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The Nome nugget., 1942-10-05
Danger of VladivOstOk


 Furthermore, so long as Vladi- Vostok Is a Russian naval and air base, America has a potential out post from which to levy a direct attack on the Japanese homeland. There has been a great deal of exaggeration about Vladivostok as "a dagger pointed at the heart of Japan and about the ease with which Japan paper cities" can be ignited by incendiary bombs dropped by planes based al VladiVostok. European exper- fence shows that $50 miles is not an easy distance for bombers to negotiate if there are defenses at the other end. Nevertheless, so long as there is Russian military power in Vladivostok, and espec tally if America is allied with Russia, that is the one point from which Japan is vitally threaten cd and from which a mortal thrust can come.
 But now initiative is Japan's and Japan may decide that the hour of settlement has struck. But most students of the Far East will not believe that Japan has come to that decision until il is satisfed-or persuaded by the Germans-that Russia Is al ready prostrate and ready for the kill--&eW York Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
Lights Out?
WPB Frowns on City Hall
Tree Illumination

A 25-year-old custom-thc light
ing Of the city hall Christmas tree
is threatened this year by q
WPB order.
Francis NJ. NJ. Hally, secretary
OF the Public Lighting Commission
said that his Office has rccclAGL
a directive from the War Produc-
ton Board which diScouraGcS the
lighting Of all outside Christina,
trees this holiday season.
However. regardless 81 the
order, there will be a tree in
front Of the city hall AS usual
II already has been ordered 10y the
Parks and Recreation Department
II is up 10 common council
whether II Will he lighted
Hally pointed out that the WIPE
order was issued because OF thrc,
reasons. To stop the use Of crit
ically needed copper wire fol
( power conservation, and because
OF the air RAID hazards lighted
trees might present.
II will call the attention of
common council 10 the order"
HALEY said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
Death Driver
Goes 10 Prison

Charles Vargas record Of u re-
cent traffic law convictions came
10 at least a temporary halt today
when he was sentenced 10 one anc
one-half 10 five years in Jackson
Prison.
Vargo, IS, Of 9llS Portland
street, pleaded guilty before Judge
George T. Murphy TO negligent
homicide in the deaths of Mr.. and
Mrs. Addison Fox, 6419 Reissmar
avenue.
The probation report found alb
Solutcly no eXtenuatng circum-
stances in the drivers act OF
running a rcd light at Dix and
Southfield roads, August 3, and
crashing into the Fox car.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01

The John w. Smith housing
project in Brightmoor opened off
cialy today when Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry C. Roberts moved in with
their three children.
The 46-ycar-old war worker
looked through has five and one
half unit, which consists Of three
bedrooms, a living room and a
kitchen combined with the dining
room. and said:
"For SSl month, l can't be-
lieNe I'm getting all this, eSpcci-
ally after living in that broom
house garage we just left"
His wife. who carried their
T-month-old baby. Martha. just
gazcd in wondcrment and SmLeG
her happiness, while her son Guy
8, ran about exploring the newneSs
.ol has home.
TWclvo-year-old Rene. the other
son, missed Out on the excitement
he was az school.
There are IS units such as the
Roberts home. Out OF the total
2l0 units ll9 have two bedrooms
and The other - have four bed
LnnulS-Lhn- rel4t- rom - 7
10 Sal per month and vary accord
ing % The income Of the tenant
and the SIZE of the family
housing officials expect 10 have
The 100 units now available filled
tins month at the rate OF FIVE per
gryt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
Drivers Lose Jobs;
Blame Gas RdtioninQ

Gasoline rationing and shortage
of equipment needed for delivery
service, today was blamed by
Harry II. Coggan. general man
ager OF Hudson Cleaners, for the
discharge Of 10 OF the company's
drivers. The 10 men were given
two weeks pay.
I'VE haven't any need for
the men," Coggan said. There
is no use having them sit around
doing nothing. We are sorry TO
let them go. but we are now
strictly on q cash and carry
basis"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01

