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1 QZr? A A THE WEATHER Moitly cloudy Thursday! Friday generally fair. Thursday, September 15, 1938. 108th Year. No. 134 On Guard for Over a Century 24 Pages Three Cents m.

President's Choice Is Badly Beaten in Georgia's Primary Chamberlain and Hitler to Meet Today in Attempt to Avert War; Czechs Battling Sudetens Revolt G.O.P.Outpolls Democrats by Ratio of 2 to 1 Lead for Fitzgerald Is Near Nowicki Wins Retail Business on Sudden Rise inWholeoflLS. Surprising Climb May Be First Signal of Fall Recovery Increase Above 1937 Is as Much as 30 Pet. In U. S. Hands Scores Dead as Nazis Fight Police and Army on Border Premier Taking Plane to Bavarian Mountains Plebiscite on Anschluss Is Goal of ') Fuehrer; Anglo-French Plan Remains Big Mystery LONDON Prime Minister Chamberlain prepared to takt off for Munich early Thursday to meet Adolf Hitler in an unprecedented peace talk.

BERLIN All Germany was excited by news of the Chamberlain visit, regarded as one of the most dramatic events in recent history. The United States Consulate urged American travelers to return home. PARIS France backed the Chamberlain mission, but high sources said that a Sudeten plebiscite was out of the question. PRAGUE A number of Sudetens were held for military trial after Czech police captured Sudeten headquarters at Eger. Scores were killed in border battles amounting to civil war and Prague charged that foreign arms were being smuggled in.

MILAN Premier Mussolini declared that all minorities in Czechoslovakia must be allowed to vote on their futures. tens had been killed, but that it was Impossible to estimate the total dead and wounded on both sides. More Troopi Sent The Government in Prague, meeting the threatened civil war by extending martial law to include three more Sudeten areas-making a total of 11 under military rule rushed heavy contingents of troops into the pit of the fighting. The Sudeten Party took the view that civil war already was in progress. The party issued regular military communiques.

Tonight Czech police captured the Sudeten Party headquarters at the Hotel Victoria in Eger. Attempting to enter the hotel to look for hidden arms, the police were fired upon with machine guns. They replied with hand grenades and forced an entry, while many Sudeten officials fled. Foreign Arms Captured A Czech policeman, a railroad man and two civilians were killed. Czech officials reported that a large store of arms of "foreign manufacture" was discovered in the headquarters.

Skirmishes in Eger continued late into the night. (Prague dispatches said that a number of Sudetens captured at the headquarters were being taken before military courts, facing possible death penalties within three hours. Prague said that the insurrection, evidently planned as a srrious armed revolt and not a demonstration, was being brought under control at all main points.) Shortly before the outbreak at Habersparirk, the Czech military forces put down an uprising in the border village of Schwaderbach near here. The Government said that eight gendarmes were killed at Schwaderbach in fighting with Sudeten S. S.

stormtroopers the crack cohorts of Konrad Henlein. LONDON, Sept. 15 (Thursday) (U.P.) A thoroughly war-scared Europe today anxiously awaited results of a daring stroke of statesmanship by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. In a dramatic move without precedent in the annals of British diplomacy, Chamberlain telegraphed Fuehrer Adolf Hitler of Germany asking for a meeting to talk over th Czechoslovakian crisis which has been drawing Europe to th brink of war. Hitler replied with a prompt invitation for Chamberlain to meet him at his country estate at Berchtesgaden Thursday Dickinson Triumphs over Five Opponents Latest returns for the Republican nomination for governor, with only a lew scattered precincts missing, were: Fitzgerald Toy 203,225 Fitch 88,340 Lieutenant Governor Republican totals were: Dickinson 247,258 Read 139,398 Moore 52,208 Powers 40,105 Fehllng 83,947 Barnaby 23,947 Democratic Lieutenant Governor totals were: Nowicki 159,539 Schroeder 135,695 Former Gov.

Frank D. Fitzger ald's smashing primary victory over two Republican opponents had piled up a lead of nearly 000 votes over Harry S. Toy, his closest rival, in late returns Wed nesday. With figures showing nearly 650,000 Republican votes to Democratic in the state at large, Republicans hailed the out come as exceeding their most hopeful predictions of a repudiation of the "Little New Deal" at Lansing. Caplzzl and Raymond Win In Wayne County I.

