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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26
SYbii Weisman S
ENGAGEMENT Told

MIR. AND MRS. AL WEIS-
MAN of Oakman boulevard an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter. Sybil, and DR.. Oscar
L. Shapiro. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
jacob Shapiro of Fullerton
avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-26
Detroiters Hell Q Direct
9 Miami Charity Balls

Mrs. George A. Halman of
Detroit was a recent guest with
large luncheon group in the
Caribbeon Cafe at the Surf
Club.
Evening star., 1941-02-26
Price Hits Rejection
Of Revump Proposals
Machine Tools Bottleneck.

By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 26.-Gov.
Price told a dinner meeting of the
Hampton Roads Maritime Exchange
last night that the people of Vir-
ginia "are certainly entitled to some
explanation, and, perhaps, even an
accounting" by some legislators for
the 1910 General Assembly's rejec-
ton of his reorganization proposals.
The experience of the State gov
ernment since these proposals were
rejected" he said, for reasons which
certain of the gentlemen of the leg
islative branch will doubtless be glad
to explain during the coming politi-
cal campaigns, has confirmed me in
my conviction that the reorganiza-
ton proposals submitted early last
year are just as sound now as they
were when originally proposed"
Evening star., 1941-02-26
George Thompson Dead ;
First Arlington Guard

George w. Thompson, first guard
at the Arlington Amphitheater. who
died Monday at his home, 1850 P
street NV. will be buried at 2 pm,
Friday in Glenwood Cemetery, fol-
lowing services at the home.
Mr.. Thompson, who retired in
1888, had been a guard at Arling-
ton for Is years. Shortly after he
came to duty he guarded the thou
sands of bodies of American soldiers
brought back from France. while
awaiting burial.
He became the first guard on the
construction of the Amphitheater
and was present at the burial of the
Unknown Soldier. Later he was one
of the guards who kept watch over
the grave of William Howard Taft
for brief time after his death and
burial in 1890.
His widow, Mrs Constance Thomp-
son, said today that her husband
had written a history of the GEM
etery.
Born in Charles County, Md, Mr.
Thompson came here about so years
ago and had worked in a bottling
company before becoming guard
He guarded various Federal buildings
before taking up duty at Arlington
Mr.. Thompson was not member
of any of the Nations armed forces
and therefore was not eligible for
burial in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-02-26
.MoraIe-MaferieI Ratio
Set al s 10 |

Responsibilities of morale officers
and the activities of the War De-
partment's morale division will be
discussed today as the sessions of
the Joint Army and Navy Commit
tee on Welfare and Recreation are
resumed at the Munitions Building.
Gen. George C. Marshall, Army
chief of staff, yesterday commended
the morale of the new Army and at
tributed it to the knowledge of the
men in service that everything pos
sible was being done to insure their
comfort, proper training and suit
able equipment"
Gen. Marshall said that Ma
poleon's axiom that morale is to
materiel as three is to one" has been
changed so that the ratio now is six
to one.
Charles P. Taft, assistant CO.
ordinator for community services in
defense areas, told the committee
yesterday that outside agencies as
we'll as the military establishment
must maintain an open-minded ap-
proach to all problems involved in
the development of high morale in
the armed forces.
Evening star., 1941-02-26
William Murphy, Retired
Building Contractor, Dies

