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Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
Vets Due
I'm Today

NEW YORK, Sept 6-The fol-
loving Detroit servicemen return
10 New York from Europe today
aboard the General Brooke
second L, Robert p Borsst 1i3i Hu1ton
SGT william G s4pkicvicF $3.50 Iumisy.
sFt John Chippies l72os Ryan road.
st Joseph D.linfn i2474 Jos Csmpau
Sgt Paul " Fsirorotnsr. 20i2s Bnsrolifi
road
Cpl Edward A Fosl.r 34ss LycsIts
Cpl EdssIo Cough is43s 81 Louis
Second L. Russell ". CLARKE j., 1907
Marlborough
PIC. Glenn well. l443i cedar Grove
Cpl jaime, Moo. i7226 Annott
cpl John sfls 2oo5l sust,er
Ple John 5 Lsisntoa tss $ Luther
pVt pstmona 4 Manos s{ss Hol.oms
7 81 RaFHaaa &. Arasid "a T4s-se
sgt Walter }. LsVsndoaski 1921 MAJ
C5 DAVID Mcneil ss2o Epvorth
COL Ihomsa y isAp0Iitsna 2Ses NsFnor
Ce joSn tiyie, ss2 Coningvood
Pir George Horcssf-k ls2O3 CsldVsu
Cn Melvin r Muller 1885 sirsssurs
Ff- Thomas rox D. NJ sfdress giFenl
Ffr Tnrmss 3 Lsoslls 1923 NcGraV
Pc HenfY = Hsteoyir AZ Brandon
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CuI samuel a ksnnedN 1870 b1ena
NiT-
Ftr Arolpr Lang issAE Ws'hsm
Pv Firnsrd p Pstterhon tnO ad1rfis
gwen
Cpi Pau EoFsE 1852 Josnn
Pc Bernard ~ Wurtsl. 243oo Crossbtck
highway
Pvt Robert Dsus ioono Holmur
Sgt Per Bstsl i44sO young
SGT Harry " hacEef. 1880 Corbet'
Cpl Robert ~ Ksigef Ass Noodmsrs
Cri Ernest p Gngar. 27Af Carson
Wsi STANLEY H Cablrr Sas7 Seminole
+ sgt EdAsfd Siachelski. 1855 Clayton.
Cpl Henry Bosom. 3ie7 hontsill
Pfr Tuluos Bsrtacchi, 52Os 2. Davidson.
Pc Mitchell R0mAnoW. S7s5 WoodaEn.
Pir Edgard P0nsn. i4006 81 Aubin
Cpt Paul r. Patterson. sS3s Orangelawn,
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

var fund and honorary president
Of the USO. participating &
agency
A native Of Cleveland Rocke-
feller had given nearly 500 000-
600 70 charitable educational. re-
lgious and similar causes at the
end ot lqi3
Wee president Oscar Weber of
the j L. Hudson Go chairman of
the War Chest corporation gifts
committee. viii preside at the
meeting
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

w ar { h -
campaign Tues
day
The meeting
will be held IN
the Statler at
y Is p M
RockerlelIer
" As one Of the
founders Of the
National w ar
Fund and | so
He IS \ member
q the hoard of
riircCtofL ~ tho
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07
Rockefeller
Talk Slated

John y Rockefeller Jr only son
Of the late STANDARD Oh multi
millionaire viii address 400 De
trolt industrial and business lead
ers in behalf ol the Community
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

From the W
MUSIC
STORE
- y!
u:
Gershwir's "Rhspsody
IN Blue" Oscar Levant
A. the piano, Ormandy
conducting the Phlladel-
phla Orchestra. NIX
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Rossini. william Tell
Overture. Toscanlni and
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SAINT Saens Carnival
Of the Animals" Leo
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Stravinsky Scenes de
Ballet" Igor Stravinsky
conducting the New
York Philharmonic Or
chestra, MX245 $2.6j
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-07

Gershwir's "Rhspsody
IN Blue" f." Oscar Levsnt
~ the piano; Ormandy
conducting the Phlladsl-
phla Orchestra NIX
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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

adopted plans 10
supplement their
history textbook in
struction with films
of history in the.
making.
Soon all British
children will learn
about D. Day by
watching Tommies
and Yanks pouring
ashore from the
bargeS at the Nor
mandy beachheads.
And they'll get an
idea of German
brutality by watch
ing pictures made
in concentration
camps.
Many English of.
ficials believe this
method of visual
instruction can be
extended profitably
after the war by
filming r e-e n a CT =
ments of such his
toric events as vii
liam the Conquer
or's landing, the
signing of the Mag
ma Charta, the cere-
m onie S n din g
World War ii and
similar momentous
happenings.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

