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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-15
Jeffries Passes
School sBudget
OF 81 Million

Plans Of the Board OF Education
for eight new scsocl buildings anc
additions were approved today by
Mayor JeffrieS as he accepted a
1941-1942 school board budget OF
$50. 961. $50. OF this. ST.. 1856. 236
would come from taxes and ST.
PAP. 900 will so for the new schools.
The construction program al
lowed by the mayor includes:
First unit of new Ohio-Esper
elementary, $4,000; addition to
Coolidge elementary, $4,000:
addition 10 Vetal elementary.
S153,0OO; addition TO Wayne ele-
mentary $4,000: first unit of
new Greenfield No. 2, 100000; adj
dition to BEDFORD High. S16l. 900;
addition 10 Wilbur Wright High,
$4,000. and first unit of new
Mumford High. $37S,000.
Mayor Jeffries also took under
Amusement" requests by the board
for Sl50000 for land purchases
preliminary TO extension of Wayne
University and $4,000 TO cover
purchase of the Barkley-Grow air
craft plant on Detroit city airport
for mechanical arts students.
Altogether the mayor allowed
total of S1.570.220 in capital i'm
p9ovements out a total of S2.S5l,-
$50 sought by the board for that
purpose. The schools were allowed
S940. 220 for capital improvements
in the current budget, which means
that Jeffries increased the capital
costs by S630,000.
WOULD CUT SHARE
City Controller Donald Slutz
and Budget Director David V.
Addy estimated school receipts for
the year beginning next July at
S13.6o3, 300, a decrease of Sl62. 900
under receipts this year. Slutz ex-
planned. however. that Superin-
tendent of Schools Frank Cody is
quite optimistic" over Detroit's
chances of defeating certain new
distribution formula bills now
pending in the Legislature and
that state aid can be increased.
Out of a total of S13. 765 300 in
credits included in the boards cur
rent budget. Slutz said. state funds
amounted tezahaat Sc, 500 900.
Some of the new distribution
formulae being sponsored in Lam
sing. he said. would reduce De-
troit's share to as low as SS,000.-
600.
Addy told the mayor that in
recommending that the city put
up SIT. 100000 toward the schools
next year. the budget bureau felt
il is going as far as general city
finances will permit" Detroit is
paying sic. 1S5, 900 this year.
An increase of S423.316 in OPP
Grafton costs. Addy said. includes
salary increases. additional per-
sonnet. text books. and 10 per
cent jump in general commodity
costs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-15
HAPPENINGS i'm Detroit Churches

Tuesday noon at Salem's Lutheran
Church, ATS Iroquois avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-15
SpIRITuAliST
CHURCH OF CHRIST

hEt. LILLIAN LEE, fnetor
REV. HE6B CLEMENTS, Associate Psstss
Woodward Avenue at Edmund Place
We Weieems You
$500 A. M.-HOLY COMMUNION
S:4S A. M.-BIRLE STUDY
IL 100 A. M.-"HOLY SPIRIT BAPTIsMS
Acts 1875. Rev Clements
500 Y. M.-MEssAGE SERVICE
1850 r. M.-sTHE TIME or RIGHT.
EOUsNEss." Isaiah II
Trace Sermon Through Pastor. Rev. Lee
MIp.wfEk SERVICES: wednesday and Friday
800 .. N. 81 Church. Messages foIiouiss 81
sweating services. Amendments daily st P1ssa.
ase. 1850 west Grand Blvd. ~. s.7353.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-15
NAZAR ENE

A broom sweeps clean. We get tired Of old
roundinas old acquaintance old routines N only had
something new could tackle IL with much
spirit Well, the creator knew this when he made
He arranged that should do work day at
time.
Every morning is beginning Every night
let down the bath OF death, that u.s.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-15

Elder r. L. Jensen, East Michi-
gan district officer, of Flint. will
be the principal speaker at the
7 o'clock Sunday evening service
in the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, Detroit West
Branch, 1899 Sorrento avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-15
LoVETT'S ANSWER

