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105 Monday, August 17, 1942 Pages 13 to 22 Second Section Jeffries Scathes Life Magazine for 'Scurillous' Criticism of City 10MOKKOVV8 Free Press Want Ads Taken Until 5 p. m. Today Uncle Sam Means Business on Those Registration Cards Witnesses Tragedy Isolationism Is Termed a Dead Issue Forum Speakers Say Voters Are Now More Interested in Present Records of Politicians Raids Trap 34 Without Draft Cards Roundup Conducted in Gfy's Night Spots; More Checkups Are Promised by Officials -r i i -X I Arm of Law Lost in Sleep; Uniform9Too A bold thief sometime Sunday morning stole a policeman's uniform, complete from cap and gun right on down to the last bit of equipment that a cop carries around with him. And to make it all the worse, the deed was accomplished while the owner, Patrolman Howard Wickstrom, of the Accident Prevention Bureau, wm asleep in another room of his apartment at 13320 Woodrow Wilson. Wickstrom, In his report to his superiors, said that he and his wife had retired about 2 a.

m. and that when he got up at 9:45 he didn't have anything to put on. Even his badge. No. 3153, was missing, as was $2 belonging to his wife.

War-Gas Study Set to Open More than 600 chemists, representatives of a dozen states, will convene here Tuesday to attend the Gas Officers Institute, to be held In the Rackham Memorial Building under auspices of the Detroit Office of Civilian Defense. Col. Ralph E. Tarbett, chief sanitary engineer of the OCD, will be in charge of the session, at which gas identification officers will be trained regarding odors and physical sensations from war gasses. Glenn C.

Richards, OCD director, pointed out that training would be given In use of equipment for detection, decontamination and prophylaxis In gas area. 2 Nazis Believed Windsor-Bound Ontario police blockaded highways and railroads on the out 'V'H''4f i 1 I it i i i r- I i imiii miirniiwilriMi finmnrniiimmiTninm nwairtrliil nvri iittiriarwliurf rfimniiWiiiliMinimuiiiiimiriliiiiri wtfffliuirti iiimiir in' mimnatji'm-'r i' 'f' Voters are more interested In what politicians have done since Pearl Harbor and what they propose to do in the future ihan In the dead and gone records of before Pearl Harbor, speakers on the FreePress-WJR "In Our Opinion" radio program agreed Sunday. Dr. J. M.

Leonard, research director of the Detroit Bureau of Governmental Research, formulated the theory tif voter interest, to which Hub M. George, veteran political writer of the Free Press, and William J. Coughlin, Free Press staff writer, subscribed. George Cushlng, news editor of WJR, was the moderator in the discussion. Isolationism Discussed "One thing that ought to be done is to clear up the meaning of the word isolationist," said Dr.

Leonard. "Isolationism has been a political concept In America since the beginning of the Republic. Now it is almost like calling a man a Fifth Columnist or a saboteur." George said that the recent pathetic lack of interest among American voters In states where primaries have been held might be explained by the emphasis political candidates place on isolationism and the Indifference of the average voter to the question. Mentions Light Vofa "Few soldiers are asking for absentee ballots," George said. "The light vote may be explained by the large number of men in the service and the great shifts in the population that have resulted In many voters lacking the required residence qualifications to vote.

Then, too, many people are probably too preoccupied with war work." Scl fridge Field Expansion Begun MT. CLEMENS, Aug. 16 Con struction of a four-mile spur railroad track to start a 2.400-acre section to be annexed to Sclfridge Field was begun Saturday by the United States Army district engineer's office of Detroit. 1' Two checks, for $922 each, have been turned over to the Army and Navy relief funds by the Brewers and Worker Association of De trolt. MaJ.

