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Evening star., 1942-04-05
West Virginians
To Hold Last Dance

The West Virginia Society will
hold the last dance of the season
Thursday evening at the Shoreham
Hotel. West Virginia service men
in uniform will be guests of the
society. Mrs. Pearl r. Barrows is
in charge of tickets.
Mr.. c. M. Smell is president of
the organization. The other officers
are Miss Mary 10 Bailey, recording
secretary; Mrs. Pearl r. Barrows,
financial secretary: Mr.. John w.
Smith, treasurer; Mr.. John L. Bate
man, historian, and the following
vice presidents: Mr.. David S. Davi-
son, Mrs. Sada c. Shinn and Mr..
James P. Moriarty.
The new vice presidents are as
follows: Mr.. Robert L. Werner, Mr.
Howard M. Startling and Mr.. A. L..
ESkey.
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Children to Rule Easter
In Lower Montgomery
Youngsters From Other Countries
Will Participate in Celebration
In Typical American Fashion

There fewer parties Bethesda this than previous
endwer breakfasts this supper parties
tonight spite this cessation social
extra effort being made make this Easter happy time
children, Bethesda communities children
in other years before changed living
Westmoreland Hills the children the First
Netherlands Houen will hide their
Evening star., 1942-04-05
Miss Anita Roper
Will Be Bride of
Charles w. FOo6

Mr.. John M Roper has announced
the engagement of his niece, Miss
Anita Evans Roper, to Mr.. Charles
Watson Fogg. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Justin Fogg of this city.
Evening star., 1942-04-05

Miss Roper is the daughter Of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wes-
ley Roper of Marlboro County, S. C.
She attended the Woman'S College
of the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro.
Mr.. Fogg was graduated from
Duke University.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
Fund. USO
To Pool
Efforts

BATTLE CREEK. March 16 -
Officers OF both the Community
Fund and tho United Service Or
CARNATIONS today were mapping
plans for their spring drive for
funds following an announcement
that the two groups Would com
bine their efforts.
While no quotas have been esti-
mated for either organization.
officials pointed out that the OK
panSion Of the army and the in
creased need for aid in the war
will force tho quota far above the
combined quotas of last year,
when tho USO sought Sl1 600 and
tho Community Fund asked SS3.-
425
USO officials now arc deter
mining tho amount needed here AS
part Of the national campaign,
While local fund agencies are re-
coiving budget forms for estimated
needs These forms will be re-
viewed later in the week and the
quota determined.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
Legion Finances
Training School
For Air Wdrdens
State Officials Criticize
Control Of Program in
Voting to Give $4,000

Tho executive committee Of tho
NJ ic h gan department of tho
American Legion announced today
that il had voted SO 600 10 cStab-
llSh air raid warden training
schools throughout the state IN
answer 10 request by national
legion officials.
The program, given tho legion
by the Office Of Civilian Defense,
will provide for veterans of the
last war 10 take a front place in
tho civilian defense program.
While voting tor the appropria-
tion many state legion officers
sand they voted without cnthuSl-
a>m claiming that tho logon had
not been given enough control over
rs own program
Resolutions II . ~ a n Il ng that
President Roosevelt, replace cab
inct members Cordcll Hull. Fran
CcN Perkins, Henry l.. SumSon and
Frank Knox failed 10 receive ac-
ton by the executive committee.
although The department national
committee dt~fttSSrti tire
matter A. meeting Saturday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
DISCOVERED BODIES

II was there tho bodies we're dis.
covered Friday night by police who
broke in Al the request Of friends
Gas was pouring from a burner
OF the kitchen stove when police
entered and il was first supposed
that death was caused by suffoca.
ton.
Investigators for tho Michigan
Consolidated Gas Company said
that this could noi-he true because
It would take many days for the
gas from tho single burner 10 III
the 12-roOm home.
1--WE can not he sure Of the
cause Of death until we receive
n report from the county chemist
who il analyzing the contents Of
the vital organs Of the family"
Whitman said However, I have
been informed by DR.. W. Thomas
Love. the county medical evan
iner, that there is every indica-
ton of poison in all three bodies.
MURDER AND SUICIDE
I'VE are working on theory
Of murder and suicide nv one or
more Of the members OF the
family"
Whitman said that poison may
have been placed in glasses Of root
beer which the family apparently
drank shortly before their deaths
Empty glasses which had contained
root beer were found in Mrs
Shrom'S bedroom.
Whitman said he is also checking
a report that Doctor Shrom re
Gently spent some time in a mcnta
institution IN Pennsylvania ant
that no had lost money ninth,
stock market.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
Shoots
Wife and
Kills Self

Flora Townsend u. coolly iolC
police today how she was awak
cncd from sleep by tho roar OF :
gun 20 find her mother wounded
beside hcr and her Ntcpiather deac
at tho foot Of the bod
The father, EStil l.. Hcrshman
"a after beng cstrangcd from his
wife. Mare for more than a
month. forced tho lock on then
home at SOL Linwood avenue
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
DdiryUnionAsks
State Protection
Time. st.tf ccrr,.pond.n.

