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CANDIDATE ANNOUNCES FOR '4s

NEXT: The Vegetable Garden.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Gas POISONING
Refuted

Blood tests Of most Of the "a
women who collapsed at their
work in the cigar factory of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Company, 5535
Grandy avenue, showed no trace
of hydrocyanic gas, Or. Milton
Weed of Receiving Hospital said
today.
Fumes from a tank OF hydro
cyanic gas in the basement of the
building were at first believed to
be responsible for the mass COL
lapse. The tests at Receiving Hos
pital also disclosed the women had
not been poisoned by carbon mo-
noxide or arsene gases.
The negative tests. according 10
DR.. Austin Howard and DR.. A. F.
Finch of Receiving Hospital, con-
tribute to the theory Of DR.. Will
liam Frederick of the Board of
Health that the women were vic
Tins of mass hysteria.
Meanwhile John j. Thorpe. state
commissioner of labor and in
dustry. ordered that the plant re-
manned closed until state and city
Investigations are completed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22

Of Nation
HOIlOred

A nation once more apprehen-
sive as II considers war-blazing
Europe paused today 10 honor the
birthday anniversary Of one Of
hiStory's greatest opponents Of
peace and cooperation between
nations.
II vas George Washincton's
fondest dream as he once sad.
Is. 10 see the whole world m
peace and the inhabitants OF II as
one band of brothers. STRIVING who
should contribute most 20 the hap
pineSS Of mankind
To pay homage to the founder
Of American democracy. Detroit
and the nation through patriotic
societies and in tho schools re-en-
acted scenes from Washington
life and re-told the stories which
have become part Of American
legend.
In all Detroit public schools.
paeeantS and plays were produced
yesterday and readings from MS
writings were given. after which.
in some grammar schools. ice-
cream and cake In special molds
we're served with tiny hatchets
and cherry trees as faVorS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
@ Hdrd Rebuked
By Traffic Judge:

After reprimanding his father
who appeared on his behalf, Traf-
nc Judge George r. MURPHY
granted an adjournment until
March : Of the reckless driving
trial Of Elmer B. OHara Jr.. 26,
son of the former Wayne County
clerk.
When the elder OHara appeared
before Judge Murphy and asked
an adjournment because his son
vas sick. Judge Murphy asked
nm 10 produce a doctors certifi.
cate
OHara said he did not know
such a certificate was necessary
Whcfcupon he vas rehuked ny
Judge Murphy who threatened tc
issue d capiaS for the immediate
arrest of the son hui later
changed his mind and granted the
adjournment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
50 IN CASH FOR EACH
PICTURE PRINTED,

There's total Of s. 1000 in cash
awards. with a $500 grand first
prize and other major prizes total
ing $500 10 be paid out al the end
of the contest. while the sum OF
the 81 payments viii reach another
$1,000
In this issue OF this newspaper
are number Of prize-winning pic
lures. which will give you an idea
of the kind of baby snapshots
wanted Tomorrow in The Sun
day Times there II be a FULL
PAGE of winning pictures In both
todayS Times and in Sundays is
sue you'll find an Interesting Baby
Picture Contest advertisement
with contest entry blank and rules.
Snapshots are wanted NOT
studio pictures. Send one or more
interesting baby pictures today,
after you have read the rules care
fully You may submit any num-
Der of pictures. A snapshot which
fails to win one week may win
later on. Please remember. 50 in
cash is paid for every picture
printed,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22

finished goods, which will he re-
Elected in future costs Of motor
buses and steel cars and the
construction of street railway
plants.
POSSIBILITY OF DELAY
"The demand for our indus
trial capacity for national de-
tense purposes may be so great
that much difficulty will he ex-
perienced obtaining mass trans
portation vehicles or materials
for expanding transportation
systems.
should the present survey Of
the departments operations dis
close that the street car system
should he expanded. II is reason
able 10 suppose that this cannot
he accomplished for some period
Of time due to the magnitude
Of the undertaking.
"In light of the above. IL would
seem reasonable 10 purchase as
minimum at this time suffi-
cient buses TO replace the 1886
FIVE year or older vehicles which
probably should he retired
within the next two or three
years"
The DSR commission scvera
weeks ago advertised for bids Of
up to 500 new 27-passenger coache
but Mayor Jeffries has held VI
placing Of the order pending tn
Morley survey. which will not b
completed before early Summer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Approves Bus Deal
u. of M. Transportation Expert Writes Mayor
That City Should Buy 1876 Coaches

