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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19
IN THE
NEWS
THE transfer of General
Macarthur TO Austria

Macarthur to Austria
liza i'm supreme COM
mand of the Pacific forces is
the most intelligent and the
most universally satisfactory
thing that the federal admin
istrati0n has done in the
whole course of the war.
1t would be possible, but
not courteous to say that il
was the only intelligent and
universally approved move
that the administration has
made.
The transfer of General
Macarthur from the Philip
pines was made in response
TO insistent popular demand.
And the enthusiastic recep-
ton OF the generals promo
ton to a more important,
although not more patriotic,
duty must reveal to Mr..
Roosevelt the ACCESSIBILITY of
needing the public judgment
rather than that of Secre-
taries Knox and Stimson, or
the other cOurtiers of his
cabinet.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19
YaE.kS Fast Workers
One Woos, Wins, Weds Aussie Lassie; Another
Reported Pledged; Still Others on the Verge

MELBOURNE. Australia, March
10 CINS).--Although Australians
have elected TO take their military
orders from an American by re-
questing leadership of Gen. DOUG
las Macarthur, it appeared today
that many boys Of the AEF now
in the commonwealth will take
orders al a future date from fair
Australians.
One doughboy, according TO the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19
FINES BUYING POLICIES

Nelson and his civilian experts
Will lay down the buying policies
and the army, navy, maritime
commission and other federal war
agencies will hew 20 the line.
The actual mechanics of pur-
negotiation, placement
and administration OF contracts
VIII be left 10 the armed services.
which also will, of course. perform
their customary functions Of de-
termininG military requirements.
But the broad policies govern
inC war procurement, the de-
termination Of purchase prices and
contract terms will be carried on
under the general direction OF
Nelson.
Disclosure that Capitalization Of
procurement policy finally had
been concentrated in Nelson S
office came in A Joint memoran-
dun, signed by Nelson and
CnderSecretary of War Robert
Patterson, which outlined the re
lationships between the WPB and
the war department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19
DOn'f Phone!

Registrars in the new draft are
asked not 10 telephone their draft
boards 10 get information on their
draft status - first, because the
draft boards haven't the informa-
ton. and secondly, because it
would be impossible to give it by
telephone to 1891 registrants.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19
Draft P| tanned
For 1919, 45-64

WASHINGTON. March 10 CINS)
Draft officials plan 10 issue an
order soon calling for registration
OF the nations is and l9-year-old
youths and mon from Is TO Ga in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19
Nazis Spur Farmers

BERLIN. March 10 German
broadcast. recorded by United
Press IN New York; -Rcichmar-
shall Hermann Goering today APP
pealed 10 the German peasants to
produce more this year than in
1871.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19
Nelson SEXES
Reiins as Car
Of Purchases
Standardized Arms
Ordered TO Save
Vital War Materials
BY PHILLIPS j. PECK

WASHINGTON. March 10
After weeks of undercover nego.
tiation and discussion. Donald NJ
Nelson emerged today as a one
man civilian ministry Of supply.
'fi'he buying Of the billions OF
dollars worth Of war supplies
needed 10 meet President Roose-
yol''s tremendous armament goals
VIII be done under the explicit
direction Of the war production
car and his purchasing aides
Exercising the vast powers
vested in hun by the President,
Nelson has quietly but firmly
broken down tradition. Shunted
the armed services aside and taken
over the reins Of war procure
mCDt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19
A CITING on his own judg
n ment, Mr.. Roosevelt
nromotpd 4 n mir

a CITING on his own judy
~ ment, Mr.. Roosevelt
promoted 4 d m r a
Kimmel to Hawaii over the
heads of some 10 other
officers superior in rank and
seryice-and the result was
the Pearl KarbOr disaster.
Acting in response TO popu-
lar demand the President has
transferred General Ma C.
Arthur to the great strategic
bastion of Australia and his
wise act is universally ac-
claimed at home and abroad.
Not only is the voice Of the
people the voice of God in a
democracy, but the wisdom of
the whole citizenry is i'm
measurably superior to the
wisdom and Judgment Of any
single person, no matter how
able and how sincere.
On such principles is de-
mOcracy based.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19

