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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Traffic VioIator
Sick in Bed
But Not atHome

Traffic Judge George T. Murphy
today asked the prosecutors office
to investigate the possibility OF
contempt of court in a physicians
certificate attesting TO the inabil-
ity of Alonzo Hall, AZ, Ga Alger
street, to appear on traffic
charge.
Juduge Murphy became angry
when two patrolmen reported Hall
was not at home, although his at
torney presented an alleged doc.
tors certificate that he was con-
fined to bed with influenza.
Later in the day Hall found hin-
self sufficiently recovered TO APP
pear on a charge of driving with.
out an operators license and fall
ure to appear on three minor
traffic violation tickets on which
warrants were issued.
Confronted with DR.. Lowell S.
Selling. recorders court psychia-
-trist, who was summoned by Judge
Murphy to examine the defend-
ant, Hall declared:
"Oh, i feel lot better now,
your honor. But 1 was sick In
bed last night"
Hall said he was at drug store
filling a prescription when the
courts morning session convened.
He declined examination by Doc
tor Selling.
IL don't believe your story at
ALL" retorted the judge. order
ing Hall TO pay S25 court costs.
increasing his bond from $500 to
$500 and adjourning the case
until next Tuesday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Woman Seized
On Draft Count

Mrs. Winifred Whitmore. former
Detrolter. today was under arrest
at San Diego. Cal. charged with
violation of the Selective Service
Act in filing a false affidavit with
Hamtramck's draft board 50.
Mrs. Whitmore picked UP in an
aircraft plant where she was en-
ployed as riveter was charged
in a warrant issued by District
Attorney John c. Lehr with claim
ing in an affidavit that she was
dependent upon her husband, Will
Ham, 80 80 of f265f st. Aubtn avenue
The husband was arrested on
draft evasion charges. Mrs. Whit
more was employed in a Detroit
war plant when the affidavit was
made.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
In Sundays Times

Because of curtalment of automobile driving thousands
doing extra reading Sundays and this Sundays issue
Of The Sunday Times will bring you wealth of interesting,
Informative features.
Look this list Of attractions and they only
SOME Of the EXCLUSIVE features Sundays Times will offer
you
PAY FOR SERNICEMEN'S DEPENDENTS EXPLAINED
Jerry Petit nterprets every day language the
mems Dependent Allowance Act of 1912
A PAGE WAR MAP IN COLOR in pictorial
showing where Toko's bombing may from
CHILDREN SAVED NuCHIGAN'S BEET SUGAR CROP
Thanks you'll sugar your coffee this winter.
Read details OF their patriotic effort.
POISON PEN MYSTERY OF COLEFORD TOWN
4 real life mystery The American Weekly telling how
two invisible clues ended plague of ruined lives
HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR COFFEE
Described in The American Weekly by Mrs Christine Fred
erick national authority household efficiency.
THE WAR AROUND THE GLOBE
page in the Pictorial Review with articles by experts
including Mai Paul c. Raborg
BY dang Cherry $500 for carrier delivery
OF The Sunday Times 10 your home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Faces
i. ). Trial Here

Eugene NJ. Elliott. Washington
industrial engineer who allegedly
impersonated a war department
official 10 gain access 10 and in
spect Detroit war plants, will be
returned here for trial. il was
announced today in Washington.
Elliott pleaded innocent at his
arraignment in Washington yeSter-
day on a charge of impersonating
a war department inspector.
Elliott made his mysterious tour
of Detroit's war plants while actu-
ally representing private interests,
a justice official said. but he de-
clined TO enlarge further on the
purpose of Elliott's alleged imper-
Sonation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Spoiled Food Peril
Refrigerator Repair Men in Army, Survey Shows
Service Essential TO Public Health

cent Of the contractors reported
they had a serious shortage of men
TO carry on the work which re-
quires three years of training.
. Inductions and ,prioritieS have
forced tho closing of many con-
tractors in business unable 10
meet demands even in normal
times.
. Eighty per cent Of those re-
porting receive a daily average
total OF 326 calls for which they
arc unable 10 provide service,
causing varying amounts of meat
and food TO spoil ranging down
from the total of S9,l25 worth
reported lost by one servicer.
which kept exact data on spoilage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10

