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Evening star., 1942-10-04
Eastman Calls Rail Labor
Conference Oct. 29
BY the Associated Press,

6S tNe Associated freSS.
Director Joseph B. Eastman of the
Office of Defense Transportation an
nounced yesterday that a group of
railway executives and labor heads
would meet here october 20 to form
permanent management-labor
committee to assist the ODT in solv-
ing wartime problems.
Railroad chiefs designated by the
Association of American Railroads
to attend the meeting we're:
M. w. Clement, Pennsylvania
Railroad; E. w. Scheer, Reading
Railway; j. B. Hill, Louisville &
Nashville Railroad; E. E. Norris,
Southern Railway; H. w. Baldwin,
Missouri-Pacific, and c. L. Denney,
Northern Pacific.
Railway labor organization chiefs
to attend are:
David B. Robertson, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men; George M. Harrison, Brother
hood of Railway and Steamship
Clerks; Samuel J. Hogan, National
Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso-
citation; B. M. Jewell, Railway En-
ployes Department, AFL, and A. F..
Whitney, Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen.
Mr.. Eastman said also that repre-
sentatives of the American trucking
associations and the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters would
meet here October % to work out
plans for a central management
labor committee in the motor truck
industry.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
We||es Halls Assignment
Of u. 5. Agent 10 Syria

Undersecretary Of State Welles
: said yesterday the assignment of an
American diplomatic agent to Syria
and Lebanon is an evidence of this
Governments feeling of sympathy
for the aspirations for independence
Of the people of those countries.
President Roosevelt yesterday
nominated George Wadsworth, a
veteran foreign service officer, as
diplomatic agent and consul gen.
eral in Syria and Lebanon. former
French mandate territories in the
Near East which were taken over
last year by the Fighting French
In cooperation with British forces
and proclaimed independent.
+. The State Department issued a
statement last November welcoming
that move as step toward achieve
ment of the aspirations for inde-
pendence Of Syria and Lebanon, but
explaining technical difficulties in
the way Of full recognition of their
Independent in view Of conven-
tion with France concerning man.
date operations.
The assignment of Mr.. Wadsworth
as diplomatic agent in the territories
involved was generally interpreted
as a limited recognition of their in
dependence, however. There was no
official explanation Of the signifi-
canoe Of Mr.. Wadsworth's title as
diplomatic agent
Diplomatic precedent applies the
use Of this term to an envoy to
"semi- state.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Howard University
Evening School
Starts Term
Government Employees,
Teachers and Loymen
Enroll for Courses

Offering so credit and non-credit
courses for Government employees,
teachers and laymen, the evening
school of Howard University, COM
prising the graduate school, the COL
lege Of liberal arts and the school OF
music, opened last week.
Among courses offered are: Art in
America, advanced organic chemis-
try, vocabulary building, fundamen-
tails of business and elementary ac-
counting, teaching of English in
secondary schools, social and politi-
cal foundations of education, well
fare aspects of personnel work, cur
rent economic problems, philosophy
of war and peace, the history OF the
Far East, consumer education, men
tai hygiene, child psychology and
medical psychology, the Negro in
America, two elementary courses in,
romance languages and several
courses in English.
Some non credit courses are being
offered. Among these are: Finger
printing and Identification, current
problems"-a co-ordinated series Of
lectures on world affairs, a begin
ner's course in shorthand and typ
ing and a course in conversational
Spanish.
Provision will be made to offer ad-
ditional courses according to de-
mand.
The evening school faculty in
cludes teachers visiting the city and
some regular members of the uni
versity staff.
Evening star., 1942-10-04

