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Detroit evening times., 1945-08-26

iIlellI DullulIlR dl OoOO OlyUC AVE
nue., Chicago. But the story of
its rising properly, begins with r
the confession of 30-year-old
janitor, Joseph Nischt. r
Nischt's confession dealt with =,
the murder and cremation of Mrs. v
Rose Michaelis on the night Of =
February %, when he had been
seized by a sudden urge Ito hurt
or kill someone"
He said that he had struck and
felled the woman near the building
and had dragged her into the base
ment, where he had consigned her 10
the oblivion of the furnace fire.
II stuffed the body in headtirst,'
he added "Then l got a shovel and
pushed it in further"
There were additional details.
Listening to them, the police, who'
had been hunting for the 5S-ycar-old
housewife ever since she had been
reported missing on the night in ques-
ton, felt that the case was solved.
1t was, however, a belief which
the police were not to entertain for
long. Nischt soon recanted his con-
fession. And another complication,
almost as quickly, began TO disGom-
fort the guardians of the law.
A search through 60 tons of ashes
from the furnace failed to reveal the
charred bones and tissue, which had
been sought as proof that a body
had been burned there.
This meant that direct proof as to
the corpus delicti-or fact of the actu-
ii commission of the alleged crime
was lacking. 1t also meant, i'm
Whodunit theory, that circumstantial
& August 10. 1915
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-26

TO remove all the
fragments.
After studying
I h G re port,
T u o h Y a n
nounCed that the
State would be
guided by the
testimony of the
flames. NisCht,
he said, would
be placed on
trial on a charge
of murder.
Then a jury
would be called
up to determine
Directed by the
Experts, the PO-
ice Sifted the
Ashes Only a
Trace of Bone
Had Not Been
Destroyed - the
Body Had Been
More Than 80
Per Cent Con
sumed by the
Flames.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-26

evidence must be disregarded.
Under the rules of detective fic-
ton, the police thus were trapped in
a blind alley, from which there could
be no escape, until providence
obliged with a fresh clue.
But William Tuohy, who was di-
recting the investigation, is a States
Attorney in fact instead of fiction.
The Whodunit theory, that the ashes
would have yielded evidence if "a body
really had been burned in the fur
mace, did not satisfy him.
Because he believed that justice
could better be served by fact than
by superstition, he determined TO per-
form macabre experiment.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-26
BY HUGH BRADLEY

ANOTHER mainstay of detective
~ fiction has-quite apprOpri.
V ately-gone up in m ok g.
This time it is the theory, long cher.
ished by Whodunit writers, that a
murderer cannot remove all traces of
his victim with fire.
The smoke, which carried off the
theory, rose last May from an apart
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-26

entists later reported, only 74.285
grams of bone had not been destroyed
Thus the body had been more than
SO per cent consumed by the flames.
Such traces of bone as remained,
it also was reported. could easily have
been destroyed with the rest. They
were found along the edges of the
furnace, and would have been elm
mated, If the cadaver had been fire.
quently pushed into the center.
"All in ALL" Or. Krogman stated
IL am of the opinion that the Clyde
Avenue furnace can entirely dispose
of human body Especially when a
desperate man is making every ef-
fort, by agitation and by raking in,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
.INKSTER
JOT TINGS
By DORIS ODUM

