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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22
Times Staff Man
To Join Army

Ray Thomas, 25, member Of the
Times editorial staff. will be in
Quoted into the army on June 30.
Thomas lives at 5410 Ternes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22
Urges 3 New Airports

Hammond urged the construc
ton of al least three new private
airports. capable OF hangaring anC
servicing 30 to 80 airplanes each.
although there are approx
mately 20 aIrpOrtS landing
strips and seaplane bases with
I'm a 25-mile radius Of Detroit"
he said. "all available hangar
space has been taxed to ca
pacity.
CONSTRUCTION Of new hangers
and expansion of runways mt
existing private airpOrts In this
area would stave off the acute
ness of the airport shortage.
Cites Recent Survey
"a recent survey shows there
are only two airports, Ave emer-
gency landing strips and one
seapIane base within the city
limits OF Detroit.
eff we are To keep our civilian
army Of private planes flying, II
is imperative that something he
done, and done soon, to provide
adequate ground facilities for
the fast increasing number OF
private plane owners In this
area"
Hammond pointed out that plans
are under way 10 organize a large
civilian pilot reserve. and lack OF
hangar space will be discouragine
TO such a move unless plans are
made Immediately TO correct the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-22

to the news editing staff.
His brother, Frank. %. is sched-
uled TO be indicted on July 30.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Governor. Dem
HiQh Command
Visit in City

Q interviewed at l pm. today
as he ate dinner at the Green
Tree with Ed Flynn, chairman
of the Democratic National Com
mittee, and Edmund G. Shields,
Democratic national committee
man from Michigan, Gov. Muir
ray D. Van Wagner described
his visit as purely unofficial"
Van Wagner said he and his
two companions stopped at
Mount Clemens en- route to Q
state central committee meeting
In Detroit because we heard the
food Is good here"
Van Wagner described poll
tics q out of season." Schields
concentrated on q plate of perch
and Flynn seemed slightly milf
ed when q Monitor reporter ask
ed him II he was Felix H. H.
Flynn, Of Cadillac, Q one time
state politician.
All three seemed to be in good
appetite. After all, their visit
was unofficial.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02

decisively for q departmental
proposal to invoke the rigid
marketing quota provisions of
the 1898 farm act to keep the
surplus production of this years
bread grain crop off the market
until IL might be needed.
Quotas on cotton and tobacco
were approved in referenda held
last winter.
Virtually complete returns
from the wheat referenduh gave
397,5 $50 votes for and o. 23
against quotas. This was slight
ly over 80 per cent, or far in
excess Of the necessary two
thirds.
BY approving quotas, wheat
farmers were virtually assured
q government wheat loan of IS
per cent Of parity-or about o.
cents q bushel-compared with
last years 50 per cent Of parity
or ~ cents Z bushel. The loans
were contingent upon approval
Of quotas and the availability
of funds. Legislation providing
loan funds y now pending in
congress.
Under quotas, farmers will be
limited to the sale Of wheat pro-
duced on their 1871 AAA plant
See QUOTAS-Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Peace Envelopes IraGI
REBEL EAlR FLEES INTO PERSIA:
BOY KING AGAIN ON
THRONE
THRONE

oCAIRO, Egypt, June 2-tR-
Iraq, heland Of oil, was 1t peace
today under British patrol.
Regent Emir Abdul Ilah was
back at the head Of the govern
ment from which he was ousted
by Rashid Ali Al Gallant In =
military coup that led to . month
of undeclared war with Britain.
The Arab forces Of Rashid All,
who fed last week from Bagh-
dad, laid down their arms under
an armistice effective ut 3 .. m.
yesterday.
There still were conflicting
reports Of the whereabouts Of
six-year-old Feisal II, king Of
the Iraqui. First he had been
reported carried Oh TO neishbor.
ing Iran (Persia) By Kashid Ali.
Later k was said ~ We me
In the lraQ capital.
"a British radio report heard
last night by CHS declared,
however, that "at present IL
authorities In Baghdad have no
news Of the Whereabouts q the
boy king" although N had ben
presumed" 10 b safe q Da9h-
dsd.)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
200-MiIe Wide
Channel May
e5wepi Open
Hourly Schedule
Could Sweep the
Seas, Expert soys
By DEVON FRANCIS

