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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Central State
Buildings Held
Unfit for Use
State Marshal Finds
Rotting Roofs, Cav
ing Walls, Menace

MT. PLEASANT. Feb. -Four
buildings on the Central State
Teachers College campus. which
contain classrooms for $50 of the
800 students in the school. were
condemned today by state fire
marshal as entirely unfit for oc-
cupancy." Charles L. Anspach.
college president anReunced-te-
day.
Anspach said the fire marshal
found rotting roofs. caving walls
and foundations settling so rapidly
that floors have pulled loose from
wall partitions in many instances.
There are IL buildings in all on
the campus.
The deputy. returning immedi-
ately to Lansing. promised Presi-
dent Anspach that official con-
domination proceedings could be
expected following his report to
the office of the fire marshal.
The buildings. including the
central heating plant. defied re-
pair and maintenance. Three
buildings are the "temporaries." a
group of frame structures erected
Immediately following destruction
by fire of the old Administration
Building in 1925. Continuously.
since that time. the so-called
'sheep-sheds.' averaging 100 feet
by 40 feet. have been in use.
The fire inspector reported the
condition of some OF the rooms in
the temporary buildings is such
that cold drafts are impossible 10
eliminate. floors have sagged
seriously. leaking roofs-without
funds for their repair - require
pals TO be placed under the holes,
to catch water from rain or melt
I ing snow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-Once
upon time there were three
young boys. They lived in Copen-
hagen. in far-off Denmark. Al
though Copenhagen is a great and
beautiful city. the boys lived in
the same neighborhood within
four blocks Of one another. II was
neighborhood of workers fam
lies.
Years passed. and the boys went
out into the world to seek fame
and fortune
One Of them this week was
hurrying through downtown Wash
Ington in a taxi. when through the
window he spied familiar face,
jean" he shouted as he COM
manded the cabman 10 stop.
Jean"
"LauritZ" exclaimed I c
other.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Balance of PoDer

Woe 10 the belligerentS who
antagonlze that new power: for
If il steps into either scale. the
other will kick the beam.
What has all this to do with the
Daily Worker and The Week
Well. what have these papers said
that others have not said and
done? Their hostility to naziisn
is AS fierce fercer in fact than
that of the London Times.
Their criticism of the govern
ment is founded on the suspicion
that The dominating influence in
II would make an alliance with
the Axis powers 10 destroy Rus
sian socialism and partition the
L. s. s. r. rather than tolerate
the existence of A successful So
cialiSt commonwealth.
The answer is obvious. these
two papers insisted on the vital
Importance 10 England of friendly
relations with Russia. If only
they had denounced Stain as a
combination OF Nero and Tor
quemada, and the Russian regime
as tyranny worse than faScism
and naZiiSm at their worst. they
might have said what else they
pleased. and still lie unmelested
On-our breakfast tables.
This means their suppression is
the latest addition to a long series
of insults TO Russia of which Herr
Hitler i taking the fullest adj
vantage.
There was time when II Duce
hoped and prayed for a union Of
Weytern Europe led by Italy in
p crusade against hol hey SRI. The
fuehrer took up the idea. Eui il
didn't work. II Duce dropped it.
the fuehrer dropped It; but The
British old school tics and The
British foreign office. still living
IN The vorlG NJ William the Con-
Qucrcr clp0c no it..
And 50. narc 80 arc. M ~ The
neck in var with Germany. in
Sulinc and iniurinc Russia AT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Plenty of Precedents

There are plenty of precedents
for suppression. In the four years
war the summary extinction of the
venerable Globe newspaper. the
Sacking of certain too independent
editors that followed. didn't in
crease the peril of the country, and
10 that extent didn't matter.
1t only showed that in the mat
ter of making short work Of papers
that did not come 10 heel. British
government have nothing TO learn
from Fascist autOcratS. No other
implications were involved.
This time il is different. The
kaiser. before he began the World
War by invading Belgium. had
been warned by General Bernhard
not To do so until he had secured
the alliance not only of Turkey but
of the United States.
The kaiser not only disregarded
this advice. but antagonized the
United States by his U-boat cam
paign, and lost the war as a con-
sequence.
The two great Allies cannot
count on repeating that success.
A great new power has come into
existence as a federation. also of
continental size and man power.
the Union of Socialist Soviet
Republics.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Reserve total
More in State
1900 Expected to Get
Summons by July

