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Evening star., 1942-10-17
Charter Supporter
And Foe 10 Debate
Issue Thursday
Barker and Whiteford
To Discuss Proposal
At Public Meeting

A debate on the issue of a charter
form of government for Montgom-
cry County, which will be voted on
at the November election, will be
held at 8 pm. Thursday at the Ia
koma Park Elementary School on
Philadelphia avenue.
Richard Barker, chairman of the
committee on legislation and legal
action for the Montgomery County
Civic Federation, will speak in be-
half OF the charter movement. Rog-
er j. Whiteford, candidate for the
charter board, representing the
Board OF County Commissioners,
will speak against the charter.
The meeting, which is open to the
public, is sponsored by the Takoma
Park Community League. A gen.
eral discussion will follow with Dean
R. Wickes. president of the league,
presiding.
Charges Misstatements.
Meanwhile, Allen H. Gardner,
chairman of the Montgomery County
Charter Committee, has charged
that certain politicians in the coun-
ty intend to continue individual
piecemeal zoning for special in
terests."
Charging also that ]. Bond Smith,
counsel for the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission and one of the county COM
mlssioners' candidates for the char
ter board, had made serious mis-
statements" in his reply to re-
cent statement on zoning by Mr.,
Barker, Mr.. Gardner said Mr.. Smith
failed to state any reason why
changes in property zoning should
not be made in, and only In, one
particular month of each year.
This failure" Mr.. Gardner said.
coupled with Mr.. Smiths insistence
that such changes need to be made
at various times throughout the
other II months, can only be in
terpreted as approval of the individ-
ual piecemeal zoning, desired by
special interests, which has 50 often
been done to the injury of many
citizens"
Says Brookings' Report Favorable,
Stating that Mr.. Smith had at
tempted to "becloud" the issue by
stating that the Brookings Institu-
ton report on Montgomery County
Government expressed doubt of
charter validity" Mr.. Gardner said
Brookings Institution did not ex-
press doubt of the validity of the
charter or of the power of the coun-
ty council under charter to exer-
else zoning powers effectively. I'm
deed,' he said, "the Brookings In
stitution pointed out the many ad-
vantages of charter for Mont
gomery County"
The issue this year, Mr.. Gardner
continued, is not what the charter
contains, but whether the voters
will make start toward better gov
ernment by electing q charter board
which has faith in charter proce-
dure.
The charter itself, he said, will not
be voted on until 1914, after it has
been drafted by the charter board
and considered carefully by the
citizens.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Motorman Held in Probe
Of Mans Death in Fall

A Capital Transit Co. street car
motorman was being held at first
precinct station today without
charge pending further 1nvestiga-
ton of the death last night OF Will
liam A. Major, AZ, of lis New York
avenue NV, after fall on a street
car loading platform.
The motorman was said by police
to have been engaged in an argu-
ment with Mr.. Major at the time
of the fall.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Hearing on Curtai|ine
Express Buses
May Be Reopened
But Testimony
Is Completed
After Disagreement

Public Utilities Commission hear
lngs on proposals to curtail certain
express bus services to the Takoma
and other northern communities, as
means OF saving bus mileage, have
been completed, but may be re-
opened subject to the call of Com
mission Chairman James H. Flana-
gan.
It was indicated that the case
might be reopened.
A disagreement between Commits
sioner Gregory Hankin and his COL
leagues over the right of a single
commissioner to force a witness to
answer a question enlivened yester-
days session. Mr.. Hankin had sug-
gested that the Capital Transit Co.,
in advocating possibilities of lex
press" streetcar service on a por-
ton OF the Georgia avenue streetcar
line, as a means of making this line
more attractive" to persons now
using buses, was in effect advocating
something in the nature of Jim
Crow" system for the District.
Touches OF Debate.
This provoked a heated debate
before the PUG. during which Dean
j. Locke, transit company staff en-
gineer, refused to answer such a
question, on advice of company
counsel, S. r. Bowen, and Mr.. Han
kin said he might be taken to court
on contempt" action.
At this point only two PUG men,
bers were present, Chairman Flan-
agan attending hearing on Capitol
Hill. Engineer Commissioner Charles
w. Kutz voted that Mr.. Locke was
not required to answer the question
and Mr.. Hankin insisted he must
answer the question, the decision
being tied.
After the noon recess, Chairman
Flanagan returned and he sided
with Brig. Gen. Kutz, ruling that
Mr.. Locke need not answer the direct
question as to whether the sup-
gested express streetcar service was
based on the race question.
Quotes Law.
Mr.. Hankin had read into the
record a portion of the PUG law
suggesting that any one PUG mem
Der might take to court on q con-
tempt proceeding a case wherein a
witness refused to answer any ques-
ton. Later, however, he told The
Star he had not yet decided whether
he would go to court on this basis,
Still later, legal advisers to the
PUG said that a minority member
could not succeed in such case in
which the PUG majority had ruled
such q question need not be answer
ed at q PUG hearing.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Clearing House
WiI|Find Beds
For Servicemen
100 Ready Tonight;
War Fund to Provide
Money for 500 Here

