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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-15
OUeraU RatiORs
Doubtful Nature

n RationinC plus price-fiXing might
u the anti-innation Job. but the
government officials seem insure
about overall rationInG. Vast me-
chaniCal organization would bc
necessary 90 effect ~ and enforce
il. Details would take a long time
10 work out At least, these arc
the objections cited by govern
mont authorities and likely TO
guide MIR RooSevclt'S decision
Before any step can be taken,
however. IL IS evident tho govern
ment Will have 10 coordinate its
price treasury wage agriculture
policies. Tho only ono who can do
II is Mr. Roosevelt himself.
So far, Morgenthau has been
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-15
On L tRIO

CFCO. Chatham. $50 p. m
THURSDAY CKOC Hamilton. lis
p n. Saturday CKCR, Kitchener.
: p m, Thursday CKCO. Ottawa.
SIS p m, Friday GIGS. STRAIT
ford ! Is p. m Friday.
II YOU love mystery, he sure "a
hear The broadcast. and also read
tho article IN The Americ n
Weekly with next Sunday De
trOlt Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-15
Times Presents
Murder Story

An American city'S half-Century-
old enigma of the unknown giant"
and a murdered beauty will be dis
cuSSed IN stirring account. The
Mystery of The NamelcSS Lady.
by Joseph GOllomb. noted author,
in The American Weekly with next
Sundays issue of TIE Detroit Sun
day Times The article will he
another unit in The American
Weckly'S series Of recollectionS of
famous crimes that myStlfled Us in
the past and challenged our best
detective genus.
a Front Page Drama broadcast.
The Mystery of the Nameless
Lady based on The American
Weekly article. Will be heard over
l3 radio stations in Michigan and
Ontario next Wednesday, Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday. the day
Of tho program differing on various
stations as show below:
MICHIGAN
WIDE Flint. 9l5 p. m, Friday,
Grand Rapi d s.
10 - p m Friday. WIBM, Jack
son 9.l5 p. m. Friday; WIN,
Lansing 9.l5p m Friday WKBZ
MuSkcgon 7.l5 p m. Friday.
VICAR, Pontiac. 2i5 p m. Thurs
day WSAM, Saginaw. 10 p m.
Friday. WTCM Traverse City.
I 30 y m Wednesday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-15
Here's How to Get Your Stamps

Every day beginning Monday, black and white copy of
COMBAT INSIGNIA STAMP will be printed in The Detroit
Times. The 80 stamps divided into five series of 10 EACH
Simply mail to The Detroit Times 10 black and white copies
in exchange for which you will receive series of OFFICIAL
FULL-COLOR COMBAT INSIGNIA STAMPS. When you
have 10 of these black and white stamps printed in The
Detroit Times you will be ready to send for the first series
of 10 FuC OOr Combat Insignia Stamps in this series of 80
OFFICIAL FULL-COLIOR INSIGNIA of Americas fighting
air force. When you send for your stamps enclose self
addressed stamped envelope and fill in the printed form
which will appear in the Times with each black and white
stamp. That's all! Easy, isn't it?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-15
Poster Stamps
Printed on
FINE GRADE
PAPER
in All the
Beauty of
FULL COLOR

These stamps gummed and perforated
u. were designed by Walt Disney and other
famous artists and are EXACT dupli-
Gates of insignia used on Americas fighting
planes. The cOlOrful, characteristic express
sons of Americas fighting spirit -. COM
prise mementO of these stirring days that
thousands of patriotic people who want to
keep i. . for themselves and posterity. The
Detroit Times offers these stamps to you
absolutely FREE. Each stamp is diff
ferent, each beautifully reproduced in bril-
liant full color.
Resolve to get your Combat Insignia
Stamps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-15

ADNERTIsEMENT
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Founder Of Holy City
In California Held
On Sedition CHARGES
Cult Leader Accused
Of Interfering With
Morale Of Army

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.-Wil-
liam E. Riker, 6s, was arrested on
charges of sedition yesterday at
Holy City, the communal religious
colony which he founded in 1917
west of San Jose in the Santa Cruz
Mountains.
United States marshal's deputies
made the arrest on a Federal grand
jury indictment returned secretly.
Nat ]. L. Pieper, San Francisco
FBI chief, said the indictment held
that Riker had interfered with the
morale of the Army forces and had
attempted to cause characterization
and disloyalty through oral. and
printed propaganda.
Conviction would mean a fine of
not more than $4,000 or imprison-
ment for not more than 20 years,
or both.
Mr.. Pieper said the cultist, who
twice announced himself a candi-
date for Governor of California,
had sent communications to men,
bers of Congress-, urging them to
make peace with the Axis, minus
Japan" and had issued pamphlets
describing Hitler as "a second Mar
tin Luther, freeing the people from
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Youth With Two
Stitches in Heart
Called by Army