Prof. John s. Morley. Univer-
sity of Michigan transportation
expert in charge of a survey now
being made into DSR coach versus
street car operating policies, today
placed his approval on the pur-
chase by the DSR of 1856 new
coaches.
In A letter 10 Mayor Jeffries.
who had asked Morley for his
opinion as 10 the adviSabllity of
the systems buying new coaches
prior 70 completion Of the survey.
Professor Worley said
The defense program which
Detroit has now entered into
should Immediately Increase the
traffic load of the department.
NEW RESIDENCE CENTERS
within the last 10 years a
number Of additional centerS of
population have appeared within
the corporate boundaries OF the
City of Detroit. with a number
just outside the corporate limits.
Pew or none Of these have
street railway transportation.
The demand for service in these
areas will increase. In addition
10 new centers Of population not
on street railway lines, there
are number Of industrial
plants which are being erected
for national defense purposes.
ct seems reasonable to eX-
pect a considerable advance in
the cost Of raw materials and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Bandits in Disguise
Rob Cafe Of $1,000

Police today sought three fancy
dress bandits. dressed IN long
white butcher coats and wearing
false uasfaches. who Yesterday
robbed 80 Addison beer garden
9l02 Michigan avenue. Of more
than 5000.
Horny =. Addison. proprietor
and other witnesses told police
TIE bandits also mad strips Of ad-
hesIvc tape on their faces 10 alter
their features Addison said they
carried such small caliber revolvers
ne thought their announced holdup
Was lust a Joke
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Only 7 Days Left
For Home Show

Capacity crowds were expected
today at the Detroit Builders
Show in Convention Hall. Doors
opened al $50 a. m. and VIII re-
main open until II p. m. The show
will close at II p m. tomorrow.
More than 500 exhibits are
being displayed al the show and
exhibitors report more interest by
the public than at any previous
show.
The 1871 Ideal Home, on Pont-
chartrain drive. north of Me-
Nichols, will be open Sunday from
10 a. m. to Q p. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Bank Manager,
Kills Himself

Quincy f. Marsden Of 1889
Castleton avenue IS year old
branch bank manager. shot and
killed himself IN an upstairs room
Of his home about 3 a m. today.
police said. after an argument be-
tween his wife. Myrtle a and an
other woman over drinks while at
a party MarSden was dead on
admission TO BEDFORD Receiving
Hospital.
At the time the shot was fired
Mrs Marsden was parking the
family car in the garage. Police
said Mrs Marsden told them her
husband had threatened once be-
fore to shoot himself.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Divorce Thrills Judge
Story of Wrecked u. of M. Romance Too Interesting
to Dismiss, Says Pittsburgh Jurist

PITTSBURGH. Feb. 22-"This
ease is too interesting 10 dismiss
now" said Judge Thomas NJ
Harshall in refusing 10 dismiss
the divorce suit filed by DR. A. w
Fieer against his wife, Dorothy
Anne Williams Flcer. both former
University of Michigan students.
The motion for dismissal came
after testimony showed that Doc
tor Fleer and his wife are still liv-
ing in the same house.
"She won't leave" said Fleer.
"She has removed most Of the
furniture from the house.
have 10 sleep with my mother
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Hoyt Morris Freed;
Jury Out 70 Minutes

A Recorders Court Jury DELHI
Grated only 20 minutes late yester-
day TO find Hoyt Morris not guilty
of embezzlzing funds from the
Cass avenue office of the secre-
tary of states office.
He was accused of placing
IO.U.s in the petty cash fund
when he was manager of the office
during the administration of the
late Leon D. Case. Morris de-
clared he had been given permits
sion to- take the money TO pay
bills OF a political organization.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
and NV wife sleeps on the floor"

and my wife sleeps on the floor"
Fleer accuses his wife of having
five love affairs since their mar
riage. two with his former coll
leagues on the faculty Of the Uni
vcrsity of Virginia and three with
students at the university.
DR.. Morris Ostrofsky. fellow
worker with Doctor Flcer. testi-
fled that Mrs. Fleer told him she
knew of cabin in West Virginia
and asked him TO spend a week
end there with her. He said he
refused and then went 10 Doctor
Fleer and reported what Mrs
Fleer had said to him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Gas Purchase Vote Rushed,
Company Attorney Says

