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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
OSR to Recruit Drivers

The DSR commission today au-
thorized Fred A. Nolan, general
superintendent, TO recruit bus
drivers and streetcar men by per-
sonal solicitation in non-essential
industries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
FRAUDS THwARTED

John s Pratt head OF the local
war frauds unit. said the attempts
Of the two men to defraud VickerS
were thwarted by a federal in
vesugation He alleged that in
one instance the two raised a
ClawSon bid for l0,475 units from
S1l45 TO Sl6.45 q unit and split
the take
In a surprise move AT the open
ing of the trial yesterday. Lap
thoTne entered a plea OF guilty
which was accepted by the jury
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
WARNS TO SUBJECT


For 40 minutes Mrs. Bright
warming 10 her subject. talked
of Japanese fortunes, How she
watched as they buried men alive
How they branded her with rec
hot pokerS, burning nine holes IN
the bottom of her feet. Finally
how they stabbed her in the side
with bayopeLand left her for
dead.
But the other missionaries
always said I had nine lives,
like a cat. and I guess they were
right" Mrs. Bright concluded.
"For here I am today standing
before YOU"
Further questioning after
the meeting brought Mrs. Bright
admission that throughout the Is
years OF her supposed China mis-
sion she has actually been IN
Detroit.
Billed as missionary. Mrs
Bright does a daily radio broad
cast from the Church Center. 32le
Fcnkell avenue.
She told police that she mem
orized the speech 10 help the mis-
sion cause.
n didn't think ! was doing
anything wrong" she explained.
III read about the fortunes
no one would pay any attention.
hut this way IL makes Ii more
real and people will remember
the missionaries"
She received no money from the
Strathmoor kiwaniS Club
This il only the third time
have given this speech. and
never intended Ia make any
money out OF It," Mrs Bright
said.
She is married and there are
nine children in the Bright house.
hold. Five are children of vii.
liam Bright by previous mar.
rage. Mrs. Bright said her young.
est son. David, * in the SolomonS
KiwanlS president O. w. FrisbeC
said that he knew nothing about
Mrs. Bright's past.
"She was referred 10 III nv
the Rev. Conrad Niikie of
the Calvary Evangelical Church
over on Hubbell avenue. He
told me he knew little about her
hut that she had made a splen-
did talk about fortunes In
China"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
Leaps 10 Death

Charles w. Stevenson. 81. OF
Wayne, leaped TO his death from
the River Rouge bridge on West
Fort street. according to police.
His body was recovered a short
time later.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
Koch Drug
Praised
by Nun

DR. William F. Koch treated her
for nine years. most of that time
by mail, a Franciscan nun, Sister
Mary Dolores of Oneida. Wis, tes-
.tified today in relating how she
was restored 10 health.
The sister appeared as a witness
for the Detroit physician. accused
with his brother, Louis. of VIOLA
ton of federal drug act in mis-
representation OF products.
A jury of eight women and FIVE
men is hearing the case before
Federal Judge Ernest A. O'Brien.
YEARS OF SUFFERING
Speak in a sometimes
scarcely audible voice. the nun told
of years OF suffering and pain.
Legal objections bv government
attorneys prevented her from re-
peating the diagnosis OF her all
ment which she said was given by
her physician.
She said after her illness be-
came more complicated she con-
suited a physician in Two Rivers.
Wis. who recommended X-ray
treatments or surgery.
o. KS KOCH TREATMENT
II was in December. 1929. that
a physician, now dead. recon-
mended the Koch treatment TO
her. she continued.
Her physician gave her the first
two Koch treatments. but the re-
mainder. numbering 10 or Il, were
given her by a nurse
Assistant United States District
Attorney Frank X. Norris brought
out that tho nurse gave the mice
ton IN routine fashion with no
attempt 30 fill the hypodermic
needle in fresh air AS described by
a previous witness.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
Photo by Times stan Photographic

house was partly burned and the
family was taken into neighbour
home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
Tells Of Hiring
Agent TO Get
War Contract
Manufacturer Says
10 Pet. Commission
Was Agreed Upon

