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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
Corporal Walter Lander With
Trailer Unit

A news release from head
quarters of the European Thea
ire of War states that Corporal
Walter l., Lander of Moss Point
is a member of one of the recently
lnaugurated bath units that will
be on hand during the coming
invasion. The news announces
that the men in this campaign
will not lack hot showers. These
will be provided by trailer units
which follow the men to within
five or ten miles of the invasion
front. The sides of these trail
ers open out, the upper half
forming a roof and the lower half
a platform. With six showers on
each side, IL men can battle at
one time. After they have dis
robed in tents attached to the
ends of the trailers, their clothes
with the exception of leather ar
tleles + placed in a Melted bag
and sterilized. Leather articles.
such as shoes, are dipped in a
light solution of formaldehyde.
Following their shower the men
are given a rigid medical inspee.
ton. They are then given a
clean change of clothes. Their
discarded clothes are then steril-
lied. Numbered and turned Owe
to a salvage unit. What with this
new insecticide that is being used
in the Armed Forces, the men
will not have to suffer from yer
min as they did in the last war.
The release mentions that Cor
poral Landers is a member of one
of the sterilization and bath com.
panies IN charge of the units.
Pvt. Christine H. Davis ASSIGNED
To Pueblo
From the Pueblo Army Air
base at Pueblo, Colo, comes the
news that Pvt. Christine II. Da-
Wis has been assigned to motor
transportation at that point
where she Is a driver. She is the
wife of Oscar r. Davis of 307
Ninth street, Pascagoula, who is
stationed at the Pueblo Army Air
base. Her parents are MIR. and
Mrs. Martin Huling, of Monticello.
Miss. Pvt. Davis entered the
service February IL, 1914. and
trained at Fort O%glethorpe, Ga.
George Gartrell Now In Officers
School
Friends of George Gartrell
formerly of Pascagoula but un-
ii recently employed at a snip
yard IN Gulfport, will be inter
ested TO learn that he is attend
ing the officers training school
at New London, Conn.
Gaftfell had four years of Ell
vice III the Navy to his credit
on entering the school His wife
the former Miss Dorothy Scholtes
of Paseagoula. and their young
son are remaining in the Gar
trell home at Biloxi.
1t. Donnie Frederic Sees
Northern Lights
IN writing TO mis- mother, Mrs
Mildred Frederic of PsscagouIa.
1t o. Donnie Frederic men
! tons having enjoyed the beauty
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19
Mrs. A. B. Crane
Hostess To Fannie
Troylor Circle

Mrs. A. b. Crane extended
pleasant hospitality to the Fan
ME Traylor Circle of the Wo-
mans Missionary Society of the
Watts Memorial Church at then
regular meeting last week.
The session was opened by
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-05-19

LIEUTENANT QUINN CAUTIER. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hermes Gautier. who has been assigned to shore duty at the
United States Naval Station at Algiers. La. He has just COM
pleted two years sea duty. including service in the North and
South Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea. and the North Pacific. His
last station was n Attu. whence he flew to Seattle. Wash. In
a big naval plane which made the trip in Ia hours. at an altitude
so high that it was necessary TO use oxygen masks. Lieutenant
Gautiers duties took him to such widely different climates as
that of Casa Blanca. in North Africa. and ports in Greenland.
II is the custom of the Navy TO grant 80 days leave OF absence
to those continually on duty over a lengthy period. and 50
Lieutenant Gautier is taking a well deserved rest al home. be-
fore reporting back to New Orleans.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
The KimmeI Case
These Days S Sse gE ts+i z! psoHo2;xY

mediately. II Mr.. Justice Roberts
faxed a report, he should be asked
TO resign from the bench. II mis-
report was an honest and an hon
orable document. his reputation
should be indicated. What is in
volved is not Mr.. Justice Roberts
but the morality OF the Supreme
Court. the integrity OF our nation
al judiciary.
No whitewashing, no wartime
hysteria, no lying in public can
prevent this issue from taking on
a political character. particularly
in a close national election. unless
a public. open. fully reported hear
ing is held In this case. The rail-
reading OF Captain Dreyfus in
France ultimately wrecked that
country; the refusal OF even
court-martial for Admiral Kimmel
and General Short-who has thus
far been silent-proyides this
country with a Dreyfus case in
time Of war and in the midst OF
a national election. IL is a daL-
gerous business particularly
among a people who have made a
fetish Of fair play.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
tBy Dorothy Kilaallen
Miss Midnlght's Notebook

