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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

Egyptian X g.
Certainly 1t can
not be considered
merely an acct
dent, because in
many parts OF
South America, all
through the is
lands of the Pa
cific, the peninsula
OF Indo-China and
Siam, the Philip
pines, portions OF
the continent Of
Europe and Asia
and many other
sections of the
world, the custom
has been found.
With the spread
Of modern civiliZa-
ton to even the
remotest cas- ,
the practice Of
squeezing and al
tering the heads of
little tots has
slowly been dying
out--except where
the Mangbetu still
cling tenaciously
TO the practice.
These fric a n
tribesmen show no
desire TO change
and there were
many joyful cele-
brations after the
official announce
ment that the six
year-old law had
been withdrawn.
The elong a I e d
head inspires the
entire Mangbetu
culture and art.
Innumerabl e o b =
jects. like clay
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

TO build all the shelves closets other jobs in eN
change for the use Of tiny basement meter room as
workshop.
Here Morgan installed power saw and shortly ater-
wards made the great discovery that husbands really DO
like 20 fix UP things So many OF them were invading
Morgans meter room to use and other tools that
q, 1912 by American Weekly. In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

made il at cost of 500 An antique dealer offering sooo
for It. refused TO believe that it is not an heirloom
An obsetrican with Morgans tools made device TOT
,,,n, taI, the heads Of experimental rabbits
Ger expert just returned from inner China flndS the
Hobby Workshop splendid retreat from clvhzauon
where he can build brdcagcs bookshclVes ana DESKS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

= july >, 1912
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-05

On weekly In. Great Bnian RisRts Reser'ed
Evening star., 1942-08-18
40 Witnesses Called
To Testify Thursday
At Dodge Inquest
Police Round Up Several
Who Witnessed Heirs
Foil in Precinct Stotion
By the Associated Press,


DETROIT, Aug. l8-Prosecutor
William E. Dowling today sought
the solution to the mysterious death
of John Duval Dodge, 43-year -old
son of the late multimillionaire
automobile manufacturer, from new
witnesses produced by police in an
all-night roundup.
Mr.. Dowling was to add their
statements to those of more than
score of persons. already ques-
toned, who saw Mr. Dodge during
the 48 hours preceding his collapse
in a police station last Wednesday
of hemorrhage which an autopsy
indicated was the result OF a l0-inch
skull fracture.
In all, more than 40 persons were
under subpoena to appear at a
coroner'S inquest at 8: 80 q m. Thurs
day. At least eight of them were
men under detention in the precinct
station where Mr.. Dodge collapsed
after refusing to explain his pres
ence in a home later shown to be
that of a friend.
Police Inspector John o. Whitman
said the only injury Mr.. Dodge was
known to have suffered was when
he threw himself backward and
struck his head on the concrete
floor Of the precinct station.
Yesterdays roundup of miscellan
eous witnesses began while funeral
services for Mr.. Dodge were being
conducted in an undertaker's chapel.
Only close relatives and about $50
friends were admitted.
While crowd OF 500 curious stood
outside, the Rev Robert S. White
head, vicar of fashionable Christ
Episcopal Church, officiated at the
services.
Ten automobiles bore friends and
members Of the Dodge family. in
Guiding his sisters, Mrs. Wesson
Seyburn and Mrs. Isabel Dodge
Sloan. to Woodlawn Cemtery. where
Mr.. Dodge's body WAS inferred in
the family mausoleum.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Fitzgerald Would Shoot
RowinQ Industry Heads

NORWICH, Conn, Aug. 18 tP,.-
Representative Fitzgerald, Demo
crat, of Connecticut declared last
night that those heads of the dis
tilling and gasoline industries who
are holding up the synthetic rubber
production program while they fight
over who will control the industry
should be taken out and shot"
Speaking at meeting of Con-
necticut gasoline dealers here. Rep
resentative Fitzgerald asserted "it
is time We stopped fighting among
ourselves and unite in the war ef-
fort because If we don't win this
war, who controls any industry isn't
going to matter
The chairman of the special House
committee investigating the gas and
rubber situation said his group was
heartily opposed to the gasoline ra
tioning as it is now applied" and
revealed that within the next few
weeks representatives of all the sea
board States would meet to draft
legislation to make gasoline ration
ing Nationwide.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Missing Persons

