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Detroit evening times., 1945-09-02

Later a magician named Joseffy
reproduced the unsolved Expanding
Cube" and devised new miracles
which still hold magicians breathless
and baffled. The greatest is Bal
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-02

how the occupant breathed, il was
rumored among magicians that Hou.
dini must have devised some clever
method of gaining fresh supply
of air.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-02


presidents Of the Society
OF American MagicianS
and founders Of the Ma.
gicianS Guild.
Much of the magic per.
formed by Houdini and
Harden will now be pre-.
sented by Douglas GeOf
frey. who appeared as
Harden Junior with the
road show version OF
"Hellzapoppin'."
Other exclusive riddles
still BATTLE the world Of
magic. Years ago a magi.
clan named Buatier De.
Kolta introduced the "Ex-
pan ding Cube" which
grew from less than one
foot square to six times
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-02

Many magiCians
believe that Hou-
DIM may have lit.
orally carried one
secret 10 his grave,
that OF his Under
w Water Burial"
" n srcin he lc-
maincd alive In a
submerged caSkct
for periods OF more
than an hour and
a half.
IIoudini claimed
that this test was
a matter of slow
restrained breath.
ing and he used it
10 prove that there
was nothing super.
natural in the per.
formanCes of IL.Aju
fakirs; but
experts vow ID
that the oxygen in
the casket Would be
exhausted within Is
minutes, no matter
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-02

EnscOnced In a Securely Bound Crate,
HOudini Was Tossed Into the Hudson
River, Inside Minute and Half, He
Had Made His Escape.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-02

speculation, even
among members of
the magical frater
MI. itself.
In every great cS.
cape tina, ne devised.
Houdini invoked the
law of secrecy al
most from the out
set. He would hide
his rough notes un-
til they became work
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

FOR SALE--Pre-war baby bed,
large size, wood, drop side, steel
springs, like new. H. S. Wilt on
Fisher rd., near New California.
12-2O-2tS
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20
0 SOMERSVILLE
BY CLINTON DAVIS

A very enjoyable afternoon was
spent by all present, when the
Friends Aid Society met at the
home of Mrs. E. S. Potts on
Wednesday. Dec. 5, for their
monthly meeting and annual
Christmas present exchange. A
number of useful gifts were ex-
changed. A large number of mem
bers were present. and also several
invited guests. A fine lunch was
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. CLANCY Fish left
a few days ago, by auto, for Santa
Maria, Calf, where they will
spend the winter months at the
homes of their daughter, Mrs. H
c. Fry and their son, Robert Fish
Mr.. Carroll Mcintosh and Miss
CeleSta Nichols were united in mar
riage at the Byhalia Friends
church, week ago last Sunday in
the presence of a large audience
They are residing in the A. T.
Coons home, while Mr.. and Mrs.
Coons are spending the winter
months in Florida. Rev. Russell
Myers, a former minister here,
performed the ceremony. Congrat-
ulations.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20
LECALg ADVERTTSINC.MARkETS
Want, For Sale Column
PUBL &c SALE ANNOUNCEMENTS

DUMP TRUCK SERVICE-Agri-
cultural lime, sand, gravel and
crushed stone. Lester RauSch, 52S
S. Maple ST., phone 4-4311.
12--0-8t*
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

FOR SALE Complete line of used
auto parts, different makes. North
End Wrecking Yard, Eddie Skaggs,
Redwood. 12-20-2tS
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

FOR SALE OR RENT pa acre
farm, 5-room house, barn and 9TH
er buildings, electricity, 3 miles
north of Plain City, phone Plain
CITY 27F2. 12-10-4t%
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

FOR SALE-Round Oak, size 18,
heating stove and base burner
stove, both of these stoves are as
good as new. Price reasonable. j.
f. Spain, North Lewisburg.
12-20-2ts
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

FOR SALE-3 young Jersey cows,
coming with 3rd calf. Also 2 Jers-
ey-Guernsey heifers to freshen.
Moving to smaller farm, reason
for selling. H. S. Wilt on Fisher rd.,
near New California. 12-20-2tS
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

~OR DRY CLEANING-Try The
Iazea Agency. 215 South Court
street. 2-5-tf
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

FOR SALE-2 young male calves,
Marion Thompson Raymond,
12-20-2tS
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

FOR SALE-Heifer and COW, due
to freshen soon, Jasper Yoeman.
Phone 1866. 12-20-2tS
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20

FOR SALE-Kitchen range, phone
1859. 12-20-2ts
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20
: WANT ADS

