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Evening star., 1941-10-29
D. T.. Coroner Takes
Control in Federal
Areas AcrossPo
Acts on Ruling Of
Corporation Counsel;
Authority Test Foreseen

The District coroner's Office is
extending its jurisdiction in line
with a recent ruling by the cor.
poration counsels Office to feder-
auy-owned areas across the Po-
tomac heretofore claimed by Vir-
ginia.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
recently conducted an inquiry into
the death Of a workman killed ac-
cidentally in the construction of the
basement for the War Departments
new 100000 building near Ar
lington Experimental Farms and the
old Washington Airport.
DR.. Macdonald said that in view
of the opinion of Corporation Coun-
sci Richmond B. Keech. backed by
the United States attorneys office,
the jurisdiction of his Office eX-
it's runways and roadways. Parts
of Mount Vernon Memorial Boule-
ward. the coroner believes, lie in
the Districts jurisdiction.
Old Water Line.
District officials are convinced
that, in the absence of survey or a
ruling from a high court, the line
of embarkation between the Dis
trict and Virginia is the high-water
line of the Potomac on the Vir-
ginia side. This line, however,
would be the water line at the time
of a Supreme Court decision handed
down before 1900
The present boundary. it is be-
lieved here. includes in the District
of Columbia the lands on the Vir-
ginia side which have been built up
from Potomac marshes and over
flow areas.
This would bring all of the Ma
tional Airport and part of the
bordering Mount Vernon highway
into the District. Some District Of
ficials are convinced the new War
Department Building is inside the
the old high-water line.
DR.. Macdonald conducted his in
quiry on the other side of the Po-
tomac after notifying Virginia au-
thorities. who do not police the area
because they obtain no taxes from it..
Test Case in Prospect.
United States park police have
jurisdiction on the highways in the
disputed area, making their cases
before United States Commissioner
John P. Strauss at Alexandria.
A case to test the District coroner's
jurisdiction on the other side of the
Potomac may come up at any time
Any contest of the coroner'S right
to assume authority in such case
may lead to an appeal to a higher
court, with the possibility that a
clarifying ruling can be obtained.
In the absence of such a decision,
DR.. Macdonald is going ahead on
the line suggested by Mr.. Keech.
Evening star., 1941-10-29
$4,000 Ho|dup
Hearing |sSet
For Tomorrow
u. S. Will Demand
Suspects Removal to
Baltimore for Trial

A 27-year-old man with GRIM
lnal record was in Jail under $50 900
bond today on charge of particle
patlng in the $526l6 holdup Of two
Hyattsville bank messengers last
month, while police and agents Of
the Federal Bureau Of Investigation
continued their search for two others
wanted for the crime
The suspect in custody is HiIliard
Sanders, alias George L. Thompson,
known in the underworld as -Four
Roses" He is awaiting hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner
Needham c. Turnage at 10 am. to-
morrow on the Government s request
for the right to remove him to Bal
timore for trial.
Warrant Issued.
The United States Commissioner
in Baltimore issued a warrant for
Sanders because the robbery was
a Federal offense. The money taken
belonged to the Prince Georges Bank
g. Trust Co., participant in Federal
deposit insurance.
The $4,000 bond was asked by AS
siStant United States Attornel Ber-
nard Margolius yesterday at hear
ing before Mr.. Turnage. The COM
missioner set the high figure after
questioning Sanders at length and
finding him unable to establish fixed
residence. Mr. Margolius promised
he would produce at tomorroWs
hearing a witness TO identity Sanders
as one of the holdup men.
Not Guilty Plea Entered.
James J. Laughlin. attorney for
Sanders, entered plea OF not guilty
for his client and asked that bond
be fixed at $1,000. He said he in
tended to fight the Government s
attempt to take Sanders to Balti-
more for trial.
Sanders is suspected Of being the
man who held shotgun during the
robbery. which took place in day
light September 25. Another robber
held a pistol while the money was
being taken from the messengers
automobile. and a third sat at the
wheel of the holdup man's car.
Metropolitan police are holding p
least six persons for investigation Cr
their aScorja q tiOIo with the rrir7ci,0.
suspect.
Evening star., 1941-10-29
A. A. A. Board Seeks
Sweeping Revision
OF Traffic Bureau
Increase in Policemen
To Regulate Vehicles
Also to Be Asked