To which Lovett answered:
Miss Comforts letter has
been referred 10 the executive
board for reply. 1 can only say
that our record OF % years as
an organization should speak for
itself"
Lovett explained. also. that the
league has 5000 members.
1.-THE only qualification for
membership Is the fee Of So" he
said.
Those members who attend the
annual meeting. he said, elect q
16-man executive board. The
board. he said, chooses the commit
tee on candidates for each election
and the committee studies the
records of all candidates before
giving them the leagues ratings
Of preferred" qualified" or nc
comment"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-15
OUR FATHERS CONCERT

The Church of Our Fathers
choir. in collaboration with the
Northwestern Baptist Church
choir, will sing A. r. Gual's THE
Holy City" at the Unitarian
Church of Our Father at 4:30
p. m. Sunday, and again at the
Baptist Church the
same day at 1880 p. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-15
LOVett
Teachers

William p. Lovett. executive
secretary of the Detroit Citizens
League. today took refuge in an
executive board storm CELLAR from
a blast OF criticism fired over
failure of the league to give pref
erence for school Inspector posts
= Laura +. Osborn and Howell
Van Auken.
The criticism was addressed by
Frances Comfort, vice president
of the Detroit Federation of Teach
ers. In a letter to Lovett, Miss
Comfort demanded:
what considerations and what
sources of information led your
Civic Searchlight TO prefer
other candidates over Mrs. 0s--
born and Mr.. Van Auken: III
the Citizens League Is indeed the
clique of political connivers In
tent on influencing the unin-
formed which Its critics charge
IL 10 be, the citizenry of Detroit
needs TO know that, once and for
all
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Traffic Cases Multiply

With the recorders court docket crowded
with cases against traffic law offenders it
becomes obvious that the police department,
backed by the city administration, is in deadly
earnest in its determination that enforcement
of the law means enforcement and not prvi-
lege.
Both motorists and pedestrians will serve
their own interests best, and the cause of
safety as well, by observing the traffic regula-
tons with greatest care. Anything less than
this is quite likely to land the careless before
the bar of justice, and that is always expen-
sive and embarrassing.
Traffic conditions in Wilmington have be-
come serious problem, in the solution of
which every person abroad in the streets,
whether behind the steering wheel of motor
vehicle or afoot has share. Traffic must
move smoothly, at safe pace, and hazards
must be avoided at all times, if we are to
escape serious congestion and overcrowding of
hospitals.
The situation is not what it used to be, when
liberties could be taken in traffic, especially
in double parking, without causing serious in
convenience to others or exposing anyone to
accident hazards. Those days are gone ANY
disobedience of the sane rules set up for
drivers and walkers now involves risks that
must not be taken and delays that cannot be
tolerated in well-regulated traffic.
1t would be too bad if the number of viola
ton complaints outgrew the capacity of the
court to keep up with them But with the
traffic squad in its present firm frame of
mind, that is exactly what will happen unless
there is more general observance of the regu.
lations. s
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
The Ninth Increment

Sen. Horace E.. Stacy of Robson has intro
duced bill mo. 11O which would provide a
'$5 monthly increase in the salaries Of teach
ers having nine years experience on basis OF
Grade A certificate"
This, in short, is what teachers and legisla-
tors know as the ninth increment" and OF
which the public generally has only the dim
NEST understanding. It means that when teach
ers in public schools have performed their
duty faithfully and satisfactorily for eight
years with yearly increases in compensation,
they could enter upon their ninth year of
service with another raise in pay.
The Stacy bill calls for an appropriation Of
$3.50, 900 year for two years to meet the cost
of ninth increment" Sheaves Of letters and
messages are said to be pouring into Raleigh
from teachers and sympathetic friends, urging
passage of the measure.
Some may argue that teacher, especially
woman teacher, ought to be able to find a
better job after eight years in the schools, and
that young women teachers are out of luck if
they do not marry within that period Of time,
and in either case if they 60 on teaching they
probably don't deserve better financial fate.
It is surprising how many parents whose
children are being instructed so competently
in the schools really believe that a school
teacher is little less worthy Of consideration
even than preachers who, where compensation
is concerned, are always in the dog house.
To offset this altogether too common view
point, it is only necessary to envision what a
country this would be without the efficient
services of the teachers.
There is no just excuse for putting a ceiling
over teachers salaries. To claim that they
have reached to ultimate height of their capa-
city after eight years and are not worthy Et
additional increases is to place an exceedingly
low value on their development No efficiently
conducted business concern would take that
view of its employees. Business men know
from experience that employees who stick are
the most valuable and see to it that their
wages advance with their competence, over
much longer periods Of time than eight years.
To be fair to the states teaching forces the
Stacy bill should be approved. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
A Bit Of Fun Helps

