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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
On the Trail
Girl, 2, Follows Kitty
and Finds a Party

Curiosity and a stray kitten
combined 10 make for adventure
and a very nice party for 2h-
year-old blue-eyed Mary Frances
Carrico. who found the adventure
when she followed the kitten.
Mary Frances. a pretty blond
tyke. was discovered shortly after
noon yesterday by Dawson pre-
eihet police. trudging down East
Dawson avenue near Fenelon ave-
neu. In her doll buggy she had
her fortune, fuzzy kitten and a
doll.
About half an hour later the
frantic mother, Mrs. Ruth Carrico.
arrived at the Dawson station to
report Mary Frances missing. BY
this time. though, Mary Frances
was deep in ice cream and candy
and for the moment didn't care.
At headquarters, where she
claimed her baby, Mrs. Carrico
said she last saw the girl in the
back yard of their home at 1878
Keystone avenue, playing with her
sister, Linda, 4. and a neighbor
boy. She said she thought Mary
Frances had followed the kitten
and become lost.
The kitten is now Mary Frances
own. She named it Indy after
her big sister.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
Mothers Oppose
us. Convoy Aid

Armed with 1000 petitions, De-
troit mothers of military-aged sons
today are soliciting signatures to
forward to Congress protesting the
use of any part of our armed
forces for conveying war or other
materials 10 nations now at war"
The canvass here is part of a
two weeks nationwide drive spon-
sored by the Mothers National
Executive Comittee, of which Cath
rine Curtis is national chairman.
In Detroit, Mothers of the
L. S. A, headed by Mrs. Rosa NJ.
Farber, are circulating the petit
tons.
Mrs. Farber said Is volunteers
are soliciting petitions daily in the
loop with 80 more women working
in neighborhoodS. They will con-
tinue their canvass throughout
next week.
The petitions ask Congress:
AS a Mothers Day gift from
the Congress to the mothers of
this country, Immediately adopt
Joint Resolution 81, introduced
by Senator Charles w. Tobey,
placing the Congress on record
as opposed to the use of any
part of our armed forces for
conveying war or other materi-
ais to nations now at war"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
ELECTION DAY SALE

The owner of another beer gar
den whose bartender attempted to
bride policeman in order TO avoid
receiving a liquor law violation
ticket was fined SIS by Dotsch.
Patrolman Harley Lutz said
Dominic DePsolo, the bartender in
saloon at 1897 81. -Auhin street,
sold him drink on election day
and, when the officers identity
was disclosed. offered to pay S25
il he would overlook the violation.
Joseph Ciotti. owner of the bar,
was not present when the viola
ton occurred.
Other penalties given TO liquor
law violators included: Stephen
Kaskas. 7543 Joseph Campau ave-
nue., selling on Sunday, second
offense. $50 or 80 days: Zenon l..
Knasiak, 174S1 Joseph Campau
avenue. Sunday sale. S25; George
J. Efthemeou, S55 Michigan ave-
nue.. improper conduct. SIS; Henry
Waligorski, 1902 West Warren
avenue, selling to an intoxicated
customer, S25; Ben and Stella
Morris, 1888 Plymouth road, open
after hours, SIS: Fraternal Order
OF Eagles. No. 1865. 145l7 Grand
River avenue, possession of five
slot machines, SIS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03

or twice. or course, 1 was
raised with his father.
I'VE have granted deferment,
for example, TO an attorney In
the office Of Il. c. Schram, a
bank receiver who asked ID be-
cause IL would require long
training of man 60 qualify
him for the liquidation work.
We have given doctors defer
ment and we gave a gasoline
station man time to sell out his
station"
Huyette, the third member oil
the board. was asked If il is regu.
lar practice Of the board to give
individuals deferment to clean uI
their business
ut II not our regular practice
10 defer every one to clean up
his business" Huyette said.
Each individual case Is judged
on,its merits"
Asked if Sempliner's candidacy
had been taken into consideration
when the deferment was granted
Huyette said:
Whatever the chairman says,
goes for the board"
After withdrawing Sempliner'S
4-B classification, Devine pointed
out he could still be rated in "a
on the basis that his governmental
post would make him essential TO
the public welfare. Devine read
the draft regulations, which pro-
vide that PA classification
requires fullfilment of each of
three requirements:
Regular occupation in an
essential occupation.
sThe registrant cannot be
replaced because Of a shortage
of persons with such skill or
qualifications.
Removal of the individual
would cause material loss of ef-
tectiveneSs in such activities.
II think he NAV fit In there"
DeVlne concluded. "but the
board will decide at its meeting
Monday night"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
Ends Life in Cell;
1st Try Failed