Melvin A. Jones, %, of 2238 Nichol-
son street Sc, who IT years ago
had two stitches taken in his heart,
was to leave the District at 10 am.
today for Camp Lee, Va, for service
with the United States Army.
Recalling the operation, which at
that time drew wide comment in
medical circles, Melvin's mother,
Mrs. Aaron Jones, today said that
when child Of her son fell on
pair of scissors. He was rushed
to a hospital where DR.. Herbert
Schoenfeld, one Of the pioneers in
heart surgery, closed q CASH in his
heart with two stitches.
AS Melvin grew to manhood, Mrs.
Jones said, doctors pronounced his
heart action perfect. A recent at
tempt to enlist in the Navy, she
said, was unsuccessful, but was not
due to his heart. At that time two
teeth needed fixing. Later he was
drafted by the Army.
Evening star., 1942-10-30

Fourteenth street NV, devoted all |
day yesterday to the collection OF
more than three tons of metal.
Mr.. Radin and three workers spent |
the day cleaning house and produced
a pile of cylinders, flywheels, motor
cycle chasses and crank cases. along
with other cycle parts, which was
placed in front of the store where
retailers could pick it up con-
veniently.
Two automobiles, one 1927 model,
the other 1888 smaller car, have
been offered to the District drive.
$500 Pounds in One.
Mrs. Ethel Hoffman Kane, 1729 G
street NV, Is contributing her 1927
auto, which, according to an auto
mobile expert, contains at least $500
pounds OF salvageable metal.
Miss Myrtle Posey, 1346 North
Carolina avenue NE, q social worker
connected with the National Train
ing School for Boys, is Offering 4
1888 coupe.
According to OIL. Brown, manager
OF the Tennessee Avenue Garage,
where the car is located, the yield
in scrap metal from this donation
will run to 1000 pounds.
Tally-ho Shops, 812 Seventeenth
street NV, came through with more
than 1000 pounds of metal, includ-
ing. according to Robert Keller, odds
and ends of kitchen equipment and
plumbing fixtures.
J.A. Brown of the American Auto
mobile Association reports Three
A" donation Of 1000 pounds, includ-
ing steel signs, addressograph ma
chimes, elevator weights and other
items.
Rainbow Auto Painters will put up
1000 pounds, including tenders,
radiator shells and grills and other
auto parts, announced Philip Bay
nard, manager.
Herman Shapiro, owner Of the
Lady Lee Ladies' Apparel Shop, 1905
F street NV, collected more than
500 pounds Of scrap metal, included
among which were nickel-plated
W1ndow-d1splay stands, fencing,
pipes and sheet metal.
From the st. Marys Episcopal
Church, 730 Twenty-third street
NV, came . 150-foot iron fence,
the Rev. DR.. E. A. Christian re-
ported.
Sam Poms Of Sans Auto Repair
Shop. 1870 u street NV, con-
tributed = 2,o00-pound assortment Of
metals consisting of axles, bumpers,
springs and other auto parts and 4
400-pound boiler.
Jack Blank, president Of the
Arcade Pontiac Co., 1887 Irving
street NV, secured his shop for
scrap and discovered more than five
tons, including heavy auto parts such
as frames, tenders and car bodies.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Letter will be buried privately in
Rock Creek Cemetery.

Letter will be buried privately in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Besides her mother and daughter,
Mrs. Letter is survived by a son, Pvt.
Thomas Letter, now stationed at
Camp Lee, Va, and two sisters, Mrs.
Houston Rawls, Far Hills, N. j., and
Mrs. Frederick Sterling OF New
port, r. I.
Pvt. Letter was married last June
in New York to Miss Marion Saffold
Oates, daughter of Mrs. Philip
Green Gossler Of New York and
Montgomery, Ala, and the late Capt.
William c. Oates, U. S. A.
The late Joseph Letter was a we'll
known sportsman and was equally
well known in business and financial
circles. His first spectacular venture
in business, when he tried to corner
the Nations wheat market in 1898,
brought him into the limelight in
which he remained for life. He
caught the public fancy and held 1t
with his tireless activities as a grain
trader, railroad and utility operator,
breeder of horses and big game
hunter. His income at the time of
his death was estimated at 81, ,000, 900
year.
Mr.. Letter was prominent figure
in Washington, where he became a
business leader in an effort to re-
coup his grain market losses.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Navy Halls Results
Of Stepped-Up
Salvage Campaign
Vessel Superstructures
Sent to Mills to Be
Made Into Armor Plate

