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Detroit evening times., 1943-05-19
Insurance Paid
0nDetroiter Now
Listed dsCdptive

He was torpedoed on an oil
tanker Sept. %, listed as dead
Dec. Is. his insurance policy OF
$1,000 was paid in January, and
now he's listed as a Japanese
prisoner in Java, 1000 miles from
where he was torpedoed
That is the story of Herman
Denzier, 20. son of the gardener
at the estate of David c. Whitney,
237 Lake Shore drive, Gross
Pointe Farms. And il changes the
records of probate court in De-
troit.
Feb. 25 Attorney c. Grant
Barnes filed petition for admins
tration. A few weeks later DEM
ler's father learned by Toxic radio
that his son is held a prisoner,
and later Barnes saw the sailor S
name in a New York newspaper.
So today Barnes filed a petition
to set up an estate of a missing
person and asked discontinuance
of his previous petition.
Under conditions of the new
petition an accounting of the miss
ing persons estate must be filed
once each year. The insurance
money will be returned TO the war
shipping administration.
Order War Stamps delivered
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-19

Your own Horoscope by
Frances Drake, il one of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-19
THEY'RE ARMED NOW

we were unarmcd,' he CN-
planned To-Day "Of course. our
armed furcrS have recognized
bX now what kind Of an enemy
-ths LAP -iS-#Hd- Hsw- aFmiHg
it, medical men.
THE laps were hiding at the
edge of the Jungle. They were
close enough to see our Red
Crosses and our strctchers.
They waited until the de-
taChmcut was ON the field. then
opened up on us with snipers
fire and cannon"
Cpl LanCaSteT'S buddy toppleC
dead into his own Strctchor, shot
through the head by sniper.
Lancaster and his companions
continued to hunt the, wounded
under a furious and unrcmitting
hail of shells and bullets. Thirty
minutes after the attack began
while Lancaster was crouchec
down bandaglng a wounded lieu.
tenant, shrapnel burst eX'
plodcd almost against him.
ANAESTHETIC- GONE
lie remembers the first aic
surgeon clipping away the shat
tered ribs on his left side.
I'VE have nothing 10 give
YOU" nc was told. Hang on"
From then on everything. he
says, is "hazy" From records hC
patched the missing portions oi
the story. He was sent 10 Aus
trala, then to the states. He was
awarded the Purple Heart
Two months ago he was re-
Leased from a hospital. given ar
honorable discharge. and SET
about looking for q Job
sometimes l notice n great
difference between the attitude
toward man going away to
war. and man. especially "A
crippled one, coming back" he
says somewhat bitterly OF this
period.
MANY MORE TO COME
"There are already lot of
III, sufferers from amnesia
caused by the shock of eNplod-
ing shells, and there will be
many. many more before this
war is over" he says
Finally ne found a job, aS floor
man and car servicer at the De
troit National Garage, National
Bank Building
"The employment manager.
Buck Root. il swell fellow
ne says. He told me l could
have this job a. long as i
wanted II. not 10 worry"
Up until the shell exploded he
can remember his life perfectly
Originally from NuSKcg0n, nc
studied medicine at the Univcr.
Sitv Of Chicago. was an inferno
at ST Elizabcth'S Hospital.
I'D like 10 get back In and
do whatever good l can he
said today. I'D like to get
work a. a teacher. teach first
aid, about gas, and the things
I've learned"
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-19
Medal Mixup
Reviives Hopes
Of Ydnk' S Wife

Mrs Harold J. Dunham Of 1891
Cruise, today clunG 10 a thread
of hope that her hero husband is
still alive. n hope based on lack
of clarity in war department
records concerning the medals
awarded him.
April % Mrs. Dunham received
a telegram from the war depart
ment notifying her Of the death
of her husband. a technical SER
geant and member of an Eighth
Air Force bombing crew based IN
England.
A few hours later on the same
day she received a letter from ner
husband, the last letter she has
received.
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-19
A QUIET PRAYER

