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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
lis Murder Charge
do you guys tn

HWHERE do you guys think
w you are" she screamed.
"Pipe down, Babe, It's n muir
der charge" growled Vigneau.
want TO get mixed up In it,"
The girl recoiled and gasped,
"Murder?"
eyes, murder! Now you sit
tight and tell us what you know
about this man or well book you
as an accessory"
Her hard face became creased
with panic. listen, copper" she
pleaded. I'm not messed up in
any killing This old gent has
been coming to see me nearly
every night, but that doesn't
mean 1 know anything about his
affairs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Victim S Means

It WAS a short while later,
L when the ambulance returned
and the patient was being trans
ported in the elevator TO the
receiving hospital on an upper
floor that the means Of the fire
victim could be heard above the
sound Of the lift Fuller voiced
tho thought that had struck
Them both
smoke patients don't groan
that way. Sounds more like an
auto accident Come on,
Louis, lets have look"
In the receiving ward up
stairs the two alert officers
found Police Surgeon A. J. Lam
gan feveriShly working over an
unconscious. middle aged woman
who moaned and gasped in
heavy. hemorrhaged breaths.
They hurried TO the office Of
Ere Battalion Chief Charles
Carroll
whats the report on the
fire. chief" asked Nigneau.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18

however. when they heard the
police ambulance wailinely
leave headquarters, their
sharpcned senses made both
men conscious Of the sequence
of events.
The switchboard operator said
the fire doparmcnthsd reported
n negligible fire on nearby
Fourth. whore one person was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Glass Still Around
"SHE was lying right tn

"SHE was lying right there"
- Henniger indicated. II
haven't had chance 10 clean
mp the glass yet"
Dark brown fragments Of
whisky bottle were scattered on
the walk. Both officers bent to
examine them and Fuller shifted
at one of the larger pieces; then,
when Nigncau received a mean
ingful glance from his partner
he did likewise.
Once outside and far enough
away from the house where they
could talk freely, Vigneau eX-
ploded with:
"Phoney! The whole set up Is
uhuUaV -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18

the pepper tree. must have
doIcd of because the next thing
I knew some one was shouting
Fire. fire" and / saw smoke
pouring ont Of my house. Then
they took Margie away"
The shipworker led the way TO
n closet Just of the kitchen
where the officers were met
with a pungent odor Of burnt
rags.
Next the old man took them
outside in the back, where they
saw a wcll-planned rock garden
Of cement walks, tastefully ar
ranged flowers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Pieces Fit together

NOV the pieces seemed to be
~ fitting together.
In relays they Swallowed him
TO the shipyard each morning
and picked him up again at 4
p. m. when ne finished work.
For three days Henniger fol-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
She Refuses TO Be Comforted

TIED and found the window trine
The had been unlockedjlst the
way His wife very fghtenedst the he
And the ring his pocketust where
he had placed it.
by Mary grew instead Of better.
Ted her assured her she'd find the ring
Mary nconsoab begged him to phone
the police.
You right dearest" she cried 49, right! I'm
wonderful
Ted I'd only listened and kept that ring finger all
the time this awful thing couldn't have happened on Ted
walked back the kitchen.
smiled himself his pocket He'd the
the floor the drain where she'd certainly discover
later. But what lesson she'd have learned!
his pocket And deeper. And deeper But
ring there There nothing therenohng but
he had been careless to have fixed week ago!
y
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Fears Police, Doctor

DUT the mattress had TO be
- destroyed before the police
or a doctor would arrive. other
wise the extent Of the woman'S
injuries would be discovered.
The detectives speculated as TO
whether the house was set on
fire according to the murderer's
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
TRUE DETECTIVE STORY
upmn By Terry McShane mmn

THE crime char, the Los Angeles police department showed
its usual annual dip FOR the interval between Christmas
and New Years Day 193S-vhch accounted for the rummy
game in progress the detectives at San Pedro head
quarters between those two nseparable partners-Lous
Vigneau and T. p Fuller.
AS the plincothesmeu studied their cards they
sn attention shr cry Of fire engine that drifted
up 70 them from the below. Five minutes later,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Henniger Leaves

