boo sprout, which
seems h a r m | e 8 s
enough at the mo-
ment, the victim
knows that in a
few hours his body
will be horribly
pierced as the
EN- death"
C ON e s right up
through him.
At first, as the
b a m b 90 sprout
grows a few inches
it is young and
tender and upon
reaching the body
Of a condemned
man or woman ii
buckles as though
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07

sovereign has subjects who, expend a Of
money equal to the daily of the King of Spain
and all his grandees" He held up exquisite pearl
For this gem" he said, only today refused Is 900
guineas" He thereupon ground the pearl TO powder,
poured IL into his wine and offered this toast the
health Of sovereign who liberal but spendthrif"
Then he downed SIS 900 worth Of pearl.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-07

Is by American weeAy Inc er.al Dran Right. Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Mrs. Luce 10 Attend
White House Party;
Silent on Notes
Secretary EorIy informs
Her Event Will Be
Social, Not Political

Bv the Associated Press,
BE it political or social" the
White House meeting for new mem
bers of Congress tomorrow will be
attended by Representative Luce,
Republican, of Connecticut.
She said so herself.
But official comment concerning
an exchange of letters between the
Connecticut Representative and the
White House seems to have begged
down at that point.
In a letter accepting President
RooseVelt's invitation to the get
acquainted session for freshmen
legislators, Mrs. Luce noted some of
the things about which she said
Congress was deeply alarmed"
1t was learned last night on good
authority that Presidential Secre-
tary Stephen Early had replied. re-
minding her that the invitation in
cluded both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis and mentioning that the
meeting would be a social and not a
political affair
But at the White House it was
said that the letter would have to be
released by Mrs. Luce, since she had
made public her letter to the Presi-
/ dent And Mrs. Luce said it was
Mr.. Early's letter, and she was not
making it public,
She added, however, that she still
planned to attend the meeting
political or social"
Mrs Luce wrote the President
that Congress was deeply alarmed
by the many disquieting and even
explosive circumstances that face us
on the home 'front.'
Among fears which she said were
haunting Congress were those of the
possibilities Of a serious food short
age and of ''muddling" of the Man
power Commission. She also spoke
of wrangling and vacillating author
ity in the War Production Board
which may take its toll on the bat
tlefield."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Coroner S Jury Holds Two
In New Year S|ayinq

Two 26-year-old men were being
held today in District Jail on
charges Of murder awaiting grand
Jury action after a coroners Jury
late yesterday held them respon-
slble for the New Year Day death
Of Paul Higgins, 55. a former Sol
dlerS' Home resident.
Held without bond were Stanford
Carrier, former prize fighter of Sill
yer Spring, Md. and George K.
Burton, former orderly at a Silver
Spring Md sanitarium, in the al
legged Staying which police first be-
IeVed to be traffic death.
Mr., Higgins crushed body was
found New Year morning in an al
ley IN the rear of the 1900 block of
Kenyon street NV. and after in
VeStigation police listed him as a
hlt-and-run victim.
Gaunt and with q five-dav growth
of beard, Burton denied from the
witness stand that he had slain Mr..
Higgins, i could steal, but I could
not kill" he told the jury and Cor
oner A. Magruder Macdonald.
He admitted being with the victim
on the morning in question, but said
he had let Mr.. Higgins out of an
automobile at Eighteenth street and
Columbia road NV. after picking
him up at Fourteenth and G streets
NV. earlier.
The defendant said he had gone
H.
but denied having anything to do
with the death.
Carrier did not testify. 1t. Will
liam J. Liverman of the accident
investigation unit testified that Bur-
ton had made conflicting statements
when questioned, although he had
admitted being with Higgins earlier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

situation the LOGICAL conservation
step would seem Ia involve cnttinq
the relative use Of papers which are
heaviest wood consumers. SulDhjte
papers take nearly 30 ncr cent of
all the pulpWood produced in North
America. By comparison. news
print uses less than 20 per cent. II
Goes not follow automatically that
all reductions in papers and pulp
consumption should be on the fla
percentage basis for every kind OF
paper
Price factors are also lmDor-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

ways that leach restrictive step
shreWdly progressed under the cover
Of some ascribed emergency, but al
ways short Of a showdown, and al
ways with a passing, soothing aSsur-
ance Of only this and nothing more"
The vital importance and essen
TALLY of our American press in
creases as the shadows of this global
war lengthen," Senator Brooks de-
clared. The Importance and essen
TALLY of our American press will
grow as the rays Of peace begin to
dawn"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Firemen Free Mon
Trapped in P. 0. Door

