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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23


regiment now known as Britain's
Territorials.
CAME TO u. 3. AT 90
When he was 20 years old Mr..
Dow came 10 the United States,
where his first job here was with
the Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad.
Leaving the railroad business. he
later took a job with the Brush
Electric Company OF Cleveland at
"a time when the electric lighting
Industry was being born.
That company sent him TO Chi
cago. where in 1892 he supervised
the construction of the lighting OF
the South Park system. which re-
quired 80 miles OF underground
cable.
At that time a scandal had
arisen in Detroit over the maneu-
vers OF two private electric COM
panies here and Mr.. Dow was i'm
ported by Mayor Hszen S. Pingree
to clear up the charges Of corrup-
ton. The young engineer built a
municipal plant for 100000 and
managed it for $1,000 a year. After
three years he resigned 10 become
vice president of the Edison Illu-
minating Company, now the De-
troit Edison
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23
FIXED COMMITMENT

Filthy. the infiexibiIity OF a
fixed commitment in a home pre-
vents you from rejecting increas-
ing affluence as you succeed in
life.
Renting. on the other hand, gives
you greater fiexibility. But there
appears 10 be an organized con-
spiracy on the part of institutional
owners Of homes. who assumed
title through foreclosure. and on
the part OF government agencies
10 make tenancy relatively less
attractive through insisting on slip
ping a so-called sales clause" into
, leases. which gives the owner the
right 10 cancel the agreement on
so days notice
Such a provision unfairly turns
a lease into a unllateral. or one
sided. contract. and since IL APP
pears 10 be against the public
interest IL should be resisted by
prospective tenants.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23

married" he once said. "she be-
comes n member OF that union
and claims all its privileges. For
some reason 1 don't understand,
she decides after n few months
as a bride that she can supervise
the selection, promotion and So
ciaI behavior OF every unmarried
woman in the company"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23
Mai. f. B. Baxter
Canadian Veterans Rites
Set for tomorrow

Funeral services will be held at
3 p. m. tomorrow at All Saints
Episcopal Church. Windsor, for
Maj. +, Brooks Baxter. who died
in Hotel Dieu after a short illness.
Major Baxter was born 50 years
ago in Grand Rapids, but lived
most OF his life in Windsor Dur
ing the first World War he served
in France with the 99th Regiment
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23
FAVoRs OWNERSHIP

In the competition between rent
ing and owning, the internal reve-
nue. bureau, in interpreting tax
legislation. tends 10 weight the
argument in favor Of ownership.
For rent on a dwelling is not a
deductible expense in computing
tax liability. Yet the equivalent Of
rent, namely. interest on the mort
gage and real estate taxes 10 the
locality on homes owned by the
cupant are deductible expenses.
UThis artificial tax distinction.
which becomes more important as
federal taxes rise in war time,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23
Choosing Home
To Suit Means
IS Sign Of Thrift

Wartime housing problems
as they affect the average
American household are dis
cussed by Merryle Stanley
Rukeyser. noted writer on eco
nomics. in the following sew
enth article of a series on how
to meet the various emergency
situations which will confront
the average American as a re-
suit Of the war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23

of the Canadian army. Before the
close of the war he returned here
and did army recruiting work in
Detroit and Michigan.
Surviving are his wife. Jean:
three daughters. Susan. Blair and
Elizabeth, and one son, Jamie.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23

tends 10 push the balance In favor
OF ownership.
Yet even where there Is a dollar
and cents disadvantage in renting,
you may want TO consider whether
II is worthwhile TO pay premium
for the flexibility of being a tenant.
The tenant is free of unusual
for maintenance and
which are up to the land
lord.
Likewise. through lease the
tenant can definitely fix in dollars
the cost of his dwelling for the
term Of the agreement, whereas
the home owner is sub ect 10
fluctuations in the tax rate and in
costs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23
FAVORED GUN-TOTING

Mr.. Dow also had a unique the
DRY TO end banditry. II was his be-
lief, once expressed in an address
TO University of Michigan students,
that the average citizen should
skill himself in the use Of guns
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23
ADvERTIsEMENT
Gas on Stomach

What many Doctors do for u
When ercsss stomach acid causes gas. sour stomach
or hesrbvra. doctors prescribe the fastest acfinE
medicines known for symp,omatic reIisf-msdicines
like those In Rell-se Tablets Try Be-sns yOdrNlf.
At hf sign of distress They neuualiLs acid. retsvs
gas and bring comfort very quicky-yet are MOI .
LAXATIVE Only sc q drug stores II your ysry nrss
trial doesn't prove Bell ans better, return bottle 70
US and get double your money back.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23