\ Large amounts Of food are spoil
ing daily in Detroit refriCerators
Tor lack oG skilled rcpairmen who
have been drafted into the army
q survey showed today
At tho request Of tho sclcctivc
service headquarters here. the
survey was conducted by Raymond
VI. Shock. executive secretary Of
the Refrigeration Contractors AS
ISOLATION Of Detroit His question
naire 10 all local dealers and air
conditiouma contractors revealed;
. Ninety per cent Of all refrig-
Grafton service is essential 10 the
war effort in maintaining public
health.
. Eighty-two and one-hall per
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
DEPARTMENT DIRECTS

Here arc the hichlichts Of the
program
Music by three organizations
the Department OF Parks and
Recreation Boys Band, tho Ameri-
can Legion Algcr Post Drum and
Bugle Corps and the navy band
from the naval armOTy.
2-Brief remarks by the mayor
and tho military and naval officers.
3-Drills and caleSthenics by
Junior Victory Army members.
Drills and mass calestheniCs
by Defense Streamliners.
8 Modelling of uniforms for
Defense StreamlincrS.
6-Singing OF patriotic songs
and the National Anthem by IVA
members, StrcamlincrS and the
audience.
The program is under the direc-
tion Of the Department Of Parks
and Recreation. which has been
conducting the physical fitness
program for both organizations.
Mrs Walter r. O'Hair. vice
president Of the Parks and Recre-
alton Commission. Is in general
charge. assisted by Clarence T..
Brewer general superintendent of
the department: John Considinc,
assistant general superintendent.
and Mrs Lotto CollIgan. activities
director.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Soldiers Entertained

FORT CUSTER. Oct. 10.-Russ
Morgan and his band entertained
full house Of soldiers at the post
field house last night with his vic
tory parade of spotlight bands"
broadcast which went over a ma
tional hookup.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Ersatz Rubber
Of Nazis Inferior
To u. 5. Product

American synthetic rubber is fal
superior TO the German type that
is filling Is per cent of the Axis
requirements. John L. Collyer
president of the B. F. Goodrich
Company said today.
Speaking before a meeting OF
the Engineering Society of Detroit
in the Rackharl Memorial Build
ing, Collyer warned that the es-
tabliShment of synthetic rubber
plants was of vital importance to
the war effort. He said:
Late 1943 will see our stocks
of rubber and those OF our allies
nearing exhaustion. The govern
ment plants during that year are
expected to produce between
100000 TO $50, 900 tons of rubber,
compared to our consumption
last year of 10000 tons. In 1914
we can expect to produce 700,-
600 to 10000 tons.
TIRES BIGGEST STOCK PILE
"When the war began. we had
a reserve Of 100000 tons. The
biggest stock pile of rubber here
Is the 100000 tons Of rubber
now in A m eri c. n motorists
tires"
Speed in building and equipping
the giant plants required for the
nations synthetic rubber program
was emphasized by the head OF
the Akron company.
structural materials neces-
sary for the construction of the
plants and equipment must be
made available promptly, or
there will be serious delays in
completion of the production
facilities so urgently needed" he
said.
NO NoN-ESSENTIAL TIRES
When can the non essential
civilian expect TO get new tires?
Probably not until after the
war, although a tire made of re.
claimed rubber will soon be avail.
able to certain classes OF drivers
not now eligible, Collyer said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Keep ON Laughing
That's Joe E. Browns Message TO Convention
Of Service Mems Mothers in Pontiac

Mrs. Herbert II. Gardner, Bir-
mingham, treasurer; Mrs. Ward
Newman Pontiac, financial secre-
tary.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
IVA 10 Join
Stream|iners in
Mass Review
BY r.. JEROME PETIT
nrfenss Editor. Detroit Times

Junior Victory Army members
and women Of the Defense Stream
liners Will hold their first combined
mass review at 2.3o p. m topor-
row in front Of the Casino on Belle
Isle.
Army, navy and marine corps
officers VIII loln with Mayor
Edward J. JefricS Jr. IN reviewing
the two organizations, both OF
which have been carrying on phySi-
cal fitness programs for the past
two months
The program is open 20 AL Dc
troiterS All boys and girls between
the ages of to ami Is whether or
not they are IVA members. may
participate in the IVA drilling and
mass calcSthcnics.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Scrap Dealers
Not Profiteers,
Wade Admits
Photo by Times stan Photogrs pher
INC MACHINE