At 1870 the next morning
= \ Dec. 80, 1937-the detective
partners received word from a
plainclothesman, who was watch
ing the house, that Henniger
had left after telling a neighbor
he was going to make funeral
arrangements for his wife.
They hurried over, and. while
Vigneau let himself inside with
a passkey, Fuller examined the
yard and garage.
Vigneau went directly to the
clothes closet and the inlet box.
II had a removable fuse which
he unscrcwed. and in examining
il closely he observed that the
thin metal safeguard, which
should have been burned out, APP
DcarCd intact.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Ted Sounds His WARNING

EY started for the movies They halfway TO the
stop Ted said he had forgotten his
back Mary Ted walked the kitchen
and picked the off the window SILL where Mary had left IT,
Then he hurried back TO her.
They the movie and had Victory soda after
Then they started home And when the bus stopped
corner helped Mary and spoke very casually
looked around him
things neighbor-
hood" he they started walk homewd No
there's epidemic Of robberies gon on"
Mary said didn't there epidemic of robbes
Ted said there certainly the papers full Of it,
"And what could they Mary
they're welcome to it."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
II Had Been a Tough Sacrifice

TIED and Mary fairly happy couple happy couples
these days They had along in of
and bills they seldom had The
only thing really Ted w carelessness with
that ring.
they married Ted bought the ring the
time plan had represented tough sacrifice And
the only thing he had given which he
ordnately proud
few nights later he found the the side Of the bath
BASIN He shouted about then and he kept picking all
through dinner And for after he didn't do much tan
Mary all.
AS result for the next two weeks Mary remembered keep
the ring her finger But that long lasted She
again grew careless with rng-and that Ted
cided to her and for all time
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Asks About Mareie
HDUT how is Margie? Tell me

"BUT how is Marg,e' Tell me me
~ she'll be all right In day
or two. She will. won't she:"
the man beSeeched.
"She'n be all right" assured
Fuller hastily, though in his own
kind heart he was convinced
that they had seen the last of
mortal Margie Henniger.
But the aged husband would
not be consoled. He dropped into
a chair and sobbed--
Just a little while sooner -.
" I'D just come home a half
hour sooner / could have saved
her from herself i could
have hid that bottle
Bottle? ." exclaimed tho Off
GERS in one voice. what bot
, tleo"
Slowly, painfully as though
unable to bear the weight Of the
words he was about to utter
Brought in Liquor
"TTS probably all my fault. i
was foolish to have brought
some liquor into the house--just
n few bottles fo- the Christmas
season. But all the time / knew
for years il has been going
on -. She was inclined 10 -.
Well. you know what 1 mean,
gentlemen
81 got home from the yard at
4:3O a. usual, hut Margie wasn't
anywhere in the house. l looked
I'm the rock garden. and cursed
myself when I found her living
just beyond the back door on
the pavement d. She Overdid II
again In staggering onto the
steps she must have lost her
balance and fallen backwards.
And a whisky bottle she was
carrying Was smashed by the
fall.
II carried her 60 the front
bedroom. laid her down and
covered her with a blanket.
Outside in Chair
81 HAD been tired " hen I
came home, aud this excite
ment didn't help any, 30 ! went
outside Go rest In chair under
R 4 H a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
No Fool Like Old Fool

ECAN you imaginec" Fuller
- whistle q. "SiXty-Seven
years old and going into a place
like that"
Well" commented Nigneau,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Waits Two Hours

EOR two hours he waited in
Il silence, then he sensed al
most inaudible footballs on the
concrete walk and an inky
shadow passed him within arms
length. 1t took every bit Of his
control TO permit the old night
prowler to ease into his house
unmolested.
On the following night both
detectives waited at the back Of
the house. They watched the
ritual of the lights and ID min
utes after all but the bedroom
lights were eXtinguished they
heard the back door open
quietly; then came the soft click
of the latch.
The fast-stepping old man
turned left on Beacon street,
with its evening flow Of pedes-
TRANS, and the officers closed up
in time to see their quarry turn
into a dingy, tlvo-story hotel that
bore such an unSavory reputa-
ton that il was known TO every
undercover officer in the city.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Lead-in Wire O. K.