Mr.. Dow, one of Americas
greatest engineers, Detroit
chief of army ordnance, and
Detroit Edison Company's
head for "A years, who has
died after Z few days illness.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23
NEIGHBORHOOD SLUMP

Secondly. home ownership Is
more or less permanent, and your
property may depreciate through
a slump in the character Of the
neighborhood.
Thirdly, your equity in your
home may be impaired If local tax
,sters levy excessively high
Iaxes. Other things being equal.
rising taxes tend 10 lower the
sales value OF your home.
- Fourthly. in order 10 succeed in
meeting the discipline Of your in
terest and amortization and tax
payments. you must be steady
Garner with few. If any. Interrupt
tons Of employment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23
By MERRYLE STANLEY
RUKEYSER
Noted writer on Economics


Copyright. 1s47. international News Service
II you wish TO freeze your liv-
ing standard at something APP
preaching your accustomed level.
the selection of a dwelling place
Is Of basic Importance.
There are psychological adj
vantages in owning a piece of
land and house which meets
your special requirements.
But there are sometimes riffs
In the bright clouds OF home own
ership.
In the first place. ownership
tends TO anchor you TO particu-
lar spot. making il difficult 10
shift quickly 10 another commu-
nifty to take advantage of chang
ing business opportunities.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23

Next: Making your durable
goods last.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23
Alex Dow Dies;
Noted Engineer
Headed Edison

CONTINUED from Page One)
regiment now known as Britain's
Territorials.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-23

VCIIp-Fas~.s NJ N,. kIssss. ~. isss 4
wv" Open So Cesar Romero, Carols
"THREg SONS o. Gt'Ns." with wayss
Morris. Disnsys "Psaty rirsts."
Evening star., 1942-05-24

Ann now is a Elizabeth Fitzpatrick
fashion counselor in the 'teen-age
shop at the local store.
Jean was one of the 10 local
winners selected in Washington in
the magazine contest She has since
been appointed High School Style
Scout" by the publication, sending
in suggestions that Washington girls
give her concerning fashion fads
among their schoolmates.
The store decided after the fash
ION designing contest to set up its
high school fashion board, with II
girls from senior and junior high
schools, to bring in suggestions about
what their classmates wanted in the
way of clothes. Since each girl on
the board is from a different school,
the suggestions vary, but the store
tries to carry out their ideas as far
as possible.
The girls, of course, are paid for
their work in the store, where, in
addition to furnishing high school
style hints. they wait on friends and
other customers in the teen age
shop. You can identify them by the
yellow and blue silk ribbon, bearing
the words High School Fashion
Board" which each wears while at
work.
Another duty of the girls on the
fashion board is to model dresses
and other merchandise in the shop.
Sometimes. they pose for photo
graphs for the stores newspaper
advertisements, modelling teen age
clothes.
All the girls on the board are
fashion-bent, of course. Jean, par
ticularly, is ambitious to go on in
the fashion field. And Ann already
has made a good start.
Evening star., 1942-05-24

each other. If you have only enough
felt for one strip, you can use bright
colored silk instead of felt for the
lining. Glue the two pieces togeth-
er and then cut one end to a point.
When the glue is thoroughly dry,
finish of the edges all around the
strip by buttonholing with match
ing or contrasting wool or twine.
On the pointed end Of your strip
(Which is going to form the flap of
your purse). embroider your initials
with the same thread you used for
the edges. Trace the letters care
fully to the felt, then follow the
outline with rope stitch and you
will add fashionable, personalized
touch to your purse
Now fold the bottom of the strip
over across the middle section. leav-
ing about 2 inches for the flap.
The purse will then be about 3
inches wide. With the same thread
that you used for the edges and
the initials. sew the two sides of the
purse together with tiny stitches
taken close to one another. These
two seams should be close to the
buttonhole stitches on the sides,
to leave as much room as possible
for your coins and also to make
pattern of the two rows of stitches.
All that now remains to be done
is to sew the two snaps into place,
one on the proper point in the front
of the purse, and the other, facing
it, on the under side of the flap.
Be careful to pass the needle only
through the lining, so that no
stitches appear on the right side of
your flap to mar your initials.
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Brief Reviews of
Current Books
For BOYS and Girls,

