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Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
ENTRY N RUSSIAN

However the last check in the
book indicates a balance of l9
cents and was written Oct. S, with
a stub entry in Russian.
Her balance dropped from
S1.670 on or about Sept 20 IA
10 cents Oct S the stubs indicated
but no checks were drawn that
would account for a sum as large
As 81 500.
Thomas said he would investi-
gate the matter with the Com
monwealth BanR in troit
Monday.
Also found was a. wrist watch
which Thompson said belonged to
his wife.
she never left the house un-
less she was wearing it," he said.
Thompson denied q statement
attributed 10 him by Detroit
p4rer IN which he was quoted as
saving large sums Of money had
passed through h's wlfes hands
recently
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

woman who had no male
friends"
Thompson. who spent Friday
night in his apartment above Mrs,
ThompsonIs laundry and Saturday
IN his automobile agency al 1900
Hamilton, continued:
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
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friends because she feared her
WRATH II re discovered
them
fft-was learned tr7st a. feast one
private detective agency hired by
Mrs. Thompson 70 trail her hus-
band became irritated and refused
further business from her because
she hired still another agency 10
double check the activities OF the
first agency.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
McLemore to Write
Daily for the Times

Another brilliant writer joins the sparkling list of
celebrated comnists write for The Daily Detroit Times
Starting Monday and daily thereafter Henry McLemore
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
SILENT on PLANS

He would not discus his plans IN
any way
ITO talk about possible ap-
pointments AZ this time would
be presumptuouS, Frankensteen
said
Il was learned. however that
the nominee has discussed with Hls
close advisers the fact that he
would Ike 20 have Capt teCnard
az the head Of the police depart
u1ent-
Leonard IS in charge Of the state
police division In the Detroit met
ropolitan area During the war
he also was state director Of the
OCD.
Lee. a lifelong Democrat won
local fame as the cltys most ac-
tive fighter for lover utllltY- rates
He handled all OF this kind of ltl-
CATION in recent years.
= With two weeks remaining be-
fcA the voters 60 to the polls Nov,
s. both Frankensteen and Mayor
Jeffries planned Saturday 10 make
from eight 10 10 speeches daily
during the remainder OF the cam
paign.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
oNE FACT ESTABLISHED

After The search Thomas said
thcy had been anlo 10 establish
only ono faC'-fhaf Mrs Thomp-
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
Frdnkensteen
Chooses Two
State Police Captain.
Commissioner Choices
By FRANZ MORRIS

II Richard T Fr7rksr-trer is
elected msyoT or Ncl rs TEE
comnissionership Of police VIII be
offered 10 Capt Donald Leonard
Of the state police. Il Was learned
Saturday from sources close 70 the
nominee
FrankenSteens orpCra ION
counsel woulG be James II LC,
now an assistant in the depart
ment. who was the Democratic
nominee last year for lieutenant
governor
The candidate who is rot Ir
clined 70 count prehatched chick
ems. has not discussed WITH etitfef
OF the wei. known Detroi'crS the
fact that ne would want them IN
ms municipal cabinet
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
HOME Is SEARCHED

Sheriff Thomas. Thompson and
his business partner. Leo Golcar
conducted thorough three-hour
search Of the palatial home on
Orchard Lake late Saturday
Admittedly looking FOR any
thing that might help" Thomas
said they opened Mrs. Thompson :
strong box where they found her
check book showing only routine
checks for household expenses.
They we're baffled. however. by
an entry on An undated stub
showing a $500 deposit The
previous check was dated Sept. 20
T omas conjectured that the
amount was most likely the sum
she received when she mortgage6
her car Sept. %.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
UPHILL CAMPAIGN

