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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-26

HOWEVER, even Dickens and
i i Shakespeare are not a. purely
perfect as the sheet of kleeneN.
There is that dreaded action"
in the writings of both.
There is sometimes certain
amount OF "lurid color"
There are wicked people who
in the interests of justice and
morality, however, are usually
properly punished, and good folk
who are duly rewarded.
There Is on occasionS-we are
forced to- admit--SOme regrettable
grewsomeness like the murder OF
the little princes in the tower
aid there are even ineNcusabIe
instances depicting 1.-THE abduc-
ton OF children" as in the case
of little Oliver Twist.
Dear, dear! What are we going
TO do to find the right kind OF
reading for tho young"
II Is easy enough to find read
ing that is innocent enough fol
the children, but 10 find anything
vapid enough for the very esti
mable but "unco guild" Mrs Null
berry,-that Is a different matter
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-26
IN THE NEWS
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toned Stern-NheeIer At T Y n
prosaic butter and eggs 10 a
nearby market.
1t was all very disillusioning.
Your youthful adventurer was
terribly disappointed - the more
so when his grandfather arrived
and led him back 10 the farm by
the ear.
Evening star., 1941-09-10
Repair Priority Plan
Announced by Nelson

Donald M. Nelson. defense priori-
ties director, put into effect today a
plan for granting preference rating
assistance for repair work in 20
essential industries.
The plan, designed to keep de-
fense activities at full speed, takes
the place of the maintenance and
repair order drawn up by o. p. M.
month ago, but never issued be
cause of administrative difficulties
In handling the paper work it would
have involved" 1t allows concerns
to apply for high priority to obtain
deliveries OF necessary repair parts
through indorsing special state
ment on purchase orders certifying
that the material being ordered is
for repair work.
Industrial classifications covered
In the order are:
Fire, police and highway mainte-
nance; carriers, including trucks.
buses and railroads; chemicals, coke
converting, educational institutions.
explosives, farm machinery and
equipment, food processing or stor-
Ing, highway maintenance equip
ment, hospitals, lumber plants,
metallurgy, mines and quarries,
newspapers, petroleum production,
commercial radio. research labora-
tories, rubber and rubber products,
shipyards and ship repair yards, and
telephone and telegraph communi-
cation.
Evening star., 1941-09-10
Two Merchant.Ships
Damaged in Suez
Area, Naxis Say
ConoI Zone Airport
Also Is Attacked,
Berlin Reports
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN Sept. 10.-Two more
merchantmen have been damaged
in the Suez Canal zone by German
air assaults, the high command re-
ported today.
A bomb hit, it said, was scored on
a freighter in Great Bitter Lake,
part of the canal system, and an
other merchant ship damaged in
the Gulf of Suez below the canal.
Both attacks were made Monday
night when German raiders also at
tackled the canal zone airport of
Abu SER, the communique said
Again hammering on British
Mediterranean defenses, the COM
munique said, the Luftwaffe raided
airports and rail facilities in North
ern Egypt and port facilities of the
besieged British-held Libyan port of
Tobruk last night.
Informed sources also said a
destroyer had been damaged off the
African coast in altitude Ger
man air attack yesterday.
Most air blows on the Russian
front, they said, were directed on
rail lines in the middle sector. They
declared 20 Russian planes were
dnu,nof in that oroo
Evening star., 1941-09-10
New Civilian Plants
Requiring Strategic
Materials Are Banned
S. P. A. B. Temporarily
Denies Expansion
For Tennessee Factory
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Industrial expansion TO meet
purely civilian demand was forbid
den today by the Supply Priorities
and Allocations Board If the
planned expansion would require
the use of large quantities of ma
terial critically needed for defense.
The policy was established by
S. P. A. B. in the temporary denial
of proposal to expand the plant
Of the Tennessee Eastman Corp. at
Kingsport. Tenn, manufacturer
of plastics.
Hundreds of similar applications
are on hand" the board said. and
no single one can properly be
granted until it is known how much
of a drain on scarce materials
would be involved in granting all
of them"
The Tennessee plant would have
provided plasticS capable of re-
placing 100000 pounds of alumni
mum, 100000 pounds of chrome
nickel-plate dsteel, 5000 900 pounds
of stainless steel and $4,000, 900
pounds of zinc, but the board held
Evening star., 1941-09-10

