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Weather Report somewhat colder on Friday; dou'y to Mr on Saturday. (Complete report on page 19) 0 jVLll LlDi'l MHTROPOLITVN FINAL EDITION -On Guard for Over a Century- Friday, November 14, 1941. No. 194 7 RURTON Ulth Year 32 Pages Three Cents ins to Send US- Ships into War Zone 9 vy Ready to Arm Vessels to Cany Aid to Britain mm FDKW Speaker.Signs Historic Neutrality Act Revision House OKV BillAfterHis Husband Jailed in Death of Rich Kalamazoo Wife Son Accuses New Stepfather Who Reported Accident in Mexico By the Aiiociated Freu MONTERREY, Mexico, Nov. 13 United States Consul Henry Waterman said today that a- man identifying himself as Arthur Torrance, 55 years old, of 47 Fifth New York City, was being held by Monterrey police pending investigation of the death of Torrance's wife, Mrs.

Ada Loveland Torrance, 70, of Kalamazoo, with whom he was honeymooning in Mexico. District Attorney Jose Juan Ample Store of Weapons Revealed Extension of Patrols ii. North Atlantic Expected; Convoys to Near East Likely New York Time Servlca WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 The Navy is ready to proceed immediately with the arming of American merchant ships, and Government officials indicated that the American Bhips would be delivering war materials to Russia and Britain within a month, The state of preparedness was stressed tonight by Frank Knox, F.DftSays HeWillKeep Mines Open Hopes for Success in Lewis Parley Today; 'Cooling-Of Strike Rule Held Possible Br tin Associated Prn WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 President Roosevelt, with a labor crisis obviously at hand, expressed belief today that the Government had the backing of an overwhelming majority of the public, including workers, and declared, "The Government proposes to see this thing through." The Chief Executive's assertion vis made in a letter to the House, ILt.

in the midst of a bitter jp V' fir "(fl 1 dered Mrs. Torrance's body disinterred for examination. Torrance had reported that his wife jammed on the brakes of their car quickly to avoid a car which turned onto the road ahead of her, and that she was hurled forward and struck her head on the rear-view mirror. f2 "SSSSV" A voctatnl Proas Wlreututio Surrounded by colleagues. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, of Texas, signs the bill scrapping the Neutrality Act provisions against arming merchant ships and sending them into combat zones and belligerent ports.

The signing took place on the House rostrum a few minutes vote on the measure. (Left to Boland, Pennsylvania Democrat, Majority Leader John W. McCormack, Democrat; Rep. Howard W. Democrat, and Rep.

Lansdale G. Democrat. Britain Cheers Vote of House on Neutrality But Small Margin Dims Joy of Some Br th. Aonottated Pmi LONDON, Nov. 13 Congressional approval of the United States Neutrality Act amendments brought expressions of pleasure tonight in all sections of the British public, but some quarters plainly showed their disappointment over the relatively small majority In the voting.

Ambassador John G. Winant was attending a dinner of the RNVR Auxiliary Patrol Club when he heard the news. He promptly announced it to those present and loud cheers rang out. Newspapers here had displayed stories saying that some southern Democrats were going to vote against the amendments not because of inflexible opposition to them, but as a means of exerting pressure on the President to adopt a stronger stand against labor and strike problems. This helped somewhat to allay discomfiture over the lack of a big majority.

The vote was awaited eagerly here as an indication of how ready the American public was to risk real warfare to Insure the arrival of lend-lease equipment. At the RNVR dinner which Ambassador Winant attended, Admiral Sir Alfred Dudley Pound, chief of the Eritish naval staff, declared: "I don't know where the hell I should be" without 50 American destroyers which have been transferred to the British flag." Usual Berlin Line BERLIN, Nov. 14 (Friday) (AP) German reaction to the United States House of Representatives' approval of the neutrality amendments probably will follow the famiilar line that "Roosevelt is driving his people Into war," informed quarters said today. TRUMPETS OF FEAR mil' after a 212-194 right) Rep. Pat House whip; Massachusetts Smith, Virginia Sasscer, Maryland Vallcjo, of Monterrey, said that Torrance was under detention as the result of a written accusation filed by the dead woman's son, Richard Loveland, who arrived here from Sacramento, Tuesday, three days after his mother died.