tHt H'tUttot NbitVi sse
You will find Mrs Mary Penn
Jones, 80, Of 22lOO Francis street
Dearborn, spending most Of this
day sitting AT her telephone.
She was named by metropolitan
Detroit's y navy mothers clubs
as the typical navy mother il
this area and she will compete
with other navy mothers through.
out the country IN the national
contest 20 select a typical navy
mother for the nation
1t all came as a surprise to Mrs
Jones.
This is the greatest honor OF
my life," she said. land il seems
that have done nothing but
answer messages OF cOngratula-
ton over the telephone since the
announcement came out In the
Times last night
The nations most typical nav!
mother. to be picked from all en-
tries by the Navy Mothers Clul
of Chicago. Will spend a week
starting Saturday, as guest of tn
navy at Great Lakes training sta
ton. The women selected mus
remind every bluejacket there o
his own mother back home-He
week at Great Lakes will b.
capped with an appearance on tn,
coast Meet Your Navy" broad
cast December II.
Mrs. Jones has son, Francis
"a in the navy. He enlisted il
1886 as an apprentice seaman AM
IS now an ensign.
But what sold the 400 Detroi
navy mothers on Mrs. Jones. the,
said. has been h r tremendous
activity in organizing navy moth
IerS clubs in Detrot'S outlying
communities and upstate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
5IndiCted Here
As 0PA Cheats;
More Expected
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.mentS he allegedly made TO his
ration board in applying for a
permit 10 purchase new car. He
lis charged with having stated in
Applying for the new auto that
his only car was a wrecked 1871
car when actually. Murphy said,
he owned two 1912 automobiles.
He had bought the Cadillac
Illegally In February, after new
cars were frozen" Murphy as
serted. hut was unable to buy
n license for Il. His application
TO the ration board was to get
an order for the purchase of n
car. which he would not use. but
with which he could buy license
plates for the one he already
had"
Subsequent indictments are ex-
pected 10 touch on sugar. oil and
rent violations in addition 10 tire
statement falSifications.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
lSiue Him
Something
10 We01!'
ALL.W00L GLOVE AND
MUELLER SETS. ESQ

He'll think Of you every time he
snuegIes into his glove and muffIe-
set! Self patterned, woven aN-wooI
nuffers with wool knit gloves 10
match. Maroon, brown, canary,
navy white, gray. green and tan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
Kipke 10 Organize
Wolverine Air Unit
Tlme. star Correspondent

ANN ARBOR. Doc. ! - II
Commander Harry O. kipke, dis
trict navy recruiting chIef. an
nounced today plans for the for
nation FOR the second Wolverine
air squadron.
The group viii Start training
within a month and is open 70
all University %: Michigan Stu-
dents The first Wolverine ai
squadron started early last year
is now seeing active SeS zee IN
the Australian thester az war
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
Traffic HEAVY
On First Day Of
Gas Rdtioniing

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will help a lot. and many per-
sons may continue driving for a
few days, 10 see just how bad
street car and bus congestion
may or may not be-" he said.
''We do not expect TO reach
our wartime peak for the first
week OF rationing. but we are
preparing for the worst right at
the start.
GAS STATIONS TANNED
with all our street cars and
buses on the streets at one time,
we will have increased the usual
peak capacity by from 50 10 10
street cars and 800 10 $50
buses. That will enable us Ia
carry around 10 per cent more
passengers during rush hours.
and much larger increase il
peak hours can he widened by
further staggering of working
hours"
The DSR was not the only ON,
10 prepare for rationlnG
All day yesterday, local films
stations did n steady business a,
motorists filled their tanks to The
brim. Often enough. the customer
asked for a gallon or even less
just enough TO fill the tank e
possibly for the last time
until victory.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
START GETTING BOOKS

Successful applicants should
begin receiveing them today"
he declared.
For many Of the gasoline sta
tons doing a land Office business,
yesterdays sales represented d
swan song.
II is estimated that from 100 "a
200 viii go out Of business almost
Immediately, or within a few
weeks, as a result of the curtail-
ment of gasoline sales.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
WHITE RAY0N CREPE SCARFS
WITH MONOGRAM ST

Soft and luxuryfeeIing ground his
neck, il will give him quite an air. "
White rayOn crepe with rayon satin
stripes; long frinqed ends. Three IN
irios attached while you wat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
Ask Vision Ordinance

DSR Manager Fred A. Nolan
today was TO ask the corporation
counsclS Office TO prepare an
ordinance making il violation
for DSR passengers to obscure the
vision of operators.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
TO PLUG
suC-
:1oophoIes for
Gas BootIeggerS