Miss Mussclta Sargent was
dinner guest OF Miss Doris odum
sunday at her home on Walnut
street recently.
Miss Lillian King OF walnut
celebrated her sixteenth birthday
sunday with few OF her close
friends at her home.
The Wourlsey club met at the
home OF Miss wilzette Johnson Of
Upton Court Monday night. The
meeting was opened by the chap
lain. Mrs Il Perry after which
business was discussed and re-
freshments served Those pre-
sent included Mrs. J.. Goodson,
Mrs. r Perry Mrs Gray, Mrs.
VI Andrea Mrs Butler. Mrs. 5.
Mckay. Mrs NJ Odum. Mrs. G.
O, Williams. Plans arc being
considered for recital by Miss
+. Flack in April.
Hf i'f liit ~ "a 7lliU = 10 Iti
church prepared Sunday dinner
for the speakers on their pro-
gram at the home Of AR and Mrs.
II. " Odum.
Among those who attended The
Variety show AZ Chadsey High
School we're Mrs. Il. Odum. Do
ris Odum. Gloris Allen. Wilma
McDaniels william Hunter. NJ.
Eli Evans. Dorothy Demby
The Red Rose club held their
meeting Wednesday at the home
OF Mrs. y. odum on Walnut
street.
Miss Marion Weston OF Isa-
belle, 1914 lnkster High school
graduate. left few Days ago
for 81 Louis Missouri where she
will enter school for nurses
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
LOCAL LADS HANDLE
VALUABLES In FRANCE


With the 25sth Port Company,
Frsnce--Pyt James Johnson. 555
s. Rademscher. Detroit and sgt,
Cornelius Davis. In Grand Rapids.
are among the winch operators,
hatchmen cargo checkers and dock
technicians OF this unit. who swifg-
iy unload thousands OF tons OF vi
tai war materials from bulgiug
freighters at key Allied port here
and placed them on famed He'd
Ball express trucks. are now do
ing same for the Baby Red-Ball"
express.
Successor 10 the original Red
Ball. which raced along restricted
highways hundreds OF miles TO the
front. the Baby Red Ball comprises
a chain OF key freight points STREET
ching from the major supply port
OF Cherbourg to Paris.
Men Of the 259th Port Company
working through all kinds Of
weather on round-the-clock sche-
dulles. load the express trucks at
the dockside Guns. clothing, food,
medical equipment. and all the vast
armory OF weapons and imple-
ments used by Americas mechan-
lied armies are included in the
shipment.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
REDCAPS
in COURT
ny cLEON WILSON

NEW YORK (TYP)-The Red
Caps. five rhylhm-mad gents
closed the Paradise theatre in De-
troit recently, rushed to New
York (by plsne) 10 open in Sa-
preme Court in their legal fight
with Joe Davis, owner OF Beacon
recording Company. Davis claims
he is the sole owner OF the name
Red Caps. Steve Gibson. leader
OF the group, had plenty TO say
about that. Gibson also stated
that Davis owes the act royal
ties on all recordings.
The Judge getting both sides
OF the case granted Gibson's at
torney. Anton sieall. permission
to plead the case. Davis attor-
ney Starr, found himself IN a
spot by, clever sigall. Starr then
asked the Justice for an ad-
iournment until he could get suf-
ficient evidence.
The case has been adjourned
three times. They opened last
week at the Regal thcater in
Chicago: then moved on to the
Plantation club in ST. Louis and
back to New York City where
they will cit is hoped finish up
the case March Is.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31

eress this session was made
March 81. when Discharge Petit
tion No. 3 on n r. 1928 was SUBJ
mitied TO the House by Con-
gresham D. Lane Powers fR-N.
Jl who is sponsoring the NAAtP
measure The petition requires
2ls signatures IN order to get
the bill out Of Committee whore
Il is now bottled up. Every sup
porter OF anti-lynching lcgisla-
ton is therefore being urged to
write his Congressman 10 sign
the Discharee Petition.
In outlining the reasons why
The roth Congress should outlaw
the crime Of lynching without
further delay, Congressman Pow
ers declared that 5.l44 per-
sons in The United States met
death AZ the hands OF lynch
mobs from 1889 through 1914
he said S,esS OF the victims
have been Negroes and in the
overwhelming majority OF cases
they were lynched by native
white Americans. Placing stress
particularly on civilian police
brutality against Negro service
men following World War / and
the increasing gravity OF SINH
lar incidents in the present PEE
Rod, Powers cited the lynching
OF soldiers who were slain sim
ply because they had tasted
little freedom, little travel and
had little pride in the part
they played in the army that
fought for democracy" he point
ed 10 the April 3, 1871 lynch
slaying OF Private Felix Hall,
found hanginv from tree in
Fl. Benning Ca and to the re-
cent beating March IL, l945i
OF Negro overseas veterans by
Jackson, Mississippi civilian po-
lice. because they were frater-
nizing with some white soldiers
whom they met in the railroad
station at Jackson.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
JAILED WACS
ARE REAL
PATRIOTS