Maria Rosa: EDeryGay Fun and
Carniual Frolic With Children in
Brazil. BY Vera Kelsey. Illustrated
by Candido Portinari Doubleday,
Doran)-Charming story for younger
boys and girls about the adventures
of little South American miss.
Though TIE illustrator is said to
have great reputation u his native
Brazil, and is represented in this
country by several murals, his
drawings fail to do justice to the
story. younger readers0
The Annie Moran. BY Edith
Thacher Hurd. with pictures by
Clement Hurd Iothrop, Lee g.
Shepard) A steamboats, adven-
lures. Pleasant Is to 10)
Michael SebaStion Mckinley
Smith. BY Josephine De Witt MEL
son)-The further adventures of
Mike, the cat of Miss De Wits
earlier nonsense book, The Fisher
man and His Cat" Clever. Cali
agesD
The Folding Father. BY Heinrich
Hauser. with pictures by Thor
Gergely Gothrop, Lee & Shepard
Nonsense tale of a father who de-
vised novel way of getting home to
his children. Clever. (All ages)
Willie Whistle. BY John Mess
mann, with drawings by William
Brady (Harbinger) - Instructional
story designed to tell children how
music begins from natural sounds
The text contains several musical
scores. Should be useful. (Younger
readerS.)
Evening star., 1942-05-24

ton-Lee High School gym. They
are lined up by troops and carefully
suspected. Scouting awards are
given while the scores are figured
out; then the winning troop Is an
nounced.
The. troop that wins is the best in
the division for that year, and is
made custodian of the division flag
for the same period.
The individual scout is graded on
four things-attendance, uniform,
neatness of uniform, and correct
placement of badges. Points are
taken off according to the size OF
= troop. If boy is absent from
large troop his absence would not
cost his troop so many points as an
absence from a smaller troop.
This year the inspection was won
by Troop lot of st. Georges Eplsco-
pal Church. with a score of 48 out
of a possible 100 per cent, marking
the second successive year this group
has won. The winners were closely
followed, however, by Troops III and
lO4. respectively. Only two troops
were lower than rs per cent, but as
more and more progress Is oehg
made each year it Is hoped that
all will have 80 or better at the next
annual competition.
Evening star., 1942-05-24

play the saxophone. David Miller,
13, playing the clarinet and Eldon
Volkner, 13. playing the trumpet, do
their part, and Donald Bailey, 13, the
drummer. completes the list. For
more than two months they have
met at least once a week at their
leaders home, 7005 Eighth street
NV.
All the boys boast other accom-
plishments. Three of them. Daniel
Welsh, Robert Jones and Eldon
Volkner. have taken piano lessons
for more than two years. besides
playing their other instruments.
Eldon Volkner and Edward Kohrn
have played In Loew's Capitol Boys
Band and Robert Lambert, Eldon
Volkner and Donald Bailey play in
the Paul Junior High School Orches-
ira. Most of the others have played
publicly at some time.
Besides all this. the boys all have
hobbies Daniel Welsh. Robert
Jones and Edward Kohrn collect
War savings stamps, which Is about
the best hobby anybody could have.
Eldon Volkner likes to repair BIZ
cycles, Robert Lambert and David
Miller do model building. and Rich
ard Hill works in chemistry.
And now to get back to the band
The boys organized because they
knew the school needed music for
dances held there, and they nope
to become good enough to fill that
need Although the band itself has
not played publicly, 1t will soon have
that chance.
All the boys agree unanimously:
THE band is worthwhile, besides
being lot of fun!' Z.
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Walnut Shells Are
Source Of Girls
Extra Income

Attractive lapel pins made
from English walnuts earn plenty
of spending money for Phyllis
Lanane, 13, of Columbus, Ohio.
Her clever little ornament is
half of a walnut shell with the
face of pretty girl painted on it.
The girl has long blond hair.
made from yellow yarn, with
red bows at the ends of her pig
tails and near the top OF her
head. The hair is glued to the
top of the head. as is piece
of gauze on the fiat side Of the
shell. A safety-pin runs through
the gauze.
OF course, the girl on the pin
does not have to be blond, nor
is she required to wear red hair
ribbons. Black or brown yarn
also can be used for hair, and
the ribbons may be of any color.
MY lapel pins aren't the least
complicated and they look very
nice Phyllis writes. Il sell them
for 10 cents each and business
is very good. The extra money
l earn in this way certainly
comes in handy"
Phyllis novel idea wins her a
special prize of 81 in War savings
stamps. If you have as clever
a way of making money write to
Makers" care Of The
Junior Star, telling all about 1t.
You, too, may win special
prize.
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Save Your Old
Felt to Make
New Purse
BY PAULINE BLOOM.