A central dispatch and clearing
house for visiting Servicemen seek
ing week end sleeping accommoda-
tions here has been established by
the Servicemen's Lodging Commit
tee of the War Hospitality Com
mittee, it was announced today by
Floyd D. Akers, chairman.
More than 1,700 cots will be avail
able for the servicemen tonight.
Constant tabulation of the available
cots will be sent to all service CEN
ters through the switchboard of the
Lodging Committees headquarters
at 3O6 Ninth street NV.
Government workers have volun-
teered to operate the switchboard
from 6 pm. until midnight, relaying
each hour to service centers
throughout the city the number of
beds still available.
Free Trucks Provided.
Free trucking service will be sup
piled for groups of 10 or more SOL
diers by the military district of
Washington from any service center
to the Memorial Bridge area which
has accommodations for several
hundred men.
The Community War Fund is
appropriating money for 500 more
fully equipped cots. and the Fed
eral Works Agency is supplying an
other 600 for use this fall This will
make total of more than $500 cots
available for soldiers on week ends
for a service charge of so cents.
The organizations lodging soldiers
which participate in this service
are: All Souls Church, Fifteenth
and Harvard streets NV: Banne-
ker Service Club. Georgia avenue
and Euclid street NV; John IS
Bennett Memorial Service Club, Glib
c street NV; Lisner Home, 5425
Western avenue NV; Memorial
Bridge Recreation Area, one-quarter
of mile beyond Memorial Bridge;
Self-Help House, 3213 @ street NV;
Servicemen's Club No. /, BOG Ninth
street NV; Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club, 10l5 L street NV:
YMCA, 1875 G street NV, and
YMCA, 1872 Twelfth street NV.
Others Participating.
The service clubs not housing the
men but which are participating in
the project are: Arlington Recrea-
tion Center, Tenth and Irving
streets, Arlington. Va; First Baptist
Church, Sixteenth and o streets
NV; Freedom House, 17O1 Eleventh
street NV; Jewish Community
Center, Sixteenth and @ streets
NV; Lichtman Leisure Club, 1439
u street NV; Masonic Service Gen.
ter, Thirteenth street and New York
avenue NV: Mount Olivet Lutheran
Church, 1925 Vermont avenue NV;
NCCS Men USO), 918 Tenth street
NV; NCCS Women USO), 1914
N street NV; Rebecca Rhoad's
Service Club, 1915 Fourth street
S.W.; Salvation Army, COG E street
NV; Stage Door Canteen, Belasco
Theater; Union Station Service
Mems Lounge; YWCA, Seventeenth
and K streets NV, and YWCA, 9Ol
Rhode Island avenue, NV.
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Methodist Pastoral
Appointments Made
For Virginia
A. P. Williams Is Named
Superintendent for
Alexandria District
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 17.-Pas.
toral appointments read by Bishop
w. w. Peele at the annual Virginia
Methodist Conference yesterday in.
clude the following:
Alexandria district-District su.
perintendent, A. P. Williams.
Annandale, John Wesley Inge.
Alexandria-Del Ray, E. B. Joyner
Trinity, j. H. Blakemore; Washing
ton Street, H. P. Clarke; Seminary
Heights, to be supplied; Andrew
Chapel-Langley, Esdras Gruver.
Arlington-Arlington, P. Lee Pal
more; Arlington Forest, H. P. Baker
Brockwood, S. r. Bauer, supply;
Calvary, T. G. Betschler; Central
j. H. Carroll; Cherrydale, H. E
Hudgins; Clarendon, H. P. Myers;
Community, w. NJ Lockett, jr.; Mt
Olivet, c. L. Delong; Walkers -Ches-
terbrook, o. D. Lambert; Wesley, to
be supplied; Dumfries, A. H. Shu-
mate; East Fairfax, S. M. Iglehart
Fairfax, F. M. Lucas.
Falls Church-Crossman, j. r.
Hendricks; Dulin Chapel, w. S.
Courtney; Fair Haven, to be sup
piled; Fauquier, w. H. Gray; Fred
ericksburg, H. H. Hughes; Hamilton
Purcellville, j. c. Murphy; Herndon
M. w. Mann; Hillsboro, Stanley
Enrich, supply; Hillsboro- Blue
mont, E. R. Thayer; Leesburg, R. H.
Forester; Manassas, w. o. Luttrell;
Middleburg, w. D. King; Nokesville,
j. A. G. Shipley; Occoquan, w. Body
Brant; Potomac, Forrest Reynolds,
supply; Providence, c. G.. Scannell
supply; Remington, j. D. Russell;
Stafford, G. L. Fickel; Sterling, Ho-
mer Welsh; Sudley, Clark H. Wood;
fremont Garden. to be supplied;
Vienna-Oa Oakton, H. G. Balthis; War
renton, ]. S. Johnston; chaplain
United States Army, E. A. Swami
chaplain United States Army, j. S
Schwartz; district director Colder
Cross, DR.. j. E. w. Timberman; dis.
trict director, temperance, J. R
Hendricks; district missionary sec.
retary, w. M. Lockett, jr.
Winchester District.
r. o. Bryant, district superintend-
ent; Berryville, A. o. Lyons; Blue
Ridge, to be supplied: Bridgewate-
H. L. Hoffman; Bruceton, R. B
Moore; Edinburg, G. S. Lightner
Elkton, c. V. Ballamy; Front Royal
II. w. Curry; Gainsboro, C. B. Lar
rick; Harrisonburg. K. K. Haddaway
keezletown- -McG Gaheysville, j. T
Brown; Linden, Walter Bangle, SUD-
ply; Loudoun. H. H. johnson; Luray
w. A. Blankenbaker; Marshall. E. 3
Henley; Middletown, c. r. Curtis;
Mountain View, L. L.sShreck: Mount
Crawford, L. A. Wright; Mount
jackson, G. L. Clark; Mount Solon
G. M. jenkins; New Market, j. w
Turner; North Frederick, John Teter
supply; Page Stanley, F. T. Fulcher
Shenandoah, E. w. S. Gown; Steph-
ems City, Walter Smith; Strasburg
II. S. Chenault: Toms Brook, w. S
Tongue. supply: Warren Riverton
G. c. Bush; White Post, Charles H
Claize.
Winchester.
Braddock Street, T. M. Swami:
Market Street, G. E. Hopkins; Mon
tague Avenue, H. w. Ashby; Wood
stock. w. K. Cunningham; student
Union Theological Seminary, r.
Kern Eutsler; cultivation worker
with Board Of Missions and Church
Extension, Gather p. Warfield; dis
trict missionary secretary. g. s.
Lightner; district director Golden
Cross, DR.. holland NJ. Canter: dis
trict director temperance. G. r.
Curtis, @
Evening star., 1942-10-17
School Bourd Announces
Tests for Stenoqruphers