Those having information
concerning persons reported
missing should conanunicnt.
Wtth the Public Relations SQUAD
OF the Police Department, Ma
] tiondl 1000.
Dorothy Bryan, l3, feet 3 inches.
l25 pounds, auburn hair, wearing
two-piece blue dress with " but
tons and red suede shoes, red socks.
red pocketbook; missing from 1904
Gales street NE. since yesterday
Cleveland G. Cook, Is, S feet, 100
pounds, blue eyes, brown hair. wear
ing blue dungaree trousers. blue
striped shirt; missing from lO4O
bladensburg road NE. since yester-
day.
Claude Edward Howell, 80, S feet
inches, l40 pounds, gray eyes, light
brown hair, scar on forehead. wear
ing blue uniform trousers, white
shirt with purple stripe, black shoes:
missing from 1873 Carroll street Sc,
since Sunday.
Addie Moore, 48, S feet, 1875 pounds,
gray oobbed hair, wearing green
floWered dress with white lace COL
lar and cuffs, carrying blue bag and
brown bag; missing from Airing
ton, Va. since yesterday.
William c. Pearce, 50, colored, 8
feet. 1876 pounds. brown eyes, black
hair, wearing white pin stripe trous-
ers, white striped shirt; missing
from 126 Seaton place NV. since
Sunday.
James Fisher. IL, colored, 4 feet 10
inches, IS pounds, wearing white
shirt, blue striped socks, black shoes;
missing from 1885 Fifth street NV.
since Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Bodies Of Man, Boy
Recovered After
Virginia Flood
Bridges Swept Awoy;
Windstorm Demolishes
Form Buildings, Orchards

The bodies Of two Virginia food
victims were recovered yesterday
after a two-hour downpour Sunday
night that sent water several feet
deep into homes and washed awav
small bridges In the area around
Winchester and Woodstock.
A wind storm struck part of Gar
rett County, Nd, yesterday. demol-
ishing farm buildings and orchards
and uprooting trees. the Associated
Press reported from Oakland.
Boy, IL, Drowned.
Sketter Miller. 1i-year- old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Delaney Miller Of
Front Royal. was drowned In the
Shenandoah River. The river was
swollen and muddy from rain when
the boy, who was swimming with
four companions. disappeared under
the water. His body was found last
night.
William Jackson. ~. colored. of
Woodstock. was swept downstream
and drowned In 4 creek outside the
town while attempting to help fire-
men attach q tow rope to his strand
ed car. His wife and another pas
senger In the automobile were res
cued. A rescue squad later found
his body 200 yards downstream.
A car owned by Truman Dorton,
Edinburg. was washed away in 4
swollen creek Numerous livestock
drownings also were reported by
farmers in the area,
River Rises II Feet.
The Shenandoah River rose to IA
feet at the height Of the flood but
receded rapidly as its tributaries
ebbed.
No casualties were reported as 4
result of the winds in Garrett Coun-
ty but property damage was extern
sive. The wind played peculiar tricks
during its brief assault.
Alex Wilson of oakland lost .
chicken coop and the front door of
his home and saw a tree sailing over
the top of the house.
Robert Davis, near Deer Park. lost
the roof from his house, the front
porch and chicken coop.
At the home Of Levi Glotfelty.
near McHenry. q cupboard contain
ing dishes was upset but the rest OF
the house was untouched.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Mysterious Bronx Cos Traced
To East River Stognont Pool

donned a pair of hip boots waded
into the murky depths of the pool
formed by backwash from the East
River-and came back to shore with
pailful of wood shavings. iron
pyrites and pure sulphur extract,
resembling residue from a eastman
ufacturing plant
A scout was dispatched to see if
there were any gas plants in the
vicinity, and he found one about a
mile away. Mr.. Lyons said this plant
had been dumping residue into the
pool for five years.
The chemists recommended "plen-
ty OF soda ash" to eliminate the
odor while arrangements are being
made to drain the pool.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Efforts 10 Control
FIuorescent Lamp
Industry Charged
U. S. Attorney Accuses
Bio Electrical Firms
At Senote Hearing
Hs the Associated Press.

