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Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1942-09-01

Roscoe Lohmeyer, welder at AS
sociated Shipyards. is winner of
the first War Production Board
medal for distinguished service on
Americas home front, for fur
nishing a time saving idea of inn
portance in furthering the war
program.
Roscoe's idea, which will prove
a potent secret weapon" in help
ing win the war, enables Assoc
lated yards to cut length of pipe
needed to build warships from 80
hours to ~ minutes. 1t is of such
great Importance that it received
a program broadcast from Holly
wood to the Pacific Coast network
of the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn over Radio Station KIRO.
But lank, blue-eyed Roscoe Lob
meyer, was bending his 6 foot
four-inch frame over a welder's
torch at the busy Associated Ship
yard in Seattle when the medal
was awarded, so he was too busy
to receive it in person. Neither did
he take time off to hear the radio
broadcast about his great contri-
button to the war program. Ros-
coe is one of the 5000 Associated
workers who are now building
minesweepers for Uncle Sam.
Lohmeyer, who is described as
slow-speaking but deep thinking,
was troubled by the old fashioned
process of cutting to 10-inch di-
ameter steel pipes into half or
third rounds for minesweepers.
Where he works in the machine
shop at Associated, he saw the
giant lathe on which the pipes
20 to "a feet long were cut be-
ing tied up for "a to 80 hours at
a time by the slow process.
The pipe was placed in the giant
lathe and cutting tools run slowly
down its entire length. 1t was a
cold cut. Graphite had to- be con-
stantly applied, the lathe stopped
every few minutes for adjustments.
A job tied up the lathe for as
much as 80 hours.
That was a heartbreaker to Ros-
coe. He kept thinking about it.
Then he figured out the solution.
Apply heat on the other side of
the pipe at the same time as you
cut it with the hot torch. There'd
be no distortion, because the heats
pull on the pipe would be equal on
the inside and the outside of the
pipe at the same time.
He was right. 1t worked!
So now the pipe is laid on the
lathe's long bed. A ring holding
four to six acetylene torches, is
fitted around the pipe. Torches
heat one side while other torches
with cutting pressure-sh shear the
other side of the pipe. There's no
distortion.
The 3O-hour job is done in IL
minutes.
Lohmeyer was born in 1913 on
a Kansas farm. He is an
auto mechanic and welder. Married
two years, he h 5 an adopted
daughter, Doris Jean, 6, and 2
month old daughter, Helen Marie.
He came to Seattle two years ago
from Walla Walla and started
work at Associated Shipyards jan
uary l. His pay is S1.30 an hour
10 cents above the regular rate
because he's good and because
he gets ideas like cutting pipe in
IL minutes when it usually takes
80 hours.
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1942-09-01

to climb should give assurance
that those responsible for war pro-
duction recognize their problems,
are facing them as they appear,
and are finding the answers.
THE real test of what that in
dustrial machine is doing is how
much material are we turning out
what are We producing so far.
We are running at a rate three
and-oneIhalf times as great as
during the month before Pearl
Harbor, the rest of the year will
tell the story of how well we
make our goals"
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1942-09-01

possible. We must make sure that
we produce promptly those most
important fighting weapons tn e
services have have but, in adj
dition, We must speed up the slow
items and slow down some of the
fast ones so that the unbalance
which now marks part of the pro-
gram is brought into adjustment.
This means that we must re-
double our efforts, particularly on
the low spots, if we are to make
our goals by the years end, and
the recent realignment of WPB,
plus the further development of
scheduling and use of the Produc-
ton Requirements Plan-now our
basic device for controlling indus
trial operations-are all designed
to help us do this job.
New problems will arise, but
the fact that production continues
Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1942-09-01
Seattle We|der
Gets Signal Honor
For distinguished
Service Idea

Roscoe Lohmeyer, welder at AS
ISOLATED Shipyards. is winner of
the first War Production Board
medal for distinguished service on
The echo., 1942-06-12
The Following Is The Number of
Members Reported In The June
boards by The following Presidents

THE FOLLOWING is THE MUM.
Der OF MEMBERS REPORTED IN
THE JUNE BOARDS BY THE FOL-
LOWING PRESIDENTS:
If this report does not tally with
your record, please notify the office
and we shall be glad to make the cor
rection. This report includes all re-
ports through June II, 1912.
The echo., 1942-06-12


