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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-21
O.E. S. COLUMN F. & A. M. p. H.A.


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Secretnry-Mrs. Viola Perry, $50 Leland. Te 1S7os.
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day. DEGREE WORK srd Friday. worthy Matron Mrs.
Martin, 617 Garfield Apt Te 1905 Worthy Patron
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Mrs. Carrie b Riley, 1898 Parker, PL 7705.
| GOLDEN LEAF CHAPTER no. 1-STATED MEETING LIST
Wednesday. DEGREE WORK Ord Wednesday. Worthy Ma
tron-Mrs. Matte Collins, eolissh St. Ty eessg Worthy
Paron-Mr. Arthur Robinson, sse7 Evane Tr sssss Sec
retary-Mrs. Lula Hendey, p6i1 Buffalo Blvd.
PRISCILLA CHAPTER NO. 21-STATED MEETNG-2nd Friday
DEGREE WORK 9th Friday. worthy Matron--Mrs. Martini
Cameron s75 Eliot Apt 7p1, TIE. 2-5f03 Worthy Patron
Mr. Haywood CAN'T, e0s Hartford, Ty l7bs6; Secretay
Mrs. Helen b. CAN'T, e709 Hartford, IT, l5ss6.
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day DEGREE WORK srd Thursday. WORTHY Matron-Mrs
while Austin sosso MItchsdaIe Worthy Pstronmr Richard
white SO Erskne Apt Co.'S Secretary-Mrs Nellie Wilson,
e0sef Wyoming.
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Evening star., 1942-03-27
LILO Persons Killed
On Virginia Roads
During 1941
Traffic Takes Heaviest
Toll in States History;
326 Pedestrians Die
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Assoc lated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March 81
Traffic fatalities showed a sharp in
crease in Virginia during l94l
The division of motor vehicles
releasing its annual accident report
today, said that lilo persons were
killed in motor vehicle mishaps last
year, the heaviest death toll in his
tory and 247 more than were killed
in 1910
Col M S. Battle. director of the
division, said that the increase in
traffic caused by military and in
dustrial developments and the utter
disregard by some motorists of traffic
laws and safety rules were the chief
contributing factors.
The report showed that 326 pedes-
trians were killed during the year
and that 292 persons lost their lives
in motor vehicle collisions. Motor
vehicle bicycle accidents cost 2e
lives
The only bright figure in the
entire report" the director said, lis
the fact that fatalities in the urban
areas showed decrease There
were 1877 persons killed in the cities
last year. as compared with l44
killed during 1910"
A total of 37,087 drivers were in
volved in accidents in the State last
year and Col. Battle said that SOFT
of these were speeding.
Fourteen per cent, or Ill. of the
drivers involved in the 964 fatal
accidents were reported as had
been drinking"
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Montgomery Salvage Head
Calls for Scrap Metal

Owners of junk yards and auto
mobile graveyards" in Montgomery
County, Md. today were urged by
George V. Menke. county salvage
chairman, to sell their scrap metal
Immediately to aid in the produc-
ton of war material
With our armed forces clamoring
for more tanks. shells and guns, it
is up to junk dealers and owners Of
automobile graveyards in the county
to do their part in helping to supply
them," he declared.
Mr.. Menke said that some dealers
In the county are refraining from
selling their material in order to
take advantage of any rise in prices.
Ceilings have been established"
he said. 'on the sale of practically
all scrap metals and those persons
who refuse to sell are just obstruct-
ing the war effort"
In addition. Mr.. Menke appealed
to any persons having an accumu-
latlon of scrap metal to call a Junk
dealer, who will purchase it at cur
rent prices.
Individuals wishing to donate
scrap to the county Civilian Defense
Council may leave it on a lot ad-
Joining Hunter Bros. store at 8l26
Georgia avenue in Silver Spring. A
sign saying Leave your scrap here"
will be placed in front of the lot
within the next few days.
Evening star., 1942-03-27