A. Capizzi, former Public Trust Commission chairman and assistant attorney general, was nominated for prosecutor by Republicans. Fred G. Raymond was the G.O.P. choice for sheriff.

Rep. George G. SadovvskI was beaten by Dr. Rudolph G. Tenero-wicz, mayor of Hamtramck, for the Democratic nomination in the First District in the one congressional upset.

State Senators James Burns and Thomas Burke, Democrats, failed of renomination. Fitzgerald, and Luren D. Dickinson, of Charlotte, nominee for lieutenant governor, will carry the Republican standard into battle with Gov. Murphy, renominated without opposition by the Democrats, and Lieut. Gov.

Leo J. Nowicki, a final victor by 25,000 after a seesaw fight with A. Schroeder, speaker of the House, for second place on the ticket. The Fitzgerald two-to-one sweep over Toy, with Roscoe Tabulation! of Rtlulti on Pagf ..2,3 and 18 Conkling Fitch a badly beaten third, was the outstanding primary result. Fitzgerald carried all except three counties Chippewa, Luce and Marquette in the Upper Peninsula.

He piled up a 25,000 margin over Toy in Wayne County, where Toy heretofore had been a strong vote-getter and where he counted upon a substantial edge. Please Turn to Page 14 Column 6 Farley Felicitates Senator Ty dings BALTIMORE, Sept. 14 (A.P.) James A. Farley, postmaster general, congratulated Senator Millard E. Tydings tonight on his victory in the state primary.

A telegram from Farley, received at the Tydings campaign headquarters, said: "May as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, congratulate you upon your victory in the primary. Your success in November is, of course, assured." Farley backed Rep. David J. Lewis, Tydings' opponent, in the primary. Plebiscite Out, French Assert; BackUpBritish George Has Lead with Popular Vote tfew Deal's Candidate Is Far Behind Him and Talmadge Ex-Governor Ahead on County-Unit Basis ATLANTA, Ga Sept.

14 (A. I -Lawrence S. Camp, indorsed bv President Roosevelt, conceded defeat in the Georgia senatorial wimary late tonight as the veteran Senator Walter F. George and former Gov. Eugene Talmadge vded it out for the nomination.

Camp said he would congratulate the nominee. Senator George gained ground in popular votes to head his two opponents with a total of 100,933 and a lead In 67 counties, which could give him 204 county-unit votes. Leads In 83 Counties Talmadge, with 75,931 popular votes led in 82 counties, which could give him 188 county-unit votes. To win the senatorial race a candidate must have a majority of the state's 410 unit votes, which are awarded on the basis of pluralities in the popular votes of the individual counties. Nomination is tantamount to election.

Camp, whom President Roosevelt indorsed in a speech in Georgia, had 53,265 popular votes, with a lead in seven counties capable of giving him 18 unit votes. Complete returns from 50 counties gave George 82 unit votes, Talmadge 46 and Camp two. Of these counties, George gained the plurality in 28, Talmadge in 21 ind Camp in one. Big Rural Following Talmadge's strength in the aily returns came from the country districts where he always has had a large following. He trailed in first reports from a few cf the larger cities.

Talmadge, a New Deal critic, campaigned on a platform of free land for the needy. The senatorial returns, from 156 cf the state's 159 counties, were incomplete. More than 435,000 votes were registered for the primary. In the gubernatorial race, Gov. E.

D. Rivers, seeking an indorsement term on his "Little New Deal" platform, was leading in popular votes with 111,885. He topped his opponents in 78 counties which could give him 220 unit votes, more than enough for nomination. A Load In 80 Countle HuRh Howell, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee when Talmadge was governor, had 95,164 popular votes, with a lead in 76 counties which could give him 180 unit votes. Running third was J.

J. Mang-ham, with 12,348 popular votes and a lead in one two-unit-vote county, Robert Wood was fourth. Returns from 155 counties were incomplete. The state's 10 House seats also were to be filled, with nine incumbents asking renomination, five against opposition. The votes of rural residents were in some cases 30 times more influential than those from metropolitan areas because of the county unit system.

