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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

by her own bOotstraps, that she met and
married the late Jimmy Corrigan of Ceve-
land heir 10 the many Corrgan steel mil.
lions, after dvorcing previous husband;
that the Cleveland society matronS snubbcd Cor
rgan's bride with a cruelty worthy of an Apache
that the Corrigans Jared little better when she
attempted TO scale the citadel Of New York society;
that eventually she went abroad where she was
soon crowned London's most spectacular and lavish
hostess and that Partisan society too, succumbed
10 her free food and fine gifts
Nor must a brief outline exclude her spec.
tacular and brilliant fight and victory 10 control
the Corrigan, Mckinney Steel Company in the mid
twenties, another coup for which Clevelands Old
Guard will never forgive her.
Nor must il overlook the fact that she is the
Godmother Of the eldest son OF the late Duke of
Kent and his duchess, the bcauteous Marina God.
mother OF child who could boast OF being the
grandson of one king and nephew OF another! 1t
is doubtful If the young Laura in her widest
dreams ever vsioned a triumph complete.
II might be said that Mrs Corrgan conquered
Londons Mayfair, with almost a single exception.
But that exception then the Prince of Wales
who did not like Mrs. CorrFan and made effort
10 conceal his dislike. But neither did Mrs Corrgan
make any effort 10 conceal her dislike for the Duke
and his wife, the Duchess of Windsor
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

future husband at White Sulphur Springs
1t is certain that old Captain Jim" (James W.
Corrigan and his sisterin.law, Mrs. Scott, were
lonely and sad, and that the young Laura brought
a bit of light and gaiety into their lives Only
few years before this chance meeting with Laura,
Capt. Jim had suffered tragic loss when a little
yacht he owned had blown up on Lake Erie. The
explosion had claimed the lives of his wife, two
daughters and his grandchildren.
OF all his family, only young Jimmy Games W.
Corrigan Jr. was left to his father. But Capt Jim
quarrelsome and difficult after the accident
He fought with his boy, and young Jimmy, disin
herited, went West
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

money from John d. Rockefeller, Sr., to purchase
huge iron ore properties on Lake Superior. Eventu.
ally, John d. foreclosed the mortgage.
out OF this seeming cataclysm, there finally
evolved man whose association with Capt Jim
was to forge one of the most powerful independent
steel companies in America.
His name was Price Mckinney, out of whose
eventual enmity for Laura Corrigan-not vet to
appear on the scene for some years-was to grow a
cycle of drama as implacable Greek tragedy.
How the resOurceful Mrs. Corriean saved her
husbands fortune and, after his death, conquered
Europe's nobility, will be told next week.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY I'll
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

r AURA CORRIGAN is living legend
- Born in poverty, she climbed to con-
troll of one of Americas great steel fortunes.
Humiliated by New York and Cleveland
society, she won the acclaim of European
royalty.
Her jewels saved her husband from
financial toboggan and rescued Allied
prisoners of war from starvation
mShe couldn't set foot in the buffers
Try of American snobs-but she was in
Wted to be godmother of the eldest son of
the late Duke of Kent
Her pre-war parties are sparkling men,
ories of her London and Paris conquests-
and now she carries on by ministering Law
ishly to the war-hurt and the war-weary
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

The Lumberioek's Daughter
Dreamed of Becoming a Society
Queen. but Was Snubbed OUT Of The
Country. Leaving a TraiI of Troe-
edY-Bu+ With Her Mighty Millions.
Stout Heart and Two Glifferinq
but Capable Fists. She SIugged Her
Way Info EuroPe's Most Exclusive
Precincts
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-03

She had her inning In
Palm Beach just before the
war. when the Duke and
Duchess were visiting in
that resort. AZ the Colony
Club she greeted British
Capt. r. Amcotts Wilson
and his American wife with
an all-out smile, only 10
turn on the Duke and
Duchess the CLASSY eye and
the justly celebrated Cor.
rigan frozen pan.
THESE were royal and
raretied heights for a wo-
man who worked, as the
legend has il, as a waitress,
a telephone operator. a
newspaper reporter, a clerk
behind a cigar counter, a
school teacher as well as a
Stenographer.
There are actually a dozen
different stories as 10 how
she met the Corrigan fam
lily. That meeting was at
least 40 years ago. For
trim, brisk Mrs. Corrigan
will never see 65 again.
However. it is fairly GER
tain that Mrs. Corrigan,
young and pretty, met the
father and the aunt Of her
Evening star., 1945-11-03
Leopold Denies Nazi Report
Of Cordially With Hitler
BY the Associated Press.