to put the program into every senior
high school, but DR.. Holmes said
even a few of these would help.
Describing himself as probably
horribly old fashioned" Dr. Holmes
said he Would like to see more set
ting-up exercises and tumbling in
the physical education program.
There is a tendency he said,
ito substitute big muscle games for
the few for the exercise of many"
Disagrees With Mason.
He disagreed with the position
taken by Commissioner Guy Mason
that health instruction should be
limited to the elementary schools,
observing that the theory of COM
pulsory public education was that,
if left to the parents, the education
of the many would suffer. The same
theory, he indicated. supports a
good health and physical education
program in the Junior and senior
high schools, and he has the draft
rejection figures of the Army to
prove it. Commissioner Mason, how
ever, said he believed the physical
fitness of the older child is the sole
responsibility of the parents. ex-
cept where they are INDECENT.
DR.. Holmes said Philadelphia has
Just appropriated $4,000 to provide
instructors for physical fitness pro-
grams for adults in the public school
gymnasiums four nights a week. and
that he has made the recommended
ton to Supt. Frank w. Ballou that
Washington school gyms be so used
II possible.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Prince Georges Citizens
Urqed to Prevent Fires

Cooperation of Prince Georges
County citizens in campaign to
prevent fire and thus conserve tires
and gasoline was urged today by
George Hudgins, president of the
County Volunteer Firemen's Asso-
citation.
The companies have had large
number of calls to brush fires during
the past month, Mr.. Hudgins said
In some cases Washington Fire De-
partment companies also have re-
sponded. Brush fires are unneces-
sary, Mr.. Hudgins said
IF the citizens do not cooperate
voluntarily. the fire companies will
prosecute the guilty parties under
a State law" he warned.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Civil Defense Ready
For Hampton Roads
Attack, Darden Says
Byrd Says U. S. Must Win
Bottle Of Washington
Before Any Others
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va. March 27.-Vir-
ginia's civilian defense forces have
been prepared for such an eventu-
ality as an air attack on the Hamp-
ton Roads area. Gov. Darden de-
clared in an address here.
Speaking at the 22d annual din
ner of the Hampton Roads Maritime
Exchange last night, the Governor
said. I'VE are working on the as
sumption that an attack will be
made on Hampton Roads"
I'VE hope" he added, this assault
will never come, but we are leaving
nothing undone in our preparations
to meet such contingency. When
the remnant of the German Navy
left its point of immobilization at
Brest and steamed through the
English Channel, we were clearly
warned of what might happen on
this side of the Atlantic. . There
may be an arrangement with Vichy
for transfer to the Nazis of French
men o'War A fighting sea force of
that proportions would be menace
to this coast. Hampton Roads prob
ably would be its objective. We are
bending every energy to meet that
emergency when, if, it comes"
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, in introducing Gov. Darden.
urged a co-ordinated effort of all
Americans to win the war, but as
serted that we must win the battle
of Washington first" A fantastic
confusion of effort marks the Capt.
tai. he said.
Declaring that chickering's and con-
tentions must stop" Virginia's
Junior Senator asserted there must
be mo profiteering, no unessential
spending"
Evening star., 1942-03-27
For q Stronger America
Sponsor of Coolidge Plan Backs
Health Education Expansion
DR.. Holmes Sees
Imperative Need
For Program
tenth OF a SerieS.)
BY JOHN w. THOMPSON, Jr.

Dv JoIIIN w. ooAN, Jis
The man who was largely re-
sponsible for the installation of the
FIVE -period-a week physical educa-
ton program at Calvin Coolidge
Senior High School when it was
opened in September, 1910, sees an
imperative need" to extend the now
successful plan to every senior high
school in the city.
DR.. Chester W. Holmes. assistant
superintendent of schools in charge
of senior high schools. also insisted
on the Importance of expanding the
Health Departments school medical
inspection and dental program,
which, he said, brings defects to
The surface"
IF anybody can tell me why
health should not get the same en-
phasis in the schools that any other
course gets" he demanded, Il wish
he would do SO. Health is just about
our most precious heritage"
Process of "Attrition."
Although the Board of Education
authorized five-period- "a week
health and physical education pro-
gram in 1886, it was not until 1910
that the Coolidge program was set
up. In its first year more than 10
per cent of defects discovered by
pupil examination were corrected
Most of the high school principals
are interested in expanding the
health program, he said, but have
been compelled through lack of per-
sonnel to do it slowly through
process of "attrition.' Whenever
teacher of an academic subject died
or retired, and that salary could be
saved by splitting up the teachers
academic classes among others Of
the same subject. he explained, the
money in many instances was used
to get health and physical educa-
ton instruction. In this way, he
added, Principal Norman Nelson of
Woodrow Wilson High School was
able to put part of his students on
five periods a week. Some pupils
at Roosevelt High are also taking
the same number.
Setting-Up Exercises Urged.
But if we wait for attrition to
get five periods a week in every
high school," he said, 1T would take
years and years"
1t has been estimated that 43
additional health and physical edu-
cation instructors would be needed
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Norfolk Woman Heads
Mission Union 14th Time
Rr ,he ArSaciatnd proc.