Morrison T. Wade, who demanded
an investigation Of the recent
scrap drive. charging the scrap
committee permitted dealers 10
make $4,000 excess profits on il,
today admitted that the dealers
could have made no profit at all
In fact. said Wade after listen
ing 10 two days OF testimony dur
ing which one witness declared
the committee got $4,000 more
for the scrap than il was worth,
the dealers will be lucky 10 break
even on their purchases.
Wade. executive secretary Of the
Society Of Good Neighbors who
complained that a plan
his society had evolved for the
scrap collection had been sighted.
said he was convinced that the
dealers were not unpatriotic in
paying S11 a ton for the 1900
tons OF scrap collected.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10

{, "YOur Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, Is one Of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
ENDS SECOND SESSION

Wade's statement concluded the
second four-hour session held by
the investigating committee COM
posed OF James !. Gilman. DR..
Warren Bow and Or. T. J. Heidi.
Whereas the first meeting was
mainly given over to hearing
Wade's accusations and charges,
the meeting yesterday was a sue
cesSion of figures from scrap deal
ers showing that they stood to
take heavy losses at the Sl1 ton
figure.
James F. Parshall. assistant
county salvage chairman, defended
the price received for the salvage
and insisted that instead of losing
$50 600. as charged by Wade in
Wednesdays session, the commit
tee had actually gotten S28.S00
more than the scrap was worth.
Statements were read into the
record from Paul T. Farrell. pur-
chasing agent of the Great Lakes
Steel Corporation; a. w. Taylor,
purchasing agent Of the Rotary
Electric. and r. J. Strothers OF
Ford's that the Sl1 a ton price
was more than fair" for the type
OF salvage received.
All agreed that the dealers were
not allowing themselves enough
margin for preparing the scrap
properly for the mills.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10

"YOur Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, is one of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-07

Boston, July Necessary war
time conservation of those many
creature comforts" on which New
England households have cone to
depend became an easier task on
July ! with the placing of ceiling
prices on the services rendered by
those whose business it is to keep
such things in useable condition,
Kenneth B. Backman, regional OPA
administrator, explained today.
From July 1 on, repairs on a
squealing radio a burned out cleo
trio iron, or bent fender can cost
no more than the established cell
ing price. Alterations to make last
years fur coat fit like this years
:. mending of a knee-to ankle run
ner in a silk stocking. ,dyeing that
faded suit-such conservation jobs
can be planned with the knowledge
that the price for the work is con-
trolled b ythis newest phase of the
price control regulation.
Supply Exhausted
Already wartime restrictions have
put some commodities out of ex-
istence and have made others
scarce and hard to get. More of
those things which Americans have
long considered indispensable are
due to join the list.
Since requirements are out OF
the question, every day it becomes
more and more essential for fami-
lies to keep in good condition and
in running order those things
which they already own, and plac-
ing of price ceilings on services
makes it possible to preserve and
conserve commodities now in Use
at prices which cannot rise higher
for the duration of the war.
With silks and woolens fading
out of the clothing picture, all
thos.. services which alter, freshen
or renovate the clothes of those
fabrics now hanging in the closet
are of vital importance. Dry clean
ing, dyeing, pressing, laundering
.re-weaying and mending. those
are the services which are going
to help present clothing last and
on those services price ceiling now
prevail.
Shoe repairing and shining, hat
cleaning and blocking, glove clean
ing and mending, jewelry repair
the price control regulation
also covers these services, making 1t
easy to keep accessories in apple
pie order and keep the budget In
order, too.
Iron, steel, copper, brass, lead.
chromium they are all vital to
the production Of war material.
That's why preservation Of toast
ers, vacuum cleaners, washing ma
chimes, sewing machines, lawnmow-
ers, automobiles, bicycles, and scores
of other family essentials Is so inn
portant. And with price ceilings
on repairs in effect, these things
can be preserved at reasonable cost,
and the household routine kept in
tact despite wartime restrictions.
Stabillzing Costs
Bringing commodity SERVICES un-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-07