Torrance had reported the death was due to a motor car accident outside Monterrey. Vallejo said that an Inquiry would begin tomorrow afternoon, after which he would determine whether to request Torrance's formal indictment and arrest. Consul Waterman said that the District Attorney's office had or Hillman Says Strikes Peril Labor Cause Hitler Would End Unions, He Warns BY DANIEL L. WELLS Fret I'rtu Slnft Writer Any defense-production delay may be fatal in the war against Hitler, and if labor now exercises too much its power to strike, it may well lose that power forever, Sidney Hillman, associate director of OPM, told an audience of UAW (CIO) members Thursday night. "We must realize the seriousness of the situation," said Hillman.

"If labor fails if we don't help turn out all that is required for the defense program the responsibility of a Hitler victory will be on au or us. To Continue Inspection Hillman was to be In Detroit Friday and Saturday, continuing his inspection of wicnigan de fense effort. Hi snnki Thursday night at a banquet in the Hotel Book-Cadil lac, given, in, Jys nonor Dy me UAW (CiO)i a short' time after he had announced that an Immediate order for "possibly 94,000 motor vehicles at a total cost of mnt-x than $200,000,000" would be placed with the automobile industry. Credits I'AW and Oovernor He said the order was the result of a suggestion made to OPM by the UAW (CIO) and Gov. van Wagoner and will keep workers employed during the period of change-over from automobile to defense production, wmmans announcement confirmed earlier reports in Thursday's Free Press.

More than 250 UAW (CIO) Turn to rage 21, Column 1 Two U.S. Soldiers Kill Icelander REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Nov. 13 (UP) The American privates shot and killed an Icelander fisherman In a brawl outside a cafe, Army authorities announced today. They will be tried by general court-martial on charges of voluntary manslaughter. The shooting occurred near here on the night of Nov.

8. The soldiers accused are Everett Farmer, of Huntington, W. and Charles H. Cox, of McKee, Ky. The Icelander killed was Thor- dur Slgursson, 22 years old, who died of a bullet tnrougn tne stomach.

The shooting followed an argument. RICH PICKINGS Urgent Plea Neutrality Change Is Approved, 212-191, and Clears Congress; Foes Hint Coercion Br th. Tnlted Prfsa WASHINGTON. Nov. 13 Th House passed the Adminlatra.

tion's neutrality-revision bill by a margin or 13 votes today after President Roosevelt intervened personally to stem a Democratic revolt which threatened disastrous foreign-policy defeat. The vote 212 to 194 completed congressional action on the historic measure and brought the President perhaps the most momentous foreign-policy triumph in his nearly nine years at the nation's helm, End Combat-Zone Ban But the hard-won victory came only after the Administration had been compelled to use every resource at its command to put across the legislation, which removes the three corner stones of the Neutrality Act Sections 2 and 3, which barred American merchantmen from combat zones and belligerent ports, and Section 8, which forbade arming the ships. The 212 votes cast for the bill were divided 189 Democrats. 22 Republicans and one American Laborlte Rep. VI to Marcantonio.

of New York. Trie opposition's 194 votes included 53 Democrats, 137 Republicans, one Farmer-Laborite and three Pro-eressives Democratic opponents included some important figures, such as Reo. Robert L. Douirhton. North Carolina Democrat, chairman of tne ways ana Means Committee, and Rep.

Hatton W. Sumners, Texas Democrat, chairman of the Judiciary Committee. On the other nana, fiepumican Leader John Taber, of New York, voted for the bill. As soon as Mr. Roosevelt signs the resolution probably Monday, because of an unforeseen Senate delay armed American flagships will be free to sail anywhere in the world with war cargoes for nations fighting Hitlerism.