useless property from the rate
base.
Expanded sales, especially
TO industries, which would re-
duce the unit cost Of distributing
gas by increasing its sales
volume.
. A lower cost of natural gas
from the pipeline, resulting from
greater and more balanced
purchasing volume.
Elimination OF excessive
salaries. huge bonuses and huge
fees now expended by the gas
company for lobbying, rate.
litigation. etc.
Industrial operations, requir-
ing natural gas cheaply priced,
would develop and expand,
creating new jobs" Dingeman
promised.
LESS SMOKE AND SCOT
"DetrOit's smoke and SCOT
menace would be abated. with
the greater use of clean natural
gas, promoting public health,
reducing cleaning bills.
important, too, would he re-
moval from Detroit of the un-
wholesome political intrigue,
corrupting democracy. which has
marked the conduct of gas
utility holding corporations.
THE average family's living
standard would he raised and
the citizens would regulate their
own gas rates"
Dlrgeman added that regulation
of the utility under the state com.
mission had proved a failure.
Generally, state public serv-
ice commissions are constantly
subjected TO pressure and con-
niving by public utility COM
panies, who seek to regulate the
regulators" he added.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Second Car Hits
Man Killed by
Fleeing Auto

Police are hunting today for the
motorist whose car struck and
killed pedestrian tentatively
identified as Con Murphy at East
jefferson and Mt Elliott avenues
early today. The driver Of the car
sped away after telling another
motoriSt that Murphy walked into
the side Of his car.
Carl Durham. 10, Of 7416 In
diana avenue. said that he saw
MurphyS body in the street and
stopped behind another car parked
Al the curb The driver of the car
told him Murphy had walked into
his car
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Approve Army Day Parade

Common Council has approved
a permit for an Army Day parade.
April 4. from Woodward avenue
at Vernon highway TO the City
Hall Request for the permit was
made by James VI. ODea. chair
man Of the Army DAY committee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
CURIOUS IN JANUARY

The council in January, when
the question of the overcrowding
of Receiving Hospital was under
discussion, wanted TO find out why
the Farwell estate hospital had
not been built during the 10 years
that had elapsed since Mrs. Far
wells death.
Council expressed the fear that
perhaps the estate had suffered
mishandling by the trustees. The
estate is now administered by the
Detroit Trust Company.
Mcintosh and Long found the
estate has a book value tf $3.50
366 but they found this valuation
an inflated one. Most of the as
sets are in real estate, which is
carried on the books at much
more than its actual sale value.
They informed the council that
eventually the estate would have
TO revert 10 the Farwell Founda-
ton, set up as an alternative to
the hospital construction plan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
.FarWelI
Estate
O.. KID

Any suspicion that there has
been Encouragement of the estate
of Emma j. Farwell is unwar-
ranted and further investigation is
unnecessary. Prosecutor William
f. Bowling has reported to Com
mon Council.
Bowling assigned Chief Assist
ant Prosecutor Julian G. Mcintosh
and Assistant Prosecutor William
p. Long TO investigate the hadling
of the estate at councils request.
Mrs. Farwell died in 1891 and in
her will stated that after all other
requests had been made the estate
should go toward the construction
of two hospitals in Detroit, one for
the treatment of eye, ear, nose
and throat ailments, the other for
contagious diseases.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
WOMAN HECkLER

Following the meeting Mont
fouery and a company engineer
were asked 10 explain 10 an un-
identified woman heckler the
reasons for an Increase IN her gas
BIZ
Tho two gas officials We're sub
1ecfed 10 such a torrent Of abuse
that they gave up the rob and
with the hep of police attendants
were quietly slipped out of The
Council chamber D. s-eN door
Councilman Dingeusn /aId the
manlcipal oW nefsh ] = proposal
would Substantially Bwer rates
due 70.
sRemoYsl Of al unused and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
ANOTHER LETTER

Another letter from McCrea TO
Drysdale complained about a
gambling establishment ION jeff
erson avenue" apparently a refer
ence 10 the harrington road
establishment. Drysdale's reply TO
McCrea, il was testified. said there
was no evidence of gambling there.
"Why didn't you tell him
about the handbook that was
clearly referred to-" asked
O'Hara.
81 didn't think of handboOks,"
the witness said.
Drysdale told Of a meeting of
police chiefs called by McCrea in
1895 to discuss Wayne County's
appalling vice conditions. Asked
what he did about vice conditions
after this meeting, the witness
said he didn't think he did any
thing.
Visiting Judge Earl c. Pugsley,
hearing the case with a jury. left
for Hart after yesterdays session
TO spend the weekend with his
family.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Get Cash
For Baby
Photos