W. H. Kite, assistant executive officer at Fort Wayne, accepted the check for the Army, and Lieut. Commander A. F.

Duernberger represented the Navy, For Fall Story Gives Half Truths, Mayor Says Labor Leaders Also Condemn Article on agrring Production as Misleading Til match Detroit's patriotism Jnst any other city's in the S5" -Maybr Jeffries said Sunday night in an explosive upon the nine-page story of Soit Punished by Life Maga- ZUThe Mayor and labor leaders the magazine charge thai Detroit was torn by labor "'Why anyone who lives here t-na-ji we haven't had a major Ir dUnut; except the DSR last in three I years," Jeffries sa.d. Just Half Truths whole story in Life is scur-Ulcus, with just enough half truths (b impress anyone who doesn bnmv the facts." Asked whether Detroit would take any formal action to repudi-t the picture story, the Mayor aid that he. didn't think the incident should be dignified with a formal protest. Id just call it a yellow maga-jine ami let it go at that," Jeffries Mid "Anyone who would write anything like that would not appreciate the facts. Miracle Tassed Vp Of course, Life doesn't tell anything about the real miracles of machines that have been per-formed.

Nothing about the Chrysler tank production. Nothing about what Ford has done in making airplane engines. Nothing about Packard, that now makes a Rolls-Royce motor for less per unit in spite of high wages than the same motor costs in England. The truth is that the Government expected that there would be 250 000 workers unemployed while the automobile industry changed over into a vast war machine. But these fears were not realized.

Actually Ford is six to eight months ahead on the bomber plant. Ahead of Schedule "The bomber plant was not scheduled to go Into mass production until the middle of next year, but before the end of this year bombers will he on the runways. Of course, no bombers have been built yet." "There is a definite common purpose between labor and management in Detroit to maintain all-out production for the war," said August Scholle, state CIO director, Sunday in answer to criticisms hurled at the city and its labor relations by the magazine Life. "Anyone who says that management and labor are not working together for the war does not know what he is talking about," Scholle continued. Workers Are Willing R.

J. Thomas, president of the United Automobile Workers (HO), said: "Our only complaint la that management is not always doing as much as possible for the war, but I think they are stymied all too frequently by the red tape and confusion in Washington. I think more of the trouble lies In Washington than in Detroit." "There Is no question that lack of materials and a lack of regulation from the top, concerning priorities and allocation, have caused great deal of confusion on production. We feel that an overall economic planning board is vital for success of the war," Scholle said. The current Issue of Life magazine excoriates Detroit, saying that production news from here is bad, that strikes are rampant, that workers suspect bosses, that factions breed hatred, and that Detroit plants are not producing the volume they should.

Strikes Shortlived As for strikes, Thomas said: "There have been a few isolated Jltrilno In tV. 1.11- Frt Ppcm Pholo COL. JOHN I. CROSHAW CHECKS NIGHT-SPOT PATRON'S DRAFT CARD Officer was nnn of those taking part in surprise checkup The Home Front Li, lid lill IACW I I I ilJ Fre Vrp9 rhoto MAXIM BROWN She was sitting on shore Girl, 12, Sees Uncle Drown Maxine Brown, 12 years old, looked on helplessly Sunday afternoon while her uncle, tentatively identified as Leroy H. Tefft, of 5518 May bury Grand, was drowned at the foot of Burns Drive when he fell out of an outboard motoboat.

Police of the harbormaster's division said Tefft was cranking his motor when suddenly he lurched out of the boat into the water at 3:15 p. m. The motor had started and the boat, whirling in a circle, is believed to have hit Tefft on the head. Maxine, who lives in Howell, was sitting on shore in Tefft's car when the accident happened. Woman Held in Inquiry inlo Soldier's Death Cause of the skull fracture which brought death early Friday to Staff Sergeant Edward Stein-forth, 24 years old, of the Army, remained a mystery Sunday to police and prosecutors after statements had been taken from two women and a man who were with him a short time before he died.