the quadrangle. More than 600 half
dressed. yawning men lined up In
four lines in q huge square. The
class in calisthenics was about to
begin.
It soon became apparent that the
urly-haired, muscular young vii
lain who was Our instructor had
the idea that all of us would one
day be candidates for guard or tackle
positions with the Chicago Bears.
1t also seemed to me that he must
have done considerable research in
the more advanced techniques of the
Spanish Inquisition.
Inquis'''- 1 Torture.
He led off with a torture called
the windmill" in which you swing
your arms like blades on a windmill,
touching your toes without bending
your knees. Then he progressed
through such assorted life-shorten-
ers as jumping jacks" "deep-knee
bends" "push-ups" and several SIM
ulated quarter mile runs in double
time. The cadence was maddening
and it lasted for a full half hour.
I had planned to do everything
with the student officers, but
hadn't bargained on sharing their
Charley horses. Now, several days
after that calisthenics workout, my
legs still feel like a couple OF pieces
of two-by-four.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Day in Harvard Navy School
Gives Reporter oste Of War
"a Hours as Student Officer Tests
Writer'S Physical, Mental AdoptobiIity

Joe when the Navy gives such COM
mands as ITO the rear-march!"-
and he'll probably f1ub it.
We marched to the music of a
phonograph hidden somewhere in
the yard, and for an audience we
had pretty girls from Harvards sum-
mer school. The news apparently
had gotten around that on the pre-
vious day one of the platoons had
run smack into a lamp post.
One of the surprising things about
the school is that many of the in
structors are young ensigns who
actually rank lower in Navy grade
than many of the men they are
teaching. But, on the drill field
and in the classroom, the student
officers bear no insignia or rank
and they must salute the ensign
instructors as superiors. It's part
and parcel of the Navy axiom that
Loyalty down begets loyalty up"
On weekend leaves, however,
when the student officers "go
ashore" they get all dandied UP In
their full officers regalia and then
some of their teachers must salute
them.
Home Work Heavy.
Most of the men were at their
studies long before the 8 o'clock
bugle, because every minute counts
in the life they lead. It's rigorous
routine from am. to 1890 pm,
a life of running to formations,
marching to and from classes, a
life wherein the accent is constantly
placed on the value of time.
And the Navy certainly can dish
out the homework assignments.
We waded through pretty stiff stuff
on seamanship, deck and naval ad-
mlnlstration and the matter ranged
from the technique of tying a square
knot to something that John Paul
Jones had said.
AS I lay on my double-decker
bunk, I kept repeating what old
John Paul had said, partly because
it offered a substitute for counting
sheep, and partly because it summed
up the way I felt about the men
I had met.
1T Is by no means enough that
an officer in the Navy should be a
capable mariner" 1 whispered to
myself in the darkness. He must
be that, of course, but also a great
deal more. He should be as well a
gentleman of liberal education, re-
fined manners, punctilious courtesy
and the incest sense of personal
honor"
"Hit That Deck"
The words apparently did the
trick. The next thing I knew ]
was awakened by the peal of a
bugle and a chorus from my three
roommates-
Hit that deck and pull 'em
down." meaning to strip the blan-
kets on the bunk.
We put on shoes, undershirt and
khaki trousers and ran out into the
chill morning. 1t was only 6:lO
The dew was thick on the grass OF
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Tooth Powder Claims
Are Ordered Halted
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Trade Commission
announced yesterday it had ordered
the r. L. Watkins Co., New York, to
cease and desist from misrepre-
sentation in the sale of its dentifrice
product.
The commission said the company
manufactures and distributes vari-
Gus cosmetic and proprietary prod
ucts, including a dentifrice known
as DIR. Lyons Tooth Powder"
The commission said it had Or
dered the company to stop dissemi-
mating advertisements containing
the statement, DO as your dentist
does-use powder" or any other
statement which represents, direct
ly or by implication, that the re-
spondent's product is similar to or
comparable with the powder used
by dentists.
The commission said that powder
used by dentists is almost invaria-
bly, pumlce or silex, both of which
are highly abrasive and could not
safely be used by the public as a
dentifrice. The active ingredient
of the respondents powder is calci-
um carbonate, commonly known as
chalk, which is much less abrasive
and less effective for cleaning the
teeth"
Evening star., 1942-10-04
LETTERS Directs
Special Plea to
Tire Users

