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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
City Wins Fight
Against OCD for
Fire Equipment
Despite Federal Bureau
Feuds. Bomb Defense
Trucks viii be Delivered
BY DON GARDNER
Times star Correspondent

LANSING, Sept. Is. 49, Detroit
will get adequate fire protection
against enemy bombers almost at
once, despite opposition from the
Office of Civilian Defense IN
Washington, it was disclosed
today.
First deliveries of 90 completely
equipped Observation-Disclosures fire
trucks will be made 10 the state
in three weeks, Purchasing Di-
rector Eugene A. Gump said. This
will be almost seven months after
the administrative board allotted
funds for their purchase.
The intervening months were
consumed in constant pickering
between state defense council Off
Gals and OCD officials in Wash
ington. an eight-page report
prepared by Defense Admins
traitor Harold A. Furlong revealed.
SOUGHT FOR SIX MONTHS
I'VE tried TO get this equip
ment for six months without
much success" he told the adj
miniStrative board de ense
finance committee.
when Mai Gen. J.. ID. Gas
ser. in charge of the civilian de-
tense section, Washington, told
me Michigan could not get fire
equipment through his office, I
told him We would buy II out
right with War Production
Board priority.
Then ne said to me Il don't
! care where you 20 but II you
get this equipment Ill raise
hell We went ahead anyway
because we think Detroit II a
real danger spot II the enemy
ever tries to raid this country"
Secretary OF State Harry +.
Kelly chairman of the commit
tee. insisted on a painstaking re-
view of all, correspondence and
dealings responsible for the delay
in fire equipment purchases.
II think we are all satisfied
now that II was the jealousy be-
tween the OCD and WPB In
Washington that caused all our
trouble" he said
The committee agreed TO aug
ment the Sl55. 900 already APP
propriated with $l29,340 to pur-
chase the trucks. Low bidder was
the General Fire Truck Company.
Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

Allowances Of SIS and $40 for Every Assistant
Approved by Mayor Who Praises Defense Job

month each and assistants $40 d
month.
Approving the proposal, Mayor
Edward j. Jeffries said:
These men have gone a grand
job. Detroit now stands at the
top Of the list for air raid
wardens. They have been wear
ing out their cars and tires and
1 feel they should be compen-
stated"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
Sect Asks Court
To Open Temple
For Convention
Jehovah's Witnesses
Charge Moose Lodge
Broke Rental Agreement

Attorneys for Jehovah'S Wit
nesses today sought from Circuit
Judge Clyde Il. Webster an injunc-
ton to force the Loyal Order OF
Moose 10 allow use of Moose Tenn
pie for a three-day convention OF
Witnesses. beginning Friday.
P. c. Truscott, representative
for the group, charges Moose
Lodge $50 with an attempt TO can
eel a contract for the use of the
temples auditorium. Truscott said
that he bad paid in full the LOCO
rental fee.
Religious and politically pref
udiced groups cOnspired to have
the Moose lodge attempt 10 can
eel the contract" Truscott said.
1.-THE American Legion, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, Knights
OF Columbus and the United
Churches told William Davis
that we were un-American."
SECRETARY ALSO NAMED
Davis. secretary and business
agent for the Moose lodge, is
named with the lodge as defendant
in the suit.
I'VE have no objection to their
religious principles" Davis said.
I'VE do object to the lack OF re-
spect they show for the flag.
The Moose lodge Is found on re-
ligious and patriotic principles
one IL as important as the
other"
Davis said he had signed con-
tract with the Watchtower Bible
and Tract Society, not knowing il
was the representative organiZa
ton for Jehovah's Witnesses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
Newspaper Vet enlists

FORT CUSTER, Sept. 15.-Phil
Brewer. one of Michigan's most
widely known newspapermen late
of Lansing. arrived at the Recep-
ton Center today. A World War
veteran and within six months Of
the maximum age limit. he enlisted
at Lansing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

Air raid wardenS who have been
donating the use OF their own cars
in the work nov Will receive car
allowances. IL was voted today by
Common Council
On the recommendation OF
Frank NJ. McLaury. the new CT
william defense co-ordinator. $i55
monthly was voted for - area
wardens and their 20 assistants,
Area wardens will receive SIS a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
IS Detroit Soldiers Vote