Ey the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va. March 27.-The
Baptist Woman's Missionary Union
of Virginia concluded its three
day annual meeting here yester-
day with the reelection of Mrs.
George r. Martin of Norfolk as
president and the selection of Roa-
noke as site for the 1943 conven-
ton May 1927.
Her reelection marked the 14th
consecutive time Mrs. Martin has
been named head of the State w.
M U.
Other officers elected included:
Vice presidents, Mrs M. C. Burke
and Mrs A. G. Carter: correspond
ing secretary, Miss Blanche Sydnor
White; young peoples secretary,
Miss Ellen Douglas Oliver; record
ing secretary emerita, Miss Alta
Foster: recording secretary, Mrs.
E. L. Dupuy, jr.; assistant recording
secretary, Mrs. R. C. Mcdaniel, and
treasurer, Mrs. Frank T. Crump.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
| Wife of Federal
|OffcioI Weoves
Ion Hand Loom

The almost forgotten art of hand
loom weaving at home is still prac-
ticed by Mrs. Francine Nelson, 1903
EaSt-West highway, Silver Spring,
Md
With the aid of her two looms in
the living room of her apartment.
Mrs. Nelson not only has woven the
draperies for her home, but also
turns out suits for her husband, Paul
Nelson, an architectural consultant
with the United States Housing
Authority.
A native Of France, Mrs. Nelson
married the American architect
during his 2O-year residence in that
country. She learned the weaver S
art as hobby but developed it to
such an extent that she opened her
own shop in Paris.
The outbreak of the war forced
the Nelson's to leave France in June.
1910, and they settled in Silver
Spring last year.
She explained that the suits she
makes for her husband last from
four to seven years because the fab
RIGS are SO closely woven.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Byrd Urges Action
AGAINST Job Service
In Union Dispute
AssoiIs Alleged Use
Of Government Agency
In Recruiting Work
BY the Associated Press.

by the hSSOCldltu FIeSs.
RICHMOND, Va, March 81
Senator Byrd agrees with Gov. Dar-
den that if the Federal Employment
Service was using its office to force
or influence persons to join unions,
it was a practice about which some
thing should be done"
He said yesterday that he was
very much against the principle
Gov. Darden complained of" at the
Camp Pickett construction project
near Blackstone
The Governor, in a statement
Tuesday night, charged the employ
ment service was being used as a
recruiting agency for the unions and
that he had learned that contrary to
his previous information only men
who were union members or joined
unions were being permitted to work
on the project.
This. he said, was in violation OF
the construction contract and con-
stituted an ''unconscionable prostltu-
ton" of the purpose for which the
employment service was formed.
Attorney General A. P Staples was
requested by the Governor to de-
termine whether the State had au-
thority to interfere with this situa-
ton and also whether the "construc-
tive session of the General Assembly
meeting here tomorrow could take
up new business-an indication the
Governor might have some State
legislation in mind.
Mr. Staples probably will report to
the Governor today.
Representative Smith of the 9th
Virginia district said he would confer
with Senator Byrd and also would
talk with Gov Darden regarding the
Blackstone situation.
Il got a letter yesterday, he said,
from another section of the country
in which it was complained that
there the employment service would
not see man until after he had
registered with the union and paid
a 50 fee. This will certainly be worth
looking into along with the things
Gov. Darden brought up"
Evening star., 1942-03-27
General ShoveIs
Coal on Orders

sy the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCla ate0 Press.
When a general tells lieutenant
TO hustle his britches it's common
place, but when the lieutenant tells
a general to pour on more coal" it
becomes news.
The Army has just received the
first of a group of Cotton locomo-
tives. It was delivered here and
most of the top-ranking officers in
the Quartermaster Corps turned out
to welcome it.
/ The locomotive was headed for
Fort Belvoir, Va. 1t. c. G. Price, Jr.,
rail shop executive officer at Hola-
bird, Md, climbed onto the engi-
neers Seat and Maj. Gen. E. G..
Gregory, the quartermaSter general,
mounted the. fireman's seat.
Before they got out of the WASH
tngton yards 1t. Price was yelling,
Don't just sit there I need more
steam" The general said Yes, sir
picked up the scoop and started
Shoveling coal.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Tree-Chopping
Club Is Formed
KeepFit
,y the Associated Presx