The unit system, in effect since reconstruction days, governs results of the Senate and governorship races. If no candidate receives a majority nf the unit votes, 206, a run-off between the two high men is hold. Detroiter Elected to Head United Spanish War Vets Sept. 14-'AFM-The United State Span ish War Veterans, nominating officers at the annual convention, chose the following, all today: Tlonins W. ravre.

of Detroit, eommander-in-chicf. Judge George A. Eber'y, 0f Lincoln, vice commander, and Federal Judge ius Foster, of New Orleans, junior vice commander. Start the Day Right with the Free Press Pages Ruth 11 Around the Town 9 Cuttcrbox 11 liver's Selections 16 Comics 23 Crossword pU2zle 13 Atonal 6 Uncial 19 Foreign New 5 Morning 6 Edgar A 6 fy the Dnpester 3 Wnai Whirligig 6 "bi'uarie ig "en, Robert 6 Radio Programs 18 "That Bovce Girl" 23 18 8 Statistic IS to the 15 v-hinptn x.u-s 4 NEW YORK. Sept.

14 (A.P.) A striking upturn in retail business was reported today by several score of the nation's leading department stores. In all parts of the country selected big stores, with few exceptions, told the Associated press that their sales so far in September were rapidly approaching or had already gone above the levels of September, 1937, which averaged the highest of last year, allowing for seasonal factors. Rise Partly fnexpected The sharp and partly unexpected rise, which began around Labor Day, marked a complete reversal of the discouraging downward trend of last winter and was heralded In some quarters as the forerunner of the fall business upturn predicted by many economists. Estimates of the Increase of post-Labor Day business, compared with that in the same period in 1937, ranged up to 30 per cent or more in a few Instances. A considerable number of those reporting indicated increases of 10 to 15 per cent.

Big Chicago mail-order houses said that they were now doing business equal to the September, 1937, peak whereas they had expected to be not less than 10 per cent under that figure at this time. Universally Encouraging Those stores which did not yet show an increase over 1937, again with few exceptions, reported a swiftly declining rate of losses, and encouraging prospects for coming weeks. While a majority of reporting stores said that they believed that much better fall business was to be expected, many pointed out the important part that weather undoubtedly plays in department-stores buying, especially at this season. In the heavily populated northeastern section especially, where there was no Labor Day hot spell, merchantile business jumped with a roar in the last fortnight as shoppers hastened to buy warmer clothing and school outfits. Express Is Overloaded The Railway Express Agency reported difficulty finding conveyances to handle the rush of mercantile packages.

There seemed no sign of abatement. Brief regional breakdown of the reports follow: In the East, some big New York stores doing from 10 to 25 and even 30 per cent above 1937. Nearly all other cities reported gains ranging from slight increases to 20 per cent. In the South marked increases were reported in many cities with Louisville and Memphis expecting a big picketip with cooler weather. In the Southwest bad weather delayed an expected rush of trade.

Bad Weather Overcome In the Midwest, Chicago stores were crowded; Omaha and Kansas City reported a rushing business, despite bad weather. Good pickup, although generally still under 1937 levels, was reported in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit. Indianapolis, Milwaukee and St. Louis. In the West, Los Angles reported substantial increases over 1937.

Good business, about the same as 1937, was reported In about half the area, with the rest still under 1937 levels. Flier Dies in Crash HENNING, 111., Sept. 14 (U. Lieut. William Schissler, 31 years old, of the Coast Guard, was killed tonight when his Army pursuit plane crashed in a clover field half a mile northwest of here.

Having heard Lamont's family and neighbors testify that he was at home when both holdups occurred, the jury voted not to indict him. A short while later Thorn ton took the case of Charles Unie-skl, 35, of 338 Richter River Rouge, before them and obtained a true bill charging him w-ith both crimes. Unieski had admitted to G-men that he robbed the loan associa tion, Thornton said, soon after his arrest by Ecorse police Tuesday after, a speedy fifteen-mile auto chase through Dearborn, Melvin-dale and Lincoln Park. The alertness of Ar.ne Tav-lor, 29. of 5485 Maple Dearborn, cashier of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Dearborn, who had seen Unieski the dav of the first Wayne rob- bery, as credited with his arrest and subsequent confession.

I Thornton said that he would communicate immediately with Warden John J. Ryan at Milan. inform him of Lamont vir.iica-t;an and his release. By Eleanor Packard EGER, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 14 (U.P.) The Sudeten hotbeds of Nazi unrest along the German border tonight were splashed with the blood of scores of Sudetens and Czech soldiers in open battles fought with tanks, machine guns, rifles and hand grenades.