NEW YORK CITY (WDL) -
The four wAcs jailed for a year
by an Army court-martial at Fort
Devens. Mass, for refusing TO
obey orders while they were on
strike against discrimination in
work assignments and opportuni-
ties for training are real pa
triots," Workers Defense League
national secretary Morris Mil
gram, said in message TO Pres
ident Roosevelt.
We face world race war;
Milgram said, lust because the
jimcrow practices OF the armed
services prevent coored peoples
the world over from believing II
is possible that the United states
will work with them on a basis OF
full equality. Pyts. Alice Young,
Mary T. Green, Anna c Mirri-
son. and Johnnie Murphy, by
following the dictates OF their
consciences and refusing to ac-
cept Army discriminatory prac-
tees. are real patriots. for they
acted in the best interests OF
their country and OF the world "
Miigram told FDR that the
WACs. who received dishonorable
discharges and year In Jail, de-
served a full pardon and REIN
statement. hut that was no So
luton to the problem. which
needs purge OF racism from
the armed services. and enforce
ment OF the anti-discrimination
section OF the selective Service
Act"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31

pointed out has repeatedly de-
manded The abolition Of The color
bar IN the territories for which
Parliament Is responsible 10 iis
statement on colonial policy IS
sued Two years ago PIE Labor
Party went on record as "abso-
lufely opposed 70 TIE color par
operating IN political or economic
spheres declaring thar the laws
and Administrative practices upon
which y rests mast be Immediate
by abolished
The British chlrth has now
jolned British labor 81 this de-
msnd The missionary conferencs
in iis statement cited street.-the con-
ditions Of Arbitrary aeial dis
elimination against Africans IN
Southern Rhodesia. North ern
Rhodesla and ketsa
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
MUMPSAND
CHICKENPOX
INCREASE

Forty-fise cases Of mumps we're
reported last week compared 9fh
80 for the preceding week and So
eases of chiokenp0x compared 1fh
Sc the week previous according 20
Dr Bruce " Douglass commits
sioner Of health.
HUMPS presents gfeater heath
problem during war than in peace
time for 81 Is necessary 70 prevent
the disease fro mspreading 70 men
"a military camps II Il a disease
more serious in teen age cnil-
dren and adults than 81 Is "a small
children because there is greater
danger Of complication IN he up-
per axe groups Patients who are
thought 10 have humps shoull bc
put 10 bed and kept there until
seen hy q physician
Chickenpox is mild disease
from which practically al patents
recover without harmful effect.
Recognition % the disease IS inn
poriant becarse Chiokenpox and
smallpox ste frequently confused,
II IS particularly important thar
persons over IS VINO have not been
vaccinated he examined hv a ply
stefan % ruiz out the possibility
OF the more dangerous smallpox.
Or Douglas says nobody is SAT-
from smallpox who has not been
vaccinaied, y you have not been
vaccinafed within the last i've
years. 90 10 your doctor aud be
vaecinaied Immediately.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
INVALID
COUPONS

The OPA announced today that
after midnight March 81 that BIS
and C-5 coupons would be invalid.
The OPA also announced that
highway coupons FL and Ri
would expire the same date along
With the first quarter IT. rations
which are used for trucks and
commercial vehicles.
The food department reminded
housewives that Q5, RS and s.
Red Stamps would expire midnight
March 81 with Blue Stamps Ks.
rs. rs. Az and B2.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
Blalock Chosen
For Grand Jury