Although he leo IN the primary,
Frankensteen, who is a vice preS1-
dent of the UAW-CIO. Is believed
now 10 be engaged in an uphill
fight. Strikes and threats OF strikes
during the last few weeks have
had definite reaction against the
Go official, politicians believe.
Developments within the re-
naming days Of the fight may de-
termine the outcome; particularly
the DRIVE by the political action
committee of the CIO to get the
membership 10 the polls.
Although the labor vote has
been a deciding factor in Michi-
gan in presidential elections. it
has not been a dominating factor
in municipal ballotlng. Three
times in the past, the CIO failed
10 win election for It's mayoralty
candidate
NO THREAT BY LABOR
In speeches Saturday. Franken-
steen said
"They say that am from
labor. What is so disgraCeful
about that: We've been boast
ing for many generations that
some of our greatest national
leaders come from log cabins.
''Most of DetrOit's leaders,
who made this city great, were
from humble origin. Like most
Of you, l am proud Of my fam
lily, my background and my
fight TO find my place In this
community.
'Tn saying that labor will
take over the city hall II l am
elected. they insult the memory
of the city fathers who drafted
the city charter which prevents
any group from taking over our
city government"
Jeffries declared in speeches
Saturday that his opponent is
owned completely by the CIC
political action committee.
FEARS CIo CONTROL
This segment of the nations
largest labor union plans some
dsy 10 control the whole coun-
try" the mayor asserted. DE
troit would he rich prize.
Victory herr would he tre-
mendouS start
1T is amazing 60 me that my
opponent attempts 10 charge
that we have failed 70 y a n
postwar improvements, while,
at the same time, We are being
recognized nationally a. one
city which has prepared 10 r
public works in the postwar
period This is the first time On
its history that Detroit has had
realistic and practical pro-
gram.
"Detroiters must not forget
that the organization back oi
Frankensteen j. the slickest.
most efficient votc-getting
machine In the country
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
REFUSED HER CASE

when Mrs. Thompson visited
us the latter part OF Septem-
ber," the private detectives said,
Eve had To turn her business
down because We don't accept
domestic cases.
"She was extremely nervous
and expressed fear that some
one was following her. We
tried 10 reasSure her.
"She told us her sole aim In
life was 70. get her husband
hack, She expressed hope that
Thompson's reported affairs
with other women were merely
a phase and that eventually he
would return to her and they
could live together in the tran
guilty for which she had
yearned so long.
Mrs. Thompson told us her
husband was a good man and
that he 'never harmed me
When Mrs, Thompson was founC
slain Oct, 13 in a lonely spot Il
miles northwest of Pontiac sh,
was wearing a maroon scarf.
This may or may not he sig
nificant," the agency said "But
this is the same scarf Mrs.
Thompson said she always wore
when she was following any
one"
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
NEWS TO FATHER
II never heard of any busl-
ness my daughter wanted to

II never heard OF any busi-
ness my daughter wanted 10
put me in" declared Sheve-
henko, a $50 a month church
ianitor "She never discussed
IL with me-"
Nogele believes the woman may
have been hard pressed for money
10 pay an extortioner and In des-
peraton used her father as an ex-
cuSe 10 borrow the money
Thompson said he believed his
wife was the victim of a maniac
acting spontaneously rather than
OF some one acting with premedi-
talOn
II cannot believe the murder
was planned" he said, because
j cannot conceive Of any one
having any reason TO do II.
Mrs Thompson was sanity
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
FATHER REQUEsTIoNED

Quick was unable to obhge. he
said because of the few men under
his command.
In Detroit, sheriffs deputies
George Bearden and Delos Ander-
son Of Oakland County again
questioned Mrs. T h comps S
father.
DO you know anyone who
would want TO kill your daugh-
ter with an ice pick" they
asked, through an interpreter.
mo, don't" he replied. "but
had a feeling that she was
holding something back. that
something -was- -wrang, hut she
was too proud to tell me-"
Bearden and Anderson again
were questioning. friends of the
Thompsons and were seeking out
another person. whose name or
what they hoped to find out they
would not disclose.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
TALK TO UNDERTAKER

After questioning Shevehenko
the tive deputies talkea-hriefis
with the undertaken who prepared
the body. and asked him If he
found any sign of wound which
she might have received during
the last four months.
He replied in the negative.
Shevehenko was ordered 10
stand by for questioning after he
expressed amaZement that his
daughter. who had sizable in
come, borrowed 1880 from a
friend on the pretense Of setting
Shevehenko up in business.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Stevens Will
Stay by Wife