.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 3.-King Leo
poid yesterday described as mac
curate a report declaring he was
on cordial terms with Hitler at a
meeting five years ago, and had
thanked Hitler for personal ia
vors" including the return Of Leo
pold's children from Spain.
The report, q 2,000-word docu-
ment, released yesterday by Premier
Achille van Acker, was an account
prepared by Paul Schmidt, Hitler's
Interpreter at the Berchtesgaden
meeting in November, 1910.
Leopold, In a letter released 81
multaneously by the government,
charged that Schmidt attributed to
him phrases uttered by Hitler, and
declared "a sentence in which I am
alleged to have spoken of an event.
ual collaboration between Belgium
and Germany is entirely false. p
Leopold denied he entered into
any political negotiations" with
Hitler, or had made any promises
to him, and said he went to Berch-
tesgaden only ITO negotiate the re-
lease of our prisoners of war, to
improve our food rations and to
tighten the economic and financial
burden" imposed on Belgium.
Evening star., 1945-11-03
Western Union Operations
Normal After Stoppage

Western Union operations were
back to normal today after q work.
stoppage demonstration by four lo-
Gals Of the Commercial Telegra-
pliers Union tied up the receipt and
transmission OF messages in Detroit,
Philadelphia, Hartford, Conn. and
Providence, r. l., for five hours yes
terday.
The demonstration was IN pro-
test against . War Labor Board rui-
ing giving the workers q 4-cent-an-
hour increase. A national tieup was
planned, but national union officers
tried 70 call 1t on after filing 3
strike vote petition with the National
Labor Relations Board. TeIegrams
urging locals to abandon the demon
stration were unheeded IN ths four
cittes.
Evening star., 1945-11-03
Gen. Woinwright's Own Story:

pressed 1t In the boys hand, telling
him to share it with his father.
The train moved on and we ar
rived in Manila at ] pm. We were
piled into trucks and, to my aston
ishment. I saw that the driver of
my truck was an American soldier.
We were heavily guarded, but he
had some whispered news that sent
great thrill through my body. He
leaned over to me and said:
General, this Is the straight
stuff: Our Marines have landed In
the Solomons, Place named Quad
alcanal, and they're doing great"
Thank God, / said to myself.
Thank God. The Solomons were an
eternity of miles below US, and we
we're now being moved In the oppo-
site direction, but Mt last we. were
fighting back, fighting back with
what must be the tools We needed
in the first place.
Taken to Largest Pier.
The truck carried us straight to
Pier Z. the largest In Manila. Sight
of the pier, whose end had been
chewed Oh by a Jap bomb. filled me
with mixed emotions. 1t was on this
same pier that / last had seen my
wife, the day she sailed for home
and blessed safety, Is months before.
I had, Of course, heard nothing
from her since my surrender and
despite many appeals had not been
able to communicate with her to
tell her / was still alive. That is
intense torture.
We were marched out on the
covered pier and halted. At pier
side lay good d-sized Japanese ship,
which Col. Johnny Pugh In time
named the Stinko-Maru. We were
not to embark for . time. After
standing there an hour and q half
we were sharply ordered to face in
the opposite direction from the ship.
/ peeked' over my shoulders hand
saw the reason. A long line of Jap
sailors reached from the pier, up
the gangplank and into the ship.
They began passing little square
cardboard boxes, in fire-bucket-bri-
Evening star., 1945-11-03
=
IS Surgeon General
Employees Rewarded

Awards totaling $93z.50 for sug-
gestions which have increased the
efficiency of departments of the Of
fee Of the Surgeon General have
been presented TO Is employees by
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, Surgeon
General.
More than $40 900 have been saved
annually by the suggestions ano
$50 awards totaling $500 have been
presented since the beginning of the
program in 1943, Gen. Kirk said.
Winner of a $3.50 award is Miss
Frances F. Beck, 2709 Woodley ave-
nue. NV.
Other winners and the amounts
awarded them are: Mrs. Inez E
Thomas, 302 Lynshurst street, Bal
timore, 500; Mrs. Rebecca N. Cave
1852 Randolph street NV, 500; Miss
Sarah M. Quinn, 1899 Irving street
NV, $50; Miss Golden A. Stallings
2l43 Ward place Sc, $75; Mrs
Stella P. Nygren, 1910 Irving street
NV, $35; Miss Helen L. Million
4814 North Twenty fifth street, Ar
lington, $50; Miss Reba B. Schier-
horst, 81 Thirty-fifth street NV.
SIS; Mrs. Blanche M. Baucom. 1862
New Hampshire avenue NV, and
Miss Helen F. Moore. 1887 Hiatt
place NV, $40 each; Mrs. Mathilde
Carnes, 1915 Kenyon street NV.
$3.50; Mrs. Irene Tripp, 1474 Chaplin
street NV; Mrs. Annie M. Foley
1908 Douglas street NV, and Miss
Irene G. Coombes, 1854 Columbia
road NV, IS each.
Evening star., 1945-11-03
British Labor Celebrates
Big Gains at City Polls
ey the Associated Press.