Then, as Mumford tells it:
"SOme of the boys said
quiet prayer. Some just sat there
softly whistling. 1t was about
8 a. m. and as black as mid
night I'm a coal bin. Just as we
hit the beach the fort opened up
on one of our warships out in
the harbor and all hell broke
loose"
During the fray Mumford fel
Something wet inside his righr
shoe, investigated and discovered
he had been shot.
Mumford lives at 34S49 Norris
in Wayne, Mich.
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-19
Beer---But Few Mugs.
YankS' S'Drink Problem
Michigan Man Is Home
From New Caledonia;
Girls Speak French

It's a case Of bring your own
beer mug in New Caledonia these
days.
Take this from Stanley Num-
ford, 2l-year-old Wayne coast
guard cockswain. back home for
the second time i'm five months
from his world citcling job.
Latest port of call was New
Caledonia in the South Pacific,
where Mumford found a shortage
Of beer glasses but an abundance
of Yankee soldiers and sailors.
"When we went into pub or
beer hall there we had to bring
along our own glasses or jugs
because of scarcity of glasses,
Ftt,,f,VI SaiA
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-19
FIXING HIS PRICE

"The pub owner stands at the
door and puts price on the
amount of beer your container
holds"
New Caledonia girls speak
French with the result that the
YankS are breaking all classroom
records in learning the language,
reported
Mumford refers to the scar on
his right leg as his African SOU
venir" He got il by directing a
landing boat in the North African
invasion.
His craft was in the first assault
wave. They beached in the shadow
of a giant land fortress.
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-19

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Times carrier.
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-19
AWARDED PURPLE HEART

On May 10 she, as next Of KIN,
was awarded the Purple Heart.
She saw hope that her husband
might still be alive when on May
Ii the war department, without
distinguishing that ii was a post
humous- award, as II did in several
other instances, announced that
Tech. SGT. Harold Dunham mad
received the Oak Leaf cluster 10
add To a previously won air medal
a telegram from Washington
yesterday TO The Detroit Times in
dicated that Sgt Dunham had not
been killed outright, but had died
as a result of wounds
sgt. Dunham, the wire said, had
been awarded the air medal for
exceptionally meritorious service
while participating in five sepa-
rate bomber combat missions over
enemy occupied continental Eu-
rope"
NO RECORD AVAILABLE
The wire said there was no
record available on the Oak Leaf
cluster.
IL still have hope he Is alive
somewhere. and won't give up
until l know definitely" Mrs.
Dunham insisted.
They were married at a Texas
base last August. two months be-
fore Dunham went overseas. He
entered the army in April. 1911,
and was a factory worker in De-
troit before donning his uniform.
HE never wrote much about
seeing action overseas" she said.
"The only way I knew he was
seeing combat was his Off-hand
references such as: I've got "A
lot of work to do
Detroit evening times., 1943-05-19

some said quiet prayer -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-06

see no reason why any risk should
be involved if the prospective
mother has been given thorough
physical examination for normally
and If conditions at her home are
suitable for a delivery there. In
such instances a trained obstetrical
nurse should be thoroughly able to
take care of the case. 1t is nothing
new, but a practice that has been
tried over and over"
When the Senate District Com
mittee again is called in session to
consider the hospital situation, it
will end recess ordered last We'd
nesday following a hearing at which
Mr.. Maverick promised Senator Nc
Carran that he would have at least
a part of the differences interfering
with the expansion program ironed
out by today.
At the hearing, both Mr.. Maverick
and Henry Sullivan, FWA admins
traitor, engaged in arguments across
the committees conference table
which led the chairman to condemn
them for their failure to cooperate
as bureau heads and to urge them
to get together He also suggested
that they confer with District off,
Gals to bring about better co-ordi-
nation in the program finally
adopted.
Yesterdays session marked the
first in which all of the various
agencies interested in the hospital
situation In the District have been
represented. It was held behind
closed doors to give each person
present chance to speak freely and
to bare his troubles Informally.
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Gas Rationing Board
To Close in ARLINGTON