The District Advisory Board OF
the American Automobile Associa-
ton prepared today to present to
the Commissioners and congress
sional committees in charge Of Dis
trict legislation a resolution calling
for complete reorganization of the
Department of Vehicles and Traffic
and for an increase in the number
Of traffic policemen.
The resolution was adopted yes
terday afternoon a. a joint meeting
of the boards Traffic and Enforce
ment and Highways-Bridges Com
mitteeS at the Washington Hotel.
The committees voted to ask tech
nical experts at the A. A. A. national
headquarters here to draw up a
reorganization chart of the depart
ment designed ITO facilitate the
movement of traffic and motor We
hicle administration"
Marsh to Supervise Work.
Drafting of the chart will be
supervised by Burton w. Marsh,
director of the A. A. A. department
of safety and traffic engineering.
The changes, it was explained by
committee members. are designed
to bring the Districts traffic ad-
ministration up to par with cities
of comparable size.
AS second approach to easing
the traffic situation, the committees
directed Washington I. Cleveland,
manager of the District division of
the A. A. A., to draft a letter to
Acting Police Supt Edward w. Kelly,
urging an increase in the ratio of
full-time traffic officers to all DO
licemen.
Mr.. Cleveland pointed out in his
letter to Maj. Kelly that legislation
to increase the force by 100 is pend
ing in Congress and asked that
there be proper apportionment
made of these new men, as we'll as
the existing force, for full-time
traffic duty"
Auto Death Increase Cited.
While the A. A. A. is aware of the
Importance of more patrolmen for
general duty, the letter said, it also
notes that "over a period of several
years, traffic accidents have resulted
in approximately twice as many
deaths as have violent crimes. such
as murder, and consequently we
urge that adequate personnel be
provided to meet the traffic needs.
The associations committees also
urged that Congress authorize funds
to extend the current highway
planning survey of the Public Roads
Administration to include a traffic
study of Washington, with view
Of obtaining immediate data on the
city's needs.
Evening star., 1941-10-29
Young Heads D. {. Group
For Roosevelt Birthday

Commissioner Young today ac-
cepted appointment as Washing
ton chairman for the celebration
of President Roosevelt's birthday,
initiating local arrangements for the
annual program for raising funds
for fighting infantile paralysis. The
President will be 60 years old jan
uary 30 and the 1912 celebration will
be known as the diamond jubilee.
Keith Morgan of New York City,
national chairman for the celebra-
ton, said the President had given
the 'go ahead" signal for the jan
uary program and announced that
48 State chairmen and other out
standing persons would be called
into session here December at the
Carlton Hotel to 60 over plans. The
group will hold all-day sessions,
ending with a banquet in the
evening.
Evening star., 1941-10-29
Hearing Is Scheduled
On Taxi Fare Increase

Demands by Washington taXicab
drivers and owners for an increase
in fares will be aired by The Public
Utilities Commission at formal
public hearing at 10 am. November
13, it was announced today by Elmo
J. Milligan, executive secretary of
the P. U. c.
The commission has before it a
petition from the D. c. Taxi Owners
Association, an organization repre-
senting 10 taxi groups. asking
minimum charge of 80 cents for a
trip in any one of the established
taxi fare zones.
Evening star., 1941-10-29
20, ,000-MiIe Sea Trip
Brings Student to G. U.

Alex Rabins. 27, is in classes at
Georgetown University today. ap-
proximately one month after the
opening of school. but officials are
inclined to excuse his hardness. He
covered some 10000 miles getting
back.
Rabins shipped last June aboard
freighter that plowed around to East
Africa and he just got back Monday.
He has been making sea trips, it was
explained. to earn his tuition at the
foreign service school at the uni
versity.
Evening star., 1941-10-29

Reports submitted yesterday by
the Advance Gifts Unit of the Com
munity Chest carried the total to
date TO Al per cent of the goal and
revealed a 3 per cent increase in
pledges over the figure at this pc
riod Of last years drive.
Included in yesterdays reports
were 237 large fits. which increased
total pledges to 438. Still left to
be contacted before the opening of
the city-wide campaign on Novem-
Evening star., 1941-10-29

partment employees wEO have ac-
cepted appointments as volunteer
division chairmen made a personal
tour of Friendship House, GIG D
street Sc. and St. Vincent's Home
and School, Fourth and Edgewood
streets NE. two of the agencies sup
ported by the Community Chest.
The group included Henry G.
Herrell. Lee CASTOR, L. J. Peet, Cliff
ford johnson. H. c. MeSch. J. S.
Fickling, F. w. Darnell and DR..
Walter Roth.
Evening star., 1941-10-29
Nursing Class Arranged