Rubber Director William M. JET
fers has asked all newspapers
to carry a special message on tire
conservation "as frequently as pos
sible" from October S until the start
of Nationwide gasoline rationing
about November @.
"Mr. Jeffers offered suggested
text for a one or two column box,
and said he hoped each editor
would consider the request as "a
personal appeal from me-" The
suggested text:
A message to every driver
You can save rubber and help win
the war if you will do these things:
l. Drive only when absolutely
necessary.
2. Keep under IS miles an hour.
3. Keep your tires properly in
fated
4. Have them inspected regularly
.. Share your car with others.
WILLIAM M. JEFFERS.
Rubber Director.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
U. S., German Veterans
Fought in Same Bottle

CAMP BARKLEY, Tex.-During
the First World War Frederick
woodward, so. was a first lieutenant
In the United States Army and Chris
Sautter, A, was q soldier in the
German Army.
Now both are in the United States
Army. They met in a hospital ward
and discovered:
Both fought in a battle for lie
Cateau, village on Frances Selle
River; Sautter was in a railroad sta
ton when the Americans stormed
the town; both were sassed in the
oght.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Red Cross Dressing Work
Held Up by Supply Delay

Work on surgical dressings for the
District Red Cross, which was to re-
sumo tomorrow, will not begin until
further notice, the organization an
nounced yesterday. 1t was said that
transportation difficulties again have
held up supplies.
Surgical dressings are urgently
needed, however, Mrs. Brown Har-
bold, chairman, said. She added that
the quota facing workers is extreme
" high, but that wartime transpor-
tation has delayed gauze supply be
yond all expectation"
Evening star., 1942-10-04

First 1t. Willis Loehr and Second
1t. Nicholas Kowtka.
1t. Loehr's home address was
listed as. Louisville, KY, and 1t.
Kowtka's as Shelton, Conn.
One plane crashed In garden In
the rear Of house two miles north
west of Eastport, while the other
plane fell in wooded section 10
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Two Pilots Boil Out
After Crash in Air
By the Associated Press.

BY Lne ASSOCldLed PfeSS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3-Two pilots
bailed out safely when their fighter
planes collided in mid-air late Fri
day while on a routine training
flight over Suffolk County at the
tip end Of Long Island.
The Eastern Defense Command
said neither man was injured seri-
ously. The pilots were identified as
Evening star., 1942-10-04
Pair Rejected by Army;
They Assaulted Jops
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY.-The Army
turned down two would-be recruits
because they had been fighting
Japs.
They were convicted of an assault
on Joe and Nobuyuki Kuazura.
Judge Albert M. Ellet suspended
sentence so they could enter the
Army.
But Army regulations forbid the
enlistment of persons convicted Of
felonies.
Evening star., 1942-10-04

1t takes three dozen fresh shell
eggs to make a pound of whole egg
powder.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
CHAPTER EIGHT.