WASHINGTON Dec Z INSl
The Office Of Price Administration
today brandished two major Waap-
.ons for enforcing the newly ne
s.ituted nation wide gasoline 5-
uoning program the 'wrtc-.n
identification on coupons ana tie
highly efficient state tax collection
machinery.
Wise to the ways of vu-I--he
violators throucH SiA months ,N-
perience along The Atlantic sea-
hoard. CPA officials frtrf,1tvri TO
use both measures 80 The mt 90
thwArt any outbreak 90 bootleg
ging or violations ir 'rs 81 states
which came unoeT rsuouuE 'pcaE.
The 100000 motorists Who
started using the -four La,Ioa a
coupons a. POL O'Clock 'hlS morn
ing must have The license number
Of their automobile and it> S'a'o
Of registration written ln ink on
the back Of each coupon. GlN
warned.
WARNS GAS STATIONS
This feature II one nf our
most important and NaiuAhle en-
forcement tools" one ott.lal
said. Filling station operators
who fail To require this action
by their customers will be max
ing a had mistake They may
get by for while, but not for
long"
The coupon-idenuication system
will be aimed az "chlSelnC al the
consumer level. while state TAX
authorities Will be relied upon 20
prevent an outbreak ri bootlcgclng
and the running Of hot" gasoline
by so-called biG-time operators.
Ration coupons will flow upward
from filling stations and dlStrlnu-
tors 70 state gasoline tax admins
traitors. There they VIII be checked
against the customary state re
ports on gasoline sales.
PREVENTS BLACK MARKET
OPA officials also pointed out
that every truck in the nation
must display a certificate of war
necessity. issued by the Office OF
Defense Transportation This re-
quirenent. they said provides an
other method of preventing boot
logging operations.
The regular inspection OF tires
represents another enforcement
weapon. The finger Of suspicion
will Immediately point TO motorists
whose tires show more wear than
would be normal under their allot-
ted ration of gasoline, OPA OH
Gals explained.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01
DEADLINE EXTENDED

Originally motorists were TO be
denied gasoline rationS If they
possessed more than five tires for
each car. Last night however
because Of collection delays. the
OPA extended the deadline to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-01

More than half a million a ra-
ton cards have been distributed
in Wayne County. An estimated
80 900 car owners are still without
them. How many B and c books
have been asked for, or will be
assigned. is unknown.
However. state gas rationing Of
.fcer F.. T. Broadwell said the ma
.chinery for distributing them was
working efficiently despite the
.enormity of its task.
Evening star., 1942-01-10

Thornapple street, In Rollinswood.
G. A. Metsler presented hne eight
room house with many distinctive
details Of planning.
In September an outstanding
house Of French Provincial archi-
lecture was offered by w. G. and
A. N. Miller, which was very large
and very lovely throughout. With .
tower stair hall and . circular
staircase 1t had . most graceful
entrance. The drawing room and
dining room were ample for formal
entertaining, the kitchen, pantries
and servants' quarters expertly
planned.
One Of its most satisfactory points
was the fact that there was . small
study on the t1rst floor and IN up
stairs sitting room which made the
house personal and intimate for one
or two people as well as expansive
and ample for entertaining. The
top floor boasted . projection room
with q small raised platform for m
orchestra with room for 10 or so
people to be seated comfortably for
q concert or lecture. The ideal home
for one In professional or omcial
life whose business or hobby caused
him to gather friends to share his
findings.
Home IN Crestwood.
AZ . contrast to this, the next
house was small, situated at 27l8
Evening star., 1942-01-10

