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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23
Chief Problem TO Widen
Some, Build Up Shoulders,
U. S. Report Says
BY THEODORE A. HUNTLEY
Times star Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Uncle
Sans strategic network" of de-
Tense highways, as emphasized in
federal planning for rapid move
ment of troops and army equip
ment in case of need to any part
of the country, is for most prac-
teal purposes already an accom-
pliShed fact.
An exhaustive report on the
whole subject of defense highways
by the Federal Public Roads Ad-
ministration discloseS that the
chief problem in this field is to
widen some highways, build wider
shoulders on others, reSurface a
few and strengthen inadequate
bridges and culverts. Otherwise
the present highway system though
not completely adequate for both
normal and wartime traffic. will,
in the opinion of the planners, do
very well as it stands.
AS so designated by war and
navy departments in their own
reports on routes regarded as of
principal Importance in the defense
scheme. the strategic network con-
SiStS broadly of related main trunk
routes totaling approximately "a
600 miles, and Tauxiliary roads
roughly parailehng these on both
sides. with frequent cross connec-
: ions
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23
Yellow Truck Engineer
Takes War Dept. Post

!. b. Babcock. president end
general manager of the Yellow
Truck and Coach Manufacturing
Company. has announced that C.
A. Green, in charge of engineering
activities since the formation of
the company. has been appointed
consulting engineer TO the secre-
tary Of war. Green will devote an
increasing amount Of his time to
national defense matters. c. o..
Ball will replace him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23

mysterious OF all lOfmS or nght-the
light of the mind. CONSCIOUSNESS.
Light is more important and vital
TO us than anything else because without
the light OF the sun and without that
interior sun we call the mind there
could be no life at all. at least, nothing
OF what we know as human life, or even
animal life.
Along these lines. I have two I'M
usual and fascinating books before me
THE TORCH OF CIVILIZATION: THE
STORY OF MANS CONQUEST OF
DARKNESS (by Matthew Luckiesh of
the General Electric Company-Putnam)
and MIND THROUGH THE AGES:
A HISTORY OF HUMAN INTELLI-
GENCE" (by Martin Stevers-Double-
day-Doran).
Mr.. .Luckiesh's book tells us the
story OF the evolution of artificial light,
from the first man who looked with
saucer-eyed wonder at the hrefy and
puzzled his brain how he might make
such tiny night-sun for his own use.
right down TO the present day, when we
are challenging the sun itself land also,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23
Buy $4,000 in Bodies

The General Baking Company
Bond Bakers announced through
George L. Morrison. president.
that II soon would take delivery
here on l42 custom-bullt motor
ear bodies worth $50 OO0 ordered
from the Transportation En-
gineerS. Inc, Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23
Many Welding Operations

To perform all the welding OPP
erations on Chrysler all-steel
body. BAT pieces of welding equip
ment are required. There are $3.50
spot YIELDS. lbs inches of arc weld
ing and 50 inches of gas welding on
each BODY,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23
Challenge TO Man

what We do and fail 10 do In
dealing with these problems will
determine not only our immedi-
ate future, but the rating which
future generations will give us
in history.
Let us try now to see how
we measure up against this
challenge"
Mind is the light of the world.
And that light can only be
kept ablaze if the forces of free
dom and democracy overcome
the great blackout of totalitar-
ian forces.
1t is up 10 Man 10 save
MIND-LIGHT,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23

10 be taking a nosedive into a
black valley.
or this nosedive, Doctor
SteNers says:
I'VE Of today need not be
told what a PandOra's box Of
trouble the World War Embossed
upon mankind.
Drag on Progress
"Not only did the destruction
OF life and wealth place a heavy
drag upon progress In Europe
and kindie rancors which boiled
over again In 1888; the war
brought to oninous thunder
heads all the tiny clouds In
economic and social affairs
which had seemed 80 trifiing be-
fore 1914. Boom and, depression
on world Wholesale: unem-
ployment and social unrest; de-
probation and downright col
lapse Of currencies--these tested
the nineteenth century pattern
of Industry and commerce until
some observers wondered
whether IL would stand the
strain. And then, as n caps.one
of trouble, came the most dan
gerous hare-up In modern times
of the Outworn ambition to con-
fine mankind once more within
the paralyzing pattern Of the
anthill state.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23
hooks on Light and Mind
Mans First Glimmerings
Traced Through the Ages
BY BENJAMIN DE CAssEREs