Quick Action Expected The Navy is expected to begin arming and manning the merchantmen immediately, and one of the President's first actions, when the measure becomes law, will be to remove the combat-zone restrictions which have kept American vessels out of proscribed waters. The President was forced to go to the firing line himself before he could win. In a dramatic, last-minute letter to the House, he warned that defeat of the measure would be MICHIGAN VOTES 'NO WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 Two Detroit Democrats Reps. John D.

Dingell and John Leslnskl were the only Michigan House members who stood with the leadership today in accepting the Senate amendments to the Neutrality Act. The other four Michigan Democrats and 10 Republicans voted against the legislation, while the eleventh Republican, Rep. W. W. Blackney, was paired against it.

evidence to Hitler that "the United States is disunited" and would make it more difficult to halt defense strikes, i Democratic Bloc Bolts He dispatched the letter after a bloc of Democrats bolted to the opposition during the two days of debate. Some recalcitrants said bluntly that they could go no further with Administration foreign policy unless the President took a firm stand on curbing labor. Others, along with Isolationists, said that the legislation was tantamount to war. Indicative of the hectic turmoil which surrounded events leading up to final vote was the charge tonight by Senator Bennett Champ Clark, Missouri Democrat, that House opponents of the bill had a twenty-vote majority "at midnight last night," and that the measure was approved only after a series of seorct White House messages to representatives. Clark has been a vigorous noninterven-tionist leader in the Senate.

"One congressman told me he was called from the White House as late as 1 o'clock this morning and urged to come down for a conference," Clark said. "I know of at least one case where a very important congressman received a letter delivered by special messenger from the President himself just as the vote was starting to be called." Praises Xo Voters He declined to elaborate his charge, but he said that the vote showed that "the 194 men and women who voted against our entry into war were not actuated by fear or favor or hope of i reward." I 'The meageritess of the victory, such as it was, certainly gives little ground for the claims Cut i Turn to Tags 1, i Pact to Lift Tax on British Plants Studied Jeffries Is Going to Washington to Protest BY CLIFFORD A. PREVOST Free Pros Wahinjrton Bureau. llll fiatiooal I'reu Buildioc WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 A proposed treaty which would remove from tax rolls British or Canadian-owned plants, equipment and supplies in this country was discussed in executive session today by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The treaty, to be entered Into by the United States, Great Britain and Canada, would remove millions of dollars of assessed valuation from the tax rolls, and would affect Michigan more than any other state, the Treasury Indicated tonight. Jeffries Goes to Capital The treaty, If accepted by the Senate, would seriously affect the tax situation in Detroit. Mayor Edward J. Jeffries, of Detroit, will be in Washington tomorrow morning for conferences with the State's two senators. Senator Arthur H.

Vandenberg wired Jeffries today to apprise him of the situation. Under this treaty, certain taxes now imposed upon foreign-owned plants producing for Britain or Canada or the United States defense program, would be canceled. In turn, the Dominion and the United Kingdom would agree to cancel certain taxes levied against American-owned companies operating on British soil, and also in the island possessions where the United States is establishing bases. Shy of Public Debate Informed Treasury sources said that the Administration might seek to avoid open discussion of the treaty in the Senate, but this appeared to be an extremely difficult prqeedure. It only could be accomplished by resorting to what is known as the "convention method," under which it might be possible for the Senate Foreign Relations Turn to Tage 4, Column 4 SINUS BOTHERS F.D.R.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (AP) President Roosevelt's head cold was reported improved today but he still was having some difficulty with one frontal sinus. Not taking any chances, he remained in his study, instead of going to the executive office, to receive a few callers. Under preliminary questioning, Torrance repeated this story today, according to the District Attorney. Loveland said, however, that he intended to remain In Monterrey Turn to Page 3, Column 4 Cowan Fires Verifier for Job Neglect Acts After County Inquiry on Absences BY RILEY MURRAY rrw rre Stuff Writer John Jurewicz, verifier in the County Tract Index Department, whose work-attendance record published, by the Free Press revealed that he had been taking unexplained days off, was fired Thursday by County Auditor John C.

