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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
Dies as He Pays Tan
Auto Mechanic Sumps as He Leaves Cashier;
Had Been in III Health for Some Time

George a, Todd. 60 OF $500 Ash
street dropped dead IN the Federal
building today few minutes after
paying ms 1912 income tan
Witnesses Said Todd. a widower
and automobile plant mechanic
slumped TO the floor A. be walked
from tho cashiers cage. a phySi.
clan announced his death due "a
"a heart attack.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16

Youth. I'D. Sues
For His Bride. I6

Nineteen-year-old Thomas G
Golden of 3437 Kensington road
appeared in circuit court today
with a writ of habeas corpus de-
manding return of his 16-year-old
bride of one month whom, he
charged is being held against her
will by her parents.
The writ was obtained by the
youths father and served against
Stephen Soldatt of 1897 Sheridan
road, father OF the young wife
Norma.
The SoldattS persistehtly oh.
jected to their daughters asSociat.
ing with Thomas, it was charged
and she reSorted TO secret meet.
inCS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16

Todd had been in i'll health for
some time. friends reported. liz
returned yesterday from a week :
visit with an only daughter. Mrs.
Lottle Lacey of Pontiac.
Although mailing Of income tax
blanks is behind schedule because
Of printing delays about 500 per
sons daily are paying their 1884,
taxes AZ tho federal building. ac-
cordinc 10 Gerald a Evans, assist
ant collector oil internal revenue
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
Parole HedrinQ
Set for HeHess
Times stan Correspondent

FLINT, Jan. Is. - II len Joy
Morgan, 38, sentenced to 20 to rs
years for Staying her sweetheart
here in 1882, today was granted q
parole hearing.
The review has been set for Feb,
ruary %, marking another in q
long series OF attempts by tn,
wealthy Flint neiress 10 win re,
lease from the Detroit House OIL
Correction.
Miss Morgan shot and kille
Leslie Casteel. a garage mechanic
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
More Sugar Feb. |

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is CUP).
The Office of Price Administra-
ton announced today that sugar
stamp No. IL becomes valid Feb
ruary l and will be good for three
pounds Of sugar until March Is.
Sugar stamp No. 10 which is valid
for three pounds, expires at mid
night January 81.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
WED AND WENT HOME

On December y. the youth,
attorney told Judge Lester Mol
Thomas and Norma were married
secretly in Napoleon, o., and re,
turned to their respective home:
the same night.
Christmas Day, il was agreedsby
both sides, Norma slipped away &c
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
Cans Change Time
Congress Enacted Law as Wartime Emergency
Attorney General Contends
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squabble between the Kepubli-
can legislature and the national
Democratic administration. From
all indications, the legislature IL
certain TO change the time. Why
should we run our necks out"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
'Waxey' Gordon Imprisoned

NEW YORK, Jan. IS (UP).-
Irving Wexler. 50. known as
"WaXey Gordon" in prohibition
days. surrendered United States
Marshall James Mulcahy today TO
begin serving a one-year prison
term for operating a black market
in sugar. He had been free on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
Escaped Ndzi Sailor
Killed.; Captured

ROSWELL. n. NJ. Jan. IS
GNS) Mark Tanning. farmer.
was credited today with cutting off
the escape OF three former Ger
man Seamen who fled from the
governments internment camp
here.
When the fugitiveS attempted 10
steal his auto. Tanning shot and
killed one, wounded the second
and forced the third to surrender
The prisoners had Travelled 40
miles toward the Mexican border.
Order War Stamps delivered
10 your home by your Detrott
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16

the Golden house where she stayed
until 4 a. m. when her brother APP
peared with a policeman demand
ing she return home with them.
Parents of the young couple
sought the counsel of the prose
cutor's office when a marriage Ii
cenSe was produced and Norma re-
fused to leave Thomas side.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
POLITICAL SQUABBLE'

"After all. the City OF Detroit
can operate on any kind Of
time. Industry would be most
sorely affected II the state legis-
lature turns back the clocks.
However, industry has been CON
spicuOus for its absence in Op-
posing the move"
A canvass of plants today re
vealed that. as If by agreement
all executives non-committal on
the subject. One unofficial spokes
man explained:
Eve look on this as political
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
IN HIGH SPIRITS

