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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Detective
Aids Plea
by LITER

His cause bolstcred by a de-
tectlye's story Of $1,000 bribery
attempt, Louis Gross serving a
life sentence in Jackson for the
murder OF rug peddler 10 years
ago. viii resume his fight in cir
cult court Monday 10 have the
sentence set aside.
The convicted man. who claims
ne iS innocent Of the crime. Won
a point when W. !. Cross. retired
Highland Park police captain
testified that no believed Gross
innocent. He told Judge Merriam
IVY investigation led me TO
believe that Gross was not the
murderer. II could not he com
pleted because was forced 10
retire"
OF the bribery attempt he de-
clared:
"One day. however, n man
came into my office, placed
$1,000 In $50 bills on my desk
and said Il want you 10 he a
friend Of a friend Of mine. !
chased him out Of the office
and told him not to return"
Cross did not identify the man
with the $1,000.
The retired captain said that
while his investigation was in
progress he studied the Koran in
an effort 70 understand Syrian
psychology and 70 solve the
murder
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Handicapped Skilled
Diem aksr Seeks Job

War Problem Clinic:
l am married and have two
young boys going TO school
worked for the Chrysler Corp
from 1926 to 1886, when / tool
sick and was told by my doctor
l would never work again. The
company paid me my insurance
but l have since been gettinl
better.
have been In wheel-chalr for
almost seven years, but last year
was able 10 work FIVE months ir
a tool and die shop, although
have 10 work sitting down.
could run a lathe. milling machine
drill press, and handle other oper.
atoms.
I,have been trying to get back
10 work now. but have had nc
success. Somewhere there mus
be some kind of a job for me. Al
| want is TO be given a chance
When / work l can pay for treat
ments / need and thus have ;
CndnCc 10 get better.
My wife Is working but she car
hardly make enough for all Of u.
and / can't keep letting her pay
my way. Besides. I want 10 dc
something in this war effort. Please
help me find work. Z. E. G..
Dear r. r.. g.;
Your eagerness to work In
spite Of your confinement to a
wheei-chair is very commendable.
] certainly admire you for your
desire TO help In the war effort
and In the support OF your
family.
II strikes me you have done
all you can to locate a job and
that the chief thing you need
now is even more patience than
YOU must have had to adjust
yourself TO n relatively inactive
life during the past six or seven
years.
In view Of the fact your BOYS
are still young and your wife has
to work, IL is my feeling that the
greatest contribution you can
make is to look after your sons
i'm your wife's absence at work
and 10 do whatever else YOU can
TO help make a fine home for
your boys. That might not strike
You are being very spectacular
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Bank Liquidation
Attacked in Suit

a suit demanding an accounting
Of $3.50. 600 asSertedly spent for
liquidation OF the First National
Bank-Detroit was on file today
in the district court for the dis
triCt Of Columbia
The suit was filed by William
Alfred Lucking and Margaret
Holmes Davis and brought by Al
fred Fox. Washington attorney
Directed Al Preston Dclano
comptroller OF the currency and
Jesse James. secretary OF com
merce and head of the ReconSlruc-
ton Finance Corp. the suit.
among other things. asks for an
accounting of such items as
alleged 4,OOO,0O00 attorney fees
and 81 PSI 600 listed as Washing
ton office expenses
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Youth Protests
Pleasure Bans

War Problem Clinic:
L am II years old and have
been accepted for the army re-
serves, passing with perfect physi-
cal condition. | will be called 10
the army one day after my eight
zenith birthday.
l have already written five
times asking for an immediate call
to service, but the best they tell
me is that l will be called when
I'm Is.
Now, where I live, there is a
ruling no one under 18 is allowed
in bowling alley after 10 p. m.
| also enjoy shooting billiards but
I'm not 10, so I'm not allowed te
go into poolroom. The same
applies for midnight shows-you
have To be Is.
Can anything be done in this
case for me? You can plainly sec
| want TO do my part in this war.
SO why can't l have a little fun
before l leave?
Also, can / donate blood TO the
Red Cross even though I'm not
IS? DO you think they would
understand my feeling TO my coun-
try and permit me to donate some
blood? L. q, JR.
Dear l.. ". Jr.:
Your patriotic attitude IL COM
mendable and you SHOULD make
fine soldier for your country
when you've reached your eight
zenith birthday.
However. IL regulations pre-
vent you from enjoying certain
privileges because of your youth,
you should not feel too hurt be-
cause of 1t. You might even
look upon such sacrifices as for
your country-and you'll be
called upon for further such
sacrifices once you are I'm uni
form.
The Red Cross requires the
blood donors he at least IS years
old. This requirement IL based
upon sound medical practice and
Is not q purely arbitrary regu-
lation. THE CLINIC.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
FOShOfe Diary: )
Breiijjdk Tells.
Of Sea Battles
Off SoIomons