William Murphy, II, retired build
ing contractor, died yesterday at his
home, 1907 Park road N. w. He had
been in ill health a year.
Mr.. Murphy was the father of DR..
c. j. Murphy, deputy coroner for
the District of Columbia. He also
leaves his wife, Mrs. Margaret E.
Murphy; a daughter, Mrs. George
H. Mihm, and two other sons, Will
liam c. and Peter S. Murphy, all
of Washington.
Born in New York City, Mr.
Murphy had been a resident OF
Washington since he was 7. While
active in the contracting business
he built many homes in the Lincoln
Park sector and did work on the
State Department Building and the
Union Station. Until recently he
was prominent in civic affairs, hav-
ing organized the Lincoln Park Citi-
zens' Association.
Funeral services will he held
Friday, with mass at Sacred Heart
Church at 10 am. Burial will bt
In Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-02-26
O'Conor Provides
Monographs
For Assembly
By the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 26.- Gov.
OConor broke another legislative
precedent today with an announce
ment he had arranged to provide
the Legislature with mimeograph
equipment to furnish speedy copies
of all House and Senate amend
mentS.
AS soon as the Assembly begins
to feel the pressure of the rush
toward adjournment, he said, the
equipment will be set up, thus
enabling legislators to see what they
are voting on. Copies of all amend
ments introduced will be on their
desks within an hour.
For years, the final days of the
Legislature have been field days for
lobbyists who jam through pet meas
ures, far-reaching amendments and
snakes" in the midst of the crush.
In 1899, an amendment was thus
tagged onto an otherwise innocent
bill to force automobile owners to
pay so cents a year for patented
license tag locks. Gov. O'Conor was
compelled to veto the entire
measure.
Evening star., 1941-02-26
Patriotism on Trial
Police Boys Club
Campaigners Told
Pledges TotoI SAB 900;
Dr.. Cartwright Louds
Objeetives of Drive

The $4,000 mark behind them.
workers in the 100000 Police Boys
Club campaign drove ahead today
after their third report meeting, at
which they were told that ideas of
decency and patriotism are on trial
today
The message came from DR.. John
K. Cartwright, pastor of the Church
of the Immaculate Conception, at
the report luncheon at the National
Press Club yesterday.
DR.. Cartwright, saying that he had
lived for 81 years in a section where
the need of boys is very great, termed
a "Godsend" the taking over of
boys club work by the Police De-
partment.
Police have very special fitness
for the work. he said. Their rea-
listic,. .shrewd, practical views of what
makes bad citizeris give them a keen
insight into what makes a good
citizen"
Following DR.. Cartwright, Charles
B. Dulcan, Sr., campaign chairman
congratulated the workers on the
amount raised thus far but urged re-
doubled efforts to reach the goal
before the campaign closes March 13.
Supt. of Police Ernest w. Brown,
founder of the club. exhibited a large
turnip grown at the clubs summer
camp for boys, and invited members
of the assembly to inspect the site at
Scotland, Nd, and its accommoda-
tIonS
Division reports given at the
meeting. with the amount of new
pledges since the last report lunch
con and the total raised by the
division since the drive began. fol-
low: David S. Bethune. S636, to
1914 Col E. Goring Bliss, 1897. to
Sl,423; John Dodge, S184. to S459;
j. H. Ferry, SIT. to S1.115: Milton
Kronheim, s536, to s1,446; R. Carl
Mitchell, S57l, to S2214; Samuel
Mooers. $3.50, to 1914; C. G. Pen
ndngton. S173, to S415 John Reilly
total 1892; advance gifts, s1,235
to S18.42l; police division, s1.472
to sl2,967, and police precincts, total
S2.555.
James E. Collifower. former pres
ident Of the club. presided.
Evening star., 1941-02-26
Mrs. Marshall, Head
Of Washington Music
Conservatory, Dies
Cove Piano RecituIs
In U. S. and Made
Tour of Continent

Mrs Harriet Gibbs Marshall,
founder and president of the Wash
ington Conservatory of Music and
the National Negro Music Center,
died at private hospital here yes
terday. She was about 70.
Mrs. Marshall was born in Vic
toria, Canada, the daughter of the
late Judge NJ. w. Gibbs, of Phila-
delphia. She was educated in the
public schools of Oberlin, Ohio, and
at Oberlin College.
She was the first colored graduate
of the Oberlin Conservatory of
Music, where she had studied piano,
harmony. voice and pipe organ.
She continued her studies in Boston,
Chicago and Paris.
Gave Piano Recitals.
l. After a tour of the continent she
freturned to America and gave piano
recitals throughout this country.
She inaugurated the first colored
conservatory of music in connec-
/ ton with an industrial school at
Cane Springs KY. In 1903, when she
was assistant director of music in
public schools here. Mrs. Marshall
opened the Washington Conserva-
tory of Music. The building at eO2 T
street NV. now used by the con-
| servatory, was a gift of the late
Judge Gibbs and was dedicated to
the musical development of Amer
lean Negroes.
Married Athlete.
! In 1906 she married Napoleon B.
Marshall, a graduate of Harvard
Law School and a well-known ath-
lete. She spent six years in Haiti
/ with her husband. who had been sent
there by President Harding as at
( tache to the American Legation at
Port-au-Prince. There she aided in
establishing an industrial school.
did painting and wrote book. The
Story of Gaiti."
Her husband. who was an infantry
captain in the World War. died in
! 1888 Mrs Marshall will be buried
by his side in Arlington National
Cemetery Friday. following services
at l pm. at the conservatory.
Mrs. Marshall, who made her
home at the conservatory. is sur
vived by a sister, Miss Ida Gibbs,
and a brother, Horace E. Gibbs of
Chicago.
Evening star., 1941-02-26
Defense Contracts
Already Placed
Total IS Billion
Business us Usual
Moy Be Hard Hit
BY Arms Needs
Ry the Associated Press.