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The echo., 1942-06-12

We buv and Sell End hand and New Clothug Army And
Civilian Goods Shoes and Clothing tor the entire Family
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Eagle Took Him
Some Contend

All kinds of theories have been
propounded in this northern
Michigan area.
One suggestion was that bear
or coyote carried off the boy.
Several persons-their identities
would be highly interesting-are
firmly convinced that an eagle
flew away with Lloyd Wesman.
Eagles are seen in this wild
northern country, but no one has
ever seen one flying through the
air with an animal or human
being.
No one has beer. able to offer
an explanation of Lloyd's disap-
pearance.
John Wesman says:
"The collie dog was always
with him. 1 always felt 1t was
funny the dog never left the
place. II he had wandered any
where the dog would have fol-
lowed him. And L know the dog
didn't like strangers"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
General Described as a Hamlet

It is miracle that that army got anywhere But
Washington that mracleWashngton who was accord
ing divinzng something of Hamlet as well
a of action.
also unforgettabe character pictures OF the
ranting swearing echerous General Charles Loo British
rebe and also of Generals Nathaniel Greene and
Israel Putnam And masterpiece of Nathan Haes last
night earth when sreewaker hid him in her house from
the British who executed him the next day at what now
Twentythird and Second Also you'll meet 19year-
Washington whose Alexander Hamilton
And today, commend these inspiratonal words of Mr.
Fast to all Americans:
he stamp George Washington ndelibly and forever
Amerca-and for the good All the debunkng in the
change the his wonderful simplicity his
complete unseshnes his humble respect for those who had
asked him to leave his home and fight revolution.
"Gven power he spurned It, thereby giving to America
all time the ideal of leaders who people but do not
them And whether this ideal forgotten at times not
is there, stamped in the soul of a nation"
Do you think suffering today? Stop your
whining Read 1.-THE Unvanqushed" and the unbelievable
hardshps of Washington and his crummy dchcrawlng
that is spiritual and physical ancestor
"The Unvanquished should be must reading for all Amer
cans toda
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Revenge Motive
Hinted by Wesman

'Her brother and I once ar
gued, and he said he would get
even with me-" Wesman told
state police investigators.
The brother and other MEM
bers of the family were thor
oughly investigated befor e
authorities were convinced that
they were not responsible for
Lloyd's disappearance.
The brother admitted he had
no use for John but certainly
would not 60 so far as TO harm
the child.
Investigators located Elaine
Warra. the first Mrs. Wesman,
in Detroit, but she proved be-
yond a doubt that she was work
ing there the day Of the disap-
pearance.
Mrs. Wesman's family GER
tainly had no grudge against the
child. She frequently left him at
her parents home for several
days, especially after her second
child was born there months be-
fore Lloyds disappearance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Uhere is he?

The parents? There was
nothing unusual about them.
Mrs. Wesman, then %, mar
ried John after his return from
Russia where he had spent six
months practicing the Soviet
theory Of life which is advanced
in this country by American
Communists.
Wesman had been a member
Of the party but resigned after
his return.
He had no reason to believe
the party had anything to do
with his sons disappearance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesman were
subjected to long hours of ques-
tioning and lie detector tests TO
convince investigators they had
not plotted Lloyd's disappear
ance.
AS for themselves, Wesman
was at work on the Kujula
farm. five and one-half miles
away. Mrs. Wesman reported the
disappearance.
Talk was that a Mike Lut-
shaw, who formerly lived in the
vicinity and who divorced his
first wife after the birth of a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

:. NTH the baby's dog :.
farm TO inform the father while
the neighbors searched tn e
woods and the edges of the river.
Deputy John Spargo was also
advised of the disappearance
and organized a searching party
composed Of 30 members Of
road construction crew.
The river was dragged; springs
and water-holes cleaned out; the
barnyard and cellar dug up; all
farm buildings searched-but no
trace of the child.
John Streeter. a neighbor who
lived on that dead-end road, said
that he had heard an automo-
bile 60 by his place between
$50 and Z a. m. and that il was
gone only a few minutes when
he heard it starting back.
Streeter said the maroon-col-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
'Lindbereh Baby
Theory ExpIodes