George Durham, 10, of 1lO8 Thir-
tcenth street NV, spent nearly 30
minutes IN revolving door at the
west entrance Of the City Post Of
flee last night while several hundred
spectators watched firemen work to
free him.
The fire rescue squad. using a
croWbar, forced the door several
inches to get Mr.. Durham free. While
working to free Mr. Durham, one OF
the spectators, James ManthOe. 90
Second street NE, caught his finger
in the door.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Congress in Brief

BY me Associated Press.
Senate:
May take up farm worker defer
menJ bill
Special War Investigating Com
mittee hears Henry Kaiser on man
power utilization.
Military Affairs Committee re-
Sumes hearings on national war
service bill.
House:
Continues debate on Lease-Lend
Act,
Naval Affairs Committee studies
industrial absenteeiSm.
Rules Committee takes up Kilday
defeIment prloritieS bill.
Ways and Means Committee seeks
compromise on pay as-you-go taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Represent 7 own

kEARNS FIELD, Utah GP,,-These
SIX Kearns Field prlVates should be
buddles, their fellow soldiers say.
because their names represent the
components of pleasant evening
They are PVts. Shutdown. Moon,
SourbrIcr SOurWein Love and Peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Newspapers Rotioned

The supply Of copies of The
Star is necessarily being linn
tied to ncWsdealers and news
boys to meet only the actual
demand Of their customers.
Readers Of The Star are
asked to cooperate in this
wartime measure by placing
standing orders for The Star
with their newsstand or news
boy or telephone National 5000
for carrier delivery every eve
n-ng and Sunday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Senator Brooks Flaws
Restrictions Placed
On Strong Free Press
Scents Smear Effort
By Administration
In Newsprint Orders
b. he Associated Press.

BY he Associated Press.
Describing a strong free press as a
vigorous spokesman Of the people
Senator Brooks, Republican, of ILL
noiS, asked Congress today to serve
notice on the administration it will
not tolerate restrictions reducing
newspaper potency.
The newspapers of America stand
in the shadow of no other groups
patriotism. Senator Brooks told the
Senate They have been marked
for their loyalty and for their energy
and devotion to the cause we all
serve. But there is a persistent eff
fort to brand them as pariahs, to
smear and asSail them, to separate
them from their Government and
the people they serve
Senator Brooks asserted the press
accepted War Production Board
order in January limiting their con-
sumption of neWsprint by 10 per
cent, but that efforts to add another
10 per cent curtailment were dropped
when justification could not be
shown.
Scents Official Hostility.
The resembling of this second
order only 10 days after it was an
nounced is evidence of further hos
tility to the press and the desire by
some people holding responsible po-
Sitions in the Government unneces-
Sarily to interfere with the proper
all important funetioning of the
press of America, he declared.
Recalling a statement BY Senator
Willis, Republican, Of Indiana, that
the Government Is using nearly IL
times as much paper today as it
did in 194l, Senator Brooks asserted
Il believe that a full disclosure OF
this increasing use of paper by the
/ Government would show a deter
mined desire on the part of some
people in our present Government
to supplant the free press of our
country by Governmental dominated
news through the use Of handouts
from the various bureaus.
Sees L. S. Wasting PAPER.
Il believe that a full investiga-
ton Of the publications issued by
the Government would show that
enough paper is wasted to print all
of the newspapers in q stable per-
centage of the States of this entire
Nation"
Senator Brooks charged that ap-
parent attempts TO restrict the press
began with an effort some 10 years
ago with a code Of fair competition
for the newspaper industry. He said
newspapers had to fight for the right
to clause asserting their right to
constitutional guarantee of the
freedom of the press.
The interference on the part of
the Government by the use of FBI
agents visiting members of the AsSo-
ciated Press in an attempt to intimi-
date them and cause them to change
their rules. and the subsequent suit
brought by the Attorney General
against the Associated Press" he
said is continued evidence of ha-
rassment of the press of this Coun-
try by some men in the present ad-
ministration,"
Press Embarrassed.
The Illinois Senator said the press
had been embarrassed and hampered
by hostile attitude" of the Federal
Communications Commission. re-
Strlctlons Of neWsprint and other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Canada Seen Ready TO Adopt
'RumI' Plan on Income Taxes