FLINT. March 16.-Officials OF
the United Dairy Farmers Union.
affiliated with District No. 50,
United Mine Workers, today ap-
pealed to Gov. Murray D. Van
Wagner for protection against
mob action which they claim In
being melted by Sheriff John A.
Graham OF Bad Axe. and other
Huron County law enforcing
officers.
In a telegram TO the governor,
Ralph II. Marlatt, organization di-
rector of the union. also charged
Sheriff Graham with conspiracy
against freedom of speech and
freedom Of assembly.
According TO Marlatt meeting
had been scheduled for the farm
ers Of the county in hall in Bad
Axe. Belvin Korgan and Lloyd
Taylor union representatives,
were 10 speak, but Marlatt said
the use Of the hall was denied
them by the sheriff.
The two representatives. Mar.
latt said. were taken to the
sheriff's office for questioning by
Graham. There, Marlatt said, the
sheriff declared:
I'm going To see to Il. that
you are both put into class IA
Immediately"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
Stamps Start Today
Times Readers May Cut Out Reproductions
and Exchange Them for Combat insignia

Every day beginning today, n
black and white copy of "a COM
BAT INSIGNIA STAMP VIII he
published in The Detroit Times
These copies may be exchanged,
absolutely free. for authentic.
FULL COLOR COMBAT INSIG-
MA STAMPS. Clip and Save 10 OF
these black and white copies from
tho Times Send them together
with a STAMPED. SELF-AD-
DRESSED ENVELOPE 10 Combat
Insignia Stamps, The Detroit
Times. 1870 CaSs avenue, Detroit,
and YOU will receive, IN return the
first series of Combat Insignia
Stamps numbers 10 10
Wonderfully cas-. isn't IT? No
rcd tape, No contest! Combat In
sigma Stamps VIII be issued IN FIVE
series Of 10 stamps each. FIRST
series VIII be available after Stamp
No. 10 has appeared IN the Times,
the second series after Stamp No.
20 has appeared and so on. Re-
member. send IN 10 black and
white copies for the current series,
but the Times cannot accept re-
quests for individual stamps. All
stamps Will be issued IN series Of
10. COnScCutlycly numbered You
may collect as many complete sets
OF. 30 stamps d YOU wish. free The
only requirement * that each TO-
quest for stamps must he accom-
plI~hcd by 10 black and white
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stamped, sclf-addrcSScd envelope.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16

shot his wife and then turned the
gun on himself. police said.
Il woke up" Flora said.
when heard the sound 81
gun. 1t hurt my ears. Mother
was trying Ia say something.
She said: 'EStiI is back
Then I saw father AT the foot
of the bed
Mother and father were mar
ried five years ago, hut sepa-
rated last month. He had II
children by his first wife and
was upset because they were 80
scattered around the country.
He was jealous OF mother,
too. and was mad because she
got jon in a restaurant"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
Shronn' S ATTEMPT
At Suicide Barred
In Death Probe
Occurred Recently
Family Now Believed
Victims Of Poison

Wayne County medical cNamin-
erS have found every indication
Of poison in the bodies OF DR..
Howard *. Shrom, his wife and
9-ycar-old daughter. said Inspector
John O. Whitman Of the homicide
squad today aS police investigated
theories OF murder and suicide in
the deaths OF the family
Whitman also said he had been
informed by a close friend Of the
family. that Doctor Shrom had
attempted suicide in Inlay City
three months ago.
The Shrom family lived in I'm
lay City for year and half and
returned 10 Detroit and their for
NOR home Al 81 Edison avenue only
A week ago
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
Man Dies inFire
Trying Rescue