The following agreements for
weekly payments have been ap-
proved at the office Of COmpensa-
ton Commissioner John j. O'COn-
nell:
Vassil Pappas of TOrringtOn
against Hendey Machine Co. Of
TOrringtOn, $3.50 beginning May
20, injured right foot.
Frank KaprOsh Of "a South
Leonard street, Waterbury, against
Seymour Smith & Sons, Inc. Of
OakviIIe, $13.68 beginning April
20, Iacerated left index finger.
william Jaeger Of Peach Or
chard Road, Waterbury, against
ScovilI Mfg. Co. SIS for 3 and S-4
weeks to be paid in lump sum
Of $93.75, Is per cent loss Of
function Of third finger right
hand.
Joseph Garcia of SO Pleasant
street, Waterbury, against ScOvill
Mfg. Co., $25 for 81 week, supple
mentary, June ~ to June 30. back
strain.
Everett France Of Oakvillc
against ScovilI Mfg. Co., $17.25
for and 81 weeks, injured back.
Harry COdiAn1as Of Union City
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-07
PROMINENT NAMES
ON LEGION STAFF
Distinguished Artists Serv-
ing as Aircraft Observ-
ers at Old Lyme

The Lyme and Old Lyme Observa-
ton Post of the Aircraft Warning
Service claims the distinction OF a
number of nationally known men
and women included in its roster OF
observation. The Lymes, Of course,
are an artistic center and 1t Is
natural that among the Posts per
sonnet should be found both paint
ers and writers, but the list of dis
tinguished names Is a long one
and certainly cannot be equalled by
many other Connecticut towns. The
chief observer of the Post, Win
field Scott Cline, Is himself fam
Gus painter. He was a Captain dur
ing the World War in the Amerl-
can Army Signal Corps, and Is the
present commander of the Ameri-
can Legion Post at Old Lyme.
Other we'll known figures in the
world of art who serve as spoilers
include William Chadwick, Will
Howe Foote, Ivan Olinsky and his
daughter, Tosca, Eleanor Lathrop
Sears, Donald Shepard (the sculp-
tor, who was bombed out Of Paris
by the Germans), Gregory Smith,
president of the Lpme Art Associa-
ton, John Weiland, Abram Poolo,
Stephen G. Howard, Thomas w.
Mason, a world famous engraver,
Boris Kublanov.
Literature and the stage likewise
are well represented. Taking their
"tricks" regularly are Major Victor
Egan, British Army retired, and
his famous actress wife, Elsie Fer
guson, Actor Henry Hull, William
Brown Molony and his wife. Rose
Franken, of Claudia" fame, former
Congressman Thomas r. Ball. E.
Lea Marsh, state legislator, Herbert
Dittler, professor of violin at Co.
lumbia, and his wife, who is well
known concert pianist.
This by no means exhausts the
list of great and near-great who serve
as spoilers at Lyme, but they will
serve to indicate the unique char
acter Of that Posts personnel. Mr..
Climes Post Is one of the 1859 Posts
under the irst Fighter Command.
Organized by The American Legion
in Connecticut, The Aircraft Warm
ing Service, the eyes and ears OF
the Army, now members more than
10000 civilian observers in the
ground observation corps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-07
Service Charges Now
Regulated By OPAAct
Repairing of Radio, Electrical Accessories, Shoe Re-
pairing Governed By Price Regulation Control

der the regulation of price control
is just one more step in stabilizing
wartime living costs. Already a
drop in these costs has been felt
as result of that phase of price
control which on May 10 brought
under price ceilings most Of the
food, we eat, the clothes we wear,
the commodities we use in our
homes. 1t is now possible for the
family treasurer to budget the FAM
lily income with a. far greater de-
gree of accuracy than formerly and
with assurance that this budget will
not have to be re-made periodi-
cally because Of radically rising
prices.
Although prices on commodity
services canont rise above the CELL
ings established on July /, 1t is pos
sible for some of these new cell
ing prices to be higher than the
prices charged for the same work be-
fore July LIST. Ceiling prices are
determined by the highest price
charged by each repair shop for
the same Or similar work in March,
1912.
Although all these services so i'm
portant to the conservation and
preservation of the commodities in
the household are under price CELL
ings, services which are purely
personal" work of beauty par
lors and barber shops, for example
are not affected by the regu-
lation. Neither are the services of
professional men or women such as
doctors, dentists, lawyers and vet
erinarians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-07
Living Costs Drop
Labor Survey Shows
Regional OPA Head Claims Wage-Earners Win First
Round of Battle Against Imitation