Army expansion. which has a
ready resulted in call 10 500.
Michigan reserve officers for
active duty, will bring summons to
an additional 1000 by July. II was
predicted Saturday by Brig. Gen.
John II. Hester. war department
chief of staff for reserve officers
General Hester was in Detroit
to address the midwinter confer
ence of the Michigan Reserve
Officers Association.
THE army would he In bad
fix today II II were not for the
trained men in-the reserve
corps" General Hester said.
with q reservoir of 100000
trained men for officers. the
present expansion can proceed
without developing q shortage OF
qualified leaders"
The general pointed out that
reserve officers are now on duty
in virtually every army post
throughout the United States and
in the outposts at Hawaii, Alaska,
Puerto Rico and other posts.
America. he pointed out. is not
in the same position as ii was IN
1917 when an army Of 100000
was differed by 100000 men.
many Of whom had no previous
training before entering service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
kindbergh and Stalin--
Shaw Draws a Parallel
of Communist Papers
Grave Diplomatic Error, Says
Irish DramatiSt

George Bernard Shaw. world
famous philosopher and play
wright. herewith discusses with
characteristic frsnkneSs certain
phases OF Britain's war. Sup
preston Of the Communist
London Daily Worker. Shaw
thinks. was a diplomatic mis-
take. In making short work of
papers that do not come 10 heel.
he declares. the British have
nothing to learn from The Fas-
ciSt autocrats. Entitled Stain
and Lindbergh." the article dis
cuSSes at length and in sharp
detail Colonel Lindbergh's re-
Gently expressed hope that no.
body would win the war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
New Lake Ship
A 'Stream|iner'

A streamlined 300 passenger
ship, described as the finest ever
constructed for the Great Lakes. is
nearing completion and will be put
into service on Lake Michigan be-
tween Milwaukee and MuSkegon in
May, the Wisconsin and Michigan
Steamship Company announced to-
day
The ship TO be called the Mil
waukee Clipper is 36l feet long.
with fully streamlined hull and
supcrstructure and oil burning
motors II viii be The official AAA
connecting link across Lake Mich
igan for national highways.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

World Famous Irish Philosopher and
Playwright
tworld Copyright. 1884, Al rights re-
served Reproduction In whole or In part
strictly prohibited. Distributed In the United
state. by International News service
LONDON. Feb. suppression
in London Of the Daily Worker
and the cyclo-styled news letter
called The Week is A diplomatic
mistake. In pointing this out. l
am not thinking Of what is called
the freedom Of the press. There
is no such thing as free press.
A newspaper is either under
public control or private control,
insofar AS it is not under control
of circumstances and public taste
and as public control can be criti-
cized in Parliament, where private
control is practically immune. the
man who finances a newspaper can
do what he likes with his. Not
too much freedom about that.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Norman Kerry Quits
Legion, Hunts Job

HOLLYWOOD. Feb. Inns
Norman Kerry, wealthy top
ranking star in the silent screen
days, was looking for job tonight.
Back home after a year in the
French Foreign Legion. from
which he was mustered on the
collapse of France. Kerry said he
was broke and hoped to re-enter
motion picture work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
GiUen to Roosevelt

The board would also organize
myriad other details for civil
tefenSe on The day which Mayor
r Fl LaGuardia OF New York,
president of the mayors confer
'nce, said the nation prays will
ever come--the day in which
enemy bomberS strike America 5
great cities as they have in Eu-
rope and China.
The report. prepared by Paul Y.
BetterS. executive director of the
MAYORS conference, and submitted
10 President Roosevelt By Mayor
LaGuardia. stated that il is merely
proposal for organization. that
other recommendations will he
made shortly 10 begin a gigantic
program of purchases costing an
undesignaied sum.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Six Reported Killed
By Gibraltar Blast

NADRTD. Feb. Inns
fourteen persons. including six
'ilorS. were killed and y others
"ro injured today in an explosion
Gibraltar. accor'.n~ tn = mes
ace 10 the SPAN , r-"- -.~ncy
LogoS. from the fon'ier town oI
La Llnca.
The explosion. II was stated
was caused by inefficient hand
ling of explosives"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Rumney Seeks Regency

Mason p. Rumney'S candidacy
for regent of the University of
Michigan was announced by
friends Saturday. Rumney is vice
president of the Detroit SteCi
Products Company. a director and
former president of the National
University of Michigan Alumni.
Association.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Other Provisions