Cowan for "willful neglect of duty." Cowan said that he expected the other members of the Board of Wayne County Auditors, Edward H. Williams and Ray D. Schneider, to confirm his action at their next formal meeting, tentatively scheduled for Friday, for the good of the index department. Name Off Payroll At 9:30 a. m.

Thursday, after questioning Jurewicz about his being missing from the County Building Wednesday until long after noon and the fact that up to Oct. 1 he had taken 29 working days off, Cowan ordered Benjamin B. Pelham, chief County accountant, to strike Jurewicz's name from the Wayne County payroll. He was listed as a verifier at $2,100 a year, "Jurewicz bed to me about his absences, especially concerning his unavailability on Wednesday," Cowan said heatedly. "And I can't stand a liar, "When Jurewicz told me that he had left the County Building Turn to Page 3, Column 5 Big Canadian Unit Lands in England A BRITISH PORT, Nov.

13 (AP) Hundreds of additional Canadian fliers and soldiers arrived in Britain tonight. Officials described the group as the largest sent from Canada under the Commonwealth air-training program. In addition to Canadians, it included Australians, New Zealand-ers and Britons trained in Canada. The transport was a former passenger liner which has made dozens of previous trips with troops. SIXTH SOX IN UNIFORM ALTON, 111., Nov.

13 (AP) The sixth son of Mrs. Flora Gray entered the Nation's armed forces today. Dane Gray, 19 years old, joined the Navy. Two of his brothers are in the Navy, two are in the Army and one recently was released from active Army duty. a $97 refrigerator and a grand piano at $259.

"I am impressed that there are too many people i on welfare," Judge Maher said, "at a time when industry is working three shifts a day to provide defense products in addition to the articles needed for use by the general public." After censuring four welfare workers for failure to check thor oughly on Lanier and praising a fifth for uncovering the fraud, Judge Maher continued, "This con vinces me there is pronounced laxity on the part of welfare agen cies in investigating applicants and beneficiaries. This appears to be a case of locking the stable after the horse was already out." He found Lanier guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses and lefciicu him to the Probation Department until Nov. 24. Lanier, a former Monroe resi dent, moved to Detroit in 1939. secretary of the Navy, and spokes men for naval operating executives immediately after the House approved Senate action that restored the traditional right of American shipping to go where it will, notwithstanding foreign threats.

Navy Has Men and Guns It became particularly apparent that, unlike the year 1917, when guns virtually had to be conjured out of nothing and crews specially trained to man them, the Navy in 1941 has the guns In considerable variety and a trained crew to man each gun placed aboard the antail and bow of a merchantman. Secretary Knox said tonight that the repeal of the ban on sending American ships into com bat zones would help Great Britain more than has been realized, for he said that even had this country been able to supply more ships to the British, there would not have been enough British sailors to man them. "It Is now possible," Knox said, "to get the defense-aid materials authorized by Congress for use in the war against the Axis powers transported to those positions where they can be usefully employed. This action insures in my judgment that the war efforts of the British Commonwealth, of China and of Russia hold out greatly Increased promise of ultimate victory." Extended Action Likely WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (AP) Informed quarters said tonight that probable steps in the extension of United States sea operations as a result of the revision of the Neutrality Act would in elude: 1 Extension of naval and air patrols and convoy escorts the rest of the way across the Atlantic to the British Isles.

These American protective measures Turn to Page 2, Column BULLETIN Free F-rena-Chlcaco Tribune Wire WASHINGTON, Nov. IS The Washington Times-Herald, in its issue that appeared on news stands tonight, carried a report that United States naval units had been engaged in a "big battle" with Nazi warships off the coast of Iceland and near the or i a coast the normal route of approach to Russian ports. At the Navy Department a press officer said there was "no comment to make" on the report. The story indicated that the fight took place early this week and that the American forces had the best of the engagement. A new type of naval vessel, It was reported, was used by the Germans a mosquito boat carrier.