FORT CUSTER. Sept. Is. -
Seventy-five Detroiters stationed
here and an additional 10 soldiers
from outside Michigan will vote
today by absentee ballot. accord
ing TO 1t. Theodore Fossieck. press
relations officer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
FEELING Is MUTUAL

If the public misses the prewar
hotel servant, the feelings mutual
An Italian chef from one of the
larger hotels enlisted several
months ago in the navy. A volatile
fellow, he returned on his first
leave 10 tell his former fellow
workers all about il.
Everything was fine till they
tell me, Go cook on sub
MARINE he said. Even then IL
was all right and I start To cook
the omelet. The submarine rides
smoothly and the omelet Is just
turning n golden brown when
SWOOSH. down we go. II Is
better to stay on land and have
the Omelet fall alone"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
MEETING SET FOR TO-DAY

In a further move to house
homeless Detroiters and the influx
of workers into the city, meeting
will be held today to discuss
speeding of S. Herman Gardens
project by approval of SITS, 900 for
overtime labor costs on the Sl0,-
100000 job.
Meeting will be Edgecomb. rep
resentatives of the army ordnance
division and Herman Gardens con-
tractors.
1t is estimated that at regular
40-hour labor rates the project
will not be completed until June,
while the payment of overtime
scales work may be pushed for a
January Is completion.
The army is concerned because
il already has bargained for Is
per cent of the 2,150 units in the
project and is asking allotment of
half of the first three sections to
be completed for the housing of
civil employees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
PLAN 10 A DAY

Edgecomb told the housing COM
mission that construction OF tenn
porary homes would be by pre-
fabrication. at the rate OF at least
10 each day, as soon as the land
is obtained.
The green light signal for the
building of temporary homes was
given as Edgecomb prepared TO
recommend the remodeling of vot-
ing booths 10 make temporary
homes and the re-fitting Of vacant
stores as living quarters. Edge
comb still will discuss these posi-
bilities with the mayors fact-find-
ing committee on housing, he said
In purchasing land for the war
workers homes the housing COM
mission will be acting only as
an agent for the federal govern
ment, which is standing all ex-
pense. Selections made by the
housing commission are also SUBJ
ject to approval by the common
council.
Location of lands under consid-
Grafton will not be revealed until
after final decision is made.
The temporary homes will be OF
trailer-like construction and, II
was indicated. may actually be
built in house trailer plants. Each
unit will have two bedrooms and
will be built at cost Of $1,000
TO 81, 500.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
BY JANE sCHERMERHoRN
from elevators

BY JANE SCHERMERHORN
Those men who do the hiring
for Detroit hotels are talking out
of torch songs more every day.
women are here today, gone
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are hard
to get" is their wall. but there's
no Gershwin music in the back
ground.
It's wnat the war is doing 10
hotel help It's the mailman. the
bellhop. the elevator boy leaving
TO mop up Hitler. And it's the
problem OF finding girls to pick
up those mops so the hotels may
go on.
WHY THEY'RE HARD TO GET
The hitch comes in the fatter
pay envelope factories are offering
to women these days. That's why
women are hard 10 get, here today
and gone tomorrow.
Hotel Statler. for the first time
in a long, distinguished history,
has manned all its elevators with
girls.
women are GOOD drivers Of
elevators" said Personnel Direc-
tor Igor Vanderlake
There are IA feminine lift beau
ties. This very day the Statler is
opening a school for new wait
resSeS. Girls hired go Immediately
into dining room services, but the
hotel hopes patrons will be patient
just little until the waitress
school turns out finished products.
DEAF MUTES EMPLOYED
To replace vigorous youths who
are now in the service OF their
country, the StatleF is employing
about Is deaf muteS as silver pol
ishers. dish washers and in jobs
where talking and hearing aren't
so important.
J. f. Frawley. manager of Hotel
Fort Shelby, finds his personnel
department has replaced many
ballmen. whose tasks are compare
lively light and simple, with
women.
Married women are return
ing TO work I'm various hotel
positions. Their husbands and
sons are now In service and they
must work gain to support
themselves" he finds.
In the opinion of this prominent
.hotelman, service will be the item
most greatly affected in hotels.
DIFFERENCE IN SERVANTS
THE prewar servant was so
well trained he could anticipate
the need and wants of guests"
Frawley said. "The ersatZ serv-
ant will have TO be told often
and then will look in amaze
ment, probably.
ALREADY the travelling public,
aware OF the change In service,
has become a more patient pub
lie. In the very near future men
may have to carry their own
luggage up TO their rooms and
there won't be bellhops To help
them find the room. They'll
have to find their own. There
will always be willing hands To
carry the luggage Of the ladies"
The opening OF schools disrupted
the elevator system at the Book
Cadillac Many of the hotels OPP
orators had to return 10 desks and
books. They have been replaced
with older men.
FEELING Is MUTUAL
If tho nlIhlic misses the nrpWaT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15
East Side Sites
Sought by US.
For $500 Homes
Land to Be Condemned
or Purchased for First
Units for War Workers