FURNITURE WANTED-We buy
one piece to a whole home of furni-
ture at all times. Frank Z. Rem
CERT, Delaware. Phone 2137.
3-8-tf
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-12-20
HE UNION COUNTY JOURNAL. MARYSvILLE. OHIO

FOR SALE-40 acres near Broad
way, best of land, house, just re-
nodded, price right.
So acres, good buildings, finish
ed road, electric, cheap.
80 acres, 8 room house, other
buildings good, electric, $780,
"A acres on state highway, good
land, fair buildings, $500.
80 acres extra good land, fine
buildings
80 acres near Milford, good land
and buildings.
SO acres a miles from Marysville,
good buildings and land.
46 acres near Claiborne, good
house, $4,000.
go acres mar Petersburg, fine
house, other buildings.
212 acres, good land, extra good
buildings, priced right.
One of the better homes in the
west side in Marysville.
L. II Collins, Broadway. 12-20-2t
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
Evanston Youth
Heads Methodist
Fellowship Group

ADRIAN, Mich, Aug. % -
LP - George Harper of Evans
ton. H., was named Thursday as
president of the National Con-
ference of the Methodist Youth
Fellowship. which represents
nearly 100000 young people
of the denomination.
Other officers named at the
groups fifth annual meeting on
the Adrian College campus
were: Paul c. Berger of Vallejo,
Calf. vice president; Miss Nor
man Greene, of Detroit, secre-
tarv. Miller c. Lovett, East
Lynn, Mass. treasurer.
Miss Mirabel Hansen, OF Ev-
anston. H., and Theodore w.
Ouelch Of Asbury Park, N: j.,
were named delegates to the
United Christian Youth move
ments. The Rev. Harold E. Bre'
mer. Nashville, Tenn, was re-
elected as executive secretary.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
Complete First
Step in Probe
of Elliott Loan

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28-(P)
-Congressmen wound up their
first formal inquiry into Brig
Gen. Elliott Roosevelt's business
affairs without getting to Roose-
velts own account. And it was
not clear today when they
would.
Members of the House ways
and means committee said a de-
position from the late President
Roosevelt's son was on file but
that yesterdays session was de-
voted entirely to a study of two
other statements.
These were from John Hart
ford, president of the Great
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., and
Jesse Jones, former Secretary of
Commerce.
Several committeeman, while
asking that their names not be
used, quoted Hartford's deposit
ton as saying that:
The late President was con-
suited by the grocery chain head
before the latter loaned young
Roosevelt S20O,OOOO. Jones later
settled this loan for $4,000.
While approving of the loan
~ telephone conversation with
Hartford, Mr.. Roosevelt assumed
no financial or moral obligation
IN connecting with it.
Hartford made the per cent
loan in connection with Young
Eoosevelt's radio chain develop
nents on strictly business
basis, expecting no favors from
the President in return.
Jones' statement, according IL
The committeeman. said he made
the settlement with Hartford Out
of his personal funds after Mr.
Roosevelt asked him to straight
en- out Elliott's financial affairs
Jones was quoted as saying that
the S4,O0O-and $500 in connec.
ton with another settlement
mad not been repaid but that ne
was confident he would be REIN.
bursed.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
By The Associated Press

The 10th and l80th reGl'
ments of the 45th Division were
headed for England today
(Tues.) from lie Havre, for SHIP
ment back TO the United States,
Sept. s.
The main body OF the 35th In
fantry Division was shuttled to
England from the French port
yesterday for early shipment
The following army UNITS
were scheduled 10 arrive today
in the United States from Eu-
rope:
At New York-(aboard Gen
eral Anderson 5.3ll troops di-
verted from the Pacific includ-
ing the l76th and l99th General
Hospitals; the 3737th, 3738th,
4O26th. 4027th and 4028th Quar-
termaster Truck Companies
Headquarters and Headquarters
Detachment of the 5l3th Port
Battalion; 580th, 582nd, 583rd'
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
Believe Hurricane Blowing
Self Out in Texas Area

HOUSTON. Texas. Aug. % -
up - A lashing Gulf coast hur-
ricane struck today toward the
great metropolitan Houston
Galveston area, but there were
indications the storm was abat-
ing in intensity as it moved in
land
The death toll mounted to
three as one man was killed in
the collapse Of residence in SUI
b ban Houston, buffeted by a
55-mile an hour gale last night.
Earlier two fishermen drowned
off Port Isabel. Texas, when
heavy seas capsized their boat.
Beside the dead, hundreds
were left homeless in the storm $
wake and damage was counted
in the millions.
An early morning weather
bureau report declared "torren-
tial rains have set in and there
are indications that the hurri-
Ca is slowly weakening now
that it is we'll inland"
Hurricane warnings were or
dered down this morning at Port
O'Connor. but continued to be
displayed north of Port O'Con-
nor 10 Galveston, and southwest
storm warnings were flown east
Of Galveston to Lake Charles,
La.
The Advisory, from the New
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
kidnoper
Wins PIeo
for Parole