The fantastic theory that the
infant might have been kid
mapped by some one who wanted
TO palm him off as the Charles
A. Lindbergh heir was also ex-
pounded, but not for long.
Was Lloyd Wesman slain by
an itinerant vagrant and his
body disposed of?
Did the child wander away in
the vicinity Of the ravined,
heavily wooded area?
Remember he was out Of his
mothers sight for only a few
moments.
State police pursued this line
of the investigation for many
weeks.
Sgt. Verne c. Smell stated ir
his report that every inch of the
ground surrounding the Wesmar
farm had been thorough ! J
searched for three miles.
All types of clumps were
spaded; small rivers in the farm
area dragged; banks searched fol-
footprints-but without result.
Strong swimmers have diveC
into holes where the baby nigh
have been, but nothing evel
turned up.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Inside Story Of Continental Army

here too the greatest portrait of Washington
all the literature that enigmatic man. with
master Howard Fast has described from the
inside the weaknesses the heroic impulses the doubts OF the
who the American Revolution.
Here is Washington the real not the plaser-paris
saint the goody- goody of Parson Weems.
Here is the living quvering, swearing drinking praying
Washington deserters lashed He slashes his own
with his sword to prevent them from rereang (the
the revolution by always retreatmg it seems
to me).
And that greatest of armies of time? What it
made up of raggeagge elements They deserted oy
thousands They made their great they
really adored when they mutined-sick at heart
army which did believe passionatey in liberty and
the burned New York In its retreat to Harlem The
southern recruits hated the New Enganders than they
hated English They loaded their mot with shot
with the sweepngs of backsmiths shops rusty nails
WIRE old iron bolts broken horseshoes pieces of glass
and finely minced pewter pots and pans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

of the chaos in the mind of
the American youth from the
debacle of 1929 to the national
uprising of 1912.
This autobiography, told in
the shape of novel, portrays
the spiritual, psychological
and actual adventures of Peter
Garth Lafavor, an Alabaman
of the Tennessee valley. La
favor is a rabid, rugge d
individualist, a hater of COM
munism, and anti-New Dealer,
sometimes something of a
Fascist, and at all times a
muddled soul, but one that
you will recognize-maybe in
the mirror of your own mind.
You will find in this book
President Roosevelt, Justice
Hugo Black, John L. Lewis,
Tallulah Bankhead and even
Aimee Semple Mcpherson.
There are things that may be
called shocking" in Mud on
the Stars" but l, for one,
would not take a line out of
the book-it's all so honest
and vital.
This is w. B. Huie's first
Job. Well, here's hoping he
survives this war TO give US
more from his cracking,
realistic pen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
No Cloud Of Dust
Seen by Mother

Mrs. Wesman saw no car that
morning. Lloyd was out Of her
sight only a few minutes, and IL
he had been hustled away in the
"maroon-colored automobile" she
might have seen It.
At any rate, the flying dust OF
a speeding automobile would
have clouded the Wesman farm
area.
But Mrs. Wesman is positive
that she saw nothing unusual as
she passed from the low to the
high ground that morning.
1t was definitely established
that the tire marks did not
match Kaurala's car.
Kidnap for ransom was out.
The parents were poor, barely
provided their own needs.
Wesman, father Of two chill
dren by previous marriage, said
he had no enemies except his
former in-laws who were greatly
angered because he kept COM
pany with other women while
married.
Wesnan said his first wife was
the only woman who would have
any grudge against him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Playing With Dog
When Last Seen

Mrs. Wesman was preparing
breakfast for her young son
shortly before 7 a. m. when
she noticed a calf in her
field.
On closer inspection she
discovered it belonged to the
Kallios, who lived on the
next farm, and went over TO
help young Lila Kallio round
her up.
Lloyd, a healthy, faxen-
haired youngster, was in the
yard playing with his red
wheelbarrow and his constant
companion, a faithful, loving
collie dog.
The mother could see him
as she walked across the farm
to her house.
At a certain point, however,
the ground dipped, and her
view Of the child was OBJ
structed by a growth of
underbrush and small ravine.
But that was only 300 feet
and she was on level ground
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

off into a wilderness. II was
a dead-end road where only
friends and neighbors travelled.
Our characters are poor, I'M
important Woodworking Firms
who barely eked out a living.
The morning Of August s,
John Wesman, a mechanic,
was reused from his bed by
Arud Kaurala to keep an
appointment on the Kujala
farm, FIVE and one-half miles
away, where machinery needed
repairs.
It was 6 o'clock and Wes-
man had oversight. They drove
off without breakfast.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