Felt is material which, like leath-
er. almost never outgrows its use
fulness. 1t can always be converted
to another purpose and interesting
things can be made from bits of
colored felt which are both useful
and decorative.
Therefore. it is a good plan to
save discarded felt hats and pen
nants, no matter how worn and
shabby they may look. Cleaning
fluid can be used effectively, and
when everything else fails. the felt
may be turned inside out. After
you have gotten together sizable
collection of felt, you can start by
making a change purse.
Cut two strips of felt, each 8
inches long by 1 inches wide. The
two strips should be of different
colors that blend or contrast with
Evening star., 1942-05-24
This Simple Hotbed Will
Protect Delicate Seeds

bined widths of the two windows,
plus inches.
The sideboards should be the
length of the windows, plus inches
Saw them from IL inches at the top
to 8 inches at the bottom, on a slant,
of course.
Make a shallow box of the four
boards, as illustrated Nail 2-inch
strips all around the inside OF the
box, / inch below the top. These
strips are to hold the windows from
falling in.
Toenail a 4-inch strip in the top
center. Then, exactly under it, place
a 6-inch board and nail the two
boards together. Now you have an
inch shelf all around to support
the window frames.
The gardener must be his own
Judge of the size of the hotbed re-
quired. Inside this frame you will
plant the most delicate seeds-those
which must be protected from frost
Here, too, you will test all sorts OF
seeds for fertility by placing them
between dampened cloths or cotton
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Three Favorite Colors
By LOUISE CLARK, is,

BY LOUISE CLARk, 10,
Washington-Lee High School.
Arlington, Va.
I have three favorite colors,
And I'll tell them here to you:
The three best colors of my choice
Are red, white and blue.
I like red because it's bright
And may be seen afar-
In the waving stripes of our fair nag,
In distant shooting star.
I like white because it's clean
Clean as the bloodless hand
That kills, not for a selfish cause,
But for freedom of its land.
I like blue because it's all
The sky, the hills, the sea.
It is the background of our life
The color OF the free.
I have three faYorite colors
Which have told to you.
The three best colors of my choice
Are red, white and blue.
Evening star., 1942-05-24
By ELLEN BILES JAMES.

A hotbed for delicate seeds Is
simple contrivance and big help
to the gardener.
Use 1-inch lumber for the four
sides. Get a 12-inch board for top
of the frame and an 8-inch board for
the bottom. Get the exact measure
ment of your windows. The length
of each board should equal the COM
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Riddles

/. Why is a cobbler like a
preacher?-Lewis Everly.
2. What is 1t that you buy for
cash and still have charged?-Lolita
Smith.
3. How is a broken rib like SOL
dier's sweetheart?-Betty Lou Hol-
combe
4. The man who made 1t didn't
need it; the man who bought it
didn't want it; the man who got it
didn't know it. What is it?-Walter
Conway.
S. Why can't they make police
man pay on the subway?-Harold
r. Manning.
Evening star., 1942-05-24

broidered lid. 1t is just right to carry
in the hand, and when its owner
goes to a friends home for meal.
he takes his ration of sugar right
along. The idea originated in Eng
land when sugar rationing went into
effect there, and now. suddenly. it
becomes one of importance TO us IN
America.
The people of England long have
been sparing in the use Of things
which, to us, have seemed so much a
part of our everyday existence as
not TO call for a second thought.
Coal became so precious that it was
one of the main concerns of people
whose houses were bombed to save
what fuel they could from the ruins.
Paper, soap. clothes and many other
things which are simply taken for
granted here long have been on the
precious" and few" lists over there.
We are even told that teabags.
gratefully received from America
while they were still plentiful here.
were used once, hung up TO dry and
then used again.
! know that we all hope we shall
never come to that, but a great
many seemingly unlmpOTtant things
become real and vital in wartime.
The gallant defenders of Bataan
were weakened by short rations of
the very same kind of food that you
left on your plate yesterday because
you didn't like" that kind of vege-
table, meat or dessert. and by lack of
those quinine pills behind the lini-
ment bottle in your medicine cabi-
net. On the deserts of Africa the
water with which you sprinkle your
garden or wash your face would be
thing of great value-to be saved
and used sparingly.
Remember that everything you
use. touch or wear. is, to some one.
somewhere, precious and perhaps
northumberland tomorrow that
some one may be you!
Garry your little sugar-box. save
your money for War stamps. save
paper. food, clothes and everything
else. Don't be afraid to save because
some one laughs at you-nothing
which conserves for victory is ludi-
crous regardless of what it is. The
person who laughs at his neighbor's
honest efforts to save is the foolish
one.
Savel Save food. save health. save
time-help to save your country!
Evening star., 1942-05-24

find any use for
it, for it was. of
all things, a su-
gar carrier. Does
1t sound strange?
1t certainly did
to me when I
first saw it writ
ten on the little
t a g attached.
but it now seems
a very practical
idea.
It is a small
round box, COW
cred in colored
chintz. with a
,oLlaI oDI am
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Uncle Rays
Corner

