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Evening star., 1944-07-27
Pleads for Control Lights

To the Editor Of The Star:
Both Traffic Director Van Duzer and
Police Inspector Miller were quoted to
the effect that control lights at Bla-
densburg road and South Dakota ave-
nue. would not have prevented the re-
cent bus accident there. But I think
that they are wrong
Left-hand turns are exclusively pro-
tected in a number of locations either
by left arrow facing a red light or a
plain green light facting a red light
such as at Wisconsin avenue and M
street.
Every left-hand turn OF bus or
streetcar should be protected by such
an installation. The private motorist
drives more or less at his own risk, but
the bus or streetcar passenger should
not be subject to the hazards that 60
with the private conveyance If they
reasonably can be avoided. Passengers
in the mass should be given priority
in protection at intersections even If
every set of lights at nonbus or nom
streetcar intersections has to be yanked
out to accomplish it.
No bus route should be authorized
until all bus left-hand turns on the
proposed route have been properly pro-
tected. If the ODT regulations as to
lights at such intersections are based
on a traffic count and interfere with
a proper protection of bus movements,
they should be scrapped.
Automobiles and trucks have to work
out their own salvation in traversing
the city, but it is inexcusable for the
authorities to stand in the way Of prop
er protection for the passengers who
have to depend on mass transporta-
ton. The public utility passenger is
entitled to first consideration because
he is at the mercy of the local transit
concern and the regulatory authorities.
E. S. HOBBS.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,Cn

Adolf Hitler Is trying to cling to power
with the despair of the drowning man
who clutches at anything In q stormy
sea.
The creation of . directorate COM
posed Of Hitler himself, Reichmarshal
Goering. Propaganda Minister Goebbels
and Gestapo Chief Himmler for the
prosecution of the war to the bitter end
by the people of the Reich and its satel-
lites sounds imposing. Qualified OBJ
servers in Washington believe, however.
that the results will be negative and
that the harsh methods which the Nazi
authorities will be compelled to take to
bring about total mobilization OF indi-
viduals regardless of age and sex will
precipitate another crisis in the near
future.
The Gestapo and the Elite SIS Troops
are still able to put down local outbursts
and purge officers regardless of how
highly placed they are. But 1t will be
impossible for them to fight millions of
people who now realize that the war is
lost.
Spectacular victories against the Allies
either in the West or the East would
raise the morale of the German people
ana make them accept willingly any
kind Of sacrifice the directorate might
ask. But from now on the best Hitler
can hope for Is some temporary local
successes which cannot change the
defeatism which has gyipped the nation.
AS Tor the satellites, such as Romania,
Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia, they
are all expecting some opportunity to
get rid OF their present governments and
accept unconditional surrender. Finland
alone Is reported determined to con-
tinue her suicidal battle against the
Russian armies regardless of what hap
pens IN the rest of the world.
Marshal Antonescu of Romania Is
looking for some stooge to take over the
relns OF government. He realizes that
neither the Romanian nor German
forces in the Carpathians will be able
to offer any substantial resistance to the
Red Army.
Bulgaria, which has not participated
IN any Of Germany's battles against
either Russia or the United States and
Great Britain, Is reported ready to
change sides as soon as she receives
word from Moscow that she NAV do so.
Diplomatic relations between Moscow
and Sonia have not been severed and
the Russian charge d'affaires In the Bull
garian capital has been very active in
the last few weeks.
X
Admiral Nicholas Horthy. who per-
mtted Hungary to join Germany as a
full-fedged ally few months ago and
who is said to be more pro- German than
pro-Nazi, is not likely to cooperate
with the new Nazi directorate The old
admiral realizes he may have to give up
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Danger to Freedom