NEXT he examined the wall
= ' from the outside and no.
ticed that the lead-in wire was
fastened with half dozen stout
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
You Don't Pay No Attention

NED put ring beside cody
i the side of her head
ust pretty valuable when he
muered. you're just plain Mary That ring
ESQ CLANS, and lay IL a window SILL
81 ask 5000 times 90 take that ring you
pay attention TO you're gonna forget
VIII you put it-and then good by"
: She shrugged.
forgot" replied duly thinking
Ted don't like under the mounting.
sparkle stone"
He waved hand.
That's silly" he said. "Just keep that ring oil
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
|HE[[|NCER SHORT STORY

DONT this little yarn actually goes-and
neither Perry Charles who told the other after
But we've heard it before and possibly you
haven't either. Accordingly
The dishes cleaned the sink DRAIN Little irridesce 4,
sudden death atop drying plates
Teds hand reached the dishes the window sill
behind the sink He picked the ring and silently watched the
fire from the diamond
Iiow times gotta tell not to take this ring off ?"
he said.
Mary kept right washing the knives and forks Without
lifting her head, she said:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
Outside in Chair

81 HAD been tired hen I
came home, and this excite
ment didn't help any, 10 ! went
outside 20 rest In chair under
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
DECORATED

Major Charles o. Butler, origi-
nally of Wilmington and son OF
c. M. Butler, has been decorated
by Lieut.. Gen. George c. Patton
for special service" in the Sicilan
campaign, according to word re-
ceived by his wife, Mrs. Adelaide
Caldwell Butler, who with her
daughter, Adelaide, is making her
home in Charlotte for the dura-
ton.
Major Butler, a member of the
railway division of the U. S. Ensi-
neering Corps, with a junior Off
Ger and a picked detail Of men
landed in Sicily the day after the
Allied assault on the island to re-
pair rail transportation systems
and to maintain railway operations
until occupation of the island was
accomplished.
Prior to his arrival in Sicily,
Major Butler saw service in the
North African campaign, having
landed with the first American
troops at Casablanca on November
8, 1912. He is a veteran of World
War I.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
Tobacco Specialist Will
Enter Special Army Work

RALEIGH, Sept. 14-(R-W. r.
Hedrick tobacco marketing spe-
cialist with the State Department
of Agriculture, has accepted a
commission as captain in the u
S. Army Specialist Reserve Agri-
culture Commissioner w. Kerr
Scott said today. -.
Hedrick, who has worked with
tobacco companies in the Near
East, will report to Fort Custer,
Mich, when called = probably
about the last of October-and
will be assigned to the Allied Mill
tary Government branch after
training.
Scott said that Hedrick has been
given an indefinite leave OF ab-
Sence.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
Furniture Firm Cited
For Outstanding Work

The w. and J. Sloane company,
peacetime producer of fine furni-
ture but now engaged in furnish
ing and installing furniture and
other fixtures on vessels built at
the yard of the North Carolina
Shipbuilding company, has been
awarded a Gold star for it's Mari
time commission ''M' pennant.
Officials received notification of
the award, which signifies con-
tinued production achievement, a
few days ago.
The company, whose Whining
ton branch has been operating
since the early days of the ship
yard in fulfilling its contracts on
joiner work, received its IN"
pennant from the Maritime COM
mission on March u.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
NECR0LOSESARM
in AUTO MISHAP
Passenger In Car Has Limb
Mangled When Vehicle
Hits Truck

Silas johnson, Negro. of 707 Nc
Rae street, suffered the loss OF
his right arm Monday after it had
been severely mangled when the
car in which he was riding side.
swiped a parked truck, catching
his arm between the two vehicles
johnson was passenger in 8
car owned by Bleese Brown, Ne
gro, of 719 Bladen street, and op.
Grated by Willie Brown, Negro.
of 719 Bladen street.
According to police the car was
travelling south on Sixth street
from Brunswick street when the
accident occurred.
Willie Brown, driver of the car.
and Marion Bethune, Negro, Of
705 IL Hanover street, who was
also a passenger in the car, told
officers that johnson had his arm
out of the window, and that just
before Brown approached the
bridge on Sixth street a pedestrian
stepped off the east side of the
street causing Brown to cut
sharply to avoid hitting him.
When the car swerved, the Ne
groes declared, Johnson's arm
was mashed between the car in
which he was riding and an un-
identified truck which was parked
on the west side of Sixth street
in the 700 block, just south Of
Brunswick street.
Johnson's condition was report
ed as good" Tuesday afternoon
by attaches Of James Walker Me-
mortal hospital.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
Goldsboro Negro Gets
Sentence For Larceny

