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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-04

Rev and Mrs. Howard Moore
and grandson. Howard William
Moore. Adrian, and Rev. and Mrs.
George Moore, Homedale. Ida,
were dinner guests Memorial Day
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Dibble,
and they also visited other friends
in the community. Rev. and Mrs.
George Moore are pastors Of the
Friends Church at Homedale and
are at present visiting Mr.. Moore's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Fosdick,
Roseville, have been spending a
few days at their home in the Paint
Creek district.
Rev. Charles Coleman. Detroit.
is assisting Rev. Charles Carey in
painting and decorating the new
Friends parsonage.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-04
Paint Creek
ENTERTAIN AT DINNER


Paint Creek, Mich, June 4-Mr.
and Mrs. Theron VANITY and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wan
ty and family entertained for Sun
day dinner at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert VANITY Mrs. Mira
Finch. Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Finch,
Davidson. Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
VANITY and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Clay
ton VANITY and son, Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd VANITY and daughter, all OF
Milan, Mr.. and Mrs. John Kline,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Wardell and
daughters. Detroit, Mr. and Mrs.
Rowland Wardell. Royal Oak and
mother, Mrs. Emma Wardell and
Fred VANITY.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-04
Students to Demonstrate
Musical Skill This Week

Two recitals in Pease Auditorium
this week will offer an opportunity
to students to demonstrate their
skill and ability.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock, pupils
OF Carl Lindegren were to be heard
in avaried program OF songs. Those
who were to take part were Mary
Scott. Kathryn Raman, Maryruth
Barlow. Betty Joyce Green, Betty
Giles, John Huffman, Gwendolyn
Cooper. Viola Reitsma, and Ronald
Odmark.
Thursday evening at o'clock in
Pease Auditorium, the advanced
pupils Of Mrs. Marguerite Breakey
will present a piano recital. Par.
Elephants will include Priscilla Fair
child, Mary Alice Warner, Jean
Ohlinger. Mary Ann Snyder, Susan
Eckley. Joan Heyler, Nancy Houck,
Lucretia Dell, Cecile Ballard, Retta
Charter, Josephine Hampstead,
Irene McCutcheon, and Marie
Turner.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-04
College Filters to Compete
in Nation Air Meet in Ohio

Columbus O.. June 4-UP-More
than 200 collegiate fliers will COM
pete in the National intercollegiate
Flying Clubs air meet at Middle
town. o. June 1920, according to
Charles w. LeFever. president Of
the Ohio State University Flying
Club.
Because OF cancellation OF the ma
tional air races, LeFever said. the
seventh annual intercollegiate event
will be the only national air meet
in the country this year.
Included in the aviation program
will be bomb dropping and spot
landing events.
A Miss College Aviation" will
be chosen from the flying goods at
tending the meet. Candidates for the
honor will be nominated in advance
by each Of the 66 schools affiliated
with the national student flying or
ganization.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-04

Society in the afternoon.
Saline
Rainbow Division will hold their
meeting in the evening at the home
Of Mrs. Jacob Smith.
JUNE 6
Salem
Annual picnic for Salem Uniod
School at Cass Benton Park. Cars
will meet at school at II a. m.
JUNE
Willis
Practice for Children's Day pro-
gram will be in Methodist Church
in afternoon. Party will follow.
Lincoln District
Annual reunion OF former
teachers. patrons and pupils of
the original 10 school districts at
Lincoln School. Basket picnic at
noon. Motion pictures of last
years group will be shown.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-04
Rural Events
TODAY
SallnA

TODAY
Saline
Federated Ladies' Aid Society
will meet in the afternoon in the
church parlors
Third division OF Methodist
Church will meet with Mrs. Fred
Lendrum.
Tuttle Hill
Friends Church Missionary So
ciety will meet at the church. Mrs.
John Hewens will be in charge Of
the lunch.
York
Saline Grange will meet at home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Gilbert at
Saline.
JUNE
Stony Creek
Study Club OF the Woman's So
0ety OF Christian Service will
meet at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs,
Guy Splitter.
East Ypsllantl
Spencer Club will meet with
Mrs. George Wizard, z. Michigan
Ave.
Whitaker
Zion Evangelical Ladies Aid
will hold regular meeting. Supper
will be served at p. m.
Sheldon
Regular meeting and election OF
officers OF the Woman's Society of
Christian Service will be at the
Sheldon Church with a cooperative
luncheon served at 1890.
Begole
Mrs Clara Knapp. Ellis Rd. will
be hostess TO Pittsfeld Ladies' Aid
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-04