With the narrowing war news from over
the lease-lend bill, we can stand some humor
in our every day life. In fact, we need it.
Refreshing, therefore, it is to read of the
prank played by campus hoaxers at Princeton
university who placed fake bills for electric
power under the doors Of 2,40o students at
that great institution.
The widespread joke was given a semblance
of authenticity by the fact that the university
has a set of regulations posted in each room
announcing that an extra electrical charge will
be made for appliances used. However, no IT.
tempt has been made to collect the charge
for several years. We well can imagine the
''uproar" to use a mild term that arose
when the students read their bills
It indeed was a novel form of hazing, in
volving no possibility of physical harm or
damage to anything except false PRIDE and
the rich comedy of it must be appreciated by
everybody with a sense of humor.
Princeton may have Jagged somewhat in
athletics lately, but some of it's students GER
tainly have combined with their scholastics a
sense of value of the lighter things that can
add t.ieer to life. That they can do so when so
many serious problems are confronting the
country, and many of them personally are
facing possibility of being called into the
army, BODIES no ill for Princeton nor for the
nation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Sherlock Holmes In Russia

For long time Russian children, not to say
adults, have been deprived of the pleasure OF
rapt contemplation of the Adventures of Sher-
lock Holmes. Detective fiction was somehow
considered beneath the dignity Of Marxist
mentality. and those who wanted to regale
themselves with the mysterious goings-on Of
late 18th century London had to do it by pat
ronizing the inevitable bootleggers, who ap-
pear to have sprung up no less readily under
socialism than under republicanism.
Now the Soviet Union is once more allowing
across its borders those tales of Sherlock
Holmes and others Of the detective and ghostly
cliques
Possibly the thrillers provided by the public
treason trials, and the exploits Of the OGPu
agents in foreign lands were expected to pro-
vide all the necessary thrills to Soviet youth.
II so, it will be relief to have them given an
opportunity, to turn to pulp-paper thrillers in
stead of the genuine article. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Premier of Yugoslauia
Reports on Hitler Talk

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Feb.
(R)-The trip of Premier Dragisa
Cvetkovic to Germany for con-
ference with Adolf Hitler has ''se-
cured the future of Yugoslavia, "
the Minister Without Portfolio Ku-
lovec said tonight.
In the first official speech men
tioning the trip Kulovec said 1.-The
Yugoslav government had done
everything necessary to maintain
peace and will continue to do 50
in order to secure peace for our
country.
''We must bring sacrifices but
these sacrifices all are made on
the altar of peace which we are
longing ardently for
Premier Dragisa Cvetkovic told
his cabinet today, in a Commute
session, of his talk with Adolf Hit
Ter and of Germany's wishes in re-
gard to Yugoslavia.
Authoritative political circles ex-
pressed a feeling of certainty that
Germany would march into Bull
garia but felt that Yugoslavia
would escape war ''unless some
thing unforeseen happens.
Fears that Germany might have
demanded the right to send troops
across Yugoslavia were reliably
said to have been unwarranted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17

This she will do, some day, in every one Of the
countries from which she has been driven by
force, internal or external.
It is especially appropriate to see 'Free
Italy, movement for no country made more
gallant struggle for national independence and
freedom. The latter, Italy tossed away nearly
20 years ago in a moment of postwar weak
ness and confusion; the former is now in
danger from the ancient enemy across the
Alps. Today, as 100 years ago, there are not
lacking Italians ready to undertake the long
and difficult struggle for freedom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
= Man About Manhattan
BY GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-George
Wojcinski is a Pole. He came out
of the traffic of West Street, kick.
ing the slush from his feet and
stamping his feet just a little on
the pavement in front of the freight
office Of the And Street ferry sta
ton.
He hadn't been there a minute
before hundreds of gray, softly
talking pigeons began dropping out
of the. sky. crowding him on the
sidewalk, pecking at his feet, try
ing to light on his shoulder.
George Wojcinski gave a deep
laugh and began tossing corn
about on the sidewalk and into the
street. His pockets were bulging
with grain. He fills them every
day and comes looking for the
pigeons, and they wait for him.
When you feed a thing every day,
it gets to know you pretty well.
"You do this every day?" I
asked.
Sure. I eat every day, don't
II"
I didn't have any answer for
that.
These are my babies" he said.
Been doing this for years-may-
be ten years. I got lots of corn
This isn't the only place. {.
I got five feeding stations"
AS he talked he continued to
sprinkle the yellow grain, but you
couldn't see it on tn ground
Pigeons eat fast. At least New
York's waterfront pigeons do. One
moment it is there and the next
it has vanished down a hundred
gullets.
I 60 over to 18th Avenue from
here" volunteered George Woj-
cinski. II cross the street here
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
DARLAN MAY MAKE
OFFER TO LAVAL.
Frances Vice Premier Ex-
pected to Go to Paris for
Conference Soon