Mongoose plummeted into the sea.
Most Of her men were picked up
by rescue craft, but three never got
home. The pilot. co-pilot and bonn
bardier died on that first flight with.
out Minnie
The men of the Air Force are a
hard-boiled lot, and those who tell
this story insist that the conclusion
they draw from IL isn't superstition,
but common sense. Minnie, they say,
was the spirit-the luck-of the Fly
ing Mongoose. And when taps sound
ed for Minnie the long, mouTnful and
brassy notes foreboded the quick
finish of her winged namesake.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
Modesty Kept Him esf 81 Jail

A /ODESTY, like virtue, often is
M its own reward. The man
W. who hides his light under
buShel finds he's doomed TO perma-
nent blackout.
This being the case. it's a pleas
ure to tell the story of Eric Royle,
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

a taciturn BritiSher, who re-
Gently appeared in court in
Cheshire, England, charged
with breaking into an office.
Guilty, Your Honor"
Royle pleaded, after the in
dictment was read.
The bewigged judge
waited, but Royle had moth
ing to add. Three years."
the court said.
Royle was led away. But
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

service and suffered wounds
and severe frostbite while
fighting Hitler's u boats.
You then were discharged
as unfit for active duty.
Why didn't you tell me
these things?"
Royle shifted his weight
uneasily. Il didn't want TO
rest on past laurels."
You kept quiet when
most men would have talked
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
1eaehingHistory-" with Movies

see some mighty interesting movies,
is correct
For, as result of tests at this
school, British educators have just
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

before the next case started, a proba-
ton officer hurried in with a sheaf
of papers. The judge scanned the
documents and ordered Royle back.
Young man." he said, "you have
concealed important information from
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

plenty" said the judge. "The Jail
sentence is rescinded. Instead, ] am
freeing you on probation. Any man
with such record, who refuses to
trade on il when he's in a jam, GER
tainly deserves a new start"
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10
Taps for Mimi.
+heMonqoos9

THERE was both sorrow and foreboding in
the sultry air when Yankee airmen gath
j cred in the cemetery of big Pacific base
They were saying good-by to a comrade who
had flown with them on many perilous bomb
ing mission over Jap territory, but who now
would fly no more.
couple of platoons of soldiers
marched 10 the cemetery behind the vic
TINS body. The rifles of firing squad
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

III AND NOW, children, it's time
for our history lesson"
Broad grins appear on
the students faces. You'd think ice
cream was about TO be served-if sew
eral of the boys didn't hurry TO the
window and pull down the shades.
Another monitor moves to the front
of the room and lowers a white
screen. Your next guess, that these
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

this court-your five years of splen-
did service in the Royal Navy.
have just learned from this report
that you were aboard the torpedoed
aircraft carrier Ark Royal and saved
the lives of several comrades.
"You later volunteered for convoy
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

crashed in salute. The solemn
notes of taps followed, while
bomber crew members stood
by, silent and Sober-faced.
A neat white cross, tiny in
comparison TO the rows of reg,
ulation crosses near by, bore
witness that no human flier
had just been inferred. Taps
had sounded for Minnie the
MongooSe, mascot of the Lib
orator bomber Flying Mon
goose" and one of the wars
most famous pets.
Minnie had been found by a
gunner when the plane stopped
at Hawaii on the way TO the
fighting zone A young thing,
but gifted with all the keen
sight and agility that make
her kind a deadly nemesis TO
ASia'S poisonous snakes, Min
ME took to flying.
True, she had to be revived
with oxygen on her first bombing
over Two Jima. But she W;
afraid; il was the altitude that
her Minnie brought them luck,
crew felt They were convince
il when, flying where the flax
thickest on mission after mis-
they never got serious hit.
Minnie's ferret-like figure bee
a familiar sight wherever the r
named in her honor flew. And
after surviving the worst the en-
could toss at her aloft, she had
on the ground-run over by Il
jeep. The Flying Mongoose's
thought that Minnie rated a mill
funeral, and nobody disagreed.
But there were whispers an
some of the mourners.
That plane was always mi
lucky with Minnie aboard" they
Now 1t may be another story"
These gloomy GIs regard {
theory as virtually proved a
hours later. The Flying Mong
tried to take off on a scheduled
sion. A motor suffered, and
flight was scratched.
Next morning the ship tried al
Some wiring shorted; once more
flight was cancelled.
"She won't go without Min
the doubters said.
Next day, however, the plane 7
a flawleSs Jake-off, flew to a dis
objective and dropped her b n
Flax ratified all around, but al
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-10

emily did no serious damage. Jubi-
liant yells came from the crew. The
Flying Mongoose still had what it
takes.
All too soon their rejoicing was
ended. Seven hundred miles from
their base one engine went dead, then
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23
RAYMOND LnFrey
Joins Staff OF
Conservatory