ny DDv OlN C1S1ANSA0
LOUISVILLE, KY, June D
(R-A spokesman for the Amer
lean Aircraft Industry today
proposed that long-range, four
engine bombers deployed across
the Atlantic on an air highway
200 miles wide "can help TO
solve the convoy problem"
In an address prepared far
delivery before the annual con-
vention of the National Aero
nautic association, John n. Jou-
EFT, of Washington, d. G., presi-
dent Of the Areonautical Cham
Der of Commerce.. said, "Sent
out from bases on this side Of
the Atlantic, departing on some
thing like every-hour on the
hour schedules, they can carry
enough heavy bombs to sink
large ships.
They can patrol . xig-xag
course over 4 convoy route, say
200 miles wide, oil IN. way, -
England with = fxif chance 81
spotting and destroying surface
or sub-surface raiders that might
be lurking within striking dis
See BOMBERS-Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Toughs Injure
Six al Park
Detroit Youths
Wreck Concession

oSheriffs deputies and state
police today were seeking a mob
OF youths who wrought havoc n
the Stanton Welsh Park near
Utica Sunday morning and in
jured at least six patrons in
brutal attacks.
Sergt. Edgar Welsch, Of the
Romeo post Of the state police,
said that q beer garden on the
park was demolished by about
10 youths, who pummeled pa
irons with black jacks and brass
knuckles.
At least six persons were
treated for injuries by q Utica
physician, police said, following
the violence.
Employees at the park said that
the mob, composed of youths
from Is to Is years Of age, also
partially destroyed q shooting
gallery before they fled in auto
mobiles toward Detroit when
See PARK-Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Army Makes Try.Ol1t
OPENING OF GIANT MANEUVERS
PRELUDE TO INTENSIVE
WAR

Generals, colonies, majors and
captains wrote and dispatched
field orders from corps head
quarters down through divisions
to brigades-two or more regi-
ments. But only q few Of the
$4,000 troops encamped in the
hills and valleys moved. They
operated the communications
net.
The trial enabled officers to
familiarixe themselves with
strange terrain and to lessen the
possibility Of piling up men and
motors when the divisions take
up their positions sometime
Tuesday.
The Army wants to know how
quickly it, modern divisions can
move. Safely and on schedule
the Sth division Travelled from
Fort Custer, Mich, the 9Th
from Fort Mcclellan, Ala, and
the 30th from Fort jackson, s.
c. Now the divisions are TO
show how effectively they can
move over strange terrain, un-
der simulated combat conditions.
Only . few thousand Of the
- 4AN8uvERS-Pags 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Police Seek
StrOng-Arn
Band of Four

"a 32-year odd Mount. Clemens
resident was so poorer today
and otherwise bruised" because
~ $riedt terinasboOds ID ~ argnJ
ment on 4 city street Saturday
night.
Questioned at st. Joseph's hos
pital-where he was recuperat-
ing from injuries-the man told
police that four unidentified
men Jumped" on him when he
tried to calm two of them who
were engrossed in a heated argu-
ment.
The next thing I knew"
police quoted him as saying, II
found myself at the hospital
here"
He said that $50 in bills were
taken from his wallet between
the time he was attacked until
he entered the hospital.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
President Coins Wide
Priorities Law Powers


~ DOUGLAS D. CORNELL
Clyde PARK, N. r., June 2
|(R-President Roosevelt OBJ
tanned today power 70 speed the
production Of arms for Great
Britain and the United States by
imposing on American Industry
mandatory prioritiss Of wartime
scope.
Mr.. Roosevelt has signed .
bill, the Temporary White House
announced, under which manda-
tory prioritiee may - assigned
TO IN order oe contract Of any
foreign government brought
within ths terms q the lease
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Seek $4,000
in Two Suits
Crash Injuries
basis Of Claim

1.-TWO suits, each asking $40, 900
damages, were filed in circuit
court today on behalf of Glenn
Arthur Gibbs, eight year old
Chesterfield township youth, in
which Lloyd Reck, driver of the
car that struck the boy on New
Baltimore highway on May ~.
IL named rs defendant.
One suit was filed in the name
Of George Gibbs, father of the
injured boy; the other in the
boys name by the elder Gibbs,
his next friend.
The Gibbs boy was struck by
Reck's car Is the youngster At
tempted to cross the highway
after leaving a'school bus. Reck's
car threw the body into the path
Of another car, driven by Arthur
r. Heineman, who police absolve
from blame.
Louis Davis Is attorney for the
Gibbs youth.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Highway Crashes I axe
Heavy Toll in County
u INJURED, IN ADDITION TO
VICTIMS OF FATAL ACCIDENTS


oTour persons were killed and
At least 20 injured In q series of
weekend automobile crashes on
Macomb county highways,
bringing the 194l death toll to
80.
One crash claimed the lives of
q 26-year-old Richmond woman
and an eight-year-old Detroit
child, while two other accidents
claimed one victim each.
Over 20 persons were hospit-
allied over the last half of the
double holiday bringing the total
seriously injured since Memorial
Day to over 80. Law enforce
ment officers estimated that an
other Is or 80 persons were
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Germans Drive into SyriS
IS Is IS IS naAa, ~. n
Heavy Bombers May Screen Convoy Lanes Confer ill
Heavy British
Losses Claimed