Making his second attempt in "a
hours, Walter Piatkoski, 2S, hanged
himself today in a cell at the Dear
born police station.
Piatkoski of 1928 Schaden
street, Dearborn, was found hang
ing from the top bars by his
trousers and underwear which he
had knotted into rope, Lieut..
John Bartkowiak said.
Early yesterday police received
an anonymous call and found Plat
koski lying on the kitchen floor of
his home with all gas jets opened.
He was Jailed for being drunk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03

upheld. Defending his costs, HI
said:
For a long time I've thought
about a political career and I'm
now entering a political career
and II costs something to start.
1 feel Ii is a public duty to get
into politics and II the cost Is
high I'm willing to pay.
NOT TO MAKE MONEY
'T am not in politics to make
money. Every one knows there
IL no money To be made In poll
tics. My expense account might
he more truthful than some of
the others. Perhaps In this case
there is n penalty for being
truthful.
AS to why I should spend
1,6S2 10 get a SIt.764 return. 1
might ask you why did G. Dom
aid Kennedy spend $4,000 10
earn approximately $4,000 or
why the Republicans spent $780,
600 In an attempt TO get Leroy
Smith elected highway commits
sioner, or why the Democratic
Party spent over $1,000, 900 to
get Roosevelt elected"
Devine and O'Brien both said
they knew that Sempliner wa,
seeking public office when he re.
quested deferment in order TO end
his legal practice. UNFOLDING the
deferment. OBrien said:
II consider a candidate for
public office entitled to defer
ment TO let the voters decide.
There have been other cases
when we gave deferment TO an
individual TO establish an exempt
status, the case Of q long en-
gagement. say, where for some
reasons the parties have not
been married, financial or some
other reason.
HARDLY KNOWS HIM
II don't know this young man
except for having met him once
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03

philosophy of living. But he also
wants to be different.
ut is like a woman and her
Spring hat. She spends days
trying TO find out what they are
wearing, then she tries to buy
not what everybody is wearing
but a hat just a little bit differ
ent, a hat TO set her apart.
"A child in our modern world
needs desperately to have inter
nal resources. Today we rush
children through a day with ever
a moment unregimented. II a
child sits under tree just
growing, parents are In a panic.
He is wasting time. Yet a child
needs just that.
CHANCE TO SUCCEED
HE needs a chance to succeed
in his little world. He wants the
feeling that nobody else will or
can do some small task quite as
he can.
adults have the same need.
Their hobbies often fill IL. But
speaking of that. adults often
seek escape from reality in doing
things, in rushing about. Activity
can be an escape just as much
as day dreaming"
OF the introverted child HI
added:
Remember the world In which
YOU want the child to emerge is
not nearly as pleasant a place
As his dreams. The world il a
place of black eyes. bloody nose.
He must be led into 1t by per-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
British Aid Society
Allowed 10 Ask Cash

The British War Relief Society
today was completing plans for a
public solicitation of funds MAY
IL. Il and Il after its petition had
been approved by Common Coun-
Gil. Councilman John {. Lodge
declared the petition should be
approved because we are almost
IN this war and II Is Our duty 10
give all possible aid to Britain"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
ChiIdren'S Aid Festival
50th Anniversary Observed by 300 Social Workers
DR.. Plant Speaks at Victory Banquet

Michigan's Children's Aid Soci-
ETY. is so years old.
To celebrate that half century
of work, 800 social workers of the
city and state heard DIR. James
S. Plant, director of Essex County
Juvenile Clinic, Newark, N. j.,
plead the cause of the child in this
modern world. at dinner at the
Detroit-Leland Hotel.
Said Doctor Plant:
Parents should not worry too
much about the radio. the mo-
vies, and the comics. They'd be
surprised II they could hear their
children at play.
eff you ask a yOungster what
movie he likes best that he's
seen, he'll invariably name the
last one. Our duty In the modern
world Is to give the child what
he needs, but first we must
determine what that Is.
WANTS TO BELONG
"He needs a feeling of belong
ing. That is important today
when the world is In chaos. That
security in the emotional sense,
that feeling o. being necessary
to some one, is important. 1t is
the bulwark of our democratic
way of life.
But at the same time he must
have a feeling of belonging to
his group. Then comes the human
paradox.
He wants to belong. That fact
IL the basis OF the totalitarian
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
Help Bdrtenders
To Follow Law,
Police Told