Marian Dibbla daughter OF y.
and MRS. Sherman Dibble. is now
able to attend school again, having
recovered from the whooping
cough.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Carey en-
tertained at the week end Mr..
Carey's brother, the Rev. George
Carey, Los Angeles. Calf. and
preached at the Friends Church
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Grace Freeman has been
home for a few days from Wayne,
where she is working.
Russell Hansen and Warren
Huntsinger spent from Thursday
evening till Sunday afternoon in
Muskegon visiting relatives over
Memorial Day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-04

Mrs. John Jones is suffering from
a lame knee.
Rev. and Mrs. ChaHes ]. Carey
are planning to move into their
new home in the new parson-
age of the Friends Church within
a couple of weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Colts and
son Wallace, and Mrs. Mary Bech-
tel, who has been spending the
winter with her daughter at North
Vile were visitors at the Henry
Hammond home Thursday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aldon Potter,
Houghton Lake, are moving to New
Buffalo. southern Michigan, some
time this week, where he has been
stationed as a policeman.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-04
EMeEzzLER SENTENCED

Detroit, Mich, June A sentence
OF from one to ten years in Jack
SON Prison was imposed Tuesday
on Alfred Studer. 80, who pleaded
guilty to a charge OF embezzlement
OF 1858 from the Brightmoor Bowl
ing League. OF which Studer former
" was secretary.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-04

MELBOURNE, Australia ms
Sharp criticism Of the british
strategy in Crete vas voiced by
the Argus, an influential Mel
bourne newspaper. Monday. "Bri-
tain should have expected and pre-
pared for an invasion OF Crete"
the paper said.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Intruder Is Found in Kitchen
With Gas Stove Jets All Open

Mrs. Helen Cleveland Hoffman. a
United States Housing Authority
stenographer, was bafiled today
about the motives of the man she
says she found sitting in the kitchen
window of her apartment with all
the jets of the gas stove open.
Mrs. Hoffman said she and her
daughter, Joan Matthews, 8, were
asleep in the bedroom of their two
room, first floor apartment at AT
Eighteenth street NE, when they
were awakened about 4 am. by a
noise in the kitchen. The bedroom
is separated from the kitchen by a
small foyer.
Mrs. Hoffman said she went in the
kitchen and found a bareheaded
young colored man-about 10 or 20
years old-sitting in the kitchen
window with his legs hanging out
side.
II called him everything I could
think Of" she related, "and he
leisurely dropped the few feet to
the ground and sauntered on up the
street, apparently in no hurry at all.
II didn't notice the gas until I
had been in the kitchen for several
moments as I guess he had just
turned 1t On. But every jet was
epea. The peiaee aal4 Shey sDeuSht
oveo he own had boo0 TUNED "a"
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Model Traffic Policeman Selected to Train
Colleagues in Uniform Signals to Motorists
Proper Control Of
Drivers First Task
OF New School
By J. THEODORE CROWN.

