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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-01-09

I NJ first child born in WyandOite
curing 1912 arrived al the WyandOtte
General hospital ut > 30 am January
!. The babe is IL son. the parents Mr..
and Mrs. Wayne Murray Of Wyan-
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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-01-09

New patrOlmen added to the Wyan-
drtte police force are Marion Jexcuski
of l413 Oak street; John Franklin
AeDdel. Us North drive; Eugene l.
Dawson. 40 Riverbank. and Stanley
la ynski, 434 Orchard street
Evening star., 1942-11-06
Neighborhood House
Marks Anniversary

More than 200 persons attended
the open-house celebration ycster-
day which marked the 41st annivers-
airy of the Barney Neighborhood
House, 470 N street S.W, according
to Miss Margaret Bell Merrill, head
resident.
A supper for neighborhood resi-
dents, square and folk dancing, led
by Carl L. Anderson; motion pic
lures, and entertainment presented
by group of soldiers from Fort Bel
voir last night climaxed the pro-
gram. The supper was served by
the Women's Club, an organiza ton
which has aided the house for SO
years.
During the day. pupils of the day
nursery and kindergarten and men,
bers of the Rhoads Service Club par
ticipated in the celebration. Articles
made in the craft shops were placed
on sale.
Among those attending the noon
luncheon for officers and members Of
the Board of Trustees were Mrs.
George c. Thorpe. Miss Ellen A. Vim
ton, Mrs. Frank c. Baldwin. Mrs.
George Barnett, Mrs. w. O. Boswell.
Mrs. Wilbur j. Carr, Mrs. Marshall
Diggs, Mrs. Ernest G. Draper, Mrs.
Kenneth Holland, Mrs. Howard S.
LIE Roy, Mrs. Charles L. McNary.
Miss Mary McQuade, Mrs. John Jay
O'Connor, Hugh Stewart Smith and
Lotion S. Wesley.
Evening star., 1942-11-06
Police Holding Five Men
In Furniture Store Thefts

Five furniture store employees, all
colored, are being held by police in
connection with the theft of more
than $4,000 in household goods and
$199 in cash, according to Detective
Sergt. George w. Cook.
Two of the men were arrested
yesterday when Sergt. Cook and
Detective Sergt Watson Salkeld re-
ceived information that they were
attempting to dispose of valuable
oriental rug. Police say the two
men admitted breaking into a ware
house at 1741 johnson avenue NV.
on two occasions, once to take the
rug and the other to get the cash.
According to their story, police re-
ported, the men took the rug, valued
at $3.50, to Alexandria and stored it
there. They were attempting to dis
pose of it in Washington when they
were arrested, police said.
Statements by the men implicated
the three other men. police said
Among them was Watson H. Miles
81, of the 500 block of Twenty first
street NE, who had been employed
at the store since 1910 as a shipping
clerk. Miles was charged with grand
larceny after an attorney had served
a "six-hour writ" on the Police De-
partment.
Police are attempting to trace
some of the stolen property, which
includes blankets and household
furnishings. Police said they were
told Miles did not participate In
entering the warehouse.
Evening star., 1942-11-06
Wonder Baby | Year Old,
To Have Birthday Party

"Open house" in honor of the first
birthday of Bette Gay Bonbrest,
Washington's wonder baby" who
weighed 26 ounces at birth and was
fed with an eyedropper, will be held
tomorrow evening by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Bonbrest, at
their home at 1l44 Branch ave-
nue. Sc.
Bette Gay, who was born three
and one-haH months prematurely
and was first kept in an incubator,
now weighs 18 pounds and is learn
Ing to sit up, her mother said today.
She sings and coos and eats as =
normal year-old child.
Although there will be no chill
dren invited to Bette Gays first
birthday celebration. there will be
. birthday cake with one candle.
Bette Gay has an older brother
Demrie. ~. who Is quite excited
about the event.
Evening star., 1942-11-06
Group Taxi Riding
Extensiont 10 24Hours
Daily Is Considered
PUG Also Weighs Bon
On Trips to Theoters
And Other Amusements