Detroit police ought to help
liquor licensees avoid violations OF
the law and not ticket them for
technical offenses. according TO
State Liquor Commissioner James
E. Dotsch.
Dotsch made the statement after
dismissing case against Mrs.
Emily White, a liquor licensee at
2977 Grand River avenue. whose
husband sold an intoxicated man q
drink on Easter Sunday.
Compliments in the case were
two Detroit patrolmen, Glenn Col
Ter and August Kramp. They said
that while they were in the saloon
in plain clothes a drunken man
staggered in and up to the bar,
where he was served glass OF
beer by Mrs. Whites husband,
Charles.
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
They said that they asked White
why he served the man and that
White answered that the customer
looked sober to him.
Technically, think these
people are guilty" said Dotsch,
but I think II was the duty of
these officers to arrest this
drunken man before he was
served or TO inform the licensee
In no uncertain language that
the man was drunk.
This licensee paid $500 a year
toward the salary of these offi-
GERS. We have informed the
commissions own inspectors that
II they can I'm any way help the
licensee and keep him away
from q violation that IL their
first duty. 1 think 1t Is the duty
of every officer in the state. The
drunken man was locked up, but
was dismissed and did not even
pay q fine. Case dismissed"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
Benson Ford, IA,
Called for May %

will remove any suspicion of
favoritism."
McNAUGHTON'S STATEMENT
McNaughton's statement said:
AFTER our meeting of April
IS. le4l, I conferred with
Colonel Pepper and Colonel
Brandt of the state selective
service board, and they advised
me that under present circum-
stances they would not think l
WAS ineligible to vote on any
question pending before this
board in the matter of the regis
trant. Benson Ford.
THE registrant was duly re-
ferred TO the local medical ex-
aminer. who returned report
recommending the classified ton
of I-B. For the purpose Of as
surfing ourselves that this recon-
mendation was correct, the
board referred the report of the
local medical examiner to the
medical advisory board for this
district. The medical advisory
board returned its report con-
firming the findings OF the local
medical examiner.
DRAFT INSTRUCTIONS
"Under Volume 5, Classifica-
ton and Selection. paragraph
S4S. recites that I'm Class LIB
shall be placed every registrant
who. sitter physical examination,
is found tit only for limited mill
tary service, according to the
standards prescribed In Volume
6, Physical Standards, and who
Is not classified rs 1-E.'
while II Is within the power
of this board to classify q regis
trant within IA, regardless Of
the recommendation of tho ex-
aiming physician and the med
icaI advisory board. 1t IL my
opinion that such classification
should not be made unless the
board Is convinced that there
are some Irregularities In the
reports of the examining physi-
clans and the medical advisory
board.
FEELS JUSTIFIED
Tn view OF the report filed
with this board by the medical
fraternity. / feel that we are
fully Justified in classifying this
registrant In LIB, and l believe
that as public officials and rs
members of this local seIective
service board, we should have
the courage of our convictions
to vote in accordance with the
report of the medical advisers
in the absence of any conflict
ing evidence.
~, therefore, cast my vote In
this case for classification of
l-B."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
Governor Joins
Tool Tax Ban

Detroit Board of Assessors today
is considering the request of Gov
ernor Van Wagner that British
machine tools used for British
plane manufacture in local plants
be exempt from taxation.
Van Wagner made the request
after Secretary of State Gerdell
Hull protested assessment as IN
consistent with International law
and in effect tax on the British
government itself.
The tools We're assessed for tax
purposes at S5,522, $40 by the
board. They are being used in Gen.
eral Motors and Packard plants.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
Touring Central America

TEGUC1GALPA, Honduras. May
3.-INS) = Col. Yosiaki Nishi,
Japanese consular attache in Gen.
trail America, was en- route today
for Balboa. c. z. He flew here
from Mexico City Thursday and
conferred with japanese leaders.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
Induction Ordered
Although Doctors
Say He's Unfit