! CANBERRA. Australia, March
ia japanese invasion force Is
marching through New Guinea
toward Port Moresby, only $50
miles from Australia, in what
threatens to be the first move
toward a direct attack on this
continent and the Allied forces
under Gen. Douglas Macarthur, II
was revealed today.
A Port Moresby dispatch said
the Japanese, in considerable num-
bers were marching through the
arc of the Markham Valley, from
the Lac area of the Huon Gulf
toward the Gulf of Papua on the
Port Moresby side of the island.
1lO-MILE MARCH
They were driving across a no.
mile stretch of land. one of the
few passable routes in New Guinea.
and if they continued they would
reach the coast at a point some
100 miles north of Port Moresby.
a logical base from which to at
tempt an invasion of Australia.
1t was indicated that the Japa-
nese had made considerable prog
ress. The Port Moresby dispatch
said it was assumed they would
soon be in contact with the Aus
tralian forces in the island.
RAID INVASION FLEET
AS the japanese advance ed,
United States and Australian war
planes, striking at japanese in
vasion bases over a 2,000-mile
front, hit japanese heavy
cruiser and damaged two other big
ships in the Bismarck Islands,
northeast of the Huon Gulf, and
raided Koepang, in Dutch Timor.
for the second time in "a hours
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19

Australian Associated Press. al
ready has carried out the Ameri-
can army tradition of getting
things done by Iwooing. winning
and wedding an Australian girl. A
companion now is said to be en-
gagged Other soldiers indicated
they may marry here.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19
The Weather
HoIRIN TEMPERATIREs

The sun viii SCI az Z 40 . m today.
and rise tomorrow A. 7.35 4. m
The moon viii SET today az 10 S5 ? m,
and rise tomorrow al 9.fi m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19

elusive, during the last week of
April.
Arrangements are being made
for the Is and 19-year-olds so that
they can be indicted Immediately
when they reach their twentieth
birthday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19

spirit of victory. His paramount
purpose is To organize as rap
idly as possible an offensive
force for the eventual defeat of
Japan, which will also relieve
his beleaguered garrison in the
Philippines.
VIEW on PHILIPPINES
"He has specifically stated
that he j. still in command OF
the Philippines situation and
has the utmost confidence that
he will again be back on Philip
pine soil"
Hurley said he could not dis.
close MacArthurS plans
II am authorized, however. 10
state that his plans are being
put in operation and that he il
approaching this next task with
the same serene confidence and
efficient aggreSSiveneSS that has
characterized his brilliant ca
reer a. a soldier and his mag
nificent defense Of the Philippine
Islands," Hurley said.
II was understood that Mac,
Arthur was in splendid health
despite the arduous Bataan Pc
campaign. eager 10. take
on his job Of defending Australia
and making II a Springboard FOL
an Allied offensive on Japan.
Hurley brought a hand-writter
statement by Macarthur which
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19

Three Comic Pages every day
In Daily Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19
AR. WENDELL WILL

N HR. WENDELL WILL
N kIE'S suggestion that
Macarthur be brought
back 20 the United States To
supervise all operations on all
fronts was well intended but
not wise, because i'm the first
place he would not have been
allowed to direct any military
movements or decide any
vital questions.
The President and his
cOurtiers do all the deciding
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Continued on Page Four
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RAID INVASION FLEET

Continued on Next Page. Col. ~
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VIEW on PHILIPPINES

,CContiRued on Next Page, Col. 81
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TODAY-In The Times