Chester w, Evans, part owner Of
the Clawson Manufacturing Com
pany. described from the witness
stand today how he hired John +.
johnson, on trial before Federal
Judge Picard, as his agent 10 get
work for his company.
johnson is charged with con-
spring 10 defraud the company
through graft in war contracts.
A contract signed by Evans
hiring johnson for 10 per cent
commission and all averages was
entered as evidence.
Under questioning by Assistant
District Attorney Thomas p.
Thornton, Evans told a jury of
nine men and three women how
the defendant came 10 his office
and wanted 10 know II the firm
could use more war work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
I8 YEARS IN CHINA.

Eighteen years spent In
China" she related.
Then came the war clouds,
and my singer and I were cap
tured I'm YuDnan Province, where
we had our compound.
THE Jap guards said We were
10 be burned Mt the stake. Well.
they tied mo la the stake, and
was soaked with oil and straw
was piled around my feet. and
] started To pray. prayed a. l
never have before, and then ID
happened.
THE sky opened and the big
gest rain and hail storm ! have
ever seen I'm China poured down
on III.
In the audience OF 100 persons
sat Detective Sgt. Leonard FRANKIE
and Detective Harold Watt. Both
listened intently as she related
how the Japs made vain efforts TO
fire her rain-soaked clothes.
Later that night two Chinese
snipers came crawling forward
and cut the ropes that held us
to the stake, and We escaped. -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
AGREED TO DEAL

when I told him we could,
he said he had good connections
at Nickers and that he could
get all the work we wanted from
Vickers." Evans testified la
ter Johnson told me that Bob
Lspthorne il good friend of
mine then agreed to hire him
at a 10 per cent commission"
johnson. "a, OF 1863 Kipling
avenue, Berkely, an independent
manufacturers agent, was in
dicted by a federal grand jury
January 10 with Robert +. Lap
thorne Jr., 81. of 25lS Tyler ave-
nue., Tor using the mails 10 de-
fraud.
The indictment charged that
while an assistant pur-
agent of VickerS. Inc.
conspired with Johnson 10 fix bids
On a $4,000 Subcontract awarded
the Clawson company by Vickers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
Tale Of Torture
by JaPs "a HeaN
Woman Admits
Her Missionary
Speech Is d Lie
BY SCOTT WIGLE

Posing as a missionary just re-
turned from China, 49-year-old
woman held capacity crowd
attending a luncheon meeting OF
the Strathmoor Kiwanis Club
breathleSS as she told a tale OF
narrowing and blood-curdling tor
ture al the hands of the Japanese.
Today, admitting the hoax, Mrs.
Dorothy Bright, OF 4240 Larch-
mont avenue. told police she had
never been farther away fro m
Detroit than Mobile, Ala. She is
held for investigation OF obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
In her address, delivered in the
basement of the Holy Cross Evan
gelical Lutheran Church, 1901
Grand River avenue, Mrs. Bright
told the gathering OF men and
women how three times she was
captured by the Japanese and how
las if by "A miracle" each time She
was saved before they killed her.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-17
Plus Federal Excise Tax
PEOPLES EXTENDED
PAYMENTS
No Carrying Charge

If your tires are worn
thin, apply to your ra-
ton board-you may be
eligible for new war
tires. These p h aris
Ribgl'ipper Tires are
built in First Line molds
of Government specif-
cation FF Reclaim Rub
Der. First quality cord
conStruction-built the
same painstaking way
that made Pharis pre-
war tires famous!
Evening star., 1943-10-04
BRAIN
FRITTERS