OROME, June z-(R-vir-
ginio Gayda, authoritative Fa-
scist editor, estimated today
that Britain lost $4,000 men
killed or captured In the bat
tie Of Crete.
Gayda asserted that British
claims to have Withdrawn
1899 men BY sea were false
because, he said, Britain lack
ed ships and freedom Of &C.
ton TO transport 80 many.
His figure Of 45,o0e, based
on an estimate Of Is per cent
losses In IN original British
strength Of 6o,ooo, however,
did not account for the ether
$4,000 men.
(Previou1 uneffieiel Brit
ish estimates Had pl1eeA The
AGedlterranean Island defend
ers' 4etAl strength, British and
0feeh, ut 3o,eee).
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02

lend act, and In some cases, to
orders Of any government de-
partment or Of private industry.
Heretofore, only contracts
placed by the army and navy
could - given mandatory PRIOR
tiles BY the offlee q production
management - TIE agency 70
which Mr.. Roosevelt has dele
gated hts authority over priori.
ties.
Again TO bolster the arma-
ment program, the Chief Execu-
tive has signed bill 70 keep
iron ore feeding into steel plants.
Be- P0WERS-rags 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
MUCC Denies
compensation
toStfiIters

I ALI
Q Unemployment compensation
claims totalins 500, 900 for the
duration Of the Mount Clemens
Pottery plant strike were denied
to 1850 employees. . decision
handed down by the commisslon
indicated today.
Henry c. Reese, attorney for
the Pottery Workers Coopera-
tive, an unaffiliated union, sid
today individual notices Of ap-
peal would be prepared for
workers by him. The appeals,
he added, will be made within
See STRIKERS-Page 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02

slightly injured In crashes. but
were not hospitalized.
Three of this weekend's vic-
Tins were either killed or fat
ally injured since June /, and
police officers said that all ef-
forts would be made to halt q
repetition of the preceding
monthly tolls.
THE DEAD:
AGNES DONALDSON, as, Of
Richmond.
BEVERLY WALKER, 3. Of
Detroit.
JOE JANKowsKI, 81, Of
Hamtramck.
DONALD STARKEY, 81, Of
1899 Millar road, Clinton town
ship.
THE INJURED:
Hubert Donaldson, -, Of Rich
mond.
Doris Hurley, IL, Of Detroit.
Francis C. Wood, 50, Of Pom
tiac.
Earl Wormbacher, 81, Of Fras.
er.
Virgil l.. Should, 80, Of Royal
Oak.
william c. Prewith, IL, Of
Berkeley,
Peyton G. Page, II, Of Center
Line.
James Chapman, 81, Of De-
troit.
Juanita Page, 81, Of Center
Line.
Vernon Catron, 16, Of Detroit.
Ernest Huested, -, Of Hazel
Park.
Mrs. Della Huested, 80, Of
See TRAFFIC-Page :
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
State Police
.lIos' ! ! !, bolIIQl
WGrrsa Tesvsskip
css!'sblias Heltsd

oTwenty-two men, one IN
Ecorse public officials, were ar-
rested ilaxa series Of gamblinG
raids In Macomb and WaYnG
counties over ths weekend.
Stnts police reached into Ma
comb county Saturday afternoon
and arrested Edward James Nc
KennA, wel1-known Detroit
handbook operator. after ssixing
81 telephones, which offlcers
said were used % supply infor-
nation 10 bookies throughout
the district. Il J.
McKenna was TO face gaming
charges In Mount Clemens this
afternoon following his appear
ance before the Detroit Graft
Grand Jury. state police said.
The exchange was operated at
40S1 East Eight Mile road In
Warren township.
In another raid, conducted BY
officerS from the Wayne county
prosecutors office. Lester Vida.
37-year-old commissioners OF
public works In Ecorse, and II
others were arrested In . raid
staged on alleged gambling quar-
tiers above Z coffee shop In that
city.
State police also arrested four
men In Z raid on IN elleged
handbook on West Eight Mile
road, Oakland county, Saturday
afternoon. They were to face
charges In Pontiac today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Benson Ford
Ready 10 Go
44th on List Of
81 leovins Next Week