WHEN think something important
to all human beings and than lodging
clothing
What could that be?
Simply, LIGHT.
There roughly three kinds of lights the light get
from the the artificial light
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23
Candle Is Complete


Behold the humble candle,
Gas-light, arc-lights and sun
light may come and go, but the
candle goes on forever. Why?
Here it is:
Long before the Christian era
the candle was born. Consider
ing simplicity aud portability,
II II the most remarkable light
source that was ever invented
until thefmodern age OF science.
1t Is more than n light source.
1t Is complete lighting plant
with no waste parts. All Of IL IL
consumed In the process OF pro-
ducing light. II can be carried
In the pocket and can he stored
Indefinitely almost anywhere.
Ii can he transported In boxes.
No tanks are necessary as In the
transportation OF oil. The fuel
IL solid until melted by the
fame. Only then does II be-
come oil. IL has been improved
In materials. but Its basic prin-
ciple remains unchanged.
Ceremonial Light
at Is not surprising that II
became the universal ceremonial
light for religious rituals. II
still remains festive light
source and In usefulness II II
still unequalled In many places
beyond and even within the
boundaries of civilization. II il
still the emergency lighting
plant throughout civilized actiVi-
ties"
And now we have artificial
sunlight which is beginning To
he used for health purposes. for
In the suns rays are buried
strange powers to heal and TO
blast.
From this book | have learned
more about light than ever
knew before.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23
Birth of Intelligence

In MIND THROUGH TIE
AGES" We have the story of
that giant tand sometimes
barely dISccrniblel electric bulb
In our skulls that we call human
intelligence.
Doctor SteverS traces the mind
from its first glmmering begin
ningS m the mythical FIRST
man" TO your very real new
born baby in the crib.
To stury the birth of intelli-
gence. Doctor SteverS relates
how the Scientific-minded have
taken ether or chleroform until
they passed out" Then, re-
.cordlng the coming back into
the domain of intelligent con-
seriousness. parallel is drawn
between these experiences and
the dawn OF mind"
Report of Experiment
Here is a bona fide report Of
such an experiment.:
realization OF being alive. Physi-
cal surroundings are not per-
ceived: the patient floats In
void. which may stand still or
may sway sickeningly. Then the
nose reports that this void is
permeated with a faint hospital
smell The skin reports con-
tact with cool, starched sheets
and stifhy level, firm bed.
These impressions come and go;
patients say that one instant
they are in he'd, the next instant
they are disembOdied again and
floating In space.
Mystery of Nature
snow this experience shows
clearly enough how intelligence
dawned in the world long ages
ago and how IL dawns In the
minds of babies today. How and
why human beings have the
ability To do this Il one OF the
most profound mysteries In all
nature"
Ill take the authors word for
It. No such experience for this
writer.
Now Doctor Stevers being
fully launched, gives us a veri-
table travelogue of the ups and
downs. the glories and the
shames of the human mind in
all its adventures and groupings
from these "babylike" times
down In this day-when the
mind OF man seems once again
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23
GIN Starts Vast Training Program
To Supply $4,000 Skilled Workers
40 Plants Utilized
to Insure Defense
Operations

To provide skilled man power
for its huge national defense pro-
gram. General Motors his started
one of the largest worker training
programs in the history of Amer
lean industry to supply the $4,000
trained workers necessary to man
its defense machines. c. E. Wilson,
GIN president revealed Saturday.
In the Cadillac Motor division
in Detroit alone, 400 youths be-
tween the ages of 10 to Is are now
employed in one of the training
departments which has been chris
tened "Boystown." They are being
taught how to hand-shape and
polish parts as a prelude to work
on parts for the Allison airplane
motor.
The program is being carried on
in some 40 GIN plants under the
supervision of r. d. Kunkle. vice
president of GIN in charge of per-
SOnnel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23
Sailors Study Diesels

The youths are being drawn
from industry and technical
schools to be trained. Anothefj
phase of the same work is thee
special school set up in the Clev-
land Diesel engine division plant
where squads of sailors from the
engine rooms of fighting ships
are being put through six-weeks
course on Diesel engine design.
operation and servicing. A similar
course for Army pilots and mech
anics and Allison division mech
anics and field service men is
given at indianapolis.
The secret of the corporations
success in training men at high
speed under the new program is
that trainecs are taught specific
operations only, Wilson said.
Instruction periods are short
and the turnover is large. In diff
ferent plants. different training
methods are in force.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23
individual Instruction

