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Evening star., 1943-03-26
owl Describes Cures
For Absenteeism in
i. ). Boom Center5
Bridgeport Plan Cited
As Successful in
Attack on Problem

Patriotic appeals and readjustment
of community activities were among
the means of curing absenteeism in
war industries described. today by
the Office of War Information.
Reports received from the indus
tries and community welfare serv-
ices Owl said, parallel closely the
findings of Government war agencies
which have been working on the
problems.
Among the chief causes of absence
were listed social and economic COM
plications brought about by wartime
difficulties in boom centers. Housing,
transportation and shopping prob
lens also were mentioned.
Bridgeport, Conn, was cited as an
outstanding example of a successful
attack on absenteeism. An indus
trial engineer was called in to make
a survey. He held conference of
management, labor, city and Federal
officials and community leaders.
The conferees arranged improve
ments in transportation, some
changes in working hours and in
school and shopping hours to enable
workers to carry on necessary ac-
tlvties without losing time from
work
Absentees Cut One Third.
One Bridgeport company reduced
It's absences by about one-third
within a few months after an Alb
sentee Committee was named. This
company has rationing problems
handled at the factory to save work
ers' time and gives dinners and
holds meetings in honor of labor.
The West Coast Aircraft Produc-
ton Council reported 100000 man
hours lost in January at eight
Southern California plants.
Women. in general, had a higher
absentee rate than men. Home and
family duties were blamed.
Wendell Lund. director of the
Labor Production Division of the
War Production Board, told the
House Labor Committee yesterday
that WPB is opposed to work or
fight legislation as a cure for alb
senteeism.
Committee Approves Bill.
The House Naval Affairs Com
mittee a few days ago approved
bill requiring employers to report
to draft board names of workers
absent from work without salts
factory cause
Mr.. Lund testified that study
Of absenteeiSm by his division re-
Vealed that most absences were for
good reason and that no legisla-
tive bayonet in the bellies of these
workers will convince them to the
contrary
Conrad Cooper, assistant vice
president of the Wheeling West
Virginia. Steel Corp, also testified.
saying his company employees from
10000 to IS 900 men. and that absen-
teeism from all causes is about %
per cent
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Draft 0bjector 10 Get
Hearing 9 Next Monday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 26.-Charles
Butcher, former counsellor at the
Cheltenham Reformatory for Colored
Boys, will be given a hearing Mon
day before United States Commits
sioner James K. Cullen on a charge
of failing to obey the orders OF Maj.
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective
service director.
K. Thomas Everngam. assistant
United States Attorney who repre-
sented the Government at pre-
Eminary hearing before Commis-
sioner Cullen yesterday, described it
as a test of Gen. Hershey's authority
Evening star., 1943-03-26
Cubon House Votes Bonus

HAVANA. March 26 R.-The
House Of Representatives, after 70
hours Of continuous debate yester-
day approved, SO to ~, a bill author
izing war bonus" to government
employees to meet increased living
costs. The measure now goes to the
Senate.
Evening star., 1943-03-26

to control the assignment Of con-
sclentious objectors to public service
camps
Mr.. Butcher contended at the pre-
liminary hearing that the law speci-
f1cally stated that public service
camps for conscientious objectors
were to be under control of civilians.
He added that his belief prevented
him from taking orders from mill
tary authorities.
Mr.. Butcher said he had been
classified as conscientious objector
and already had worked in three
service camps.
Mr.. Everngam said it was the first
case of its kind in Maryland.
Evening star., 1943-03-26
CorpI. Billy Conn and Manager
Face Virginia Court Today

Corpl. Conn he was glad the prize
fighter had been forced to post the
$110 bond since he, the superin-.
tendent, had lost bet on Conn's
fight with Louis.
Evening star., 1943-03-26

Not everybody with a dollar to
spare can shoot a gun straight-but
everybody can shoot straight to the
bank and buy War bond.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15
10000 Sq.Mi[es Free

