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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Japan Denies
Killing Fiers

NEW YORK, July IS tUPt-
Sadao Iguchi, spokesman for the
Japanes Information Board,
"flatly denied" today that any
members of the crews of Ameri-
can B-29 Superfortresses had
been executed after being shot
down and captured. a Japanese
Domei Agency dispatch said today
The dispatch. recorded by FEC
monitors. said Iguchi made the
denial in commenting on an
American inquiry, filed through
the Swiss legation in Tokyo TO
the Japanese Foreign Office, re-
garding Singapore broadcast
which purportedly said American
airmen who raided Kyushu had
been put to death.
Iguchi attributed the inquiry
to a twisted Interpretation" oil
a Singapore broadcast which he
quoted as saying in effect that
1.-The raiding B-29 bombers, by
being shot down out of the skies
of Japan. had thus come with q
one-Way ticket 10 hell"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Strike Tip
Wins $50

First prize of S25 awarded
weekly to the news-tipper who
calls The Detroit Times with the
most important story was
awarded today to the person who
called with information that the
employees of the Statler Hotel had
gone on strike
Second prize OF SO was
awarded TO the alert person who
called TO tell that S-year-old
Dominic Guzzardo had b Q e n
struck by an automobile at Mack
and Seyburn.
A lady who phoned the tip that
James Morris. son of Frank Nor
ris of 1875 Heating was missing
in action in the war. tip that
developed into a dramatic story,
was awarded the third prize OF 50.
In addition $40 in war savings
stamps were distributed to other
news tippers.
These prizes are awarded each
week to persons who call The
Detroit Times-CHerry $500
with tips that lead to good news
stories. II you see anything you
think would be Of interest you
are eligible.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Detroit 10 Get
More Bananas

Indications that Detroit will re-
ceive more bananas and that the
ceiling price Of II cents a pound
may be materially reduced in the
near future was seen in the an
nouncement today that incoming
shipments to Detroit have in
creased in the last two weeks by
IL per cent.
Charles Lockwood, attorney for
the Detroit Consumers Council,
said that for two years Detroit
has been receiving only about 40
per cent of its prewar require
ments.
He said that dealers expected
that within a short time the city
would be getting as high as Is
per cent of its needs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

"Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, is one OF many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Suburb
Aids Vets
Drawing hy RurrIs Jenkins

Suburban Huntington Woods
has established a counselor serv-
ice for its 300 men in service and
has worked out problems con-
fronting many who have returned,
il was announced today by Clar-
ence w. Beeman, chairman.
Beeman, attending a training
conference at Higgins Lake for
veterans counselors, said that he
and two other volunteers are
handling the service on a part
time basis.
But" he added. 1--WE want to
be as well equipped for the
work rs any one else so I'm
attending this conference"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Early Return
OF Vets Seen

WASHINGTON, July % CUP)
Senator Thomas CD of Okla
bona, who fails to see how Ger
many can last through to the end
of this year" said today there al
ready appears TO be sufficient u
S. forces in the Pacific to permit
most European war veterans to
return home Immediately after
Germany falls.
Thomas, who handles all war
department appropriations in the
Senate and is normally we'll
informed on military matters, took
care to emphasize that his views
we're his own and not based on any
recent official information.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Song Contest
Finals Near
International pnots

The finals in the contest TO dis
cover the best unknown singers
in the metropolitan area will bs
held Aug. 2 at SIS p. m. in the
Belle Isle Shell. II was announced
today by the department of parks
and recreation.
Twenty contestants. between 16
and 80, will participate. The
winners will be rewarded by invi-
tations TO sing as soloists with
the Detroit Federation of Must
clans band concerts al Belle Isle
for the remainder of the season.
The public is invited for the
final additions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Jdi|s Suspect
Bride Charge

Police today asked a warrant
for Albert Beason, 43, of Isl
Westminster on charge OF
bribery.
Beason was arrested yesterday
by Patrolmen Mcmahon and Lo-
gan when they found gambling
paraphernalia in an ice house in
the rear of 6538 Beechwood. They
said they recognized Beason as a
pickup man for a mutuel house.
The policeman said that Beason
offered Mcmahon 500 if he would
let him 60 free.
The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Detroit Naval Pilot
Awarded Air Medal

SEATTLE, July % (UP)-Lt.
Og) David w. PEBBLES. Detroit,
held an Air Medal award today
for probably sinking a Japanese
light cruiser.
Rear Adm. Ralph Wood. com.
mander fleet air, Seattle, awarded
the medals to FIVE naval pilots at
Sand Point Naval Air Station for
their feats against japanese ship
ping and land bases at Truk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Match Burns Fatal