fy the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 3.-Laborites today
celebrated smashing victory in
Britain's local elections and the
Daily Herald. Labor party news
paper, interpreted the results as
assurance from the English people
that they are ready to transform
our country into a Socialist COM
monwealth."
Final returns in Thursdays bal
loting from % London and 154 i'm
porta1t provincial boroughs showed
that:
Labor held 2,s77 council seats, a
net gain of 1,245 over its standing
after the 1888 local elections.
Conservatives lost 76o seats ano
now hold only 835.
Liberals elected Ill candidates
1874 below their last representation
Communists gained Is seats for q
total of %.
Evening star., 1945-11-03
New Chicago Train
Sturts Run Tomorrow

A new, fast, reserved-seat coach
train. featuring club car service, be-
tween Washington, Baltimore and
Chicago will be inaugurated by the
Pennsylvania Railroad tomorrow.
The train is scheduled to leave
washington at $50 pm, Baltimore
ht SIS pm. and arrive at Chicago
s.l0 am. Eastbound departure from
chicago is scheduled at 3:l0 pm,
with arrivals in Baltimore at 8.04
an. and washington at S:55 am.
The train will be identified as the
second section of the Liberty Linz
tied. The first section will continue
A-an all-P,lllman train. company
eflcials said.
Evening star., 1945-11-03
Senator Wagner Sees
Palestine as Test Of
British Good Faith

Charging that Arab opposition
to Jewish immigration into Pales-
tine was largely the manipulation
of British foreign and colonial of
ficers," Senator Wagner, Democrat
Of New York, last night told the
International Christian Conference
for Palestine that "I regard Pales-
tine as testing ground of British
good faith"
He told q distinguished audience
of more than 1000, including the
conference delegates from 20 coun-
tries, at q Balfour day dinner at
the Statler Hotel that the British
failure to "repudiate the Chamber
lain white paper Restricting Jewish
lnmigration) has shocked Ameri-
can public opinion"
The two-day conference was STIR
red by current news reports of ter
rorism and riots in the Middle East,
and laid down five-point program
for the Holy Land. 1t specifically
supported President Truman's re-
cent request to Great Britain for
admission of 100000 Jews now in
Europe, and further proposed that
''the United States express its will
tngness to share with Great Britain
the obligations involved" What
these obligations are expected to
be was not outlined.
Speakers Urge U. s. Action.
Necessity for this country doing
more toward establishing 4 Jewish
homeland in Palestine than merely
asking Great Britain to open the
doors to immigration was stressed
by several speakers.
r Senator Wagner, a Methodist,
spoke as chairman of the American
Christian Palestine Committee.
Aroused by the British suggestion
for another study, he declared:
these temporizing and narrow con-
siderations of .imperialistic expedi-
ency are unworthy of the British
people They constitute real threat
TO world security"
Senator Brewster, Republican, of
Maine, predicted the Senate would
adopt the joint resolution on Pales-
tine recently introduced by Senators
Wagner, Walsh, Democrat, of Mass
achusetts, and Taft, Republican, of
Ohio.
Green Reports No Answer.
The American Federation of La
Dor has not yet had reply from
sthe Labor government of Great
Britain to the AFL appeal to re-
store validity of the Balfour decla-
ration for a Jewish homeland, Will
liam Green, AFL president, told the
gathering. ANY British attempt for
a new investigation of Palestine,
Mr.. Green charged, would be re-
garded by American labor as a
"cowardly evasion of the issue"
Other dinner speakers included
Senator Gabriel Gonzales Videla of
Chile. DR.. Daniel Polling, editor Of
the Christian Herald; Senator Ar
thur W. Roebuck of Canada. Dr.
Howard M. lie Sourd, director of the
American Palestine Committee, on
leave as dean of the graduate school
of Boston University; DR.. Daniel l..
Marsh, president of Boston Uni
versity, and Herbert A. Moway of
Toronto.
The conference elected officers of
q world Committee for Palestine, ,"
as follows: Sir Ellsworth Elapelle
of Canada, chairman, and these
four vice chairmen: Senator Wag-
ner, Mrs. Wingate and Senator vi
della and Antonio Castro Leal of
Mexico. ~
Evening star., 1945-11-03
Hess May Escape
Trial Due 10 Illness
BY the Associated Press.