Dy lHt ASSOCldJeO PreSS.
EMMITSBURG. Md, March 81
The thud of axes and the cry Of
"timber"-rendered in professional
style-ring out these days from the
wooded slopes of the Blue Ridge
Mountains near Mount St. Marys
College.
They mark the men of the woods"
at work-members of an unusual
club organized as part of a physical
fitness program
Not until the next term starting in
mid-May will physical education be
compulsory at the college, so George
M. Widney of Mobile, Ala. student
council president. founded the club
to provide exercise.
Now three times a week the
dozen club members hack away at
some of the dead trees killed by a
chestnut blight rs years ago. Most
Of the woodsmen are city boys, and
later they will study compass read
ing and pathfinding.
The Right Rev. Msgr. John L.
Sheridan, college president, termed
the club q valuable supplement to
the colleges program of varsity and
lntramural athletics.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
38-Yeur Term Faces
SLAYER of Three

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March PA 38-
year prison term lies before William
Boyd Gillian, 27-year- old former
shipyard worker, who killed two sis
ters and their musician-friend on
lonely Johnnycake road in Balti-
more County last January %.
Pleading manslaughter in self
defense, Gillian was sentenced yes
terday to serve consecutive terms of
10 years each in the deaths of Mrs.
Helen johnson, 81, and Herman FL
termann, 80, drummer in Balti-
more cafe orchestra.
The 18-year sentence already had
been imposed upon him for the
second-degree murder of Mrs. Irene
Carter, 80, sister of Mrs. johnson.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Jersey Breeders Hold
Annual Dinner TONIGHT
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SANDY SPRING, Md, March 27.
The Montgomery County Jersey
Breeders Association will have its
annual banquet tonight at the
Frances LATHE Inn.
The speakers will be H. E. Den
nison, field secretary of the American
Jersey Cattle Club, and Howard
C. Barker, dairy specialist of the
University of Maryland Extension
Service. John Clark. member of thee
State Fair Board. will show motion
pictures of last years field day of
the association. George Thompson
of Bethesda, president of the county
association, will serve as toast
MASTER.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Mrs. Mary Montgomery
Funeral Rites Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Montgomery. 81, matron at the
Washington Missionary College, Ia
koma Park, Md, were to be held this
afternoon at Columbia Hall, with
burial in George Washington Me-
mortal Park.
A native of Carson City, Mich.
Mrs. Montgomery had served as ma
tron at the college for 18 years. Be-
fore that she was dean of women
and matron at Adelphian Academy
Holly, Mich, for five years.
Surviving are son, Carl Mont
gomery, who is a teacher in San
Jose, Costa Rica, and two daughters
Mrs. T. E. Vlier of Silver Spring and
Mrs. E. v. Pyle of Middleton. N. Y
A sister, Mrs. Hugh Fraser of Carson
City, also survives.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
linemun Electrocuted
In Fuirfox County

Virgil Payne, "a, of Webster
Springs. w. Va, lineman, was
electrocuted yesterday while work
ing on a 6,5O0-volt wire at the top of
a power line pole on the Leesburg
pike near Colvin Run. Fairfax
County, police reported.
A second lineman, M. H. Nestor of
Radford, Va, working with Mr.
Payne on the same pole, was unin-
jured
r. F. Utz and Joseph ]. Howard
Fairfax County policemen and men,
bers of the Mclean Volunteer Fire
Department, administered oxygen
and artificial respiration for four
hours before DR.. T. M McCord,
county coroner, pronounced Mr..
Payne dead
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Prince Georges
Tax RateCut
To $1.35
3-Cent Reduction
Voted Despite Lower
Property Base
BY RICHARD J. MURPHY,
Star Staff Correspondent