A class in Red Cross home nursing
for colored women will open at 8
pm. Monday at Hannah Stanly
Opportunity School, 1901 T street
NV, under the joint auspices of
the school and the District Red
Cross Chapter. Glasses will meet
at pm. Mondays and Wednesdays.
A maximum of 20 students will be
enrolled, it was stated
Evening star., 1941-10-29
Agricultural Chemists Meet

A three day session of the Asso-
citation of Official Agricultural
Chemists. meeting at the Willard
Hotel, will close today. Presiding is
DR.. L. B. Broughton of the Uni
versity of Maryland, president. A
number of members of the associa-
ton attended a dinner-dance last
night at the hotel
Evening star., 1941-10-29

Der 13 are approximately 1850 pros
pective donors.
Richard H. Wilmer, chairman of
the Advance Gifts Unit, called at
gained from the increase in the
size of contributions. but added that
obviously there is still much ground
to be covered and a lot of hard
work ahead"
Preparing for the general cam
paign, a group of Agriculture De-
Evening star., 1941-10-29
.EnroIIs in Air Course

George L. Peck, End, son of Mr..
and Mrs Lyman S. Peck, has en-
rolled in the civilian pilots training
course at Bucknell University. On
completion of the course he will be
granted civilian pilots license by
the Civil Aeronautics Authority.
Young Peck is a sophomore at Buck
nell.
Evening star., 1941-10-29
Cubon Senate O. KS Loan

HAVANA, Oct. 29 lP).-A bill
authorizing the President of Cuba
to conclude negotiations for S25,-
100000 loan from the United States
Export-Import Bank was approved
by the Senate last night. The
measure will now go to the House.
Evening star., 1941-10-29
Cuduhy Dinner Tuesday

The America First Committee re-
ports receipt of more than 200
reservations for a dinner to be given
Tuesday night at the Raleigh Hotel
for John Cudahy, former Am
basSador to Belgium.
Evening star., 1941-10-29
October, 1910
Toll in Previous Months.
Totals to date - So

IOldIS 10 UdIe - % TO
In October, Beware OF:
l. The hours between mid
night and 2 am. Three persons
were killed within this two-hour
period in october last year.
2. Crossing a street at some
point other than a crosswalk.
Two pedestrians met death in
October, 1910, while doing this.
One of the two ran out from
between parked cars.
Evening star., 1941-10-29

passing tnrOugn ltS COn9eSteO sec
ton. There the count showed
100000 vehicles.
The traffic director said 270,000
persons. of whom 1872 900 are Gov
ernment employees. come down town
every morning between 7:3O and
$50 o'clock. This. he explained. is
an increase of 10000 since last April
when the working hours of Federal
employees were staggered to relieve
congestion.
Other statistics cited by MI Van
Duzer showed, that despite the con-
geStion traffic moves faster through
the business section of Washington
during peak periods than it does
in Chicago. Oakland, Los Angeles
and Detroit.
Lowest Speed 81. NJ. P. H.
The average speed in the congested
area of Chicago, he said, is from seven
to nine miles an hour, in Oakland
from u to 13, in Los Angeles IS, and
in Detroit eight to Is. In Washing
ton, the lowest peak hour speed is
eight and one-half miles an hour
and that occurs, he declared, only
on F and G streets. Average speeds
for other main streets were given
as follows: Pennsylvania avenue,
IA: Constitution avenue, II: Six
teenth street. 18, and Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets, Is.
Mr. Van Duzer complained that he
had never had enough engineers on
his staff properly to make traffic
counts and other studies so neces-
sary for remedial plans. He said
Congress authorized a staff of nine
engineers, but he has been able to
employ only six. and really needs 30.
Just before the traffic director
completed his testimony, Chairman
Burton asked him what effect the
location of the huge new War De-
partment building in Arlington
County would have on traffic con-
ditionS here.
The War Department problem, I
believe, has been worked out in
pretty good shape" he replied "Ex-
isting bridges across the Potomac
can carry the increased traffic load
if adequate approaches are pro-
vided."
To Help D. c. Somewhat.
Mr. Van Duzer said the building
would ease traffic congestion some
what in the District, since 13 per
cent of the War Department en-
ployes live in Virginia. However, he
pointed out. II per cent live in
Maryland and will have to continue
to come through the city to get
into Arlington County.
Moreover, the declared, 18 per
cent of the employees now walk to
work, but will have to use. busses
or other modes of transportation
when the new building is completed.
F. w. Lovejoy of the Public Roads
Administration. who assisted Dis
trict officials with the highway plafl-
ming survey on which the improve
ment program was founded, COM
mended it as both a progressive
step" and a forward movement"
toward solution of some of the city's
traffic ills.
Inspector Arthur E. Miller, COM
mander of the Police Department.
accident prevention unit, testified
that certain streets are carrying too
much traffic and expressed the opin-
ion that fringe parking lots would
serve as palliative if no elevated
highways or subways are to be con-
structed.
The subcommittee will resume the
traffic hearings tomorrow at $50
am.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-21