President Edmund E. Day of Cor
nell University very properly is
disturbed about recent opinion
poll" indicating that only twenty
three out of each hundred persons
interviewed knew what the Bill of
Rights was" He is surprised to learn
that so many Americans are igno-
rant Of the first ten amendments
to the Constitution designed to
safeguard our civil liberties" This
shocking Indifference to the
fundamental principles of American
democracy" he declares, is eX-
tremely dangerous in a time of So
cial, economic and political fux."
Specifically, he warns against the
peril involved in a lack of apprecia-
ton of the basic charter of freedom
at the coming moment of victory
over the Axis powers. 1t is possible,
he argues, that there may be some
difficulty about whether wartime
restrictions can be at once
relaxed and whether American civil
liberties can be effectively estab-
lished throughout the world"
Freedom of the press and of
speech, DR.. Day stipulates as being
most important among the rights to
be guarded, comprehended and ex-
tended. In his communication to
his countrymen, the Cornell presi-
dent insists:
The first amendment affects you
particularly. History tells of many
men like Peter Zenger who have
fought to preserve freedom of the
press and speech. The press has
always maintained a twofold func-
tlon-to disseminate news freely in
an unprejudiced manner and to
exercise the critical function.
Neither task can be successfully
carried on without guaranty of
civil liberties The very life of the
press depends upon effective protec-
ton against restraints which would
curb the free expression of opinion
It is obvious also that the exist
ence of the Nation as self-govern-
ing community is put in hazard by
any attempt to render the first
amendment ineffective. The dan
ger, if it develops after the close of
the war. as DR.. Day fears it may,
will be peril of domestic origin;
it will arise from that ignorance
and Indifference of many citizens to
which he calls attention Especially
during the absence overseas of hun
dreds of thousands of young Ameri-
cans there Is risk of allegedly ex-
pedient coercion or selfish compro-
mise OF the elemental principles Of
freedom in the Bill of Rights.
AS DR.. Day concludes, Unless we
do have an alert public conscience to
guard our civil liberties, we may dis
cover that they have slipped away
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Wood Wasted Also
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star
have been interested in reading the
letters published in The Star regarding
the wasteful slaughter of little pigs on
the farms Of this country.
Those actions were the most stupid
performances ever carried out by any
public official of this country.
I have heard the same story from a
West Virginia farmer whom 1 know
personally. If Mr. Wallace has been
responsible for such foolish procedures
the farm is no place for such man-to
say nothing of the Vice Presidency!
1t is even worse than the wholesale
wood-burning performance we read of
not long ago. When many needed wood
to warm their homes and might have
gotten it by hauling it away, some bril-
liant of1cials denied them the privilege
and made bonfires of the wood instead.
Let us hope that there may be
cleaning up during the next administra-
ton. 1t Is sorely needed!
II. 3. BRADFORD.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
London Tomorrow

After three years of intensive
study of the whole tremendous
problem. the City Corporation of
London has announced the outlines
of plan for the reconstruction of
the heart of the British metropolis.
The cost Of the work is estimated
at six hundred million dollars.
Building activity, it is indicated,
will be in progress ~for a quarter
century following the close of the
war. When the end of the task at
last is reached, vast new COM
munity will have been created.
But 1t will not be modern in any
radical sense of the word. The
corporation has rejected the Royal
Academy proposal for rebuilding the
blitzed areas. 1t intends to preserve
the city's character as "the COM
mercial core" Of England. The ira
ditional markets and exchanges are
to be maintained. So, too, the
natural grouping of industries and
businesses will be encouraged in the
future as it has been in the past.
Streets will be trif1e wider, Office
structures somewhat higher. For
the rest, the London of tomorrow
will be pretty much what the London
or yesterday Was-a place in which
every living soul is an individual
not merely a part of a machine.
That means diversity in architec-
ture, decoration, arrangements of
every physical kind. Hundreds of
small shops scores of small restau-
rants, dozens of small theaters will
rise from the ruins of London's pre-
Valllng ordeal just about as their
forerunners did after the great fire
OF 1866. OF course, there also will be
big department stores, big hotels
big institutional edifices. But size
Tor It's own sake is not anticipated.
lhe reaction to the compulsions of
the war already is apparent. People
wish to be themselves" again. The
corporation report reflects that
psychological factor-the recon-
struction of the spirit of the British
Empires central city now, not too
early, going on.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
CornfieId at Nioht

Night,Dind, tondle the orowing corn:
Be gentle and tDarm In this ddrkened
hour
TO tasseled ear and stalk IN fouer.
In lands that teasted from Plentys
horn,
Fingers are clutching an empty boWl-
Despair IL bitter bread for the soul
-. Each s,Delling kernel Is hope reborn,
Nightwtnd, }ondie the corn.
ETHEL FAIRFIELD WHITE.
Evening star., 1944-07-27

opposition was the greatest asset
Senator Smith had In that campaign.
At any rate, with 1887 precincts
counted In 1888, 310,565 votes had
been cast and Senator Smiths lead
was 33,631 This year, In 1,452 pre-
cincts, and with the President leav-
ing the primary severely alone, only
228,390 votes we're cast, and Cotton
Ed" was running $4,000 behind his
successful opponent.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
TotuI War for the Reich

