davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-22

secreted himself the study while the family at
dinner hidden behind filing cabinet and shot Garcia after
latter settled down 20 work. He had then as the
commandane reconstructed the case dropped from the
window first binding cloth around his shoes to keep from
leaving footprints
Admittedly the fun of holes No one knew
better than Esquilar himself Why had the murderer
waited hour before shooting his victim? Why hadn't
Garcia made defend himself when
from his hiding place? How could
been shot the side of the head that turned
toward the window? This would indicate that the killer
must have wedged himself between the desk and the win
dowa very space But Esquiars reconstruction
the crime satisfied no
The next day Sanchez the young detective passed the
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-22

Yet Garcia certainly had been shot through the
head The bullet had entered just above the left temple
and had out through the right cheek breaking te
right Jaw the angle showed clearly that the shot
downward almost 45 degrees There were
clearly indicating that the muzze had been
held within few inches Of Garcia's head
The intruder seemingly had discharged his weapon
through the window, from position above Garcia ms
because like many windows in Latin American coun-
tries this high the wall, and the top OF
Garcias head seated at the desk had come
about level with the sill.
But sill II feet above the ground and the wall
Of the house absolutely sheer without ledge or
projection which the most athletic assassin could
have chung.
Diego SANCHEZ the youngest the detectives, seemed
particularly interested in large round marks in the
soft earth below the window.
They must something he said TO his superior
and made casts OF the impressions.
Eventually after exhaustng every conceivable theory,
Commandantc Esquilar decided that the murderer must
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-22
The High Cost Of Delivering
History-Making Letters

Egyptian Queen wrapped herself in
rug and had herself delivered 20 Caesar
by a Roman soldier Caesar, so his.
tory says, sealed the letter with kiss
A place in history also goes TO the
famous Message TO Garcia, which was
delivered 10 the Cuban General Garcia
by Lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan, who
died early this year at the age Of so.
The cost Of delivering this letter is not
known but it would be negligible COM
pared 20 the money spent on the
RooseVeIt-to-StaIin missives.
There are letters in history that have
cost the senders more than it cost to
deliver the two missivcs between
Roosevelt and Stain. bat it is doubtful
if history will remember them They
are the ones that have been presented
as evidence in breach-of-promise suits
and in murder trials, in which mighty
important decisions rested on a mere
)er
-n4ieAt =fall-the famous MHlliifgan=letters
which many people think may have
lcncv he sought so eagerly In these
~ a., ,,orv fayore that Rlaipp had
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-22

DERHApS no two letters IN history
@cost as much 10 deliver carried
such momcntous messages, or had
a more notable mailman 30 deliver
them than did the pair exchanged re-
Gently between President Franklin y.
Roosevelt ana premier Joseph Stain
Conservative aviation experts esti-
mate that the TWO letters rolled up no
less than sic 600 in actual transporta-
tion expenses which does not include
tho salary or the living expenses Of
,'rgCT'r Z Dawes rFe FORMER Ambas-
sad0r 90 Russia Just what was in the
communications VIII likely remain a
military secret until tho war is over
These missivcs which viii likely 20
down IN history as two Of the most
important ever delivered were. both
sealed with red wax. although good
etiquette generally demandS than when
q clgsc friend delivers a written mes
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-22

sage another person the should remain unseaed
Ilc dcycr Of This lcttcrAih its possLhle Morld=Mide
Ff0UC6t t9 mud othcrl famous communities
tons Nat made history brought fame 10 their writers
recipients
Such letter might he said. the one written
ty Cleopatra 60 julius Caesar The story goes that the
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-22

greater part Oh INC
afternoon in the
public library and
when he left the
building there was
a grim look on his
face.
He was then
closeted for a n
hour with Com
mandante Esquilar
and when he left
he was accompan-
led by another de-
tective. The pair
took a light car
and drove far out
into the great plain
to the west Of the
city. II was close
TO midnight when
they returned re-
Gently to police
headquarters with
a h an d cuffe q,
swearing man for
company \ long,
-Arapped-lIp- bundle
stuck far ont from
the back OF the
open car
The prison Q r,
who was brought
directly before Es-
quilar, snarled
"Por dos. this
is an outrag & Q.
These men Of yours
say that I muir
dered Ramon Gar
Cla. Am l a nlEnt
flying bat? Have
I wings 20 hover
outside a II foot
window and use a
pistol %"
How did you
know the window
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-22