II was 10 get sweater 10 wear
TO work that he went TO the CaSS
avenue apartment last night. While
there. he said. he had a lunch with
his wife and they chatted and
were in high spirits because OF his
new Job.
"She was In good humOr when
I left" he said, land she kissed
me good-by at the door. Then
went to the hotel for the night"
The body was discovered by
Mr.. and Mrs. George Farley, oc-
cupants of the apartment directly
below that of the McGraths.
I'VE had been upstairs visit
ing with Sybilla," Mrs. Farley
explained. land we left shortly
before midnight. Perhaps II we
had stayed this wouldn't have
happened.
AWAKENED BY CRIES f,
eve were awakened at about
3 n. m. by the crying of the
McGrath children. Then we
heard n noise like some one
falling out of bed. We heard
the crying again about an hour
later and at a. IN. when we
got up. the children sounded
hysterical. We debated inves-
tigating and finally at about
6 o'clock we went upstairs again.
"When we went in the apart
ment, we saw Sybilla naked on
the sofa with a slip or some
thing tied about her throat. We
called police and tried to quiet
the children"
Little Patricia told police that
in the middle of the night she saw
the friend walking about in the
apartment. looking IN the drawers
LEADS TO ARREST
On this clue, police arrested thu
man. He could give no eXplana
ton Immediately for the scratches
police said, and admitted going Il
the McGrath apartment Ito tall
10 Harold"
He said, police related, that hi
had stayed only about five minute,
when he found McGrath was moi
home.
Neighbors said the man ha,
been friend of the MCGratr
family and that he formerly hvec
in the same building.
McGrath said he had known The
man for a year and that he never
had liked him. He said the man
had left some Of his belongings in
the McGrath apartment and that
this may have been the reason foI
the visit
McGrath said one Of the children
told him she saw the friend in the
house and heard her mother cry
out:
stay away from me.
Don't YOU come near me"
Mrs. McGTath was described by
neighborS as "a slim, pretty
brunette who was a good neigh
Dor"
Her husband was released after
questioning.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16

food. clothing. time-in practi-
cally everything.
THE wisdom of the wartime
act of Congress Is not for me to
determine. Congress has deter
mined that at the request OF the
President of the United States"
In critlcizing the induStrialiSt!
for failing TO Join the city in op
posing SLOW" time, Mayor Jeffrie.
said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
Mother
Dead.
2 Held
CONTINUED from Page one)

tioning room. Joseph Stevens, %,
OF AIT Charlotte street, a friend
who had accompanied the dead
womans husband TO police head
quarters, leaped TO his feet and
struck the man twice. knocking
him backwards over a desk.
Detectives interviewed just as
McGrath, who had been sitting
across the room. charged at the
suspect with fists clenched
He was hurried out of the room
guarded by police.
The friend admitted. police said,
that, he had been in the McGrath
apartment, at 1922 CasS avenue,
for about five minutes around q
a. m" He Genied knowledge Of
the womanS death.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
Red Night Drive
Enters Area Of
Vital Gateway
Soviets Claim Capture
Of German Stronghold
After Piercing Defense
Nv NATALIA RENE
International NeWs service stan Writer

MOSCOW, Jan. 15-Red army
forces. driving steadily forward IN
their campaign 10 reconquer the
Caucasus and trap hundreds of
thousands OF Germans in southern
Russia. smashed their way back
INTO the "Rostov region" an Of
fetal announcement by the Soviet
information bureau said today.
Announcement OF the capture
of Zavetnoye. in the Rostov re-
gion' was made shortly after the
high command had issued a COM
munique stating that its forces
driving on the Caucasus gateway
city OF R0Stov through the middle
Don region and the north Cau-
casus were advancing steadily de-
spite stiffening resistance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
DIVORCE STARTED