The federal government is pre-
pared TO begin Immediately the
acquisition of land for the first
/ 800 of the 5000 temporary homes
authorized for Detroit war work
ers, the Detroit Housing Commits
sion was notified today.
BY tomorrow members OF the
commission will give final approval
to sites on the east side of the city
which the Federal Public Housing
Authority will obtain by condem-
nation or private purchase.
Authorization for the housing
commission 10 go ahead-virtually
the first definite step ordered ia
meet the housing crisis-was given
Charles F. Edgecomb, director
secretary of the commission, in a
meeting in Cleveland with FPHA
Officials.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

Feature value. at this price
because the c6atS were
bought months ago. Rich,
fur coats, closely resem-
bling most expensive, gen.
uine mink.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-15

Lowest price on our rec
ords for a chubby of this
fine quality! Alpine Lamb
in Black. Deep and soft
. beautifully lined. Sizes
IL, Ia, l6, Is to 20!
Evening star., 1942-01-29

themselves that is most distinctive.
Most sponges are white or gray,
others yellow. brown, red. orange
or green. Still others are black,
violet or pale yellow. The green
sponges are this shade because green
plants live in them.
For some time scientists were of
the opinion that sponges were a
rather sluggish group, living very
humdrum life in the sea. But one
day a bit of live sponge was placed
in bowl containing water to which
had been added some powdered
chalk. There was immediate action.
Currents were set up by the sponge
so that water could be seen enter
ing the pores in the sides and being
pitched out of the oScula as method
ically as a volcano tosses rocks from
its crater. Indeed. the astonishing
activity and energetic attitude of the
wee creatures revealed they work
day and night to create currents
that will bring them food and oxy-
gen needed for body building and
to carry of waste matter. So. in
stead of the sponge being dull and
sluggish animal, it is q living dy-
namo.
In the plan we have willingly sub
scribed to of being careful with what
we use, remember to save your
sponge. You must keep it clean and
aired. A sour" sponge deteriorates
quickly and is offensive. It's use
fulness can be extended for q long
time by taking care OF it.
Evening star., 1942-01-29

buy and use Is the skeleton that was
at one time occupied by the soft
cells that make up the living
sponge's body, and without which
the animal would collapse into q
jellylike mass.
1t was the Greek philosopher,
Aristotle (3s4-322 B.C). . student
Of sponges, who decided they were
animals. But fellow scientists in
sisted they were plants. The ami
NAL nature was not accepted until
the first half of the 10th century.
Most sponges live in the sea. There
are q few that prefer the fresh
water to be found in streams and
ponds. You usually find sponges at
tached to some solid object in the
water, or to the sea bottom, by means
of strong, needlelike spicules. Some
encrust shells, stones, sticks or any
object upon which the first cell
landed and started its little house or
big one, depending, Of course, on the
species Of sponge.
As you know, the variety OF shapes
assumed by the various species indi-
cate their name. The cup sponges
of Florida are generous sized cups.
But some sponges resemble balls,
baskets, urns, fans, fingers and too
many other objects to mention here.
The wonderful thing about these
animal-plantS is the way they take
from the same water the identical
ingredients, yet build a home for
Evening star., 1942-01-29

emphasized by the ticking of the
clock on his desk-the clock had
been q gift at q banquet honoring
him for his achievements in the
motion picture industry.
ut will be re-made," he Sid.
Goodbye then," said Fordyce
quietly.
Charles. you're a good director
one of the best I have. But
Alice"
Fordyce was genuinely sorry for
the producer. He walked to the
door. Then he turned. I'm sorry
to go. like you, Hal. in spite of the
no good so and so you married"
He closed the door without looking
at Alice.
Livia and Fordyce lost their jobs
on the same day.
Continued tomorrow
Copyright, 1912, by Sheilah Graham.)
Evening star., 1942-01-29
Y. M. G. A. Activities
In Egypt Described