ne was working
The officers who
had been hurriedly
called thought first
of breaking down
tho door but, on
examining the out
side or The house,
they noticed that
the study window
some IA feet above
the level Of the
garden on which it
looked, was wide
open SO they got a
ladder and climbed
into the room.
Naturally tn g Y
had examined the
soft ground below
the window before
setting up the lad
der and the only
marks they found
were large and in
dCtnrm4uaIelN
T0T1TT, 7OII Tll'~c
meant = nLhln E
whatever To Conn
nandante ksquitar
or any OF the other
8CtpCtiX'Cq
When the officers
step ped through
tho window they
found Garcia sit
ting in the big
office chair in front
Of his desk. his
head slumped down
upon the papers
that covered il He
was dead There
was no revolver,
pistol or rife in the
room or outside
the garden win
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-22

Great Britain Rlrh, Rsar,ed
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-22

TIE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-22

t day Sanchez The young detective. passed The
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-22

: rl9a W Amlr7lat wo1kIy- IN,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27
War and Morals

That the wars effect is being felt
in this country in lowered moral
standards is the conclusion that must
be drawn from an analysis of half
million arrest reports for 1912 which
has just been completed by the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation. The
study discloses what Director J. Edgar
Hoover characterizes as an alarming
increase in delinquency among wom-
en- and girls" and pronounced in
creases" in certain types of offenses
by youthful males.
Mr.. Hoover places particular en-
phasis on the situation with regard
to minor girls, for whom the arrest
rate was up 55.7 per cent over the
previous year. Contributing to this
figure were sharp increases in arrests
for prostitution and other sex
offenses, vagrancy, disorderly conduct
and drunkenness. Arrests of boys
under 81 were SO per cent lower for
the year, but despite this, there were
increases in assault, rape, disorderly
conduct and drunkenness.
The FBI chief blames boom con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27

ditions and easy money in the hands
Of youthful persons, together with a
possible let-down in the influence of
the home" as the major factors in
this situation, and undoubtedly he is
correct. Boom periods invariably
bring unsavory social conditions, and
police in the National Capital can
testify that one of their most pressing
problems is the younger boys and
girls who too often are left to their
own devices when parents are away
from home in the daytime.
Mr.. Hoover bespeaks renewed
efforts to keep the home front clean,
wholesome and strong" and this is
a challenge to every community.
Evil begets evil, and the Nation can
not afford to be Indifferent to what
so clearly are danger signals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27
Pilgrim

I strobe beyond the past, dark edge
OF night ..-
Where labyrinths OF timeless stars
display
In phalanred splendor, amethystins
light,
Pale, feeting echo Of retreatino
day.
My feet, by siluer comets, pere en-
shared
And dra,Dn toWard nascent con-
Stellations' throne. st.
For I, no longer earthbound, BREATH
less, dared
Walk unatraid among the stars,
alone.
Who, like me. longs for worlds he
cannot see
May find them it he dares behold
the CLEAN
That tollo,0s after prayer, and
patiently ... .
Seeks po,Der in the glory OF his
dream.
True beauty. still transcendent.
shorn of dross
Abides where night and heauen's
highways cross.
JOHN POOLEY WRIGHT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27
Nearby Teachers