LANSING, Aug. 28-(P)-Jer-
ry Mullane, who was sentenced
10 30 to 40 years in prison for
kidnapping Charles Matter in
Detroit, has been granted a
parole, the state parole board
today.
Frank j. Burcyzk, fromer De-
rot police inspector who was
sentenced Aug. 5, 1943, to serve
two TO five years as result Of
the Ferguson Grand Jury In
vestigation of Detroit Police De-
partment Graft. will be paroled
Sept. 8. Brucyk began his pri-
sen sentence March 9, 1914.
The board also announced
that Louis Stedman, ~, of Grand
Rapids, will be considered for A
parole at a hearing here Sept.
s. He was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment for rape in the Sup
crior Court of Grand Rapids Jan.
81, 1921.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
IRedeployment Program Speeds
Troops Toward Homeland .

585th. 588th and 497th Port
Companies; 3372nd Signal Serv-
ice Battalion; 4332nd and 4333rd
Quartermaster Service Compan-
les; 486th Quartermaster Refrlg-
orator Company; 880th Quarter
master Gas Supply Company;
223rd Ordnance Heavy Mainten-
ance Company 968th Ordnance
Heavy Automotive Maintenance
Company; 208th Ordnance Am
munition Company; 839th Ord
nance Depot Company, Goth Sig
nal Repair Company and the
Sixth Medical General Dispen-
sary. (Aboard Coaldale Vic
tory 1880 troops diverted from
the Pacific including casuals and
an Infantry Division reorganized
detachment. (Aboard Edgar
Clarke So miscellaneous troops.
{ board Paine WiHgate4 447
troops for reassignment. (Aboard
Richard D. Lyons) 7 miscellan-
eous troops. (Aboard EXchange)
due yesterday, 1851 troops di-
verted from the Pacific includ-
ing the 786th Transportation
Corps Base Depot Company;
24lst and 257th Military Police
Companies; Gath Field Hospital;
l35th Evacuation Hospital;
3l4Oth, 4199th, 4206th Quarter
master Service Companies;
259th Signal eavy Construction
Group; 436th Transportation
Corps Port Company.
At Boston-(Abosrd Clay
mount Victory 1912 miscellan-
eous troops. (Aboard F. A. c.
Muhlenberg) 7l6 troops, 81 of
them slated for discharge.
(Aboard Eugene Hale), due yes
terday, 448 troops. including
members of the 268th Signal
Heavy CONSTR ton Company;
2796th, 2797th, 3l13th, 3l15th,
31l7th, 3118th, 2780th Engineer
Fire Fighting Platoons; 429th
Army Services Forces Band and
Headquarters and Headquarters
Detachment of 284th Quarter
master Battalion (Mobile).
At Newport News, Va
(Aboard Gen. H. r. McRae), due
yesterday, 3,125 troops diverted
from the Pacific including 5l7th
Medical Clearing Company;
440th, 447th Medical Collecting
Company; 324th Ordnance AM
munition Company. 84lst Quar-
termaster Gas Supply Company,
844th, 367th Quartermaster
Truck Company; 3668th, 3673rd,
3674th Quartermaster Truck
Companies; 236th General Hos
pital Group; 287th Quartermas-
ter Refrigerating Company;
3l39th, 3l44th and 4l98th Quar-
termaster Service Companies;
586th, 587th and 627th Port
Companies. (Aboard Dalton
Victory miscellaneous troops.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
WASHINGTON. Aug. %