Possibilities of placing Washington
taxicabs on a group-riding program
"a hours a day, and perhaps banning
their use for pleasure trips, are
being considered by the Public
Utilities Commission as an emer-
gency conservation matter, Chair
man James H. Flanagan said late
yesterday. -.
Such moves would be made, If they
can be worked out, as means OF
promoting tire and cab savings, as
urged by Federal officials.
Suggestions IN this direction were
submitted to the PUG early last
Summer by a committee represent.
ing the Washington taxicab industry
and by Gregory Hankin, PUG MEM
ber. but final action was deferred as
other matters became more pressing.
The ideas, however, have been given
informal consideration from time
to time.
Some District taxicabs already are
listed in the rush hour 20-cent pick
up service which has had some
thing of an uncertain operation, but
the prospective plans would extend
group riding for "a hours a day, If
such is found workable. 1t was in
dicated some legal difficulties are to
be expected.
Among restrictions on taxicab use
now being considered, Mr.. Flanagan
said, are bans on trips to and from
places of amusement, including
theaters. the baseball park, night
clubs and race tracks. Questions of
the legality of such an order, and
the authority of the PUG, are being
studied in this connection.
Evening star., 1942-11-06
Simulated Raid
Will Be Staged
At School. Here

In, q simulated enemy attack St.
Johns College, 1925 Vermont ave-
nue. NV, Is to be bombed, burned
and evacuated at q demonstration
scheduled for 10 am. tomorrow.
The incidents" are planned by
the Mid City OCD area. whose zone
warden is John L. Wren. and Is to
be made into a movie filmed In color
with sound track, under the direc-
ton of P. K. Bean, assistant zone
warden.
The nearby street area will be
roped OF and, weather permitting,
incendiary bombs are to be exploded
on the roof, with OCD protective
service workers coming in to extin-
guish the bombs. Smoke bombs are
to be set of to represent q fire
raging In the building, and the oc-
cupants Of the college are to be
evacuated.
Members of the emergency feed
ing corps are to be on hand to care
for victims" and medical and am
bulance workers will stage demon
strations of the care of casualties. 4
If the demonstration and the
movie talking turn out we'll, Mr.
Wren said. the Aims are to be offered
to the Federal OCD for educational
use.
If weather prevents the show, the
demonstration will be held at some
future date,
Evening star., 1942-11-06
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and preponderance of women In
Washington. Parental objections
were keeping many girls at home,
parents not wanting to turn their
daughters loose in big city with
no assurance that they would find
suitable places to live
Consequently. the apo employed
Miss Margaret Scott Miller. formerly
in charge of recruiting and training
stenographic help for nationally
known typewriter concern, and sent
her into the field to talk to school
assemblies and church and Parent-
Teacher Association groups in small
and medium sized towns. >'"
Rooms Carefully Checked.
Working through the churches,
the personnel Office began listing
the names of persons willing to rent
spare rooms to government girls.
Mrs. St. Cyr was assigned to inspect
each room on the list. She refused
to approve places charging more
than $25 a month for a single room
or $45 month for board and lodg-
ing and cast particularly careful
eye on establishments accepting
both men and women boarders.
Cleanliness, general appearance and
availability of stores and transpor-
tation were other points checked,
with all rooms not rated AL" being
rejected.
The Civil Service Commission CO.
operated with the Apes plan by
agreeing to send.a field man to give
special examinations to any groups
of girls assembled by Miss Miller.
After five weeks of operation. the
alien property Offices program is
paying dividends.
To girls in other cities, the
agency is able to offer work that
begins the day you arrive in Wash
ington, with no wait for formali-
ties, no confusion; work in pleasant,
uncrowded surroundings with pleas
ant, capable people. who form a
small, friendly organization"
Finding enough vacant rooms to
house all new employees has been
the easiest of the personnel di-
visions jobs. About so persons now
have vacant approved rooms they
are holding for girls coming to work
for the apo: others are calling the
personnel Office to solicit tenants.
The secret of this surplus of would
be landlords is that the apo, by
working through the churches at
the outset, obtained names of a
good many private home owners not
accustomed to taking In roomers
but willing to aid the war effort by
renting a spare room to a girl car
rying the recommendation of the
apo.
Impressed by the arrangements
made to help the girls get settled
in Washington, educational and re-
ligious authorities in several other
cities are assisting the apo to re-
cruit stenographers. To keep the
good will of the schools, the agency
is refusing to accept any school girl
until she has completed her course
or terms work. Despite this, capa-
bic stenographers with letters from
the apo are disembarking daily at
local train and bus stations.
One girl, unable to catch any
other train from her small town
home. arrived last week at 10 min
utes to in the morning. Mrs. st.
Cyr was there from the personnel
office to meet her.
Evening star., 1942-11-06
Construction Work Hour Shifts
Cause Virginia Bus BottIenecks