EDITORS NoTE-FoxhoIe
Diary is the story by a
wounded Detroit marine, Pfc.
Brsijak. ~, of $50 e. Robin
wood. Of his three months on
CuadaIeanai isiand-from the
moment he went ashore on the
fret day Of the attack on Aug.
7, 1892, until he Dos eVoeu-
afed Nth hounds on kov. \.
Pfc. Breijak actually Urots his
diary in CuodaieanoFs fox
holes. and in the dripping
Jungle. He wrots IL in a small
diary book he took from the
body Of a dead yap-stUting
IL or the day the Jap left of.
Pfc. Breijah has been released
from Detroifs Marine Hos
pitoi, his condition having
improved after recurrence
Of his Cuodaieanai.eontraetsd
raiorio.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Street Car Hits, Kills
Man in Dearborn

A man tentatively identified as
James ByerS. about 80, OF 6l43
Seneca was killed last night when
struck by A street car under the
Pere Marquette Railroad viaduct
at Eagle Pass, Dearborn.
George {. Williams ~ 9747
GueuSel, motorman. told Dearborn
police that the man had stepped
from behind a pillar into the path
OF his car.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
18th Series Of Questions
In History Contest
Attention. William Randolph Hearst American
History AWordS students!

history AUdrdS StudehtS!
Here is the fourth set Of history questions T1rere
Of them are appearing each day in The Detroit Times
AnSwers to these questions appear this page.
What movement acted a check upon the aristo-
cratic spirit beginning to flourish in the longer established
coastal settlements Of the colonies (a) Indian CD
Boston Tea Party, (c) migration of the Seoch.Irsh?
2-What college owed its establishment to the desire
to train missionaries 10 convert the Indians? ca Dart
mouth CO. Rutgers Co Yale?
3-What happened Benedict Arnold after his trea-
son? (a He captured and hanged (b) he committed
suicide (c) he commissioned in the British army?
4-What troops termed by Washington THE
Bsyonets of the Revolution? ca The Rhode Island Brigade
(b) The Order of the Cincinnati Co the Maryland Line?
5-Who created the legend about Washington and the
cherry tree? (a) Parson Weems, b Cotton Mather, (c)
Oliver Wiswel?
6-Who were Morgans men and what battle did they
help win? ca Connecticut woodsmen, Battle Of Lexington;
(b) frontiersmen Saratoga; (cl guerllas Cowpens?
What a tower musket'? ca A firearm resem-
bling tower tb) British gun, CO. hunting piece?
(Which Of the British general officers known
cairn?
(a) Molly Pitcher. (b) Betsy Ross, Co Horatio Gates?
10-Of what foreigner fighting for America it said:
Freedom shrieked when - fen? (a) Lafayette,
CD kosciusko, Won Steuben'
11-Name three cities in which the Continental Con-
gress met. Charleston, Kingston New York, Philadelphia,
Trenton, Annapolis, Boston.
12-ln what battle did Washington swear like an
angel? ca Long Island, CD Monmouth (c) Yorktown?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Bright Sayings
of Children

The Times is publishing daily
bright sayings of children and Is
paying 81 for each accepted Mail
your favorite "child's sayings 70
the Bright Sayings Editor, The De-
troit Times AN'
Todays 81 goes 10 Mrs Edward
Schemke, $50 LenoX.
An iceman gave a piece OF ice
TO her 3-year-old son.
The child rushed excitedly to
his mother, yelling:
Mummy. warm this up for
me So 1 can eat IT,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Hundreds Join
Clean PIateC Club
To Save Food
Clean your plate, aid Uncle Sam