Bridgeport. Conn, July ZAP
Twenty months to the day after
he and Imogene Dumas Funderburg
were married at Alliance, Neb., Par
atroop Major G. Ralsey Stevens,
Sd. promised to stick by" his wife
as she prepared to face superior
court charges of manslaughter in
the Staying OF young sailor on
June % at New Canaan.
The major and his wife were re-
united last night at the Fairfield
county Jail where she is being held
IN lieu OF $4,000 bonds for the
Staying OF Albert Kovacs, 10, OF
South Norwalk.
n intend to stick by my wife
said the blonde, boyish-looking Ste
vens at short interview in the Of
flee OF high Sheriff Edward A. Plat
at the Jail AS he spoke, he held
his wife in tight embrace.
Mrs. Stevens faced reporters
and photographers with apparent
reluctance. Her back was turned
when the interview started but she
soon turned and faced the gather
ing, her husbands arms around her
Soon she was chatting and smiling
with him.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Showdown in
Near

Brussels, July 7-INS-An early
showdown between the Belgian cab
met and King Leopold III over the
monarch's refusal to abdicate his
throne was seen today as Prime
Minister Achille Van Acker pre-.
pared to fly to the kings retreat
at Salzburg.
Reports circulated in authorita-
tive Brussels circles indicated that
Van Acker is going to the confer
ence with the ultimatum that the
king must abdicate or face a parlia-
mentary debate.
There also were strong hints that
Leopold's refusal to meet Commu-
mist. Socialist and Liberal demsnds
that he quit his throne had raised
the serious possibility that his op-
ponents would broaden their de-
mands and ask that the entire Bel
gian royal dynasty be abolished.
Such move, II successful. would
eliminate the regency headed by
Prince Charles, brother of Leopold.
which was established for the kings
eldest son.
The premier's decision to fly to
Salzburg was announced shortly af-
ter the Supreme Allied Headquar-
tiers mission in Belgium officially
denied charges by Catholic party
supporters of the king that Leo
pold was being restrained from re-
turning to his homeland.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
See PACIFIC-Page 5
Engel Claims
Army Waste

Washington. July 7-AP-Repre-
sentative Engel (R-Mich.), unoffi-
cial appropriations committee
Watchdog Of Army spending. as
serted today the War Department
was throwing hard-earned tax dol
lars down a rat hole"
Engel, a member of the appro-
priations subcommittee handling
war funds, in a statement in the
congressional record said that bill
lions OF dollars have been spent on
projects which the War Department
has not justified before any con-
gressional committee.
He emphasized that his criticism
Of Army spending was not directed
at anyone In the theaters OF OPP
erations' but was aimed as some
of these swivel-chair gentlemen who
get on a plane and in a few weeks
come back with more ribbons on
their chests than Eisenhower. Brad
ley, Clark or Macarthur ever re-
ceived."
OlINt AVtAg liz ohAhs SOA NSo hns
given the Army more than $780,
900. 100000 and it has spent more
than Sl50,0O0.000.000. exclusive of
S21 1000, 100000 recently voted for
the current fiscal year
BY the middle of 1916. Engel es-
timated, total Army appropriations
since 1871 will exceed by $4,000
100000 the assessed valuation OF
every piece of property. real and
personal in the As states as 1t was
assessed in l94l."
As a result of many first-hand In
vestigations, Engel said, he has
complained often of the outrageous
waste Of the taxpayers money" on
various Army projects. lie added
the War Department was appar-
emily obliyious and kept on vast
ing money"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
1o-Year-Old
Confesses he
Killed Woman