The problem of securing better pay
for public school teachers-bad
enough in the Districts even more
pressing in the nearby Virginia and
Maryland counties.
In all of these neighboring COM
munities pay levels are very low and
the rate at which trained teachers
are leaving the schools for other and
better-paying occupations is alarm
ing. This condition is perhaps most
critical in Montgomery County,
where some 100000 persons make
their homes and are largely depend
ent on the county's public school
system for the education of their
children.
Of the 900 teachers in Montgomery
County. 143 have resigned to 60 else
where since last June Anticipating a
continuation of this trend, and
aroused because the Brice bill await
ing final action in the State LegiSla-
ture does not authorize payment of
Il SIU lllOIlliliy DoIluo Olllll l, n
delegation of Parent Teachers will
call upon the county's Board of Com
missioners this Tuesday. They plan
to point out that a bonus beginning
in July will be of no help during this
school year, and that the bonus pay
ments would be discontinued by the
terms of the Brice bill in May of next
year-seven months before the Leg
islature reassembles. The delegation
intends to demand that the county
assume payment of the bonus to July
! and during the period from May l,
1914, to July, 1945, securing the funds
II necessary from economies in other
directions or through use of recently
granted wartime powers.
In support of their position the
Parent-Teachers say, for instance.
that the salary of a school janitor in
the county is better than the begin
ming pay-$l ,200-for a teacher hold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27

How familiar we all feel with re
gions east of Borneo," now, due to the
war!
These tree shrews are related to hedge
hogs, but are said to resemble more the
ordinary squirrels, except for a long,
flexible nose.
The Madras tree shrew is found in
India
All of these odd creatures eat insects
and fruits.
Persons who frown upon squirrels at
their bird feeding stations now ought to
be able to look at them with new eyes.
After all, they are mainly, as far as
humans are concerned, such creatures as
we believe them to be, and If we find
them amusing and entertaining, we have
gone long way toward liking them.
Residents of the suburban areas can
not get away from squirrels. They are
everywhere, and will come wherever food
Is put out. No one can blame them for
that. 1t is not exactly cricket" as the
English say, to run a free lunch"
counter, and then complain because
some hungry creature comes to it.
Thoughts of tree rats ought to make
one more tolerant of our gray squirrels,
which do not do much damage. Occa-
sionally squirrel tries to get into an
attic Or air chamber. Sometimes he
succeeds
Recently resident of one of the sub
urbs northwest of the city called up to
ask about some squirrels which had
made nest in the air chamber below
the roof
they could get in.
We suggested that they might have
climbed the brick walls.
An hour or so later the person called
up to say that the creatures had been
caught and taken half mile away
in the woods, and that they had beat
him back through the trees and had
gone into the nest again.
They were flying squirrels!
X
Some attempt has been made to link
the common squirrel with human dis
eases, but as far as we know nothing
much has come of it. as yet
We would not advise any one to get
too chummy with squirrels, however,
mostly on account OF their sharp bite,
il alarmed.
Their teeth are as sharp as knives,
and commonly strike to the bone on
wrist or hand, where most of their bites
are placed
Unless one is we'll versed in squirrel
lore. it is common sense to watch them
at respectful distance.
II the animal comes up for a peanut
or the like, proffer the food carefully
and do not make any motions of the
hands until the squirrel has withdrawn
If an extra friendly squirrel hops up
on knee or shoulder, remain quiet until
he leaps down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27
Mr.. Lewis Bows Out

Ihe appearance of John L. Lewis
before the Truman Committee, as
was to have been expected. produced
considerable measure of oratory
but very little new light on the basic
issues underlying the coal dispute.
Mr.. Lewis was in good form. He
traded verbal blows with committee
members and got none the worse of
the exchange. In the name of the
United Mine Workers, he repudiated
labors no-strike pledge because, as
he put it, the Government had
broken faith. He refused to Join
with the committee in an agreement
to stabilize wages to prevent imitation
because, he said, industry was
making large profits and therefore
we would have imitation in anv
event.
All Of this boils down to the
essential fact that Mr.. Lewis has
used the committee hearing as a
forum for renouncing any and all
commitments, and to serve formal
notice that he will refuse to recognize
the authority of the War Labor
Board unless that agency submits to
his demands. Henceforth, he will
make the decisions as to what is
necessary and proper for the coal
miners, and will undertake to enforce
fhpr1 vi 10
Governments wishes in the matter
may be-
1t remains to be seen whether this
attitude means trouble in the imme-
date future. Mr.. Lewis has left the
door open for coal strike, without
saying that there would be strike.
Much will depend, apparently, on
whether the Government means to
stand by the little steel formula,
which Mr.. Lewis says is invalid, or
whether the formula is to be
compromised through granting all
or part of the So daily wage increase
which he is demanding.
In this connection it should be
noted that one pertinent fact was
developed at the hearing. The miners
have received such wage rate in
creases that they are entitled to
nothing under the little steel
formula, which limits wage increases
to IS per cent above the level pre-
valllng on January l, 1941. This is
supposed to bring wages abreast of
the rise in living costs between
January, 1941, and September, 1912,
when the formula was announced.
But, in addition to this, those miners
working full time have received an
additional increase of at least so per
cent in weekly earnings as a result
OF going on longer work week.
II this added increase is to be taken
into account, and it is difficult to see
how in good conscience it can be
Ignored, the Government must choose
between rejecting the Lewis demand
and abandoning any pretense of wage
Sterilization. 1t is a fair inference
that Mr.. Lewis, in bowling out of the
no-strike agreement. has seen that
this choice must be made, and is
laying his lines accordingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27
Arizona Moonshine