The Navy announced today that
a stepped-up salvage campaign
throughout all naval establishments
has brought in large quantities Of
metals, rubber, hemp and other vital
materials for use in the war effort.
The entire superstructures of some
vessels have been removed and the
steel sent directly to mills to be
made into armor plate, projectiles
and guns. In one instance, the con-
servation section at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard salvaged 4,430 tons of
scrap metal and other critical ma
terials under one contract.
The salvage construction section
in the Bureau of Supplies and Ac-
counts was established in July and
IS empowered to sell scrap at ceiling
prices directly to the war plants
designated by WPB. This method
replaces the earlier and lengthier
procedure whereby the bureau sold
scrap after receiving bids.
Under the new system approx
imately 125,000 tons OF scrap iron
and steel have been shipped direct
to mills.
One of the unusual relics recently
salvaged by the Navy was an ancient
rice mill, unused for more than a
century on the historic Brookgreen
Gardens plantation near George
town, S. C. The old mill was pre-
sented to the Navy by Archibald
Huntington, owner Of the property
Navy salvage crews cut a road
through dense jungle growth in Or
der to reach it and dismantle 1t
for moving.
The Navy cited another illustra-
ton by which salvaged hemp has
been used to make paper. The
paper thus made has been used in
some instances as q satisfactory
substitute for silk and rubber.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
President Thanks Boston Girl
For Note of CheerFrom Sick Bed

II hope you and your wife are well
and the best of luck to you.
Don't worry, because the war will
be over soon and our flag will never
fall. The rising sun will be set
soon."
The White House reply:
Dear Shirley:
"Your kindly little letter has been
received and the President is grate-
full for the loyal spirit 1t evidences.
1.-THE President is sorry to hear of
your illness and hopes you are now
well on the road to recovery. He
sends his best wishes"
Shirley's father, Walter Marston,
enlisted In the Navy last April.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Oct. 3o.-The daughter
of a Navy diver, who penned letter
to President Roosevelt telling him
not to worry because the war will
soon be over" today proudly dis
played letter from the White
House thanking her for her thought
fulness.
Thirteen-year-old Shirley Marston
wrote the letter to the President
while she was confined to City Hos
pital suffering from pneumonia.
II got to thinking about the big
job President Roosevelt has to do
while was lying here in bed with
pneumonia" Shirley said. $50 just
wrote him q letter"
Shirley's letter:
Dear President:
my father Is in the Navy and
my brothers are waiting until they
get old enough to get in. The club
I belong to, Is buying War Stamps
and we wish we were old enough to
be nurses or do some war work.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Mrs. Joseph Letter,
Capitalists Widow,
Dies in Baltimore
Capitol Social Leader
Was Active in Many
Local Charities

