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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14
Dresses for Sale


monday morning was
trucking i'm vegetables from my
farm down on StoneNille road
when tall man looking like
he wanted lift stopped me.
HE appeared just like the
one you tell about in the papers.
But instead of a ride, he wanted
10 sell me this suitcase and
what was i'm il for So because
he said he needed fare TO Tu-
pelo. Said his name was HOl-
comb. When looked through
the bag saw those dresses
were worth at least that 80 l
offered him So and he took il
quicker'n "A wink. But when !
told him I'd ride him into
Greenville. where he could get
his bus 10 Tupelo, he refused.
The last saw of him he was
standing alongside the road"
The shrewd farmer furnished
detailed description of the
man: unusually large ears, blue
ewes with sallow complexion;
then he signed a receipt for 81
and was more than glad TO
leave his bargain in the hands
of the police.
Tense with suppressed excite
ment, Crouch and Chief Deputy
Sterling placed the suitcase on
a table and opened II
Garment by garment they alb
stracted the contents in the
hope Of finding a card, a letter.
a photograph. But they had no
luck at all--anything identifia-
BILE appeared 10 have been care
fully eliminated by the slayer.
Next TREY began an inch by
inch scrutiny of the dresses. In
a few minutes Deputy Sterling
Shouted in triumph
This is il. chief; n617 $.
Seventh aVenue'---a laundry
mark i'm the band Of this dress.
It's the first of its kind I've ever
seem"
Neither had the sheriff ever
seen a laundry mark consisting
OF an address. The conventional
mark is a series of combined
letters and numbers.
wei. all we have TO do now
is to find out what city or
town has a 1917 South Seventh
avenue and we've got our ideh-
tificatiOn." asserted Crouch with
satisfaction. I'm going TO try
Tupelo."
The sheriff put through a call
TO Police Chief + Carr of Tu-
pelo. 200 miles distant, and was
informed that there was no
South Seventh street in Tupelo;
further. Carr stated, he had
never heard of any one living
there by the name of Holcomb.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

Search of Two States Traps
Aqinq Townsman Who Confesses

HREENVIILE Miss hes the bank of The Father Of
u the Waters point where that unpredctabe old man
turns north Innumcrabc bayou fngng this loop have been
sied into permanent akesand one of these called
Ferguson that the nude body Of unidentified woman
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14
Hunts Clue in Dress

'Where is the dress ." asked
the officer with forced cool
ness.
1t was a cotton dress. fairly
new and without label or clean
ing marks; but il occurred TO
the officer that if the woman
had given a dress IN payrent for
food il must be her most album
dant commodity so there must
be others. Crouch borrowed the
dress and then the Negress
led him 10 the shanty where
she claimed the couple had
stayed.
II proved to be little more
than a lean-to; IL was bare eX-
cept for a pile Of Spanish moss
which had been used for a bed.
With a description Of the man
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14
Trail of Dresses Solves
Murder of Girl in Bayou

that address are alive and well;
they are a Mr.. and Mrs. William
~BeTryhill. I've been waiting for
YOU TO come before inviting them
In for questioning about that
dress. But first l guess we'd bet
ter get that cleaner 10 identify
the label"
The owner Of the establish
ment took one look at the label
aid without eQuivocation said
the mark was his; if necessary
he said he would swear TO 1t IN
court.
The BerryhNls appeared mys-
titled by the Summons TO police
headquarters and were vislbly
i'll at ease when cloSeted with
the three officers. Morton, a
shrewd interrogation, handled
the questioning and began by
explaining with reservations,
the reason for their presence at
headquarters.
Husband Is Stubborn
''We sent for you to get some
information concerning a couple
who boarded with you; the man
MAS abaut=5a and=ihe woman
about 20. When they left your
house they went over to Green
Vile and got into trouble; they
gave the name of HOlcOmb-
MIR. and Mrs. HolcOmb--which
we don't believe is the right
name. Besides, we don't believe
they are married. VIII you
help u.s."
The woman turned inquiringly
10 her husband, who answered
calmly:
IL believe in minding my own
business, so l don't talk about
other peoples business"
Morton realized that he would
have to shock the man out of
his StubbornneSs, so he quickly
shot back:
But this business Is murder.
Your middle-aged bOarder killed
that girl i'm cold blood, Murder
is our business-and you'd bet
ter make it yours"
Berryhill blinked with sur
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