Washington's 1912 model of traffic
policemen will make their first ap-
pearance on the streets of the Dis
trict Monday. Maj. Edward j. Kelly,
superintendent of police, disclosed
today.
Maj. Kelly is calling in all the old
model trafi1c policemen and replac-
ing them as fast as his factory"
can turn out the new models
In this case the factory" is q
school where police are taught uni
form signals for directing traffic.'
The customary "tweet. twe-e-e-et.
twee-e-e-et" will be eliminated and a
single blow of the whistle will be
used to halt traffic and a double
blast will start traffic moving.
Sergt. Joseph D. Harrington, vet
eran traffic officer, who began as
bicycle policeman, has been set up
as a model by Inspector Arthur E.
Miller.
To Halt "SideshOw Antics"
Inspector Miller said Maj. Kelly
gave his approval OF the school to
stop the under the breath whistle
and the one-finger beckoning to
traffic" He said some policemen
flag their arms in manner that
few motorists understand The an
tics of some officers directing traffic
amounts to a sideshow," he de-
clared.
Sergt. Harrington. whose execu-
ton of trafflc signals, according to
Inspector Miller, has only been ex-
celled by that of the late Inspector
Benjamin Lamb. will demonstrate
Thursday for an hour before classes
which started yesterday.
The proper manner for directing
traffic, Inspector Miller said, is for
the policeman to face the stopped
traffic and move his arms in slow
motion to flag traffic cn-but not
too slow. In halting traffic he
should blow his whistle and turn to
face stopped traffic to see if the
intersection is cleared of pedestrians
before tagging the other traffic on.
Will Watch Pedestrians.
Under the curriculum Of the traffic
school, special attention will be
given to pedestrians. both to pro-
tect them and to help them CO.
operate with motorists.
Yesterdays session dealt with
traffic regulations, with 1t. Beverly
c. Beach as instructor, and on rules
of evidence with INSPECTOR H. c.
Callahan as instructor
Todays classes heard Inspector
Miller describe accident lnvestiga-
ton and It. M. r. Gore. enforce
ment to prevent congestion.
Tomorrow Inspector Miller will
again instruct the class on public
relations and policy and Inspector
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Trade Board Defers
Recommendation on
Parking on Mall Grass
Directors Await Study
By Parks Committee;
Back Airport Jurisdiction

The directors of the Washington
Board of Trade yesterday deferred
action on the recommendation of its
Traffic Committee that some of the
grassy areas of the Mall be used as
parking places.
The directors declined to act until
the subject had been studied by its
Committee on Parks and Recrea-
ton. The board did agree. how
ever, to recommendation that
parking be permitted on certain
streets and roads in the Mall, where
it is now prohibited.
Agreement was given in principle
to the bill to authorize the Dis
trict Commissioners to require and
regulate off-street parking by es-
tablishment of fringe parking lots.
The directors recommended, how
ever. that the bill be amended so
that some limitation should be
placed on the cost per square foot
Of land to be acquired for the lots.
The limitation should be at some
point which would prevent estab-
hshment of the municipal lots too
close to the downtown section and
thus be in competition with privately
owned lots, which ought to be pro-
tected. the directors felt. The bill
has already passed the House and
Senate hearings are now under way.
Urges More Meters.
The board reiterated its previous
stand that the use of parking meters
should be extended, and also sup
ported the Traffic Committee recon-
mendation that, because of present
conditions, it would be impractical
to ban all-night or all-day parking
in the business district. P. Y. K.
Howat. chairman of the TRAFFIC
Committee, presented its recon-
mendations.
On recommendation of the Avi-
alton Committee, headed by William
P. McCracken. jr. the directors re-
versed their position of a year ago
and voted to recommend that the
Washington National Airport be
placed within the jurisdiction of the
District. Other cities which were
served by airports outside their
jurisdiction found the lack Of gov
ernmental control undesirable, 1t
was said.
Urge Wage Control.
In voting in a referendum con-
Quoted by the United States Cham
Der Of Commerce, of which the board
is a member, the directors urged
that price control legislation of a
different character be substituted
for that now pending in Congress.
The board urged that the substi-
tute measure provide administration
of the legislation be placed in a
body of five members appointed by
the President and confirmed by the
Senate; that the measure should
subject the elements in the cost of
living to the same controls as in
dustrial materials and products;
that wage levels be controlled the
same as prices, and that a time
limitation be put on the control
period.
Fred A. Smith, president of the
board, presided. The meeting was
Aala at ths beAsd1 o8eoo - 1dD
e4oR 2Raf36t0R,
Evening star., 1941-11-04

The violin is sweet -throated
singer of the Italian Renaissance
to Albert Spalding, Americas noted
violinist, and he believes it to be
the instrument of song" to express
not only old, but also modern lyri-
ciSm.
In this day and age of angu-
larity," said the athletic-looking vir-
tuoso yesterday as he prepared to
appear with the National Symphony
Orchestra tomorrow night at Con-
stitution Hall. Il don't think lyricism
is going out of style. I can't believe
that romanticism and lyricism have
disappeared completely"
The violinist, son of famous
sporting goods family, believes a
violin needs rest" so he has two
favorites, one Stradivarius. the
other Guarnerius. He will play the
latter tomorrow night. an instrument
over 200 years old, when he presents
both the Samuel Barber concerto
and the Mozart A-major violin
concerto Guarnerius was a rival
of Stradivarius, but made fewer vio-
lins. Spaulding explained. therefore
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Whitehurst Surprised by Plan
To Head Merged Traffic Set Up