Continued on Next Page. Col. 5.
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"MacArthur breathes the very
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transferred to the Procurement Diti-
sion OF the Treasury Department ard
that was the right way to handle them.
And he said that he got back a real
short letter from the War Department
saying that they didn't desire any more
correspondence regarding the kittens.
So he didn't write them any more let
ters, but now he was here in Washington
on a travel order he was going up to the
War Department and see If he couldn't
get the thing Strengthened out right.
And I think he was right about It,
because there's always a right way to
do thing and wrong way to do It, and
If the Army Regulations said that those
kittens ought to be transferred to the
Procurement Division of the Treasury
Department, then that was the thing to
do with them. -Nrri7
The oney thing that bothers me about
1t is that they kept all those explosives
and the fullmooniating caps in a depo.
with all those people coming and going
and getting on and of the trains, and tfis
oney thing I can think Is that they had
it there so that they could blow up that
depot In case the Germans ever ga
over here. .1'--c
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time, that cat was so busy with the
rats that she had no time to perform
her maternal duties, so he had to bring
the kittens up by hand
But when it came to buying food for
all those kittens that belonged to the
United States Government, he didn't
see why he should have to do that. so
he asked the War Department to give
him $40 to buy milk for the cats. And
the War Department wrote back and
said for the cats to eat the rats.
So he wrote back long letter to the
War Department and said that that
was all right for the first cat, but
not for the kittens, because they were
Of young and tender years and they
couldn't catch rats or eat them If they
caught them.
So the War Department wrote back
and said: "Expend the kittens"
Now, this offlcer had been a warrant
officer before the war broke out, and he
knew the way to do things. and he wrote
back another long letter to the War
Department and said that he didn't
think he was justified in using any cruel
or unusual methods on those kittens.
He said he didn't think that kittens were
Additional stories b. csb-d14vsP Tan
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teaching as an essential and crucial
type of wartime service.
Licensing of emergency teachers for
one-year periods.
Recalling former teachers, removal of
legal bans against married persons, resi-
dence requirements and similar restric-
tlons, and liberal attitude toward shifts
from one field of teaching to another
that is, from elementary to high school
or to other subjects
Also recommended was a vigorous pro-
gram of learning while teaching, espe-
cially for the emergency teachers. Ex-
amples of work in Missouri and Okla
homa. where field course instructor
spends his full time in working with
rural teachers of three or four counties,
were cited.
Intimately linked with the teacher
shortage is the problem of failing reve-
nues, the report asserted, pointing out
that in general about 70 per cent OF
rural school revenues come from local
property taxes.
A higher tax rate, even If it required
legislative approval, was urged to Of
set losses occasioned by governmental
take-overs Of former tax-paying prop
critics as well as the shrinkage expected
In gasoline revenue contingent upon
rationtng.
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to his large audiences, and his plaintive
hymns stirred the deepest feelings OF
his contemporaries, and are still num-
bered among the most popular of mod
ern compositions. He had lived In self
chosen poverty, and when he died left
nothing to pay for a modest funeral.
He was buried at the expense Of few
friends. The founders OF Methodism
seem to have bartered neither eloquence
nor genius for gain; they gave profusely.
but asked nothing in return.
The loss OF his brother, Charles wes-
ley, warned John Wesley that he, too,
could not long hope to remain behind
to guide his faithful followers. At "a he
still preached with animation and felt
few of the inconvenience Of age.
His spirit remained untouched by de-
cay amidst his increasing years. nor did
he ever complain of that WEAKNESS Of
the soul that saddened the later life Of
Swift or Montaigne.
Cheerful, active, benevolent, devoted,
he ever remained, and with thankful
heart he surveyed the varied fruits Of
his laborious life-his faithful band of
preachers who. In Europe and America,
were awakening mankind to new hope;
his increasing society Of followers who
were at distance emulating his eX-
ample; the new chapel whose firm foun-
dations he designed to last until the
earth was burned up; the animated
scene OF rising churches and fourishng
schools to which his fertile intellect
had given the impulse.
He rose in the morning the first Of
his household. Once, he relates he was
up at $50, went to the chapel, but
found no one OF his assistant preachers
there. OF three or four in the house
all were asleep. I preached myself.'
writes the old man of 84
AT 86 Wesley admitted the weight Of
years. His eyes, he said, were dim. his
voice faint; he could no longer keen
his accounts or his journal. He trav-
eled almost to the last and was followed
by the throngs who never deserted him
In the spring of 1871 he was brought
TO his house in City Road, stricken with
a fever.
ON the I'd of March he died, surround
ed by group of friends, When he
was dead they broke into psalm o>
praise"
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nographer,' Marsh wrote, who is not q
high school graduate and has had no
previous work experience can 20 to work
IN the Government at an entrance SAL
arT OF S1,440: an experienced teacher
with masters degree works in South
ern State for less than $1,000
In another State teacher used to
make SIS month; now she makes SIS
week in war industry plant"
The draft, likewise, is taking its toll
among pedagogical ranks, the report
said. In Michigan between 10 and 80
per cent of rural teachers are IS years
OF age or under-"the age group most
sought by war needs"-and by wav of
contrast Marsh set forth that in Mich
igan cities of over $500 population only
48 per cent of the teachers are within
the war-age grouping
AS additional factors, Marsh listed a
lack of suitable housing, unsatisfac-
tory living conditions, increased living
costs, the migration of rural teachers to
larger school systems, transportation
difdculties growing out of the shortage
OF rubber and the rationing of motor
vehicles and gasoline. and the social
prestige attached to active war duty.
To meet the situation, the educators
recommended:
An organized effort to present rural
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DR.. Harris is married and has two