IL WAS lOlly . HdVIll. SCAlC w IA,
Tying in the bottom, his long legs
jackknifed. 1 was sitting on the
after thwart, vainly trying to get
some rest with my head held in my
hands. Tony was spraWled on the
forward seat. Suddenly he straight
ened, so abruptly that the boat
wobbled bit, and I glanced up.
"A drop of moisture hit me in the
face. I was afraid to think it might
be anything but puff of spray.
'"Hey!" Tony said softly. His
voice was almost a whisper.
Several more drops struck my up
turned face. Then they came faster,
until we were being fairly pelted by
large globules of water. 1t was rain,
sure enough, and I've never smelled
a. thing so sweet.
In another instant it was pour
hg-a tropical squall.
4"Grab that oar pocket" ordered.
AS I spoke I snatched up the life
Jacket and formed a hollow Of its
fabric between my hands.
The oar pocket was separate
piece of fabric, folded over and
fastened to the boat with rubber
cement. We had arranged that, in
case OF rain, Tony was to hold the
pocket out horizontally and slightly
folded, forming trough prcLably
IL inches long and inches wide.
This, we figured, would hold a couple
of cupfuls. Genes station was at
the forward thwart, which he was to
double into similar receptacle,
while I had the life jacket. If we
had a long shower and got more
water than we could drink at once,
We planned to fill the canvas water
bottle with which the raft was
equipped, by running water into it
from our improvised Thoughts, held
funnellike.
Water Is Salty.
AS soon as I had mouthful of
water collected in the cup I had
formed with the like jacket, I bent
and sucked it up with my mouth.
Immediately 1 spat it out. Salty.
you've got to rinse the salt out
OF the fabric!" I yelled over the
wind. Every fiber in our fabric boat
had its coating of salt, baked in
We scrubbed furiously with our
knuckles, begrudging every drop of
fresh water that we had to waste
In washing.
The wind picked up to a low roar,
And for pnrh nc fya y,,i,,,,+o oe VIA I,a I
a binding, equatorial deluge. The
boat sang with the sound of its
beating on the drum-tight sides.
We were ducking our heads like
greedy fishing birds to suck up each
precious mouthful as fast as it COL
lected
The rain ended as suddenly as it
had begun, and then we Tapped up
what was not too brackish in the
bottom of the boat.
rOur mouths were refreshed and
cool again. I have never tasted a
better drink. And it gave our clothes
and bodies a needed cleansing of
five days rime.
The small drink we had was not
enough to do our dehydrated sys-
TENS much good, but for that night
II quenched our thirst. Unfortu-
nately, there was none for the
bottle. We hoped the next shower
would not be so long in coming.
+, That night the wind shifted to the
north and slightly east again, so we
hauled in the sea anchor.
Evening star., 1942-10-04

miles northwest Of Eastport. Both
planes were destroyed.
Evening star., 1942-10-04
CLERKS-TYPISTS

Let us train you in 2-3 months to PASS
EXAM. FOR JUNIOR STENOGRAPHER
in Government at more salary. New
Class begins Sept. %, at PM.
CAPITAL CITY SPEEDWRITING COLLEGE
11O1 Vermont Ave. NV ME. 1927 =
Evening star., 1942-10-04

This epic OF Ddr in the South
Pacific ,Dds told to Robert Trum-
bull by Harold F. Diron, bomber
pilot and auiation chief me-
chantc's mate. U. S. ~, in the
current best seller, "The Raft"
,chich is no,o being brought to
you in serial form, OF ,Dhich
this is a chapter. Diron-,Oith
Gene Aldrfch, aviation radioman
and gunner, and Tony Pastuld,
1Didtion ordnance man - ,ods
forced to land a scout bomber in
the ocean 1Dhen its gas gaUe out
on the euening OF January is,
1912. The craft sank almost i'm
nrediately, but they managed to
escape on an 8r4-toot rubber raft.
They Dere 1Uithout provisions
and NTH scant equipment. Yet
this heroic United States Many
trio managed to surpiue, battling
an inferno OF seas and 1Deather
for "a days oper course that
coDered about a thousand miles
until they finally reached safety
on an obscure dtoH. The 11erUe-
tingling details of this ertraordi-
nary experience are being related
here as told to Robert Trun1bnH.
Evening star., 1942-10-04

(Copyright, 1912, by Henry Holt & Co., Inc.
Distributed by King Features, Inc.)
Evening star., 1942-10-04

Continued tomorrow,
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Deaths Reported