Raymond LaFrey, foreign Ian.
guage instructor, will join the staff
Of the Wyandotte Conservatory Of
Music, December l. according to
Forest Arnold! director of the con-
Servatory.
Mr.. LaFrey received his bachelor
and masters degree in languages at
Wayne University aid attended La
Sorbonne school of Foreign Lam
guages at the University OF Paris
France.
For the past II years he has
taught languages at the Detroit
and River Rouge high schools and
70, several years was director OF
the freshman college branch OF
Wayne university classes.
Glasses are now being formed in
French and Spanish at the Conser-
vatory.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23
Survey Shows
Rise Ir Prices
For Consumers

LANSING, Nov. 20 = UP) = AS If
the average housewife doesn't know
il, the State Department of Labor
and Industry today reported con-
sinners prices have increased gen.
orally according to surveys in sew
eral Michigan industrial commun-
tiles.
Prices gained "a per cent between
September, 1914, and September,
1945. The increases included foods
81 per cent, Clothing ga per cent.
rent i per cent, fuel 81 per cent,
house furnishings 7.8 per cent, and
miscellaneous commodities % per
cent.
George w. Dean, State Labor
Commissioner, said the increases
over pre-war prices in December
1871 were 16.2 per cent.
Compared to 1941, food prices
have increased 23.9 per cent, cloth
ing opt per cent, fuel 10 per cent.
home furnishings 2S4 per cent. and
miscellaneous commodities 1877 per
cent.
Only bright spot in the report
was a IA per cent decrease in food
costs during the ly-September
quarter
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23
Teen Age Activities
at YMCA Changed for
THANKSGIVING Holiday

AS a result of the Thanksgiving
holiday Y activities have been
slightly changed this week.
The building was closed all day
Thursday but teen-agers Will have
activities Tuesday and Saturday
nights.
A movie, Kings OF Sport, will
be shown Friday night The build
ing will be open to the high school
group all day Friday because Of
the school vacation. The special
program for the afternoon Will in
ciude an outing and supper at the
Y.
On Saturday night the Y will
sponsor another dance at the ia
sonic temple with music by Nick
Jabe and his band
On Monady night the Service
Shopper group will meet at the Y
to go TO Detroit to the Western
branch Y for q swimming party.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23

Call in Your Social Items
To Wyandotte l166
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23

Announcement is made OF the
marriage on September 8 of Miss
Christine Militte, Omaha, Neb.. and
SGT. John Gutowski, E5cCook, Neb.,
former Wyandotte resident and
brother of Mrs. Louis Fargo, 5l4
Grove.
Father Flanagan read the nuptial
mass in Holy Name church. Omaha.
Sgt. Gutowski is 194l gradu-
ate of Boys Town high school. La
tel he worked in Washington, DC,
for the Federal Bureau of InveSti-
cation Until ne entered service in
March, 1912
His bride, a graduate of St. Cath
crimes school of nursing, Omaha,
is living in Omaha with her par
erts.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23
Edythe Dorm Heads
Blue Star Mothers

Edythe Dorm was elected presi-
dent of the Blue Star Mothers,
Chapter 6, recently. Other newly
elected officers are:
Ruth Cohoon. senior vice-preSi-
dent; Augusta Emmert, Junior vice
president; Leta Reiger. secretary;
Grace Cowie, financial secretary;
Martha Connell, treasurer; Grace
Raubolt, chaplain; Lena Broughton,
historian: Effie Usher, patriotic in
Structor; Mrs. Cramer, inner guard
Grace Ziegler, outer guard; Mary
Gierlock, conductor; Mary Pratt,
officer of the day; Dorothy Bow
ley. musician; Mrs. Kruger, color
guard No /; Bertha Dige, color
guard Nc. 2; Alga Geniac, captain;
Hazel Stebbin. social secretary;
Ruth Cohoon, publicity.
The officers will be installed De-
cember 81 at the Odd Fellows hall,
Elm street.
Next regular meeting of the or
ganization will be on December 6.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred BrandeS,
Fifth street, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie SCheffler, Carleton, have
returned to town following an ex-
tenSive vacation trip through Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Vir-
ginia. Virginia, North Carolina,
Kentucky, and Indiana.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23

Miss Darlene Smith, who is train
ing at Burbank, Calf, has accepted
position as radio operator and
flight dispatcher with Western Air
lines in San Francisco. Miss Smith
IS the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert E. Smith, 1852 Ash.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23
W)aHdOtfe Music Groups
VIII Present Christmas
Concert on December ,