over the SlOc OF inc bHdI' lN't-
ing intently into the depths;
ffff5tf'l fift- : ~ 81 3 tvfTt'tf
sBaling wire" he explained.
'Baling wire fastened 10 what
looks like chunk OF concrete"
Held by Concrete
The two county officers
swiftly stripped TO the waist TO
perform the gruesonc Job of re-
leasing the body, Crouch went
deep to grasp the wire that
after painful hauling, revealed
a cement revetmcnt block used
to strengthen the levee.
The coroner made a curSory
examination and voiced his opin-
ion that the victim was about
20 years old, had died from
manual stranguIation 49, and
finally. that IN about four
months she would have become
a mother!
"Mell, that could be the mo-
tive for her murder, ~ we've
got that much anyhow sug-
gested the sheriff. But / can't
make out a scar or a mark OF
any kind that might serve 10
identify her. Can you, Doc ::
Sheriff Crouch drove back 10
Greenville for an ambulance
and a posse. He detailed Chief
Deputy John Sterling TO depu-
tie a score of citizens IN order
10 comb the bayouS for informa-
ton concerning the girl and
likely male companion.
Crouch hurried back TO Lake
Percussion to personally search
the terrain around the little
cove for some possible clue TO
the killer.
But the officers sharply
trained eyes failed TO find a
trace and his scrutiny OF tiny
trails took him farther and far
Their into the swampS, which
were largely inhabited by self
sustaining Negroes.
About three miles south OF
his starting point Crouch fol-
lowed a foot trail that brought
him 10 a clearing in the center
of which stood a leaning clap
board shack. A Negress who sat
on the rickety porch surrounded
by pickaninnies greeted the OIL
Ger with hostile eyes. But she
thawed Immediately when she
was informed that Crouch rep
resented the law.
"Yassuh, they wus a white
couple hereabouts three foh
days ago, stopping in "A shanty
down yOnder. Stayed about
week, / guess. Anyhow, they
come to us for grub and dat
made me feel almighty sorry foh
that young lady. The man wuZ
gray haid, old huff TO be her
old man. The lady gimme a
dress TO pay fob the grub"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

You recall how Grandma mixed
-four, seasoning and baking powder
then shaped and baked them
into vastly different kinds of cookies,
doughnuts, cakes and bread.
Powder Metallurgy is fundamen-
tally very similar. Starting with
metal -four" so light and fluffy q
breath OF air would blow il away,
various recipes" are mixed, pressed
in molds and actually baked" in
huge heat.treating ovens to be-
come tough. finished p6rtI foe many
types OF war equipment.
YouW troy MAJOR soWts AND HIS AMATEURS
rHuFSDLYs. 9pH. t,W.r. cas- NETWORK
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-14

found by a cathsherman early
one the morning OF june 20.
1910.
When Washington Couniys
Sheriff W. J.. Crouch GOT the
news he hurrcdiy picked up
County Coroner Dr. w Is. Nc
Mahan ard sped the seven miles
70 Lake Ferguson.
Anchored, " exclaimed Sheriff
Crouch. Anchored by the
neck"
Coroner Mcmahon leaned
over the side Of thc boat. peer
ing intently into the depths;
=tifrf1 ffffdffy frt- SttffA55ttfJE ty'rTr'u
"Baling wire" he explained.
''Baling wire fastened 10 what
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-07
Mrs. Crawford

RICHMOND - Mrs. Margaret
Crawford, "a, died Suddenly this
morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Grace Houston
with whom she had made her
home for the last 13 years.
Funeral services will be held
at $50 p. m. Sunday from the
Houston residence, 705 North
Main, with the Rev. c. NJ. Burk-
holder of the Congregational
church of Port uron officiating
Burial will be in Kittridge ceme-
terry at Snyderville.
Mrs. Crawford, daughter of
John and Charlotte Chester
Crawford, was born and lived II
Columbus township, until she
moved here 13 years ago. Be
sides her daughter, Mrs. CraW.
ford is survived by one sister
Mrs. William Coughell of Col
umbus township, and one broth
err, James Chester Crawford, OF
Oregon. Mr.. Crawford died Is
years ago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-07

