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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1942. -DES MOINES REGISTER. PAGE NINE 9 OWA DOCTORS ANSWER CALL American Woman Tells of Death and Filth in Nazi Prisons these victims of the German hor ing five German divisions by guer Report 15 Enlisting All day army and navy intelligence officers and representatives of the federal bureau of investigation and the immigration service had conducted careful investigations into each passenger. Scarcely more than a hundred had left the ship when questioning ceased. The ship had been assured of safe passage by all belligerents.

JERSEY CITY, N. J. LI') Out of the darkness of gestapo prisons Tuesday came Ruth Mitchell, sister of the late Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell, who told of death before firing squads for friends among her fellow British and American women prisoners during the 14 months she spent in German concentration camps.

Her thin face lined and wrinkled. Miss Mitchell recounted her life at the hands of the Nazis after her seizure in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, in 1941 The American woman, whose brother was one of this country's earliest advocates of a strong air force, was one of 949 passengers brought from Lisbon, Portugal, aboard the diplomatic exchange liner Drotningholm. Among them were more than 500 Americans, including minor diplomats. About 7:30 p. m.

Tuesday it was announced that no more passengers would be embarked until this morning. "I am going to spend my life looking after the children of Hero of World War I Is Portrayed by Gary Cooper lit i Jf 44 I 3zgj2 Xy AW5x jzhl -a i5 ii 'I i.fiitai ror," Miss Mitchell said. The only way to beat Germany, she said, was to bomb the country from the air. This is the kind of treatments the Germans "can't take," she said. She expressed belief that she was one of the first foreigners ever admitted to the Comitadji, the Yugoslav Chetnik (guerrilla) organization, whose members prefer death to surrender.

This organization is now divert- men was sold during the day. They are $1 each. Members of the com mittee are J. F. Vass, Ray Spencer and Ward Nuzum.

The legion auxiliary co-operated in the sale. Per Week. Physicians in Iowa are enlisting for service in the armed forces at the rate of more than 15 a week. wa3 announced Tuesday by Lieut. Col.

Robert S. Shane, medical director of Iowa selective service. Iowa has been directed to fur nish 324 physicians to the army between May 1 and Dec. 31. with one-half its quota to be filled by Aug.

1, he announced. Survey. Dr. Thomas F. Suchomel, Cedar Rapids, chairman of the procurement and assignment of physicians in Iowa, said approximately 600 doctors can be spared from their communities.

A survey by counties was made following the American Medical society meeting in 1940. "The medical profession in Iowa is endeavoring to supply the needs of the civilian population as well as providing the requisite number of physicians to the armed forces, Dr. Suchomel said. Attention. "Everyone should remember that doctors are under terrific strain to see that no one who needs medical attention is allowed to suffer.

"You can aid a great deal by avoiding unnecessary night calls, by going to the doctor's office or to the hospital, and thus save hia strength and vitality so that proper medical care can be given to all," he said. I'OIt VICTORY: Buy I. S. War Bonds, Stamps TODAY. ENDS TODAY at 3 P.

M. CARV fiRAT JOAN ro.MAl.NK In 'GUNGA DIN" AND KING KONG" LESLIE Nolrd Star of Radio's Hobby Lobby Gary Cooper stare in "Sergeant York, which opens today at the Orpheum theater. Joan Leslie plays opposite him. Garson as "Mrs. Miniver" in the film which is to have Its premiere presentation at the Des Moines theater tonight.

mmmm -v A i i Tax kitwrffa I 4 GARY U- MttOi. with ll rilla tactics. Altogether Miss Mitchell was incarcerated in 12 prisons. She said nothing more filthy existed in the world than those camps, where she was treated "like a criminal" until five days before she was freed. Then the Germans "fell backwards" to be nice.

For President Roosevelt she brought a basket woven by the women in the Liebenau camp near Wurtemburg from the strings which wrapped Red Cross food packages received there. Saved Lives. "Those food packages saved our lives." she said. "If it had not been for them, the 360 British and 56 American women in that camp would have died like flies." The ship also brought 17-year old James F. D.

Roosevelt, fifth cousin of President Roosevelt, en route to join his father, Edward Roosevelt, in Haiti. He had been living at Lyons in unoccupied France, with his moth er since me uerman invasion forced him to flee his native Paris. Dark-eyed Gloria Caruso, daughter of the famous Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, was aboard the ship, still shaken by her experiences on the Riviera where she and her mother and a sister went from Vichy, France. Consul Reports. Mario Guimaras, lor the last two years Brazilian consul general Vienna, said there was an ex tensive underground system in Germany for those attempting to escape, but added that he felt there was no possibility of a revolt against the Hitler regime.