The Commissioners proposal to
consolidate the Department Of We
hicles and Traffic and the Depart
ment of Highways under the direc-
ton Of Director H. c. Whitehurst
brought from him yesterday a state
ment that the plan came as "a COM
plete surprise
Capt. Whitehurst said he had not
been approached" on the proposal
and that further comment would
have to come from the Commission.
ers. The two departments con-
cerned, he added, now are work.
ing in close cooperation and are
virtually one division.
Under the plan of the Commis-
sioners, traffic enforcement would
remain in the hands of the Police
Department. but Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer would be-
come. a chief engineer under Capt.
Whitehurst. This would bring to-
gether two men with combined ex-
perience in the engineering field Of
more than three score years.
Served Army as Engineer.
Capt. Whitehurst, a native of Vir-
ginia, was graduated from the Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute with q
bachelor of science degree in elec-
trical engineering in 1906. and the
following year received similar
degree in mechanical engineering
At the outbreak of the World War
he entered the Army Engineering
Corps, attaining the rank of major.
After the armistice he was trans
ferred to the Regular Army as
captain.
He came to Washington in 1926 as
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
from Muscle Shoals where he had
been at work with Army engineers
on the massive Government project
there. Three years later he resigned
from the Army and his local post,
presumably to enter the private en-
gineering profession. but the Dis
trict, in order not to lose his sery-
ices, created the Office Of co-ordi-
nator and chief engineer, which he
accepted. In 1880 he was appointed
engineer of highways, a post left
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Two New Prince Georges
PARALYSIS Cases Reported

Two new cases of infantile
paralysis have been reported In
Prince Georges County, DR.. John
Byers, county health officer, said to-
day.
DR.. Byers said District health off,
cials reported yesterday that the vic
tins were a Capitol Heights man
now in District hospital and a pre-
school child in Silver Hill.
The last previous case reported
was on October IL at Beltsville. DR.
Byers said there are no other quar-
antine cases in the county now
A total of 40 cases has been re-
ported since July %, DR.. Byers said
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Jury Indicts Ewing
On Criminal Assault
Charge Made by Girl
Seeond-Deeree Murder
And MonsIoughter
Bills Name Four

The District grand jury today in
dicted Orman w. Ewing, former
Democratic national committeeman
from Utah, on a charge of crimi-
nallv assaulting a 19-year-old girl
on october 26 in room in the 100
block of Sixteenth street NV.
United States Attorney Edward NJ.
Curran said Mr.. Ewing would be ar
raigned in one of the criminal
courts Friday. officials in the
United States attorneys Office de-
clared they were arranging for an
early trial of the case.
Helen G.. Jackson, %. colored. was
indicted on charge of second de-
gree murder in allegedly causing the
death of 6-month-old infant, Jane
Blair, colored. by strangulation and
mutilation on September II in the
1900 block of California street NV.
Elmer w. Brooks. "a, colored. was
indicted on charge OF second de-
gree murder for allegedly causing
the death of Henry Washington. Sc,
colored by inflicting fatal knife
wounds on September 81 at Six-and-
a-half street and SEWERS court NV.
from which he died on October 16.
A charge of manslaughter was
preferred by the grand jurors
against Arthur L. Franks. 81. ac-
cused of the death of Roosevelt
James. 81. colored. on october 20,
with a revolver in an alley in the
rear of the 200 block of F street NV.
Oliver Henry Haynie, %, colored,
was indicted on charge OF man.
slaughter for allegedly causing the
death of Lottie Haynie, 20, colored,
on September with pistol in a
yard in the 400 block of Eighth
street SW
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: William H. Chinn,
Paul Miller and Harold w. Atkins,
grand larceny: Thomas E. Finney
and Charles w. Sanders, joyriding;
Joseph E. Thomas. William Hobbs.
Harry A. Butler, Richard B. Heck
ard Seymour Klein, housebreaking
and larceny: Lee Ling Sing, George
N. Baskerville, Raymond P. Hewlett,
Edna Mae johnson, Victoria R.
Golden and Rae Taylor, violation
of the Harrison Narcotic Act and
the Narcotic Drugs Import and Ex-
port Act.
Alvah K. Randall, William E.
Dyson and Albert j. Porter, viola
ton of the Marihuana Tax Act of
1887; Gladys c. Benfer, James T.
Stanton and Katie Lou Stegall.
forgery and uttering: Russell T.
jackson, false pretenses; Albert D.
Brown, pandering;- George j. Cha
conas, blackmail; Harold D. Reed,
robbery; Bennie Foster and Ber-
nard Johnson, assault with intent
to commit robbery: Walter Cum
ningham, Eddie L. Edwards, Frances
Moody, Alton Rome, Clarence O.
Bollinger, Ruth Collins, Alberta
Evans, Minnie Alexander, Earl A..
Nero, Lillian S. Williams and James
L. Ford, assault with a dangerous
weapon; William Henry Hansberry,
mayhem, and Melvin Criswell, carnal
knowledge,
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Mrs. Paul Magoffin
CoIIapses in Court