Mrs. Joseph Letter, widow Of the
noted capitalist and sportsman and
one-time president of the Washing
ton Gas Light Co., died early today
at John Hopkins Hospital in Balti-
more. She was 81 years old.
Mrs. Letter left Washington in
June to go to her summer home,
Edgewater House, Beverly Farms,
Mass. She stayed there until 10
days ago, members Of the family said
here, when she went to the Balti-
more hospital.
Mrs. Letter, daughter Of the late
Col. John R. Williams and Mrs. Will
liams, was married to Mr.. Letter in
1908. He died in Chicago April II,
1882.
Mr.. Letter, whose colorful career
as capitalist and sportsman gained
him worldwide fame, owned the
beautiful home at 1900 New Hamp-
shire avenue, on Dupont Circle,
which was built by his father, Levi
Letter, one of the Nations foremost
merchant princes. The house Is
now used by the Government.
Mrs. Letter was the originator Of
THE Dancing Glass;" considered to
be one of the smartest and most ex-
elusive dancing groups. The first
meetings of the class were held in
her spacious ballroom.
Active in Charity Work.
She was active in numerous
charities and was particularly inter-
ested in the Children's Country
Home, for which a ball was given
annually on Christmas night. Mrs.
Letter also assisted her mother at
the Thrift Shop, which helps in the
support of several children's institu-
tions. More recently, she had been
active in the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club, where she served
every Saturday for time as a
volunteer cashier.
Mrs. Letter was a graduate OF
Georgetown Visitation Convent and
was active in the Alumnae Associa-
ton, serving as president for several
terms. She represented the second
OF three consecutive generations OF
her family to attend the convent
here.
Mrs. Letter rented the Dupont
Circle home to the Government in
June. 194l, moving to the home OF
her mother, Mrs. Williams, at nearby
1881 New Hampshire avenue NV.
The former Juliette Williams, Mrs
Letter was born at Fort McHenry
outside of Baltimore. She travelled
extensively in Europe and the Far
East.
Funeral Services Tomorrow.
Her daughter Nancy, now the wife
OF 1t. G.. g. Charles Thomas Clagett
was married in February of last yeal
at the Dupont Circle home. Msgr
Edward F. Buckley, rector Of st
Matthew's Cathedral, ofhciated al
the ceremony. Msgr. Buckley, wher
young priest and assistant rector
of st. Matthew'S Cathedral, alst
officiated at the marriage of Mrs
Letter in 1908.
Msgr. Buckley will oficiate at tn
funeral services at 3 pm. tomorrow
at st. Matthew's Cathedral. Mrs
Evening star., 1942-10-30

rO0eS OF learning
for the uniform
Of q private In
the Army.
Granted mill
tary leave from
t he university,
DR.. Merriman
left Tuesday for
Camp Lee. Va,
to be formally
lnducted into tho
service.
A graduate OF
the University Of
Gin c in natl in
1890, he received
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Shoemaker to Assume
Norfolk Air Commend
b the Associated Press.

NoRFOLKa Va. Oct. Capt.
James M. Shoemaker, q. 8. N, will
succeed Rear Admiral Elliott Buck
master as commanding ofncer Of
the Norfolk Naval Air Station Mon
day.
Admiral Buckmaster was detached
from duty here three weeks ago
and Is now heading the Naval pri-
mary training course, Kansas City.
Evening star., 1942-10-30

q hHkeHoVSI o 0CB1 &C
both from that institution and from
Harvard University. Following q
year of study at the Sorbonne in
Paris, he returned to Harvard, where
he received the degree of doctor Of
philosophy in 1887.
DR.. Merriman came to George
Washington University in 1897 as in
structor in history. A year later he
was made assistant professor Of
American diplomatic history and last
spring was appointed to the asso-
ciate professorship.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
the ownership Of the international

the ownership Of the international
bankers"
Holy City long has been regarded
with curiosity by tourists. The
buildings along the highway are
decorated with slogans such as
Headquarters for the worlds per-
feet government" Plaster gnomes
and grotesque figures stand before
some Of them.
Size Of the colony has fiuctuated
In recent years from 80 to 800 per-
sons. Farm products are grown on
communal basis for a common
dining hall.
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Dr.. Merriman Leaves
6. ". 10 Enter Army

DR.. Howard Maxwell Merriman,
associate professor of American
diplomatic history at George Wash
ington University. has doffed his
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Joins Utility Board

NEW YORK, Oct. 80 (R.-J. Ed
gar Monroe, president Of the Boland
Machine Co. of New Orleans, has
been elected 4 director Of the Elec-
tric Bond A Share Co.
Evening star., 1942-10-30

Ysu can ind hAlp u there's help
% - hsA-e ht4le atas want Az
viil = y u 5eea
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Get In the Scrap!
Heavy Metal Collections
Rise to 641, 900 Pounds
70 Per Cent Of Weeks Salvage Offerings
Gathered by Special Pickup Service a

Collections of heavy" scrap metal today
estimated 640o pounds salvage
Evening star., 1942-10-30
Congress in Brief

By the Associated Press.
Senate and House.
In recess.
Senate Education Subcommittee
hears William Green and Phihp
Murray on manpower resources.
Evening star., 1942-10-30