This is the first OF Il series on
the cost OF raging q modern Uor
and its related problems. and
luhGt Canada is doing about it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

Swat the Swastika with War
savings bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

There are more than 10 Conyen-
lent branch offices for Star Want
Ads" located throughout the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Press EmbarrasSe

TTFSS EWDdTTaSSeU,
The Illinois Senator said the press
had been embarrassed and hampered
by hostile attitude" of the Federal
Communications Commission. re-
strlctions Of neWsprlnt and other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09

payable instead Of following April
as had been the case.
Since the Canadian payments be-
ginning last September were for
1912 taxes and were being taken
from 1912 income, it could be said
that from September to December
Canada was then on a Ruhl plan.
But that wasn't the case, really.
For eight months Of 1943 payments
were yet to be applied to 1912
taxes.
Evening star., 1943-10-08
Schurmann 10 Head
Naval Intelligence

Rear Admiral Roscoe E. Schur-
man. 1920 Porter street NV. has
been designated director of the Office
OF Naval Intelligence, replacing
Rear Admiral Harold Train. who
has been director since August. 1912
Admiral Train. who lives at II
Grafton street, Chevy Chase, Md
will leave within the week. he said
today, to assume command of the
Panama sea frontier and the 18th
Naval District
Admiral Schurman is Naval
Academy graduate of the class of
1912. After extensive experience
with submarines. he was attached to
the Offlce of Naval Intelligence here
from May. 1922, to September. 1924,
and in 1927 he returned to the In
telligence Service, remaining until
March, 1888.
A third assignment in Washington
followed his command of destroyer
division scouting force. which he left
in 1889 to serve three years as direc-
tor of the central division, Office of
Naval Operations. Since August,
1912. he has held a command at sea.
Evening star., 1943-10-08
Dodecunese
Continued From First Pace

Middle East had landed in Yupo-
/ slavla to cooperate with Partisan
forces.
II the report is true. the brigade
constitutes the first Allied force ir
the Balkans since Greece fell in
April, 194l.
The Czechs were said to have gone
ashore on the coast of MONTENEGRO
either at Budva or Ulcinr under the
leadership of Brig Rizicka. a for
mer lieutenant colonel in the Czech
Army.
Taking official notice for the first
time OF the differences between Gen.
Mlhallovich and his Chetniks and
Tito and his Partisan followers. King
Peter, in his message broadcast from
Cairo, declared:
Il am sure the ma iOritv Of nv
people have been deeply concerned
and saddened by the insufficient
harmony among Yugoslavs both in
that country and abroad in their
efforts to defeat the enemy and re-
store Yugoslavia.
I'VE are all one family and We
know cur diSagreements have roots
deep in history and we know equally
well that family quarrels always
happen to be most acute ones"
King Pleads for Unity.
The King said he had no doubt
that the goal of "a strong, united
and stable Yugoslavia" could be
achieved. He said the present gov
ernment was acting only until the
people could express their own views.
In the meantime, he urged that all
obey Gen. Mihailovich land other
national leaders of your resistance
to the enemy and refrain from in
ternal struggles"
A report reaching Stockholm
through German sources and quoted
by Reuters said Titos Partisan
forces are now only a mile from
zagreb, that supply lines to that
city have been cut and that heavy
fighting is in progress.
A Partisan broadcast reported in
London said the guerrilla fighters
had thrown tanks into the battle
fer the Istrian Peninsula between
Trieste and Fiume and had de-
stroyed 10 German tanks and
German plane.
A Yugoslav communique said the
lst Croatian Brigade. in capturing
Lussino Island, had seized German
tanker bearing nearly $4,000 gallons
Of oil.
Evening star., 1943-10-08

ceSsive year. His service, however,
is surpassed by that of the treasurer,
Miss Elizabeth Groves OF 27l2
Twenty-seventh street NV, who
was chosen for that on1ce for the
twentieth consecutive time. Other
ofdcers elected were c. Harry Neal
first vice president; w. H. Gilbert,
second vice president, and Miss
Elizabeth S. Frasier, secretary.
The association also went on rec
ord as opposing the threatened dis
continuance of the kindergarten
classes at the Oyster School,
Twenty ninth and Calvert streets
NV pending further investigation
The kindergarten has failed so far
to reach its class quota and notice
has been given that the teacher will
be shifted elsewhere unless the nee
essary number of students are pres
ent,
Evening star., 1943-10-08
Restaurants
Continued From First PageD