This vessel was said to have launched a large number of small craft of great speed, carrying torpedoes, to harry shipping In the most Important North Atlantic sea lanes. Pastor Asks Court to Forbid His Draft Facing induction into the Army Nov. 25, Mirko Parlotz, 21 years old, of 18680 San Juan, a pastor, sought a restraining order against Wayne County Draft Board No. 42 in Federal Court Thursday. Parlotz declared that the board had placed him in Class 1-A despite his request for deferment as a regular minister of the Central District of the Assemblies of God.

He also declared that the board had denied a Ford Motor Co. request for his deferment as a necessary man. He claimed that he works on the B-24 bomber. ALPINE TRAGEDY MILAN, Italy, Nov. 13 (UP) pire swept the distillery of the famed St.

Bernard Abbey lat night, destroying a lare. quantity of tr.e ttTanuy that oi. Dt-ruaru docs carry for the benefit of i travelers wno lose their way in itne deep Alpine snows, debate over foreign policy, some members were bluntly expressing unwillingness to vote far-reaching amendments of the Neutrality Act unless the Government took stronger measures against strikes. Threaten Legislation (Influential members of the House Rules Committee announced tonight that they would block future Administration legislation unless leaders permitted antistrike legislation to be brought to the floor, the New York Times Service said. This aim was stated bluntly by the first and second ranking members of the committee, Rep, Eugene Cox, of Georgia, and Howard W.

Smith, of Virginia, both Democrats.) To many, the Roosevelt letter seemed to carry a broadly stated promise, although the only specific assurance it contained was that u. DnnuvtH riirt not Dronose to iwrmit ft shutdown of the captive coal mines which supply fuel for ateel nulls. Belief Strengthened This impression was strengthened when, in response to demands in the House that a date be set for considering labor legislation, Democratic Majority Leader John W. McCormack, or Massacnusews, said: "If the gentlemen will wait until Monday, there may be some- thing I can say." In his letter, President Roosevelt noted that he had a conference scheduled for tomorrow with John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers (CIO), other miners' executives and representatives of steel companies.

This conference might successful, he said. 'Coal Must Be Mined' "But if it is not successful," he id'led, "it is obvious that this coal Turn to Page 2, Column 3 Envoys' Plane Slill Missing Br Hit Auoclated Prru LONDON, Nov. 3 British Air Ministry sources tonight expressed great anxiety for the safety of Laurence A. Steinhardt, United States ambassador to Moscow; Sir Waiter Monckton, British Information Service head at Cairo, and Maxim Litvinoff, new Soviet ambassador to Washington, who left Kuibyshev. Russia, bv Diane two days ago en route to Teheran, Iran Qucntin Reynolds, Collier's magazine correspondent, and several other British officials were also reported "We are hopeful that word may come at any minute that the plane Ms landed safely somewhere," 'he Ministry spokesmen said, "but have no information concerning it except press reports that it is nussinfe." fart of the 1.300-mile trip from Kuibyshev to Teheran lies over the Y'pwu Sea, and officials have to the belief the plane encountered bad weather and wnded at some remote place where communications are lacking.

fThL was rePorted to have Kuibyshev Tuesday and was aue the same day at Teheran. Wanted! Nine Used Hudson Seal Coats! is known that there are at feast nine persons watching the Free Press for an offer-'g such as this: ntu SEAL, mi, 16-18. Exponent Mun. hamlice. Private.

TVlcr The advertiser received ten and quickly sold her C'at. The nine who were away are still in the Market. Here's proof that can pet quick action I' uh a Want Ad in the Free I'- Try it. The cost is Vour Want Ad to RANDOLPH t4G0 Nazis Claim Aerial Blast at Caucasus Report Bombarding of Gty on Black Sea Br tha Aaioclattd Prma The showdown for effective control of the Russia-Crimea and the bridgeheads to Caucasia appeared to be fast approaching Thursday night In savage battles before Sevastopol and Kerch and there were signs that Hitler was disposing his stalemated armies of the center for one more grand offensive of Moscow. In the South, the great struggle was yet inconclusive.