ored car contained two persons
and was a strangers car"
The maroon-colored car was
also reported "dashing madly'
by two other neighbors, but they
did not see a baby inside.
Tire marks were reported seen
in the driveway of the home
that morning showing where a
car had turned around, but the
vehicle-if there was one-van-
ished as mysteriously as the
infant.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

again. From that point she
could see for a considerable
distance around.
There was nothing unusual.
She passed through the gate
and was met by the dog at the
pumphouse.
The wheelbarrow was in the
yard, but Lloyd was nowhere
in sight.
She went TO the porch
and looked around but saw
nothing.
The only response to her
calls was the baying Of the
cattle.
Her anxiety increased, and she
called a Mrs. Siminson, who lived
on an adjoining farm, 500 feet
from the Wesman farm.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Once Communist,
Later Withdrew

At night old Grandfather
Nippa would take his dog and
wander along the woods, pausing
often to listen for a child's wall.
Sometimes he would sit by the
road with his shotgun over his
knee waiting for the person to
return ito the scene Of the
crime" as they did in detective
stories. But not in this case.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

girl, might have conspired to
kidnap her.
Investigators theorized the
kidnaper possibly made a mis-
take and took the wrong child,
but Lutshaw was located in
Wisconsin and found TO be hap
PLY married.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
BOOKS
by Benjamn
De C e.
New Book on Washington Called
Greatest Work on Ist President;
Autobiography Of Soldier Offered

CGTHE Unvanqushed'-The is the continental
Congress in Philadelphia. tall figure in buff and
blue uniform edged into the hall and quietly sat down.
"WhO is he?" delegate from Massachusetts, asked
Hes nobody important, said another delegate in reply
"Hes a farmer from Virginia. His names Washington
Washington" said the Massachusetts, man. whoever
heard of a like that'
That's the opening scene of Howard Fasts great Il
repeat great American historical novel, THE Unvanqushed
(Duell Sloan and Pearce).
Thenceforward series of in which, like
motion picture the historic the hearbreakng retreat
of the ragged despang believing deserving awess American
unods from the disastrous Battle of Brooklyn Heights
(1776 through Manhattan into Westcheste across the
Hudson Trenton Washington delivered hay
maker to the Hessians.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Neiehbors Help
In Desperate Quest

The Kallios and Mrs. John
Smith, another neighbor, joined
the search but found nothing.
Smith was sent TO the Kujula
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
SIapdash Tale Of a Buck Private
cans today

Mud the Stars"-Wrtten in the rough, tough
sapdash of the American buck private of today
Mud the Stars" by William Bradford HUE IL.
Fischer associate editor of the American Mercury and
soldier nevertheless sincere and powerful portraya
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
By AL KAUFMAN

THE sranges most mysfyng that came to this
office
That's way the late Lieut. Van A. Loomis, chief Of the
Michigan police detective bureau described the dis
appearance 2yearod Lloyd Wesman the morning of Aug
g. 1884 investigators had spent months seeking
TO this perplexing riddle.
"a normal condition exists. Minutes later child has
disappeared leaving trace No demands Theories?
Yes. Clues? The thing simply defes explanation"
Deroiters wildly recall the disappearance of 3year-old
Harry Bowe who snatched from his carriage in broad
daylight years ago. happened Detroit section popu
by thousands where strange and strange
are as unnoticed last months newspaper
The Of story, however, is Mchigan's Upper
Peninsula, remote farm territory two miles from the
Of Even where only handful of people dwet
The gravel road that passed dropped
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Child Vanishes Without Trace
in Few Minutes. Providing State
Police With Greatest Mystery

Of Michgans unsored crimes trttca
BY Al Kaufman, Detroit Times staff correspondent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
NEXT WEEK