Precook brains, dry and break into
small pieces. Sift dry ingredients to-
gether; combine egg and milk: add to
dry ingredients and mix we'll. Add
brains Drop by tablespoons into hot
skillet creased with drippings and
saute, or drop into hot deep fat
t360' F) and fry until brown. Serves 4.
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Glasses Begin al {. U.
With Seminarians,
Soldiers on Campus

Catholic University began It's
academic year today with uni
formed soldiers of the basic engi-
neering classes passing black -robed
seminarianS of the theological
school on the sidewalks.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Patrick J.
Mccormick. rector of the university,
spoke on the effect of the war on
the institution yesterday at solemn
high mass Of the Holy Spirit in the
National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception on the campus.
The source of our strength" said
Mser. Mccormick, lis the Spirit of
God which brings might and power
to the inward man. If Christ lives
by faith in our hearts, if we be
rooted and founded in charity, If
we be striving to know the love of
Christ which surpasseth knowledge,
then we shall grow in that love for
Evening star., 1943-10-04

education has been affected by this
war, and how much more advanced
the colleges and universities are
today in wartime activities than
they were a year ago. What was
then a matter of plan and design
to use the facilities of colleges and
universities to promote the war
effort has become reality"
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Timber Fire Still Rages;
5 Marines Dead, II Hurt
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, Oct. 4.-Re-
inforced fire fighting crews worked
through the night in an attempt to
control timber and brush fire
which cost the lives of five Marines
and injured II others.
The blaze, sweeping more than
$500 acres in the hills near Barrett
Lake. As miles southeast of San
Diego, fiared with new intensity
after being partially blocked late
yesterday. How it started was not
known.
Additional fire fighting experts
flew here to join hundreds of civilian
and military personnel battling to
suppress the fire, and naval off,
cials began an investigation of the
Marine casualties.
The dead and injured Marines
were trapped by flames along with
two civilian fire fighters. Twelve
of the injured were reported in
critical condition at Camp Lockett
Army Hospital.
Evening star., 1943-10-04

our fellow man which makes all
sacrifices possible. We call the death
of a soldier, our fighting man, the
supreme sacrifice. He could give
no more than that. Greater love
than this no man hath than that
he give his life for his friends This
was the love. the charity OF Christ
and If we live by faith In our hearts,
we shall emulate His all-embracing
love"
Msgr. Mccormick outlined the
changes the war had brought to
the university. LAS on the opening
Sunday a year ago." he said, I'VE
begin the school year with our
country at war Looking back we
can realize how greatly higher
Evening star., 1943-10-04
EVERY "a HOURS
10000 Persons Receive
Cash Benefits
from Accident and Health Policies
FOR LESS THAN &c ADAY You
Too Can Collect CASH Ben
ef1tS in an Emergency!

You receive up to Sl0O per month
for disability from accident or sick
ness-and hospital benefits in ad-
dition. You will be paid from the
very first day-no waiting period Of
or IA days, as SO many policies
require.
Your beneficiary will be paid up
to 81 600 if you are killed
Postal now is Offering this pro-
lection on a monthly payment plan
Of only sl00 a month-to persons
between ages Is to 70.
SEND NO MONEY. Write for
information and policy on free in
spection. No agents will call-no
medical examination.
Don't delay-wrte today! Send
full name, address. age, occupation
and name Of beneficiary to Postal
Life & Casualty Insurance Com
pany, 63l6 Postal Life Building.
Kansas City 2, Missouri.
Evening star., 1943-10-04
Price Volunteers SOUGHT

The District OPA has appealed
for more volunteers to serve as price
panel assistants. and announced
that classes for new workers will
be held each Monday this month
at 2:30 and 7:30 pm. at the Force
l740 Massachusetts, avenue
NV
Evening star., 1943-10-04

seekers to q seaside resort was
switched at the last moment to
carry urgently needed spare parts Ia
a convoy for North Africa.
Evening star., 1943-10-04

Ports Get Troin Priority
A holiday train ready to take
Manchester, England, pleasure
Evening star., 1943-01-06
Bethesda Board Finishes
Class ) Reconsideration