We have been entirely pleased
with the performance and economy
of oar G-E OH Furnace. Our saving
over the year before has been fully
$50, plenty Of reliable heat and an
abundance Of hot !resI hctl water.
eheerfslly recommend the G-E OH
Furnace" orrs n nApwrp
Evening star., 1941-09-10
Dr.. Gooch Heads Section

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Sept.
10 (P). DR.. Robert Kent Gooch,
professor of political science at the
University of Virginia, has been ap-
pointed to head the regional sec
tion on Western Europe in the Of
flee of the co-ordinator of informa-
ton at Washington. He was granted
leave o. absence from the university
to assume his post under Col. Will
liam j. Donovan, director of the CO.
ordinator's ofice.
Evening star., 1941-09-10

HeRE'S WHAT keieMeokS SAri
"Our total saving in hot
water, fuel, oil and electricity
has been at least $125 yearly.
We certainly appreciate
the cleanliness, comfort and
safety of the G-E Furnace"
GEORGE Z. MARBLE
Evening star., 1941-09-10
|. 5. U. 10 Offer Course
In Military German
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE. La. Sept TO-
A language course in military Ger.
man will be offered military stu
dents at Louisiana State University
for the first time this year.
DR.. Robert T. Clark, acting head
of L. S. us department of Ger
manic languages, declared cadets
in the university's Reserve Officers
Training Corps would find the in
struction useful as means of
studying official German military
reports.
The course is to be taught BY DR..
r ! =. Krumplemann, an Ameri-
can Army officer during the first
World War and an assistant pro-
feSSor of German.
Evening star., 1941-09-10

come to a definite suggestion as to
what the isolationists want TO do
about the business was that of the
Senate Subcomittee's chairman, Sen
ator d. Worth Clark. He suggested
that perhaps the industry should be
required to produce movies on both
sides of the international question.
This. l presume, means that since
Chaplin made laughable carl
cature of Hitler, the industry should
be forced TO employ Charles Laugh
ton to do the same on Winston
Churchill"
Evening star., 1941-09-10

that immediate construction of the
plant was not advisable
The construction job. board of1-
cials said. would have required the
use OF large amounts Of critical ma
terials, including stainless steel,
which is inadyisable in view of AN
expected early winter increase in
demand for nickel for armor plate
and ordnance items"
Evening star., 1941-09-10
Heavy Aerial Blows
Reported by Italians

ROME, Sept. 10 Op,.-Heavy aeria,
blows and counterblows by Italian
and British air forces in the Med
iterranean war zone were reported
by the Fascist high command today
British planes, it said, raided
Reggie Calabria in Southern Italy
and Messina, across the strait in
Sicily.
Italian planes were said TO have
bombed harbor works at Famagusta
on the British Island of Cyprus
and Haifa, causing fires and big
explosions in Oil plants in that
Palestine port.
Weather Stops r. A. F.
LONDON, Sept. 10 CP.-Bad
weather halted Royal Air Force
offensive operations over the con-
tinent and German attacks on Eng
land during the night.
Evening star., 1941-09-10
Movies Are Called
War Mass Meetings
By Senator Clark
Missourion Declares
Producers Deliberately
Spread Propaganda

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
Detroit Scandal
Reaches USHA
Times star Correspondent

WASHINGTON. March 20
United States Housing Authority
officials are sympathetic and in
,erested" in the investigation of
the awarding OF an $500, 900
housing contract in Detroit which
has resulted in the indictment of
two Detroit councilmen and the
confession of one that he accepted
graft.
Acting Administrator Leon II.
Keyserling, who Is heading the
USfIA during the illness Of Ad-
ministrator Nathan Strauss, de-
clined to state today whether the
award was being investigated by
the USHA or the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
He pointed out that the USHA,
deals only with regularly consti-
tuted local housing authorities and
not with general or sub-contrac-
tors. The USHA contributes loans
Or grants to the local authority,
which pays all contractors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
Fire 10 Stay Neutral,
Keep lis Powder Dry

WASHINGTON. March 20
(INS)-Eire is going to remain
neutral. but any country attempt
ing TO attack the Emerald Isle will
get "a good punch in the nose. T"
Frank Aiken, Fire minister for Co
ordination of defense, asserted
today.
Ireland will refuse 10 grant Eng
land use of island naval bases.
said Aiken. who IS in Washington
trying TO buy arms. munitions and
foodstuffs for his government.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
Actor on RCAF Leave