Benson Ford, 2l-year-old son of
Edsel Ford. will be indicted into
the army May %. Draft Board
No. ? of Maconb County ruled
today despite the report of the
local medical examiner and the
district medical board that young
Ford is physically unfit and should
be placed in Class LIB.
The resolution placing Ford in
Ia was supported by Charles
Retzlaff Of East Detroit and Will
liam Strich of Warren Township,
Chairman Charles n. McNaugh-
ton of ST. Clair Shores voted 10
follow the recommendation Of the
medical advisers and place Ford
in LIB McNaughton is the uncle
of Edith McNaughton of Crosse
Pointe. whose engagement TO Ford
was recently announced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03

Accident Insurance ONLY .
CENTS-A-WEEk. For details
call The Detroit Times, Cherry
$500.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
FAITH IN DOCTORS

'HNe- have absolute faith IN
the doctors who have examined
him and this action should not
he construed a. q reflection on
them. No one has attempted TO
influence this board either for
or against Ford, and We feel
that this action by the board Is
strictly their independent action.
Ford has not asked this
board for any deferment and
any deferment granted is based
strictly upon his physical con-
dition; therefore a further ex-
animation by the medical offi-
GERS of the army would not be
Of any pre- Judice TO Ford because
whatever classification the army
officers give him will be bind
Ing upon this board. This will
definitely settle the matter and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
MAJORITY STATEMENT

The statement OF Strich and
Retzlaff said:
I'VE feel that Mr.. Ford
should be placed in Ia. His
case has attracted unusual at
tention and considerable spec
uistion In this area. Some doubt
has been expressed as to whether
Ford be deferred. We feel that
II he were sent 70 the Undue
ton station, and If he were re-
jected by the army medical OFF,
GERS, no harm would be done,
and every one would know that
Ford was not given any add
tional preference.
'Tf by any chance the army
medical officers should accept
him, then, of course, he should
be accepted. In either event the
matter would be clarified be-
yond any possible doubt. This
would be fair to this board and
also TO Ford.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
FAITH IN PHYSICIANS

WOGlu DE NupltNl 10 diloiilGi IA
animation by army doctors.
"If he were rejected by the
army medical officers, no harm
would he done,. the majority
members said, land every one
would know that Ford was not
given additional preference"
8 McNaughton also issued state
ment explaining that after the en-
gaeement of his niece to Ford had
been announced he asked draft Of
ficials If he would be eligible 10
pass on Ford. Assured that he
would not be disqualified, Nc
Naughton said he studied the
medical reports carefully.
SHOULD HAVE COURAGE
1--WE should have the courage
of our convictions to vote In ac-
cerdance with the report of the
medical advisers in the absence
of any conflicting evidence"
said McNaughtor.
The local medical examiner for
Draft Board 2 is Or. c. A. Rue
disueli of East Detroit, whose
report recommending registration
in Class lib was dated March 20.
The draft board then referred the
case to Medical Advisory Board
No. l, with headquarters in Har-
per Hospital. The report of the
advisory board concurring in DR..
Ruedisueli's report was issued
April 13 and signed by DR.. Parker
Heath.
At least dozen specialists SUBJ
jected Ford TO rigid examinations
before pronouncing him unfit. The
nature of the disability is con-
fidential.
Glass 1B would have made Ford
available only for limited military
service and not likely TO be called.
His number was 25S5 but came up
early because of the large per-
centage of married men among
the $500 registered in his board.
Out of the $500 before hun, only
200 have been drafted TO date.
There are 81 other draftees
from the Macomb board TO be
indicted May %.
Henry Ford. Benson'S older
brother, recently was commits
stoned in the naval reserve and is
now on duty at the Great Lakes
II
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03

State Draft Officials Probe Army Status of Deferred
NeWly Elected Circuit Court Commissioner
Continued from Page One)

Upheld. Defending his costs, he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03
HARDLY KNOWS HIM

II don't know this young man
except for having met him once
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06
HONORARY DECREE

Bishop Garter was awarded an homo
rary degree of Doctor of Law frnlr
Paine College. When tA.s Dsgree was
awarded Bishop Carter by DR.. E. C
Peters, President of Paine College, as
sisted by Dr.. ], S. Cutler ard other
members Of the faculty, there seemed
TO have been stiffness with such
raptur as we hive never witnessed.
Tine college auditorium and the bs;.
cony gould hardly begin to hold the
persons present to witness this affair
At the close of the exercise, DR.. Peters
announced that Bishop Randall Alder,
Carter, ,AB, pD, AM LID, would pro
nounce the benedictpn.
This q historic affair was recorded
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06