Detroit, July 7-AP-Chief As
sistant Prosecutor Frank G. Sche-
manske announced today that 49,
year-old Leo Pascarella, arrested in
Saginaw last night, had confessed
the mysterious killing OF Marie
Beavers Berridge.
Sehemanske said the youth.
seized at a rooming house in Sag
NAV, admitted under questioning
here that he strangled the 25-year-
old waitress at her lodgings here
because she spurned his atten-
lions.
She stood me up and I killed
her." Pascarella was quoted as say
Ing in the announced confession.
The young woman, estranged
from her husband since 1912. was
found dead beneath the bed in her
rooming house here the night Of
June 20. There was a gag in her
mouth, made from a mans hand
kerchief.
The killing, which took place the
afternoon OF June rs. went undis-
covered for three days. The body
OF Mrs. Berridge. occasional wait
ress, night club habitue and aspir-
ant for work as a night club enter
tainer, was found by her landlady.
Schemanske said that Pascarel-
la. arrested after he had drawn a
gun when Saginaw police ap.
preached him. told OF having met
Mrs. Berridge on a blind date
about two months ago and that
I'VE started going steady" Pascar-
ella worked In factory here.
The youth related that he asked
her to go to Arizona with him,
Schemanske said.
81 had a date with her for Sun
day night. June 2D. but she stood
me up. So the next day | took a
room, right next door to her."
On the day OF the killing, Sche.
manske said, Pascarella again
hroached his plan for going TO Arr
IONA with her at which she said,
Look, I'm not going anywhere
with you" and said she loved an
other man.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Red in Skies
Gives Better
Strike Aspect
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
There was red in the skies over
the worlds second largest steel
MIL again today. a reflection of a
brighter picture on the nations
troubled labor scene.
A 24-hour work sioppage at the
huge South Chicago works OF the
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation
ended late last night, paving the
way for 1900 steelworkers to go
back to their war jobs. Furnaces
were relighted as production of
steel for the war was resumed.
There were other bright spots in
the labor picture Also affecting
the war.important steel industry,
was the ending of a five-day stop
page by 100 CIO-United Steelwork-
ers which had closed Republic Steel
Corporations continuous strip mill
in Cleveland and threatened to halt
finishing units for lack of materials
They voted to return to work Mon
day.
Also on the credit side was the
indefinite postponement of a strike
of about 10000 employees of the
Western Electric Company's 10
New Jersey and three New York
plants. The workers, producing
vital war materials, had voted on
June 2S TO strike, over demands
for wage increases for 5000 EN-.
ployes.
The return of the 1900 steel
workers to the Carnegie-Illinois
plant reduced the number OF idle
in the country because of labor dis
putes to approximately 10000 This
number included $500 striking
employees of the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Co. in Akron, o., the ma.
tons largest single stoppage.
The one-day strike at the Carne-
gie-Illinois plant by 1874 members
OF the United Steel Workers (CIO)
was in protest over system OF
layoffs.
In Akron. where the Navy wa,
in control OF the FIVE plants OF the
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, pro-
duction was near normal
Detroit had a new strike. $50
employees being idle at the Graham
Paige Motors Corporation follow
ing a stoppage by 55i polishers
which kept 1876 other workers from
their jobs in producing aircraft con-
Meeting rods.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Rail ravel
May beCut

Washington, July 7-AP-Mount-
ing complaints OF redeploying
troops riding day coaches on long
transcontinental trips may lead
to additional drastic restrictions on
civilian rail travel.
An Office of Defense Transpor-
tation spokesman said further &C.
ton may be necessary II a new
order transferring S95 sleeping cars
from civilian to military use proves
insufficient.
The sleeping car transfer will re-
suit from an ODT order last night
Withdrawing all sleeping car SER
vice for civilians between cities
$50 miles or less apart. The order
is effective at noon July Is.
A week earlier. ODT had reduced
from 40 to five days the period in
which civilians may make passen-
ger train Observation-Disclosures
step designed TO clear the rails as
much as possible for the food Of
troops arriving from Europe for
discharge or reassignment to the
Pacific.
Soldiers complained OF being fore.
ed to make long journeys on day
coaches while German and Italian
prisoners rode Pullmans. The
War Department explained that In
one such incident German prison
ers involved we're all mental pa
tients being transferred to a New
York hospital.
All italian prisoners getting Pull.
man accommodations the Army
said. are sick or disabled men in
process OF being repatriated.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
to
Visit Truman

Washington, July 7 -AP- A
French announcement that General
Charles DeGaulle has accepted an
invitation TO visit President Tru-
man here was met with silence in
official Washington today.
Neither the White House nor the
State Department would comment
on the announcement that came out
of France yesterday-an unusual
reception to an exchange of greet
ings between two government
heads.
The French, through an official
announcement, said the general
has received an invitation TO visit
President Truman in August, and
has accepted.
The announcement produced only
a crisp and puzZling mo comment
from the White House. which nor.
mally might be expected to con-
firm promptly such an invitation.
and acceptance.
Later in the day, Henri Bonnet,
the French ambassador, visited Mr..
Truman and afterward told report
ers the DeGaulle visit has been
arranged in every respect except
a date. He said he had not dis
cussed the trip with the President
because 1t had been settled prev
iously, and he guessed the general
would come here in August. He
said an official invitation had been
rendered.
Again the White House and the
State Department remained silent.
There were offthe-record indica.
tons TO reporters that the French
announcement was unexpected, to
say the least.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Charter Will
Get Priority
Senate