The Board of Education an
nounced today that examinations
for stenographic positions in the
District public schools will be held
November and THE first day
for colored applicants and the Sec
cnd for white.
Qualifications for the tests are
completion of a four-year high
school course and training In short
hand. The jobs pay $1.440 a year.
Information may be obtained from
the Board of Examiners, Franklin
School, Thirteenth and K streets
DsVs
Evening star., 1942-10-17
.Bluckcut Fails to Halt
Candidates Speech
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
+ BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 17.-An
unscheduled blackout alarm sounded
during q campaign speech being de-
livered by John L. Kelly, candidate
for city court Judge, but it didn't
bother him.
He kept right on talkins-in total
darkness.
Evening star., 1942-10-17

TIRES TO KEEP AMERICAS CARS ROLLING-C A. Williams
agent for the Railway Express Agency which charge
collecting tires in the Governments drive to buy all tires
excess of five shown stacking tires brought the
office during the last two days. Tires left
central office at 1903 street NV and Second
Me- the agency will collect them without charge the city
Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1942-10-17
Gov. Dorden Better

RICHMOND. Va, Oct.s II R.-
Confined to his home for the 10th
consecutive day with . heavy cold,
Gov. Darden reported yesterday that
no was much improved. hut would
not return to his ONCE until Monday,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-30
Rural Groups
in Song Fest

Five hundred children's voices
blended in song Wednesday after.
noon In Pease Auditorium when
Washtenaw County rural school
children participated in the last of
three sings held this week in the
county. The other music demonstra-
lions were IN Manchester on Mon.
day and in Saline, Tuesday.
The song fest was substituted
this year for the annual music festi-
val.
The program was sponsored by
the music extension division OF
Michigan State College in coopera.
ton with the county commissioner
OF schools Director OF the group
was Miss Mary Frances Bannau.
Lansing Piano accompanist was
Miss Uarda Foster. Ann Arbor.
The program opened with the
audience and participants singing
America Choral numbers fol
lowed. Only instrumental selections
we're played by Roosevelt School
orchestra directed by d Chester
Ryan
School Commissioner julius
Haa5 spoke briefly Of The patriotic
duty OF every United States citizen
during the present war He ex.
pressed appreciation for the assist
ance given the children in their
presentation
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-30
Health During Emergencies
Discussed For Boy Scouts