Manhattan Glitter Jane Pickens
doing an impromptu duet with
CT Sinatra at the USO's Sixth
Ave. recording booth . June
Havoc cutting in on Betty Allen
at the Stork-for a rumba with
Mrs. Winchell's boy Harry
James displaying snapshots OF his
favorite pin-up girls, Betty and
Victoria, at the Latin Quarter ring
side... Miriam Hopkins, who
doesn't bother about makeup look
ing so. so up-Hellywood at the
Chateaubriand. o.. Wendell Will
kie, the ex-candidate, looking mer-
ry over a chocolate sundae at
Schraffts' 57th st. sandwitchery ...
Phil Regain, the pin-up grandpop.
philling a ringside chair at Leon
G. Eddies... Mae West looking
very warm-even for May West
giving out that Old Blond Magic
at the Coz Rouge .. Zasu Pitts
staring in establishment as boogie-
woogie artist Maurice Rocco shakes
his piano at the Zanzibar Vic
Mature strolling f. 53rd st. in the
snappiest white uniform-such
shoulders town has ever
seen.
This Was the Week in Which:
FDR said We are now about to
strike" our boys swept forward In
Italy and planes spilled over the
European skies like buckshot.
Buzz married Paulette, Irene Man
ming got her divorce. Geraldine
Spreckels fell off a motorcycle,
and the Dionne quints scored ten
years apiece o.. The head OF Gen.
Jus. Inc" a group OF inspiring &C
tors. was arrested on a charge OF
illegally selling whisky New
York had its first practice blackout
In months The cabaret tax fight
made the front pages the Senate
pulled a switch and slapped Gen.
Patton. and Lew Ayres announced
he would become a minister after
the war;. VIII Rogers. Jr.. q1it
Congress for the Army, and his
famous fathers body was finally
brought home TO Oklahoma.
fable from the Fifties Almost
any afternoon. in the dim and muir
ky second hand stores that dot the
less fashionable streets OF our
town. you may encounter Gertrude
Niesen the torrid toast OF Broad
way.
Gerue Is conducting quest
which allows her little rest. and
her searchings have so far proven
gratifyingly successfully. She's a
collector. You won't be able 10
guess what she collects. though
it's not ivory. emeralds, NINA.
lures. music boxes. or paper
weights. Nothing half so chic and
yet. in way. something much
more romantic.
She gets a lot OF fan mali from
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
.What They're Whispering in Gotham

horns made OF black sequins grow
ing out OF her sleek dark hair. Pref
ty dramatic, Bud. I'll say. Mike
Todd says Mae West in his forth.
coming musical, is going to play
"a Brooklyn boys conception OF
Catherine the Great. What dat?
Faces In Places: Sylph-like JAG
queline Dalya the New York girl
who became a big star in Mexican
movies. drawing aaah's in the
Savoy-Plaza lobby. =. Earl Wilson.
OF three. BIS fame. and Vincent
Lopez. the bandleader. glaring at
each other as they pass on Park
Ave.-all because people keep
telling them they look alike and
they botl resent II. each thinking
he's the more attractive fellow -.
Ballerina Baronova In the Cub
with a bizarre pocket-book-which
happens 10 have been fashioned
from an old pair OF rubber ballet
pants,...
Times Square Cuff Notes: One
OF the big Park Ave. hotels is
getting stricter than a girls board
ing school. It employs lady battle
axes on each floor who third degree
all corners and make house detec.
tives seem Baby Snooksy by COM
parison... Maggi McNellis is so
chick: when Leon g. Eddie's fetes
her tomorrow night she'll wear 8
hat in white. pink and hyacinth
blue-to match her birthday cake.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03

soldiers. and many OF them are
boys In far OF places where you
can't plug an electric socket into
a wall and make jazz come out OF
your photograph. So Gertie scans
the. city's hideaway shops in search
OF those antiquateL Photographs
with the side handles and the giant
horns for which boys In primitive
parts of the globe plead in their
letters home. She's found and
shipped out half a dozen 80 far,
and her quest continues.
It's much more exciting than
matching pearls, take it from
Geritie.
All Around the Town: Columnist
Cornelius Vanderbilt and divorce
Ann Kiess are a new combination
these nights at FL Morocco.
Honeychile Wilder's husband has
returned to South America. tAfter
a couple OF months with Honey
chile's South'n accent, he's probab-
ly gone back to brush up on his
Spanish.1... Hal Wallis and Jack
Warner who had such a scrap and
weren't speaking. are now lovey-
dovey again. E. The beautiful blond
Frances Robinson seems TO have
cornered the market on that attrac-
tive Moss Hart. Gloria Swanson
is wearing the seasons most strik-
ing o"tfit-a black gown with a
Mephistopheles cape drape slung
around her shoulders, and devils
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
Model is Murdered