ATLANTA amp Horace
Rlalock, 37-year-old convicted
SLAYER OF Henry Heinz. wealthy
banker and former president OF
Kiwanis international, the same
day DeKalb county jury gave
him a life sentence. was chosen
70 serve on the new April-May
Fulton county grand jury.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
Colonial Color Bar Condemnation
By British Missionaries Lauded
MARCH 81, ls4s

NEW YORK The strong de-
mand for the end Of the color bar
and other forms Of racial discrimi-
nation in BritIans African Colonies
voiced this week by the Confer
ence OF Missionary Societies 10
Great Britain and Ireland, and
supported BY the executive com
mii,ee OF the British Council OF
Churches. has been hailed by Dr.
Max yergan. Executive Director
OF the Council on African Affairs.
as further evidence that the dem
ocratic majority Of the British
people are opposed "a maintenance
OF the colonial status mo.
The British Labor arty II was
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
Prisoner Punished For Cliticiizing
Red Cross Blood Segregation

CLEVELAND Wild A pro-
,.mes v Bennett, 'direc-
!, the Federal Bureau OF
Kan. against The loss OF good
~ nrisoner Milton Kramer
'n's ..,en,,ous director, because he
'u~ ~,ns,sd segregation OF blood by
american Red Cross was
~ ~ the congress Of Racial
r.ssli,y through is organization
'.',s,arv. George N. liouser.
Kramer VAS accused OF snug
,,or oui a letter because In full
rsw Of the warden at the Milan.
Michigan Federal Correctional
rrs,i,niion he gave letter to a
"a cross official outlining his
.,ntuds against the prejndiced
s,s uns ieniflc blood bank seq
,sraiion hy Red Cross.
~rhe next day" Houser wrote
r.nnelt. kramer was locked up
cel in segregation without
exclamation and two days later
ans called IN 70 see the warden
no told him he was charged with
,rugglinr letter out Following
AS for eleven DAYS Kramer was
loeked no Ia the hole Later on,
xhen Kramer was called before
me- disciplinary committee, one
YEAR of good time was taken a
ssy from bin
Kramer is a conscientious OBJ
e.ior 10 war who refused to ac-
ow What Ne considered The
slave labor system Of the Civil
nn Public Service Camps. where
religious directors 10 war work
without pay He walked out OF
camp. and for months helped
had an irterracial cooperative
IN Detroit lill he was tailed for
vnlsticn Of the SeIective Service
Act
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31

CLEVELAND CAMP Creation
OF racial Justice must come about
before world peace is expected.
declared DR. Harry A Oyerstreet
last week. Director OF New York
Town Halls leadership school
the educator warned that "the
southern view OF white supremacy
and the Hitlerian view OF race
superiority are capturing Amer
lea"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
LEGISLATOR HITS VIOLENCE
AGAINST SOLDIERS IN SPEECH
FOR ANTI-LYNCHING BILL

WASHINGTON, d. c. T. e
first move toward getting fed
cral anticipating billbefore Con-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
cREATEsT AIRr0RT NrEn

WASHINGTON III the billion
dollar airport program recon-
mended BY the Civil Aeronauiics
Authority. the greatest increase IN
the number Of airporis is proposed
for towns Of less than 5000.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-03-31
Alabama Miner
Killed BY Rock

BIRMINGHAM tANP, VIII
Hones, So fill runner a. tho
Numoer Wenonah ron ore NINE
of the lCI Railway company was
Killed almost instantly Monday
when rock fcll On him nine
officials announced BE had been
& Tel tmploye since 1895
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Russia
Continued From First Page.)