A Christmas concert by the Wy
andotte Choral society and the
Wyandotte Junior Choral will be
given at 8 pm. December 2 in St.
Francis Xavier auditorium, Ecorse,
the st. Anne's Rosary society has
announced.
Sponsors for the holiday concert
will be Mrs. josephine Michalic,
Mrs. Joseph Ball and Mrs Daisy
Hunt.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23
GOLDEN RULE GROUP
WILL ELECT OFFICERS

The Golden Rule group Of the
FuSt Methodist church. will meet
1oi election of officers Wednesday
az pm. at the nome or Mrs
CIauue decker, 100 walnut. All
members should attend.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23
SEWING CLASSES BEGIN

A series of sewing classes began
last week at the Y The classes Will
continue for six weeks. meeting Oh
wednesday nights. Friday after
Moons and Friday evenings at the
Y. About so women are enrolled.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23
ATTEND 18TH DISTRICT
AUXILIARY MEETING

Wyand9tte American Legion aux
Hairy memberc who attended the
10th district meeting November Is
al the American Legion hall IN Lin
coin Park were:
Edythe PilZ, Elsie Dewitt, Coda
Havelock, Gretchen Ashley, Hen
rietta vickerman, Helen Aerson.
and Rose Bolton.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-23

Call In Your Social Items
To Wyandotte ll66
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-13

TalkStymicd

Chicago, Dec. l3.-CAP)-The ma
tons railroads today asked the gov
eminent to take a mana in Wugc-rilc
negotiations with 20 railroad unlOns
Spokesman Tor the carriers sad
union representatives Were notified
today that the railroads would ask
the National (RuilWay) McdlltloA
board to intervene. after q three
week conference stalled on the Is
sue of rule changes
Carriers claimed wage and rule
demands would increase operating
costs two billion dollars annually,
and that some 80 rue changes de-
m0ndcd by br~otherhoods of locomo-
tive engineers and railway trainmen
alone would involve an additional
S1o5, 000, 600 a year,
The railroad labor act calls tor led
cral mediation when collective par
gaining fails, urd if mediation can
not settle the dispute, a Tact llndlh9
board must be named by the PreSl-
cent.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-13
HUMAN SKIN LAMP
SHADE PRESENTED
j, At GERMAN TRIAL
Preserved Human Head Is
Also Introduced at
Nuremberg Court

Nuremberg. Dec. 13.-(AP)
A preserved human head and
lamp shades made Of human
skin were presented as evidence
CT atrocities in Nazi concontra-
ton camps at the war crimes
trial Of p top ranking German
war leaders today.
The a.s.sIy exhibits were added
to the Germans ~, record of muir
der and brutality placed before the
iour-poWcr international military
tribunal by Allied prosecutors charg-
ing the once powerful Nazi war
lords with rimeS against human
ity."
Relating the already revealed
horrors OF the cOnceriatiCn
camps at Mathausen and Buch-
enWald, |. ). Assistant PrOsecu-
tor Thomas Dodd, declared that
W feci no argument is neces-
sary to support our statement
that the Nazi conspirators used
these concentration M as
places of terror"
The preserved human head shrunk
TO the size Of a baseball and resemb-
ling the war trophy OF an barigional
head M ter. was that of a Pole who
had been caught fraternizing with a
German girl.
The three pieces of human skin
tanned into parchment for lamp
shades for the viz q a SIS Off iaI
came from victims at BuchenWaId,
selected because OF their "artistic"
tattooing, according to an affidavit
by a former inmate Of the camp.
I'm 1889, all prisoners with
t%attooins on them We're order
ed to report 10 the dispcnSary,"
the affidavit said. NO one
knew what the purpose was,
but after the tattoocd prison
ers were examined, the ones
with the best and most artistic
specimens were kept in the dis
penSary and then were killed by
inJectionS.'
Telling of the shrunken heads, the
former inmate vas quoted in the
statement as sayings. Il also saw
the Snrunken heads of two young
Poles who had been hanged for hay
ing had relations with JeWess girls,
The heads were the size of a first
and the hair ana marks Of the rope
were still there
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-13

The first General .rnv-fal of
viu}nr hI,rkyfpd r,slrr ,s <urtb
far4H-4 ,l,x
Ch3rIa!ta E-roa~.hor, 9,4
,yinsf., ~s!a,, ra-.,4s5 .fc,3.
snow fall vith ,l,,n. ,h,..,
ino,,as ~, tho ~ror,s at .,,r
Iot,n =, !,
IVA uaothar h,.o., r.,s;,4oa
fo,,, tn So, iSatoN g.. 49,
rt,r,otto
~ ,u 1
toanr a,d n,,a,boj ,+ ~,,'.
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-13
lNDONESIAN FIGHT
SUMATRA