the job His eyes narrowed. Did
that article mention in what part
Of town the incident occurred7"
"Yes," said Grange, "why?"
"Then that's it'll" exclaimed Ar
gus. Remember, Inspector, l told
you that Sturgis' engravers were
in that part Of town? Twenty-ninth
Street and Fourth Avenue, the spot
where Redbeard bought his bushf
Now"
"Then It looks like Sturgis is our
man." Grange interjected.
mot necessarily said Argus.
"But Sturgis may have seen and
recognized the murderer, and when
this bit came out in the paper"
II get it." cut in Ellen. 1.-THE muir
derer knew that. He came here to-
night cunning for Pierre and found
Flagg instead. Then he either shot
Flagg thinking he was Sturgis or
was going through Sturgis' pa
pers when Flagg surprised him and
he had to shoot him to keep him from
talking"
II want to look around the
studio" Argus remarked. 81 think
Redbeard would have had to do q
little experimenting to see whether
his machine really worked. A studio
with a lot Of electrical equipment
might be just the place" Argus
commenced to poke behind screens
and other sundry studio equipment.
Were having the wire and string
used in the machine tested in the
lab" Grange said, Ito see il we can
get line on where it came from"
Argus was examining q small
board with . round hole in its
center.
Find something" Grange asked.
"No, guess not" Argus sighed.
He frowned, troubled. "If were
Redbeard, I'd find q hideout some
place 10 build my machine. Some
spot near enough TO Syria's apart
ment 80 that / could cache il, and
pick it up in a hurry when I was
ready to use it Then I shouldn't
have TO supply an abb for too long
. period Of time. A hideout that
was fairly noisy"
"Why would it have TO be noisyl"
Ellen asked.
WELL" said Argus, while Red
beard was experimenting he'd have
TO try the gun out to see IL it would
work. He'd want his hideout in a
noisy section so that shot wouldn't
attract a lot of unwelcome atten-
ton"
SCOT IL all figured out, haven't
, you, Steele?" Grange asked.
"only in theory, Inspector" Ar
gus smiled.
"The only reason I'm not arrest
ing you, Steele, on q suspicion Of
MURDERS because I think that, il
you had shot Flagg, you would have
done a more thorough job"
That's nice Of you, Inspector. Z"
IF Flagg comes TO, and l find I've
been wrong" Grange let his words
hang in mid-air. did you get that
report from the Leave Word Ser
vice7"
: mo. 1t hadn't arrived when I
: left home"
IL didn't think II had" Grange
,, said. Argus LOOKED at him ques-
tioningly. II called them and told
them to deliver il TO me at head
: quarters" He ehuckled.
Ito be eontinued)
cspyrisa, ., Bsos L..
os,ribv,sd b. kins Pastures syudi.e. n.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
CHAPTER THIRTY

Argus produced the red hair he
had found on Flagg's coat and an
nounced, 81 left letter on Sturgis'
desk, with blood on one corner. III
show it to you" Grange studied it
Eyes, said Argus. "Sturgis
hasn't been around this studio since
seven. Yet his door was wide open
when we came in and these are prob
ably his keys" He held up the three
keys on q ring.
"You didn't see any one or hear
any one, when you arrived" Grange
inquired. Argus shook his head.
The elevator man was partially
bald and wore soiled overalls. He
was nervously trying to stuff a
cleaning rag into his already bulg-
ing pockets. He glanced in alarm
from Grange TO Argus, and shuffled
his feet.
"Are you the only one on these
elevators at night?" Grange asked.
"Yes, sir. Keeps an old fellow like
me pretty busy, too" he piped in a
high-pitched voice. Got some whole
sale dress houses in the building.
They keep late hours sometimes. ]
get to feelin' real sorry for them
models as has TO work late and"
Grange cut him off abruptly
with, mo, doubt A man was just
carried out of here on a stretcher
Did you see his facet"
"Yes, sir. I sure did. Poor fel.
low. They said somebody shot him
Was he hurt bad?"
"Yes. Do you recall bringing him
up here tonight"
81 do that About ten minute.
before these folks come" He pointed
TO Argus, and then to Ellen who wa.
sitting quietly on a sofa in the cor
ner, looking very pale.
WAS he all right, then" Argus
asked. "Or did you notice7"
"Why, he seemed so, sir. / didn'
notice nothing wrong. But then
my eyes amt as good as they useC
To be. Ny wife says"
What time do you come OF
duty" Grange asked.
six, sir"
"And you took Mr.. sturgis down
ct seven7"
Eyes, sir"
"Did he seem any different thar
usual-excited or-nervous"
"No, sir. Didn't seem So"
did you bring any one else NJ
here this evening"
"No, sir. Not that I recall"
81 noticed" said Grange, "tha
this building was wide open whel
we came in. Is that customary a
this time Of night?"
"Oh, yes sir. / told you there's
lot goin' on late around here and
Don't the people who come d
and out have TO sign something
register?" Argus asked. They d
in most buildings after six"
"Oh, no. Not here, sir"
"Then," said Grange, "sny on
could've entered this building Will
you were on another floor, wake
up here TO the fifth, fred a shot an
gotten away without being seen?
"Yes sir, they could have-but
was downstairs most Of the time 10
night until the gentleman that 20
hurt come in"
One Of Inspector Oranges me-
approached him. Nobody hear,
tie shot around here tonight" h
reported. But there wasn't an,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
Alice Belgian Becomes
Bride Of Robert Palmer