!ington- Fairfax Motor Transporta-
ton Co., reported similar situa-
tion.. The company. he said, had
stopped sending dead head" buses
into Washington at $50 to carry
construction workers to the Penta-
gon Building. Between 7:30 and
$3.50, the buses are now overcrowded
resulting inv inconvenience to both
office employees and construction
workers, many of whom are late in
reporting to work through no fault
of their own.
H. H. England, secretary and
treasurer Of the Arnold Bus Service
said his line was not seriously af-
fected because there were few con-
struction jobs on the route served
by its buses.
A Capital Transit Co. ofIicial said
its facilities were not affected by
the change in hours because most
construction workers 1t carries
travel in the opposite direction from
ONCE workers In Washington.
Further staggering Of hours for
o1ncer workers was suggested rs q
possible solution Of the problem.
Evening star., 1942-11-06
School Milk Program
For Poorer Children
Depends on 0PA
District Office Asked
To Abroeote Retail
Price Ceiling

The future in many elementary
schools of programs under which
milk and crackers are served to chill
dren of poorer homes hinges on
ruling expected soon from the Dis
trict Office of Price Administration,
it was revealed today by Robert L.
Haycock, first assistant school super
intendeflt.> =
Rising wholesale costs of milk and
crackers and the OPA ceiling on
retail prices have combined to i'm
peril the program in many parts of
the city, Mr.. Haycock said.
Previously, milk and graham
crackers have been served for cents
to elementary school children who
were able to pay The half pints of
milk were purchased wholesale for
3 to 3l2 cents. with the slight profit
being used to provide milk and
crackers for the needy children.
Half pin S of milk, however, now
cost cents wholesale. and in many
schools the Parent Teacher Associa-
tions which sponsor the project must
raise the milk and cracker price to
6 cents to finance the free servings
to poorer pupils, the assistant school
superintendent said.
This increase, however, is blocked
by the OPA ceiling on food prices,
which fixes the amount charged in
March as the maximum.
Mr. Havcock said tho crboolc bovo
appealed to the District OPA, asking
that the milk and cracker sale be
regarded as an abnormal situati ton
and that the regulation be mot fully
applied"
Whatever the OPA ruling, he
pointed out, the serving of hot
lunches to INDECENT children and the
Government-supported penny-milk
program will not be affected.
Evening star., 1942-11-06

Changes in working hours made
by construction companies in nearby
Virginia to conform to daylight
hours has caused early morning bot
tlenecks in transporting workers to
construction jobs, 1t was revealed
today.
r. T. Mitchell, traffic manager OF
the A., B.. 81 w. Transit Co., which
carries workers from Alexandria to
the Pentagon Building, the PARK
fairfax project and other construc-
ton jobs, said his company has
found it impossible to transport both
office workers and laborers to their
destinations on time. Both ofhce
employees and construction workers
now report at $50 am.
Until last week the construction
jobs started at 7::3e am. AS 1t Is
nearly dark at that hour. the con-
tractors have changed the starting
hour to $50 am. This means that
the buses are practically empty for
some time after T:30, until the $50
rush begins.
+. P. Scott, dispatcher for the Ar
Evening star., 1942-11-06
Rooms Assured Girls WORKING
For Alien Property Office
Each EmpIoye Is Met on Arrival Here
And Put to Work immediately