WASHINGTON. Aug. % -
(P) - The high price of used
cars finally has broken-under
pressure of the news that new
cars soon will roll from Detroits
assembly lines.
The drop is not great. 1t av-
erages around S25 a car. But
it is the first sag away from
ceiling prices in three years.
And dealers say the decline will
continue.
This disclosure came on the
heels of OPA's announcement
that l945 cars will come into the
showrooms at just about the
same prices as in 1912.
NPA Administrators Chester
Bowles said any general increase
over 1912 ceilings was most
unlikely" However. each man.
ufacturer is reckoning his own
C. ling under a formula laid
down by OPA. so some makes
may go higher.
The slow but definite decline
in used car prices will show up
in the September / report of the
National Automobile Dealers
Association, now near issuance.
1t will show that on July l.
about the time that auto makers
got their go-ahead-all but four
of the 33 different 1912 sedans
were selling in the East for just
as much as OPA's ceiling would
allow.
SIX HOLD CEILING
Now, t. report discloses, only
six types of sedan are selling at
the ceiling. The others have
dropped in price from Sill to
$50.
md reputable dealers say the
black market which flourished
on some used-car lots is crack
ing ". In its hey day, some ex-
pensive limousines brought
81 900 to 81, 500 above ceilings.
AS for car owners who plan to
trade in recently purchased
used car for one of Detroit's new
products-they must be prepar-
od-t0 q, -tAuu <,vryx ;r-xofuo-
They'll take the depreciation
which has been pretty much ig-
nored in car trading for some
time.
The new-car pricing prin-
ciple" announced by Bowles
yesterday was received calmly
by NADIA officials. The appar-
emily were reconciled to OPA's
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
High Price Of Used Cars
Receives First Reduction

general policy Of holding cell
ings on goods restored to pro-
duction to the 1912 price level.
cts not too far out of line, |"
said one NADIA official.
OPA's new-car rule tells each
manufactures TO base his price
on his 1941 production costs;
add increases in labor and ma
terial costs; and finally. add on
profit factor rejecting his
1869 profit margin. II he
made low profits in those years,
or lost money, he can add in
stead one-half the industry's
average profit in that period.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
Probe TheftS
from Residence
County deputies today are in

County deputies today are in
vestigating entry into a house
owned by David A. Freeman OF
1910 Glenwood road, Route No.
4, Mount Clemens.
Freeman told the deputies
that the thieves took six golf
clubs. an engraved ring and a
candle holder. They gained adj
mittsnce by breaking the glass
in the door and reaching in and
unlocking the door.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
Good NeighbOrs
SHAWNEETOWN. III.

SHAWNEETOWN, Ill.-U.H-
Edmond Oxford, farmer near
here, has reason to appreciate
his neighbors. While he was in
a hospital recovering from an
operation, nearby { ar m er s
brought seven tractors and five
planters TO his farm and planted
SIS acres of corn.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28

The 10-year-old Ranger. a
veteran aircraft carrier of our
Navy, has the distinction of hav-
ing over $4,000 landings made
on her flight deck.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28

Orleans weather bureau, stated
that the storm was conferred 10
miles northeast of Wharton, Tex
as. where l00-milean-hour
winds struck late last night, and
is moving nertheastward about
five miles per hour. Wharton is
a city of about 1000 population
60 miles southwest of Houston.
The center Of the hurricane
will pass a short distance north
west of Houston about noon to-
day, the Advisory predicted,
warning this industrial city OF
100000 residents to expect
winds of up to IS miles per
hour,
Gales that reached SIS miles
per-hour ripped through Hous-
ton last night and many sections
Of the battened-down city were
inundated by binding, torren-
tial rains that measured more
than seven inches.
Galveston. island resort city
and shipping center felt up to SO
miles per hour and rains flood
ed the streets.
But Houston and Galveston
had felt only feeble stroke OF
the hurricanes mighty lash.
Southwark, for hundreds OF
miles down the fertile, curving
coastline wrecked homes and
buildings and flattened, wash
out crops bore witness to winds
that had reached 135 miles per
hour and to surging destructive
tides.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-23
knowledge Test
BY DR.. SABNA CONNOLLY

BY On. SABlNA CON NOLL1
Seer. voursslf 'or .ach ~ ere hrst r..
7uesticns ard = for the last question Score
so brilliant 7-e, bright A-e, average.
o-3 Dull
1-Who SAID this just before he
died When my country
takes her place among the
nations of the earth, then
and not TIL then, let. my
epitaph be written
2-Kisnlet Is a Turkish word
meaning ca love C5) dan
ger, Co fate?
3-Berlln IS IN the province Of.
ca Brahdenburg tb) East
Prussia tc) Pomerania
AThe last king Of Troy was
(a) Aeneas; (b) Prlam (c)
Hercules?
5-Who is the greatest composer
that Russia has ever pro-
duced. (a) Tschaikovsky;
Cb) Anton RublnsteIn; (c)
Hector Berlloz .
6-Rearrange the names of these
heights so the tallest IS first
ard the smallest last: ta)
Elffel Tower, Paris; Cb)
tb) Washington Monument,
Washington, D. c.; (c) PyTa-
mid of Cheops, Egypt; (d)
Cologne Cathedral teD En-
pire State Building
(Answers on Opposite Page)
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-23
George Washington