In the Saginaw steering gear
division in Saginaw, which has
large machine gun order, small
groups of trainees are placed under
individual instructors who give
them one hour of instruction a
day and supervise them in the
shop the remainder of their work.
ing day.
Many plants encourage trainees
to study in their spare time such
subjects as blue prints. use of pre-
cision instruments and shop
mathematics" The AC spark plug
division in Flint is working with
local education officials to set up
unemployment courses in schools
while the Yellow Truck and Coach
Company in Pontiac has estab-
lished similar relations with local
CCC camps.
This high speed program Is in
addition to GINS permanent pro-
gram of training apprentices.
foremen and others in the GIN
institute, which his been operating
for n years and now is training
1900 men. 4
To show the vital need for
trained men. Wilson pointed out
that when the new Buick motor
plant to be built in Chicago is
ready for production, it will need
10000 trained workers to turn out
the 500 Pratt & Whitney airplane
motors monthly it has scheduled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23

unfortunately,
THE TORCH or CIVILIZATION" written non1a
style with specific blended background of romance
NH nd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-23

bIyIt WIFI SPECIFIC IdCIS DIenue
philosophy and dramatic his
tory.
How do we SEE light? That
constitutes an engrossing chap
ter.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Mrs. Cora Rogers Steele
Funeral Rites Tomorrow

Mrs. Cora Rogers Steele, descend
ant of a pioneer Maryland family
and widow of Guy Wakeman Steele,
prominent Maryland attorney, died
yesterday in Garfield Hospital. She
was IS.
She had been staying since De-
cember with her daughter, Mrs. C. B.
Platt. 6403 Beechwood drive, Chevy
Chase, Md, although she still main
tanned her home in Westminster,
Md. built shortly after her marriage
to Mr.. Steele.
Mrs. Steele, the former Cora Pom
eroy Rogers, was the daughter of the
late Grafton Dulany Rogers of Bal
timore. In Colonial times the Rogers
family owned the land which is now
Druid Hill Park, in Baltimore.
In addition to Mrs. Platt, wife of
Comdr. c. B. Platt, U. S. N, retired,
Mrs. Steele is survived by two other
daughters, Mrs. Parker Fairlamb,
wife of 1t. Fairlamb. U. S. N, of
Philadelphia, and Mrs. R. G. Harper
Carroll, II, Ellicott City, Md; a
sister. Mrs. j. Howell Carroll, and
a brother, Henry Woodward Rogers,
both of New York.
Funeral services will be at $3.50
pm. tomorrow at the Ascension
Episcopal Church, Westminster,
with burial in Westminster Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
81 Fine Imposed
For Speeding
| " Miles an Hour

What is believed to be the small
est fine ever given in Police Court
for exceeding the speed limit in q
motor vehicle was levied yesterday
by Judge George D. Nelson against
Eugene George, jr., whom the jurist
fined 81 for driving at the rate Of
27 miles an hour.
The fine was imposed after Mr..
George testified he had his speed
ometer examined and that he was
going only 27 miles an hour. Judge
Nelson then announced he was
imposing a fine of 81 for each mile
in excess of the 25-mile limit. The
defendant, who lives in the 1900
block of G street Sc, denied he
had been travelling 80 miles an
hour, as charged by policeman.
During yesterdays court session
Judge Nelson also imposed what
may have been record high SEN
tence for second-of speeding
when he sentenced Paul r. Kanode,
1900 block of Calvert street NV,
to pay . $50 fine or serve 80 days
In jail
Evening star., 1941-01-25