not confirmed by Moscow, erupted
on a broad sector in a fiat corridor
between Lake Balaton and the Dan
ube River about IS miles southwest
of Budapest.
Marshal Feodor l. Tolbukhin, CO.
conqueror of Budapest, counter
attacked after 12-day battle which
halted a Nazi offensive, apparently
aimed at a breakthrough to the
Danube in order to delay a Soviet
push toward Austria.
According to Won Hammer, pow
erful Soviet forces struck after the
familiar massive artillery barrage.
Neither German nor Russian ac-
counts referred to the struggle on
the Oder River front east of Berlin,
where the Germans Friday said
Marshal Zhukov was battling fierce
ly to enlarge bridgeheads west of
the river.
The Germans admitted further
Withdrawal of our lines" east of the
Oder at Stettin, but did not give
locations.
Because Stettin guards the great
North German Plain, the territory
lying between the Soviets and the
western Allies, the Germans were
fighting desperately to hold it.
In East Prussia, the Russians
waged battle of annihilation
against German remnants pinned
against the sea southwest of iso-
lated Koenigsberg. A dispatch from
Moscow quoted the army newspaper
Red Star as saying the enemy there
was jammed into an area "only a
few miles in length and breadth
such CONSTRUCTED area where the
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Sd Army
Continued From First Page.)

ing the fighting" Capt. Bowen said
eve were trying to remove them to
a safer place away from the river
when the Germans opened up. Six
civilians were killed and four were
wounded. It's miracle more
weren't hit"
Capt. Bowen said German civil
ians at Guels, where the incident
occurred, were SO angry that they
spat at prisoners brought back
acrosss the Moselle in assault boats
Maj. James Wilson, Orangeburg
S. c., said the prisoners were "a
conglomeration of nearly every
thing. AS matter of fact, they
represented Is to 20 different out
fits"
Civilians included several who
claimed to be American citizens.
One was Anna Killer of Cleveland,
who said she had been living in this
area since 1929. She said she
wanted to return to Cleveland years
ago but did not have the money.
Among those directing artillery
fire preceding the Coblenz attack
were Capts. G. N. di Mascio, Phila-
delphia and Raymond j. Dionne,
Grande Isle, Me.
They said they ceased firing into
the city proper at noon, allowing
infantry commanded by Brig. Gen.
Frank L. Culin, jr., Tucson, Ariz., to
clean up the city unhampered. Capt.
Dionne said he was a tenth cousin
of the famous quintuplets.
1--WE couldn't damage the city
much because our bombers had done
such a thorough job," Capt. di
Mascio said, "but we figured we
worked over the Germans consid-
erably."
The Moselle crossing from Guels
into Cablentz was one of the smooth
est on record.
Outboard motor powered assault
boats shuttled back and forth near
the destroyed Moselle bridge. Among
the operators were Sergts. Walter
Johnstown, Pa; James
Crosson, Pittsburgh, and Fred Price,
Blacksburg, Va, and Pvt. Edward
Hruska, Homestead, Pa.
I'VE expected a hot reception,
but the krauts gave us only small
arms fire at first," Sergt Price said.
Then even had stopped"
Other boats loaded with ammuni-
ton quickly followed the Doughboys.
Among those seeing that the in
Evening star., 1945-03-18

loss of every hamlet is beginning
to count"
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Film 10 Be Shown Today
AT First Congregational

Cecil B. De Miles film, King of
Kings" will be shown at 2, S and
pm. today at First Congregational
Church, the Rev. DR.. Howard Stone
Anderson, pastor of the church, an
nounced yesterday. This is the sew
enth consecutive year the film has
been shown at the First Congrega-
tional Church. A total of 10000 per-
sons have seen the picture in the
past six years.
AS part of Nationwide lenten
program, the King of Kings" is be-
ing shown at, nearly so cities. Ad-
mission is free.
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Western Front
Continued From First Page)