The gigantic size of Americas S
arms production job was emphasized
today by a survey indicating that
contracts already placed totaled
about $4,000 ,OOO, ,0O0-more than six
times the estimated value of the
automobile industry's entire output
for 1899.
This figure represented formal
awards both by the British govern
ment and United States defense
agencies.
Nearly $4,000, 100000 of authorized
American orders have yet to be
placed under contract, although the
Government already has given man
ufacturerS an informal but binding
go ahead on much of this busi-
ness. Moreover, additional billions
in orders are in prospect, both for
this country and probably for
Britain under the pending lease
lend bill.
In the light of these fiscal facts
many officials believed that arms
production eventually would put a
deeper crimp into business as
usual than most of the country
realized.
Industries Still "TOoling Up"
The opinion was advanced in we'll
informed quarters that the auto
mobile industry would be required
to divert its attention increasingly
from passenger car output to the
manufacture of airplane engines
sub-assemblies for aircraft and per-
haps ultimately complete planes.
Many defense industries still were
in the process of "tooling up" ano
no large-scale rounded deliveries o
munitions appeared in prospect be-
fore next fall. Peak production il
some lines was scheduled well alonl
in 1912, in others still later.
Plane deliveries during Januar!
totaled 1.026. better than the figure
predicted officially month before
William S. KnudSen, director gen
eral of the Office of Production
Management, was encouraged Il
forecast an output of $4,000 plane
this year. Experts in the industr.
estimated that President Roosevelt
goal-the capacity to produce SO,
900 planes a year-would not b.
reached, under programs announced
thus far, until the end of 1914.
Ship Every IL Days.
AS to the 9.200 tanks which Mr.
Knudsen said this country woult
produce, the latest official informa
ton was that light tanks were be-
ing produced at the rate of four {
day and that medium tanks woult
be rolling from a number of plant
by midsummer. Progress on tn,
Army's new heavy tanks of SIS ton
or more was kept secret.
officials said naval construction
had reached the point where ney
ship was joining the fleet every L
days. They reported that the 35,
OOO-ton battleship Washington
would be placed in commission Ma
IS, six and one-half months ahea'
of schedule.
There was little expectation tina
the tWo-ocean Navy would be com
pleted before 1916, and naval build
ers we're still wrestling with tn
problem of speeding up construction
The United States own defens
February /. have been complied off
Evening star., 1941-02-26