daughters and is member of Pentalpha
Lodge, No 23 F. A. A. NJ, of this city
and is connected with other organiza-
tions and clubs His diversions include
a good game of baseball and football.
AS to the original Foundry Church,
located at Moorfields. two centuries ago
Just outside of London, England. it is in
teresting to follow in brief the early
account written by Eugene Lawrence
who tells us that 1T was here where
the people walked on holidays and the
young men engaged in sports and game-.
1T became favorite resort of the Meth
odist preachers Here they assembled
their vast audiences, and here John Wes
ley resolved to place his earliest church"
1t seems to have been a large build
ing left to fall into ruin, where formerly
the government had cast its cannon.
The roof was repaired and made secure.
and soon the Old Foundry was filed by
eager throngs as the chapels and min
listers could no longer assemble.
London Earthquake
One of the memorable incidents con-
nected with the Foundry was the earth
quake of 1850, of which Mr.. Lawrence
SAYS:
"On the 9th of February all London
rocked to and fro with strong convul-
sion. and the people rushed into the
streets to avoid being buried in the tot
tering houses A month later, when
Charles Wesley was holding the 5 o'clock
morning service at the Foundry Chapel,
far more violent shock passed beneath
the city. The earth moved westward,
eastward and then westward again, fol-
lowed by loud noise like thunder. Wes-
ley had just given out his text, when
the Foundry was shaken violently, as If
the roof would fall
The women and children cried out,
but tho preacher, changing his text,
read aloud. Therefore will we not fear,
though the earth be moved etc, and
soon filled his audience with his own
unshaken courage The general terror
rose almost to madness, when an insane
prophet declared that on the 4th of
hPii dliOtllCI Cdl lllQudke WOulQ level
London and Westminster to the dust.
"A wild excitement ragged through
the city as the fatal day approached.
Thousands fled to the country. Women
and children ran through the streets
on the night before the 4th of April
weeping and lamenting.
London looked like a city sacked and
ruined. Every open space was filed
through the anxious night with multi
tuIe5 OF the rich and poor awaiting the
expected shock. Tie churches were
crowded with unaccustomed worshipers.
"Whitefield stood up in Hyde Park
at midnight. under an inclement sky,
and spoke with his sonorous voice to an
uncounted multitude: and Charles Wes-
ley, surrounded by immense throngs at
the Foundry, preached q written SER
mon and chanted some inspiring hymns.
The next day passed away In quiet. The
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Back From the Front
The Front From the Back
His sermons were always attractive
BY Roy l.. Tanner,
Black and Blue Cab No 137

got customer yesterday who was
an officer at depot where he had
lot Of explosives and lot of fullmooni-
ating caps
These fullmooniating caps had grease
on them to keep them from getting rusty
and the rats came and ate the grease.
Now, if one of these rats was to have
bit down hard just once on fullmooni-
ating cap it would have been too bad,
because that would detunate all the
explosives and leave you to guess what
would have happened to that rat and to
the depot and all the trains and pas
sengers.
So he writes to the War Department
and asks them to send him a cat to get
rid of the rats and they send him nice,
big cat that was a fine mouser.
But the depot was so big that 1t was
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Teacher Shortage Is Now Becoming Acute

l. The growing rural teacher shortage
due to transportation, war and financial
problems.
q The financing of rural schools which
is imperilled by shrinkage of local reve
nues resulting from the war.
3. The integration of the rural school
into the wartime life of its community.
and
4. The planning OF postwar rural
education.
In the report c. S. Marsh, vice presi-
dent of the American Council on Educa
tion, wrote:
1T is essential to winning the war it
self and to the preservation of democracy
for which we are fighting that the
schools be kept open and the children
provided with the facilities essential to
this end"
His report cited figures from the
United States ONCE of Education that
the Nation lacks $4,000 teachers for the
ls42-43 terms. and listed as one cause
the fact that rural teachers on the
average are paid only 1864 annually.
slightly more than half the salary of
their citified sisters.
Salary Inequalities.
Higher salaries in war work was listed
also - Q contributing factor. "A STE
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BY Lloyd Brady,
AssociatAd Press Stan Writer