The gasoline section of the Ar
lington County Rationing Board
will be closed tomorrow through
January IA to enable workers to
mail renewals of B and c gasoline
ration books to motorists, it was
announced today.
While this represents a change
of policy, since motorists have here
tofore come to the board in person
to obtain the books, board officials
explained the work of renewing the
books has piled up due to the re-
cent Today suspension of renewals.
Approximately 400 motorists came
to the board each day for 10 days
to apply for emergency gasoline
supplies during the suspension pc
Rod, it was said.
New applicants for B and C books
may obtain application blanks at
the board. Any applicant for a C
book who is employed in a firm with
more than 100 workers must have
a written statement from the firms
transportation department, officials
said. This provision applies also to
members of the armed forces.
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Man and Woman Injured
On HIGHWAY al Berwyn

Two persons were injured, one
seriously, in automobile accidents
last night at Berwyn, Md.
I Ellis c. Doyle, about so, of Branch
Vile, was in a critical condition at
Casualty Hospital with 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
H Mrs. Hanna Evans, 81. of Berwyn
suffered cuts and bruises when
struck by an auto while crossing the
Baltimore boulevard.
1.-THE driver of the car, identified by
police as Miss Lorraine j. Thompson,
10, of Washington, was charged with
reckless driving and released on her
personal bond pending the outcome
Of Mrs. Evans injuries.
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had entered the port Of Dakar or
received fuel and supplies of Dakar,
he said: There never has been a
single Axis submarine enter the
port or refuel off Dakar."
No Axis Commission Sent.
To the third question as to whether
the Germans or Italians had ever
sent an armistice commission to
Dakar. Boisson replied: There never
has been German or Italian COIN
mission here"
The governor general volunteered
the information that "superbly
trained" West African troops already
are being sent to North Africa and
that the number sent into combat
depended entirely on the arrival of
materiel for them.
The man who resisted the
Fighting French and the British
spoke solemnly and with evident
sincerity as he told of the desirability
of uniting with them.
I'VE have made the decision" he
said. Prom the moment we decided
to go into the war with the Allies we
have had no Interior motives. Once
we put the signature on paper our
decision was cut and dried"
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Six District Measures
Submitted in House,;
Leading Bills Delayed
Randolph Will Await
Commissioner Views
Before Further Action

Six District measures were intro
duced when the House opened today.
However, the more important Dis
trict bills will not be submitted for
several days, Chairman Randolph
of the District Committee explained,
because he is awaiting recommended
tions of the Commissioners regard
ing their changed attitude on sew
eral measures before reintroducing
those which died with the Seventy
seventh Congress
The most urgent of the three bills
introduced by Mr. Randolph today
seeks authority for the purchase of
butter substitutes for patients in
st. Elizabeth's Hospital. This meas
ure was urged Dy the Federal Works
Agency. but their recommendations
were not received until December Is,
when it was too late to get action
in the closing days of Congress.
Mr.. Randolph also reintroduced
the bill for determination of the
boundary line between the District
and Virginia, at the highwater mark
VII VIC WI SlIlLd SltOlC. LILO lllCdSulC
has been approved by the Virginia
Assembly and the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission. 1t
makes no mention of the old con-
troversy over the site now occupied
by the National Capital Airport, be-
cause the bill was framed long be-
fore the airport was constructed.
The third Randolph bill provides
for subsequent birth registration, in
cases where there was no registra-
ton at time Of nativity.
Three other District bills were
introduced and referred to the House
District Committee. Two of them
one to regulate boxing contests and
exhibitions in the District, and the
other to amend the District Code
were introduced by Representative
Fred A. Hartley, jr.. Republican, of
New Jersey. The third would pro-
hibit experiments upon living dogs
in the District, and provides a
penalty for violation. 1t was intro
duced by Representative Usher
Burdick, Republican, of North
Dakota,
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D. {. May Eliminate
Many Traffic Lights,
Van Duzer Reveals
Traffic Director to Act
On ODT Request to
Cut Crossing Delay