Montgomery County Draft Board
No. 3 in Bethesda has completed
reconsideration of all class 3 regis
trants-married men maintaining a
bona f1de family relationship but
having no children - heretofore
placed in Glass ga or 3-B, Board
Chairman Frederick P. Lee an
nounced today.
If reclassified, Mr.. Lee said, these
registrants will be placed in class
IA unless deferred for occupation
or on physical grounds. Clerks at
the board said approximately $50
men, formerly in class ga or 3-B,
have been placed in class la.
They could give no estimate of the
number of men placed originally in
3-A or 3-B.
Those placed in la, If not al
ready inducted, will be subject to
induction soon after induction of
the available 10 and 10 year old
registrants this month.
Evening star., 1943-01-06
Mrs. Sma|Iwood Heads
Democratic Women

Mrs. Willard r. Smallwood was
reelected president of the Women's
Democratic Club of Silver Spring
Md, last night at the annual meet
ing at Jessup Blair Community
House.
Other officers elected were Mrs
Robert M. Poole, first vice president;
Mrs. Arthur l.. Blakeslee, second
vice president; Mrs. Calvin Schaef-
fer, recording secretary; Mrs. Louis
A. Yost, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Chester NaumowicZ, treasurer:
Mrs. Frank A. Miles, parliament
tartan, and Miss Alice Jones, au-
ditor.
Precinct chairmen named were
Mrs. Einar Christensen, second !;
Mrs. Poole, fifth; Mrs. jackson Luis
by, seventh; Mrs. Donnell Mason,
eighth; Mrs. John j. Geary, 10th;
Mrs. Lauman T. Faulconer, 1lth;
Mrs. Ralph A. Wells, 18th, and Mrs.
Francis McDevitt, 14th.
Appointment of a special commit
tee to study the feasibility of estab-
fishing a USO club in Silver Spring
was voted. Committee members will
attend an organization meeting of
similar project tomorrow night in
Bethesda.
Evening star., 1943-01-06
Montgomery Names
B. 6. Wilkinson, Jr.,
Assistant Prosecutor
New States Attorney
Announces Selection
Of Two for His Stoff