Ruling that any girl more than
Ia years old is legally married even
without parental consent, the pros
ecutor gave the Soldatts custody
of the girl but ordered that she be
returned December %.
On that date, the girls father
returned with an attorney but
without Norma. Also on Decem-
Der %, Soldatt's attorney testified
today, a divorce suit was filed and
Norma left for California with her
mother.
The defense. however, asserted
witnesses could be produced who
would testify that both Norma and
her mother were in Detroit as late
as January 6.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
Heavy Bombing
Raids on Ruhr
Shorten War
By LOUIS r. KEEMLE
Inited Frcss war Analyst

ar OlAtuSlNI q eoAAAoN NJ A''''''
industry and communications
in the Reich and occupied
countries is getting into full
stride. il is evidenced by the
RATS steady bombing Of the
Ruhr and oft repeated mass
sweeps over northern France.
The importance Of these
raids cannot he overempha-
sized. British military experts
believe they will shorten the
war by many months or per
hsps year or more.
Tuesday nights raid on the
Ruhr, in which British planes
dropped $4,000 pounds 100
British tons) of bombs, was
the eighth in IL days and the
third in succession. This per-
Torrance was carried out de-
spite poor weather.
With the end Of winter,
weather conditions will I'M
prove. British and American
production facilities mean
while will be turning out more
of the heavy planes and
gigantic bombs needed for the
operation.
THE RAID on the Ruhr
was what is called 'satura-
ton" attack. The great
weight of bombs was dropped
in the space of II minutes.
In the great 1,000-plane raid
on Cologne last year, 1000
tons were dropped in 90 min
utes. The weight and brevity
of the attack disrupts COM
munications and the enemy's
defense system.
The 1,000-plane raids,
costly and difficult operation,
apparently have been aban-
doned in favor of more fire.
quent raids with fewer planes,
but carrying extremely heavy
bombs.
The bomb now used is the
so-called block buster" of
5000 pounds, or a little more
than 81 British tons. It's
destructive effect is tremend-
Gus. The explosive force is
lateral and it literally deva-
states an entire block or in
dustrial plant. Hence the
name. No man-made struc-
ture can stand against il.
According to the London
Daily Mail, British research
workers are engaged in per-
fecting an even heavier bomb
which can be carried by the
big British Lancasters, Stir
lings and Halifaxes. The
Strings can carry 1900
pounds Of explosives.
THIS CONCENTRATION
Of load enables the use of
fewer planes 10 get the same
result, and the operation is
easier to carry out.
The heaviest bomb dropped
In 1910 was 500 pounds; in
1941, 1000 pounds, and now it
is 5000 pounds and going up.
The way the air war on
Germany has been stepped up
is illustrated in statistics
issued by the British. The
weight Of bombs dropped on
Germany and German-occu-
pied Europe during June and
July of 1871 was $500 tons,
while for those months in
1912, $1,000 tons wer
dropped.
The maximum bomb load OF
British bombers in 1910 was
two tons. In 1871 il was
more than six tons, and in
1912 more than eight tons.
The capabilities of the Royal
Air Froce are illustrated by
the fact that in four raids on
the Ruhr last April. 1000
tons Of bombs were dropped,
which the British figured TO
be the equivalent OF 200
pounds every minute Of the
week in which the raids were
carried out.
\ The effect Of these bomb
ings on German production Is
bound TO increase in ratio as
they continue. Factories are
blown up, railroads, locomo-
tives and bridges destroyed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
CENTRAL FRONT ACTIVE

Heavy engagements took place
Ion the central front. southwest OF
Velikie Luki, where a German at
tack was repulSed after a ferce
battle. The Russians killed 700
i'm this sector.
The widest gain in the offensive
TO reconuuer the Caucasus was
made in the drive directly north of
the Georgievsk area when Rus
sian forces marched into Zotni-
Ikoskoye. rs miles beyond Zhuras-
koe, which was captured Wednes-
lday.
This advance brought the Rus
slams 10 within as miles of the
IKslmuck region and put the RED
army in position TO strike west.
ward toward VoroShilovsk
In their push along the Rostov.
BakL railway one column of Rus
sian troops advanced 16 miles
northwest OF Mineralnye Nodi e
take Suvorovskaya.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
Allies Bombard
Axis Nests on
Violent Land Battle
81 Miles From Tunis;
May Be Softenine Up
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Continued from Page One)
radio said the land fighting flared
up at Pont du FANS. 81 miles
southwest OF TuniS, and claimed
that 1000 Allied troops had been
killed and 20 tanks wrecked.
All along the North African
front the Allies were busy soften
ing up AXIS bases and hacking at
communication lines. American
Flying Fortresses raided the East
Tunisian reinforcement ports of
Sousse and Sfax and started large
fires in harbor installations.
THE British radio reported
that Italian officials were being
evacuated daily from Tripoli,
capital of Libya, 10 miles be-
yond the Axis line on the Wadi
ZemZem and 80 miles east OF
TuniSia.)
Germany offered an admittedly
strong challenge over the battle
area and eight German fighter
planes were shot down in dog
fights and many more damaged,
the communique said. 1t was
added that in all Allied operations
reported. 13 British fighter pilots
were missing but it was believed
some would turn up after forced
landings.
In South-Central Tunisia, French
forces were steadily but slowly
closing in on Kairouan from the
northwest. under cover of their
artillery high on the mountain
sides, and the famous Lafayette
EScadrille, now back in action with
American P-40 Warhawk fighters.
FRENCH ADVANCE
The French, who have won some
n ighly strategic engagements,
were reported about IS miles from
kairouan, gateway to the impor-
tant port of Sousse. Although the
task before them seemed hard. the
French, by taking SouSse, would
deprive the Axis Of an important
port, cut communications between
ITripoliatnia and Tunisia, and pre-
vent junction of the Afrika
KorpS and Col. Gen. Hans Arnim S
forces in TuniSia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
DETECTS SIGNS OF LIFE