Protection. including air raid
shelters and safeguarding Of I'M
portant points.
Evacuation Of personnel from
threatened areas.
Maintenance Of vital services.
including food supplies, transport
services electrical gas and water
supplies and postal telegraph and
telephone services.
Treatment Of casualties first
aid posts hospitals and ambu-
lance services.
Repair of damage caused by
enemy air attack. including clear
slce Of debris. fire fighting. road
repairs, etc
Antigas measure, such as de-
contamination. gas proofine Of
dwellings. individual and collective
protection against gas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02

Private Clyde Kraft, %. or Can
ada'S Dufferin and Hgldimand
Rifles. was en- route back to his
regiment Saturday after A week
in Detroit that gave him 4 previev
Of what a blitzkreiG can he.
Kraft enlisted in the Canadian
army last July. leaving his wife,
Mary. 23 and his three children
in Detroit in ignorance of what
had happened to him. A week
ago he was granted leave from
his regiment and arrived al his
home al 9S7 TuScola avenue al 4
a. m lie had been drinking and
when his wife refused TO let him
in he broke down the door and
beat her up.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Clifford Hotel Sold,
RFC Lien Discharged

The Reliance Corporation Sat-
urday sold the Clifford Hotel. Clif-
ford and Duffield streets. 10 Ben
Wagner, operator OF the Briggs
and Grant hotels and lessee Of the
Clifford Hotel since Dec. !. 1889.
All furnishings were included in
the sale and an RFC mortgage
on the structure was discharcei
AZ the time of sale. Redecoratid
Of the apartment hotel will follow:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Camera Club Formed
For Nicht Workers

Formation of camera club for
Young men working nights was
announced Saturday by Lawrence
G. Western Those interested in
Joining the organization. 10 he
known As the Esquire Camera
Club Of Detroit arc urged 10 at
tend the first regular meeting at
Room 313 AZ the Downtown YMCA
AZ l p m. Monday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Mayors Urge
Cities Prepare
Own Defenses
Report to Roosevelt
Lists Aims in Event
of Bombing Attack
Bv ARTHUR HACHTEN
Irt1 New service Sfan torresrondent

WASHINGTON. Feb. Act
now" the United States Confer
ence ~ Mayors urged tho nation
TODAY in recommending a vast civil
defense program 70 be modelled
after Great Britain system for
protecting its population against
devastating aerial hombings and
lone-ranCe gun attacks
Creation was proposed Of fed
cral civil defense board with re-
cional offices 70 supervise special
state and local committees and
prepare for.
Restriction Of lighting black
OfffSH
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Voices Stains Opinion

But that is neither here nor
there. for England can admit with
a good-natured laugh that Colonel
Lindberg is right. and yet have a
strong case for cooperation be-
tween the United States and the
British commonwealth in breaking
the military power of the Axis.
But Colonel Lindbergh, went on
10 say something more important,
because it voiced the opinion not
only of the most serious neutrals.
but most certainly-as far as any
guess can be certain-the opinion
OF Stain.
That opinion is that victory for
either side is undesirable because
all victories are triumphs for wal
as an institution.
The ideal upShot is. therefore. a
Stalemate which will leave both
helligerents sincerely sorry they
reSorted 10 arms. and quite de.
termined never 10 do so again II
they can possibly avoid it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Didn't Kiss Wife

NewSpapermen. who were men,
bers| of the Kratz encourage
through the Detroit Windsor tun-
mel. asked Mrs. Kratz if she
wouldn't kiss her soldier-husband
good-by.
"Why should l." she said.
"He didn't kiss me good-by when
he left me"
In Windsor Kat was taken
10 The police station. where he
Was turned nNcr to two military
police. Who viii take him 10 Chip
poV4 Dat. where his outfit Is
stationed To impress on Kraft
that tho army docs not like ",
men n 20 ,AWoI. KAT mus
pay the railroad fare NJ tho mill.
try police out of his salary.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Defeated in 1887

Ziegler, however. has gone
ahead lining up county delegations
and he is expected 10 enter the
convention February % At Grand
Rapids with a formidable follow
ing. Smith has not yet an
nounced his intentions.
Ziegler was the Republican
nominee in 1897 and was defeated
by Van Wagner. He had entered
the department in 1919, serving
successfully as division engineer
construction engineer and deputy
commissioner He left the depart
ment when Democrats took over
in 1888.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Lindbergh's Attitude