GRAND RAPIDS, July %
1NS)-Donna Lue Bremen, d
year-old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Bremen Of nearby Hop
kins. died last night IN Blodgett
Hospital here as the result OF
burns suffered while playing with
matches two months ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Heavy Bus Tires
Get Top Priority

WASHINGTON, July % (TNS)
The WPB gave city and subur-
ban bus lines a top priority on
heavy tires and placed large size
ice cream and beer trucks at the
bottom OF the list.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

Elliott and Hamtramck on the
west, the district extends to Rose
berry, Norcross and Conner or
the east.
Area salvage chairman James
Gooch pointed out that home own
ers will aid the drive by tying
magazines and corrugated cartons
in bundles each about IL inches
high. and newspapers in bundles
about Ii inches high.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28
Judge Rejects
Truth Serum Use

Circuit Judge Friedman today
denied the request of defense
counsel for Norman L. Smith on
trial for the fatal shooting Of his
wife, Doris, that truth serum be
used 10 determine the guilt or
innocence OF his client.
Atty. Edward E. Barnard con-
tended the serum would estab-
lish that Smith was temporarily
insane and did not know what he
was doing when his wife was slain
in their Gibraltar home, July 4,
1913.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-28

Sunday is waste paper salvage
day for OCD Area 7, it was an
nounced today, and every De-
troiter in that district has been
asked to prepare the paper for an
early morning curb pickup.
OCD Area 7 extends from
Lynch road, Grinnell and E. Outer
Drive on the north to Sylvester
and Mack on the south. From Mt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
You may overcome
the discomforts or
embarrassment Of

Sour Stomach Derky Nerves
Loss OF Appetite Underweight
Digestive Complaints Weakness
Poor Complexion
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Follow Woman's Cry

The cry came from a freight
siding about 100 feet above the
station. The officers sprinted
through the blackness over
ground that had become only
too familiar 10 them in recent
years. A woman's whimpering
brought them TO an open box
car where the eerie rays of
their torches lighted scene
that they had taxed themselves
so unremittingly to prevent.
They recognized a Forest Glen
houSewife-she had been crimi-
nally attacked and badly man.
handled 49, but fortunately she
was alive
Doherty hoped down out of
the car and probed the bottom
of each of the cars standing on
the siding. Under the last car
the beam of his yellow light
illuminated the figure of a man
eXpertly balanced on brake
rod.
At an emphatic order from
the officer, the gangling figure
lowered himself section-like to
the ground while his cleaning
eyes remained focused in faSci-
nation on Detective Dohertys
gun.
At the station house the
youth identified himself as Yer
non Royals, Is, but he refused
10 give an address. He insisted
he mad done nothing wrong, but
Harrison locked him up until
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Released in 1888

Vernon Royals, already a vet
Gran convict. was released from
Joliet in July, 1888, full OF prot
estations to the warden that
he was going TO live a clean
life from then on.
Eight months later, near
noontime of March s, 1889, the
doorbell of a residence in the
Rogers Park section of Chicago
rang. The housewife who an
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

over sixteen or seventeen. He
was So long and gangiing that
he evidently had outgrown the
leather lumberjacket ne wore
because il was too short I'm the
arms: and now that you ask
about il / remember ii was
mudstained."
From jefferson Park, how
ever, the trail vanished. The
killer had not taken the train.
1t is said that killer always
returns to the scene of his
crime.
And Harrison was convinced
that this mad youth would re-
hlrn some time because
nowhere in the city was spot
so suited to his dark desires.
While the metropolitan police
spread a dragnet across the city
for the fugitive, the sergeant
and his men began vigil around
the Forest Glen railroad station.
But winter thawed To spring
and spring warmed 10 summer
and in the eternal cycle the
SHOWS revisited Forest Glen. The
vigil. however. remained con-
slant, unseen eyes of the law
watched until another cycle of
seasons was almost completed.
On the night of Oct. 20. 1891,
Detectives John Cilke and Philip
Doherty were skirting the For
est Glen station when they were
stopped dead in their tracks by
the thin wall of a woman that
pierced the darkness.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
&y Terry mlSzane

of fainting from fright, the rasp
of a key turning in a lock
downstairs sent the intruder
Scurrynig down the stairs and
out the back door The uneX-
pected return of the son had
saved his mother from outrage
and probable death.
good dissertation OF
The man. DETECTIVES Thomas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