The Montgomery County commits
sioners yesterday appointed Ben
jamin G. Wilkinson, jr.. as assist
ant county attorney. The position
has been vacant since Charles M
Irelan, jr.. resigned several months
ago to enter Government service.
Mr.. Wilkinson, who was elected in
November to represent Montgomery
County in the House of Delegates,
had been States attorney until Mon
day, when he was succeeded by
Joseph B. Simpson. jr. Mr.. Simp-
son told the commissioners yester-
day he had reappointed Alfred D.
Noyes as his assistant and Mrs
Ruth Wells Cuff as chief clerk in
the Office.
The board appointed Bernard l..
Davis of Sandy Spring an emer-
gency policeman in place of Joseph
w. Bond of Ashton, resigned, and
fixed his pay at $50 a month.
Leave of absence until six months
after the war was granted to Rob-
ert L. Adamson, for the last four
years sanitary inspector for the
county. 1t was stated that Mr.
Adamson will accept a position with
the War Production Board.
William C. Barnes building in
spector for the eastern suburban
district, reported that permits for
construction totaling $2630,995 were
issued in 1912. They included
among others 352 one family dwell
ings, $1;571 $50; IS four-family
dwellings, $173.500: seven five-fam-
lily dwellings, $92, $50; one apartment
of 78 units, 100000; IL commercial
structures, $l14,000: two hospital
and nurse home additions, $9l 900;
three radio engineering school
buildings, $146,000; one Office build
ing, $4,000, and 280 miscellaneous
buildings, S102,845.
The commissioners denied an ap-
plication Of Mrs. M. Anne Maxey,
doing business as the Chevy Chase
Girls Cavalry, for a permit to
conduct a riding academy at the
car barn of the Capital Transit Co.
at Chevy Chase Lake. The COM
missioners who went out of Office
in December had Cancelled permit
granted several years before to op-
crate a riding club there.
The board opened bids for fur
nishing large quantities of road ma
terial, such as tar, bituminous con-
crete and crushed stone, and re-
ferred them to the county en-
gineer for tabulation. 1t was stated
that the contracts will be awarded
at next weeks meeting of the COM
miSSionerS.
The County Board Of Education
submitted q school construction
report.
Evening star., 1943-01-06
Frat Taps Gen. Reck0d
And Rev. Peter Marshall
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, COM
manding officer of the Sd Service
Command, and the Rev. Peter Mar
shall, pastor of the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church, were tap
ped yesterday as honorary members
Of the University Of Maryland Chap
ter of Omicron Delta Kappa. ma
tional leadership fraternity. Thir-
teen students also were tapped.
The ceremony in Ritchie Coliseum
was attended by more than 5000
persons.
The program was opened by Presi-
dent H. C. Byrd of the university,
who presented Milton Vanden Berg,
president of the Maryland Chapter
of ODK.
Col. Robert Wyson, professor OF
military science and tactics at the
university, introduced Gen. Reckord,
who spoke briefly.
The Rev. Mr. Marshall was pre-
sented by President Byrd as "one
OF the great men of the Nation and
one of the great orators of the Ma
ton"
Students tapped were:
Felix Cardegna, Baltimore: Edgar
Schaef1er. Westminster; Clifton
Currin, Bethesda; Herbert Beuer.
mann. Washington: Frederick john
son, Takoma Park; Reginald Vim
cent. Eatontown, N. j.; Fred Bach.
Washington; William Helbock, New
Rochelle, N. Y; Herbert Gunther.
Baltimore; Robert James, Harris
burg, Pa; Judson Lincoln, Takoma
Park; Max Hunt, Wysox, Pa, and
Joseph Becker, University Park.
Evening star., 1943-01-06
Man and Woman Injured
On Highway al Berwyn

Two persons were injured, one
seriously, in automobile accidents
last night at Berwyn. Md.
Ellis c. Doyle, about so, of Branch
vile, was in a critical condition at
Casualty Hospital with a possible
fractured skull and fractured leg
received when struck by an auto
while crossing the Baltimore boule-
ward. He was taken to Casualty by
the Branchville rescue squad.
Charles r. Sherrer, 81, of Balti-
more. identified by police as the
driver of the car, was charged with
reckless driving and released on his
personal bond.
Mrs. Hanna Evans, 81, of Berwyn
suffered cuts and bruises when
struck by an auto while crossing the
Baltimore boulevard.
The driver of the car, identified by
police as Miss Lorraine J. Thompson,
18, Of Washington, was charged with
reckless driving and released on her
personal bond pending the outcome
OF Mrs. Evans injuries.
Evening star., 1943-01-06

tice on regular runs will be the next
step in the training of the two
pioneers and if they qualify they will
be employed as conductors. Even
tually they will drive buses, but all
persons breaking in first must quail
ify as conductors, George w.
Cramer, superintendent Of operat-
ing and training for the transit
company, said.
The women will be paid SO a day
while in training and IT cents an
hour, with a guaranteed minimum of
$33 week. if they qualify for regu-
lar jobs. Their average work day
probably will be about six hours.
Mrs. Whitehurst, whose husband
is employed by Capital Transit, said
she expects no difficulty in her new
job. Mrs. Berlett echoed these senti-
ments and added she can counter
any wisecracks that may be thrown
at her.
Il wasn't waitress for II year.
! for nothing" she said.
Evening star., 1943-01-06