Whom two explosions filed \
Windsor basement apartment with
fire John y. . Donachuc. IS. of
1904 Goyeau street. escaped but
nc = dead today because he went
back IN 10 rescue his brolhcr-in-
law
Donachuc was visiting Peter
Murray tho relative. in a roominc
house at 697 Victoria avenue
Windsor
Witnesses said that ODonachuc
managed 10 get ou' Of the apart
mont after inc explosions. which
We're OF Undetermined origin. Then
returned 10 Tho flaming apartment
10 hoIp Murray who meanwhile
had been pulled on, through a
window. they SAID
ODonaghuo was trapped and
burned 10 death. Murray is IN
Hotel DIcu IN serious condition.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16

An incoherent statement in
which nc claims his former close
friend and fellow worker was
giving hlm tho evil eye, was the
only explanation today by Frank
PuglicSc. T.. Of 953 West Fort
street. tor tho fatal shooting Of
PaSqualc Vicente, 80, OF 1876
Hendricks avenue.
PuglicSc fired five shots al
Vicente as he and his wife and son
were Leaving the home OF relatives
who lived In a flat over PuglieSc' :
residence Three Of The bullets
struck Vicente and he died a short
umc later IN Receiving Hospital
After firing the shots Pugliese
ran TO police headquarters and into
the police garage where he sur
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
Battle Creek Sailor
Lost in Pacific Battle

BATTLE CREEK. March 10
DR. and Mrs. Karl l. Freeman. "a
HillSdale drive. were informed Off
cially yesterday by the navy de-
partment that their son. Robert j.,
p must be considered lost after
action during Pacific naval
battle. Robert had been in the
navy for three years He was
born here and received his school.
ing in local schools.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
3:5 Make Id
Thomas and Judge Ferguson
in Who's Who

h ThTty-lINc pcrroi,crS are listed
Dor tho FIRST '.mo in tho august
pages Of Who's Who in America
u was announced today. Included
among them arc Judge Homer
Ferguson, Of nnc-man grand Jury
fame r ! Thomas. president Of
Tho CAW-ClO. and Walter p
Routner regional director Of the
IAW.
Also listed for tho first time j.
Frank -. MCkdN VINO was pa Sod
hy during the MANY Years he was
boss of the Republican Party m
Michigan and included IN the book
AZ a time when he Is on 'rIal for
An alleged S50o0O0 liquor graft
conspiracy.
Coy Murray y. Van Wagner
also Won place as 0Id former
COY William \. Com,tock. Other,
.,tcd are former AIt> Con.
Thomas Read and Judge Emerson
r BoNlcS. legal adviser 20 former
Gov iuVcn y Dickinson
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
Evil Eye Staying
Hexed, He Kills Former Friend; Strange Story
Only Explanation for Shooting

rendered TO. Parolman Nelson
Miller ~
He was giving me the evil
eve. l just had To Kill him." he
declared
Pugliese said that he and
Vicente we're friends since 1923
and until January worked together
in an auto plant. At that time
Pugliese was discharged because
he is an Italian citizen. Pugliese
said that several times after that
he met Velente on the street and
each time received the EVIL eye"
Then yesterday he went upstairs,
saw Vicente there and hurried out.
"He gave me the bad eye and
~ I went down and got my gun
and shot him." he explained.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
Fort Custer Soldiers
To Work Overtime

BATTLE CREEK March 10
Soldiers at Fort Custer arc going
10 work ono hour longer per day.
starting today as q result of an
order issued by Big Gen. Cort-
landt Parker and Lieut.. Col
George T. Shank
General Parker sand his troops
m tho 5'h Division would rise al
OO a m. and continue training
until ; - o'clock. while Colonel
Shank made similar order for
pos, troop, Previously retreat
sounded Al It's o'clock for both
troops.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16

The insignia shown on
Combat Insignia Stamp No.
! was originally designed for
the 3sth Pursuit Squadron AT
the request Of "A lieutenant Of
that squadron. Later. when he
was transferred 10 the i4th
Pursuit Squadron. then based
at Wheeler Field. Hawaii. he
obtained permission 10 have
the insignia transferred 10 the
44th. where II il now being
flown in active service mot
revealablc. at military request.
This il one Of Walt Disney'S
designs, which features the
pelican. symbolizing endurance,
stability and utility Indicated
by use Of the hill in housing the
machine gum.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
Combat Insignia Stamps,
The Detroit Times.
Ca>s Avenue at Times square,
Detroit. Mich.