HOLLYWOOD. March 20. -
INS)-On leave from the Royal
Canadian Air Force, Patri C
Knowles, screen actor. was visit
ing friends in the film colony to-
day. Knowles, is an instructor in
the air force. lie enlisted eight
months ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
graft, has never been rumored 10
be corrupt.
LITTLE TICKET FIXING

$50 Ii Is with the other de-
partments. As far as 1 know
there Is even very little traffic
ticket fixing-and certainly IL
has not reached the point that 1t
did In Cincinnati when there
were two lines in the violations
bureau--one for persons getting
tickets fixed.
"Most important, there Is no
boss control In Detroit. Our
election system Is outstanding
among all the cities in the
country.
"Our voters are the ones who
control the city government. BY
intelligent voting they can help
10 give the city clean govern
ment-and that IL a privilege
not afforded To the voters in
many machine-controlled cities"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
COULD CALL ELECTION

Corporation Counsel Paul f.
Krause and his assistants have re-
ceived several queries on the
matter already.
II definitely has been determined
that the council can fill the vacan-
cies of Hamilton and Ewald by
calling a special election. If an
election is not called, the places
automatically will be filled at the
primary and general election next
October and November when full
council will be elected.
In any event. special election
cannot be called for so days and,
as the charter requires that the
budget must be approved by April
8. any such election would have
no bearing on the passing of the
budget.
It is also definite that the vacan-
cies cannot be filed by appoint
ment.
The loss of two councilmen for
at least so days also brings other
confusions in council activities.
Since a majority of elected men,
bers is necessary 10 pass any
measure, three of the remaining
councilmen could hold up passage
Of any measure.
In addition, any further loss OF
councilmen by death. resignation
or any other reason would in
crease still more the power of the
mayOr.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
ASKS MORE AUTHORITY

ASKS MORE AUTHORITY
His only suggestion for improve
ment is for greater Capitalization
of authority in the office of mayor,
and Detroit's mayor already has
more power than that of almost
any other chief executive Of any
city in the country.
A change in the number of
councilmen or the manner of their
election would do no good. he says.
at Is all very well to say that
better men should run for public
Office, but how are you going to
get the better men TO do it," he
asked.
"In order 10 be elected n man
must spend months In a heated
campaign; spend his days and
nights addressing every little
political or fraternal group that
will hear him; subject himself TO
all sorts of personal abuse from
his opponents.
CENTRALIZE CONTROL
sWho wants TO do that?
Certainly no capable execu-
tive with a good Job and n
steady salary"
What then is the solution,
Apparently the only answer
Il 10 centralize control In the
hands Of q well-paid, carefully
selected Individual and hope
that he will be guided only by
the best interests of the people,"
Doctor Epson declared.
IAN this Is rather abstract
question OF governmental philos-
ophy. but there In q tendency on
the part Of all legislative bodies
20 become less responsible to the
voters.
"City councils. state legisIa-
lures and even our federal Con-
gress can be influenced greatly
by minority groups. Speaking In
general. the bigger q city be-
comes. the more active are its
minority groups. They do not
appear TO be so successful In in
fiuencing one strong executive"
In support of his statement that
Detroit is still the "best-governed
city in the United States" Doctor
Upson declared that there have
been no scandals in administrative
departments in recent years.
MINORITY GROUPS ACTIVE
"Ninety per cent OF n good
government IL administration
and only 10 per cent Is legisla-
ton" he said.
a few years ago there WAS
the Tyler scandal, but that was
a matter of stealing money from
the public till and not direct
reflection upon the city govern
ment.
There have been no scandals
In the board of education. There
Is very little evidence OF corrup-
ton or contractor control In the
building department or the de-
partment OF public works.
"The situation In the police
department IL an unhappy scan
dial, but I remember that five or
six years ago an investigation
was made of the Chicago police
force and IL was recommended
that the entire force, from the
superintendent to the lowest
patrolman. be dismissed.
There Is not the slightest EVIL
dence Of corruption in the asses
sor's Office and this department
IL always ridden by graft In q
corrupt city government. The
fire department Is also clear of
scandal, the purchasing depart
ment, often a fertile field for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
Latest
Nightmare
in TyCOON'S
FEUD Nth Wife