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, March
27.-Despite allowance for a 5000
bonus for $50 teachers in county
schools, the tax rate in Prince
Georges County for the coming year
will be reduced from Sl38 to S1.35
per Sl00, it was announced today by
William A. Carson, chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners.
The tax rate was set yesterday by
the County Board of Commissioners.
However, the new budget will not be
finally approved until Monday, it
was said. The budget must be signed
by April l.
The tax base for the coming year
is s93 ,634, ,l95, an increase of ST.
13l, 787 over the 1912 fiscal year.
Assessable Base Cut.
The increase, rejecting the rapid
growth of Prince Georges, occurred
despite the fact that the county had
s7,500,000 removed from its tax base
under an act of the General Assem-
bly, making all Improvements Of
public utility companies asSessable by
the State. The county assesses only
land owned by the utilities under the
new law. County officials expressed
hope, however, that the taxes on
utility Improvements eventually will
be returned to the county.
Use OF surplus and reduction OF
several items in the budget were said
TO permit the lower tax rate. Except
for the $4,000 for the teachers
bonus, there will be no increase in
the county school budget. The
Health Departments appropriation
Will also remain the same as last
year.
An item in this years budget not
included in the last budget is S35 900
for election purposes.
Park Levy Eliminated.
The Commissioners acceded TO the
suggestion of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion that the usual 212-cent levy for
park improvement be eliminated
this year. The 2l2 cent levy to
raise s25000 for civilian defense
purposes is included in the sl.35
rate.
Mr.. Carson said the tax-paying
public should note that the fore
cast for 1912 of a reduction in auto
mobiles and reduction in the gaso-
line tax refund for the year 1912
will mean there will be a general
curbing of road work throughout the
county and We hope the taxpayers
will see the necessity of reducing
their demands for taking additional
roads into the county road system.
Evening star., 1942-03-27

The question of who is boss in
the civilian defense organization
in Arlington County. Va, presents
a perplexing problem.
Frank c. Hanrahan, as county
manager, who holds Office subject
to the County Boards approval and
appointment, was named by the
County Board as civilian defense
director for Arlington.
AS director, Mr.. Hanrahan is boss
of the county civilian defense Or
ganization. He has named most OF
the County Board members to key
ofnces in the defense setup under
him.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Tokomo Park Supports
County Defense Setup

Mayor Oliver w. Youngblood ano
the Council of Takoma Park, Md.
last night promised whole-hearted
cooperation in the civilian defense
setup of Montgomery County after
disapproving a proposal by the Ia
koma Park Volunteer Fire Depart
ment that the town organize its
own civilian defense group.
The decision was made at meet
ing of the Mayor and Council with
Albert E. Brault and Robert J. Sher-
wood, heads of the Montgomery
County and Prince Georges County
civilian defense councils, respec-
lively.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
War Plant Dedicated
At Chestertown, Nd.
By the Associated Press.

by IIe ASSOCldleQ fTeSS.
CHESTERTOWN, Md, March 27
The Kent Defense Corps manu-
featuring plant, marking in Gov
OConor's words another important
link in the industrial war effort OF
our State" soon will begin opera
tionS.
The building. erected two months
ahead of schedule, was dedicated
yesterday Gov O'Conor. Army rep
resentatives and officials of the
Triumph Explosives plant at Elkton
attended the ceremonies.
Gov. O'Conor expressed hope
similar factories could be organized
in Maryland communities hardest
hit by the cessation of regular
time industrial activities"
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Prince Georges Grand Jury
Will Have New Foreman

Harry E. Hughes will serve as
foreman of the April term of the
Prince Georges County grand Jury,
Brice Bowie, clerk of the Circuit
Court at Upper Marlboro, Md, an
nounced today.
Mr.. Hughes, an Official at &C, C.
c. camp at Beltsville, will replace
DR.. Arthur K. Besley, baeteriolo-
gist with the Agriculture Depart-
ment at the Beltsville Research
Center. who was excused because
of vital defense work.
The grand jury will meet April &.
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Who Bosses Whom?' Is Puzzle
In Arlington Defense Setup

b The following board members have
been appointed by Mr.. Hanrahan:
F. Freeland Chew, chief AFRAID
warden; Chairman Edmund D.
Campbell, head of the Speakers
Bureau; Mrs. Elizabeth B. Magruder
chairman of the Victory Gardens
Committee, and Basil De Lashmutt
today was designated to issue orders
from the communications control
center.
The only other board member
not appointed to defense position
Is Leo Lloyd.
But I expect to BE-" he said today
Evening star., 1942-03-27
Tests New Submuchine Gun

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, March
q (P,.-A new type submarine gun
capable of firing between 500 and
600 times a minute has been given
preliminary tests under the super
vision of Arthur F. MacConochie,
professor of mechanical engineering
in the University of Virginia, and
will soon be offered to the War
Department.