Assistant Prosecutor Francis M. Trexler announced he was holding one of the women, Mrs. Martha Schleman, 37, of 6130 Frontenac, for Investigation because her story conflicted at several points with that told by her daughter, Elaine, 15, and Henry Holflcld, a bartender at 6900 Harper. Steinforth, whose home was at 8580 Helen, was home on leave from San Francisco when he was found unconscious early last Friday on a cement sidewalk alongside the Frontenac address. The three persons quizzed by Trexler Sunday said they had met the sergeant in the bar on Harper and that they had taken him to the Schieman home to give Mm some soup.

DOBBIN'S BACK FOR A equipment, either new or used. The group is particularly interested in getting soft-ball equip ment, table-tennis sets, boxing gloves and chess and checker sets. IT ENDS SATURDAY Buy Now BY RALPH J. NELSON rrre frm guff Writer Raiding crews of Detroit police and high Army Selective Service officials swept through bars, pool-rooms, night clubs and coffee houses in downtown Detroit and Canfield Precinct Sunday morning in the first draft-dodger roundup of the war. Thirteen establishments were raided, with 10 men being taken to Police Headquarters for questioning when they were unable to produce draft cards, required by law to be kept on the person at all times.

24 Must Produce Cards Two-dozen others, who did not have their cards but identified themselves satisfactorily to police, were released at the scene with a warning to appear at Police Headquarters at 9 a. m. Monday with their cards or face Federal investigation. The raiders operated separately, making their sorties between 10 p. m.

Saturday and 2 a. m. Sunday. Five establishments were raided in Canfield Precinct. Ten men seized there were held until friends appeared with their cards.

18-Year-Old Held John Starks, 18 years old, of 710 Peterboro, seized in a poolroom at 3727 Third, was held after he was unable to produce his card even when a detective accompanied him to his room to help him find it. Barney Goodnough, 34, of 8909 Winthrop, was arrested in a Grand River bar. Police said that he told them that he had lost his card a week ago. He admitted failure to report the loss to his draft board. Roy Simms, 48, of 3690 Trumbull, arrested in a Grand River bar, was the only man to admit that he had failed to register.

Police said that Simms declared that he had served in World War I and thought that he was too old to register for this one. He was later released to appear at his draft board. One Falls to Co-Operate Owners and operators of the establishments co-operated thoroughly, police said, with the exception of one Grand River bar. Police Lieut. Harrison J.

Moody declared that the week-end raids were the first of citywide investigations to be started by all police precincts to hunt out draft dodgers. Participating with police were Col. Paul V. Engstrom, Wayne County director of Selective Service, and Col. John I.

Croshaw, also of Selective Service. Woman Killed as Car Hits Tree; Driver IJurt Mrs. Elsie L. Cox, 25 years old, of 4115 Trumbull, was killed instantly at 5 a. m.

Sunday when the car in which she was a passenger hit a tree on Plymouth, west of Telegraph. Her brother, William Hill, 29, of 20019 Farmlngton Road, Plymouth, driver of the car, is in critical condition at Eloise Hospital. Sheriff's deputies believe he fell asleep at the wheel. WAR-TIME STAY A HORSE Wi.nts to be friendly horse would answer immediately to three words "Gee," meaning turn to the right; "Haw," meaning turn to the left, and "Whoa," which means "Take it easy," or "Stop." In order to et along nowadays, one only has lo know the word "Whoa." The best advice, for those wht insist in approaching a hotse fioin the rear, is to sav "Whoa." in gen tie tones, to hp'll know vou're there. Other-u he miiht ha--i off and w.st 4- At Impressive Savings skirts of Windsor Sunday night in a search for one of two escaped German war prisoners believed headed toward the United States border.

The search began in London, after a -waitress reported serving an ill-kempt man who ordered from an upside-down menu. At times the lines of cars stopped at police blockades stretched bark for miles. The Germans were reported missing Friday from a concentration camp at Sudbury, Ont. MICHIGAN DEATHS IONIA Srailh. 4.1.