First he gathered all the
available cash, then he prodded
the helpless housewife to dis
close the whereabouts of every
piece of jewelry she had. Salts
fled he had garnered every
thing, he forced the woman
under the threat of instant death
into her bedroom. Suddenly, as
-s.te.--,-or1u- WAS on the verge
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Two-Year Vigil at Death Scene
Traps Young Fiendish Attacker

and right he stepped back as Il
he were going 10 flee, but Harrl-
sons iron grip was on his shout
der before he could get started.
"You won't get far" the Off
Ger warned significantly Now
YOU might just as well get IL of
your chest"
The youth tried Tor an instant
to meet the caallN stare et ~h'S
captor, but for Just an instant
hen he Slumped viSlbly ana
muttered:
yep. I killed her" he
prowled. "She was fool 10
fight for three bucks. That's all
l got from her"
That's not what she fought
for and you know II a. well a.
do" charged Harrison. "She
fought against the attack of a
beast. Wen 60 back TO the sta
tion now and YOU can get this
whole thing OIL your chest once
and for ALL
Harrison succeeded in getting
the young fiend's full confession
and the complete solution OF the
lavender case-but not by any
means its conclusion. For that
night Vernon trie d TO cheat
what he considered his ultimate
fate by fashioning a moose with
a necktie, then hanging himself
from the bars of his cell.
However. the attempt was
frustrated by another youthful
prisoner.
The trial for the murder Of
Mrs. lavender lasted only two
days when "A verdict of guilty
was found and punishment was
fixed at 25 years Imprisonment.
Then Royals was tried for his
criminal attack on the Forest
Glen housewife. for which he re-
ceived an additional five years.
Sgt. Harrison was not aware
of the fact. but two years later,
while serving out his sentence
in Joliet, the Illinois Supreme
Court reversed the LAVENDER
conviction and the state attop-
ney's office decided not to try
Royals because ne had five
years still to serve on the other
conviction; and total of seven
years seemed sufficient punish
ment to reform the youthful
criminal
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

swered admitted tafi young
man Who represented himself
as a telephone repairman. The
mechanic worked busily around
the house until the woman's
22-year-old son departed; about
five minutes later the gangling
worker drew a gun and i'm
former the mortified woman
that n NJ y e.sI.E.....-.-.---.-.-----
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Begins 2-Year Search

And so started a search that
continued doggedly for two
long years,
At the next station Harrison
received a good description Of
the suspected killer. The ticket
agent al the Jefferson Park
station. a mile down informed
the sergeant that be had sold a
ticket 10 tall young man at
eight the previous night
'He was holding what ap-
peared 90 me Go be "A woman's
handkerchief Ia his face. |
looked him over carefully after
he bought his ticket and noticed
ne went 90 the washrOOm. His
hair WAS dark brown and
fOusled; looked a. though II had
never been cOmbed; easy 20 re
member because he didn't wear
a hat.
His scratched face was long
and thin With n surly Kind Of
expression. His age? Id say
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

Kelly. Joseph Korzyk and Mar
tin Gibbons worked fast.
II took them nine hours to
pick up the culprit-simplified
greatly by the fact that Kelly
had worked on the lavender
case and recognized the gaunt,
gFa y-eempfexiUned eX-convtct
as he strode along -MontEess
near Lincoln street.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Tried to Flee

When they arrived at the de-
preston where the b ody had
been found two years before, the
officer asked harshly:
Rem mber this spot,
Vernon
The prisoners eyes darted left
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Freed After Short Sentence,
AGAIN Tries TO Assault Woman

Back in 1880 sgt Tom Harrison in charge Of the Irving
Park police station had kept tie Forest Glen suburb of
Chicago as crime free and peaceful its name implied
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

Back IN 1889 Sgt% Tom II
Park police station, had keT
Chicago as crime-free and peaC
But that idyllic era was
broken on the night of Feb.
II Of that year by a phone
call from downtown Union
Depot.
.Niy wife. AgRe>i sfehc-thc
voice Of worried Stanley LaNan-
der over the wire, "wSs Ia meet
me nj the Union station on the
y. m. train from Forest Glen.
I called my home and the maid
told me Mrs. Lsvander left our
home with time 20 spare 10
make the train - something
must have happened"
"You may have missed one
another" soothed Harrison with
q confidence he didn't feel
SVEN check her route on this
end and You better check with
friends in town"
Never Left Suburb
When the officer got the
Forest Glen ticket agent on the
phone he learned that no in
bound tickets had been sold
that night. This could mean
only one thing Mrs. lavender
was still in Forest Glen.
Every available man was
mustered and given deScrip-
tion OF the woman which the
sergeant had obtained in detail
from the maid To get to the
train the missing woman had
20 traverse a deserted, wooded
section a quarter of a mile long,
and this area merged into a
wild bird sanctuary that sur
rounded il on three sides.
1t wasn't until daylight that
the officers were rewarded for
their efforts. About 600 yards
north of the railroad station a
weary officer came upon the
gowned body of woman.
One glance at the torn.
disheveled clothing told him the
motive for Mrs. Lavander's dis
appearance; and a closer look
revealed a bullet hole in the
side of the head-the method Of
murder.
The officer skirted the area
until be found where the assassin
had clambered up the slope.
At the top, the trail angled
away from the station toward
the city, disappearing finally on
the crushed roadbed.
Sgt. Harrison. a six-footer
himself, compared his stride
with that of the fugitive and
found he was three inches short.
His obvious conclusion from the
size Of the print and the length
Of the step was that the killer
was a tall man.
Next a closer examination of
the body disclosed five long
brown hairs clutched in the
woman's right hand, the finger
nails Of which were badly torn.
Harrison offered his conclu-
sions:
This il the job of fiend:
attack, robbery and murder,
But whoever he Is he's an
anna teur because when he
robbed the pocketbook he took
everything with him. A smart
one would have known better
than 60 carry useless articles
away from the scene.
"He undoubtedly accosted her
on the station platform as she
was headed for the ticket office.
Menaced by the gun, She prob
ably didn't scream because she
most likely thought she was
just going 90 be robbed. The
mug led her directly 10 the dell,
evidently he knows this vicin-
ity. Finally, when the defense
less woman realized that he
wanted more than her money,
she fought him, and from the
looks of the ground here she
fought like wildcat. When she
gave him too much trouble he
just shot her--the powder
burns ON her head Indicate
this"
Begins 2-Yeer Search
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Youth Is Silent