Washington, DC The Pittsburgh
Couruier this week will ask the War
Department of the United States ano
its Commander-in-Chief, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt not to retire
Brigadier General Benjamin o. Davis
hiphest ranking Negro officer, from
active service.
General DAVIS, now in command Of
the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regi-
ments, stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas
reaches the retirement age of "a on
July 1.
This means that ON or about June Is
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06
Stale News

RANKIN County Regular preaching
service was held at Walters Grove
Baptist Church Sunday June /, nspte
of the weather which was very unset
tied. The audience was very god
DR.. J R Smith, the pastor preached
at 1900 o'clock and at 1:30 o'clock. A
Childreh's Day program was sponsored
Continued on page four)
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06

he may be ordered to his home for
retirement.
Army law requires that BrigadieI
General DAVIS be retired, BUT it is
believed to be within the province OF
the War Department to order him tc
active duty during an emergency.
The retirement law, The Pittsburgh
Courier believes, was passed to open
the. way for advancement of younger
officers .,
But Brigadier General Davis is the
highest ranking Negro officer IN the
Army. There is no pne else to take
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06

realities of job hunting, in intensive
six-dav Senior Career Week" program
prior to commencement activitivities
this week
From every side they were consulted.
advised ar d warned Of the pitfalls and
obstacles that they must face after
college Experts from government,
education, business, industry, and other
fields of activity gave INDIVIDUAL
coul sci and advice to the 2OO-odd mem
bers Of the graduating class at Hamp-
Continued on page Three
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06
General E3enlJaeaalra O.
Davis duo TO Retire
July ! , 19A1 Pittsburgh
Courier Is Asking Organizations And Friends To Write or
Wire Army To Retain Him

his palce. TO 100000 Negro citizens
he represents an achievement. the
heights to which a Negro can advance
in the Army
Inside Information has reached The
Courier that the mere knowledge OF
Brgadisr Genearl Davis presence al
Fort Riley has caused a complete halt
OF the evil practices oftimes practiced
against the enlisted men
The Pittsburgh Courier is also, Re-
questing groups, organizations and indivi-
duals write or wire the War Depart.
ment
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06

Mrs Coleman accompanied by hey
daughter Doris Coleman has been ii
the city for some time visiting rela-
tive, Mrs. Miller They are from De-.
troit Michigan
Mrs DR. Miller tie. dered her me It
M IS Doris Coleman with an informed
tea Friday evening.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06

The Woman's Society of Christian
Service of the Rose Hill charge held
very impressive pledge service Sun
day afternoon from the Rose Hill church
Rev and Mrs. F Leonard were
pleasant visitors at Rose Hill ME church
Sunday AFTERNOON.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06
ST A e NJ. VS.

DO, Miss Dear Secretary: TIL;
comes to s.y that lodge No Il has lost
one of its faithful members in t'le
person of Sister Lue Davis, She de-
parted this life May 30, 1871 She
leaves to mourn her passing, ore sister
and a host of grandchildren.
She was faithful member of the HBA
and member of the church She wa
loved by al lwho knew her.
J. S. Anderson, President
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06

Misses Maggie Juanita Yourg a n
Mildred Crawford report very lovely
trip to Augusta, Ga. where they were
visitors b the commencement exercises
Of Paine College.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06

Miss Lena Coleman is in the city
after spending some time in ST. Louis
Missouri She is employed by Dr. R
F Spears IN the capacity of recepion'st
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06
Hampton n t.
Seniors y armed
Of Job Ahead

Hamptan institute Va Sen Or stu
dents at Hampton Institute were jolted
out Of four years of campus complaceHcy
and brought face to face with the
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06

Mr.. j c Coleman of Dekalb was in :ht
office Saturday of last week on bust
Tess.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06

Mr.. Clyde Otis of Picayune, Mss
was in the city last week visiting his
aunt Mrs. R L Young together Nth
other relatives and friends.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-06
FOLK
WE KNOW

Prof. J. M. Hopkins of Crandall Was
in the HBA office Tuesday on bust
ness.