Indians go out into the surrounding jungle
and gather crude rubber cut balsa wood and
bring in resins and gums, all worth fancy
price ese days.
Sa says, then l can take pan, walk
fifty va. Is TO that stream and pan me out five
or ten dollars worth Of gold any day want
Sam has fruits in such abundance that
they rot on the trees. He grows yucca and
rice on a big scale.
Not far Off the Shell Oil Company has
regular village and rumor has it that they've
found black gold oil that may be the begin
ming of one Of the greatest oil fields in the
world.
Students of civilization have stated that
the Amazonas. both upper and lower basins,
with the Orinoco valley, could actually sup
port the world with food If it were developed
and cultivated.
At the end Of the war we must anticipate
a hungry world that will require feeding.
Ecuadors Oriente could 90 far toward solv-
ing this problem. either through rapid dcvol-
opment as an agricultural center, or by put
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15

during the Spanish-American war and did his
bit in Cuba for Uncle Sam. After the war he
caught a tramp steamer headed for South
America The ship put in at Ecuador's port
of Guayaquil.
Sam started looking for free land. He
headed right into the section of country where
the Jvaro head-hunting Indians live, but be-
cause he treated them fairly they told him
TO help himself to whatever land he wanted.
He went to the edge of the Jivaro territory
and settled there.
When 1 visited the Souder plantation not
long ago. | found five hundred acres planted
and no less than sixty Yumbo Indian fam
lies living and working on Sans land. Be
sides looking after the farm crops these
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15

Grabbing Jewels and clothes he rushed out
Of the hotel and to the waiting Malou. who
at once demanded Where is the mink coat -
Only then dtd Pierre remember that Mime.
Herel had not worn II Looking through the
dead woman --pocketbook the hcartless man
nequin fished out her keys.
Take these" she said. and get the coat
for me. Otherwise all is over between US"
II was hazardous and II the Herel maid
hadn't recognized Pierre as "the Count he
would not have been able 70 collect the pre-
cious mink With the coat and the jewels the
guilty couple fed back 20 Brussels The
jewels were sold. but the mink coat which
had become notorious. never could be worn
Pierre Nathan was found guilty and sem
fenced 10 20 years OF penal seryitude.
For her part in the murder Malou was
sentenced 10 fifteen, but was paroled az
tubercular and dropped from sight, at least
the gay haunts OF Brussels and Paris saw her
no more.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15

It isn't arid desert land and It
doesn't lie under water, as some
people might suspect. The hundred
thousand square miles or more in
Ecuador that can be had practically
for the asking lie in the fertile
Amazon Valley IL is fed by streams
coming from the Andes and is called
the upper Amazonas Valley.
For countless thousands or yl-.f
this land has been enriched hv = -
ting vegetation as new grow 3
take the place OF old Far from
being worked out" or gone sour"
10 has never known tho pillow. much
Jess q modern tractor Another fac
tor tins land has ncvot had a frost
or freeze. nor has II, so far as
science can determine, ever expert
cucei a hurricane or damaging high
wind
The growing = season Is twelve
months out Of every year, and those
intrepid souls who have gone into
the region 90 try their hand at farm
ing report that four crops a year is
the rule. on some products even five
or six.
AS an illustration Of what can be
done with this land, listen 60 the cx-
pcricncc Of an old-tmer. Sam Souder
by name. Sam was a young fellow
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15
BY IRMIS JOHNSON

support, the maid in one of the
w Hotel Rosaria- -Elysees' luxurious
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15

support the maid in one of the -
&w Hotel Rosaria- Elysees' luxurious
apartments was unable TO take her eyes from
the horrible thing she saw.
Floating face down in the sunken Pom
peian bath was the stark body of woman.
Otherwise the apartment was unoccupied, but
faint, sickly odor hung in the air.
"Chloroform" said officers of the Paris
Surete when they arrived. People do some
times end it all by taking chloroform. They
take their lives by drowning, too But why
should it be necessary TO use both methods?
And where were the dead woman's clothes?
A careful search disclosed no personal be-
lonEings whatever in the apartment. The
hotel clerk recalled that it had been rented to
a man with a nose like boxer" The name
he had given proved false one.
When detectives lifted the corpse from the
water they noticed blue marks on the woman's
throat Powerful fingers had choked her. a
photograph OF the now-distorted face might
not mean much. but if it appeared in the
papers someone might recognize IL.
And so 1t was that NJ. Emiee Herel
wealthy Partisan grain dealer, saw his wifes
picture in the paper the next morning, March
10. 1884. He knew nothing that could help
the police and couldn't see how anyone would
wish 10 kill such an upright woman as Helene.
But the dead woman's maid wasn't 80 sure,
c,L -ov,or. "a tt,+ otbe count - q ,,e,,, frlo,,d
OF Nine. Herel had called yesterday in a most
suspicious manner TO pick up her mink coat
And only a few days before her mistress had
said she feared she would be murdered.
am, ule u.sVreSSeu WOildn sali'
look uhuer lne to"eis IN uie nIieh oIoSe'.
Ihere nave h'oaen hsI OF ufe names o.
my lovers. one OF thtln wln De my assassin )
I"e i'st l1'-'''S ''i D''' '''N "'' ii' N'
Narmont doffange. The maid gave a desclip-
uoh OF Ine man bu0' IN al rams II. no one one
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15