Clean your plate, aid Uncle Sam
TO clean up the AXIS!
Boys. girls, grownups. every
time you leave something on your
plate, you are making il more
difficult to feed our fighting men
and our allies.
YOU are invited TO join the
Clean Plate Club. make a pledge
NEVER TO leave ANY food on
your plate as long as the war
lasts. The Times announced this
club only last Tuesday. yet already
hundreds of patriotic boys and
girls, as we'll as many adults, have
sent for membership cards.
Every mail sees the club MEM
bership grow. Every one who signs
up is hitting Hitler and Hirohito!
In this issue Of the Times, you'll
find Clean Plate Club Member
ship Application Blank. Just clip
1t. fill il in, and mail according TO
instructions on the blank. You'll
receive a Clean Plate Club mem.
berShip card by mail. Nothing to
pay! No dues! To remain a MEM
Der in good standing. you just
keep the pledge NOT to leave
ANY food on your plate. If you
violate the pledge, you are asked
to return your membership card.
The whole purpose of the club
is to encourage the saving of
every ounce OF food possible and
help win the war.
The department of agriculture
In Washington has estimated that
three full meals are wasted each
week in every family-a waste
that MUST STOP! Boys and girls
and grownups can help by joining
the Clean Plate Gu band
KEEPING the club pledge. Clean
your plate EVERY MEAL!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Greek Sailor Wins
Suspended Sentence

Evangelos DclakiS. 3S. a Greek
merchant mariner who admitted
he entered the United States
illegally so ne could enter the
armed services. won an 1S-month
suspended sentence today from
Federal Judge Monet.
DelakiS was deported from New
York two years ago 10 the Greek
commandments in England.
He returned TO Canada and made
his way 10 Detroit, he said. be
cause he wanted TO avenge his
country.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Herman Mroeseke
6x- Contractor Retired
4 Years Ago at 73

Funeral services for Herman
Mroeseske, II. Of 4s32 Moran, viii
be held at his residence Monday
at 2 p. m. Burial will be in Elm
wood Cemetery.
Mr.. Mroeseske died yesterday o.
a chronic heart ailment four years
after retiring from his profession
OF carpenter-contractor.
He is survived by his wife, will
whom he celebrated his 50th we'd
ding anniversary three yeras ago
a daughter, Elsie, and three sons
Raymond. Clarence and Oscar, al
lof Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Army Moves In;
Barbed Wire Laid

Saw some Of the army move in,
Laid barbed wire on beach, this
afternoon. Later. got ride back
20 camp area 10 get a blanket and
poncho. Took a swim and cleaned
weapons.
October ig-No action last night
Had a twO-hOur watch
Had four air raids today. One
soldier killed. three marines in
iured
Many ships out in the bay I'M
loading. Guess that was the reason
for so many raids. No damage
done 10 the ships.
Got a ride 20 Kukum wharf
talked 10 few soldiers. and
traded Jap souvenirs for cigarets
Seems good 10 Jslk 70 some one
who lust caneN from civilization.
Strung a little more barbed wire
today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Fighting Mans Friend
Questions and Answers

j. c. P: Q-How much does a
private get paid in the marines
Can he make an allotment to hi:
wife?
"A private In the marines
gets the same rate OF pay as n
private i'm the army, namely $50
a month, plus 20 per cent for
overseas duty. The wife Of
private I'm the marines Is en-
titled to family allowance Of
$50 a month. S?2 from the ma
rine's pay and S28 contributed
by the government.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
BY PFC. CHARLES &. BREIJAk
UsMC
tCopyriEht. 1919, by The Detroit Times
Instalment Is

October II-Hsd a two-houl
watch last night. from 8 10 10.
L Company let go a rife bsrragt
across the river as they saw some
Japs. They claim they got few
Rained a little during the night
and we had no shelter, not ever
a blanket, as most Of our gear Is
back in the camping area.
Ate hot chow and continued &c
finish the gun nest. Chopped logs
for roof and finished AT noon.
Took another swim and theT
went deep into the jungle 10 hum
pineapples and bananas. Found
few. What a treat.
Part of the regiment is moving
down the river in m p h b
tractors. We have a good line SCI
up here now and the army is sale
10 be on the island across from
US and moving in here a regiment
at time.
October Every exciting nigh
as great naval battle could be
seen on the horizon. II was sale
10 be 80 miles out No noise could
be heard, but flashes we're seer
half the night Am told the Jap'
lost nine ships. Our losses not told
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
War Worker Faces
Prison or Induction