paign would not be abated was made
by Health Once DR.. George C. Ruiz
land.
The present improved condition
can be maintained only by constant
vigilance by the public and By OFF,
cials,' he said.
DR.. Rutland also praised the press
and the staff under Food Inspector
DR.. Reed r. Ashworth for the i'm
provement noted in the Districts
restaurants.
Another development of the cam
palgn has been a general increase in
fines assessed against offenders.
Where the average fine formerly
was $25, penalties assessed during
the past month have ranged from
$50 to $3.50. In addition. the COL
lateral required from defendants to
assure their appearance in court has
been raised from $25 to $50. Fewer
forfeitures have occurred AS a result
OF the increased collateral.
Board Sent 9 Names.
After disclosure by The Star two
months ago that cases of fragrant
violators had not been referred to
the License Revocation Board for
possible suspension of operating IL
censeS, the Health Department sent
the names of nine restaurants to
the board for action.
Two restaurateurs were fined YES
terday by Municipal Judge Thomas
D. Quinn.
Carl Jones, 1877 Connecticue ave-
nue. NV, was fined s75 on charges
of having dirty eating utensils and
glasses.
In another health case. William
Bass, 28ll Fourteenth street NV.
was fined $50 for having decomposed
pork in his ice box.
Evening star., 1943-10-08
18-Year-0|d Murder
Reported Solved by
Fugitiye's Confession
z; the Associated Press

E. the Associated Press.
BATAVIA, N. Y. Oct. 8.-Samuel
Stced Stott former Hornell railroad
man, has confessed he shot to death
his second wife and friend l8 years
aso just outside Hornell, Inspector
Eugene F. Hoyt of the State police
said today
Stott, 81, made a written confess
sion last night after he had been
brought to the State police barracks
from Kansas City, Kans., where he
was arrested Tuesday, Inspector
Hoyt reported. The inspector added
that a first-degree murder charge
would be placed against Stott when
the bodies are found"
Mr.. Hoyt said Stott gave this
version of the slayingS:
In 1925. knowing he was wanted
Tor the assault on Gaylord Lewis,
Greenwood businessman, he left
Fornell in an automobile with his
second wife, Esta, and a friend,
Frank Murphy Just outside the
CT, he stopped the car and in a
JEALOUS rage shot both. then dragged
tn bodies out and buried them.
Stott had been sought since he
vas indicted in 1925 on charges of
f1rst-degree assault in connection
with the attack on Mr.. Lewis, In
spector Hoyt said
Stott had been living in Kansas
City under the name of Samuel
Scott, MI Hoyt said.
Stott remarked in 1880 and has
lived with his third wife in Kansas
City since. He and his first wife
were divorced about 20 years ago.
Evening star., 1943-10-08
Lighted Swedish Ship
Sunk in South Atlantic
BY The Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Oct 8-The bright
ly-lighted motorship Venezia. with
two spotlights playing on her neu-
trail Swedish flag. was torpedoed and
sunk in the South Atlantic in June,
ships officer reported here.
All hands, Is crewmen and two
passengers, were saved
The second officer, who described
the attack, said two torpedoes were
fired without warning from a sub
marine which never was sighted by
survivors.
He emphasized that the ship was
running with all lights burning and
the flag Illuminated to warn OF it's
neutral status.
After the ship broke in two and
sank survivors drifted in two life
boats for two days until they were
picked up by British ship and
landed In South America.
Evening star., 1943-10-08

to the people the right to elect their
local administrative officials. AS
much as l believe in the broadest
use of the elective franchise. l can
see little hope for improvement
through such change in The local
government while the real power of
control is held and exercised by
Congress in which these people have
no voting representation"
Doubts Gain in Change.
Senator Capper added: Il fear
that any locally elected government
would labor under even grcater diff
ficultles than the present appoin 1--WE
officers if Congress continues to eX-
ercise the control without part:ci-
patton in such control by voting
representatives elected by the people
OF the District
Under such an elective govern