In line with an Office of Defense
Transportation request that cities
cut needless delay in pedestrian ans
transit traffic from faulty signal
light systems, William A. Van Duzer,
District director of traffic, said to-
day elimination of many traffic
devices here is likely within the
next few weeks.
Mr.. Van Duzer said survey be-
gun last summer to determine what
signal lights could be eliminated
would be completed within a week
or so.
cat that time" the traffic direc-
tor said, we will be able to say
positively how many lights are need
less"
Eastman Calls Conference.
Joseph B. Eastman, ODT director,
meanwhile called meeting of the
Nations traffic experts here on jan
uary IA, because of an increasing
number of complaints regarding
the time wasted by war workers
waiting for traffic lights to change"
Mr. Van Duzer said prelimi-
nary survey had indicated that
lights at Is to 20 corners might be
eliminated.
He said that traffic lights here
are erected under warrant statis-
tics supplied by the Institute of
Traffic Engineers, which justifies
lights if automobile traffic numbers
1000 vehicles an hour and or 200
pedestrians an hour at an inter-
section.
Washington lights are generally
not erected until a warrant of 1900
cars and or $50 walkers are
counted Mr.. Van Duzer said.
Pedestrian Traffic Is Up.
Pointing out that although auto
mobile traffic has decreased by %
per cent, pedestrian traffic has in
creased 80 per cent, Mr.. Van Duzer
said no traffic lights would be elm
! mated where a pedestrian hazard
would result.
The traffic director limited, too,
that the timing" of the lights may
be speeded up where possible, but
added that only 480 of our $500
intersections are controlled by
lights. The longest wait at any
light is 40 seconds and some are
only 3 seconds
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|CHtic Is Touched,
| Pitches In to Aid
| Ration Board

The colonels wife approached the
clerk at the Alexandria Ration
Board in very bad humor. The
colonel had applied for certificate
to buy new car and had not re-
ceived any word about it.
The clerk explained the board was
SO rushed it could not possibly send
out notice on the fate of the ap-
plication, in fact, it could not send
out anything.
Pointing to the line of people
waiting outside the board, and to the
pile Of unanswered mail on the
desks, the clerk so impressed the
colonel's wife that she not only vol
unteered to do clerical work for the
board but promised to round I'D a
group Of Army wives to work regular
hours.
p. S.-The colonel got the car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-06
George ". Fowler Resigns
As Seat Pleasant Clerk

George w. Fowler resigned as towr
clerk and treasurer at a meeting OF
the Seat Pleasant Md 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 pm. Satur-
day at the American Legion Hall.
Residents of Foote and Sixty
eighth streets were assessed SO a
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. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-06
Boisson Regards Agreement
With De GouIIe Up to Giroud
BY JOSEPH MORTON.


DAKAR, Jan. 5 Delayed) Gov
Gen. Pierre Boisson of French West
Africa said today he considered an
agreement with the Fighting French
Of Gen. Charles de Gaulle most de-
sirable," but that the problem
should be handled "in its entirety
by Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, high
commissioner of French North and
West Africa.
M. Boisson, who ordered resistance
to the attack on Dakar by the
British and the Fighting French in
September, 1910, and remained an
unyielding adversary of the De Gaul-
lists until the Allied occupation of
North Africa, stated his position in
the first interview he has granted
an American newspaperman.
I'm the highest interests of France
I consider a rapprochement to be
most desirable" he said However,
the problem Is not limited only to
West Africa. It rests upon Gen.
Giraud to treat it in it's entirety"
AAAS oOVClAA OA NICIlCA "a WHICH, away
with his first hearty chuckle a
mental picture based on published
stories of -visaged despot who
governed French West Africa with
an iron hand.
I found instead a congeniaT man,
slightly nervous, but pleasant in
every respect. He made an effort
to hide his amusement on being
confronted with the three questions
about Dakar raised over and over
again in the last two years.
The first question concerned the
story that If the attack on Dakar in
1910 had lasted another hour the
city would have been forced to
surrender.
II don't believe so," M. Boisson
said. ut is true that we were rather
low on ammunition when the attack
ceased, but nevertheless we could
have held out for some time"
Asked If any Axis submarines ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-06
Mrs. Sma|Iwood Heads
Democratic Women