Now-TODAY-you are urged
10 enter The Detroit Times 81 600
Interesting Bany Picture Contest.
Think what a thrill il will be if a
picture YOU submit IS a winner,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Crosse P0inte Official Owned
Handbook, Witness CHARGES

With testimony on record today
that former Crosse Pointe Park
President Alfred Garska kept a
watchdog in handbook 10
guard his Interests, the county
graft trial stood adjourned until
Monday when the prosecution will
continue with its Crosse Pointe
case.
Special Prosecutor Chester p
O'Hara indicated yesterday that
he would complete the case against
the half dozen defendants charged
with conspiring to foster gambling
in Crosse Pointe before going on
to those accused in other portions
of Wayne County. Thirty-three are
on trial.
August Bamberg of 1919 Lake
pointe avenue. admitted veteran
blackjack dealer, testified to being
Garska's watchdog" after Garska
allegedly took over a handbook at
9S5 harrington road while he was
president of Crosse Pointe Park.
COST PUT AT $4,000
"When Jack Woods, who OPP
Grated that handbook, died in
1888, I told Garska that Max
Weigel and Charles German
were going to open it," Bamberg
testified. tWeigel is defendant
in another case, German a de-
PENDANT in this one.) 81 asked
Garska to get me a job there.
"Garska said: They are. are
they? 1 can take care of that.
How much does IL cost to run
one Of those places told him
IL would cost $4,000, but that he
couldn't do II.
HE told me Max Weigel Is
cancelled. I'll give you $50
week and 10 per cent TO repre-
sent me as watchdog in the
place"
THREE-WAY CUT
Bamberg testified further that
German agreed to the deal and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22

According TO gas com p any
Spokesman, the people Of Detroit
are being rushed headlong into the
municipal ownership venture with
out consideration for- scores of
highly technical and complicated
phases of the gas business.
Henry A. Montgomery, gas com
pany attorney, told the second
Town Meeting" audience at City
Hall last night that the six weeks
between now and April 7 is too
short for a full discussion of the
municipal ownership issue.
I'VE doubt that II Is possible,
in the few meetings that can he
held between now and April :,
that this subject can be fully
covered and all the various
questions intelligently discussed
by both sides in hearings such
as are proposed. However, we
shall try out best" he said.
LITTLE MYSTIFIED
"The gas company was some
what mystified by the rather
precipitate action of the Com
mon Council in rushing this
question on the April ballot with
little chance for the voters TO
study the three proposals"
Montgomery added that opera
ton of the gas company was a
highly competitive retail business.
comparable TO the running of q
large department store, and that
even the survey of its operations
by the state Public Service Com
mission required Is months.
He added that to date the gas
company had been unfairly abused
in the Town Meeting and that
they were placed in the position
Of having their case tried before
"an enemy Judge.
In reply Council President John
W. Smith offered that al any
future session Of the Town Meet
ing Montgomery or any company
official would be permitted 70
weld the gavel and preside over
the sessions, if they desired.
NEW PROCEDURE
On the suggestion of the COM
panY new procedure Will be fol-
lowed az future Town Meetings.
On Monday morning the gas
company Will serve the corpora
ton counsel with y written
questions and the corporation
counsel will serve , questions on
the gas company.
Then al the session the same
evening each side will attempt n
present the answers 10 the cues
tons presented by the corporation
EaCh session OF the Town Meet
ing viii be preceded by the
exchange Of questions.
An audience Of more thar 7jf
persons listened 70 Most Couery
presentation Of the company S
position last night
II addition Councilman Harm
J. Dingcinan renewed the city
appeal for the municipal OWNERSHIP
proposal and two other city o..
ficia1s. Laurence 9. Lenhardt
manager Of tho Water Board anr
James <. Shields. DSR attorney
tod OF Their departments.
WOMAN HECKLER
Following the meeting Mont.
fomery and company engineer
were asked 10 expls p 10 an IN.
identified woman heckler tho
reasons for an Increase IN her "a,
BIZ
Tho two gas officials were sub.
1ecfed 10 such a torrent Of abuse
fn.A tNntt ralH La thr oh az
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
HIT BY SECOND CAR