Reich" is the logical step required
to meet the supreme test of his
regime. Military students have long
been pointing out that modern war
Is a veritable Moloch, with literally
Unsuitable demands. The sole prac-
ticable limit on wars drain upon
manpower, raw materials and ac-
cumulated wealth is the margin
needed to keep the civilian popula-
tion reasonably efficient and pro-
ductive for the uses of the military
machine over a period of time long
enough to fight the war to a sue
cessful conclusion.
That is the grim theory. In
America and the British Dominions
1t has been only partially realized,
and even in Britain itself it has not
been vigorously put into effect.
Soviet Russia has come far nearer
to its literal application, but even
there immensity of territory and
extent of natural resources have
mitigated it's rigors. Nazi Germany
and its satellite or subjugated re-
gions now seem destined to furnish
a classic example of what the phrase
total war" fully means.
The Fuehrer of that luckless Sec
ton of the earth begins his men,
orable decree by stating that 1.-The
war situation makes incumbent the
exhaustive use of all resources
for the armed forces and arma-
ment." Note those two words, "ex-
haustive" and "all." They mean
that everything is to be thrown into
the immediate struggle. No long
term considerations are to be taken
into account. No matter what hap
pens to the civilian population, to
the public services, to agriculture, to
business, to industry, to the eco
nomic and social future of Germany
and the associated lands, the pres
ent military crisis must be met. So
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering
Is ordered ito adapt the whole of
public life to the requirements of
total war in every respect" And
ne is in no way to keep manpower
from the armed forces and arma-
ments." This means not only a final
"comb-out" of every male who can
carry a gun, but the universal con-
scrlption of woman power and even
of young children for services be-
hlnd the lines. Since "all tasks of
lesser Importance to the war" are
to be restricted or closed down, any
thing like normal civilian life as we
understand it is at an end. Through
out the Greater Reich" every one
Will be henceforth under iron disci-
pllne and live under iron rations. A
barrack-room communism will thus
prevail.
1t Is interesting to observe that
Hitler has cleverly preserved the
internal balance between his leading
henchmen. Himmler is not to be
the whole show. He is responsible
for the maintenance of domestic
order and discipline, but the en-
phasiS is upon Goering as the titular
head of the new setup, with DR..
Goebbels appointed by him as Reich
Plenipotentiary for the Total War
Effort" In the background, Adolf
Hitler remains the ultimate author
ity and arbitrator. incidentally, the
party eclipses the state, the army
and every other institution. Thus
does the Third Reich grid itself for
battle to the death.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Threatening Sword
From the Montreal st.r

From the Montreal Star
The war clouds grow blacker and
blacker for Hitler. The writing on the
wall grows clearer and clearer. The hair
by which the sword Of Damocles hangs
may be stretched to breaking point
sooner than many Of us believe.
Evening star., 1944-07-27

The Jap radio says it can imagine
the day when the Pacific will rise
up in anger and swallow the boast
ing American fleet. This confirms
the longfelt opinion that the Japs'
imagination is as healthy as ever.
Evening star., 1944-07-27

from u.s. Wider knowledge Of the
Bill Of Rights certainly is a positive
objective to be sought for itself-as
we'll as for the people, including
generations to follow those now
living.
Evening star., 1944-07-27

Social note: A touching reunion
scene occurred recently at the home
of John Smith. His laundry, feared
lost forever, turned up only slightly
mangled.
Evening star., 1944-07-27

AS a suggestion for a new ma
tional anthem for Argentina, why
not try Irving Berlins "All Alone?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
Graft
Jury Lays
BY FRANK MORRIS

MASON, June l6-Because of
the slow progress in choosing q
jury for the first legislative grand
jury graft trial, Judge John
Simpson today threatened 10 con-
tinue court through Saturday.
This is the fifth day of the
trial of the % defendants accused
of a $4,000 bride conspiracy, but
there was no indication that the
defense and the prosecution were
close TO agreement on II men and
women 10 return a verdict.
OF 300 prospective jurors called,
1876 have been excused for cause
or through peremptory challenge.
Challenges yesterday by the de-
Tense and the prosecution sent Is
men and women home after fleet
inc visits 70 the Jury box
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
Gas Rights Lost
By Auto Dealer