The providing Of clothing shell
ter and sanitation are Of next i'm
portsnce In maintaining the health
Of emergency victims, he said
Part OF the evening was spent in
praciicing for a rope climbing test.
All Enc gency Service Corps Scouts
must be able 10 climb an IS foot
rope hand over hand in IS seconds.
The following four boys pa ssed
the mile run 10 eight and one-half
minutes as did several Others last
week Percy Cox. Egbert Henry,
Elmer and Jack Robertson
Hermann Kelle~. ST.. altered a
plan BY which the Scouts could work
on their merit badges which are re-
Quired for the Emergency Service
Corps by arranging for merit badge
councillors TO be present each Wet-
nesday evening. 4 few Scouts can
WORK with them and complete their
merit badge requirements before the
next court OF honor June 2.
Roll call and general Information
we're under The direction of Gerald
Filford and George Marshall.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-30
OuestiOnnaires
90 Out Monday

Next Monday. May 4. Local Draft
Board No. 2 OF the Selective Ser
vice will mail questionnaires 10 the
men who were registered IN the
February lG draft. These ques-
tionnalres must be filed ont COM
pletely and returned within ten
days TO the local draft board
IN order 10 assist those men who
are unable 10 fll out the forms in
the prescribed manner. or who are
in doubt az TO the meaning OF the
instructions or the job listingF,
the Selectiye Service has deslgnst.
ed certain organizations where this
help may be secured. They are.
The workers Own employer .or To-
cal labor union, the L. s Employ
ment Service, and the members OF
the local Selective Service Advisory
Board In no case shall any charge
be made for this service.
Rex H. Nottingham locs mana
ger OF the 4. S. Employment Seq
vice. announces that, for the con-
venience of those who work during
the day. Office hours will be from
9 a. m. TO p. m. These hours Will
remain in effect from Tuesday, May
5. until ~ days after the last ques-
tionnaires have been sent out.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-30

How can heslthful conditions be
assured during an emergency was
the subject discussed by DR.. Brad
ley Harris a. the meeting OF the
Boy Scout Emergency Service Corps
Wednesday evening In the Normal
College gymnasium.
DR. Harris said the most importan.
item is water Most people can 20
three OF four DAYS without food ard
not suffer seriously. bur hey cannot
20 more than few hours vithou.
wafer. For drinking and cooking
purposes. water must be decontam-
mated or it all cause typhoid, dy-
EMERY Of disrrhes. Water can be de-
contaminated By either OF Two meth
DDS. boiling 10 10 % minutes or b.
adding one gram OF chlorine 70 five
gallons OF impu . water Eithe will
make water pure enough to drink
d. Harris said
The second item OF importance is
food. he said. Pure water and clean
utensils are needed in the prepare.
ION NJ good food In order that The
food will keep up mo morale % The
people % must be served tsstefu.ly.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-30
American Legion Planning
Auxiliary Communications

At their regular monthly meet
ing Wednesday evening members
of the local American Legion Post
voted to sponsor an auxiliary com
munications system TO aid the po-
lice and fire Departments In case
of an emergency, and to provide
playground on the yard OF the
Legion home for smaller. children.
The communications unit will be
composed Of group o. selected
boys and their quarters will be in
the barn on the Legion home
grounds. The barn has been re-
modelled and will be used for classes
for the training OF the boys.
Fred Battelle IL chairman Of the
project and training will he given
by group OF former officers OF the
Signal Corps and g.. G.. Jerks. who
was radio instructor in the last
war.
A committee OF Mr. Battelle. DR.
NJ. r. O'Hara. Harold Magee. Floyd
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-30
Quarrel Reaches Climax
When Beer Bottle Thrown