A couples FIRST clash
was yer the hus-
bands disbelief that
his mate was in a
trance duri & her
tour with an aviator
but II was his
turn to do the incred-
ihle when he dived
out OF a window. leav-
ing a frightened bru-
nette to greet his
wife's raiding party.
Read about it in The
A m erican Weekly
with this coming Sun
days issue of The
Detroit Sunday Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
Still Best u. s. City
Graft Weary Detroiters Cheered by Doctor Epson,
Who Says Our Government Is Better-Regardless

Graft weary citizens of this one
time city of champions" today
may take heart and gather cour-
age for the trials ahead in the
following cheering words of DR..
Lent d. Upson. director Of the
Detroit Bureau Of Governmental
Research:
Even II all the charges made
by the grand jury are true, De-
troit il still the best governed
city In the United States" he
declares.
Graft. according to Doctor Up
son. is inevitable-Just like death
and taxes.
PRICE OF DEMOCRACY
ut Is the price we pay for
democracy" he explained.
"Our only other choice Ii
totalitarianism. 1t should be
comforting TO consider that q
Hitler or q Goering would prob
ably take far more graft than q
Councilman John Hamilton"
For slightly more than 25 years.
Doctor Epson has been head of the
Bureau Of Governmental Research
and. despite grand jury findings,
Detroit is a cleaner city than 1t
was during his first decade in
office, he declares.
In fact. he is resigned TO the
fact that Detroit is about as free
from graft as it is possible to
make il.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
Jeffries' Budqet
Almost Certain
To Pass Now

The indictment OF Councilmen
John Hamilton and Robert G.
Ewald virtually assures passage of
the budget as prepared by Mayor
Edward J. Jeffries Jr.
Under the provisions of the city
charter. the unanimous vote of the
remaining seven members of Com
mon Council would be necessary
TO make any increase in the budget
of S6S, $40. 74S to be raised by direct
taxation.
The city charter requires seven
council votes to override the may
or's veto of budget. Other vetoes
require only a two-third vote to
override.
The budget is considered very
conservative and is only slightly
above this years figures, but con-
siderable pressure has been put on
council members by labor organi-
cations 10 have them vote pay
raises for virtually all branches of
tho Y1ntiniCinal caf-ViOa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-20
NEED ALL VOTES

In the event council does insert
any substantial increases, the
mayor could veto these increases
and then council. by the provisions
of the charter, would have to vote
its full remaining seven votes to
override the mayors veto.
Thus, the adverse vote of one
of the seven remaining council
men would prevent overriding the
mayors vetoe on a budget mat
ter. On any other matter, an adj
verse vote of two of the seven
councilmen could prevent the veto
being overridden.
Where the charter provisions
call for the vote of a majority"
the point has been raised whether
majority means majority of the
full nine members or majority
of the remaining seven.
II is generally accepted. how
ever. that the wording of the
charter, "a majority of the men,
bers elected" means a majority of
the nine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04

world, ik yields no food, drink, cloth. ing. shelter nor ornament.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
SEEK CREWS FOR
 DEFENSE VESSELS
Local Naval Recruiting Of. flee Instructed to Accept
 Special EnrOllees

c. L. Murphy, Chief Boatswaln's Mate, U. s. Navy, local Navy Re- cruiter officer said this morning "the Navy is accepting applications for enlistment in the U. s. Naval Reserve Glass M-2 of experienced men of off-shore fishing and coastal vessels. These men would be avall- able, he said, to the Navy in case of war. It Is intended that person.
 mel of this group will be utilized h manning local defense vessels. Ap- plicants must be American citizens, of good character between the ages of l7 and 50. Advanced ratings will be given to qualified applicants. Murphy stated men enlisted in my branch of the United States Naval Reserve are placed in Q deferred (exempt) classification under the Selective Training and Service Act. For further information in regard to thiS class of service communicate with the Navy Recruiting officers, Post Office Building, Waterbury or to the headquarters Of the Com inan&ant, Third Naval District, Fed- eral Office Building, 90 Church St., New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
Indignation Mounts
 In Hit-And-Run Case
No Clues Uncovered By Police in Death of Jean Will.
 cox, lS-Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon