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Vanhorn. 3 ONLY SIX MORE DAYS FREE PARK1N3 REAR CF STORE Bit fl 1 How to Get Acquainted with a Horse Stem Sttijlanii 1 and 2-Trouser Suits Semi-Annual Sale Price Glenn C. Richards, director of the Detroit section of the Office of Civilian Defense, Sunday urged every woman who can act as an air-raid warden in her home block in the daytime to attend a rally at 9 a. m. Tuesday at the Michigan Theater.

Principal speakers will be Mayor Jeffries, Richards and Frank M. McLaury, chief air-raid warden. "This rally was designed to bring to the attention of Detroit's women the need for their services as air-raid wardens and pointing out their opportunity to serve," Richards said. Included on the program will be a five-minute military drill by a platoon from the First Regiment of Women Air Raid Wardens, and music and songs. The linth Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces, stationed at the Willow Run Army Air Base and one of the top striking forces In the service, is appealing to Detroiters for all types of recreational you into the middle of next week.

The best bet is to stay in front of him. Above all things, don't pet a strange horse. He may mistake you for a fly and try to remove you with a hoof. Always in Gear Don't allow children near a wagon. A horse is always in gear and it doesn't take much to start him off.

Before the automobile took over the grisly business of the death toll in traffic, many a family was bereaved by just such an Drivers should remember that a horse's speed is deceptive. If you're approaching a wagon from the rear you'll have to remember that 10 miles an hour is still pretty fast going and you had better use your brakes accordingly. A large proportion of the horses now In use in the cities were born and reared on the farm and just aren't used to sudden noises. Don't blow your horn the horse won't know what you mean and he may bolt into a disastrous runaway. Your Time Is Their Time If a horse and wagon is well into an intersection, you may as well lean back and take it easy.

He can't be hurried. Even if you have no decent regard for horseflesh, keep in mind what can happen to a nice shiny car when it collides with around pounds of bone and muscle. If Detroiters observe these rules, they'll have a far easier time adjusting themselves to the horse than their grandfathers did in relation to the automobile, Brickley pointed out. Horses generally are very nice people, hut you have to get ac-'Ininted vith fhTrl. srf only asK'd to Ve as ivp'i- 1 and 2-Trouser Suits Semi-Annual Sale Price $3J75 Formerly $39.50 and $44.50 Northbrooke One and Two-Trous-er Suits have style in every detail-quality in every fibre fineness in every stitch.

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CALLAGHAN Frra Staff Writer Because there are men and women in their thirties in Detroit who have never had a ride in a horse-drawn vehicle, and whose only acquaintance with the animal has been in the wee small hours when the milkman is abroad, the time is considered ripe by local employers of horse-labor to get the honest burghers of the city reacquainted with Dobbin and his brethren. To some of the residents of the metropolis, the sight of increasing numbers of horses on the streets is as strange as would be an equal number of llamas. To them, it seems, a horse has been only part of a policeman's equipment end so has become common property. They're Here to Stay There are going to be a lot of horses around as long as there's a tire shortage, according to Ray P. Brickley.

safety director of Borden's Farm Products employers of 85 horses taking the place of motor-driven trucks. In the first lesson on getting acquainted with a horse, Brick-ley points out that horses do not live on a diet of lump sugar, motion-picture lore notwithstanding. Of course, the old gray mare likes a bit of sweetnin', but you run your own risks in providing it. Besides the fact that sugar is scarce, there's always the danger that a person not intimately acquainted with horses will lose a finger in the rrocess of feed- i ing. Signals Have Changed i Because the horse has been I divorced in a large measure from I (m woik, his 'vocabulary has I been rediired sharply.

ih-rp nfff1 m-inv a but not one-tenth the number mere were before Pearl Harbor. As head of the UAW (CIO) I have ordered the men back to work at eyery strike that has happened. No wildcat strike has lasted more than a day. Most of them lasted a few hours." Canadian press censors explained Ottawa Sunday that they had nn part in ordering the Detroit Pjfture story removed from Life MK-izine before it could be sold in Canada. They said that they HlH i understand wny tne pages had to be deleted.

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