WHO KILLED Mrs. William Britten,
prominent. Lansing woman? Police
have one theory many oId-timers
have another. Bill Britten spent his
fortune hunting for The slayer but
The search still goes on. Read Al
Kaufmans story in NEXT SUM-
DAYS PICTORIAL REVIEW.
Evening star., 1942-03-05
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Evening star., 1942-03-05
QEElCIAI NOTICES.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE, DISTRICT OF
Columbia. February -, 1942.-Pubhc hear
ings having been held by the Commission
ers Of the District of Columbia in the mat
the District of Columbia. as hereinafter
described. and the said Commissioners be,
ing satisfied as to the equity. Justice and
advisability of said closings;, and that the
interests nor to the interests of abuttlng
property owners. NOTICE is HEREBY
GIVEN that the said Commissioners have
PPEepared the, following order; "ordefe,d,
Act No. 307. approved December Is. 1892,
the street and alley areas as shown in
green on plats filed in the Office Of the sur
yeyoE Of the Distr,ct of & Columbia and and mum.
hereby ordered closed. same TO take effect
on and after March 30. 1912. the title TO
the land comprised in the areas so closed
to revert to the abutting property owners:
as shown on SAID maps: the said areas
hereby ordered closed being described as
follows: /. Closing, part Of Deyonshire pl.
north Of Cortland pl. NV including a
District OF Columbia in connection with
the relocation of said Devons hire ,pl;
Closing OF alleys in the eastern half OF
Between D and SITS. Sc 2. Closing part
Of Adams Mil rd. NV; abuttlng square
25s6. and closing part, OF Summit pl, NV.
abutting square 22s Any ana az par
in writing, to said closings. within thirty
600 days after the date Of this publca-
tion as inserted at the besinning hereof.
otherwise SAID order SHAH become effective
alley areas as herein described shall on
and after said date become closed IN ac-
cordance with the PROVISIONS OF said Public
At No 495 appr9yedd1 d1I December 49, xIP32 1a22
GUY MASON. Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia. fe27 l4texSu
Evening star., 1942-03-05
LYON g. LYON, Attorneys,
1OI Evans Building.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT. OF THE
United States for the District OF Colum-
bia:--THE NATIONAL METROPOLITAN,
BANK OF WASHINGTON. Executor and
Trustee under the Last viii and Testament
of John T. Knott. Deceased. Plaintiff. v.
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW AND
NEXT OF KIN OF JANE ECERSOLL RE-
SIDING IN GREAT BRITAIN ON AUGUST
%. 1889, ct al, Defendants.-Civil Action
No 13577.-ORDER OF PUBLICATION-
The object of this suit is to obtain a judicial
construction and Interpretation Of the will
of John T. Knott, deceased, to obtain the
instructions of the Court for the guidance
of The plaintiff as executor and trustee
under said Will, and to obtain a judicial
determination of the persons entitled 70
take hereunder. On motion of the plain
tiff, it is this Both day of January. 1912
ordered that THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT
LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JANE ECER-
SOIL RESIDING IN GREAT BRITAIN ON
AUGUST 2S, 1889. defendants. cause their
appearance to be entered herein on or be-
fore the ninetieth day occurring after the
cate of the first publication of this order:
otherwise as 10 them this cause will be
proceeded with as in case of defaut. Pro-
vided. however, that a copy Of this order
shall be published in The Washington Law
Reporter and in The Evening Star news
paper once a week for twelve successive
weeks before the expiration of the time for
the appearance of said defendants BY the
Court: JENNINGS BAILEY. Justice. tSeaD
A true copy. Test: CHARLES E. STEWART.
Clerk. BY ELEANOR E. JOBE. Deputy Clerk.
fe I no
Evening star., 1942-03-05
CLARENCE r. AHALT, JAMES T. CROUCH,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
1928 National Press Bldg,
WashingtOn, D. C.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the District of Colum-
ba Viola virginia Brewer, $500 South
Fourth Street, Glencarlyn, Virginia, Plain
tiff, VS.. James W. Young, if living, and. If
deceased his Unknown Heirs. Alienees, and
Revisess aof Act5on Fe
The object Of this suit is to establish Of
possession in and unto certain real estate
poses of assessments and taxation as Lot
s02, Square 1859" ana improved by
premises known as number 106 Fourteenth
Street, Southeast. .Washington; D, c. Upon
fsio This 18Th II 'I day Of february. ; u H 4 p d. f949
ORDERED that the defendants, James
w. Young. if living, and, if deceased. his
unknown heirs, alicnees and deyiseeS,
cause their appearance to be entered herein
on or before the first rule day occurring
after the expiration of one month after
the day of the first publication, hereof.
otherwise the ca9se will Be pE9ceeded With With
OF this order be published once a week for
three successive weeks in the Washington
Law Reporter and The Washington Star,
good cause having been shown why longer
publication is unnecessary. JENNINGS
RAIIIEY, Justice mr,5,l2,l9.