ting tens Of thousands Of starving people into.
the region where they could raise crops.
Perhaps the Oriente could also help 20
solve the problem OF the wounded soldier
that multitude OF young men who viii return
to their homeIands crippled shell shocked and
otherwise unsuted for the high pressure Of
living in a world Of stiff competition.
Such men could readily be rehabitated IN
Peru, Brazil Colombia and Ecuador where
they could find free land and have cheap
labor TO cultivate it for them. Ordinary farm
workers in Ecuador get around three sucrcs
a day or twenty one cents, more often less.
At this rate, three men can be hired for well
under a dollar day TO clear land, plant IL
and put up house.
The American soldier or sailor after this
war could take his pension and create tiny
kingdom for himself on the richest land under
the sun.
Certain parts Of Ecuaders Oriente arc adj
nittedly dangerous Some OF the wide flung
Iivaro tribes resent intrusion upon their
hunting grounds and much like our Indians
Of the old West are apt to try to drive the in
vaders out Then there are the Aushres or
Ancas Indians. and these fellows can be tabled
as bad medicine for they Kill on sight.
But ! have done a fair share of travelling
in Ecuadorcan junElcs myself, and / have
talked with many od-timcrs like Sam Souder
1t is safe TO state that with the exception Of
certain well defined areas and these can be
pointed or mapped out 10 the newcomer as
they are well known, the upper Amazonas
is perfectly safe At least a hundred thousand
square miles OF it is land that can be occupied
and developed without molestation.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15

bathroom He hadn't meant TO kill her. just
put her to sleep while he took her belongings.
When his efforts TO revive the woman
proved futile he tried to make her death look
like accidental drowning by leaving her in
well-filled tub Of water.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15
BY J. NJ. SHEPPARD,
Director Pan American Society Of Tropical
Research. Quito, Ecuador, South America.

q kES it's true the land can be yours fair
~ share OF IT, for the mere asking, in COM
plance with a few simple regulations
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15

Malou and Pierre made practice of frequent
ing tea dances at smart hotels and in cold
blood selected their victims from among the
wealthy middle-aged women whose looks were
slipping, but not their desire for romance.
Pierre, the gigolo sat at one table waiting
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15

Paris Police Photograph Of
Mime. HereI Just After Her
LifeIess Body Had Been Lifted
From the POmpeiian Bath; and
Right-AIne. Marie Louise
Germ, the Heartless Former
Mannequin, Who Was Re-
sponsible for 1t All.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-15

kerchief TO Nine. Herel's
nose and held it there. His
other hand closed over her
throat 10 keep her from
screaming. Suddenly sh c
ceased To struggle.
Pierre took one Mortified
look and dragged her 20 the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-06

Sunday morning crowd Give 'em
good food. UNUSUAL food. some
thing they can't get anywhere else.
That's not easy TO md, but we've
got 1t here! Wen advertise II, md
unusual ways TO serve II. get our
chefs 10 work and sell it in jars IL
they ask for ". It ought to be good
for a months feature. Can you ship
me gross, say week from
Saturday."
She found herself saying, Il
think II can be done, Mr.. Gusten-
helm"
OF course II could be done, and
Barbara was to share $3.50 in the
profits, Mrs. Alwyn insisted when
Barbara went to tell her.
1t was agreed that she was TO
use Barbaras kitchen and employ
one of the healthy young Murphy
girls to help her prepare the fruits
and do the sealing. Bud Harding
was called In to pack and ship the
cases.
For days, the odor OF oranges
and ginger permeated Barbara's
house and sometimes she felt that
it was in her very bones, but when
the check for $240 arrived, the ex-
penses deducted and the $3.50 profit
divided, she felt that it was well
worth while.
She now had nearly a third OF
the sum Of her immediate debts.
To Mrs. Alwyn, dependent on the
generosity Of a daughter-in-law, it
was a fortune, To Barbara, it was
something she took to the bank as
proof Of her accomplishment when
she asked to borrow 5000. The bank
was unimpressed; her house al
ready was too heavily mortgaged
to interest them; and the contents
Of her shop, which belonged to her
outright. were not Of sufficient
value to be used as collateral.
The bank was very, very sorry
but, under the circumstances, it
was not possible to arrange a loan
for Mrs. Wister.
The time was to come when Bar
bara Wister-only she wasn't Bar
bara Wister then-occupled such a
position in the business and social
life of South Wintridge. that the
bank would almost have given her
its own building had she asked
for it.
But that time was not yet, and
the evening that followed her visit
to the bank, she could not summon
a smile from out of her heavy
heart. not even to welcome Tony
Bradshaw when he parked his old
car in front Of her house and came
up the walk, whistling.
Ito Be Continuedl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-06