Adolph +. DomanSki. ~, a
5-foot. $50 a week war worker
will have to spend three years in
federal prison for draft evasion
unless he appears voluntary tor
an induction examination
/ Domanski. who was IN the army
for seven years prior 10 the cur
rent war. was sentenced by Fed
eral Judge Moinet after falling
three times 10 report for phySi-
cal examination. Monet said the
sentence would be suspended for
five years if DomanSki reports.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Marie |. Richardson
Veteran City EmpIoye
70 Be Buried tuesday

Miss Marie 7 Richardson OF 1855
Seward, a veteran city employe
died at her home early today after
A brief illness. Funeral services
will be held Tuesday morning ir
ST. Agnes Church, with burial ir
Mt Elliott Cemetery.
Miss Richardson was an ON
ploye of the city treasurer'S office
for Is years and more recently
worked at Receiving Hospital.
Survivors include her mother
Mrs. William II. Richardson, anC
three brothers--Frederick w.
Vincent w. and Charles J.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
History Questions
Answered Here

AnsWsrs TO history CUES
tlons:
migration from Ulster
In Ireland ~ the Scotch-Irish,
early in the eighteenth CEN
fury 10 the foothills ~ Viz
ginia and the Carolinas.
2-Dartmouth.
She Vas commissioned n
brigadier general In the Brit
ish army, fought against the
American army in Virginia,
was granted a pension by the
British crown, and died In
London.
THE Maryland Line"
which saved the American
army from complete disaster
At the Battle of Long Island.
5-Parson Weems, In a
legendary but highly inaccu-
rate biography of Washing
ton.
6-Frontiersmen under the
command of Daniel Morgan.
who routed the British at
Bemis Heights. generally
known as the Battle Of sara
toga,
Thrilled guns used by
the British Infantry, with
neither accuracy nor range
OF the American rifle.
S-Gen. John Burgoync.
Gen. Horatio Gates.
l0-Gen. kosciusko, n Pole.
Il-New York, Philadel-
phia, Annapolis.
l2-Monmouth. when he
upbraided Gen. Lee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Personnel Chief
For City Fought

Mayor Jefries' plan to appoint
a personnel director within the
civil service commission will be
opposed by city employees at a
public hearing June l6.
In announcing the opposition
Edward F. Frey. president of the
Detroit Municipal Employees Asso-
citation, Inc, wrote common coun-
Gil:
IF positions can be created
Mt the within and caprice of the
mayor, and without due process
of competitive examinations,
then we believe the funda-
mental principle OF civil serv-
Ice Is being sabotaged."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Croatian Leader Held
AT Graz by Germans

LONDON. June : 'UNSl -Croa-
tian leader Vladimir Matchek has
been interned al Graz by the
NaziS as punishment for refusing
to take part in conversations
with occupation authorities. the
YugoSlav government in exile an
nounced today.
Leon Blum, EdQuard Daladier
and Paul Reynaud. former French
premier. also are held az Graz, the
government statQDcnt said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Interest Cut Asked
On Loans 10 Schools

Auditors today recommended "a
county supervisors a cut in inter-
est rates charged school districts
on money loaned for reconStruc-
ton programs. Because of easier
money, the auditors said the
interest should be 2i2 per cent
instead of per cent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
Divorce Splits Canned Goods

WATERLOO, Ia. June > (UP)
A stipulation in the divorce of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brewster
divided their canned goods equally
between them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07

thing to do. hut such efforts will
be reflected In the future happi-
ness and health Of your sons, 1
am sure.
DIR. ALFRED McCLUSG LEE.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
History Awards Answer
ShurIy'S Plea To Schools
Hearst Contest Goal
For Years Of Member
Of Board of Education
BY SCOTT wIGLE