"The next few hours will determine whether there will be peace or war," Deputy Ernst Kundt, of the Sudeten Party, told me as the terror spread to wider areas with rapidly rising death tell. More than 2.000 enraged Sudeten Nazis armed with machine guns, rifles and pistols, battled hundreds of Czech troops and police in the town of Habersparirk, north of Eger in the Falkenau district. Casualties were heavy and, In the midst of the fighting, I was told that between 10 and 15 Czech gendarmes and at least 25 Sude- Policy Leader Held in Killing Taken to Port Huron for Questioning Joe Brown, 39 years old, said to be involved in the policy racket in Port Huron, was arrested in Detroit shortly after 7 p. m. Wednesday and returned to Port Huron for questioning In connection with the murder of William Caldwell.

Caldwell, a Port Huron policy prince, was shot to death early Wednesday as he sat reading a paper in the house of Miss Mamie James, a friend, on Sarnia Port Huron. He was a close friend of John Roxborough, manager of Joe Ixuis. Police have questioned several suspects to determine whether Caldwell was a victim of a racket quarrel or whether he was shot after a fight over Tuesday's election. They expected further information from Brown, a rival policy leader, who was known to have been in Port Huron Tuesday night. Police say he and Caldwell quarreled.

Brown was arrested in a house at 1028 Hendrie Ave. by Detroit police under Sergt. George Roth-erford, of the Canfield Ave. Station, and Port Huron police under Sergt. George Holdburg.

The shot that killed Caldwell was fired from a deer rifle outside the house. The bullet pierced his neck. Wife-KillingMajor Gets a Life Term COLUMBUS, Sept. 14 fA. Maj.

John R. Brooke, stocky forty-five-year-old infantry instructor, stood at attention here tonight and heard Federal Judge Bascom Deaver sentence him to life imprisonment for the murder June 8 of his comely wife Elizabeth. Brooke was sentenced shortly after a Federal Court jury had returned a verdict of "guilty of murder in the first degree without capital punishment." The Government had asked for a death sentence, charging that he had killed his wife to collect on her insurance to pay gambling debts. Throughout the eight-day triai he had steadfastly denied his guilt. Mrs Brooke was found beaten to death in their home on the Fort Benning military reservation.

The jury deliberated 10', hours. Too Much Practicing Wipes the Mind Bare NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 14 (U. Daily for seven years no one but Detective Clerk Ralph Eble opened a safe containing valj-ables held as evidence. After a week's vacation he advanced with sprightly step on the safe today, then stopped as if stunned.

For an hour he jogged his memory. Then, red-eared, he admitted that he had forgotten the combination. An expert had to drill the safe open. Seversky Claims Record for N. Flight CHICAGO, Sept.

14 (A. An unofficial speed record was claimed today for Maj. Alex P. de Seversky after his 2 hour and 48 minute flight from New York to Chicago late yesterday. The plane manufacturer averaged 262 miles an hour, 22 miles an hour faster than the previous record established on the New I York-Chicago run by a commer cial transport plane.

His ship was the one with which i he set a new east-west transcon-: tinental speed record on Aug. 29. Jacqueline Cochran used it on Sept. 3 to win the Benux Trophy xvi from Los to Clcve-I land. CHARLES P.

ROBERTS Attorney Held in Aliens Case Tries to Aid His Kin; Faces Deportation Tmmieration authorities Wednes- riflv InripeH j. comnlaint in Federal Court charging Charles P. Roberts, alias Corwin P. Robertson, thirty- three-yea r-oid attorney, witn conspiring to legalize the presence in the United States of his brother-in-law. Lot T.

Rowson, 35, and Rowson's wife Margaret. United States Commissioner J. Stanley Hurd placed Roberts under $3,000 Bona ror examination sept. 17. He was then turned back to Immigration Inspector John A.

Biesiot, who said that because of Roberts own clouded citizensnip status deportation proceedings would be started immediately. Pin-Ball Business on Side Father of two children, Roberts has been practicing law in De troit since 1930, carrying on a business in pin-ball and music machines on the side, according to Louis M. Hopping, assistant United States attorney. Roberts purportedly sought visas for Rowson. a native of England, and his wife, a Canadian, by repre senting to the American consul at Windsor that he wanted them to assist him in making collections from his mechanical devices.

Actually, inspectors charged, the couple had been living in the United States at San bouci, war-sens Island, for several years Rowson is a steam-shovel operator while his wife runs a grocery there. Turned Down, He Tries Again When the consul at Windsor re fused to admit the couple on the grounds that it would violate the contract labor laws, Roberts took them to Toronto, where he again mnlied. savine that he intended to hire the Rowsons as domestics in his home. Federal authorities charged that he said the Rowsons had lived at Dundee, for 10 years. Visas were issued and the Rowsons returned to Harsens Island on Aug.