so fast IL made MS eyes pop.
Then he turned away Sullenly
and clamped his mouth shut.
Intensive questioning failed TO
break his stubborn silence, but
the officer knew each question
would be food for mental chew
ing in the long lonely night TO
come. The youth, now slit-eyed
with suspicion and resentment,
was finally uShered back 10 his
cell TO mediate on his crime.
When Harrison greeted the
prisoner the next morning he
found him red-liddcd and pale
from SlecpleSSncSS.
"How about taking little
drive this morning." asked the
sergeant cheerfully. Roya IS
agreed IN surprised eaFefhesS.
They drove almost leiSurely
TO the jefferson Park railroad
station where the officer, by
Encouragement, exhibited his
gangling companion To the
ticket agent in the waiting
room. When Harrison got an
emphatic nod from the ticket
seller he went through the mo-
tions of inquiring about trains
and then took his unsuspecting
prisoner back From there they
drove 10 the Forest Glen sta
ton; but when Royals recog-
nized the locality he refused to
bulge from the automobile. The
officer assisted him from the
car and marched him uncere-
moniouSly down the trail the
youth had forced Mrs, Lavan-
der to stumble to her doom.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

Getting value out Of the food you eat
is your No health problem whether
you eat 500 or 1000 pounds yearly.
To do this. scientists say, you must
have an adequate supply OF natural
stomach digestive Juices and rich. red
blood must be present.
Improper diet. overwork. undue wor-
ries. colds the fu or other Illness often
impairs the stOmach's digestive func-
tions and reduces the red-blood strength.
person who Is operating on only
20 TO $50 healthy blood volume or a
stomach digestive capacity OF only 50
20 GO normal f. severely handicapped.
UndiRested food sours. causes gas
Sc fails % supply the neces-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
A TRUE DETECTIVE STORY

the following morning when The
latest victim of Forest Glen
could have "A look az him for
identification.
In the morning The suspect
was given the silent treatment,
beng quietly uShered into a
sickroom. But when he saw his
victim. and the terror he in
Spired in her. he hung his head
and after a few moments NUT
tered:
- did IL >"
No mention was made Of the
lavender Staying un til the
youth had signed n confession
10 the criminal attack, then the
sergeant asked casually, almost
conhdentially
aren't YOU going 10 tell us
about the murder now -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-11

Howard and Miss Scott, faculty
advisors of the Reserves.
The new members include:
Irma Alwardt. Zenobia Becks,
Marjorie Bell, Betty Lou Boyer,
Irene Benz, Rose Bratto, Phyllis
Brink, Lois Broughton, Cleo
Carlos, Lena Mae Cole, Helen
Davis, Josephine Eckelaect, Pat
Gallagher, Mildred Greenhouse,
Betsy Green, Pat Hanaford,
Phyllis Henschen, Judith James,
Joyce Jones.
Dorothy Kandt, Barbara Kro-
mer, Annabelle Leesch, Barbara
Lohrstorfer, Jacquelyn Man
nings, Virginia Mead, Dorothy
Menke, Margaret Menke, Su-
zanne Montague, Gloria Moore,
Kay Moran, Gloria Morrison,
Joyce Petrie. Pat Pestel, Phyl-
lis Phillips, Josephine Place.
Barbara Purton, Martha Sam
uels, Marjorie Schwink, Lois
School, Donna Sedora, Betty
Smith, Marilyn Smith, Martha
Spears, Shirley Syrett, Marian
r. Tew, Virginia Ullrich, Laur-
yne Vermette, Carolyn Wiegand,
Wanda Wright, Pauline Ziehm,
Shirley Levine.