He said the people of Austria of all classes had judged and "condemned" the Na.ls. "The German people are unwill ing guests of the Nazi movement," he said. "The people in Austria are retreating into religious and personal sentiment." Nine Canadian women survivors of the Egyptian liner Zam Zam, sunk last year in the Atlantic, also were aboard. They had been released from concentration camps Prance and Germany. It was the Drottningholm's sec ond trip from Lisbon as an exchange ship.

dozen languages mingled In the ship's common rooms. One night a scuffle started in the bar when someone spoke in German and an ambulance driver from Dhiladelphia, Frederik Lund Ottesen, decided Americans should not speak the language of the Nazis. P. MacGregor Allen, counsellor and secretary to the Bulgarian Y.M.C.A., traveling with his wife, an official of the American college in Sofia, said the Germans insisted he constitute himself a kind of fuehrer for the 11 Americans coming from Bulgaria. Allen said Bulgaria, like other countries, is paying the price of Nazi friendship in hunger and other privation.

Frances Miller, young American dancer, limped about the decks still suffering from imprisonment and Nazi beatings. An official In plain clothes, who 30c till :00 Romevelt Only! 'RiMist-vpIt Hour" Huh Henrhlry Carlixin Triple New a CO HIT DES MOINES Romancing in "This Above All," featured at the Des and Roosevelt theaters beginning Thursday, are Joan Fontaine and Tyrone Power. '--1 3.tkA;i WALTER BRENNAN -JOAN In "Ten Gentlemen From West Point," two of the leading roles are taken by John Sutton and Maureen O'Hara. The film starts Fridaj- at the Paramount theater. rAiETY IH THE GROOVE jfX IJjiS' quarHna of hapcats hl Ilia lock pot ufiZ 1 with thair blazing blonde of the blue.

Vsit A JILL 111 BOLCER fMM MM EXTRA PERSON i ana DAVE HIS FAMOUS ELIJAH "VICTORY AUCTION" 1 1 1 1 1 $150,000 WAR BONO JA HOLLYWOOD PREVIEW "3allIX.lA A A Ruth Mitchell (right), arrested and Imprisoned by the Germans as a member of the Yugoslav Chetnik guerrilla army, wars greeted by her daughter, Mrs. Albert K. Yohn, when she arrived Tuesday at Jersey City, N. on the diplomatic exchange ship Drottning-holm. volunteered to show her the way to a theater in Vienna, dragged her into a dark hall where they were joined by a policeman.

When Miss Miller did not reply fast enough to questions about her nationality and business, she was struck, kicked and finally dashed against the wall. Boyd Comstock of Los Angeles, American coach and trainer of Italian Olympic teams, said he believed the Italians were "very, very sorry they are in the war against us." "The Nazis have them at the bayonet's point," he said, "and we must not count on them quitting. The only chance of a possible break with Germany is the ter rible economic situation. This winter will be the test." Comstock said American radio propaganda is very effective and the Italians hear it. DES MOINES 2 GALA DAYS 2 AND FRIDAY AT STATE FA I It GKOUMDS WITH THE MIGHTICST MOBILIZATION Of WONDERS and FEATURES EVER ASSEMBLED, IN.

CLUDING the COLOSSAL NEW SUPER SPECTACLE SAPA-INCA THE MOST DAZZLINGLY BEAUTIFUL PAGENT OF ALL TIME BI3GEI GRANDER THAN EVER I AN ECLIPSING EPOCH IN THE WORLD'S OUTSTANDING AMUSEMENT INSTITUTION BOXING HORSES FIRST ON THIS EARTH THE 7 FLYING THRILLERS HUBERT CASTLE TIGHT-WIRE WIZARD FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE 6 WALLABIES WORLD'S GREATEST ACROBATIC TROUPE SENOR I AQAANO HIS ROUGH RIOERS JUANaaVUV Or THE WORLD Gigantic Railroad SHOW Gaily-Colored BIG TOP COUNTLESS FEATURES 350 arnic start 50 clown Big manager! with anl- malt from all parts of the world 3 herds elephant 250 horses and ponies GRAND HORSE FAIR AFTERNOON AND NIGHT IPOPULAR DAILY I PRKES TICKETS ON SALE TODAY AT LIGGETT DRUG STORE BTH VXD I.OCTST AU PKTt I'OKHAM'KS SAMK PH1CBS A AT tlHCLS GROL.DS. IMH7 Zf NEW PJ I iW Jrx THISL. VSi(V YEAR Oil A May Picta Sieiujf GREER WALTER GARSON PIDGEON 25 to on atHAip or tmi eit moimii atTAiint a ACTtVITIIt COMMITTf I 0 TMI TIIXUII irt. 0 Plmanc tkUf WEDNESDAY EVENING JULY HRST t.iS f.M. DES MOINES THEATRE vMH223E J.