Davenport strest tn Rock Greek
Forest. Built BY Samuel He. II had
the practically Of the low-cost
house in q most desirable woodland
tract adjoining Rock Greek Park.
Proud Of . charming painted
brick, distinctive With blue-green
cast iron balcony and trim IN the
New Orleans Colonial manner. Paul
Stone and Avon Shockey brought
every one to Crestwood again In the
fall to see their house at 1911 Quincy
street. Furnished throughout In the
Regency furniture and accessories,
this was . lovely, oolorful house.
Remembered for it, charming down.
stairs powder room flled With mir.
rors and lucite and it, beautifully
designed wallpapers, it was wen
worth seeing.
Then. suddenly. defense houses
under 5000" was the cry. 30 the
committee selected twin houses at
Landover Hills. One Q four-room
and one = six-room house. they were
both equally good In construction
and INABILITY. and with furnishings
by Palais Royal were exceedingly At
tracttve. One Of these, q bungalow
type With al the rooms on one floor,
was exactly right for the needs Of
the busy family where both must 70
to business each day.
In the middle Of December . tiny
Christmas card house, painted deep
Evening star., 1942-01-10

red and white, was opened at River
DALI, Nd. At ooo9 Sixty third street.
this house offered the beSt possible
equipment and arrangeuaent for the
smallest price. At the sum Of $3.50,
this little four house In Q COM
plete small community was fur
nished for 4646 BY Sears Roebuck.
Don't say 1t can't b done. It can,
and Was, and very well done also
and With . little effort and ingenuity
On the part Of the owners win b .
dns little home for many years.
All Of these, each distinctive In it,
own class, and each we'll worth the
money because Of superior construc-
ton and architectural detail and
Evening star., 1942-01-10
Silver Star
Continued From Page BID

little town houses. As nearby houses
became scarce it became necessary
to build in the suburbs and some
most interesting developments on
the outskirts of the District and in
nearby Virginia and Maryland are
the result.
Later, as the defense program
swung into line and new agencies
were formed. it was necessary to
provide dwellings for the thousands
of new workers who came to town.
Later still, when materials became
necessary for frst-line defense work
and low-cost houses only could be
built, the Silver Star Committee
set out to find the best Of these
which have been presented these
last two months.
w. c. and A. N. Miller led of
the year with a large and splendidly
planned family mansion at $3.50
Fordham road. in Spring Valley.
Furnished by Colony House, it had
a large drawing room and dining
room with secluded study On the
first floor. Four bedrooms on the
second floor and two on the third,
with all the fine closet arrangements
and well-planned baths for which
the Miller organization is famous.
This was the ideal house for the
Washington omcial and his family.
House 1t Silver Spring.
Next was . smaller house at Silver
Spring built by Claude Livingston.
A sturdy little white painted brick,
1t was ideal for the small family
with modest budget, in q pleasant
community.
In March Russell T. Woodheld
presented charming house in the
well-known Crestwood area. Per-
sonally worked out in all details, he
received many comments on the
livable quality of his house. This
was at 1915 Randolph street.
Then for the hsrd-working OFF,
cial who wanted to get away from
it all there was the delightful
New England Colonial house in
May, way out on the Rockville pike,
built by Edison Briggs. Placed on
the crest Of hill overlooking a little
valley, 1t turned its back on the
highway. Encircling its own little
garden 1t had many Of the most
appealing living arrangements We
have seen In some years.
Wood Acres, the Albert Walker
development on Massachusetts
avenue in nearby Maryland, had .
flne six-room house. The living
Evening star., 1942-01-10

room. furnished in the Victorian
manner by Colony House, had in
viting appeal. This house and the
expert spac. planning for comfort
able living, for which Schrier &
Patterson, tie architects, are noted,
made it verr popular.
Smal-Budget House.
Early in July to meet the influx
of newcome,s to Washington a small
budgetpricet house of six rooms
was opened n Columbia Forest, Just
of the East West highway. Though
we call this house small in relation
to the othe.s that followed, 1t was
cleverly planned to give q privacy
that Is unusual in the six-room
house. This vas offered by Meadow
brook, Inc, Monroe Warren, presi-
dent, and definitely flled the order
for q compact, efficient house at
reasonable rrice within easy access
to the man Government ONCE
buildings.
The Kennedy -Chamberln Devel-
Evening star., 1942-01-10
Red Tone Can Be Too Deep

1t Is wise never to use q red
tone on large areas In an interior
which has light reflected from a
nearby red brick wall. Such refec-
ton will likely intensity the colcr
to an undesired degree. Butter yel-
low or of white, used on the walls
OF such room, will take on an
agreeable pinkish cast. It is well to
remember also that rooms painted in
either green or blue tints will have
their color deepened considerably If
they get the reflected light from the
green Of tree foliage.
Evening star., 1942-01-10

good planning, have rounded out .
year which has been memorable for
Warrington builders and developers
and should bring them q medal for
their fine approach to their prob
lens and their ability to solve them.
Evening star., 1942-01-10
Color Gives Room Liaht