VICHY, France, Feb. 16.-lR-
Political circles said tonight they
expected Vice Premier Admiral
Jean Darlan to go to Paris shortly
to interview his predecessor, Pi-
erre Laval, and they believe he
will offer Laval vice PRESIDENCY
of the council of ministers.
In such event it was believed
Darlan would take the presidency.
He also is navy minister.
There was a possibility also that
Laval might come to vichy.
Lucien Chasseigne, French dele.
gate to the armistice cornmiss;on
at Weisbaden, has left Vichv for
Paris for what is believed to he
an attempt to bring together Chief
of State Petain's national propa.
ganda committee and the .'no,,,1sr
national propaganda comno;ttaa..
formed in Paris recently with
backing by Laval and Germanvl l
The resignation of Marcel d.,
routon as minister of the in+ar;o,.
and his appointment as anhssso
dor to Argentina were announcsd
officially today. -Seo
The ministry of the inter;or =.
announcement said, has besn
turned over to Admiral Jean Dar. .
Ian, minister of the navy and for-
eign affairs and vice president -
the council and to two xecre. a.
taries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
. Editorial Comment
NEED FOR TECHNICIANS.
Greensboro Daily News

President Frank P. Graham is following the
sane and the sound course in emphasizing the
needs of State college and endeavoring to
secure for the Raleigh division of the Greater
University of North Carolina appropriations
in keeping with the increasing service which
it is being called upon to render.
Let it be remembered, for that matter, that
State college is as much a part OF the unlver-
sity as is the central unit at Chapel Hill or
Greensboro's own Wonan's college. What the
state is most interested in, therefore, is
balanced educational program, an apporton-
ment of funds in accordance with changing
trends and the demands which they bring.
Our hope, with natural affinity for the
university unit in our midst, is that all three
units will be adequately provided for and
that their work and their influence may go
forward accordingly
But the peculiar situation in which State
college, which has ever been financially un-
dernourished now finds itself must be ap-
parent. The major problems which face North
Carolina today and which are going to face
North Carolina tomorrow are of an essentially
technical nature. This is an increasingly me-
chanical age. Changing trends and changing
conditions bear most heavily upon agriculture
and upon industry as they affect the states
economy and ranify into the equally i'm
portant social field. 1t is at State college that
the rising generation and other generations
to come must secure, for the greater part,
training to meet and to solve these problems
of the farm, the factory and the workshop
Agriculture and industry look more and more
to the field of research; we are only on the
threshold of synthetic chemistry with the un-
ina ginable contribution which it is capable
of making to living standards, to production
and to consumption.
To be sure, education must 60 forward
generally; academicians and professional men
we must continue to produce. But Of these
groups it ought to be conceded that North
Carolina has no such shortage as exists in the
realm of technicians, nor are the problems
which they are called upon to solve as press
ing, as immediate or as evolutionary as those
which the changing economic and scientific
front has to offer. An improved economic
situation will 60 far towards bringing these
other problems into a more satisfactory re-
alignment. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
, Quotations

sIu1n clearance in general although It IS
not a Job of the Defense Housing office, is
real and important element in defense &C.
F. Palmer, defense housing co-ordlnator.
Educationally, at least, we have never tried
democracy. DIR. Earl C.. Kelley, supervisor
of secondary education, Detroit
Our government is usually about as good as
our politics. Guy j. Swope, on assuming
the governorship of Puerto Rico.
I put old newspapers inside the overcoat OF
my uniform That way keep warm. king
Christian Of Denmark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17