George Rivers, Goldsboro, Negro,
charged with larceny and receiv-
ing, pleaded guilty in Recorders
court Tuesday morning and was
sentenced to IL months in Jail to
be worked on county property.
According to Sergeant H. Hayes
of the police department, Rivers
allegedly took a suitcase and its
contents from the Atlantic Coast
Line baggage room.
The Negro was charged with va
grancy in a second warrant, which
was mol pressed by Judge H. Win
field Smith.
William H. Williams and Ma
thew Andrew Anderson, Negro
youths, charged with stealing a
motor vehicle, pleaded not guilty,
but were found guilty by Judge
Smith and sentenced to four
months on the county farm.
The two were also charged with
reckless operation of an auto in
additional warrants, which were
merged with the warrants in
which they charged with stealing
the auto.
Eddie Larkin, Negro charged
with misconduct on passenger
bus and violation of the Jim Crow
law pleaded not guilty to the
charge but was found guilty by
Judge Smith and was assigned to
the county farm for 80 days.
The Negro later gave notice of
appeal to superior court.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
DRAFT SURVEY
STARTED HERE
Two Purpose Investigation
OF All Registrars
Underway

A two-purpose survey of all reg
istrants of the city and county
draft boards here is under way
to correct records and enable Ma
tional Headquarters to know the
"exact situation" in regards to
manpower, officials Of City Board
No. l disclosed Tuesday.
This inventory OF regiStrants,
which is scheduled to be complet-
ed by October l, is being taken
by all local draft boards in the
United States.
The records of every man, in
Guiding those already drafted,
dead or of any status, with the
exception of As to IS year old men
of the Fourth registration, are be-
ing examined.
Because city Board No. in the
Tide Water Power company build
ing is required to make survey
of approximately 10000 regis
trants. officials announced that eff
fective at once the office will be
open to the public daily only from
p. m. to $50 p. m. 1t will be
closed from $3.50 a. m. to 2 p. m.
daily in order to make the inven-
tory.
The two-purpose survey, accord
ing to official instructions is be-
ing conducted for these reasons:
l. To disclose to local boards
cases in which registrants are
improperly classified under cur
rent regulations SO that prompt
classification can be made.
2. To enable those in authority
at National Headquarters to know
the exact situation which obtains
in each local board in each state
and in the nation at large with
respect to manpoWer.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
0PA PLEDGE WILL
Be ASKED in CITY
Home Front Campaign To
Request Closer Obser-
vance OF Rules

Plans to launch on Monday,
Sept. 20, the Home Front Pledge
campaign, which is designed to
promote wider observance OF OPA
regulations and better cooperation
between retailers and consumers,
were announced Tuesday by Mrs
Julia Morton, chairman of COM
munity service panel of New Han
over War Price and Rationing
board.
The goal of the drive, Mrs. Nor.
ton explained, is to exact pledge
of each housewife in New Hanover
county by the terms of which she
will refuse to buy knowingly any
thing above listed ceiling prices;
that she will refuse to purchase
rationed goods without the neces-
sary stamps; and that she will
refuse patronage of dealers who
persist in charging beyond-ceiling
prices.
A house-to-house canvass will be
made by Office of Civilian De-
tense volunteers to influence
housewives to sign the pledge,
which will later be sent to Ra-
leigh. Stickers will be pasted in
windows to show the housewife
has signed the pledge will be dis
tributed.
1t is expected that the aid of
PIT. A. groups, civic clubs, and
women's organizations will be en-
listed in disseminating correct in
formation on rationing in an eff
fort Ito leave no stone unturned
in letting the public have the
facts"
New lists of ceiling prices will
be posted prominently in all
stores and as far as possible will
be distributed to consumers.
Mrs. Morton explained that the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15

object of the drive is "to put in
formation on price ceilings in the
hands of retailers and consumers
and have them realize the impor-
lance of cooperation in order to
prevent initiation.
The pledge to be signed by New
Hanover housewives reads:
81 will pay no more than top
legal prices. I will accept no ra-
toned goods without giving up ra-
ton stamps"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
961 New Passenger Autos
Allotted To North Carolina