Two attractive young women to-
day began training as streetcar
operators and conductors for the
Capital Transit Co.
If they make the grade in the
month or more it takes to turn out
operators, the women will become
the first Of their sex to operate
streetcars in the Capital.
Both of them, Mrs Dorothy Isole
Berlett, 26, of 929 Potomac avenue
Sc, and Mrs. Betty Christine
Whitehurst, 27, of 1923 Arkansas
avenue NV. are confident they will
qualifyy with little difficulty.
Under the eyes of their teachers" /"
the women today started learning
the intricacies of conductor work
receiving fares, making change and
doing the bookkeeping that goes
with the job. This will require about
seven days and in another week or
SO they will be taken for instruction
on cars without passengers.
Approximately two weeks of prac-
Evening star., 1943-01-06
George ". Fowler Resigns
As Seat Pleasant Clerk

George w. Fowler resigned as town
clerk and treasurer at a meeting of
the Seat Pleasant CMdD City Coun-
Gil last night. He will enter the
armed forces.
Mr.. Fowler, who was a grocer and
a lieutenant in the Seat Pleasant
Minute Men. was succeeded by j.
Theodore Crown, who resigned as
councilman to take the post. A new
councilman has not been selected.
A farewell party in honor Of Mr..
Fowler will be held at 8 pm. Satur-
day at the American Legion Hall.
Residents of Foote and Sixty
eighth streets were assessed 50 q
front foot for street improvements.
The Council voted to change its
meetings from the first and third
Monday Of each month to the first
and third Tuesday.
Evening star., 1943-01-06
Alexandria Council
Protests Sewer Job
In Fairfax County
Budwesky Instructed
To Ask FWA to Alter
Construction Plans

The Alexandria City Council last
night added its protest to that of the
Alexandria Water Co. against a
sewer being constructed in Fairfax
County by the Federal Works
Agency. 1t authorized the city man.
ager, city attorney and city engineer
to make every effort to induce the
Government agency to alter its plans
for the sewer.
In a letter to Henry Sullivan. re-
gional director of the FWA, Jerome
Powers, president of the Alexandria
Water Co., had pointed out that the
construction of the sewer around
Bancroft Dam, reservoir for the city S
water supply, would endanger the
water supply for nearly 10000 per-
sons by seepage from the pipes and
by depletion Of the supply which
would be drawn into the sewer.
The Council instructed City Man
ager Carl Budwesky to ask the FWA
to abandon that part of the sewer on
water company property or to alter
the plans for construction so that
the joints of the sewer pipes will not
permit seepage.
Mr. Budwesky also was instructed
to ask another Government agency
TO remedy what is considered a
health menace. A War Production
Board letter refusing permission to
close in Hooffs Run, the storm
water ditch along Hancock avenue
was read to the Council. The letter
suggested widening the ditch and
reinforcing it with wooden sides
instead of closing it in.
City Engineer Luckett Watkins
pointed out that such a procedure
would cost almost as much as the
method suggested by WPB, especially
since the city already owns the rein
forcing steel necessary to do the jot
properly. He added that widening
the ditch and leaving it open woulc
create additional hazard for children
The Council voted to invite the
School Board to its meeting on JAN
uary 10 to explain why a public
hearing on the 1943 school budget
was necessary.
In passing the 1943 city budget the
Council allotted the schools S34O, ,OO(
instead of $500 900 the board claims
is needed in order to operate the
schools for full term of 18O teach
ing days.
A representative from the Ma
tional Housing Administration re-
quested the Council to rezone the
property at 908 Cameron street
which has been leased by the Gov
ernment from Mrs. Duncan Major
for conversion to housing for wal
workers. The property is now zoned
C-1 and a CO coming is asked.
Mr.. Budwesky reported to Council
that the 1912 real estate assessment
which was to have been completed
on October l by board appointed
by the Corporation Court Judge. was
not nearly finished, and that in order
to have the assessment complete by
February it would be necessary to
turn the work over to the newly
appointed real estate assessor and
three city clerks, who will finish the
work. subject to the approval of the
court-appointed assessors.