at Wright Field, and its success
full flight test has caused furry
in aviation circles. Primary
reason: For the first time glass
fibers were carried into the
structural part of a plane.
Oh, yes, they'd had glass
doors, fairings and fillets, but
never before had anyone dared
toy with the idea of an entire
glass plane. Several months of
experimentation eliminated in
making a flight test recently on
a BITS with fuselage of the
new material.
ENTER THE VILLAIN
In the words of Army officials
it was 1.-The first successful major
structural component of an
airplane using laminated glass
fibcrs to be developed and flown
in the United States" The con-
census is that the possibilities
are infinite, and Capt. Rhein-
frank says they expect to make
similar tests on wings and tail
cones before very long.
The new process involves use
of a sandwich type of con-
struction. Five plies of glass
fiber, similar in appearance 10
rayon cloth and no thicker,
placed on each side Of a balSa
wood filling. make up the sand
wich". Load strength is inn
parted by the Misunderstanding
layers of cloth. The balsa wood
merely gives body.
In looking around for a more
perfect aircraft material the
men hit upon glass fiber because
its strength-weight ratio is
superior to that of any other
fiber available and they believed
this material promised a light,
strong laminate with satisfac-
tory Weathering conditions.
But oh-oh, at this stage en-
tered the villain. The only
known method by which glass
fibers could be attached to balsa
wood was by the use of a resin
applied by high pressure. This
called for such expensive and
complicated equipment as to
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-07
Obituaries
Henru "A. Kern

NEW HAVEN-F'unera serV-
ices were held here Thursday
afternoon for Henry A. Kern,
age SO years, a native of Rose
vile, and prominent North Ma
comb businessman and official
who died Monday evening at st.
Joseph Hospital, Mount Glenn
ems, following a lengthy illness.
Mr.. Kern was born in Rose
vile in 1876, the son Of the late
Mr. and Mrs. George Kern.
In 1895 he was married to
Louise Kesner. of New Haven
who survives him. For five
years he farmed at Meade and
later operated a creamery at
Ray Center. He was in the lum-
Der and coal business at New
Haven for Is years; spent nine
years in Detroit as real estate
broker and returned TO New
Haven 10 live seven months ago.
For 25 years he was secretary
of the New Haven Board Of Ed
ucation, and very active in the
boards building program OF the
past 20 years. He also served
two terms and LenoX Township
treasurer, and was active in all
community affairs.
Besides his widow, he is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs.
Bert c. Whitney and Mrs. Rich
ard Jones, of Detroit; two
grandchildren, Berthe Whitney
and Roberta Jones, and four
sisters, Mrs. Amelia Jones, Mrs
William Bloss and Mrs. George
Smith, of Detroit, and Mrs. AL
drew Krumling, Of Toledo.
Services were held at the
family residence, 2l9l New
Haven road, and at 2 p. m, at
the Congregational Church,
with Rev. B. A. Warren offici-
ating. Burial was in New Haven
Cemetery, with the Will funeral
home in charge of arrangements.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-07
Candidate Out Of City
When Answers Requested

DR.. Peter Vladeff, Republican
candidate for election to the
state legislature in Macomb Dis
trict No. l, who had failed to
answer a list of League of Wo-
mems Voters survey questions
in time for inclusion in yester-
days report of the organization
explained today that he had
been out of the city and thus
unable to comply with the July
5 deadline established by the
league. DR.. Vladeff today, how
ever filed complete answers to
the 10 specified questions on
government. They were too
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-07
Mrs. On,ie BrOicii

ROSEVILLE - Funeral serv-
ices will be held Saturday for
Mrs. Omie Brown, age 40, who
died at St. Joseph Hospital We'd
nesday following a brief illness.
Mrs. Brown, with her hus-
band, Benjamin F. Brown, had
made her home at 1884 r.
Mile road, Roseville, for a num-
Der of years. She had been in
poor health for some time.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by two sons, Benjamin
F., Jr., of Mount Clemens and
T/Sgt. Walter f. Strcctman, at
an army camp in Georgia.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted at the Kaul funeral home,
Roscville, at 2 p. M, Saturday
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-07

render it utterly impractical
from a commercial standpoint.
OPEN NEW VISTAS
With Orson Welles-ian versa
tility, however. they merely
b temporarily turned aside from
their main project and devel-
oped a group, of "copolymer'
resins. which cure without high
pressure. This allows nodded
parts to be made by simply
placing them for two or three
hours in a 200-degree F. oven,
and curing them under vacuum
pressure. Incidentally the lab
oratory hopes to cut this time to
a matter of minutes. Thus. for
the first time, a natural fiber,
totally compressed, gave its full
strength without high pressure.
And thus, opening entirely
new vistas for the future. the
glass plane is born.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-07