of escort vessels like destroyers and
subchasers. which British and
United States Navies want in large
numbers.
War Department officials MAIN
tanned silence regarding the cur
rent output of most types of arms,
on the ground that this would be
information of value to foreign
powers. They did report, however
that production of the Garand semi
automatic rife had reached 5000
a week.
Machine Tools Bottleneck.
Machine tools to equip arms-mak-
ing factories continued to be prln-
cipal "bottleneck" delaying the day
of greatly increased defense de-
liveries, although the machine tool
industry had already expanded tre-
mendouSly last year and pledged
another great expansion in 194l.
The ultimate size of the arms pro-
duction program was expected gen.
orally to be the peak which the
country could produce without cut
ting into production deemed essen
tial for the civilian population.
The probable proportions were in
dicated by Mr.. Knudsen in a speech
last December before the National
Association of Manufacturers.
He listed the equipment in de-
mand at that time as $4,000 air.
planes, 10000 engines, 1900 heavy
guns. $4,000 light guns, 10000 trench
mortars. 100000 shells, loaded; g.
200 tanks, 300 1000 machine guns and
ammunition, 100000 automatic rifles
and ammunition, 100000 regular
rifles and ammunition, $50 Navy
ships, 200 mercantile ships, 2l0
camps and cantonments. 40 Govern
ment factories, clothing and other
equipment for 100000 United
States troops.
Additional Contracts Awarded.
Since February l s33,374, 500 of the
merchant fleet orders have been
placed. Before President Roose-
welt proposed this $350,000, 900
emergency" program to build 200
ships, the Government was already
well along on a program begun in
1888 to bolster the merchant ma
rine with 1876 other vessels. OF
these, officials said. 66 had &C
tually been delivered.
Additional contracts also have
been awarded since February l in
virtually all categories of defense
equipment.
The extent Of British orders in
this country is not known exactly
However, Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau has told Congress that
the British paid s1.380,OO0,OO0 on
government orders in the United
States last year. Furthermore, he
said last month, Britain owed Amer
ican manufacturers an additional
81, ,4O0,00O,O00 on orders already
placed.
Evening star., 1941-02-26
Baltimore Bank EmpIoye
SOUGHT in Fund Shortage
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE. Feb. 26-State and
Federal authorities today sought an
employe of the Baltimore CONNER
cial Bank who was reported to have
disappeared Monday after disclosure
of a 400 defalcation at the bank.
Bank officials told banking au-
thorities that the sum was obtained
chiefly by means of a forged note.
The bank is fully insured against
loss, they said.
Evening star., 1941-02-26
$4,000 Fire Ruzes Home

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, Feb.
26 (P).-A fire of undetermined
origin destroyed the Sedgwick
Bowen residence near Barstow
while members of the family were
away Yesterday. Neighbors, who
saw the blaze, saved a small amount
of furniture. Damage was estimated
at about $4,000.
Evening star., 1941-02-26
Princeton Club to Hold
Smoker Friday Niaht

The Princeton Club Of Washington
will hold its annual smoker at $50
pm. Friday at the Raleigh Hotel.
Moving pictures of the 1910 foot
ball season will be shown. There will
also be singing and refreshments. A.
Smith Bowman, jr., who is making
has invited all Prince
ton alumni in Washington.
Evening star., 1941-02-26

United States defense contract awards
.hayeb been
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-27
TWO MAIN GROUPS
IN PROTESTANT CHURCHES

In the confessional Protestant
churches there are two N IN
groups The one seeks TO culu-
vate the spiritual life and 70 in
terpret history solely in theolog-
zeal or "spocsiyptie" a. =. other
worldly terms The other is sure
that II must give guidance 10 its
members in terms applicable TO
the present crisis. The members
n TINS latter group are for the
most part sure that a victory Of
the y - would mean the end OF
the churches in Europe and de-
feat OF the Nazis would mean the
end Of Germany as a nation. They
are thus facing terrible dilemma
No one from outside-and prob
ably no one from inside-can &C
curately sum up the present state
Of the struggle in the German
churches. There are. as has been
shown. hopeful signs Of continued
resistance. Yet the steady VIC
tories ~ Nazisrn over the churches
IN the realm of education are To
~ feared for their future, more
than for their immediate effect
And Of the measure Of success at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-27

he permitted to join the church
until past the age Of 81; no con-
tact Of the churches in one part
of the country with churches in
other parts Is to be permitted.
The fear that the church will
influence youth and the army is
also an indirect evidence of the
continuing resistance OF churches
to the full Nazi program ideolog-
ically considered. No religious lit
erature may be sent to soldiers;
no pastors are permitted in work
camps of students and no pastors
may correspond with their young
people in those camps: Christian
hymns are forbidden in many OF
the camps. General book stores
are forbidden 10 carry religious
literature. Such rules would not
he needed II religious resistance
were suhsiding.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-27