Ann Arbor, Mich. June 3-Alice
Belgian, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Summerfield, Detroit. be.
came the bride OF Robert Palmer,
son Of Mrs. John ALDER, Ann Arbor.
Saturday night in pretty wedding
that took place at the Ward Mem.
orial Presbyterian Church in De.
troit. Rev. Elyin l.. Morris read the
service.
Miss Alice Hatfield and Helen
Maxwell. both OF Detroit, attended
the bride and Judith Ann Palmer,
who has been living with her grand.
mother in Ann Arbor, was flower
girl Merry Bodine was best man
and the bridegroom's cousin, Orel
Mullreed was soloist. Both are OF
Ann Arbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer will live in
Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
BY BaOs Lee

one working on the floors just above
and below this one, So"
That's right" said the elevator
man. They 60 home early. Ones
a real estate man and the others a
perfume manufacturer. Each of 'em
rents the whole floor to hisself."
"The windows are all closed in
here" Argus observed. That would
help deaden the sound of q shot
if there was a shot"
"What do you mean II there was
shot?" Grange asked. Say, you
don't think Flagg shot himself some
place else and then came up here
to die, do your"
NO" said Argus. "I'm sure that
Flagg didn't shoot himself. But I'd
like to know what he was doing
here"
Maybe he came up to chat about
some modelling work." suggested
Grange. "Or maybe he thought
Sturgis was guilty and came up here
to confront him with his knowledge
and got shot for his pains. We'll
find Sturgis if we have to tear the
town apart"
"If you've finished with me-" Of.
fered the elevator man, Il oughts
get back to my work"
"Sure," said Grange. "I've An
ished with you-for the time being
Then Argus volunteered az
looks to me, judging from what WI
see here, that Flagg was going
through Sturgis' papers when HI
was shot and got blood on that let
ter | showed you. Or Flagg hac
already been shot when he came VI
here and went through the papers
Or Flagg surprised some one, wa
shot, and his assassin got away
Either Flagg or Sturgis touched
that letter with bloody fingers
Ellen Joined them. But VIII,
should Roger 20 through Pierre
papers?" she asked.
There might be several reasons
Miss Curtis" Grange said. "Sturgi
may have had some evidence sgains
Flagg-or Flagg may have beef
suspicious Of Sturgis, and stol, al
h re TO have a look around"
But how about Redbeard7" Ellei
asked.
There may have been some evi
dence about him." Grange said. "Mr
Flagg might have been trying +
find something when Redbear'
walked in and surprised him." H
frowned. "But what | can't under
stand is this: II Flagg hid bee
going through Sturgis' papers a
the time he was shot, why didn't h
reach out and pick up the phone an
try TO call for help! Unless, o
course, he passed out Immediately.
!, Some one" declared Argui
took the trouble TO put handker
: chief on Flagg's wound"
He picked up the newspaper fror
the desk. "A column is missing fror
the front page Of this evening
Blade" he said, holding 1t up. az
like to know IL you find the missin
E piece in Flagg's pocket Also whs
I news it contained"
! Grange glanced at the paper, say
ing, 81 can tell you about that miss
| ing column. Somehow the new
: leaked out about that kid picking u
| the beard. II was on Page One o
the late edition Of the Blade"
, Leaked out" Argus jeerec
! "Quite accidentally, no doubt. ! sup
; pose you wanted the taxpayers .
7 know the police weren't sleeping o.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
PLEAD INNOCENT