1t. Fred Provencher, first officer
TO arrive at the scene, said he de-
tected signs of life in Mrs Nc
Grath and called the fire depart
ment rescue squad. which operated
a pulmotor over her for half an
hour.
Firemen found the nightgown
knotted in a double knot and cor
oner'S assistants said there were
bruises on the neck.
Police would not pronounce the
death murder pending an
autopsy.
1t. George Branton of the homi-
eide squad said that when he ar
rived at the apartment the night
gown had been looSened and he wa,
unable to say whether II had
been tight enough TO cause
strangulation.
The six children Barbara, z,
Sharon, 5; Patricia 3; Winifred, 2
Kathleen, ]. and Geraldine, 4
months, were sleeping in one OF
the~two bedrooms Of the four-room
apartment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
Registered U. 3. Patent offics

staying there. I've been busy
trying To find a house"
McGrath had been unemployed
for two weeks and was 10 have
started work this morning.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
MAIN DEFENSE PIERCED

Seizure Of Zavetnoye apparently
was effected after the Russians
penetrated the main German de-
Tense line in the lower Don sector.
Russian mechanical forces
which scored 26-mile advance
through the Caucasus yesterday
fought their way forward during
the night and occupied several
more localities, the high COM
mand's noon communique said.
THE Germans launched coun-
terattacks but all of them were
beaten of with great enemy
losses" the high command said
Russian shock troop detach-
mentS at Stalingrad. dislodged
German units from Notifications
and factories in the factory area.
One street was cleared OF NaZi
troops. Sc blockhouSes were de-
stroyed and 600 Germans were
killed.
Testifying 10 the strenuous ef-
forts of the Germans TO supply
their trapped forces encircled be-
fore Stalingrad by air, the high
command disclosed that 26 Ger
man transport planes were de-
stroyed by the Russians in the
area Yesterday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-16
MATE A WAR WORKER

Barbara slept on a cedar chest
covered by a mattress and the
others were on beds and mat
tresses arranged around the room.
The husband and father. Har-
old, u, a tool and die maker.
has not lived with his family for a
week. He told police that he last
saw his family at 8 p. m. yesterday
and that he had been spending the
nights with a friend IN a near
downtown hotel
He told Times reporter he had
been seeking adequate shelter for
his family and added bitterly:
'Jf u weren't for the housing
situation In Detroit. all this
might not have happened.
ORDERED TO MOVE
~ know this place isn't large
enough for my family" he said
hut l haven't been able To find
another place for them. Last
week ] had some trouble with
the landlady over the rent and
she asked me TO move. She said
the children and their mother
could stay but that she didn't
want me In the building.
THAT IL why I haven't been
Evening star., 1943-08-15
T uorminu