Satisfactory living quarters ready
for immediate occupancy are guar
anteed to every girl coming to
Washington to work for the office OF
the alien property custodian.
This guarantee is part OF pro-
gram inaugurated five weeks ago,
when the apo found itself unable
to obtain trained stenographic help
because of the higher priorities of
other agencies.
The Office now employs travel
ing personnel agent. who visits
areas not already touched by war
industry and recruits stenographers
and typists for apo jobs. AS soon
as a girl contacted by this recruit
ing agent has passed the civil serv-
ice examination in her home town
she receives a friendly, informal
letter from Mrs. Lauretta B. st.
Cyr. personnel representative in the
apo Office in Washington.
This letter, congraIulating her,
explaining where and what hours
she will work, and asking for tele-
graphic notification of the time she
will arrive, is only the first step
in the welcoming Of new employees
of the agency to Washington.
Arrivals Met at Station.
Each new arrival is met at the
station and escorted to room Sc
lected in advance on the basis of
her income and religious faith.
After unpacking, the girl accom-
panies Mrs. St. Cyr to the office,
where she is introduced to her new
employers and co-Workers, assigned
to specific duties, and put to work
Immediately.
AS an antidote for any possible
dissatisfaction with work conditions
housing, or other aspects of the new
job, employees are invited to discuss
these problems with the personnel
Office.
The apo also, in an effort to
maintain the religious ties of its
new girl employees. turns their names
and addresses over to church OF
the faith to which they belonged
back home.
This introduction to Washington
contrasts sharply with that of many
other Government stenographers
and typists, some of whom must
spend wearying hours in house
hunting or must wait several days
after arrival before they are certi.
fled by the Civil Service Commits
sion and informed of the agency
for which they will work.
Was CrowIey's Idea.
The property Offices program Of
taking an interest in each employe
as an individual and paving the
way for her in Washington was
based on suggestions from Leo T
Crowley. alien property custodian
and worked out in detail by Harole
M. Salmon, personnel chief, and c
w. Satterlee, assistant head OF per.
sonnel.
Largely responsible for the ste.
nographer and typist shortage, Mr.
Salmon and Mr.. Satterlee decided
were the widely circulated stories
telling of overcrowded conditions
Evening star., 1942-11-06
Montgomery Charter Board
Will Organize Tonight

The newly elected Montgomery
County Charter Board will meet for
the first time at o'clock tonight at
the Board of Education Building in
Rockville to elect chairman and
draw up plans of procedure.
Members of the board are Tarlton
Brooks, Thomas M. Anderson, Fred
eric P. Lee, Mrs. Miner P. Hostetler
and Stephen James
Since the board is required by a
State constitutional provision to
draft charter for the county within
six months after its election, it is
believed the group will schedule fire.
quent meetings and public hearings
Immediately.
Evening star., 1942-11-06
Bill Lets Terminal Firm
Park Cars on Capitol Plot

David Lynn, Capitol architect. is
authorized under a bill introduced
today by Representative Hebert,
Democrat, of Louisiana. to permit
the Washington Terminal Co. to use
part of the Capitol grounds SOUTH
east Of Union Station for car park
ing during the war period and for
six months thereafter.
The bill provides that any money
received for the use of such grounds
shall be turned over to the Treasury.
The use Of the grounds would be
in accordance with such terms and
conditions Is Mr.. Lynn may draw
up.
Evening star., 1942-11-06
GoIIery to Display
Ballroom
Hx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 6. Nearly
intact the ballroom Of Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney's Fifth Avenue home
In New York will be displayed by its
new owner, the Walters Art Gallery,
after the war.
The ballroom was brought from
New York in nve big vans. but won't
be assembled until q new building Is
constructed after the war. Heirs Of
the late Mrs. Whitney gave the early
18th century paneling, ceiling, paint
ing and musicians gallery to the
Walters Art Gallery.
Evening star., 1942-11-06
Tax Collections Increase

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. (R.-
Federal tax collections in Virginia
last month totaled $32,373 240 .43,
compared with 1854 ,42488 year
ago, U. S. Early. jr.. collector OF
internal revenue, reported yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Gen. Gerow Is Named
Commanding Officer
OF 2oth Division
Other High Command
Shifts Under Rotation
Policy Announced