Stains attitude was taken IN
Washington by no less celebrity
than Col. Charles A. Lindbergn.
colonel made sensation
and got himself denounced as a
pro-Nazi by CURLY dismissing as
war bunk the notion that if tie
British were defeated and their
fleet added to the German fleet,
the United States would be at the
mercy of the fuehrer, who would
Immediately invade defenselcSs
America and make il new world
province of the German reich.
President Roosevelt had mostly
won reelection on this ground;
naturally England supported MN
with all her eloquence.
Colonel Lindbergh said. in ef-
feet. Nonsense; and though the
surprise and Indignation were
noisy. we were reminded rather
abruptly that Herr Hitler is still
further from New York than Ma
poleon was from Moscow in 1872.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Help Kidneys
If Back Aches

Do you feel older than you are or suner
from Getting Up Nights. Backache. Nervous
ness, Leg Pains, Dizziness, Swollen Ankles.
Rheumatic Pains, Burning. scanty or FREE
auent passages7 II so. remember that your
Kidneys are vital to your health and that
these symptoms may be due 70 non-organlc
and non-sysfemic Kidney and Bladder trou-
bles--in such cases CYSTEX "a physician's
prescrintioni usually gives prompt and 10y
Gus relief bv helping the Kidneys fiu q out
DO -onous excess acids and wastes. You have
eyeryf hing to gain and nothing to lose IN
irving tysteN. An iron-clad guarantee
wrapped around each package assures re-
fund OF your monrv on return Of enrt~
package unless fully satisfied Don't t.. 4.
chances m any Kidney medicine that be
not guaranteed Don't DELAY Get CysteN
fSiss-tex from your
H~Yc&NN druggist TODAY Only
SSAGA use The guarantees
J,.I,, tI.,. I,.,,,, protects you.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02

every opportunity, while the Ger
man fuehrer is counting II most
sedulously Fortunately Stain
knows the value of this courtship
IN n hairs breadth
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-02
Thousands Set
To jam LANSING
For Budget Cut
New Committee Here
Ready to D e m a n d
Slash of 10 Million
By FRANK MORRIS

LANSING. Feb. According II
daily special delivery letters, which
have been flooding Lansing for
three weeks. thousands Of Mich
igan taxpayers will be in Lansing
Tuesday to tell the Legislature
how S10,OO0,OO a year can be
pruned from the state budget.
If the crowd is as large as adver-
tised in the daily bulletins-mailed
at cost of 13 cents each by ar
organization demanding economy
-Lansing's Prudden Auditorium
will be packed 10 the roof.
The hearing is sponsored by 2
newly created state budget com
mittee. which has headquarters al
104S Bull Building. Detroit. i
Elwood Andrews of Flint is preSi.
dent. and Hugh White. former
newSpaperman. is manager.
When these officials sought 2
hearing from the finance commit
tee of the House and Senate. they
told of the thousands C. taxpayers
who are demanding economy.
If YOU have that many mem
hers, you had better hire hall"
suggested the lawmakers.
So they rented Prudden Audi
forum. which seats 1000
The hearing is to start at l.
a. m.
Republican plans for peaceful
Spring convention were upset this
week when Charles NJ. Ziegler
Lansing city assessor, announced
that he is a candidate for the
COP nomination for state high.
way commissioner.
Many party leaders had hoped
to hand this nomination unani.
mously TO Leroy c. Smith. man
aging director of the Wayne
County road commission Smith
lis reported TO have declared hi
would not accept it if he is op
posed in the convention.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

that the property belongs to the uni
versity and is used for parking of
automobiles by students and faculty
members, is not sufficient to exempt
it nor is the fact that it is intended
to be used in the future for educa-
tional purposes sufficient to bring it
at this time within the benefit of
the exemption provision
In the Gethsemane Baptist
Church case, the investigating
board raised no question as to the
legality of exempting the church
property as such, but found no
reason why the janitor's apartment
should be exempted.
The st. AIMS Home was de-
scribed by the board as mot a
purely public charity within the
meaning of the act and therefore
not legally exempt from taxation. "
The board included the following
in its statement:
This property is maintained from
donations from guests. the CON-
mupity Chest, ST. Monica's League
"a club of colored women, through
showers of groceries and other do
nations. At the present time
there are II guests, three of whom
pay SIS a month, seven pay $40 a
month, one pays sl2 month and
one is free. The income from this
source is s2,364. The expense Of
Evening star., 1941-02-09