Luke Field, Arizona, is having
moon trouble. Part of the routine is
night flight training. and half the
time it is meaningless. Through the
crystal-clear Arizona sky shines a
brilliant yellow ball that gums the
works and lights up the countryside
with such clarity that it might as
we'll be daylight so far as training is
concerned Nor is this all. The
unco-operative Arizona moon also
sabotages pilots attention to the war
by making them lovesick. They can
not resist strolling under its soft and
sentimental beams with canteen
hostesses. Instead of necessary fly
by-night combat training. they get
generous allotments of fly-by-nig
romance.
There is no use appealing to the
moon; in mans conflict, however
severe, the moon is strictly neutral
and besides, takes orders from the
sun on when to shine and has no real
choice. Clouds with which to OBJ
scure it would be a solution, and
many are available elsewhere, but
the Weather Bureau says that the
transportation difficulties of moving
them to Arizona are insuperable.
Probably the simplest solution would
be to order all Arizona pilots to wear
smoked goggles at night in the air,
and. to advise them strongly to wear
them while walking with hostesses.
Moonlight becomes them so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27
Problem Of Future Security
OF Workers and Fighters Discussed.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Now that we are endeavoring to lay
the foundation for international post
war plans, have we considered or over
looked a very important point which
should be made clear to those concerned
in our own Nation? Those involved in
this particular subject not only include
the men subject to draft and enlist
ment, but also the owners and operators
of private industries in non-essential
business.
When our selective service system was
set up our legislators made it compulsory
that all servicemen would be guaranteed
their jobs on their return. This has
been taken for granted and definitely
understood by all employers.
The question at the present time is:
What is to happen to employees who leave
private industries to fill the so-called
war positions which are defined by the
Manpower Commission?
Draft Director William Leahy an
nounces that in conjunction with Man
power Chief McNutt's order of January
30, all men, regardless of dependents.
within the draft age should engage
themselves In war work or be drafted.
This order is without doubt important
to carry on the program to produce the
equipment and supplies necessary for
our success in the war effort.
m i,I, Il.
clear is: What future security have
these men who leave private industry
for war jobs?" 1t would not be practical
to compel employers to rehire employees
who leave voluntarily for war jobs where,
in many cases, the compensation is
greater than their present wages. They
will be deferred from the draft, but
what is their future security unless they
are selected through an occupational
draft order?
1t is my opinion that the majority of
men who are within the draft age with
families would rather stay subject to
the service draft and have their original
positions when or If they return. If this
were not true and the postwar security
of their present occupations considered,
I am confident that the work or fight
order would not have been necessary.
The pay check of the war industries
which is above average for private busi-
ness would have been sufficient.
Before April /, when the work or fight
order is to become reality, it should be
made clear to the men who prefer the
work part of the order what to expect
at the completion of the war
G. F. McVINNIE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27
Monthly Pay for Teachers
Advocated From San Francisco.