Of eick, infirm. aged and insane
persons which has gone on on a
large scale. Aged Cardinal Faul-
hsber joined in this protest which
is reported TO have caused the
arrest of some 800 Catholic priests
and an unknown number of Pro-
testants.
The last figures of ministers
under indictment for some action
or attitude offensive to the gov
eminent was 125. with about SO
forbidden TO preach. Even greater
pressure has been applied through
financial restrictions and limita-
tons. Confessional pastors known
to be critical Of the Nazis have
been sometimes made TO work in
offices twelve hours a day 10 pre-
vent their circulating among the
people. and this practice may be
extended to all pastors soon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-27

tanned here there Is a. yet no &C
curate gauge. II must be admit
ted that reports from the evacua-
ton camps of city children -
where all church influences are
barred, ministers forbidden, re-
ligious literature banned and
hymns outlawed are highly dis
turbing as they reveal a pretty
thoroughly paganized youth.
Until the churches cease TO be
prisoners OF the censorship we
shall continue To be deprived of
any complete survey Of the war
within the war which began with
Hitlers rise and must continue so
long as there is no effective over
throw Of the Nazi party.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-27

Of the training program Is en-
ployed:
The helpers Of today are the
mechanics Of tomorrow; the note
worthy workman Of today u the
foreman tomorrow. Thus can new
and presumably inexperienced
workers be "digested" without
loss Of efficiency: thus are oppor-
tunities afforded the skilled and
the unskilled alike.
Although coincidentsl to the
fact that there are some 1000
names on the sTsc payroll tat an
average hourly wage slightly
above 81 II IN noted that the
system Of labor relations az out
lined was invented" with revival
Of the steel shipbuilding industry
here. and has since been readily
adopted by . number Of other in
dustries Of the nation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-27

Hardly less staunch in Tacoma
is the Transfers. Chauffeurs and
Helpers union, organized here in
October, 1901 almost exactly 40
years ago, and bigger and better
and stronger today than ever be-
fore.
The railway hrotherhoods--
locomotive engineers, locomo-
tive enginemen and firemen,
railway conductors, railway
trainmen and maintenance Of
way--are absolutely autono-
nous, belonging neither TO
CIO or AFL.
In many ways they differ sharp
ly from other labor organizations.
Their operation over the years
has become so we'll organized
and runs so smoothly that none
Of the various local chapters re-
quire or have business man
ager. Business Of the chapters
correspondence. etc. is done by
secretary, elected by the mem
bership, in his spare time.
Simplicity Is Keynote
Simplicity - the kind Of SIM
plicity that takes years of trial
and error effort TO achieve -is,
in fact, the keynote of the rail
way brotherhoods.
A young man gets a job on
the railroad. After he has
proved himself he Is given
nominal fee. As he Is pro-
NOTED, likely he will become
affiliated with another one
Of the brotherhoods. but he
will keep his standing, none
theless. In every one of the
brotherhoods he has joined.
Order of promtion is simple
ity itself. Seniority determines a
mans promotion entirely, every
thing else being equal. That lat
ter clause is of utmost import
ance, preventing the seniority sys-
tenn from retarding progress OF
an extraordinarily adept worker
shops Unionized
Two of the four railroads which
come to. Tacoma maintain shops
here. Both the Chicago. Mil.
waukee, st. Paul and Pacific and
the Northern Pacific shops, are
completely unionized, the various
workmen representing some p
different AFL trades unions.
The railway brotherhoods
have a federal retirement
plan based on 80 years sery-
ice, carrying maximum retire
ment pay Of sI2O monthly.
or extreme significance is th'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-27
NEW SET OF RULES
To SUPPRESS CHURCHES

The success Of opposition has.
however. been sufficient 10 in
spire = new set Of Nan rules for
the suppression Of the churches.
Among 10 recently found on q
secret list emansting from the
Brown House" are such signi-
ficsnt ones as these:
Vigorous control OF church IL
nance IL TO be exercised by the
state. making voluntary collec-
tons impossible. no religious in-
struction is to be permit save
in church buildings: no one IS TO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-27
Railway Brotherhoods,
Teamsters Have Always
Been in Van for Labor
Railroad Employees Form Oldest
Organized Labor Group in Nation;
Teomsters Founded Here in 1901

There are few better examples Of first rate union
zaon of labor than those that have been developed during
the past half century in the field of transportation.
The railroad brotherhoods unqueSonaby the oldest
organizations in the [. S Today they rank among the
staunchest pillars unfolding the entire labor movement in
this country.
Hardly less staunch in Tacoma is the Transfers Chau
and Helpers union organized here in October 1901
almost exactly 40 years ago. and bigger and better and
stronger today than ever before.