now under arms, he declared, in
cluding a large group manning
anti-aircraft batteries American
money has trained 120 Palestine
war pilots, not all of whom are as
yet in active service.
To Be Explained to Conference.
The system will be explained to
leaders of the Nations Jewry
gathering here tonight for the Ma
tional Conference for Palestine,
which $500 are expected to attend
DR.. Silver, who arrived yesterday
from his headquarters in Cleveland,
will speak at o'clock in the Will
lard Hotel.
The United Palestine Appeal
sponsoring the conference to launch
its huge cash campaign, is a prin-
cipal support of the Zionist migra-
ton to the Holy Land. Since Hit
ler's rise 100000 Jews have fed
there, a greater number than had
migrated in the previous 80 years
They arrived penniless and many
must be set to work in farm or fac
tory. The funds are needed also
for health and education, DR.. Silver
said.
995 Transported in Month.
Last month the organization spent
SITS, 900 to transport 995 Polish and
German refugees to Palestine from
Wilma, Lithuania, he reported. Some
were shipped by way of Moscow,
Toxic, the Indian Ocean, Bombay
and the Red Sea. Most went by
way of Russia, Turkey, Syria. Sea
stretches are done in small boats
which hug the shore and sometimes
sink
Because of hazards of travel and
difficulties awaiting in Palestine,
most migrants are young and fit for
army life, DR.. Silver said. At the
outbreak of war there was a mill
tary census of man and woman
power, with all services offered. A
Palestine offer to raise an entire
army is now under consideration
by the British, he reported.
Evening star., 1941-01-25

Two friends with him in the car
were taken to Georgetown Hospital
by the Rockville Rescue Squad,
where they were reported seriously
injured. James Mccullough, II, of
35 Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, and
Arthur French, IT, of Sandy Spring
road, Takoma Park, were suffering
from internal injuries and severe
cuts and bruises. Young Norton is
survived by his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl A. Norton, and a brother
and two sisters.
Woman Is Injured.
Mrs. Lucy Mccormick, 10, 1924
Colorado avenue NV, was said to
be in fair" condition at Emergency
hospital today with injuries re-
ceived when knocked down by an
automobile at Fourteenth street and
Colorado avenue NV.
The accident occurred about 7
p m. and police charged the driver
of the car which struck the woman
with reckless driving. He gave his
name as Samuel Rudolph, 43, 55
Second street NV.
Minnie Robey, SO, 721 Fifteenth
street Sc, was under treatment at
Casualty Hospital today for brain
conclusion, sustained when knocked
down by an automobile at Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue S.E.
yesterday
Rose D Tucker, 20, 1910 Eleventh
street Sc, was also in Casualty Hos
pltal, where she was removed for
treatment following an accident
yesterday at Fourth street and
Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
9O-Day Jail Sentence
And 500 Fine Meted
In Healing Arts Case
Judge Casey Says Medieu
Society Should Act;
Costieotes Defendant

Judge Walter j. Casey of Police
Court yesterday described an Of
fense as the worst sort" in impos-
ing sentence on William N. Powers,
So, on a charge of practicing the
healing art without a license. The
case, which first came up last July,
had been continued 13 times when
trial began Thursday.
After characterizing the defend
ant as a pseudo medical humbug"
Judge Casey sentenced him to serve
80 days in Jail and to pay a 500
fine or serve an additional 80 days
in default Of the fine.
1t was testified Mr.. Powers gave
medicine for asthma to a woman
patient who stayed in his home in
the 900 block of Maryland avenue
NE. for three weeks and from
whom, it was said, he collected
$100. Judge Casey also took an in
direct verbal slap at a physician
Mr.. Powers said had examined the
woman while she was at the Mary
land avenue address. The jurist
declared in effect "it is high time"
the Medical Society takes action in
such instances.
A bottle said to contain Mr.. Pow
ers' preparation and a number Of
pills, which the defendant testified
a physician had ordered, were pre-
sented in evidence. Judge Casey
had the defendant name the in
gradients of his preparation, which
were said to include pint of alco-
hol to each quart
Following the imposition of SEN
tence Rowland Edwards and Pres
ton Smith, attorneys for the de-
tense, noted an appeal and indi-
Gated they would present a motion
for arrest of Judgment on the
grounds information filed failed to
set forth the exact nature of the
oftense committed.
Assistant District Attorney A. ].
Mclaughlin prosecuted the case for
the Government.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
Jewish Drive Asks
Z Million 10 Play
Joke on Hitler
Cash to Be Used to Get
Potential Soldiers From
Sphere of Nuzi Power