and Moselle Rivers, passed through
the United States seth Infantry Di-
vision lines in two columns. The
first column plunged 8 miles to
the southeast during the day to
capture Buechenbueren, IL miles
southwest of Simmern.
The other column raced 7 miles
southeast and captured Wuerrich,
91z miles west of Simmern.
The Goth Infantry Division surged
forward 3 miles on emile front
and entered Boppard, 7 miles south
of Coblenz. Doughboys from the
Goth also engulfed Bad Salzig, Holz-
field, Pfaffenbach and st. Goar,
towns 7 to IA miles south of Co.
blenZ.
The German 1st and 7th Armies
were in road-choking flight under
a deadly aerial lashing in this
Rhine valley break-through.
The United States 1st Army
gained mile and broadened its
bridgehead east of the Rhine to IA
miles, took a AZ mile grip on the
six-lane military highway and
fought a mile beyond it to the edge
Of the great Ruhr plain.
Despite rising resistance, the 1st
deepened its holdings to 71z miles,
knocked out an eastern anchor at
Strodt and the southern anchor of
Hoenningen, capturing at least 7
more German towns.
Patrols Stab Across Rhine.
Enemy broadcasts said this was
the southern jaw of a gigantic
pincers on the war factories of the
Ruhr, and that Allied armies farther
north were bringing up bridging
equipment behind a smoke screen
to thrust the northern jaw across
the Rhine.
United States 9th Army patrols
were stabbing aggressively across the
Rhine on this latter front, and
enemy raiding parties came back
across the river fishing for informa-
ton.
Gen. Patton's forces stormed
Coblenz, Rhineland city of 10000
at 3 am. today, sending the 87th
Infantry Division in assault boats
across the Moselle River near its
confluence with the Rhine after the
garrison had ignored a surrender
ultimatum.
Troops poured into the city from
the north against light resistance
Other forces with tanks drove in
from the south.
The Germans said armored spear
heads had crossed the Nahe River
the last real barrier to the drive to
cut of the two enemy armies, at
Bad Krueznach, which seemed
likely since the speeding columns
Evening star., 1945-03-18

Quite Unexpectedly we have procured
limited yardase of fine quality covert
cloth in very handsome chocolate
brown. One of Americas foremost
makers has tailored this hard-to-set,
durable fabric into suits of definite
distinction.
Evening star., 1945-03-18
Woman Held on Churqe
or Obstructinq Arrest

Ardella Banks, Is, colored, 819 @
street NV, was neld under $500
bond for action of the grand jury
yesterday by United States Commits
Sioner Needham C. Turnage on
charges of obstructing an officer.
According to Federal narcotics Of
ficialS, the woman kicked, scratched
and bit two agents as they attempted
to arrest colored man with her
Friday in the TOO block of Third
street S.W. Her actions resulted in
the escape of the man, for whom
a warrant has been issued on a mar
cotics violation charge, they said.
Evening star., 1945-03-18
BY HOWARD COWAN,

Associated Press War Correspondent
ON THE REMAGEN BRIDGE
HEAD. Mar. 17.-Ever since the 1st
Army crossed the Rhine 10 days ago
there have been mighty and heated
arguments about who did what first.
There were conflicting claims as
to who was the first doughboy, the
first engineer, the first antiaircraft
gunner and the first ambulance
driver to cross.
Now the dust of battle is begin
ming to clear. At last it is more or
less official just who these Remagen
pioneers were.
First across the bridge was Sergt.
Alexander Drabik Of Holland, Ohio
He was the assistant leader of q
detail and it would have been nat
ural for his boss, Sergt. Joseph
Petrecsik of Berea, Ohio, to be in
the lead.
But the day before the 9th Ar
mored Division pulled up at the
Rhine, Sergt. Petrecsik slipped and
sprained an ankle. The injury was
not enough to put him out Of action,
but he was unable to keep up with
Sergt. Drabik in the historic sprint
across the undestroyed bridge. So
he came in among the also-rans.
The second man across the bridge
was Pfc. Marion Jensen OF Slay-
ton, Mimi, and in this order fol-
lowed Sergt. Anthony Samele,
Bronx, N. Y; Sergt. Michael Chin
char, Rochelle Park, N. j.; Pvt.
Arts Massie, Baltimore, and Sergt.
Joseph Delisio, Bronx, N. Y.
1t still is not certain in what
order the others finished, but in the
first group across these others in
cluded Pvt. Martin Read, Sedalia,
Mo-; Pvt. Joseph K. Peoples, War
rentOn. N. c.: Pfc. Donald Ward,