a, the Associated Press.
A Government attorney told the
Senate Patents Committee today
that General Electric. Westinghouse
Electric and public utilities working
with them in the electrical field
were trying to control the fluores-
cent lighting industry because
f1uorescent lamps consume less cleo
tricity than the incandescent type.
John w. Walker of the Justice
Department antitrust staff testi-
fed today that General Electric,
after failing to bring the leading
independent manufacturer OF fluoo-
resent lamps under it's control, had
brought suit against this manufac-
turer, the Upgrade Sylvania Corp,
under certain patents.
by this suit. it is seeking to have
Upgrade enjoined from continuing
to manufacture lamps" the witness
said. If the suit succeeds. General
Electric and Westinghouse and the
utilities will undoubtedly be left in
complete control of the fluorescent
lighting industry"
Can Act in Concert.
Mr.. Walker told the committee
that the utilities, while ordinarily
independent of each other except
where grouped together in holding
companies, can and do act in
concert in matters affecting their
common interest"
The utilities" he testified,
undertake to sell and promote
mazda lamps-and the appliances
and other electrical apparatus of the
mazda manufacturers as well-and
on their side the mazda manufac-
turers undertake to promote their
products in such a way as to add to
the amount of electricity consump-
tion."
Use Less Electricity.
Fluorescent lamps are long glass
tubes coated on the inside with flu
crescent materials which contain a
mixture of mercury vapor and argon
gas, with an electrode running
through them. They we're placed
on sale by General Electric in the
summer of 1898, when, the attorney
said, they were found to be much
more efficient than the incandescent
lamp, using much less electricity
in producing given amount of light
and thereby enabling the consumer
to save on his electricity bills
The utilities we're filled with
grave concern Mr.. Walker de-
clared He introduced letters and
memorandums designed to show
that the utilities reached agreements
with General Electric to refrain
from advertising that fluorescent
lighting was cheaper and from ad-
vocating the new lamps for general
lighting.
Buy War bonds and when the war
Is won, cash in-on Freedom!
Evening star., 1942-08-18

Gable did not appear bothered at
the prospect of having arise daily
at Sis am. and work until dark.
He said he frequently had to get up
that early for movie scenes, and
believed he was in pretty good
shape" physically.
At the command commissary, he
was given full army outfit, includ-
ing pair of number IL heavy duty,
Government-tssue shoes.
The wealthy actors first lesson at
the training school was instruction
in how to make his bed.
Cables enrolment took place in
the lobby of one of the Miami Beach
resort hotels taken over by the Air
Forces. Military police kept out the
curious. but a corporal's guard of
the screen lovers feminine fans
managed to peek through the win
dows
Smiling and affable, Gable told
reporters that he couldn't discuss
his military life, except to say that
My country is at war and I just
want to carry my share"
Evening star., 1942-08-18

3, the Associated Press.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Aug. 18.-
Shorn of his famous mustache,
Corpl. Clark Gable is buckling down
to the rigid discipline of the Army
Air Forces officer candidate school
here.
Informed on enrolling that regu-
lations forbid any one less than a
first lieutenant to sport a mustache,
he promptly went to barber shop.
Half of Cables mustache was
shaved off by the barber and then.
for the benefit of news cameramen,
the former actor completed the job
A private for the duration of a
transcontinental train trip, Gable
was promoted as soon as he enrolled
in the air forces school, nicknamed
the "streamlined West Point" be-
cause of its rigorous schedule. All
students are corporals or sergeants.
After IL weeks OF getting up at
Sis am. and working until dark,
the actor will be graduated as a
second lieutenant. After that his
future. in his own words. will be
whatever the Army orders
Evening star., 1942-08-18
kacauIey Sets Output
OF Auto Firms for War
AT 5 Billion Yearly
Sees Industry Hitting
II Billion if Material
Is Made Available
E. tn. Associated Press.

e. INT Associated Press.
DETROIT. Aug. 18-Alvan Ma
cauley. president of the Automotive
Council for War Production. said
today the automotive industry was
grinding out the weapons of war
at the rate Of SIS, 900 .O00, 900 worth a
year. exceeding its peak peacetime
pace by more than 20 per cent.
Assuming necessary materials are
available. he added. the industry
ultimately will be operating on
$4,000, 900 900 year basis.
This" Mr.. Macauley said. SIS
comparable to producing 100000
passenger cars and commercial We
hicles or nearly three times the in
dustry's annual output in its best
peacetime years.
Mr. Macauley, who is chairman
of the board of the Packard Motor
Car Co.. said the automotive indus
try's daily production of sl3,600 900
worth of tanks, trucks and guns was
rising steadily
Before the end of this year. he
declared. monthly shipments are
scheduled to be running at an an
nual rate of upward of $4,000, 900 900.
=. . There is steady and growing
conviction that what we have pro-
duced to date is an indication that
we can produce infinitely more. {.
But no man in this industry will be
satisfied with the industry's produc-
ton peaks-no matter how high-so
long as our fighting forces and those
of our Allies need one more gun. one
more tank, one more engine"
Mr.. Macauley cited figures on
month by month production to sup
port his statement that production
has been more than doubled since
Pearl Harbor Deliveries in January,
he said, totalled s172,734 ,000-repre-
senting An annual rate of S2,O72 ,808,-
000-compared with July deliveries
Of s4l3,712000, or at rate of s4,-
964 ,544. 900 a year.
THE fact that our industry could
achieve such volume in six months
should be good news to the Nation"
he asserted. "Today's productive
levels are far higher than either
our own or the Governments ex-
perts believed possible six months
ago."
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Cos Heurino
Continued From First Page