NUREMBERG Germany, Nov. 8
Among interrogators of the %
top-ranking Nazis awaiting trial
here, the consensus is that Rudolph
Hess, once the No. Nazi, Is not
taking his mental illness, and there
are indications that he might
escape trial with his one-time coll
leagues.
One doctor still believes the for
mer Deputy Fuehrer is only pre-
tending to be an amnesia victim.
He is 1t. Col. Rene II. Juchli Of AM
sterdam. N. Y, one of two pi1ysts
clans exercising constant surveil-
lance on the physical condition Of
the prisoners. He believes Hess is
indulging in some form of self-in-
duced amnesia. :
But the arrival of q Russian psy-
chiatrist yesterday to examine Hess,
and proposal that a board, in
Guiding at least one German psy-
chiatrist, be created to pass on his
mental condition are among numer--
GUS indications that Hess might BE-
withdrawn as a defendant. ~
Hess is emaciated, he has lost
weight and now is the lightest man
among the defendants, weighing
less than 140 pounds. :.
Shortly after his arrival at Nuerr1-
berg early in October, Hess was
brought face to face with HERMANN
Goering, Franz Won Papen. Dr.. Karl
Haushofer and other old comrades,
/ in a series of encounters in the in
terrogation chambers. in an effort ia
shake away the veil, feigned OF
otherwise, that lay across his
memory. =.
Hess looked at each in turn and
always said, Il don't remember. ",ty
Evening star., 1945-11-03
Telegraph Messenger
|Hii by 5freeicar Dies;
Ash Truck Hits Auto

william o. H. Culley Of 44o4 But
terworth place NV, Western Union
messenger who would have reached
his 77th birthday today, died In
Emergency Hospital last night Of
head injuries received when hit by
q streetcar.
He was struck Thursday night
while crossing at Fourteenth and D
streets NV. Police said the street.
car was operated by Henry P. Tre-
panier. a., Of 1868 Meridian place
NV.
Mr.. Culley came here from Mil
waukee last June. He had been an
appraisal engineer there. A native
OF Warrcnsburg. Mo-, he is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Ethel Culley; q
son. Silas E. Culley, and daughter,
Mrs. Catherine Creamer.
His death was the seth Of the
year here from trafiic causes. There
were II deaths at this time last
year.
A collision between q 1K-ton ash
truck and an automobile yesterday
caused both to overturn at Fifth
and K streets NV, spilled ashes
over the area, and resulted in en-
suing collisions between two other
cars and taxicab when they could
not stop In time to avoid the orig
inal accident.
Howard w. Gillespie, 26, colored,
600 block Of Orleans place NE, the
truck driver, was charged with reck-
less driving and failing to exhibit
. permit. His truck colided with an
automobile driven by Miss Straudia
Brown, night superintendent at Cas-
ualty Hospital, and overturned it,
police said. Neither Gillespie or
Miss Brown, who lives at 225 Sixth
street NE. were injured.
The other vehicles which collided
because Of the truck accident were
not seriously damaged, but a pas
senger in the taxicab, Roland Coates
38, colored, cd the 1000 block Porter
place NV, suffered a minor foot
injury and was treated at Freed
mems Hospital.
Evening star., 1945-11-03
WonwnghFs Own
Ragged Filipino Whistles 'StorS SpongIed Bonner
AS Generals Porty Storts Journey to Fomoso