?: Lawrence Walker, =; sibley HOSPITAL.
Matte L. Martin, 70. 1915 st. ne.
Blanche z. Pierpont, II. 1888 Kenyon
Margaret M. FITZGERALD. 20. 1908 N st. NV.
Elizabeth NJ. Walsh, 6s. 1910 Perry st. ne.
John G. Vierkorn. 81, 1881 Jackson st. n. e.
Oscar L. Bond, 5S cell block, Police Court.
Louis Matrucos, 55, 421 2nd st. NV.
George Willard, 81, 915a G st. NV.
Jack Starkev. 49. 1850 Wisconsin ave.
Thomas Nader. 43, 937 9th st. NV.
Maria Cafagna, 35. Emergency Hospital.
Infant Moxley, Gallinger Hospital.
Infant Boykin, Columbia Hospital.
Infant Berry, Gallinger Hospital.
Infant Brown. Columbia Hospital.
Infant Hill. No. l, Providence Hospital.
Infant Hill. No. 2. Providence Hospital.
Joe Doe. No. 10. infant, st. Elizabeth
jacob Bembry. So. Freedmens Hospital
James Dorsey, 90. Gallinger Hospital
Susie Richardson. AZ, Freedmen's Hospital
sophie Carter. 46. St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Fred Watson, As, 1927 Sth st. NV.
Ruth s. Howard. 80, Gallinger Hospital.
George L. King. 33. Gallincer Hospital.
Robert Stewart, 81, Freedmen's Hospital.
william Murray, Children's Hospital.
Infant Barnes. Children's Hospital.
Infant Brown, 1913 Q st. NV.
Infant Thompson, Gallineer Hospital
Infant johnson. Freedmen's Hospital.
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Defense SideIights
District Auxiliary Firemen
To Elect Officers Thursday

which to buy protective equipment
and pay for essential services, such
as telephone, custodial care, and
other items.
Financial chairmen for the drive
are Admiral Charles E. Courtney,
U. S. NJ, retired: Comdr. Frank
Slingluff, U. S. NJ, retired; Ralph
Aten, c. G. Brown, S. M. Lewen-
thai. DR.. William Chase, Clifford G..
Hammond, Fletcher Tilton, Mrs.
Julia Titus, Charles Delmar and
Edward Hillyer. Mr.. Tilton, who
is secretary of the Civilian Defense
Committee in the area, said checks
should be made payable to the Kali
Drama Area Defense Committee and
sent to the --easurer, Clyde B.
Asher, 2l0l Connecticut avenue NV.
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Town Meeting of Air
At Howard U. Nav %

The radio program, Town Meet
ing of the Air, will originate from
Howard University at 8 pm. May %.
-Four members of the university staff
will debate on the subject, rs There
a Basis for Spiritual Unity in the
World Today"
The speakers will be DR.. Morde-
cai johnson, university president;
Prof. Doxey Wilkerson, DR. Alain
Locke and Prof. Leon A. Ransom.
Evening star., 1942-05-18
Club Mortgage Cancelled

AS contribution to welfare work,
Miss Temple Bailey, author, has
Cancelled a mortgage which she held
on the Girls Club and Hospice of
the Volunteers Of America at 1925
Sixteenth street NV, 1t was an
nounced yesterday by Maj. Walter
o. Ulrey, director Of the Columbia
area of the volunteers.
Evening star., 1942-05-18

will have to be resigned to regard
ing each ruined children's suit as
irreplaceably lost.
The children will be fed free, un-
der the forced work plan. They
have been promised unstipulated
small amounts of pocket money.
But they will get no pay.
Evening star., 1942-05-18

The auxiliary firemen of the Dis
trict will hold meeting for the
nomination and election of officers
at pm. Thursday at the Petworth
Library, it was announced by Abra-
ham Kapler, president.
At their meeting Friday at the
Roosevelt High School. Mr.. Kapler
said he read a statement on the
purposes of the organization. which
were Ito attain a higher degree of
knowledge and skill in the per-
formance of duties. In the future, it
said. the group will work for
stronger cooperation between the
auxiliary flremen and the regular
personnel of the Fire Department.
Residents of the Kalcrama De-
fense Area are raising funds with
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-09