OBenson Ford, 81 year old
grandson of Henry Ford, stands
44th on the list of 81 men sched-
uIed to leave the Roseville NUM-
cipal building by bus on Wednes-
day, June IA, at 1855 a. m. for
Detroit, where they face induc-
ton into the army later on the
same day, DR.. Arthur w. Spring,
chief clerk for Macomb Draft
Board No. 2, said today.
Two volunteers head the list,
DR.. Spring said. Names of the Sc
lectees will appear in The Daily
Monitor tomorrow.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
1t Can be Done
in Is Minutes;
He Timed It.!

cit took just Is minutes to
transform . new automobile into
a flame-seared wreck.
Officers said that James Jen-
kins Of, Royal Oak, told them
he timed the performance" If
ter flames broke out under the
hood of his car while driving
on Schoenherr road Sunday
morning.
The car was completely de-
molished before fire equipment
reached the scene.
Jenkins escaped nnharmed.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Would Enable
Acquisition
OfPrOPerty

owASHINGTON, June 2LR
"A request for legislation au-
thorizing the President during
the national emergency to requi-
sition property Of any kind "ne-
cessary to the national defense"
was submitted 70 Congress TO-
day BY The war department.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Wheat Fdlhlers
QuQla{
ketsVend dunn
Shows Preference

WASHINGTON, June : Up,
Growers Of wheat joined pro-
ducers Of cotton and tobacco
today In granting the agriculture
department authority to control
the sales of their crops this year.
In a nationwide referendum
Saturday, wheat farmers voted
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02

British dispatches said u was
understood that the new IraQ
government would permit un-
restricted transit Of British
troops.
Rashid Ais refusal 70 grant
such permission after he seised
power April 4 led TO the out
break Of fighting May :. Under
" See RAQ-Rage 3
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02

oWith The Army in Tennessee,
June 2-{R-Officers Of units
in the Tennessee war games
made q trial run today.
Opening four weeks of defense
maneuvers over the central-state
Cumberland plateau, staffs of
three divisions In the Seventh
Army Corps swung into COM
mand post exercise, carrying out
all command details Of troop
movement without utilizing the
divisions themselves.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Grand NIufti Fans Revolt

oLONDON, June 2-QPo-A Berlin rodo broadcast heard
here sold today that the eIed Grand Mufti Of ersoe
who attempted to fan Mosern uprising oeoin Britain dur
ing the struggle with oq had arrived at Mosu to reoreon
ize Iroq resistance to the British
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
HilIer.D Due
Confer SHIN
Tinlsai||p!ass|
Lesdsrs Dslisvs6
confsrrins ovss
v. 5. Wav gsl3s

DGerman motofinod irn1S
troops were reported tp1on.
have landed st the port ~ 1 ~
kia, Syria, and tn Hsasi
nounced the removal tsl W
women and children ~ X
island Of Cyprus or ne "a
Syria, In anticipates u ~ ~
axis assault there folIoystn9 va
conquest Of Crete. ssG,IIs
A British CROWN cclony sli i
1914, Cyprus II IL thtr6 II
island In the 1eed x1
after Sicily and 0ardlai1 Y Sss II v
Dispatches frcm An 1
key, said the Gss1nass 611
landed On ths Syrian eoeGt W
20. arriving BY fre1D llltz IN 'is.s3
Trucks. armored eofS
bile field guns accoGnp
Maxi contingent. Mw10 u
Latakia Is due onss q ~ @
ern tip Of Cyprus. 81 ss1
These develcpun { XII W
even as Adolf Hit1ar m T I %
Mussolini contG1o NJ
hours with thar IN
tains 6 Bronnor l
momentpue dD(1olg & y
ma infSrm6 4 r.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Mediterranean Eliminated

oLONDON June 2-QF9-Nor developments Of the post
week. notably the foil of Crete and Vce-Premer Admiral
Dorons alignment of France with the axis, have virtually
eliminated the Mediterranean link between Briton and
the middle cost, qualified observers sold today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Woman knitted
I'm Quinn Reaa
Rest Gtlr0nt

"a so-ysar-st4 ~ s11gul1
womsn' ~ ~ - ~
Wssmdo - - o1( - =
~ heepl)nl ~
souohk NJ unl6oal l.
n Wo1D6n ~ 49, [
she was seohbe6 ~ = -
coloeod nm" wAlDo q
Browns ~ UneGoo 81
roe0 oose1Qe - ~
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02

Dspsl ~ !! !! !
Three 49,

oThree persoAg \
d0e bites over
sherifrs depart
veal. I'd
BY 4 large m
Phil Browns 6e6 II
Quinn rod -
while w. e. CIGnJ
troit, was attneIK1
walked along Jsftel
night. 4!
The third victim =
jured Saturday q
: dog ~ him W1
near u lutofouc W \
son and crot1 = W.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
CAPTAIN Jimmie to Return

oCAIRO Egypt June 2-9-Coptoin jones Roosevelt and
Major Gerod Thomas of the United Sotes Marines left yes
tedoy for home otter three weeks special observers with
Broin forces in the middle cost They here from the
Far Eost
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
British Troops ON Move