Every one" says Donald Ordway
in his book of impressions of the
Island of Fire, comes to Taormina
to marvel, Some stay to doubt and
a few remain to recognize it for
what it is, place superbly situated.
of an almost unsurpassed ripe
beauty, mountains that leap boldly
upward from tropical sea, Etna
snow-hooded pyramid always before
ones eyes, and the town itself, over
run in the season with the most
typical tourists extant, the streets
walled in with the most blatant
tourist shops in Europe, and popu-
lated by native Sicilians who are
tourist conscious from the cradle
II not prenatal days"
The picture thus painted is accu-
rate enough insofar as 1t relates to
times before the second modern
Armageddon. Taormina was a gen.
teel "cockney paradise" with hotels.
boarding houses and tea shops, taxis
and jazz bands and many other i'm
ported convenience" which "trip
pers' were persuaded they wanted
But the town also had attractions
less deplorably up to date It's quiet
convent gardens, medieval gateways
and fountains, Norman churches.
Greek theater and ancient smoking
mountain are authentic. They
grew under the opalescent Sicilian
sky The castle, perched on a rocky
height. is not a prop in a stage
set. It's frowning walls rise above
the Acropolis where the Siculi gath
cred after the destruction of Naxos
by DionySiuS in 4O3 BIC.
Taormina joined the Carthagin-
IanS and stood siege in 394. The
harbor was the scene Of the landing
OF Tlmoleon in 334 and Pyrrhus in
270. The geographer Strabo consid-
cred the city important. 1t resisted
the Saracens in 869 but fell to
1brahlm -ibn Ahmed, a bloodthirsty
Moor, on August l, 902. The infidels
massacred the whole population. A
colony of Mussulmans then was in
troduced, and the name Moezzia
applied. Count Roger came to the
rescue in 1918.
Prosperity distinguished the Nor
man Taormina. A parliament to
choose a king following the death
Of Peter of Aragon met there in 141O.
French troops took possession in
1876, but on December II, 1877, a
party of forty brave soldiers caused
themselves to be hosted to the sum-
nit of the rocks of Mola by ropes"
and overpoWered the garrison. The
next dramatic incident in the annals
of the town was its capture by the
Neapolitans under Filangieri, April
2, 1S49. About eighty years ago the
tourist" period began. The Allied
liberators currently at the doors are
the latest strangers to appear, and
1t is tradition that visitors always
are welcome.
Evening star., 1943-08-15

along without Him when the busy world
removes Him from our sight. How
eagerly We hide from His searching eve
when conscience convinces us of shame
and guilt. How readily We neglect COM
ing into His presence in prayer or in the
gathering of worshipers on the Lords
Day. How tempting it is to leave COM
munion with God to the devout. or to
think of such communion as a speciality
of the religious
Yet, whenever We pause in the hot
race for pleasure or the equally absorb
ing opiate of being busy about. many
things" We come face to face with God.
Deep In our consciousness is the knowl-
edge that We cannot escape. Nor do
we really want to escape. Only we are
afraid to let Him come close What will
He see? What will He say?
The Good News of the Christian Cos
pei is Gods answer to these questions.
God comes as judge, as author of eter-
nal law. He rules in history. He per-
mits war and the unbelievable cruelties
Of contemporary evil. He speaks in
times of earthquake. The fear of God, 4"
which the modern pagan still feels in
the presence of the mysterious rule of
Cod in history, is sign that religion is
of the essence of all human life. But
this fear of the Lord ought to bring us
into communion with Him The Chris
tian faith is that this same God of judg-
ment is Father wooing His children.
He came once as little child He came
once as the Christ nailed to cross. He
loves us despite what we are. God cares.
He can see us as We are yet He does not
turn His face away. We can come and
draw nigh and repent and receive for
giveness and peace-a peace passing all
understanding.
1t is a great thing to be Christian.
Evening star., 1943-08-15
Loose Thinkers
From the London Daily Herald
There are two kinds of lor

From the London Daily Herald
There are two kinds Of loose thinkers
among us. There is the little minority
which processes indifference to the fact
that bombing destroys innocent civilian
lives, and becomes purple in the face at
the suggestion that there is anything to
choose between German babein arms
and a NaZi gauleter. There is the other
little minority which pleads that, be-
cause bombing cannot be conducted on
a great scale without killing and in
juring civilians, we should put aside this
weapon at the very hour when its en-
ployment is beginning to yield decisive
results, But the overwhelming ma jority
Of our citizens reject both these views.
They are far from gloating at the vast
age Of innocent lives. They detest this
method OF warfare. Yet they realize
tina. 1t was method OF the enemy's own
choosing, and that unless we WELD it
with force far superior to his We shall
risk utter defeat.