Work of the Y. M. c. A. in Egypt
was described yesterday by Wilbert
B. Smith at a World Service
luncheon at the Central Young
Mems Christian Association, 1736
G street NV.
Mr.. Smith, who for the past 20
years has been furthering Y. NJ
C. A. work In Egypt, told the part
the organization has played in de-
veloping recreational programs and
services in that country.
Mr. Smith said the Egyptian Ma
tional Council of the Y. M. C. A.
is cooperating with the Egyptian
Ministry of Social Services in train
Evening star., 1942-01-29
Natures Children

to be less extravagant with this
famous skeleton" and give more
thought to prolonging its usefulness
so that the supply on hand and the
next harvest may be fitted into the
program ahead of us.
So often we stand before a store
window piled high with the many
different types Of sponges without a
single thought of the creatures
which constructed these marvellous
dwelling places. The sponge that we
Evening star., 1942-01-29
Cup Sponge
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

With the single exception Of the
nullet, sponges are the most i'm
portant aquatic resource Of Florida.
Each year colorful ceremony Is
held at Tarpon Springs, the center
Of the sponge industry. The boats
are blessed and divine protection is
asked for those who go to sea to
capture these important plant
animals.
Because of the war, we must learn
Evening star., 1942-01-29
Bull Run Grange
InstuIIs Officers
Special Dispatch 70 Tbs Star.
MANASSAS Va lar

MANASSAS, Va, Jan. 29.-The
Bull Run Grange announces the
installation Of the following off,
GERS: Master, Wade Smith; over
seer. Robert Carter; lecturer. Miss
Mildred Ewell; assistant lecturer
the Rev. W.. F. Carpenter: steward
Joe Douglas; assistant steward, Ed
win Shotzberger: assistant steward
ess, Miss Mary Pickett; secretary,
Mrs. Willis Foley; treasurer. Pres
ton Smith: chaplain, Mrs R. Flynn;
graces, Mrs. Preston Smith, Miss
Dorothy Flynn. Mrs. Joe Douglas;
Executive Board. C. B Roland, Rom
Smith and Willis Foley.
Evening star., 1942-01-29

ing leaders for underprivileged boys
clubs and in programs for village
improvements, physical education
and national fitness. The Y. M. C. A.
Evening star., 1942-01-29
fIl:M!:&:}[1e!;v!ck:
dySheilah Oraham~
CHAPTER XXI.
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CHAPTER
Lvas autograph
her
pleased with her with
his Tonight he he could make the best pictures in town.
Evening star., 1942-01-29

now has branches In Cairo, Alex.
andria, Assault and Nina. Mr..
Smith also spoke before the Wood.
ward School for Boys.
Evening star., 1942-08-03
Of how bad the raid on Cologne had

Of how bad the raid on Cologne had
been.
They hadn't been bombed them
selves. they said, hut 1T must be
| awful"
At any rate, people seemed to
|. take the mass raids calmly. Per-
haps it is because raids Of more
than 1000 planes on five or six
nights doesn't yet impress people
who were bombed steadily through
out an entire winter.
There was no feeling these raids
would end the war or serve as an
effective substitute for European
| front.
There is, however, general admira-
ton for the Raj. It is expressed
grudgingly by soldiers Of old and
famous regiments and sailors who've
kept the sea lanes open despite tor
pedo, mine and bomb.
The RAF is "doin' summat to
beat the Germans" q Lancashire
man said. Moreover there seemed
to be a feeling that the caste sys-
tenn, so powerful in the army, Is
not so widespread in the Raj.
There was less dissatisfaction with
the army than expected after
the weighty discussions In Com
mons and the newspapers.
School-Tie Tradition Resented.
Both civilians and soldiers re-
sented the old school-tie tradition
and the army's failure to open all
commissioned grades to men in the
ranks. This had been done. they
said, in many regiments, but 1t still
was difficult for a ranker to achieve
a commission In the guards or the
rifle brigade unless he was right
school, right family. right name"
And you might add right In
come to that, too," one youngster
said.
The soldiers, however. admitted
most "ranker officers don't take
as good care of you as the regular
ones" but declared that most men
in the ranks are quicker to pick
up the intricate mechanical tech
nique of modern war than polo
players.
When I mentioned the quip that
"if Rommel we're in the British
Army he'd still be sergeant" most
of the privates ruefully admitted
they believed this would be true
But one of them asked, How can
Evening star., 1942-08-03