Before Durham could walk over
to the body il was caught in the
bumper Of a car driven by Clemcn,
Schembri. Al. Of 52s7 Cecil avenue
and dragged two blocks before
Schembri noticed il. In the mean
time. the motorlSt who struck
Murphy drove away
Murphy death is the thirty
eighth of the year in Detroit
traffic as compared with IS last
year
Two other persons were killed
in Wayne County.
Donald Manning. 10, Of 1545C
LahSer road. a passenger in the
car of Edmund J. Shalhoub q. OF
$3.50 Quincy avenue. was killed
when Shalhoub's car collided with
one driven by Robert Ronk II, OF
1925 Chelsea avenue, BEDFORD
Township.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
FOUR INJURED

Injured were Mrs. Florence
Manning. 2s; Miss Dorothy Mar
quay. 19. Of 5046 LinSdale avenue;
Rose Grives. II. Of 1928 Poinciana
avenue. BEDFORD Township, and
Marjorie Clayburn. 10, Of 1852
Inkster road. All were taken to
BEDFORD Receiving Hospital
James Steadman. 16. Of New
Boston. died in a collision in Huron
River drive near New Boston. He
was a passenger in the car Of Don
aid Bell. II. of New Boston. wher
Bells car was struck by one driver
nv Robert S. Morris of New
Boston.
Morris was injured and is ir
Eloise Hospital
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
HINT FROM GARSKA

Drysdale testified that when a
man identified as "Strathern
Wood" sought to open handbook
in Mack avenue. on Garska s
orders he prevented Wood from
so doing by telling him ito give
up the idea
Cross-eXamination by GarSka's
attorney. Fred r. Walker, brought
out that Garska in instructing
Drysdale not TO let Wood open a
handbook. said he was doing so
because Wood had tried TO bride
him.
Prosecutor Duncan c. McCrea.
a defendant, cross-examining on
his own behalf, had Drysdale
i entity correspondence that
passed between himself and the
prosecutor office concerning po-
lice work in 1887. The letters
warned that McCrea's staff had
been diminished and asked local
departments TO take on added
duties. One letter asked local
officers to be on the alert for
slot machines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22

that German got 35 per cent of the
profits from the handbook. he got
10 per cent and Garska got the
rest.
II used TO deliver Garska's SIS
per cent of the profits to him."
Bamberg said.
Bamberg's testimony confirmed
that of Mrs. Woods. widow of the
dead handbook operator. who had
testified that Garska bought the
handbook from her after her hus-
bands death. 1t is the prosecu-
tons contention that Garska used
his official position 10 create a
monopoly for few handbooks in
sWank Crosse Pointe Park.
Earlier. former Police Chief
James c. Drysdale OF Crosse Pointe
Park testified he never had the
raided because no one
complained about them and every
one seemed to use them"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22

Bamberg testified further that
Iorman agreed TO the deal and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-23
Dental Plates
Useful Xmas Gift

When you are looking around for
a practical Christmas gift for Dad.
Mother or Grandmother. think
what nice thing 10 give a set Of
DR.. Burns TRANSPARENT DEN
TAI PLATES. They viii give
years Of service and real pleasure
and make a Christmas 10 BE- re-
memb<red. Adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-23

merger Vas recommended, 80
leaders n three major eharchwo-
mems groups met in Atlantic CITY
to complete the unifiestica ~ all
~omen's activities in Protestant
churches. They created . new or
gsnirstion 20 b known ~ the
United Council Of Churchwomen
The merger win sffec, ten million
women in 10 denominations.
Al~e Indicative Of spiritual
unity In the present situation
was an unusual service hesd In
the national capital last sun
day. High government officials
Joined more than s.ooo wor-
shippers In service cf
prayer for national guild
ance" al tire Wsshingsos
Cathedral.
The mass service was jointly
called by the Washington FEEDER
alton Of Churches, the Washing
ton Hebrew Congregation, and the
Washington Cathedral In brief
meditations. leaders Of the Protss-
tant and Jewish faiths called for
humility, justice with mercy.
righteousness and spiritual unity
under God IN facing the war. This
service was regarded a. q sign Of
the gravity Of the hour and as an
expression Of q common senns of
spiritual need.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-23
Trading Post 10 Be Restored al Salina

Gated INSIDE the city limits ~
Salins. was established las years
ago by French traders. In its re-
stored form. the post viii consist
Of a double log cabin with stone
chimneys At each end.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-23

sALINA. Plans are beng
made here for the restoration Of
the old Choutesu trading post.
one Of the early landmarks c<
eastern Oklahoma. The pest. 10