Mrs. Edith Magoffin, wife Of Paul
D. Magofin, football official, was in
Casualty Hospital today, suffering
from a stroke. following her collapse
yesterday in District Court.
She was taken i'll while on the
witness stand in the court of Justice
Matthew F. MCGUIRE in a case in
volving her suit for maintenance
and Mr.. Magoffin's suit, charging
desertion. The jurist, noticing she
was i'll. recessed court and Mrs.
Magoffln was taken outside by the
matron. Later she was found near
an elevator. unable to talk. Deputy
Coroner Richard M Rosenberg, who
happened to be in the building, or
dered her taken to the hospital
She lives in Southbrook Courts, 1920
Sixteenth street NV.
The Magoffins were married in
1914. Mr.. Magoffin is represented
by Attorney j. A. Sherier and his
wife by Attorney Austin F. Garfield.
Evening star., 1941-11-04

vacant by the resignation of c. B
Hunt. Two years later he was
named director of highways.
Capt. Whitehurst long has been
regarded as one of the ablest execu-
tives in the local Government. He
has been named to many important
committees and has been given
many extra jobs requiring execu-
tive talent. He was a member Of
the Kitchen Cabinet" which ad-
vised the Commissioners on the
Griffenhagen reorganization pro-
posals for a new municipal setup
and was given the task of organiz-
ing the Districts civilian defense
program prior to the appointment
by the Army of Col. Lemuel Bolles.
When the Griffenhagen proposals
calling for city manager we're
under consideration, Capt. White
hurst's name was among those un-
officially mentioned as a possible
nominee
Van Duzer Took Post in 1881.
Mr.. Van Duzer came to the Dis
trict of Columbia in 1881 on a pro-
bationary status as director Of
vehicles and traffic from the Penn
sylvania State Highway Depart
ment, where he had been employed
as an engineer since 1911. His ap-
piontment as permanent director
followed the next year.
The traffic director has had
charge of locating most of the city's
electric traffic signals and has fig
ured prominently in drawing regu-
lations to cope with the mounting
congestion problem, a part of which
concerned plans to stagger Govern
ment pay days.
With the cooperation Of the
Public Roads Administration, Capt.
Whitehurst directed and Mr.. Van
Duzer co-operated in an exhaustive
traffic survey that resulted in the
recent comprehensive Whitehurst
report calling for expenditure of
$44 900 900 in a long-range program
of Improvements to traffic arteries
of the city, including provision of
underpasses. bypasses and other
important engineering jobs.
Evening star., 1941-11-04

Police found the screen from the
kitchen window beneath an auto
mobile parked near the house. They
we're unable to get fingerprints.
Nothing in the apartment had
been disturbed, Mrs. Hoffman
pointed out. Two windows in her
bedroom were open at the time, so
that it would have taken some time
for the gas to fill the room enough
to affect her.
Mrs. Hoffman stated that the only
possible enemy she had was q COL
ored man who had been convicted
of stealing her automobile, but this
was over year ago and was when
she was living in another part of
the city.
Her daughter attends the Kings
man Elementary School.
Mrs. Hoffman said she and her
husband are separated.