DR.. Abba Hillel Silver is asking the
Jews of America for s12 1000 900 this
year to play a little joke on Hitler.
The prank has already begun, and
it works this way:
Americans give dollars to DR..
Silver's organization, the United
Palestine Appeal; he puts the cash
to work in getting prosecuted Jews
out of countries within the Nazi
sphere and in setting them up in
the Holy Land; the emigrant Jews
then join the British armed forces
and fight like fury against the
Rome Berlin axis.
Thus, according to his sources Of
information, the British Royal Air
Force ground staff on Greek air
fields is largely composed of fugi-
tives from Hitler.
Every battle command must be
shouted at them in German" re-
ported DR.. Silver.
About 5000 male refugees are
Evening star., 1941-01-25

man was too overcome with emotion
to speak.
Members of his janitor force and
the faculty contributed to the purse
which was presented by Mrs. Marga-
ret R. Merritt, principal, as high
light Of the assembly in which stu
dents received ITS" and citations
for scholarship and citizenship.
Mr.. Vermillion, a native of Wash
ington, first attended classes at a
little frame schoolhouse at Twen-
tieth and R streets NV. He later
went to the Force School.
He joined the District schools in
1901 after working for time in
underground pits when the city's
street cars first had underground
plows instead of overhead trolleys.
When the ordeal was over yester-
day, Pop" had one more trying ses-
sion-he was guest of honor at a
tea given by the faculty and the
Taft Parent Teacher Association.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
$15,227, ,080 Contract
Let for Powder Plant

The War Department today
awarded a $15,227,080 contract to
four firms for construction of bag
loading plant at the smokeless pow
der factory at Charlestown, Ind.
Work will be done on a cost plus
fixed fee basis.
The construction contract was
awarded to Winston Bros. Co. and
c. F. Haglin & Sons, Inc, both of
Minneapolis, and the Missouri VAL
ley Bridge g. Iron Co., Leavenworth,
Kans. Shreve, Anderson & Walker
of Detroit are the architects and
engineers.
The equipment will be procured
and the plant operated by the
Goodyear Engineering Corp. Of Ak
ron, Ohio, in accordance with earlier
announced plans.
Evening star., 1941-01-25
d. G. Traffic Toll Reaches 73
As Woman Pedestrian Dies
Miss Octuviu Martin
Is Victim; Youth
Killed Near Rockville

The traffic toll for the first month
Of 1941-one Of the blackest on Dis
trict records-stood at 13 today with
the death Of q 28-year r-old woman
pedestrian.
1t was not until March IL last
year that the traf1lc deaths num-
bered 13. On January Is, 1910, only
four persons had been killed in Dis
trict automobile accidents.
The 18th victim this month was
Miss Octavia Martin, who was struck
as she crossed Constitution avenue,
just south of the Ellipse, between
Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets
NV.
Miss Martin, who was a part-time
secretary in the office of Repre-
sentative Boykin of Alabama, was
struck about 6:45 pm. and died
shortly before midnight in Casualty
Hospital.
The death Of a Takoma Park, Md.
youth in an accident near Rockville,
Md, was also, reported by police
last night. The victim Of this acci-
dent was John Leonard Norton, II.
of 606 Flower avenue
Inquest to Be Monday.
An inquest into Miss Martins
death was scheduled for Monday
and the driver of the car which
struck her was held for action of
the coroner's jury. The driver gave
his name to police as Louis Loss,
rs, Of Arlington, Va.
Although the accident occurred
only few blocks from Emergency
Hospital, 1t was necessary to send
an ambulance all the way across
town from Casualty Hospital to pick
up the injured woman. Emergency
hospital officials said their ambu-
lance was out on three other calls
at the time. Witnesses said Miss
Martin lay on the street in the rain
for more than 10 minutes before
the ambulance arrived.
Killed Instantly.
The Norton youth was instantly
killed when his car skidded out o1
control on a patch Of ice on the Veirs
Mill road, a mile east Of Rockville
and struck tree. DR.. C. E. Hawks
Montgomery County medical exami-
ner, said his skull was fractured and
piece Of glass had severed his jugu-
lar vein. The car was going toward
Rockville when the accident oc.
CURED and struck the tree on the
opposite side of the highway.
Evening star., 1941-01-25

Some so years ago Fred S. Yer
million got tired Of attending Dis
trict schools and quit while in the
sixth grade.
But for one who found classes
boring, the 67-year-old custodian Of
Taft Junior High School has had
his share of the school system. Next
Saturday he retires from District
service after 40 years, first as an
assistant janitor and later as build
ing custodian.
Tears came to his eyes and to
the eyes of the Taft faculty yes
terday when, in a student assembly,
he was awarded a purse and "T''-
the same award given Taft boys for
excellence in sports.
More than the leading school ath-
lete, Pop" Vermillion has endeared
himself to Taft students. The ova-
ton he received yesterday was proof
enough of that.
When it was over, the shy little