GEORGE WASHINGTON was so.
VI impressed with the prayer that
was spoken at the close of his first
Inauguration as President Of the
United States that he preserved a
copy of it in his pew at st. Paul S
Chapel in New York, and found in
spiration and comfort in it on many
occasions thereafter.
It was a simple prayer, lofty IN
spiritual aspiration and lovely in ex-
preston.
almighty God" was the suppl
cation in behalf of the American
people on the occasion of their first
presidential inauguration, "we make
our earnest prayer that Thou Witt
keep the United States in Thy holy
protection; that Thou Wilt incline
the hearts OF the citizens TO cultivate
spirit of subordirotior and obedi-
ence to government; to entertain a
brotherly affection and loUe for one
another and for their feIlow citizens
OF the United States at large"
THIS prayer, which put such stress
Il upon the importance of brother
hood to the American people, is of
renewed interest now because of our
national observance of brotherhood
week.
This observance has been most
appropriately scheduled during the
week of the anniversary of the birth
of Washington, a fact made doubly
clear by the evidence we have of the
importance he attached to the ell
couragement of "a brotherly affec-
ton and love for one another" among
the American people.
Washington was great soldier,
a great statesman-but more than
anything else he was great believer
IN the moral, religious and spiritual
character Of the American people.
He did not believe it was an acci-
dent Of history that the new nation
of which he was the first president
came into being.
He believed IL was God s inten-
ton that great nation should be
established in the then isolated part
Of the world, and that it should be
nation dedicated TO principles Of gov
eminent and human conduct then
little known II the world.
That is why the inaugural prayer
meant so much 10 him.
It acknowledged the divine source
Of our national existence
It bespoke the earnest aspiration
Of the American people TO be worthy
Of divine guidance and protection.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-23

Washington was sure that if such
a prayer should always be in the
hearts of the American people they
would always sustain way of life
in the United States true to its divine
design.
Washington knew better than any
man of his time the difficulties and
dangers a nation aspiring to such
way of life would encounter.
He knew there were already peo-
pie of many races and religions COM
prising the American population.
He foresaw that in the future
people of all oppressed races and re-
lgions throughout the world would
be attracted by this way of life, and
seek it here.
LIE REALIZED that if all the ex-
IL listing racial and religious preju-
dices and animosities were dissolved
among the people, they would live
together in harmony and with re-
spect and according to the way God
intended.
That he put the attainment of
American brotherhood so high on his
list of the conditions of American
greatness is a proper measure of the
Importance he attached to it.
George Washington was once
spoken of-in an Grafton by Edward
Everett on the life and character of
the first president of the United
States-as a man "who knew no
glory but his country's good "
Everett said that the birthplace
of Washington would always be
place to which "the latest genera
tions of the. grateful children of
America will make their pilgrimage
as TO a shrine. "
1.-THE memory and the name of
Washington, he predicted shall
shed an eternal glory
A ND it was not the least of Wash
"A ington's assurances Of immortal
ity but perhaps the greatest of these
assurances which he had IN such
abundance. that he considered sim
pie and lovely prayer for American
brotherhood as having the highest
promise that his country would be
great and would endure.
We have done well TO observe
brotherhood week in association with
Washington birthday
There IS no better way for Ameri-
cans 10 honor and preserve the mem
ory and name of Washington than in
renewal Of the spirit Of brotherhood
which he held essential TO our free
dom, our welfare and our peace.
- tcAE
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-23
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
Brain Game

1-W7no is the actress who ap-
pears with Paul Lukas and
George Brent in Experiment
Perllous
Would you be farther south
IN San Diego, Cal Browns
VILE Tex or ST. Augustine,
Fla. >
SIN making gold leaf, gold IS
first allowed with copper sill
yer or both DO you know
how fine II IS then beaten
(a) ] 2000 of an inch thick,
Cb) 1/20 900 of an inch thick
Cc) 100000 of an inch
thick
4-Identlty three of the follow
ing five men ard give the
position each holds Hubert
Plerlot Henri L. Bonnet.
Gregory z \ ii X o v Edelniro
Farrell, the duke of Glouces-
ter
5-The Romans wore both tunlcs
and togas. Do you know the
difference
6-What have the following in
common Monet Manet,
Renoir, Gauguin, Degas?
True or false: ta) An uxori-
Gus man is one who is fond
Of luo<uries 10 the exclusion
of necessities. (b) A hack is
a literary drudge? N
S-The historic Wanannaker mile
in the annual Millrose games
was won by--7
fA.... - n--x.lt. Deal