gade style, into the ship. Each box
was labeled with Jap language
characters. The boxes. knew, con-
tanned the ashes OF Jap soldiers be-
ing sent to home shrines, and the
Japs wanted us to know nothing
about their casualties.
We stood there another hour and
a half after the ashes were loaded
and during that time I had two Jap
visitors.
Gets Carton Of Cigarettes.
One was 1t. Kusomoto, the Olym-
pic discus thrower, who had been
decent to us in our early days OF
captivity In Manila. He was carry
ing a carton of Lucky Strikes. He
nodded to me and then found Sergt
Hubert Carroll, looked at me again
and handed the cigarettes to Car
roll.
Courtesy, you see, forbade hi
handing the package to me, for the
Japs believe 1t Is bad form for a
general ofilcer to carry any kind
Of burden, even one as precious
as those American cigarettes. The
fact that at the moment I had q
heavy pack on my back made M
difference to Kusomoto.
The other visitor was grinnine
Jap general who sought me out anc
engaged me in conversation. 1t wa.
from him that ! learned that VT
were being taken to Karenko, or
FormoSa, not to Japan.
"I was at Karenko recently" the
Jap general beamed. You will fine
it a very beautiful place. Lots oi
food: Fish, fruit, meat and sugar
a very fertile country. There's 8
fine bathing beach nearby and In
sure you'll be permitted to swim
Yes. youu like Karenko."
With those words Of his In minc
land I was to think of them many
times later I bearded the Sinko-
Marn. inrjYss
Tomorrow: The trip to beau
tiful" Karenko.)
Copyright, 1915, King Features
Syndicate, Inc. Reproduction in
whole or in part strictly prohibited J
Evening star., 1945-11-03
Girl, Mother, Grandmother
WED in Triple Ceremony q.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. -~
PORTLAND, Greg, Nov. 3Th
grandmother, mother and daughter
brides In q triple wedding ceres
mony-are honeymooning here. :
Beverly Jean Hayes, II: her
mother, Mrs. Ruth M. MacLean, IS,
and her grandmother, Mrs. Anna n.
HaineS, Sc, were married to three
Portland men before Stevenson
(Wasl1.) justice Of the peace last
Monday. .ssss
It was supposed to be wedding
for just young Beverly, but the
idea spread. The grandmotheE
married Charles II. Smith, -, cars
penter, and the mother. George
Redmond. "a. truck driver. ss
I'VE all went to Stevenson to skH
Beverly marry Melvin HaldamaTn
explained Mr.. Smith, 4and when We
saw how easy 1t was. We decided
the rest Of Us were engaged to- do
|it III at once," n8a
So -
Evening star., 1945-11-03
More Indian Troops
Are Landed in Java
To Support British
BY the Associated Press.


BATAVIA, Nov. 3.-A second
division of British troops-the
5th Indian-haS landed in Java,
it was learned today, in the
midst of political tension aggra-
waited by an impending. break
down of Nationalist negotiations
with the Dutch.
British forces in Batavia were un-
der q curfew ana were ordered to
carry their arms at all times and
not to venture out unescorted. 1t
was explained ofncially that this was
simply q tightening OF precautions
and that the situation in Java was
under control.
The delicate machinery aimed at
bringing the disputants in the Indo-
nesian conflict to the conference
table was Jared by the Netherlands
statement barring nego-
tiations between President Soekarno
of the .'Indonesian Republic" and
Acting Governor General Hubcrtus
y. van Nook. The home govern
ment, however, did not rule out
negotiations with other Nationalist
leaders.
Indonesians Have S2 Planes.
The Indonesians In Central Java
were known to be In possession of
at least 81 japanese planes.
The Dutch, stretched thinly across
the outskirts of Southern Batavia,
were meeting small, disorganized
attacks, but they faced in this area
alone potential force OF 10000
NationalistS armed with rifles, pts-
tolls and light machine guns. Dutch
commanders say, however, that the
Indonesians are poor, unreliable
fighters.
The 5th Indian Division joins the
23d Indian, already here.
at the same time 1t was official
ly announced that large movements
OF Indonesian troops, both afcot and
on motor transport and trains, had
been seen by air observers I'm Gen.
trail Java In the areas OF 'Jogja-
karta, Magelang and Surukarta.
A British spokesman said dunn
dunn bullets had been found on
Indonesians, indicating that "a saw
age war" was planned.
Half the town OF Keboraj jan,
south Of Batavia, where Dutch
troops are holding line against
sporadic attacks, was declared to
have been burned by an Indonesian
raid.
Evening star., 1945-11-03
u. S. Ships Reported
Repotriuting Jops
81 the Associated Press.

TOKYO, Nov. 3.-Kyodo news
agency said today that American
vessels will repatriate Japanese from
the south Pacific ct the rate Of
i 600 ! day for the next three weeks
Two American ships will arrive
tomorrow with 5000 japanese, the
agency said, and thereafter until
November 20 one ship will arrive
daily with about 1000 passengers.
Tomorrow,s arrivals include 2,o7l
civilians from Manila and hve Jap
anese army nurses. A Japanese
coastal defonse ship was due 70 dock
|at Kaeoshima today With Us Jap-
|ansse from Davao Ii ths Philippines