A quarrel which reached its eli
max when a beer bottle was thrown,
resulted in a severe cheek lacera-
ton for George Jackson, 1O3 Haw-
kins St, early this morning at $40
Harriet ST. Eighteen stitches were
required TO close the wound.
Woodrow Tooson. s2S Short st,
was charged with felonious assault
after Isham Taylor. a witness. told
police that he saw Tooson thro"
the bottle which struck Mr.. Jack
son.
Tooson had left the scene OF the
quarrel when officers arrived. Told
that one OF several cousins by the
name OF Tooson had thrown the bot
tie, police brought to the station
for questioning Abner and Edgar
Tooson. A Roy Tooson also was
present during the quarrel. Ii was
only after Mr.. Tsylor's statement
was made that the other men were
released and Woodrow Tooson was
arrested a. his home.
According to the Taylor state
ment the quarrel was between VIII
liam Mahaley. owner OF the North
ern Lights Restaurant where the
affair took place. and Edgar Too
son and Mr.. Jackson. Another wit
ness said Mr.. Jackson attempted to
stop the quarrel between the other
two men. None Of the witnesses
could tell for whom Tooson had
intended the bottle.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-30

II was jolly hour of reminiscing
that prevailed today when Prof. P.
Roger Cleary had as his luncheon
guest Perry F. Powers, who called
here on his way home TO Cadillac
from his winter vacation in Cali
fornia.
Mr.. Powers and Mr.. Cleary arrived
in Ypsilanti on the same day in
1884 having since been fast friends.
Prof. Cleary having developed the
Cleary College and MI Powers hav-
ing been a newspaper editor and
state office holder of note.
Mr. Powers career is like a Hora-
ito Alger story. He was boy work
ing in the coal mines in Jackson
vile, o., when George c. Smithe,
attracted by his brightness. hired
him as office devil in his newspaper
office, and took him into his home.
Mr.. Powers was taught by Mrs.
Smithe and learned so rapidly that
he was taken into partnership when
Mr. Smithe bought a newspaper in
Cambridge. III. After some years
there, Messrs. Smithe and Powers
bought The Ypsilantian. newspaper
here from VI. T. Woodruff. After
two years Mr.. Powers sold his in
terest to William NJ. Osband and
bought the Cadillac News and Ex-
press. later changed into daily
and now owned by r. O. Huckle,
formerly of Npsilanti. Nh Wood
ruff meantime published the other
Cadillac paper.
For twelve years Mr.. Powers
served on the State Board of Edu-
cation that controls the Normal
College. lie later was state land
commissioner and for several terms
served as auditor general. His last
office was that of postmaster in
Cadillac. He was also president Of
the Cadillac bank. He has been in
fluential in state affairs throughout
the years and active in the state
Republican organization, serving rs
publicity campaign manager under
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-30
Loss Of Gen. George
DinmS War Successes
Fight Against
on Labor
Believed Won
Formality Vote to
be Taken Today

Washington. Apr. 30-lNS-Presi-
dent Roosevelt appeared today to
have emerged victorious in his two
month battle TO forestall congress.
sional action no restrictive labor
legislation at this time.
As the committee prepared 10
vote on the Smith.Vinson labor
profit limitations bill Rep. Smith
CD Va. co-author OF the measure
virtually conceded defeat when he
told reporters that ut appears to
be dead
Smith made his statement after
sitting through a meeting OF the
House Naval Committee during
which members prevented their
chairman. Rep. Ninson CD Ga.
from obtaining a final committee
vote.
The committees first business to-
day is a motion for tabling the bill
and members declared that vote
to shelve the measure will not
even be close"
Ninson proposed a substitute bin
limiting profits on war contracts,
freezing the closed shop issue for
the duration and permitting en-
ployes 10 work voluntarily for
straight pay up TO As hours a week.
Time and a half pay would apply
after As hours.
In the upper chamber. Sen. Hill
Cd Ala, chairman of a labor sub
committee considering drastic labor
bills. said that the group has been
convinced by War Labor Board
members that legislation at this
time would be destructive.
Sen. Thomas Cd Utah. chairman
OF the Senate Labor Committee, es-
timated that the full body now
stands 16 to against labor legisla-
ton.
A strong move for labor legisla-
ton developed in Congress several
weeks before the informal Easter
recess. following a nationw pro-
test that the 40-hour work limita-
tion in the wage-hour law was slow
ing down war production
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-30
Townships to
List Workers

Saline, Scio and Sylvan Town
ships will register their residents
for volunteer tasks connected with
civilian defense in local school
houses. on the days when sugar
rationing cards are distributed.
When this is completed the en-
tire county of Washtenaw will
have been given an opportunity
to enroll in the program OF war
work.
Needs for men and women in
special emergency tasks. such as
blood donors, scrap drives and
draft registrations, is increasing.
In addition. many of the duties
performed in peace time by train
ed workers must now be done by
volunteers since the armed forces
require the services OF many young
men.
Local CDVO chairmen in cities.
villages and townships will con
tinue TO hold meetings and work
with the county headquarters in
the Armory at Ann Arbor in
training and placing the men and
women who have offered their
services.
More than 5000 residents Of
Washtenaw County are registered