Horace Walker, executive chair
man Of the District Salvage Com
mittee, pointed out today that this
figure was not definite and that he
could not give a definite figure until
reports have been received from
junk retailers on scrap collected
during the month.
The estimate of 641 800 pounds of
metal scrap turned up by the drive
on industrial firms in the District
is based, Mr.. Walker said, on COL
lections at the central scrap pile, at
Third street and Constitution ave-
nue. NV; pickups made by retailers
and large special orders. The total,
including collections and estimates
up to last night, consists of the
following:
Pounds.
Central depot pot----- $4,000
Special orders s----- 431 800
Pickups Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday ---- 150, 900
Pickup Service.
Mr.. Walker said he could not esti-
mate how much OF this already was
in the hands Of junk retailers and
wholesalers, but he was certain that
at least 10 per cent Of the 0,000-
pound estimate of scrap offered
since the special pickup service was
started Monday had been collected.
A check of 13 business Arms, from
which calls came Monday requesting
pickups Of scrap piles, revealed that
only three piles had been taken
away by this morning. Only four
had not heard from the retailer as
signed to get their metal scrap, how
ever.
Four OF those requesting pickup
service reported arrangements had
been made for removal of scrap In
few days, indicating that the sys-
tenn was getting under way. The re-
naming two reported part of their
scrap piles removed.
The special orders for large
amounts Of metal, which 20 directly
to wholesalers, have been collected
Mr.. Walker said, with the exception
Of dismantling jobs, which include
heating plants, water tanks, etc
These, he, said, will require some
time for clearing as arrangements
must be made for District permits
compensation, insurance and Der.
mission Of the owners.
The pickup service was slow ir
getting started, he pointed out, only
because orders to the dealers fol
pickups were delayed in the mail.
When the delay developed, q mar
at the Salvage Committee ONCE wa!
assigned the. task yesterday of tele-
phoning dealers and in this manne,
all orders received since Monday, ur
until yesterday noon, were passed
along to the retailers.
The central scrap pile at ThirG
and Constitution avenue, which wa.
to be closed when the now unoffi-
cially continued heavy" scrap drive
was to end Wednesday night, vii
be open through Saturday. Pick.
ups by retailers will be startet
from it on Monday. With the pick.
up service working and moving
scrap directly from donors to re.
tailers' yards, business at the scray
pile has slackened. Only one trucl
arrived there yesterday, but call,
continued to come to the Salvag,
Committee ct Republic 84ss.
i Three Tons From One Shop.
| As donations continued to sprinl
up, q. II BY magic, In widely sepa
rated areas Of the District, tn
Salvage Committee learned tina
John q. Radin. proprietor oe tai
Quaker CITY Aotofcycie shop, 40
Evening star., 1942-10-30


amer Vanogrt e
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-06
Editorials and Comment
DON'T BELIEVE EN-,
MR. PRESIDENT

Vice-president Henry Wallace did his
darndest Thursday to put President
Roosevelt on the wrong track, if we're
any Judge of current events and what
they mean.
The vice-president told reporters in
Washington that he had expressed the
belief to Mr.. Roosevelt that the Republi-
can victories in the general election
actually demonstrated increased popu-
larity for Mr.. Roosevelt, since the vote
was light and the Republicans did not
take every seat in congress. If the Presl-
dents popularity had not increased. Mr.
Wallace argued. the Republicans would
have been put in the saddle because of
the light vote.
His roundabout reasoning is not under
scrutiny here. Its absurdity more or less
speaks for itself. The tragic thing is
that anyone whom Mr.. Roosevelt trusts
as much as he does Mr.. Wallace should
have patted him on the back and told
him the election was really victory
The fact of the matter is that the New
Deal took a terrific beating in the gen
eral election, and Mr. Roosevelt heads
the New Deal That does not necessarily
mean that Mr. Roosevelt's popularity
has waned in the least-as man and
as President 1t does mean that the poll
cies he has championed, as policies, have
not pleased the voters of the country
Therein is the reason we believe Mr..
Wallace may have done the President a
great deal of harm, if Mr.. Roosevelt be-
lieved what his vice-president said.
President Roosevelt is a smart politi-
cal strategist who reacts with lightning
speed to the whims of public opinion. The
election demonstrated the public anger
with wartime muddling in domestic af-
fairs of the United States. 1t showed
that the people want a straight course
fixed and then they want the nation to
adhere to that course. They want no
more weary months of delay in settling
rubber problems, manpower problems,
labor union problems and so forth. They
want action.
Mr.. Roosevelt, from his past history,
could be expected to react to this public
desire. But if his closest advisers tell
him the election didn't mean anything,
anyway, and even picture it as triumph
for his theories, he may be expected to
continue the same old domestic policies.
For the sake of the nation, we hope
that Mr.. Roosevelt ignores advisers who
tell him that a democratic election IN
the United States doesn't mean anything