Batavia, Dec. l3.-(APD-lndone-
sian leaders from Sumatra today re-
JeCted Dutch offers of dominion
status and declared that they would
support the unrecog lied lndone-
sian republic in its fight Tor tuI!
freedom.
Their position was stated by act
ing Governor Amir of the Samaritan
l%ndonesian government after a
Tr' ference with Premier Sultan SJah-
rlr and other leaders of the "repup-
lic.'
The principal opposition to Dutch
rule previously has been concentrate
ed in Java with only a few mlnol
disturbances in Sumatra.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-13
Tokyo Diet
Is Studying
Reform Bill
Government Ordered
TO Outline Broad
Program of Relief

Tokyo, Dec. I3.-tAF)-El"c-
ten reform legislation, reVolu-
tiOnarN in Japanese history. is
expected to be approved by the
House Gf PcerS-probably Friday
as a first step toward proper
tiGnatf representation.
While the Diet WrcStlcd with poll
teal reform, General Douglas Mac
Arthur attacked ON the economic
'front.', directing the Japanese govern
nent TO start a broad relief program
to provide food. clothing. shelter,
medical care. financial aid and vel
fare services fer the u-empIoycd this
winter.
Must BE Approved
The relief plan, when ready, must
be submitted in detail for Allied APP
prevail. The government also was
ordered to take all necessary steps
to prevent discrimination IN the dis
tr:bution of food. Allied headquar-
tiers meanwhile began survey 10 de
tcrminc the food consumption, I'D
physical health Of the japanese.
The political reform bill would
double the electorate to about
$4,000, 900 voters. by granting
Wamen the right to vote for the
first time and reducing the vot-
ing age to 20 years.
Shlnichi Suzuki, election expert
OF the home ministry, explained that
the government measure provides
also for drastic redistricting I'D a
wider choice of candidates for the
House of Representatives.
The legislation does not involve re
vision of the House OF Peers, a re-
form which was promised earlier by
Premier Shidehura.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-13

q, 1911 from Washington.
The former army Caiet of STAFF
llalcd Up tlder persistent question:
ing a5Cut information given to over
seas commanders in the last few
days before the .neak Jap attack
plunged this country into war.
Definite Directions.
General Short was given definite
directions, He was given an alert Or
der. | still feel that when you give
q command to d high officer. You
expect it 10 be carried out" he a.
serted.
This assertion followed up
Marsha.Is testimony yesterday
that Observation-Disclosures respon-
sihle for any failure of TIE Cen
eral staff and that he had full
responsibility" for II failure
in Washington to see that Snort
went OH q full war alert.
The Pearl Harbor investigators
also learned today that Cordell Hull
may have me- japanese peace en-
voys Dccembe" I, 1911 unaware o.
their dol matte rColv WHICH Amer
lean experts intercepted and began
DECIDING the day before.
An army officers testimony that
he delivered the 14-part war tip-off
reply to the State Department Just
as the then Secretary Of State NE,
with Ambassadors KurUsJ and
Nomura was contained in a series
OF affidaNIts made available to the
rCD,D1ittep
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-13

MarCantOnIO and OtherS Who
fought the measure yesterday point
ed OUT that a similar bill passed by
the House in the last Congress died
n Senate committee.
THE some thing will happe,
again." the New Yorker added.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-13

The optimism was summed up
by Rep. Narcantonio of New
Nor% (ALP) who told reporters:
There isn't any question that
we can stop it in the Senate
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-12-13

Previously, the investigators
learned that General Walter {.
short. army commander in
Hawaii, established only an anti
sabotage alert in response to a
warning message of November
q, 1911 from Washington.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-02

They try to smuggle out stun
under their hats, in their wooden
shoes, under their armpits. They
open cans OF meat and stun Il in
hollowed-out loayes Of bread, or
they cut It into sanwich filling.
They hide stun under tobacco in to-
bacco cans. I've caught them with
stockings stuffed in every pocket"
Even so. things stun disappear.
One room in a huge warehouse at
the Antwerp port Is known as the
"pilferage room" In II are goods
rescued from broken cartons or
taken from the workmen. There's
everything there from rubber heels
to officers pants.
One OF the fayorite methods used
to be for n crew of stevedores TO
manhandle, drop and jump on a
carton of food until the package
broke. IL was an accident. they
explained innocently, and they
could not understand how a few
cans came to be missing.