In redecorating, color can do q
great deal toward apparently chang
ing the height and width Of q room,
Is well as correcting lighting trou-
bles. Pale colors used tn combine
ton In one key viii add not only
light but size. Draperies which
match the walls will make the room
look larger.
Evening star., 1942-01-10

opment Co. had . delightful house
at TIA Norway drive, Kenwood,
which woodward e. Lothrop fur
nished in excellent taste. At 6l3
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-02

We also are quite sure, and we believe that the FBI would back us on this one, that if an agent of the Axis in the States wished to correspond with an agent of the Axis in Alaska, he would surely not blandly ranscrbe his proposed evil doings in Ian guage that any of the censors in the Seattle Post Office would be able to spot
 Mail censorship is unjust burden to thrust upon Alaskans. It is as ridiculous as the former policy which established in connection with the transmission of reports out of Alaska shortly after Pearl Harbor That was to keep all mention of Alaska out of print. Orders were given to press agencies not even to publish election story with Juneau "dateline" prefacing the copy. Things are little better now.
 Evidently the supposition that if Alaska was kept out of the news, the enemy might forget all about it. suppose that we not fortifying the Territory. Actually, the stupidly imposed silence probably served to make the enemy all the more suspicious and it's toes concerning Alaska
 Limited by self-censorship we forced to withhold of special gems-blunders of those who dictate the war information policy in and for Alaska. Some day we will drag them out of the dust and rattle few old bones with them.
 In the meantime The Empire is throwing it's support for what it's worth behind few. Senators in Washington who are showing that they believe n Alaska and going to do something about making Alaskans feel that they really Americans and are entitled to the privileges of being Americans
 It is no secret that we had just about given up hope With this comment, we wipe the blood from our editorial head and prepare to make few more rushes against the wall of censorship.
 We hope along with the Governor, that the women cutterng up the Seattle Post Office and pry ing into our mail soon will be helping to the labor shortage at the Boeing Aircraft plant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-02
ACTION LOOMING

Good indeed yesterdays unbelievable dispatch from the nations capital which says in plain wordsthc censorship setup is mess, the Sen ate is going to do something about it. But more refreshing was the fact that the quoted opinions of the Senators who have been prodded into action by Gov Ernest Gruening of Alaska dealt mainly with the problem of censorship it affected Alaska
 We were overjoyed to see that Senators Frederick Van Nuys George w. Norris and others were able to see that Alaska is not foreign country that it is land sprinkled with 10000 Americans who have good red blood flowing through their veins and aren't afraid to spill of it for their country.
 The censors have been treating Alaska foreign country--its people foreigners
 Not long ago. Senator Mon c. Wallgren of Wash ington, passing through Juneau asked what he thought about the censorship barrier which starts at Seattle and is rebuilt at ADO headquarters, double barreed dam that has crushed Alaskan morale civil and military has ridicued those in command, many of whom wish sincerely for better policy, has made AaskanS feel isolated from their country their trys war effort.
 It is a short sighted policy and certainly one not capable of encouraging the often n-asked-for CO., operation
 Senator Wallgren replied that the only descrip- ton he could give concerning Alaskan censorship was that it was downright silly We have, at times, described it vividly.
 Senator Wagren went to point out that in his opinion there much less danger of sabotage, espionage spy rings any of those things which the censoring of private mail coming into and passing out of the foreign country" of Alaska and is supposed to combat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-02
CAPITAL CHAFF

Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower, wife of the General, visited Washington $ Stage Door Canteen, heard the men asking for rhumbas when there were no records, sent a messenger out with money to buy them Sem
 ator and Mrs. Guy Gillette come to the Canteen every Sunday evening and, unrecognized by soldiers, clean up the dirty dishes The wives .of Senators Russell of Georgia and ODaniel of Texas gave the complete run-around to the Senate sergeant
 at-arms when he went on a sleuth-
 ing expedition to arrest the Senators for a quorum on the poll-tax vote. The ladies said they hadn't seen their husbands for hours and hours and hours. The sergeant-at arms believed them The office of Senator Doxey of Mississippi was