The Asa Whipple and Ford At.
Gibson families and Mr. and Mrs.
Myron Atchison spent New Years
Day In Detroit with tho Charles
Hannert family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stacey
we're New Years dinner guests n
Mir. aud Mrs. Glen Stacey, Maple,
Rd
Mrs Bulah Merritt and Mss Glen
Sales spent New Years Day with
their parents. Mr.. and Mrs. viii
Merritt.
Frank Lewis is leaving this wesi,
for treatments at the Veterans
Hospital, Dearborn.
Miss Goldie Macy spent Christ.
mas vacation with her parents on
Seven Milo Rd. and with friends
in Clinton and Ann Arbor.
Miss Goldie Macy entertained
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Macy
and sister and friend. Ann Arbor.
for dinner Sunday.
Miss Lucille Wells spent her
Christmas vacation with her par
euts. MIR. and Mrs. l.. G. Wells. De
troit.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Whitaker
spent New Years Day at the
Glen Whitaker home.
Mrs. Myra Taylor was New
Years guest at the b. J. Suthe.s
land home, Pontiac
Richie Lou Wei spent Tuesday
OF last week with her aunt, Mrs.
Lucia Nj. Stroh.
+ b. Wittick, brother OF Mrs.
Strah, was a supper guest with her
last Wednesday evening
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-06
NelrS. From Salem
Dinner Guest

Dinner Guest
Pvt. Elmer Houghton was a din
ner guest at the Alta Wilson home
one evening last week.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-06
RZ7dHKS0 Ute
n By MARIE Bill ZARO
~ |WElrE ASSOCIATION

met. He promptly said yes he
would like some more when she in
vited him.
Il like good food" he told her
rather unnecessarily when the sec
ond plate of toast had disappeared.
You look as If Gu do" she
agreed, smiling.
So do NEST people, my dear. l
found that happy truth out when l
was a lad, going TO sleep at night
with an empty stomach and a mind
full Of questions about how l was
going to make my fortune.
Barbara thought that both his
stomach and his ambitions had
been filled, but she forebore inter-
rupting him.
He'd taken a fat cigar from a
thin case and was smoking 1t con-
tentedly, enjoying himself. That's
how it began" he said. l worked
as a bus-boy in a little German
restaurant and l found out that
people will travel and pay for good
food. When l got enough money to-
gether 1 opened my own restau-
rant"
do you have one now?"
Twelve of EN-. Ever hear Of the
chain of Champs Elysee Restau-
rants?"
ooh, yes!' How we'll she remem-
bered the luxurious restaurants
where she and Mark had celebrat-
ed their few gifts Of good fortune,
and remembering, too, the articles
she'd read about the millionaire
owner, Paul Gustenheim, who was
now licking the marmalade spoon
slowly.
whats in this?" he demanded.
Oranges and ginger and a spe-
cial sauce. It's a secret recipe and
made by an old lady, a friend of
mine. You can't buy it anywhere.
Cant? No such word as can't.
I want four gross"
-Four gross ?" she repeated, as if
he'd been speaking a foreign Ian
guage.
Four gross, he explained, were
As dozen. He wanted 4S dozen, sent
in cases of one dozen each.
She continued to look at him so
blankly that he hastily said, I'll
pay you IS dozen. It's a good
price, but worth it to me-"
If he'd said he'd back truck up
to her shop and buy her out for a
sum beyond her comprehension,
she couldn't have had more trouble
trying to figure what the profit
would be. She gave up trying to
think.
Our chain is smartly merchan-
dised,' he told her. Were putting
on a campaign now to bring in a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-06
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE

GOOD AFTERNOON, % Barbara
said brightly to her bear-like visi-
tor.
Good afternoon" he doomed.
''Td call this the devils own pun
ishment Of a day."
Barbara looked down at the 1T
tie pool of water forming on her
rug. You should have worn your
rubbers," she scolded.
He looked at her with a puzzled
expression for a moment and then
began to laugh heartily. "Nobodys
given me orders in 20 years" he
told her.
Then maybe someone should
have. You'd better take of your
coat and get your shoes dry before
you go out again"
He thanked her and asked her IL
she had a good book to make him
forget that I've got to wait three
hours to get an axle fixed" adding,
My chauffeur's found a pool room,
too small for me to n in
What kind of a book ?"
zone with plenty of CORY muir
ders, one to page"
She hastily selected three with
fiamboyant covers which he barely
looked at as he reached into his
pocket for a wallet.
Nov. young lady, an take
these along if you'll recommend a
place where 1 can get a decent
lunch"
Barbara looked at the clock on
her desk and said obviously. ITS
too late to get lunch at the tea
room, but the Inn might get you
something"
He grunted negative response,
looking at the teeming rain sluic-
ing down the windows. 1T doesn't
sound very appetizing. Mind if l
stay here and occupy as little space
as possible ?" His laughter doomed
out at his own joke.
1t was nice, cheerful laughter,
Just what Barbara needed. She
said, DO stay! I'm hungry, too. III
fix some tea for US"
1t didn't take more than 10 or IS
minutes to brew big pot of fra
grant tea, to make a mound of
golden buttered toast and fill the
jam jar with scoops of piquant
marmalade and to set the tray on
her tea wagon.
It took less for the tea and toast
and marmalade to disappear. With
napkin tucked in his expensive and
expansive waistcoat. Barbara S
visitor shifted the tea and tasted
the toast and marmalade with the
ludicious elaboration of a gour-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-06
Discover New Animal
90 Million Years Old

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. dis.
coYery Of a new" animal. estimat-
ec 90 De- 6o.0o0,000 years old. was
revealed hy the fossil laboratory %
the Academy 81 Natural Sciences
OF Philadelphia
pr Edwin H. Colbert. associate
curator % Faleontology. discover.
"a the hitherto unknown mammal
while examining Wyoming fossils.
The new genus. promptly named
Neuocranlum. or strange skull. be-
cause % two large dubious expan-
>ions on the skull, is an edentate.
meaning toothlsss a collateral
grandfather II the modern arma.
dii,o.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-06

Detroit Jan. SINS some soc
files. retained hy L. s. Sen -eIe Z
Homer T. Ferguson iu the circuit
court Office. are now 90 be hlea
In the county clerks office 100 a
special cabinet labeled Ferguson
The files. including cases disposed
by Ferguson since he became cir.
cult Judge I'm 1893. were Turned
over ia the county clark by Ernest
Lacy, the former magistrates cleri,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-06

ONWnNF AlEhA
Pvt. Elmer Houghton was a din
ner guest at the Alta Wilson home
one evening last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Merritt and
daughter Bulah visited Donald
Merritt at the Howell Sanitarium
New Years Day.
MIR. and Mrs. Burton Rich We're
New Years dinner guests at the
John Van AIKEN home.
Mr.. and Mrs William Wheeler
and family were New Years din
ner guests Of the A. c. Wheelers.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roberds
and daughter lrah were Sunday
dinner guests OF the Myrlen Lyke
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Winslow,
Grand Rapids. were house guests
from Thursday to Sunday OF Mr..
and Mrs. Ronald Lyke.
Miss Beurly Lyke spent a few
days last week with her grand
mother. Mrs. opal Lyke, Plymouth
Miss Juliann Lewis spent the
past week with her sister, Earnes-
tine Lewis. Detroit. Miss Edwina
Dickerson and Miss Nelma Lewis
were with them for a New Years
party New Years Eve.
Mrs. Julia Foreman visited at the
James Dickie home, South Lyon,
last week Thursday and In com
pany with Mrs. Dickie spent New
Years Day with Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Foreman and family, New HUI.
son.
Miss Lenore Harris, Detroit, IS
spending a few days this week with
her cousin. Mrs. Asa Whipple.
Mrs. Laura Nycoff, South Lyon,
visited Mrs. Asa Whipple one day
last week.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-06

WASHINGTON-UP- Convert
ed freight cars may be used soon
TO transport troops because OF the
shortage OF railroad equipment, Di-
rector Joseph B. Eastman of the
office OF Defense Transportation
said Monday in an interview. He
cited that possibility as an example
of how railroads have abandoned
thinking-as-usual to make peace
time equipment serve war needs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-06

Mrs. Emma Kuhier spent New
Years Day With Mrs Stroh
Mrs Norma Wooster and Mrs
Mary Osborne were visitors in the
Congregations parsonage last
Monday afternoon. They accom-
panied Mrs. Stroh to Plymouth fn
the evening Co visit Lois Westfal
Who is very 300.