agreed last Friday should be raised
at the hearing. He then outlined il
detail the seven additional question.
which he himself posed. Among
these are questions of whether such
large items as the higher salarie.
paid company executives and coun.
sci. the cost of selling gas company
appliances and donations to civic
and charitable organizations shoule
be borne entirely by gas consumers
or whether large portion should
be borne by the stockholders. These
were in addition to the issue over 6
reappraisal of the value of company
land holdings.
No Land Value Notice Given.
E. Barrett Prettyman, gas COM
pany counsel, Immediately chal-
lenged the propriety Of the COM
missions going into "funda-
mental" element of the sliding scale
agreement between the commission
and the company, in this proceed
ing. 1t was pointed out that the
notice given by the commission last
March 20 did not indicate there
would be investigation or considera
ton of changes in the land values
as Of 1885 or of new commission
procedures in handling charges for
merly made to operating expenses
Mr.. Prettyman moved that the
commission strike from this case
the land value question raised by
Mr.. Hankin, but decision was de-
ferred when Mr.. Hankin indicated
he wished company counsel to pre-
sent arguments on his other ques-
tions before the commission went
into xecutive session to pass on the
legal issues.
During the exchange between Mr.
former asserted that it was known
by all parties at the time the ga!
company's sliding scale agreement
was adopted in 1885 that the rat.
base-or valuation of the company.
properties-was based generally or
original cost data, except as to land
He added that the land value adopt.
ed by the commission was at g
figure below the estimates of either
the company or the commission!
own staff.
Former Counsel on Hand.
Mr.. Prettyman said he could SEE
no objection to the commission in.
quiring into this or other funda
mental factors in the sliding scale
plan. provided definite notice O
such intention were given to thu
company in advance. He said h'
had not seen Mr.. Hankin's mem
oranda to the commission, and nat
not heard 1t read until Mr.. Hankir
read it at this mornings session
and that he had not known of MI
Hankin's intention until last Fri
days prehearing conference, whel
the commission chairman made sim
liar statements.
Mr.. Prettyman was corporation
counsel of the District when tn
sliding scale plan was adopted 70
the gas company. For this reason
he had with him as counsel toda
Stoddard M. Stevens, of the NeN
York law firm of Sullivan 81 Crom
we'll, which served the gas compan
In the 1885 case Mr.. Prettyman sal
he anticipated there might be som
questions as to his former activitie
regarding the sliding scale plar
and therefore had asked Mr. Ste
vens to speak on this particula
point.
Original Cost Considered.
Chairman Hankin said; we d
not doubt your integrity. Mr.. Pretty
Evening star., 1942-08-18
1t. Col. Rowson Warren
Dies in California

News was received in Washington
today OF the death in Santa Barbara
Calf, last week of 1t. Col. Rawson
Warren, U. S. A. retired, who lived
here from 1921 to 1884.
After a career in the Army ex-
tending from the outbreak of the
Spanish-American War until the
Army of Occupation moved into
Coblenz, Germany. In 1921, Col
warren came here with his wife
Mrs. Meta Warren, after his retire
ment for physical disability. In 1884
ne moved to California. His widow
survives him.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Hartley Sees Fuel Oil
Coupon Rationing in
East After Sept. IS
New Jersey Lowmoker
Urges Sweeping Change
In Petroleum Setup
B. TIE Associated Press.