and 60 on over to 18th Avenue.
I asked him if he didn't get the
same crowd, whether or not these
same birds wouldn't follow him
and sup from the second table.
''Oh, no." he replied earnestly.
II can recognize them. I wouldn't
stand for it."
If he was trying to pull my leg
he made good job Of it. He
seemed perfectly sincere. To him
these feathered,. fat fellows were
personalities. He could pick an old
friend out of the flock at glance.
That's old Buff" suddenly said
George. 'Hello, Buff" he called.
He pointed to a mouse-colored bird
that waddled out from under a
big freight truck. ''Me and old
Bluffs been friends for years. He
went away last month and l
thought something had him. He
was gone five days"
George WoJclnSkl, VINO is 81 ana
who came out of the ancient wind
ing streets of Krakow 26 years
ago, says his hobby costs him
about twenty-five cents a day.
''You 60 to movies bet," said
George. Il don't. I feed pigeons"
He threw old Buff a glance
and moved on down the street. He
didn't say anything more. His
pockets still bulged with the yel-
low mama. Old Buff stared back
at George, and the look he got
in return was the equivalent of
mix, pal You've had yours.
Don't let me catch you horning in
on the little party I'm about to
throw your friends in 18th Ave-
nue."
Then he struck out across West
Street, and old Buff and I just
stood there and watc ch e d him
go,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
LEGISLATURE MAY
ADJOURN MAR. 8
Several Important Bills Have
Been Enacted, Others
Near Law Stage

RALEIGH, Feb. 16.-LR-Har.
mony on major issues, plus the
fact that several important bills
have either already been enacted
or are well on the road toward
becoming laws, led legislative
leaders today to say that the 1888
general assembly might adjourn
sine die the weekend of March
8-9.
This would mean that the legis.
lators, who began work January
9, would have completed their
work within the 60 calendar days
for which they receive pay at SIC
day each; and they would have
held the shortest session in mod
ern times.
Some hedged a bit, saying that
adjournment date might run over
to March 10 or even until the fol
lowing weekend, March 1916.
(The 91-day 1889 general assem-
bly, convened January and ad-
journed April A.
However, in the three weeks be-
fore March 8, the legislators must
deal with proposed wage-hour leg
islation, reapportionment, bills in
cooperating Governor Broughton' S
reorganization of major state de-
partments. the finance and appro-
priations measures, and a liquor
referendum, which might be pro.
posed this week.
The house has already unani-
mously approved the revenue bill
"a group of amendments to the
1889 continuing revenue act.
Likely to be introduced this week
are two more "administratio ton
proposals.
The chairmen of the two roads
committees are expected tomorrow
night to send forward measure
to reorganize the state highway
and public works commission
making the terms of commission.
ers concurrent with the four-yea1
term Of the Governor. This will
be the last of Governor Brough.
tons reorganizatin bills. Already
introduced are measures to create
a motor vehicle department
(passed unanimously by the SEN
ate last week), and to reorganize
the department of conservation
and development and the board
of buildings and grounds.
Later in the week, it is expected,
the legislators will receive bill
to authorize the appointment OF a
commission to study the whole
field of vocational education IN
North Carolina and report its find
ings to the 1913 general assembly.
Commenting on the harmony
prevailing in the general assembly
this session, one source pointed
out that unanimous approval had
been voted a number of meas
ures, including the creation of a
18th congressional district in west
ern North Carolina; provision for
statewide marketing program
for farmers; and a retirement plan
for state employees. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Star-News Program

Consolidated City. County Government
xnde, ctLManager Administrator.
Public Port Termindls.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preservtxg
and Marketing Factltttes.
Arena for Sports and Industrial Shoes.
Seaside Htght1ay from Wrtghtsvtls
Beech to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
s5-Foot Cape Fear Rtver channel, 1td.
er Turning Basin, toith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, Vsa
0rton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Production
through sustatned-yteld methods through -
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified industrial and Resort Promo
ttona! Agency. supported BY one county
,oide tde.
shtpyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Cente, for Southeastern
North Caroltna, developed around the
Community Hospital
adequate hospital ~ilttes for t1hitss.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Developme ent OF nativs grape 0rotcin0
throughout Southeastern North Cdrolind.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdndtort1nt.