All gasoline rations Of the P. l..
Grissom Chevrolet Co, 42S4 w
Fort, and us proprietor Pernie l..
Grissom. 2265 Chicago, have been
Cancelled for 30 days. effective
next Wednesday. by Edwin j.
scallen, special OPA hearing Of
ficer.
The ruling was based on A
hearing held May 2 when Grls-
som, according to Scallen, re-
turned from a motor trip TO
Florida
Grissom admitted the trip but
denied OPA allegations that he
had used ration stamps issued 10
his business. claiming he had
bought gasoline without stamps
at stations en- route. He said that
he took his son 10 Florida for his
health. The order also denied
GrisSom the right 10 drive car
using rationed gasoline.
A L. A..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
Two to Prison
For Robbery

Wayne Cozart. u. of 17l9 Con-
cord. and John b. ThomaSon, "a
Of 1882 Kercheval. today began
sentences of one TO FIVE years in
Jackson Prison after pleading
guilty 10 robbery which one Of
them had planned while visiting
his girl.
Evidence before Recorders
Judge John j. MaheT disclosed
that Thomson learned where Mr..
and Mrs. Frank S. Brandon. 1877
Baldwin. stored family treasures
while he was calling on their
daughter. and that he guided
Cozart and another youth TO the
hiding place. The third youth.
James Holland, II, Of $3.50
kercheval. has been placed on
three years probation and entered
the army.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
DSR Car Mains
Both Legs, Hand

A 59-year-old partly blind man,
who told police he was thrown off
a Michigan street car apd run
over when he attempted 10 board
another, today faced possible am
putation of both legs above the
knee and one hand.
The victim. Robert Smith. SO,
Of 1921 Leverette, was found be-
side the DSR tracks opposite Gate
4 of the Ford Rouge plant by
Charles Bidwell. 50. of 1912 Mich
igan. DSR motorman.
Bidwell said he saw something
moving on the tracks ahead Of his
car but was unable TO stop until
he had passed the object. Search
ing beside the track he found
Smith.
I'm sure my car didn't run
over him." Bidwell told officers.
Normal degree days for June ~.
ru,v Air ShOu Il FFee
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
Abdttoir Men
To Shut Plants

Declaring government restric'
lions will cost them $50 TO SIS pei
head Of cattle. AZ least II Detroit
slsughterhouse operators agreed
today 10 close their plants Mon
day Their spokesman said:
"a government order limiting
those slaughterhouses not un-
der government inspection to 81
head a week. combined with
other factors. makes II impos-
sible for us to operate without
losing $50 10 SIS a head.
Several companies involved
are small. without any restsu-
rant trade. and have moi been
able In improve their facilities
10 meet government standards"
The ruy Needs MORE Ptaa$s
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16

Detroit ana vicinity. Continues Vsrn
and ihuncsrshOwFrs ms evening Saturday
partly cloudy and cooler saturday night.
DETROIT DATA
Temperatures Thursday: Highest % 10
greef lowest a. mean 70
Departure from nor m | temperature
Thursday. . - degrees
Departure from normal temperature since
Jan I: . 40 degrees
Temperatures one year ago today High
IS, 81 degrees: lowest 81 mean, -
Temperature this date - past y years
Highest. as degrees IN 1913 lowest 80 N
1905
Relative humidity THURSDAY 10 N
7sce $50 m 7OTs 30 .. m ~
: 30 m. 5QT
Precipitation in la, 70 hours ending A.
: 30 a m. TO-DAY none.
Departure from normal preclp taiion
since Jan. !: 80 inch.
Degree days for Thursday June IS: q
Normal for June IS 2
Accumulated degree days thH month "a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16

Donald Tonks, Is. of 1884 Crane,
TODAY was 10 be arraIgned before
l.. s. Commissioner Hurd under
the Federal Juvenile Delinquency
Act after he confessed attempt
ing to extort money from proml-
nent Detroit funeral directors IN
threatening letters signed The
Buccaneer -
TenkS vas arrested today by
FBI agents who had sought the
source OF the letters since Sep
TENDER, 1913.
The letters threatened death 10
the intended victims unless they
paid sums ranging from $500 to
5000 In no case was any money
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
Two Ndzi Fugitives
Hunted in Michigan

Two fugitives from the Chat
ham (OntD camp for German
prisoners of war were sought to-
day by Detroit and Michigan
state police
The escaped prisoners are
Adolph Becker, 4 81, and Horst
Kordass. %. Becker was described
AS 5 feet 9 inches tall. weighing
las pounds and having a dark
complexion Kordass is 5 feet 10
inches, $50 pounds and fair.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
Burton Heirs
Aid Museum