3, 1938. Deputy marshals arrested Roberts early Wednesday as he put his car in the garage at his home at 248 Manor Grosse Pointe Farms. Hopping said that no charges were contemplated against the Rowsons, though they are subject to deportation. Hopping also that he would communicate with authorities at Lansing tn see if Roberts had falsified in- i formation on his application for admission to the Car. Kooerts entered the United States in 1926.

Mrs. Reynolds Balks at Guinea Pigs in Tub NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (A.P.) Mrs. Helen Fortescue Reynolds, 24 years old, a member of Long Island's smart set, complained today in an alimony application that her husband sometimes kept guinea pigs in the bathtub of their apartment. She also accused her husband, Julian Louis Reynolds, manufacturer of tobacco" tinfoil, of striking her and waving a gun in her face on one occasion.

She asked for legal fees and temporary alimony of $1,500 aiternoon ana tne frime Min-T. ister prepared to leave by air plane this morning. The Prime Minister's bold decision was regarded as having averted, at least temporarily, the almost certain threat of war. In Sudetenland, the western rim of Czechoslotakla, Czech aoldiers and gendarmes fought bloody street battles today with Sudeten Nazis, King Hurries Back In Berlin, Paris and Rome the Government leaders had met, grimly prepared for the explosion that might come any hour. The British Cabinet had met to discuss mobilization.

King George w-as called back from Scotland a move that to any Briton showed the seriousness of the situation with unmistakable clarity. Into this picture stepped the angular figure of the British Prime Minister with an offer that -tatesmen agreed was perhaps the sole hope of averting a catastrophe a face-to-face talk with Hitler in which some peaceful solution might be reached. Chamberlain's Note Chamberlain's decision was conveyed to Hitler in this message: "In view of the increasingly critical situation I propose to come over at once to see you with the view of trying to find a peaceful solution. I propose to come across by air and am ready to start tomorrow. Please indicate the earliest time at which you can see me and suggest a place of meeting.

I should be grateful for a very early reply. "Neville Chamberlain." Chamberlain expects to reach Munich at 1 p. m. today (7 a. m.

Detroit time) and will go to the Grand Hotel at Berchtesgaden. Please urn to Page 14 Column 4 33 Pupils Injured as Roof Collapses 100 Are Trapped in School Auditorium CLARKDALE, Sept. 14 (A.P.) Thirty-three children were injured today when the roof collapsed upon 100 pupils in the second-story study auditorium of Clarkdale High School. Seven were taken to a hospital and 26 were cut and bruised. One girl jumped from a window and was critically injured.

Others were pinned beneath wreckage. Some children scurried under study tables and were shielded from the crashing piaster slabs and metal laths. "Had it not been for the said Marvin Windes. supervisor cf the study room, "many more ot the pupils might have been hurt." Melvin Purvis Marries South Carolina Woman CHARLOTTE, N. C.

Sept. 14 (A Melvin Purvis, cf Tim-monsville, S. and San Francisco, former are G-man. was mar- ried here tonight to Mrs. Rosanne I Wiltcox Taylor, of Florence.

C. and Baltimore. Pur is. who (iii ecteii the captuie of J'-hn Diilirger. gae his ag as 34 yean H.s bnce give fcera as Government military authorities said that they were in control of the Schwaderbach district wdth the exception of the gendarmerie station.

Flee Acros Border Many of the Sudeten storm troopers were reported to have fled in disorder across the border to German soil, fearful of arrest under martial law. Official Czech reports said that the stormtroopers had moved in, fully armed, from German soil across the international bridge. When they retreated, they kidnaped 40 Czech gendarmes and customs officials and took them into Germany, it was said. The bitterness between Henlein's Sudeten followers and the Czechs was fired to open righting by Adolf Hitler's Nurnberg speech Monday night and the Government's rejection of Henlein's six-hour ultimatum for the lifting of martial law and recall of Government police from the Sudetenland. The armed rebellion broke at Habersparirk from what appeared at first to be a trivial incident.

Blame Communists The Sudetens said that "Communists" taunted the Sudetens in the center of the town and that a scuffle started. Local gendarmes patrolling the streets tried to quell the disturbance but within a few moments the town was torn by wild rioting. The gendarmes made several arrests and fought their way to the police station, where a mob surrounded the building shouting threats and Nazi slogans. A shot rang out. The bulk of the mob wavered and started to run.