To the Editor of The Star:
May 1 congratulate you upon the
splendid editorial "Again-The Teach
ers," received today from my sister,
teacher in the Washington public
schools? I hasten to thank you for ex-
pressing wellmerited praise.
Here in San Francisco. We recently
amended our charter so that our local
teachers get their salaries monthly
throughout the year, instead of keeping
them waiting from July l to September
80 for pay for that period. Why should
they be penalized? I never could UNDER
stand the system!
Here at least, it has been remedied.
Won't you start something in your
columns to have same done for teachers
of the public schools of Washington, so
that they, too, may receive pay monthly
throughout the fiscal year?
With best wishes and sincere hope
that you will keep your columns full OF
verbal hand grenades in behalf of simple
justice for these fine loyal citizens with
out representation to look after their
interests, A. T. CLIFTON.
San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trace1Uell.

Something the birds of America do
not have to worry about Is the tree rat.
This rat. smaller than the typical
brown rat is one of the pests of bird
life in the Hawaiian islands.
One does not hear much about the
tree rat in the various blurbs about the
Paradise Of the Pacific" and no Won
der, for really no such creature ought to
exist in paradise.
This rodent catches young birds, and
eats the eggs right out of the nest.
1t is in every way pest to bird life,
and helps account for the fact that
there are not more birds in the islands
than there are
Another bad trait of the tree rat, we
are informed is that it has a great liking
for nesting in attics and lofts, or what
ever the tops of houses are called out
there
Since this is true rat, and one which
helps some very terrible diseases, it is
no wonder that professional rodent kill
ers do a big business
1t must be pointed out that this tree
rat is cousin in name only of our own
squirrel.
Both are rodents, it is true but the
tree rat evidently has no likable char
acteriStics, as has our common gray
squirrel
Our squirrels seldom do any harm to
bird life
The red squirrel, which is not COM
mon hereabouts, is the one which
destroys birds and nests, and is an alto
gether different creature from the gray
forms, which also include black souri,
rels and few albino ones.
In many years watching we have never
seen gray squirrel harm a bird.
On the other hand, we have seen them
eat peacefully with scores of birds. day
in and day out, with scarcely a motion
toward them
1t is true that squirrels. out of their
general exuberance, at times will make
short runs at birds, especially English
sparrows, but they never catch them,
and do not seem to want to catch them.
We have often wondered what squir-
rel would do if bird held it's ground.
Probably it would execute a somersault,
and be more surprised and delighted at
the result than the songster.
The word "somersault," by the way. is
an interesting one. 1t comes from the
Latin supra" over. and "saltus," leap.
In other words, leapover.
"Somersault" or somerset" mot sum-
merset) is q corruption OF the French
"soubresaut," jump The old French
version was "soubresault."
X Il
Whether the tree rat is the same as
the roof rat of the Mediterranean we
do not know, but it easily might be-
The tree shrew, or squirrel shrew. is
an insectivorous animal of the regions
east of Borneo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27

realize the. full meaning of the whole
situation
If the farmers are denied machinery
and then skinned out of farm help, food
products will run short, just as sure as
shooting
The armed forces have taken lot OF
good farm help, and defense industries,
paying high wages. also have been de-
pleting the home labor supply.
In our State, which has population
of 2,538268. there was consumed almost
100000 gallons of beer last year Now
consider the consumption of the Nation,
with population of l31,669,276 and see
what an enormous amount of good grain
and other vital products are used in
beer manufacture.
Why not ration alcoholic beverages
or cut them out altogether for the dura-
ton of the war?
This is serious situation. and con-
Germs all of us. JAMES PEARSON.
Shenandoah, Iowa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-27
Revolt on Olympus
From the independence (Kans.) Reporte

From the Independence (Kans) Reporter.
Those ungrateful Greeks are at it
again. They don't appreciate the bless
ings of starvation, pestilence and disease
brought them by the Nazis, and annoy
their benefactors by guerrilla warfare
Over 10000 are now operating in six
separate bands.
The names of the regions where they
are strongest, Olympus and Parnassus,
homes of the stalwarts of yore, sound
like echoes of Greece's ancient greatness.
Her people. then as now, valued freedom
above all. They are guarantees that
liberty will come again and the Schickel-
gruber-Naxi dominion pass like an evil
dream.