OCAiRO Egypt June 2-QP-Renewed octiVty by British
forces the Lbyon Eeyon border region where
threoten approach to Alexandra and Suez reported
today by the British middle east command. ------~
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
New British Bomber Crashes

osAN DIEGO, '-olf, June 2-tT-A Consolidated B-24
four-motored bomber ready for delivery to Greet Btoin
crashed in the bay today
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02

Macomb county farmers ap-
proved wheat marketing quo
tas Saturday BY . Is 70 -
vote, Cassius w. Thorington.
AAA administrator for Ma
comb county said today. Thor
ington pointed out the margin
Is only slightly In excess Of the
needed two1thirds majority.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
Gen. Weyeand i'm Vichy

oVlCHY, Unoceuped France June 2-QF1-Generol Max:
ine Weyeond arrived here Unexpectedly today by specio
plane from his command in North Africo to confer with Chief
of Stote Marshal Petoin
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-02
late X x X
bulletins
No Island sSafe'-GOerina

oBERlIN June 2-tP-RechsmorshoI Hermonn Wilhelm
Goerno declared tonight tot Noz poroehuss and orboe
troops who occupied Crete had proved before the whole world
the words Of the fuehrer Thot there ore no uneonqueobe
islonds"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-11
An Illness
Will Give
Warning
Mother Must Know
How Child Looks
In Good Health
Bv Leffice Lee Street,

Do YOU know exactly how your
baby or young child looks when
he is "in the pink? This may
sound like a very foolish question
to some of you mothers, but it
really is not. If you make yourself
familiar with your child's appear
ance when he is in good health,
YOU then are able TO detect quickly
the first signs of sickness.
Learn all you can about your
infant; watch his normal positions
while sleeping and how long he
sleeps at time, how much he kicks
and moves about when he is awake,
observe his normal skin-coloring
and moisture and watch elimina-
ton every day for any sign of upset.
How active is your toddler or s.
year old when he is feeling fine?
Do you recognize his average moods
of gaiety, depression and interest?
Do you remember how long he
sleeps and If he has a good appetite
and how much he is accustomed to
eat?
Some Of the danger signals Of APP
preaching Illness in an infant can
be: Refusal Of food, change of COL
or, restlessness or inertia. rash. dis
charge from the nose or eyes, fever,
rapid breathing or cough, excessive
crying, pain, distended abdomen,
diarrhea or constipation"
If any such signs are present the
baby should be put into a WELL
aired room and other children kept
away from him. If the sickness
proves to be contagious this lessons
the chance of the others catching
| it. But even if it is not, a sick
baby or child should be left alone
with whoever is taking care of him.
The family should not come into the
room and further add to his discom-
fort through their activity.
If your baby is really sick call a
doctor without delay, and until he
arrives, keep your head and control
your emotions. Do not hold him or
rock him. but leave him quietly in
his own bed Perhaps the touch
of your hand may comfort him,
but it is best not to hold him,
since he is apt to become over
heated in your arms.
Write down his temperature and
other signs for the doctor to see.
Stop all food, especially if there is
diarrhea, and give boiled water in
small quantities every hour until the
doctor comes. If the baby vomits
/ lessen the amount of the water and
/ give it less often. 1t is very i'm
portant for any one who is sick to
drink some water in order to main
/ tain the fluid balance of the body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-11
Eliminating
Confusion
InLetter
Status of Writer
To Be Shown
By Signature
BY Emily Past

A man writes me a complaint
about the confusion caused by
women in business who, he says,
ARE every day signing their names
to business letters either just as
Mary Smith or M. A. Smith with
no clue to strangers as to whether
they are Miss or Mrs. In fact" he
adds, sometimes it is impossible to
know definitely whether the writer
of the letter signed M. A. Smith is
even a woman. If the letterhead
offers no clue then how is one sup
posed to address a return envelope
to such a persona"
The answer to this is a fixed one.
When no name is given except
Mary Smith" it is taken for granted
that she is Miss Mary Smith" M
A. Smith" without further eXplana-
ton, would be addressed Mr." II
M A. Smith wrote under the letter
head of alwoman's organiza ton and
your question is whether she is Mrs
or Miss, again when in doubt you
address her as Miss. Perhaps if a
sufficient number of women receive
letters incorrectly addressed it will
remind them to include sufficient
information for a correct return
envelope. This is really more incon-
venient than serious.