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Stamps all different autographed in color FREE. have
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16

Second Class Seaman Com
basY Of 342q South Edsel
avenue, Dearborn and Sec
ohd Class Pharmacists Mate
Flechcl Of 1854 Balfour
road, TWO Of the twelve Mich
gan naval men cited for
bravery IN the Battle Of the
Pacific. Seaman Gombasy
was awarded the Navy Cross
second highest decoration
and Pharmacist Mate
Flccnel was commended by
the Pacific Fleets commander.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16

NEW BERN. N. c.. March is
GNSD.-H. p. Edwards. president
OF the Atlantic and East Carolina
Railroad, reported today an in
,vestigation was being made of two
recent attempts to wreck trains OF
the road near Dover IS miles west
of New Bern
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
FORMER DETROIT STUDENT

Cannon was a former student Of
Southeastern High School and
later attended the University OF
Michigan. He was singled out a,
an outstanding hero IN the defense
Of Wake Island
4 letter Of commentator from
the commander OF the Pacific fec
went 10 Kurt Flcchcl IT, son 81
Mr. and Mrs Kurt W. Flechcl oil
lO5li Baliour road
Flcchcl j. a pharmacists ma'o
1nd class. * p and born. IN
SaNony. Germany lie was gradu-
atcd from DENLY High School in
1888 and enlisted IN the navy the
same year
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16

Cse the coupon printed in connec'
ton with tho article when request.
lnC your stamps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16

EOUR AN ARDS

Gomba,y Is ono OF four NIchi.
gan mon who ToCcvCd TOp awards
recently announced by the wal
department Marine Corp. Dale
l. Peters z +. p. 80 !, Brock.
enrldcc. Mich. also was awarded
the Navy Cross.
Two who lost their lives in &C.
lion. got The nations highest
tribute tho Medal OF Honor. They
we're Naval Ensign Francis {
Flahcrtl 70 Broadway boulevard
Battle Creek. and lst Lieut.
George II. Cannon. 2 marine, OF
lllO Olivia avenue. Ann Arbor
\ personal letter from "A fellow
sailor Of Ensign tlahcrty. 10 q
Battle. Creek resident. reveals that
he stood with a na>hhght AT 4
narrow SSdgeway of sinking
sup guiding The escape OF hI~ men
but failing 10 reach safely himself
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-16
Navy Honors
Dearborn Sailor
For GdNdntry
After Being Wounded
in Hawaii, Wrote Ship
Was Safer Than Street

a youth who was wounded a
Pearl Harbor and who wrote later
that a battleship Is safer than De
troit streets, today is the poS>cSSoi
of tho coveted Navy Cross fol
extraordinary heroiSm during In,
Japanese attacks,
He is Louis George Gomba>y
%. the son of Mn. and Mrs. George
GombaSy of 3429 South EdSel ave
nue.. Dearborn.
They received announcement O
the award yesterday from the navy
department. II was preceded by Z
message on December II. which
said that young Gombasy va,
wounded in the performance O
his duty
LOTS OF ACTION
then" the father SAID He did
not reveal his experiences he
cause of censorship. but he did
say he was having swell time
and seeing lots Of action. includ-
ing the naval raid on the
Marshall and Gilbert islands"
GombaSy attended CdSS Tech.
niCal High School and later worked
in a plant here as a Wclder Ir
September 1910 he enlisted N
The navy
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-09
w ord Received
Two Marriages
Former Residents

Mr.. and Mrs. George A Nowlin
have received word of the marriag-
es of their granddaughters Dorothy
June and Esta Mae Nowlin. daugh-
ters of Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Nowlin
of Tucson. Both girls are former
residents, Coolidge high school
students, and members of Cool
idge Assembly of Rainbow Girls.
For the past two years they have
made their home in Tucson.
Dorothy June Nowlin was mar
ried Saturday in Tucson to Dan
iel Hawkins of that city. The for
mer Miss Nowlin has attended a
Defense School, where she learn
ed the trade of riveting and is now
employed at the same plant where
her husband works.
Esta Mae Nowlin and Jack Cor
bett, son of Mrs. Cyrus Tindall of
Coolidge, were married Friday in
Texas, where the groom is serving
in the armed forces. He was pro-
NOTED TO sergeant shortly before
his marriage.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-09
Organize New
Cub Scout Group
Here Thursday

4 new group OF Cub Scouts was
organized Thursday afternoon at
the home OF Mrs Mark Layn, den
mother. Harry Culbert, cub mas
ter was present TO assist with the
organizing.
The following officers were elect
ed Dick Ware, denner and John
Hes, secretary. Leonard Burtcher,
Boy Scout, was chosen Den Chief.
Members of the new group are
Buster Holland, Dick Ware. Ludie
Odom, Frank Gomez, Dudley Lew
is, Jack Stonehocker, John lies
Jimmy Dow. Edward Layn and
Franklin Shipley.
An older group of Cub Scouts
held the club years first meet at
the home of Mrs. Sue Steward on
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Carl Slat-
er and Mrs. Steward are den moth
ers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-09
PINAL COUNTY
SENDS q2 MEN
FOR SEA DUTY