was designated as the road tc
surrender for civilians, almoS
1000 of whom already have
been informed.
The rest, including Saipir
business owners and inSular gov
eminent officials and white col
lar workers with their families
have been huddled in hiding
places in the hills and cane
breaks of northern Saipan.
OFFER SANCTUARY
By word of mouth, and by
pamphlets dropped from planes
and shot from mortars, the
Americans offered water and
food and complete safety 20
those who would accept the Of
fer.
Meantime, Marines and Army
forces pushed in to destroy the
remnants of defending forces
under circumstances in which no
one could doubt that the end OF
military operations was in sight,
The Japanese were penned in
10 a space at the northern tip OF
the island roughly two miles in
each direction except for a slim
area from Marpi point on the
north down the western coast
toward Tanapag harbor.
The Japanese already had lost
everything of value on Saipan
except Marpi Point airfield,
where most of their troops APP
parently have chosen to die at
the base of a sheer cliff 600 feet
high. With its sawtooth edges
the Cliff was rugged and weird
setting for their doom.
Today they still held a pocket
on the west coast but were under
heavy attack by 9th Army
troops. Marines pushed north
ward in another sector.
HOLD NINE-TENTHS
The Americans held probably
nine-tenths of the island includ-
ing important Iseley Formerly
.Aslitol airfield, Garapan, Tan
napag and the commanding peak
on the island, Mt. Tapotchau.
With artillery and airplanes
and command of the heights, the
Americans could turn destruc-
ton on any point in the pinion-
ed enemy's lines.
Underscoring the enemy's
helplessness were activities of
the American fleet now control
ling the high seas hundreds OF
miles in every direction from the
Marianas. A fast carrier task
force proved that again this
week when it attacked the enc
my in the BONN islands, 600
nautical m i e northward,
smashing installations on Chichi
Jima and sinking or damaging
a number of enemy ships.
There was fight left in the
enemy garrison but signs of Ces-
peration were apparent every
wherein their inability 20
vancouver, in obvious lack Of re.
serves, in seemingly poor COM
munications between the Japan
csc units.
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DeGaulle
Continued from Page One)

planned to 90 TO Arlington Ma
tional cemetery to honor Amer
ica's war dead. Later he was 70
receive French Civil and mill
tary officials regularly stationed
here as representatives Of the
French National Committee he
heads.
De Gaulle arrived late yeSter-
day by plane and was met with
full military honors, including
a l7+gun salute. US. Army,
Navy, Air and Marine Corps
commanders greeted him as he
stepped off the plane.
Waiting limousines sped him
to the White House where Pres
idcnt Roosevelt and the Cabinet
received him in the diplomatic
reception room.
In the evening Hull played
host to De Gaulle at a State
dinner.
eve are delighted to pay
tribute to him and to France, y
Hull said in proposing toast
ito the health Of our honored
guest and to the restoration OF
the libertie ST France"
Responding, DeGaulle spoke
in French. Aides translated fol-
him. He said that "a great coun.
try like your own and an ole
and great country like my own
may have at certain moments
interests and paths which are
slightly different; but in the es
sential they are in complete
agreement; their idea born es
sentially from two principles
liberty and democracy"
De Gaulle's main conferences
with President Roosevelt are
TO be held Saturday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-07
BY KATE HARRIS
NEA Correspondent

NEA Correspondent
DAYTON O., July $50 o..
the last time you pumped up
that leaky tire, you definitely
decided the used jalopy you've
been humping around in was
going on the junk pile, and
after the war" you were going
to learn to fly.
Well, maybe you'll get off TO
a flying start in plane made of
glass. Yes-one as smooth and
offering about as much air-re-
sistance as the inside of water
tumbler.
Breakable? Not chance.
This glass on a strength-Weignt
basis is so per cent stronger
than the metal and 80 per cent
stronger than the wood now
used in plane construction.
Neither is it transparent like
a goldfish bowl. So you don t
have to worry about that soaring
your timid girl friend out of ex-
ploring the possibilities of
parking on a cloud.
CAUSED A FURRY
The idea of glass planes was
fathered by Col. Paul H. KEN
mer, Capt. George B. Rhein-
frank, Jr., and 1t. Wayne A.
Norman, of the AAF Material
Command Aircraft Laboratory
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-07

late, however, TO be accorded
publication.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-07
Jap Civilians
Offered Haven
Yonks On Soipon
Designate Sofe Road
By REMBERT JAMES

By REMBERT JAMES
Associated Press Correspondent
Representing the combined
Allied Press
ABOARD JOINT EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE FLAGSHIP
OFF SAIPAN, July 7-(P) via
Navy Radiol-American mill
tary forces opened a pathway
to life today for ten to Is thouS-
and Japanese civilians still hid
ing out on Saipin, while U. S.
troops moved ahead to dclivcr
a death blow TO the shattered
and battle benumbed japanese
garrison.
BY declaration of American
commanders, a single highway
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-07-07

In walking a mile, a man takes
about 2283 steps.
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A female alligator often lays
60 or more eggs, piling them IN
layers of about ten each.
Nogales international., 1944-12-15
LEGAL NOTICE

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ATTEST:
VIM. SIAGONTON L. ESCAIADA
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