The William Randolph Hearst
American History Awards contest
ITO stimulate greater interest in
United States history among stu
dents OF the citys 10 public high
schools Is an objective long sought
by DR.. Burt r. Shurly, well known
Detroit physician and vice presi-
dent of the Detroit Board Of Edu-
cation.
In a contest sponsored by The
Detroit Times to inspire high
school students 10 greater knowl-
edge Of our country's history, IS
history students. five from each Of
the Is public high schools. will
compete for valuable volumes OF
American histories 10 be placed in
their school libraries.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Nineteen students, one from
each team OF FIVE, will also re-
ceive individual Hearst Awards for
high examination marks in Ameri-
can history.
] Ilt competitive thdiIlllldNlOil,
which Will take 90 minutes TO
write and Is of the short answer"
type. will be given at Wayne Uni
lversity during the third week OF
this month.
Minutes OF the board OF educa.
ton meeting of April n. l943, be-
fore the inception OF the Hearst
Awards contest. revealed that DR..
Shurly had urged greater empha-
sis on United States history.
EMPHASIS ASKED
DR.. Shurly, acting president at
/ the April II meeting, said:
IL think n request should he
forwarded to the superintendent
to look into the matter Of
placing greater emphasis on the
teaching OF United States his
tory in the Detroit public
schools.
This should be done In order
that children, and particularly
those OF foreign parentage. will
have n thorough understanding
I Of the early background ~ our
country and ~ the Constitution
Of the United States as bull
wark Of the republic"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-07
CLEAN PLATE CLUB
Membership Application

want TO join the Clean Plate Club and hereby agree
that will always finish all the food my plate, unless
excused and will continue do this until Uncle Sam has
licked the Axis.
l understand will receive membership card, and
further agree that in the fail clean my plate
will turn in my card.
I make this pledge knowing that there are millions of
children and adults in the world today who do have
enough TO eat,
(rLEASE PRINT
ADDRESS N,......................~ ........5...
loWN. STATE.
Signature Of Parent Guardian
Note The membership n 10
ana Kept reminder food
JOHN CHINOOK President.
mail this form to Clean Plate Club The Detroit Times
Times Square Detroit 26, Mch.l
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-12-03
Trouble in BROOKLYN. N. Y.

The rme wave" in the Stuyvesan of Brook
n another effort Negro people another effort
back the rising tide of the New Negro remember there
has been crime wave of another following each
past years. They
motion by that rapidly dwindg group of American citizens who
futiley trying to keep the Negro in his place.
Led Sir real operator of bgoted
whites trying impose the southern Brooklyn One
the witnesses their meeting held the Young Mems Christian
Association Alabama cracker He said conditions due
influx of sunbuned citizens who the deep South
msaing liberty for license"
THIS CRACKER COP DAVID LEHMAN, SHOULD BE RE-
MOVED FROM THE POLICE FORCE OF NEW YORK MMEDI-
ATELY.
Stuesan from the Brooklyn Felony Magistrate
Sala who declared he is incredibly unfair totally
unundd and repte with erors Magistrate of
Adoscen Court Brooklyn that there white defendants
for Negro Father Campon of St. Peter Cve said that the
of the situation is poor housing facilities lack of
onal opportunities and injustice and unfarnes Rev.
Thomas the Holy Trinity the
Brown Memorial both agreed substance with Father Campons
soning.
until few years ago only would Negroes
through subsidized police did everything they could Negroes
Brooklyn the grand jury which handed down the lying indictment
of the Negro people.
THERE WAS NOT ONE NEGRO ON THE GRAND JURY AND
ONLY ONE NEGRO WAS CALLED BEFORE IT TO GIVE TEsTI
MONY.
Brooklyn must aching for
riot and it breaks out there will be Detroit in Brooklyn
Brooklyn the the Christian stronghold
New City Coughntes. Brooklyn just
weeks vandals broke into Jewish cemetery
graves.
The whole attack effort to break the spirit of the Negro
people They elected LaGuara office Brooklyn
organized Christian spirit reelected
Pete Cacone City Council running him far
favore and daughters
The situation in styvesant going changed
by who will "muss them up" because something like
started there be retaliation The situation going
changed by people like S apartments
decent figures Negro tenants The City New response
the expanding population Regardless of what said done
THE NEW NEGRO" IS GOING TO MARCH oN-People's Voice.