sS' ssTx5BY MET IN BOMBAY"
~ which Clark Gable and Ros-
Md Russell are co-starred on
80 Jewel screen, marks the
I uvSnth successful combination
\ @ the talents of Gable as star
}nnd Clarence Brown as direc-
tor.
Gable freely ccrdits Director
Deown with giving him his first
~ opportunity in pictures. The
star, then . bit player assigned
- D minor rolea In 'The Secret
SIX" at Metro oldwyn-Maye
wos cast in the all-important
gonester part in "A Free Soul,
70 share major acting honors
with Norma Shcarer and Lionel
Barrymore because Of Browns
quick diagnosis of his possible
tiee.
Brown has been testing liter
ally dozens of candidates for
Tia part without success in pre-
pairing 70 launch production on
"A Free Soul"
MAS JUST THE TYPE
Zone moon," he recalls,
't0able walked into the studio
eoGanaasaxy sensed Instantly
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-21
hide SIayinqs Provoke Grim Manhunf in Eas
Letter Box
To The Editor:

TO The Editor:
II IL gratifying to learn that
ut last some one has taken up
the battle against vice In the
community. II might be inter-
esting for you TO hear from some
one living near the Park address
where one Of these places oper-
ate. Here's some of the things
that take pl&ce:-You dare not
leave q door unlocked or you
might have unlimited guests that
would be rather hard to extri-
cate. Cars park USUALLY In =
dark place) at all hours Of the
night, men grope around your
front porch with . flashlight
looking for the number, or peek
in your windows to see II there
are any women present. And II
Is not uncommon to have them
awaken you at two or three In
the morning and ask where SUCH
and-such q number is, often in
sisting that your home is the
place. A neighbor of ours was
aroused one night to find two
men arguing with his wife and
demanding admittance, as they
were sure that was the place
where ..Panzy..- worked. Only
last week another was insulting
ly tongue-lashed b cause she
asked q couple of men to leave
her premises.
There are a lot of children in
the immediate vacinity of this
particular house, and the name
Of its operator is q constant by
word with these youngsters.
Some cling to the idea that
these places are q necessary evil,
that no mans wife or daughter
would be safe on the streets
without them. But ! find, on
checking on the accostings that
have taken place in the past,
that q vast majority of such at
tacks happened near one of these
places. Therefore I believe II
they were removed the number
of attacks would diminish con-
siderably.
My theory is, we don't think
much about a circus until there
is one in our midst, and l be-
lieve the same holds true to q
great extent with regard to these
places.
thank you,
A SUBSCRIBER.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-21
Infant HeiIinq
Child Suttun1bs
FuneroI Held
This Morning

Q An infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerald Hefiing, 1921 Mary
street, Mount Clemens, died
Sunday morning at the Sara
toga hospital, Detroit.
Surviving are the parents;
two brothers, John 3, and
James Il; the paternal grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis w.
Hefling, of Wisconsin, who are
visiting in Mount Clemens at the
present time, and the maternal
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Arthur, 70 Grove Park.
Funeral services were held
this morning at 1890 from the
D. N. Cooley Funeral Home,
Rev. FIR. Harold Rosebrook, of
the st. Louis Catholic church
officiating. Burial was at st.
Peters Catholic cemetery.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-21
Drive

CONTINUED rom Page ~
In urban centers and Cross
roads village more than q mil-
lion volunteer workers set out to
get pots and pans and any other
articles, such % old automobile
parts and fittings, which may be
smelted down and turned to de-
Tense uses.
PLANS CONFLICTS
Plans for prompt employment
of all metal gathered up were 30
far advanced. officials said, that
In q few months the little stew
kettle in which Mrs. Jones boil
ed her husbands breakfast egg
and the skillet I'm which Mrs.
Smith fried her morning bacon
would likely be part Of IN Amer
ican-made plane dropping Bri-
tish bombs over Germany-or
perhaps part Of . tank In this
country's own m . c h . nixed
forces.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-21
To The Editor:

~ Gu1tOl.
There have been several NOR
ais cases brought t, the public
eye in just the last few weeks
and no time has been lost in
bringing them to justice. Until
the case of one of our law en-
forcing officers and its hard for
the general public to understand
why this case is being delayed
so long it seems for the sole
purpose of the plea of the de-
Tense to become q good church
member if he is given another
chance.
If that were the case of the
blacklist criminal might be saved
on his promise to be a good serv-
ant to God, and in that way slip
through the claws of the law.
One carries the silly idea our
children might be allowed to 60
on the streets and be guided by
an officer and we find one with
an evil mind and the law does
not see fit to punish him or make
an example of him.
But what else are we to ex-
pect when part of the law en-
forcing officers are fighting to
rid the county Of vice and some
encourage it more power to the
parents who are and will carry
this fight to . finish . musty
place must have q housekeeping.
MRS. E. j. ZUKES,
r. r. (
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-21
V-Isn
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on German official cars, on
buildings, in front of hotels and
in the streets; drummed in
morse code, tapped on doors
and whistled in the darkness.
The British laughed off Ger
man efforts to take over the
campaign by handing out w.
signs of their own for German
victory. The real German word
for victory is "sieg", the British
said.
The British, themselves, are
having a field day with the VS.
--chalking them by thousands
in public places from the doors
of east-end slums to the Ira
falgar-Suuare Lions. Bakers
sold V-shaped rolls. Women
turned hat feathers into VS..
Seachlights and locomotive
whistles flashed and footed
Dmorse VS..
A report from johannesburg
said the V-campaign had swept
the Union of South Africa,
where the V-shaped finger sa-
lutte seemed on the way to SUI
persede the familiar thumbs
up."
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-21
Mysterious Telephone Tips
Locate Missing Girls
SoIsm Scene Of Dixovse
Killings Of Young Girls

oSALEM, Mass. July 2l-Re
A fifteen year old schoolboy
pleaded innocent today on .
charge Of murder in the mutila-
ton killing of Constance Ship,
Is, of Reading, while police
questioned d suspect in a second
rape staying, that Of pretty To-
year-old Frances M. Cochran,
whose body was I gu d In q
thicket off a lonely lovers
lane"
In Woburn district court, Ray
mond F. Woodward, Jr., of Read
ing, burst into tears when he
was held without bail for hear
ing July 81 in the Shipp case.
SUSPECT FOUND
Even as the Woodward boy
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-21
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celery: Mich bunshss 1-dss. stalks -.
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Calf Lsng whites WASHED u Ne. $50
sog 10 commercials S.oo.3.36, pseeee
lever; ldahs and Greg TriumDhs U Ne.
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anwashe6 1.1k-1.3S.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-21

was being brought to court, po-
lice, found q young man asleep
In Z parked car, near where the
Cochran girls body was found,
and took him into custody.
Police found the Shipp girls
body in the parsonage of the
Reading Baptist church. during
the absence of the pastor and his
family on vacation.
An anonymous telcphoned tip
led the police to scare h the
woods off q lovers lane near the
Salem Swampscott line yester-
day. where they found the raw
ished body of the Cochran girl.
The Shipp girl disappeared
last Tuesday while returning to
her home after a shopping trip
to grocery store.
The Cochran girl droppe d
from sight Thursday after alight-
ing from a bus in which she rode
towards her home in Lynn from
her work as a bookkeeper in q
leather concern.
Both girls evidently were
slain soon after they dropped
from sight.
Mrs. Harold Cochran, mother
of Frances. broadcast from a
Salem radio station yesterday
an appeal to her daughter to
come home. Half an hour later
the station received the tele-
phone tip and relayed it to po-
lice.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-21
HigIl-12 Plans
Picnic, Outing
Members TO Gothss
at Bonnow Cottoqe

oThe High-Twelve will gather
at the cottage of John Bannow,
North River road, next Mon
day afternoon and evening for
the clubs annual picnic and
outing.
The program will be in
charge of Wallace Gerlach, and
all members and friends are
cordially invited to attend.
Macy Watkins addressed the
club at today's meeting, speak
ing on present day problems
which have arisen for the war
situation.
Kendall Walton, president pre-
sided.