Max Fosket returned Sunday
from Scarsdale, y. Y. and New
York City. after a weeks visit.
Mrs. Martha Bacon returned Mon
day evening from a round OF visits
with relatives and friends In De-
troit. Flint, Saginaw, and Union
vile. At Unionvile she attended the
alumni banquet of the high school
OF which she is graduate.
William Webb. Jr.. who has been
attending school in Detroit this
year. will come Friday from Crosse
Pointe TO visit his aunt. Mrs. Har-
old Leverett. His parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Webb. Sr., former
Ypsilantians, are still in London.
England. Mr.. Webb being general
manager Of the foreign plants OF
the Eastman Kodak Company.
Friends here have learned that
Sergt. Raymond Horton. Jr, and
Sergt. Robert Horton, formerly OF
this city have arrived safely in
Australia.
Mrs. Walter c. Pierce has a radio
gram from her nephew, Pvt. Will
liam H. Robbins, informing her OF
his safe arrival in Australia and
giving a fine report OF his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius j. Fox,
Detroit. spent the week end with
Mrs. Fo1s parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis II. Tyler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Bissell and
little daughter Sandra Arlene, four
weeks old. Dixboro, visited Mr.. AMI
Mrs. Alfred j. Allen and Mr. and
Mrs. Morton Crane Sunday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-09
Commencement
Calendar
Juns o-Tuesday

Juns e-Tuesday
Lincoln Consolidated High School
class night, s p. m, school gym
nasium.
June to-Wednesday
Ypsilanti High School class night
s p. m. school auditorium.
Roosevelt High School class night.
D. m, school auditorium.
June tt-Thursday
Michigan State Normal College
lantern walk, p. m, college cam
pus.
Lincoln Consolidated High School
commencement. DR.. Marshall R.
Reed, Nsrdin Park Methodist
Church. Detroit. s p. m, school
auditorium.
June t2-Frldsy
Roosevelt High School commence
ment, DR.. Frederick B. Mckay OF
the Normal College, s p. m, school
auditorium.
Ypsilanti High School commence
ment, Or. o. r. Yoder. superin-
tendent OF Ypsilanti State Hos
pital. s p. m. school auditorium.
Michigan State Normal College
senior ball, 8 p. M. Charles Me.
Kenny Hall.
June 13-SAturdsy
Michigan State Normal College
alumni day luncheon. noon.
Charles ,icKenny Hall, registrs'
ton and reception at II q. N.
Michigan State Normal College COM
mencement, President John VI.
Munson, 4 p. m, Pease Audi.
torium.
June 1o-Frlday
Cleary College graduate reception,
s p. m. Alumni-Ypsilanti Room.
June 2o-saturday
cary College commencement.
President o. ]. Cleary, 1880 p. m.
college auditorium.
Cleary College alumni and class
banquet. $50 p. m, Hotel Huron.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-09
FACES CHARGES

Detroit. Mich, June "A 40-year'
old accordian teacher OF Pontiac,
smitten by the charm OF Joan Les
lie. 17-year-old movie actress. was
held today under a $4,000 bond on
charge he wrote her obscene let.
tiers. Police identified the defend
ant as John Frabutt, former opera
tor OF an accordian institute in Pom
tiac. Arraigned before U. s. Com
missioner j. Stanley Hurd he plead
ed not guilty and was held for exam
nation
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-09
No Change in Boy Who
is Claimed to Have
Been Beaten in School

DR. H. c. Dunstone Of the Ypsi.
lani State Hospital said today that
there was little change in the con
dition OF the 10 year old boy stu
dent was transferred to the State
Hospital after he had been report.
ed in serious condition from a beat
ing administered at the Wayne
County Training School, Worthwhile.
I'VE have found no evidence that
a-beating had been given the boy"
DR.. Dunstone stated He is mental
ly and neurologically i'll. but there
are no wounds on his body"
The Training School. operated
for children mentally below par
is now under investigation on
charges OF cruelty TO students.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-06-09
Male Elevator Operators
Object to Hiring Of Girls

Atlanta, Ga, June Sins An
objection to padding the payrolls
with girls before the boys ever
have a chance TO 90 TO the Army
was registered today as male ele-
yator operators in two downtown
Atlanta office buildings refused
to work with the feminine cage
pilots.
Members Of the Building Service
Employees International, local No
231, affiliated with the A. F. OF L.,
the male operators walked of their
jobs when. they contended, the
management began hiring women
TO replace men before II was sbso-
lutely necessary.
And. while they were OF their
jobs and picketing the two build
ings on this beef, they also threw
in a demand for wage increases
from 81 and 81 TO As cents an hour.