COLUMBUS, Ca, June SAP
Two Benton Harbof, Mich. men
were being held under $500 bond
each today after pleading innocent
Friday before U. S. Commissioner
L. A. Brown to charges of illegal
possession Of gasoline and sugar
rationing coupons. The two, list
ed on court records as Joe Flamen-
baum and George Turner, were &C.
cused by Office OF Price Admins
tration Investigators OF concealing
counterfeit coupons for 10000 gal
Ions OF gasoline under the seat OF
their automobile and valid coupons
good for FIVE tons OF sugar in their
baggage.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
Gold Star Mothers
TO be Honored June II

Ann Arbor. Mich, June g. An
open.air ceremony honoring Wash.
tenaw County's Gold Star mothers
and the families OF other men in
armed service will take place on
the courthouse lawn Sunday night,
June II. The program will begin at
p. m. and will take place near the
county honor roll. Present plans
call for a brief program OF music.
a talk by one Of Ann Arbor's cler.
gymen and an invocation and bene.
diction by other ministers. 1t will
inaugurate the county's fifth war
loan campaign which begins Off.
cially on June IL.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
The KimmeI Case

Admiral Kimmel stands convict
ed, without trial. OF cowardice and
incompetence in the hearts and
memories Of the American people,
He has never been given a chance
to defend his honor or his integri'
ty. lie lives in the black cloud OF
being a despised person without
ever having been given any oppor.
tunity even to state his case. much
less TO prove 1t. His family suffers
with him the fate OF a condemned
man. Al Capone had a fair trial.
Lepke had a fair trial Lonergan
had fair trial. But Admiral Kim
mel has been convicted and con
demned without a trial. Every
parent who has lost son in this
war remembers the name Kimmel.
Yet, the man has never been tried !;
his story has not been heard; he
has not had his day in court. He
has not been permitted to con
vince these parents that he is not
to blame-if he is not TO blame.
That is not the American way.
That is Hitler's way OF doing
things.
| do not know whether Admiral
kimmel is guilty or not. Nor do
you. Nor does anyone. But this
/ do know-he has been refused
any opportunity to prove that he
is not guilty. And | refuse to be
lieve any American guilty of any
thing until he has been proved
guilty by due process of the law.
That is the foundation OF Amer.
lean law. Even an indictment
does not imply guilt. Nothing but
conviction under the law proves
guilt. Admiral Kimmel is entitled
to due process OF law. He has not
had that. Must he wait for death
or history to clear his name? Must
his family live In that vale of
tears?
Let no man be fooled by the
claim that national security" de-
mands that Admiral Kimmel be re-
fused trial such as is given even
the most unworthy felon. What.
ever his crimes may have been.
they were committed In December.
1871. That is exactly two years
and six months ago. The Japan
ese have surely discovered in the
course of two years and six months
the facts OF Pearl Harbor. II ia
oelievable that they knew about
them the day It happened. 1t is
to be assumed that their planes
photographed what happened on
the day It happened and that their
services have since SUP.
piled any missing information. Ma
tional security cannot be the ex.
cuse for this prolonged delay in
giving this man a chance to prove
himself innocent or guilty. There
may be some other reason but IL
cannot be national security. That
cannot possibly be involved at this
time or at this stage Of the far
eastern war.
Admiral Kimmel In a letter TO
Senator Homer Ferguson Of Mich.
igan makes statements concerning
the Roberts report which need, for
the sake of national morale,
thorough ventilation. The impli.
cation is that the report was not
the product OF judicial procedures
but was prepared politically. Those
charges might be ignored were 1t
not that the writer OF that report
is a justice Of the United States
supreme Court. At a time when
that court stands low in the esti-
nation OF some Americans, an &C.
cusation OF non-judicial procedures
made against one OF its members
must he investigated fully and i'm.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
COMMITTEE TO CONFER

Iron Mountain. Mich. June q
AP-Delegations from eight Upper
Michigan counties will attend
CLIO political action committee con-
ferring here June II to map pc.
litical program in the 18th con.
gressional district and to discuss
Endorsement OF candidates Invit-
ing Representatives from factories
farms and other liberal groups"
to attend. August Scholle, Michi-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-03
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Twenty Club has James at Portage Lake
Ten charter members the club which has been in existence
and wives OF members present The executive
committee consists Of C. v Brown, Dr. W H. sherze and Dr.
B. L. Dooge.
and Miss Grace faculty
recital Auditorium Gray sings only selections OF
Richard Johannes Brahms Gray in or
iginal The translation Miss Johanna Apermann
written poetic furnished the audience Miss Emery
played music by French Russian and American
posers.