RALEIGH, Sept. IA IN North
Carolina has been given a quota
of 961 new passenger automobiles
for rationing during September,
Raleigh District OPA Director
Theodore S. Johnson said today.
Johnson said that the quota is
backed up with a reserve of 1874
new cars, to be drawn upon to
fill demands that may develop in
excess of the state quota.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
PAPER SHORTAGE

LONDON, Sept. IA - (A - So
severe has the paper shortage be-
come in occupied Holland that in
dividual licenses must be obtain
ed for every printing job, no mat
ter how small, according to the
Netherlands official gazette re-
ceived here today.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
Air C a d e t

Air c a d e t
R oy Starnes,
having C o M
p e t e d his
t r a i n ing at
Cochran Field,
M a c o n, Ca,
has begun his
advanced fly
ing training at
Mariana Ar
my Air Field,
Mariana, Fla.
Upon compile
ton Of t h e
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
DIES IN HOSPITAL

ASHEVILLE, Sept. IA III Al
bert R. Bauman, Sc, business man
ager of the Southern Presbyterian
Assembly ground at Montreal,
near here, died in an Asheville
hospital today. He had suffered a
paralytic stroke Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15
RETURNS

CHIEF Boat
sWain's Mate
Schuyler D.
Standard. U.
S. Coast Guard.
of 1910 South
Fourth street,
recently return
ed here from
Approximately
IS months of
duty on a busy
Coast Guard
operated trans
port in t h e
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15

Major league baseball in New
York City attracts an annual at
tendance of about $1,000 900 - 81
per cent of the national total.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15

South and Southwest Pacific, has
been assigned to the Coastal Pick
cts Force of the Coast Guard at
Wrightsville Sound
Chief Standards transport
made nine trips into the Guadal-
canal-Tulagi region, Solomon Is
lands, including the historic origi-
nal trip ''in'' on the morning of
August 7, 1912, when its cargo Of
U. S. Marines and those of the
other transports took the beach
at Guadalcanal in the first step of
the great offensives leading to
Tokyo.
On the eight other trips Chief
Standards transport REINFORCED
the Marines, under Japanese aer-
ial bombing and shore battery
fire, around Guadalcanal and Tu-
lagi and also brought in sorely
needed supplies, removed casual
ties, and then helped move the
spear-heading Marine contingents
out and The U. S. Army in.
In spite of numerous narrow es-
capes from aerial bombing and
surface shell fire, Chief Standard
and the transport on which he
served came through intact.
Chief Standard left Southwest
Pacific base for the United States
in July and has been enjoying
some well-earned leave with his
family here before reporting to
duty with the Coastal Pickets
Force. His wife, Hazel Standard,
and four-year-old son, Douglas, re-
manned here during his service iii
the Pacific.
Chief Standard is a veteran of
the U. s. Lighthouse Service,
which became part of the Coast
Guard in July, 1899. He entered
the Lighthouse service in June,
1923, having served as U. S.
Army Engineer in Jacksonville,
Fla, area prior to his enlistment
He served most of his time in the
Lighthouse service in the Phila-
delphla district, residing In Will
m1ngton, Del.
AS a matter of fact, Chief Stana-
lands personal geography has
been featured largely by Whining
tons. He lived in Wilmington, Del,
for years, then here, and landed
at Wilmington, Calf, on his re-
turn to the limited States several
weeks ago.
In March, 1910, he was trans
ferred by the Coast Guard to Nor
folk, Va, where he served for a
time on the Lighthouse tender, Or
child. Chief Standard was trans
ferred to the Coast Guard Trans
port service, along with a number
of other Coast Guardsmen, in
June, 1941, when the threat OF
war was becoming definite.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15

course there, he is expected to
be awarded his silver wings. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. W. E.
Starnes of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-15

York City, prior to entering the
Army December 2, 1912. His wife,
Ada, is living at their home in
Paterson.
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