Others remained where they were, uncertain whether to fight or flee. Then a hail of bullets cracked out from the windows of the police station as the gendarmes let go with a fusilade that raked the crowd. Several fell and the Sudetens raced for shelter. Please Turn to Page 14 Column 2 Impossible to Insult an Officer, Judge Says DENVER, Sept. 14 (A.

"I was just scratching my nose," Leslie L. Golden testified in court after his arrest on a charge of speeding. But arresting officers thought there w'aa something special in the way Golden scratched his nose a finger-wiggle, perhaps. Municipal Judge Philip Gilliam listened, then ruled: "You can't insult a policeman. Even if you could, there's no or dinance against it.

The Judge ruled again $25 fine for speeding. Dewey's Helper Does Some Homework, Too NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (UP.) i Barent Ten Evck. head nf Dis- I trirt Attorney Thomas E. Dewey's rrauri mireau, called po-; lice into his own home today to arre Lovett Bird, his butler, on a charge cf stealing the family silver and rlothmg curing the summer whil the family was i away.

PARIS, Sept. 15 (Thursday) (A.P.) Consideration of a plebiscite for the Sudeten Germans of Czechoslovakia has been excluded from any suggestions Prime Minister NevilK Chamberlain will make to Reirhsfuehrer Adolf Hitler in their Berchtesgaden meeting tomorrow, feneh circles close to the Foreign Office declared today. Although these sources said It was impossible to determine what results see likely to come from the British Prime Minister's search for peace, they gid flatly that Britain and France were particularly in accord on that point. Diplomatic quarters in Paris had expressed the opinion Wednesday that influential sections of both British and French Government had been won over to a plebiscite as a last rerort to prevent war. temporarily splitting both cabinets.

Accord Is F.mphaslzed Complete accord of the British and French Governments on Chamberlain's visit to Hitler was stressed here, and Chamberlain, it was said, will have a free hand with French support. The principal feature of Chamberlain's mission, it was said here. will be to Inform the German Fuehrer in a firm but conciliatory manner nf the true position of the French and British Governments. Repeated doubts have been expressed by informed diplomatic sources here that Hitler himself is aware of the extent of co operation between London and Pans. Believe Hitler Is In Dark These circles have suggested that Anglo-French discussions of policy have failed to filter through the Reichsfuehrer's circle of advisers.

The announcement that Britain's Prime Minister Chamberlain would intercede personally with Hitler brought a sigh of relief in Paris. The news was greeted with obvious relaxation of tension at the Foreign Office. American observers hailed the announcement of the impending visit as the best news for a long time. Not for an instant, however, despite the lifting of the cloud for the immediate future, was there to be a relaxation of military precautions. Informed quarters said the Government had completed plans for mobilization of enough reservists to have 4,000,000 men under arms.

An estimated 2,000,000 men already are under arms in France, some hundreds of thousands of them in the Maginot Line facing Germany. Acrobat's Son Killed Imitating His Father LOS ANGELES. Sept. 14 (A. Teddy Loe, five-year-old oa of a vaudeville acrobat, shouted to his playmates today to watch him imitate the daring of hu father.

Then he grasp! the he! atop the po nf a vr. rrerry-go-'roun-i. The 'caw r- toppled and crcshii ICS i to derJi. Bank Raid Confession Clears an Innocent Man in Prison Sets Off Move to Free Him from Milan Cell; Suspect Admits Two Wayne Holdups Another man's confession that he twice robbed the Wayne County Federal Savings Loan Association at Wayne, Wednesday cleared the name of William D. Lamont, 24 years old, of 226 Baldwin Royal Oak.

and set machinery in motion for his release from the Federal Detention Farm at Milan. Lamont, picked up for questioning Aug. 16, identified by Mrs. Esther Kuyda, clerk for the Wayne association, as the your.g man who took $145 from her June 23 and returned Aug. 23 to get $150.

On th hasis nf her Identification. J. Stanley Hurd, United States commissioner, ordered Lament held for trial under $10,000 bond. Dissatisfied with the identification, Thomas P. Thornton, assistant United States attorney, and G-men arranged with Maurice F.

Cole, Ferndale attorney, tc have Lament's alibi witnesses appear before the Grand Jury. Ordinarily only Government evidence is heard by "the indicting jury..