Thi obovt oil it lh graot, oreot 'ov ur'fltnarotiont I ,2 From lha mott widely raod novel LS By ERIC KNIGHT Thomas Mich" Henry Stephenson Nigel Bruce Produced by DARRYL F. ZANUCK Gladys Cooper-Philip Merivole Directed by ANATOLE LITVAK Sara Allgood Alexander Knox JV UnK Pier kr I. C. $rn 500 War Corsages Sold by West D. M.

The retailers war activities committee of West Des Moines announced Tuesday its entire quota of 500 war stamp corsages Co-hit Dei Moinei! "FLYING MUSIC" WITH with Marjnrle Woodwnrth Heorge tilvnt Um, Marshall ENDS TODAY (HIED OHD km' mS i NEGRO LOSES IN FIGHT FOR LIFE Sharecropper Fails to Move Governor. RICHMOND, VA. UP Gov. Colgate W. Darden Tuesday night refused a plea of counsel for Odell Waller, 25, former Negro sharecropper, for commutation of his death sentence for the slaying of Oscar Davis, white tenant farmer.

Waller is sentenced to die in the electric chair Thursday morning. Cnun'el for the condemned man that an error of his trial atf.rneys was responsible for his conviction. Poll Tax. This contention was based on the failure of the defense to offer evidence at the trial that non-payers of the state poll tax were excluded from the Jury lists. John F.

Finer ty of New York, a representative of the Workers' Defense league, told the govrrnnr that the record of the trial was "a composite mass of ros-m that left ground for reasonable doubt that the Negro was guilty of a premeditated crime. Crop at Issue. The defense brought the Negro's foster mother, Annie Waller, be fore the governor to testify that the shooting occurred only after Davis had denied Waller his share of a jointly tended wheat crop, and had reached toward his hip as if for a gun. State witnesses, including a Negro, Henry testified there was no argument prior to the shooting and that Davis promised to send Waller his wheat after finishing threshing. As the farmer turned to go to breakfast.

Henry testified, Waller slatted shooting. Drake Band to Play At Valley Stadium The Drake university 75-piece summer band, directed by Gor don Bird, will give a concert at 8 p. m. today at the Valley sta dium in West Des Moines Polk's July Bond Quota $1,088,700 Polk county's July war bond quota was announced by the treasury department Tuesday as The Iowa quota is $17,236,000. ARRESTED FOR 'MAKING MUSIC WITH HIS AUTO Edwin G.

Pickett, 23, of 918 E. Twenty-ninth was arrested shortly before midnight Tuesday on a charge of unnecessarily sounding his auto horn. Police said they received complaints of a musical horn sounding continuously at E. Thirtieth st. and University ave.

Officers who investigated said Pickett con tinued to sound the horn after they asked him to stop. They said he told them it was "pretty music." 160 EMPLOYES GET BACK PAY Restitution totaling $11,370 has been paid to 160 employes of the Des Moines Ice Fuel it was announced Tuesday by the Kansas City, regional office of the department of labor. Total back wages of $10,228 were paid 150 employes in lJes Moines, while 10 employes at Fort Dodge, received $1,142. The payments represent the dif ference between wages and over time pay received by the employes and what they were actually en titled to under the federal wage and hour law. It was announced that the employer did not inten tionally or wilfully violate the law, and that restitution was made without the necessity of court ac tion.

Grocer Arrested On Beer Charge Tony Critelli, 37, a grocer at 2126 Harding road, was arrested at his store Tuesday night on charge of allowing beer to be consumed on the premises. Po lice said he holds a class per mit, permitting bottle sales only, He pleaded not guilty and was released on $200 bond for hear ing July 9. ADVERTISEMENT. or It May Be EARLY HAY FEVER Fertiitent "inifBin jr" with itchinjr. mart-ing ryn, and Renerl drpresaed feeling may be iieni of Spring Hay Fever.

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