Trout which swim in brooks anu
other streams are not, in general
very large. They seldom are more
than a foot or foot and nan
long. If a fisherman catches one
with a weight as great as poullos'
he will think himself fortunate.
Vet there are thousands OF men
who give day after day OF tneir
time to trying to catch these ilttie
fsh Wearing rubber boots Whlch
each to their hips. they waoe up
Ind down trout streams. They use
xo-called fly bait and cast ther
ines dozens of times in an hour'
A Av hook is dressed with feathers
When it is dropped to the surface
of a. stream, a trout may mistake
II for real insect and try
~ make a meal of it. instead OF
snding a meal, the trout is likely
70 become part OF a meal.
Going back to the size OF trout,
wish to tell. about some OF recor W, .
size. The rainbow trout usually
.eiehs, when full grown, from a
half pound to a pound and a hah
ant some have been caught with a
weight of 5 or pounds. Inc heav :
est known Eastern brook trout
had a weight of 14l2 pounds. II
was caught in an ontario stream
IN 1916.
Related to Salmon.
The brown trout sometimes
called river trout or German
+rout"o IS usually larger than the
rainbow. Many cases are on recoro
of brown trout weighing more thah
10 pounds. and they may Welgh up
to IS or 20 pounds.
Certain kinds of trout grow TO DE
rather big fish. The Great Lakes
trout often has a weight OF 10 OF
20 pounds. Now and then one Is
caught which tips the scales at a
noint between so and 100 pounds
Great Lakes trout also have the
Indian name of ''namaycush, ano
many persons speak Of them simply
as "lake trout" They are found IN
various lakes of Canada and North
ern parts of the United States which
are smaller than the Great Lakes.
Trout are closely related to the
salmon tribe. One kind is known as
the .sea trout" or salmon trout.
II also has the name Of "steelheao
trout" It is a native of rivers which
f1ow into the Pacific Ocean on the
Western coast Of North America
Western Europe also has native hSn
of this kind. Some years ago many
of them were introduced" into
Lake Superior. and they have go'
along fairly we'll there.
Like true salmon, the sea trout
swims into the ocean after pelne
batched in a river which joins VIII
salt water. Later, it swims back lntc
the river to lay its eggs.
Quiz.
Have fish ever been known u
"rain down" on the groun1!
Q What material made largel'
from sand (not counting cement o.
concretel is used in building every
modern house?
3. Do waterspoutS cause as Hluci
damage as hurricanes?
q. Does most of the worlds sugal
come from sugar cane or from sugal
beets?
5. Do the sugar-cane fields OF tn
United States produce as mucf
sugar as the sugar-beet fields?
Readers of my column in Th'
Evening Star during the last weei
should be able to answer thes'
questions. The correct answers viii
be found elsewhere on this page.
Evening star., 1942-05-24

Q D a y and
How A b o u t
You?"
The leader OF
the b an d is
Daniel Welsh. 13,
who plays the
accordion, and
his assistant is
Edward Kohrn,
13, who plays the
trumpet. Then
there are Rich
ard Hill, 13, at
the piano, Rob-
ert Lambert, Is.
a n d r o b e r t
Jones IL. who
Evening star., 1942-05-24
Uncle Rays Quiz Answers

-
l. Yes. More than 10 cases Of
showers of fishes are on record.
They are explained by waterspouts,
which whirl up water from seas,
rivers or lakes, taking fish into the
air. Sometimes movement Of the
wind causes the fish to be dropped
on land. 2. Glass. 3. No. The water
spouts seldom injure ocean vessels.
No case is known of large liner
being sunk by a waterspout. 4. Most
of the worlds sugar is obtained from
sugar cane. S. No. Most Of the
United States production of sugar
comes from sugar beets. The United
States, however, imports vast
amounts of sugar-cane sugar in
times Of peace.