CHICAGO-The little red schoolhouse
needs repair badly, the wartime rural
teacher shortage is becoming critical,
and something should be done about it
all group of educators reported today
Agreeing that schools are the founda-
ton of democracy in both war and peace,
they declared that rural schools need
AS much or more attention than city
schools, pointing out that in 1910 there
were a million more children In rural
areas than in cities
THE little old weather-beaten country
schoolhouse too often stands Just, as it
was at the close Of the last war" the
educators said.
There is great need for better rural
school buildings. In one sense, the
building is a symbol, rural education is
one of the most porrly houced enterprises
in America"
These views were expressed In a re-
port on a conference of rural education
leaders, after study by the American
Council OF Education and the Committee
on Rural Education, and were released
through the Farm Foundation.
Major Problems Listed.
The educators decided these problems
needed attention:
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Expendable Property and said that kit
tens that belonged to the United State,
Government were Public Animals and
that the Army Regulations told Won
what to do about them.
He said that you couldn't DESTROY a
Public Animal unless it was incurab,v
deceased or unless it was of such sd.
Vanced age as to be no longer service.
able.
we'll, 1t was easy to see that these kit
tens were not incurably deceased be-
cause they were spry and lively kittens
with good appetites, and that was what
ne wanted $40 for. And, as for being of
advanced age, the kittens were of yollnp
ana tender years or they wouldn't be
klttens-they would of been cats.
so ne invited attention to the provi-
slonS of Army Regulations 5-5o dea1in,
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-ReU. DR.. Frederick BroUn
Harris, pastor OF Foundry M.
E. Church and chaplain OF the
United States Senate.
These collectors. however, became very
careful and quite expert at their busi-
ness"
Church Rebuilt
According to an old account, when
the first Foundry church was rebuilt it
was widened and deep and handsome
press-brick front placed on Fourteenth
street. This extended a number of feet
on each side of the body of the church,
giving quite commanding appearance.
The cellar was eXcavated and base
ment nicely finished for the Sunday
school. 1t was also used for prayer and
class meetings.
This virtually new and commodious
building had no side galleries, but there
was large one at the Fourteenth street
end for the choir, supported at the CEN
ter by one of the round columns from
the original building. I remember we'll
That one night, at a crowded service,
the wooden cap placed between the
column and the body of the gallery
split with a sharp report Quite little
panic ensued until, the matter was eX-
planned to the congregation. The pulpit
was still retained at the rear end of the
church.
1T was to this second church that
the Rev. DR.. Jesse T. Peck came as pas
tor in the year 1852 having been trans
ferred from the North. He had a great
reputation for learning and as an orator.
His style in opening his discourses at
least was somewhat numbering but as
his spirit and great body, too, warmed
up he would send forth a great sue
cession of magnificent sentences. full of
fine thought, and delivered like verv
Boanerges, until he carried his congre-
CATION with him to height of emotion
and spiritual enthusiasm which at times
was remarkable.
He had fervid evangelical spirit, was
a great revivalist and his mind was full
OF big ideas. The church greatly pros
pereo under his ministry He was after
ward elected bishop, in 1872, but after
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all one cat could do
to get round after
those rats, and, for
tunately, within a
few weeks time that
cat had kittens and
there we're five of
them, so 1t looked as
If he would have
enough cats to take
care of all the rats
in the depot.
P1,f -, tl,n y,,ao,,
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with the disposition
OF surplus public
animals. and he
said that, according
to the Regulations,
those kittens ought
to be reported to the
Adjutant General to
find out if any other
bureau Of the War
Department could
use them, and, if
not, thew should he