NEWARK, N. j.. Aug. ls.-Repre-
sentative Hartley, Republican. of
New Jersey predicted last night that
coupon rationing Of fuel oil on the
Eastern seaboard would be estab-
lished after September Is and urged
sweeping revision OF the Govern
mems rationing setup to relieve the
East Coast petroleum shortage,
He recommended that gasoline ra-
tioning be extended to other States,
that all control of petroleum prod
ucts be vested with a single authority
and mat the present coupon ration
ing system be supplanted by dealer
rationing to reduce "hardships and
abuses
Would Extend Rationing.
Representative Hartley, vice chair
man of a special House committee
studying the gasoline, fuel oil and
rubber shortages. spoke at a meeting
of New Jersey gasoline and fuel Oil
dealers.
Il say the answer to this shortage
can be mad by extending the gasoline
ratiOning program to the States OF
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan,
the unrationed portion of district l,
and many other sections of the
country where transportation other
than by pipeline is the means of OBJ
tanning petroleum products" he said.
In the interest OF efficiency, say
that ell control of petroleum prod
ucts should be placed under one
head and that all public statements
on the subject be issued by one Of
fee"
Urges Action Now.
Basing his statements on the
committees preliminary report and
my own independent observations,
Representative Hartley said coupon
rationing of fuel oil would be 4
mistake
He predicted that unless ration
ing is extended, we will have many
a gasless day, that many home
will be without heating fuel and
that many an industry may have to
be shut down by reason OF the lack
Of heavy OIL" He urged immediate
action-"not after the November
elections are over"
Evening star., 1942-08-18
p the Associated Press

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. l8,-Members
OF Borough President James J. Ly-
ons' olfactory expedition seeking
the source of malodorous gas that
has plagued Clason Point residents
in the Bronx for weeks have tracked
the stencil to its lair and are about
to do it to death with soda ash.
Gleefully announcing that the
long sought mysterious smell which
induced nausea and blackened the
silverware in dozens of homes had
been found to originate in block
square stagnant pool. Mr.. Lyons
yesterday said it was caused by
chemical residue from a gas plant.
Credit for the discovery went to
Chemist Walter Doherty, who
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Left-Seot Driving Right

Right-side driving is the wrong
side Dublin has been forced to warn
as horses come back" with many
former motorists in the carriage
driving seat. 1t was pointed out
that the driver of a horse-driven
vehicle should sit on the left side
so the right hand may be readily
available If the animal bolts.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Girl Murdered Twice

Records show Anna Philomena
Morgan was the victim Of two mur-
ders. Queensland. Australia. police
we're prepared to swear she was the
woman slain under the name Of
Jean Morris, found dead at Ayr.
Her mother claimed her body after
doctor identified her as a Queens
land murder victim. Both slayers
eScaDed
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Hen Sets in Bombed Home

Ten days after being bombed out
OF his home, a Norwich England
doctor returned to the ruins for sal
wage ard found Biddy, the only sur
vivor OF his bombed hencoop, setting
contentedly on half a dozen eggs she
had laid on the sofa In the drawing
room.
Evening star., 1942-08-18
Irish Like Coochino

Stage coaches are declared 4 sue
secc In Fire. Lord Adare's Sham.
rock made Its flrst run from Rath-
keale to Limerick and return, carry.
ing "a passengers, each Of whom
paid 60 cents for the journey of 10
miles. With long horn brazenly
sounding, 1t rolled smartly through
villages to its destination. arriving
IS minutes ahead Of schedule.
Buy War bonds and when the war
Is won, cash in-on Freedom!
Evening star., 1942-08-18

Buy bonds and stamps for the
boys in the camps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-25

meaning $i,4Oo in royalties to the Navy Fund
TO date. \l.
The Andrews Sisters new recording is dedi-
Gated TO six Congressman and a columnist Its
name is "Sx Jerks and a Jeep."
Emil Coleman and his crew 60 TO Brazil next
month
Gypsy Rose Lees next mystery tome will be
called Mother Finds The Body which her
mother once did. when pal committed suicide
in their shack.
Cory, isn't il?
Danny Kaye, who everyone thought had some
brains, dropped a package on the flop Autumn
Hill" Money is for banks and war bonds,
SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT: At Bill Bertolottis:
- Hes on the road TO success-just another
OF Broadway's clicking heels"
At Roseland:
broadway is where celebrities meet each
0ther-but never half way"
In the Century Room:
"Can you keep q secret-because 1 can't"
At the Bowman Room
did you read what our bombers did 10
Yokoha- ha-ha-ha-ha!'
In the Hickory House:
"Original: The crook walks around with q
bit of a carbon paper In each earl"
AT LaMartinique:
"she's got the sort of kisses guys marry
In The Stork:
Love to her Is a momentary thing-she takes
II with a diamond bracelet"
In The Olney Inn
"A Broadway success Is guy who In dis
tinguished, discussed and dislikcd."
At Leon & Eddies:
"Wotta bore! Every time he opens his mouth
you wanna stick your foot In t."
At The Famous Door:
"She knows how to refuse n kiss without being
deprived Of It."
At Endure:
They're made for each other. She hts him
like insult"
BROADWAY toast: When You Climb The Lad
- der OF Success May You Never Pass A Friend
Coming Down.