Boston, July Z - The harrassed
housewife and worried wage-earner
have won the first round in their
home-front battle against Enemy
No. /, imitation, they learned today
as Kenneth Backman, New Eng
land regional OPA administrator,
announced that for the first time
since the war began in Europe, the
cost-of- living took an unmistakable
drop instead Of the steady, alarming
month to-month jumps which have
flattened the American public's
purse beginning with 1899.
"F'or as little as 10 cents a month,
the cost of this economic warfare to
the American wage Garner" said
Backman, leach and every citizen is
buying insurance against a possible
$200-a-year jump in his cost Of liv-
ing"
Applied to New England, special
survey by the Bureau of Labor Sta
tisticS shows Boston among the most
successful of the large cities Of the
nation in Its curb of the upward
surge of living costs. In every single
major category; food, clothing, rent,
fuel, house furnishings, ETC., prices
we're perceptibly down.
Undertaken specifically to check
the effect of the General Maximum
Price Regulation, which became
effective May Is, the survey covered
81 cities for the period of May is
to June 2.
"The first returns are in" said
Backman, land they are good. The
box score shows that at last the up
ward movement in living costs has
been halted and that prices actually
declined during the period of study.
The survey demonstrates that If the
American people are serious in their
determination to win their battle on
initiation, it can be won.
From the outbreak of the war in
Europe up to the institution of gen.
eral price control order in MAY, re-
tail prices increased Is per cent,
and three-fourths of that increase
was in the last IL months of the
period. In the month ending May
ID, 1912, the rise in all items in the
cost OF living was 08 per cent, ap-
proximately the monthly average
for the previous year In the period
under study, the decline for the 81
cities was OIL per cent. For Bos-
ton, the decrease was O.3 per cent
which can be taken as indicative
Of the New England trend.
Translated into budget Of 500
a month, the savings may seem
small: perhaps 80 cents over a 30
day period, but considering that for
a year the average wage Garner
whose income had not risen pro-
portionately to higher living costs,
it was a welcome relief from the
incessant addition of nearly 81
every month to the goods and serv-
ices the American household was
accustomed to purchasing.
In Boston, for example, food
prices rose 2,6 per cent in the
month ending May IS. In the fol-
lowing 10 days, under the general
price ceiling, food prices declined
0.6 per cent. Clothing had risen
0.5 per cent, and in the period of
the survey declined 0.6 per cent.
Rents remained stable but house
furnishings, fuel, electric rates and
ice and various miscellaneous items
were fractionally lower.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-07

Machine appointment" were
scored by Mr.. Allyn. For once adj
NIT local Democratic leaders, Wa
terbury was no inspiration for such
a political address, meaning that as
no appointment, machine or other
wise, came this direction Mr.. Allyn
had no reason for mentioning the
Brass City in his speech. He de-
clared that the record of appoint
ments lis not only startling, but
disheartening"
Hurley Indecisive
mo previous administration" he
said, even Democratic, ever dream
ed OF going to the lengths Of ma
chine patronage that is rife today.
When did we ever before see
party state chairmen as Commits
sioner of Motor Vehicles, or any
other commission? Whenever be-
fore was it necessary for a governor
OF state to appeal again and again
to the General Assembly to pass
special acts because he was unable
to make up his mind about appoint
ments within the statutory limits?
Whenever before have we seen
great and vital department of the
state such as the Highway Depart
ment disorganized for months by
the inability of the Chief Executive
to take action one way or the other
on a purely administrative ques-
tion?"
Colonel Allyn charged "in choos-
ing the people to direct the many
activities of the state, to fill myraid
salaried posts created in this emer-
gency, that the primary considera-
ton is political patronage. I say
that vital activities have been seri-
ously delayed by patronage squab-
bles. The State Capitol is riddled
with machine politics as it has new
ed been in my memory and still
we are exhorted to forget politics;
that for patriotic reasons we should
permit the condition to continue.
We need leaders, we need unity, and