The appointment Of Mai. Gen.
Leonard T. Gerow, chief Of the
Army War Plans Division Of the
General Staff, to command of the
10Th Division, composed mainly Of
Maryland and Virginia National
Guard units, was included In q list
Of high command changes an
nounced yesterday by Secretary Of
War Stimson.
Gen. Gerow's successor will be
Brig. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
who was moved UP from the post Of
chief OF stan OF the Sd Army at
San Antonio. Tex.
The change, officials explained,
was In line with q policy recently
adopted by Gen. George C. Mar
shall. Army Chief Of stafi. to "re-
vitalize" the high command by ro-
tating high ranking officers between
staff and field assignments.
Other Shifts Announced
Following this policy, Brig. Gen.
John H. Hildring took over the gen.
eral staff personnel post from Brig.
Gen. Wade Haislip; Brig. Gen. Ray
mond Lee succeeded Mai. Gen
Sherman Miles as head of the mill
tary intelligence division, and Maj.
Gen. Brehon H. Somerven became
head of Ga, the supply division,
replacing Maj. Gen. Eugene H. Ray
bold. All these changes occurred
during the past two months and
leave Brig. Gen. Harry L. Twaddle
as the only pre-Pearl Harbor hold
over among the general staff's FIVE
divisions.
One of Gen. Gerow's first tasks
will be to supervise the reorganiza-
ton of the 29th Division into a
triangular" division, change
which the War Department an
nounced would be effected in all
the former National Guard units
The National Guard units, when
modified, were organized as
square" divisions, comprised of two
infantry brigades Of two regiments
each, and an artillery brigade. Un-
der the triangular" organization,
the infantry regiments will be re-
duced from four to three and other
units correspondingly, reducing the
total strength from about 10000
to $4,000 officers and men.
Gerow Succeeds Reckord.
Gen. Gerow, who was recently pro-
NOTED from the rank of brigadier
general, will succeed Maj. Gen.
Milton A. Reckord, who was recent
ly retired from field command and
assigned to head the Third Corps
Area. Brig. Gen. Amos w. w.
Woodcock has been acting division
commander since Gen. Reckords
shift.
Gen. Gerow, a graduate Of Vir-
ginia Military Institute, also is a
graduate of the Army War Col
lege, the advanced infantry course,
and the field officers course of the
Chemical Welfare School. He COM
pleted the Command and General
Staff School with honors.
Gen. Eisenhower, assistant mill
tary adviser to the Philippines from
1895 to 1910, helped Gen Douglas
Macarthur plan the military orga-
nization Of the islands.
Evening star., 1942-02-20
Viereck
Continued From First Page)

Vierecka" inquired the prosecutor
I'm referring to you," Mr. Fish
shot back.
Then, turning to Justice F. Dick
enson Let's, Mr.. Fish asked:
Hasn't man any rights in this
court? Does he have to be insulted."
IT think the American people
have been insulted," Mr.. Maloney
interposed as Justice Let's. in a
quiet voice, told the witness he
might make any statement he chose.
Not Sent Over His Frank.
Mr.. Fish then turned back toward
the jury and the counsel table and
exclaimed:
Il suspected that sooner or later
this Assistant Attorney General
would make a statement of that
kind. I've been in Congress "a years,
and not one piece of Naz propa-
ganda ever has gone out of my Of
flee with my knowledge or consent" :"
Referring to a speech by the late
Senator Lundeen, Minnesota Farm
Evening star., 1942-02-20

trying to escape. He formerly be-
longed to a Tibetan exploration ex-
pedition.
A world network of secret radio
transmitters appears fantastic to
Western eyes. But it would be only
the Orient version of activities of
German consuls and German agents
in the Americas. The pro-German
flying clubs of Central American
and South American republics are
easily discernible, but it is more
difficult to detect secret radio net
work amid the teeming millions in
the native bazaars in cities between
Marakesh, the Libyan oases, Mecca.
Ispahan and Kabul. From bazaar
to bazaar, from caravan to listener
in tribal lair, the Nazi grapevine
weaves its web across the inscrut-
ible Orient.