the property is maintained from
funds derived from endowment, in
terest on investments, donations and
sales of postcards and prints. The
income for 1910 was $43,929 whereas
expenses amounted to S44 ,427.
Statement Of Board.
In discussing its understanding of
the meaning of the District statutes
on tax exemption, the investigating
board said:
"The teaching of general educa-
tional subjects may relieve to some
extent the burden upon the State,
but We do not believe that the
maintenance of a gallery of art in
this District to any extent would
tend toward the relieving of such a
burden. The maintenance of and
the opening of a gallery of this
character to the public shows a
laudable public spirit, but in our
opinion the property is not used for
educational purposes within the
meaning of the statute. 1t is, there
fore, not tax exempt. The Com
missioners' old order for tax exemp-
ton of the gallery was dated De-
cember S, 1888.
The parking lots at George Wash
ington University were voted tax
exempt by the Commissioners jan
uary 13, 1889. In its decision the
investigating board said: The fact
Evening star., 1941-02-09

corporation counsel had ruled
March 2, 1885, that the organiza-
ton was not an educational in
stitution" under the meaning of the
law and that the application for tax
exemption should be denied. Fol-
lowing hearing before the Board
of Commissioners as then constl-
tuted, this ruling was reversed, with
former Commissioner George E. AL
len dissenting from the opinion OF
his associates.
The present investigating board
noted that but 40 per cent of the
land of the associations headquar-
ters building site was occupied by
the building. the remainder being
devoted to landscaping. The board
said it could not agree that 60 per
cent of the land area should be tax
exempt for landscaping reasons but
did not finally pass on this question
since the board held that the asso-
citation was not an educational in
stitution" and therefore not tax
exempt legally.
In the Phillips Memorial Art Gal
lery case, the board and the Com
missioners found that the building.
which occupies some 95 per cent of
the land area, has reception rooms,
galleries, display rooms, lecture
rooms and caretaker's room They
found also that whereas in the past
fees were charged on all DAYS eX-
cepting Saturdays and Sundays
when there is no admission fee: that
Evening star., 1941-02-09
ak Exemption
(Cnntip,toJ Erot,, Eircf Dooa

property tax exemption and to as
certain all facts related thereto, in
cluding actual use of the property
and whether exemption properly
had been granted as to the whole
or part of the property involved
While there are some 1000 cases OF
exemption, it is said that when diff
ferent properties owned by the same
persons or organizations are con-
sidered, the number of cases is re-
duced to about 1000 cases, or a little
less.
The special board was created
last December 2 after the Commits
sioners had directed Assessor Ed
ward A. Dent to supply a list of
all privately owned tax-exempt
properties. This study resulted from
protests made during the past year
by civic groups. During the past
year the Senate called for a report
on tax-exempt properties. This
showed that privately-owned tax
exempt properties had an assessed
value of $111,794,179 and that if al
these were taxed the resulting rev.
enue at the SITS realty tax rate
would be s1,956, ,401.
Ruling Was Reversed.
In the case of the American Phar-
maceutical Association. it was
brought out that the Office Of the
Evening star., 1941-02-09

Zion Church. 1109-11l3 Twenty
third street NV.
Vestry of st. Johns Protestant
Episcopal Church, St. Mary's Epis-
copal Church, 722-73o Twenty-third
street NV.
St. Stephens Church, southeast
corner of Twenty fifth street and
PENNSYLVANIA avenue NV.
Trustees, Mt. Lebanon Baptist
Church, 814-816 Twenty-flfth street
NV.
Trustees, Morning Star Baptist
Church, 932-934 Twenty sixth street
NV.
st. Pauls Baptist Church. s45-
'947 TWenty-seventh street NV.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

maintenance is approximately
$3.50 a year"
The board recommended and the
commissioners approved a finding
that in 8 of the ID cases so far
reviewed tax exemption had been
properly granted. The nine ap-
proved cases of tax exemption were
listed as follows:
Liberty Baptist Church, for BIT
TWenty-third street NV.
Republic of Chile, for the chan
Gerry Of the Chilean Embassy, 2154
Florida avenue NV.
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
Church yeStry, 915-917 Twenty
third street NV.
Trustees, Union Wesley A. M. E.