Mrs. Willard r. Smallwood was
reelected president of the Womens
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,
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DarIan Assassination
| Declared Not 10 Affect
Pledge 10 Use Fleet
Authoritative Source
Says Pro-AIIied Military
Effort Is Maintained
BY IVES GALLAGHER,
Associated Press War Correspondent

ALGIERS, Algeria, Jan. Gan
authoritative source said today that
the political complications following
the death of Admiral Jean Darlan
had made no change in the ad-
miral's pledge to use the French
fleet at Dakar with the United
States and British Navies and had
caused no slackening of pro-Allied
French military effort.
french sailors have been sad
dened by the admiral's death, but
there has been no slackening of
their morale and they are ready to
take their ships to sea against the
Axis when they are ordered, which
will be as soon as possible" said the
informant, whose identity may not
be divulged
Satisfied With De Gaulle Suggestion.
Persons in the confidence of Gen.
Henri Giraud, high commissioner
for French North and West Africa,
expressed satisfaction with the sug-
sestion of Gen. Charles de Gaulle
for a meeting to unite pro-Allied
Frenchmen under one banner and
pointed out that there were no diff.
ferences between the two men, both
Of whom are fiercely anti-Nazi.
1T is question of method rather
than of principles" one source said
Officially, the Giraud government
has been silent on any plans fol-
negotiations with the Fighting
French. Gen. De Gaulle sent his
offer to meet Gen. Giraud on French
soil on Christmas Day.
Gen. Giraud arrived in Dakar
by plane yesterday to confer with
the United States mission headed
by Vice Admiral William A.
Glassford. jr, and Pierre Bois-
son. Governor General of French
West Africa, a delayed dispatch
said today. He also was to in
spect French West African troops
and military and naval installa-
tions)
French Left to Own Settlement.
French sources said the shadow of
Marshal Petain lies heavily on the
people of North Africa, who also
have been subjected to two years of
Nazi propaganda, and any prema-
ture move to open negotiations might
increase public tension.
The United States and Britain
seemed to have adopted a policy of
leaving the French to settle their
own political problems despite the
arrival of Harold Macmillan as Brit
ish Resident Minister for Allied
headquarters, who has called on
Gen. Giraud, and the presence of
Robert Murphy, the United States
Minister.
Observers regarded it as unlikely
that either the Americans or the
British would act as direct interme-
diary in any negotiations. Gen.
Giraud, who dislikes political mat
tiers, is known to prefer to devote his
time to forming a big French army
to help drive the Germans from
France and leave political problems
- IL
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Princeton's Copy Quits
Basket Boil for Navy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. j.. Jan. 6.-The
resignation of Franklin c. tCappy)
Cappon as Princeton University,s
head basket ball coach to accept a
Navy commission and the appoint
ment Of William F. Logan as his
successor was announced today by
Asa S. Bushnell, acting director of
athletics.
Bushnell announced that John P.
(Kats) Kadlic. assistant football
and basket ball coach since 1895,
also had resigned Ito enter the
armed service"
Logan, who joined the Princeton
staff in 1880, has coached the IT.
gers lacrosse teams and been super
visor of physical education since
1898. Bushnell said he would con-
tinue in both of those capacities
as well as coach basket ball.
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Income Assessments Up
S1,3O0,0 900 in Virginia
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Jan. 6.-Substantial
proof of the enormous increase given
incomes of Virginians by the war
boom is contained in the report
showing State tax assessments on
individual and fiduciary incomes
were $4.286, 41681 during 1912, COM
pared with $2,930, 1915 in 1941.
C. H. Morrisett, State tax commits
sioner, said that the 1941 total was
the highest up to that time. He
added that the war boom was re-
Elected last year not only in the large
total increase, but also in the number
of State income tax returns filed
These were 18l ,674 in 1912, or Al, 400
more than the year before.