Nine daughters and sons of the
late Clarence NJ. Burton, famous
Detroit historian, have presented
$4,000 in his memory to the De-
troit Historical Society Founders
Fund. il was announced today.
The gift brings total contribu-
tions TO within 100000 Of the
$3.50. 900 goal of the fund, nucleus
of the amount 10 be raised later
for postwar construction of new
historical and industrial museum.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
EX-Writer
Wins DFC

First 1t. Robert NJ. Gurvin,
formerly a Detroit Times sports
writer, already decorated with the
Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster
for heroic action in operations
over Europe, has been awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross.
according to dispatches from Eng
land today.
1t. Gurvin is a bombardier on
a Flying Fortress and has taken
part in some of the biggest raids
against Berlin. He was commits
stoned in April. 1943. at Big
Springs, Tex. His wife lives at AZ
Gerald. His mother is Mrs. Charles
Wagner of $50 Merrick.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
Dummy Packet Traps
Boy. I6. i'm EXfOrfiOn

paid, according to Robert Guerin,
Detroit FBf chief.
Tonks was caught last night as
he attempted 10 pick up dummy
package from the doorway Of the
Monteith School, 1891 Hibbard,
where his latest victim had been
ordered 10 place it. Federal agents
had placed the package there and
were waiting when the youth ar
rived.
He confessed readily Guerin
said. detailing how ne quit the
1lth grade al Eastern High School
last month AMI concealed his abb
sence from his parents by inter-
cepting letters from the school.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
Sleeping Pills Sale
Costs Druggist 500

Sale Of sleeping pills without
prescription today cost 500 for
julius Portes, IS. proprietor Of the
DetroIter Hotel drug store. Portes
paid the fine 10 Recorders Judge
Cotter after admitting the sale.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
ADMITS PLOT FOR CLOTHES

He said according 10 Guerln,
that he left home each morning
ostensibly 10 attend classes, but
went instead TO the library where
he planned his letters,
His victims, the youth@xplained.
were culled from the classified
section of the telephone book
Guerin said the boy told him he
intended TO use any money he re-
ceIved for new clothing. He had
made demands. he said. for an
other intended victim 10 leave
money al the same place tonight.
$50. What Vol Nade NJ Air show
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
Alexis Smith TO Wed

HOLLYWOOD, June Is INS)
Actress Alexis Smith and actor
Craig Stevens said today they
would be married here Sunday.
She is % and Stevens is Is.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
Joyce SPhone
CdNsChe(ked.

Munro Mcintosh. 5l-year-old
proprietor Of the tourist camp
at West Warren and Telegraph
from which l4-year-old Joyce
Raulston went 10 her death. has
the spotlight today before Circuit
Judge Friedman. where 23-year-
old Richard Vincent. MclntoSh's
employe is on trial for murder
Assistant Prosecutor Gilmore
said that he would also call sew
eral other men who were en-
ployed BY Mcintosh or who were
present when the girl made a
last telephone call and departed
10 her tragic death on a city
dump. less than a half mile from
the camp.
They are Richard "Scotty'
Toal.. Harold "Frenchy' Petri-
moulix. Ernest AFTER and Ralph
De Witt
MRS. RAULSTON TESTIFIES
Mrs. Ida Raulston of 12204
Monica. mother of the murdered
girl, took the witness stand yes
terday.
She sat with bowed head while
her daughters torn and blood
soaked clothing was introduced.
piece by piece, 10 the jury OF Il
women and two men. There were
torn plaid skirt. bobby socks
and a slip rent in three parts.
As each item was introduced,
Hugh Davidson. defense counsel,
and his associate, David Kull
examined them. There were brisk
exchanges OF words between Da-
wilson and Gilmore when David
son intimated that the prosecutor
had torn the plaid skirt.
Gilmore asked only A couple OF
questions Of the bereaved mother
Davidson questioned her infinitely
! about the purse her daughter hac
carried when she left home
I March "a
-Everv Day Ia D-Day In Factoriea-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-16
BOND SALES SOAR

Bond sales continued'to soar on
news of the bombing Of Japan.
which was given wide circulation
at the Air Show.
The booths established all over
the show grounds did a brisk bust
ness and the blood donor tent was
also we'll patronized.
Chances 10 fire machine guns.
ride in amphibisn ieeps and offers
to autograph B-24 bomber were
stimulating sales of bonds and
stamps.
r.. N n V.....,.