Pinal County has sent 90 Of her
finest young men to the wars as
Bluejackets. Marines and Coast
Guardsmen. Eleventh Naval Dis
trict authorities revealed today.
Fifty.seven joined the Navy,
three elected to serve with the
Coast Guard. and 80 chose the
fighting Marine Corps. Arizona re
cruiting officers Of the three ser
vices said
To Sept. /. some 2214 Arizona
men had enlisted in the three
pronged naval service. OF these,
the Navy procured 1927 recruits,
the Marine Corps 365 and the
Coast Guard 122.
Nearly half Of all Arizona en-
listees came from Maricopa Coun-
ty, which supplied 1897 men. while
Pima County was credited with
323 volunteers and Cochise Coun.
ty IT'S.
Today's figures on total naval
service enlistments for the state,
released officially for the first time
did not show the rapid rise o. en-.
listments in the last two months,
but recruiting offices testified that
after a spring lull, monthly recruit
ing records were shattered regu
larly
Since May, the Navy has upped
its monthly figures by 500 pei
-
meet a more than doubled monthly
quota. and the Coast Guard mas re
ported a skyward surge og more
than 700 per cent durins The same
( period.
i tabulatioH Q. cnlistmc1ts. by
/ &c" as, follows.
Bpachule, Navy 0; Marine Corps
3 and Coast Guard 0.
Casa Grande, Navy S; Marine
Corps 9 and Coast Guard o.
Coolidge. Navy 81; Marine Corps
I and Coast Guard o.
Florence. Navy 4; Marine Corps
l and Coast Guard 0.
Hayden, Nav ;, Marine Corps
and Coast cal 3.
Payson. Navy 2: Marine Corps
0 and Coast GI1ri g.
Ray Navy ; Marine Corps
and Coast Guari o
Sacaton Nay o; Marine Corps
. and Coast G ard 0.
Superior, Navy y: Marine co pa
5 and Coast Gua 4 0.
Winkleman, Navy 0: Marine
Corps ? and Coast Guard @.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-09
James D. Garrett
Graduates From Navy
Pre-Flight School

Having successfully completed
his course at the u. S. Navy Pre-
Flight School at st. Mary's Col
lege. California, Cadet James D.
Garrett, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Garrett, will be graduated this
week and will report to the Naval
Reserve Aviation Base at Los Ala
mitos, California for primary flight
training.
At the Pre-Flight School, Cadet
Garrett has been physically and
mentally prepared for his flying
career through an intensive course
OF military drill, ordinance and gun
merry, academic instruction and
Navy indoctrination. and long
hours of physical training, includ-
ing competition in many different
forms of athletics.
Toughened or the job of plotting
fighting planes. Garrett will now
start three months of primary avi
alton instruction, after which he
will have an additional three
months OF advanced flying. Sue
cessful completion of such a course
leads to a commission either as an
ensign in the Naval Reserve or as
a second lieutenant in the Marine
Corps Reserve.
The Coolidge examiner., 1942-10-09
Lawn Shower
HonorS Former
Miss McDanielS

Mrs. John Robert Tweed, former
lv Miss Christine McDaniels, was
guest of honor at a lawn shower
last Wednesday evening at the
home OF Mrs. Marshall Bracken.
Mrs. Edgar Ford, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Coop
er and Mrs. Thomas Edwards were
co-hostesses.
Vari-colored balloons. TO which
gifts were attached, made the
lawn gay with color. A mock we'd
ding ceremony, in which the host
esses took part. added much merri-
ment to the evening. Guessing
games. in which Mrs. Malcolm
Garrison and Mrs. Harry Culbert
were prize winners, completed the
evenings entertainment
Guests were Mesdames Edgar
Perham, Glenn Wilson, ]. ]. Jones,
Leon Smith, Y. c. White, Russell
Ledyard, Arthur Kempton, Nal
colin Garrison, Glenn Walker, w.
d. Kirby, w. d. Johnson, Harry
Culbert, Helen Kroger, w. C. Nc
Connell, Paul Loucks. Earl Hicks,
John Burke, Clifford Clements, Sue
Steward, Bryant Strickland, C. L.
Skousen, Mark Layn and Cecil
England, Misses Mary Gramhall,
Eva Harris, Florence Wilson and
Lucille Briscoe.