Jones General Hospital for War
Casualties and military guards now
walk post around the tall build
ings whose purchase for $2,251 100
was completed by the Government
recently.
1t. Col. Norman r. Kirk, who will
head a hospital stan Of 744, said the
interior would be remodeled imme-
diately into long wards accommo-
dating, at the start, 1,000 BEDS First
patients will arrive about Oct.
from military training centers
where they have contracted all
ments requiring long treatment.
Former guests OF the sanitarium
have been transferred to several
large adjacent buildings to continue
treatment under the direction OF
the 90-year-old DR.. John Harvey
Kellogg.
Evening star., 1942-08-03

you change the whole thing in the
middle Of q war;"
Maybe after the war well have
a system that says If man passes
his examinations the government
will put him through military COL
lege," he added. But If we start
reforms now we'll be worse Oh than
ever"
One thing sticks in the craw Of
most soldiers.
If my buttons aren't bright and
I'm an hour or so late, l get de-
tention,' said scholarly private.
IF some ass with q monocle and a
hyphenated name throws away an
army corps they make him a Wis
count. I tell you what this army
needs is the sort of thing America
had after Pearl Harbor-court mar
tials. You'll never get generals or
politicians to think right II the
penalty for thinking badly is title
and a sinecure for the rest OF their
lives"
Rumorx Are Plentiful.
/ QAu IlSdTu Ill AfOtlOOtl WAAAoRNACA
tales that "the army's fed up" that
the navy wants more air protec-
ton from bombers," that this and
that. You hear them always.
In the country, in the lanes where
men lunched beside their tanks,
on trains where sailors sang bawdy
songs, at air fields from which men
fly daily to cut cards with death l
found the morale and fighting spirit
magnificent.
There are grumbles, there always
are. The enlisted men in the largest
army Britain ever raised would like
more pay and an end to the system
OF spit and polish which in some
battalions is a hindrance rather
than an aid to morale The navy
dishkes the long periods of sea duty
The Raj has its complaints, too.
But these men are not profes-
sional soldiers, but citizens. Each
has stake in the country, fact
often forgotten by regular officers.
Evening star., 1942-08-03
britishers Who Must
Do the Dying Demand
Second Front Soon
Man in Street Feels
Thot Despite Huge Cost
It's Only Way to Win
BY DREW MIDDLETON,
Wide World.

LONDON, August 3.-The men and
women Of England who do the fight
ing and the dying are willing and
anxious to open European front
this year
Instinctively they feel it must be
done.
They realize the cost in blood and
treasure: they realize it far better,
you suspect, than some members of
the government. But deep within
them is an abiding belief that this
war can only be ended with vic
tory for the British Army on the
continent.
I encountered this feeling on a
tour through England. In railroad
trains, in factories. In stores, in quiet
country pubs and noisy city res
conversation. Soldiers, sailors and
airmen held the same view as farm
ers, munition workers and fisher
men.
Russian Envoy Pushes Idea.
Powerful agencies have nurtured
C1lS cutNuSldSIu lOT GuIOpcdil
front. Placards announce mass
meetings to demand "a second front
and victory in 1942"-meetings to be
presided over by the head of the
local Communist party.
The party thus follows the line
adopted by Ivan Maisky, the Soviet
Ambassador to Britain.
These sentiments echo the edi-
torials of Lord Beaverbrook's pow
erful Daily Express and Evening
Standard.
But the idea was born long be-
fore Ambassador Maisky first ad-
vocated it or the editorial writers
took it up. 1t was born, you feel
the day the Germans turned east
and fell on the Russians.
The man in the street went back
to elementary strategy that day
When the fellow you're fighting
turns away and starts to sway
punches with some one else, he rea'
soned. you don't just stand there
You fetch him clip behind the ear
It was. I believe, as simple a