The Germans claimed to be storming the outer fortifications of Kerch, across a narrow strait from the western extremity of the Caucasus and its vital oil reservoirs, and by their own accounts had the city's defenses under assault from both west and south. They reported that Anapa, on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus 50 miles southeast of Kerch, was under violent bombing attack along with Kerch and with Novo-roslssk, a possible alternate for Sevastopol as a base for Russian Black Sea power. The Russians, however, pictured Kerch's defenses as unbroken and German assaults being beaten off by land, aerial and naval action. Before Sevastopol, the Red defensive position was relatively good. The Germans spoke of it as withstanding attack better than Kerch, and the Russians reported enormous German losses there.

About Tula, 100 miles tylow Moscow, Soviet dispatches said the Germans had been driven back an additional one to two miles in the area where they were said to have fallen back five miles Wednesday. About Kalinin, 95- miles above the capital, the Germans were declared to be falling back from the northeastern sections of the city under a strong Russian push. tense with excitement and nervous ness. Teamsters, trainers and keepers seemed upset and on many occasions screamed menacingly at circus-goers who approached the ele phants with peanuts. For workers under Walter Mc Clain, trainer for the herd of 26 survivors, reported that apples which were fed to the animals possibly contained the fatal doses of arsenic.

McClain was reported to be in a highly nervous state as the result of the mysterious poisonings. Cir cus officials would not allow re-porters to approach him. Peggy was a young elephant, 25 years old. She died in a railway car en route from Augusta, where the circus played yesterday. She had been ailing for nearly a week.

She was stricken along with the others in Atlanta, a few days ago, but she apparently had I recovered, and rejoined the circus at Augusta. Another elephant was reported I to be sick and tottering in a raii-1 way car next to rc-jy'a tJiay. Panic Grips Circus Elephants as Mystery Death Takes 11th Prospering Junk Man Found Living High with Relief Aid Br tha Anftorlated PreR. CHARLESTON, S. Nov.

13 The pachyderms at the circus grounds trumpeted tonight dolefully or wrathfully, as the case might be after death touched their ranks for the eleventh time In a week. Three of them fought on the grounds and the clash of the giants resulted in the serious injury of a teamster, twenty eight year old Philip Coaker, of Hartford. who had several bones In his face crushed. Death came this morning to Peggy, a lead elephant in the performance. She, like the rest of the elephants who have been mysteriously dying, presumably from arsenic poisoning, had responsible places in the routine.

The death of the 11 pachyderms represents a of $110,000 to the RiagHn Brother- and Bmum and Bailey Circus. The circus put 1 on its regular performances here i today, cut, trie atmosphere was A welfare recipient who bought a new automobile and other items costing close to $2,000 while he was on relief and the case workers who investigated him "with their eyes closed" evoked the ire of Recorder's Judge John J. Maher Thursday. Testimony revealed that Robert Lanier, 57 years old, of 3565 E. Alexandrine, had obtained $1,300 in assistance while he was on the City's relief rolls from Dec.

14, 1939, to March, 1940, and on the County's rolls since then. At the same time he was listed at credit houses as earning "from $50 to $75 weekly" in the junk trucking business. Among tin purchases in liiis period were a new automobile at S'Kts, tvo second-hand trucks at $350, a second-hand automobile, Today's Index Pages Amusements 10-11 Around the Town 20 Clapper, Raymond 10 Classified Ads 2S-29-30 Crossword Puzzle 25 Detroit Diary 15 Editorial 6 Financial 26-27 Ingersoll; Ralph 10 Inquiring Reporter 8 McLemore, Henry 10 Radio Programs 27 Pages 22-23-24 Vessel Passages 19 Vita! Statistics 2S Weather Report 19 Women's Pages 13-18.