Washington, July ZAP - No
Senate business OF any charter
will be permitted TO interfere with
the Foreign Relation Committees
hearings on the United Nations
charter. Chairman Connally ID.
Tex declared today.
His insistence that the charter
have absolute priority when hear.
ings begin Monday came with the
Senate facing at least four other
pieces OF unfinished business, any
OF which might cause protracted
debate.
/. The bitter row over inclusion
OF funds for the Fair Employment
Practice Committee IN a S752.000,-
900 supply bill for home front war
agencies.
2. The Breton Woods none
tary legislation. which Senator
Wagner (D-N.Y.) wants to take up
July 16.
3. A s5OO,OOO,OOO postwar fed
eral aid airport construction bill.
which Senator McCarran (D-Nev)
will attempt to call up Monday.
4. A corporation tax bill, pass.
ed by the House yesterday, design.
ed to speed reconversion of inlus-
try 20 peacetime uses.
Connally said the charter hear
ings would continue with morning
and afternoon sessions until we've
made a prima facie case for ratifi-
cation"
His attitude was summed up this
way: Let the Senate meet II it is
necessary. but the hearings will
proceed regardless.
However, some OF the % mem.
bers OF the committee may feel
compelled to attend the Senate
sessions, II something OF particular
interest to their states comes up.
The squabble over the FEPC
funds holds perhaps the greatest
Potentially for delay. Several
southern senators are ready to fill
buster. II necessary, TO prevent its
approval. Another sizeable group
OF members insist that Congress
must provide funds so FEPC can
police industry against racial or
religious discrimination
Shunted back and forth between
the two houses, the measure cur
rently is resting in the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee. Admins
tration leaders of both chambers
will seek some sort of a compro-
mise solution Monday. wh..s4,it
will be, even they do not profess to
know.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Schools Will
Vote Monday

MenibesS OF school boards. will
be elected In all rural school dis
tricts Monday. Some districts,
such as Spencer will have a gener-
al election, in which registrations
are required OF the voters, but in
others OF the 119 Rural districts,
the voting will be done by voice at
a general meeting of the mem
bers of the district.
No special problems need to be
voted upon this year, except in rare
cases of decisions on increasing the
millage limitation.
In districts where registration is
required. the candidates have filed
nomination petitions. but in the
others, the board is elected from
the floor by oral nominations.
After the election, the boards
meet at the earliest possible mo-
ment to elect president, vice
president, a secretary and two
trustees.
Twenty four rural districts have
been closed. They are, five village
districts, three city, special tat
Cassidy Lake in the federal Water
loo area) and a consolidated (Lin.
coln).
The only district In Ypsilanti
township to require registration is
Spencer. which includes the viii
low Run Schools. Candidates for
the board of that district who have
filed nominations are Peter Saw
age, seeking reelection for a three
year term. and Percy Holloway,
seeking election to one year
term.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-07
Eclipse to
be Monday


The partial eclipse OF the sun,
which will be about 20 per cent
in Ypsilanti, will begin Monday
morning at 1907 and last until 9:04,
according to william F. Wilcox, OF
the Normal College physics staff.
The path Of the total eclipse will
begin at Boise, Idaho. and proceed
through the Hudson Bay region,
over Greenland. into Europe VIA
Norway and Sweden, ending at Ma.
mangan, Siberia. Shadow chas-
ers" as scientists call those who
make a study Of the phenomenon,
will migrate to points within this
tract. The thing in which they are
most interested is the corona, or
the light ring around the shadow
This ring is caused by the atmos.
phere OF the sun. which is normal.
" invisible.
The last eclipse Mr.. Wilcox re'
members in this area in 1882 was
nearly 100 per cent, since the total
shadow was located in the Saginaw
Valley.