NaugAtuck, June &-There were no new developments this morning In the hunt for the hit-and-run driver who fatally injured Miss Jean Lee Wilcox, is, of Brook street, Union City, early Tuesday morning on Wooster street.
 Public indignation over the aet mounted. Miss wilcox died at st. Mary's hospital, Waterbury yester- day afternoon. It was learned from Q reliable source that no clues have been turned up yet, despite intense work by local and state police.
 There was no shattered glass near the accident, and although Q check up was made to see whether or not any damaged cars had been reported at garages, apparen'ssv 1t was un- Availing.
 The car was believed heading south on Wooster street and ap- parently was on Its right side of the road. The Wilcox girl was walking on the left side of the street and markings on the roadway show that the girl was dragged SS feet, police said.
 There is no doubt among otticials that the driver of the car knew he hit the girl and deliberately con- tinued on, for the injuries to the girl were the result of q strong im- pact. As no glass was broken 1t is possible that a fender hit the girl.
 She had been to the movies with Miss Eunice Fruin, l8, of City It'll street Monday night and upon leav- ing the movies, they walked to Union City. Miss Wilcox left Miss Fruin at the latter's home and continued on to her own home, which is less than 10 minutes walk away from the Fruin home.
 Many comments of sorrow were heard last night when news of the girls passing became known, and in addition there was much criticism of the car driver for failure to stop The accident happened on Q corner on Wooster street,
 Funeral Thursday
 The funeral of the girl will he held tomorrow afternoon at 2,S0 from the Alderson funeral home, 20l Meadow street, Rev, Arthur r, Lewis, rector of St, Miehael's Episcopal church, will oftieiate. Burial will be in Grove cemetery,
 Miss Wilcox was born July II, 1923 in New York City and was 6 grad- uate of the class of l940 of the Naugatuok high school, She had also attended the Larson Junior college, New Haven, Since February, she had been employed in the office of tho Carlson Furniture company.
 She leaves her grandparents, Mir, and Mrs, stephen H, Wilcox and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
APPRAISAL FILED
 INPROBATECOURT
Late Mrs. Mary E. Broth. CTS Left Assets Valued
 at $4l,263.64

An inventory of the estate of the late Mary E. Brothers of this city, filed in Probate Court today, dis- closes an appraisal of $4l, ,2so,64, The amount was arrived at from per- sonal property in the possession of the deceased, and from four pieces of property valued at $e,42000, $i3,- 10000, $i2,500,00, and $3 10000. Per- sonal property was set at $S,743 .64.
 Mrs. Brothers, who died March 2sth this year, after long illness was the widow of the late Frank Fl. Brothers. Mrs. Brothers was Q resi- dent of Waterbury for fifty years, The deceased resided at AS Willow street.
 Four sons: Walter L. Brothers, Francis A., Alton F., of Waterbury, and Albert T. Brothers of Bridge- port, and two daughters, Mrs. George Rabbott, Naugatuck, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04

Mrs. Llnford Parker, New York city, survive the deceased.
 Provisions of the will call for dis- tribution of the estate among the children of Mrs, Brothers. Walter L. Brothers is eXecutor.
 Property listed in the inventory includes land at 4i6-420 South Main street, Waterbury, valued ct $l9,- 005,00, less a mortgage of $i0,- 585y00; 36-40 State street, Water- bury, valued at 25,500,00, less q mortgage of $l3,o0000; 44s Willow street, appraised at $8,20000, less Q mortgage of $S,000,0O; and property in Naugatuck placed at $l9,00S,00, subject to mortgage of $l0,5s5,0 ,00.
 Personal property included stocks, bank depsoitS, and an insurance policy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04
DOM NARDOzzI < DINNER GUEST
Purse Presented Future Army Inductee at Water.
 vile Gathering

Domenio NardozSl was recipient of a purse ct Q stag party in water vile Monday evening. The honored guest will soon leave to be inducted Into the army. The presentation was made by ToastlnaSter George Olson.
 Entertainment was furnished by David Hubhell, guitarist; William I.onergan and Walter Darlington, pianists; and Rico dentilo. clarinet Ist.
 Attending were: Harold Phelan, Edward Murphy, John Mccarthy, John A. Ruzinkovlc, Paul J. Vinci, John Wrenn, Michael Haggerty, Carmen DeCosmo, David Hubbell, Jack Grady, John Mccarthy, George olson, Frank Frederick, Jiggs Dona- hue, Larry Shea, Walter Darlington, Howard Gay, Domenic NardozEi. William Lonergan, Louis Giordano, Otto Kenny and Rico Gentilo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-04

The Senior Scout Patrol will meet this evening at 7:l5 o'clock to make plans for their outing Sat- urdAy.