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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
BIondy in Court
ToddyonChdrge
Of Asking Bride
Times stan Correspondent

LANSING, Oct. Release Of
State Senator Charles S. Blondy
from his 60-day sentence for con-
tempt was promised today so he
can be arraigned in Wayne County
recorders court on charges Of
bride soliciting,
Judge Leland w. Carr, who
gave Blondy 90 days for answer
ing grand jury questions evas-
ively said he would probably cam
Gel the balance Of the sentence in
order 10 keep from interfering
with a speedy trial on the new
charge.
With Senator Charles c. Diggs
Of Detroit, Blondy is accused OF
[ Z @ m ting TO shake down"
Adrian A. McGonagle. controller
of the Detroit Bank, for $4,000 in
return for three votes in favor Of
the 1871 anti-chain bank bill.
Rep William Green, Hillman
Republican, will be arraigned in
circuit court Oct. 16 on charges
of soliciting a $500 bride. Lansing
Municipal Judge Louis f. Coash
yesterday refused to d smiss
charges against him and bound
him over to the higher court for
trial.
He is accused by Floyd L. Trun-
bic, Lansing beautician, of ask
ing $500 in return for reporting
the 1889 cosmetology bill out OF
the state affairs committee. His
bond of $500 was continued.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
PuSnaciOulS OldSferS
ROuf 2 Husky Thugs

When two 6-foot thugs entered
the drug store at $685. Fourteenth.
operated by James Potter, g.
they thought they were going to
have an easy time of it.
But the robbers did not plan on
the pugnaciousneSs of Potter and
his 70-year-old clerk. Morse Col
ton OF 234S Rochester.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
FINED As WARNING

II am convinced the company
was not aware Of this transac-
tion," Flynn said. after hear
/, Ing testimony, but I'm going
~ TO fine the company anyway as
n warning 10 police its drivers
more carefully. This practice
has got Ia he stopped"
Five taVerns were temporarily
deprived of their licenses for sale
OF lntoXlcantS 10 minors.
tlve-day suspensions. ordered
by the commission. are 10 90 into
effect Och IL for the taunrnS- Of
Emeline Rikany, 1909 Woodrow
Wilson; Edward CZulowski. 1885
Mt Elliott; GaSpari Arena and
Mike Piazza. 1928 Gratiot. and
Leonard l. Norris and Theodore
Powers, 1891 Harper.
A Today suspension. also be-
ginning Oct. II. was imposed on
Morris Blake. 2q66 T.. McNicholS.
The commission took under ad-
viSemcnt the case Of the Bob-Lo
Excursion Co, charged with the
sale OF beer 10 minors on the
steamer Columbia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
Workers Vote Strike
AT H and H Tube Firm

D. The II and II Tube MANUFACTURE
ing Co. today was faced with n
possible shutdown as result Of a
$50 20 10 vote 20 strike by It's
employees yesterday The ballot
ing complied with provisions Of
the Smith-Connally Act
Workers, members 81 JAW
Go Local il5, said disputes arose
over the companys alleged failure
10 settle grievances and refusal
10 accept the ruling Of an arbiter,
and a wage disagreement.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01

When the familiar this is a
stickup' was growled by one of
the bandits, Potter swung from
the floor and connected while
Cotton went for the pharmacists
revolver and fired a wild shot at
the two 190-pounderS.
Both fled after hitting Potter
over the head with a revolver.
Potter's injuries were superficial.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
RIsDoN TRANSFER

how Edmund RiSdon. wealthy
Detroit creamery owner, at q
drinking party in the Selfridge
non-com officers club, negotiated
the transfer Of his son, James. tC
this base.
Further evidence Of irregulari-
ties was limited during the testl-
mony of Sgt-Maj Myron Collins
who told how base officers used
their own method of obtaining
transfers Of men to this base.
Collins Is the defendant in the
final court-martial scheduled 10
start Sunday.
The story Of the RiSdon trans
fer was told by Mrs. Morris Rig
bette. a Soft-voiced brunei whose
husband, a master sergeant, is
now serving overseas.
II was sitting at a table I'm
the nOn-cOms club while RiSdon
and LaLOne were discussing the
possibility of his sens transfer
to Selfridge," Mrs Righette said
SHE QUOTES LALoNE
II heard LaLone tell RiSdon
that II he gave him the BOYS
name and serial number he
could have him sent here as a
necessary person"
Mrs. Righette testified she also
overheard LaLone tell George X.
Lutiy Sr, owner of the Family
Creamery Co in Detroit. that "as
long as / am at Selfridge your
boys are safe. "
Capt. Irving IL Green. trial
Judge advocate. charged that
Lutty was the man behind the
scenes who paved the way for
the RiSdon transfer.
1t was a blistering two-hour
session for young Risdon and his
father. Capt. Green first drew the
admission from the son that he
had periured himself i'm formal
statements 10 the prosecution and
to the Inspector generals depart
ment.
Later, young RiSdon. %. a
former University Of Detroit law
student, heard himself deTribcd
as hostile witness for the
prosecution. The son repudiatcd
a statement made last week 10
Green IN whic' he admitted he
had urged his father 10 get me
transferred and use that contact
CHARGED INTIMIDATION
He charged that he had been
inundated bv Green and rather
than go 10 the Jug. signed the
statement.
Young RiSdon's charge was en-
tirely repudiated by Mrs Patricia
KaSh. a Selfridge Field Stenoc-
rapher, who was in the witness
room when the statement was
drawn.
The father frequently evaded
Continued on Page POUR
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01

first time II has ever been inn
posed against an army officer.
The former commandment left
here Wednesday and is reported
TO be in Walter Reed Hospital in
Washington.
Colmans court martial was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
Detroit Builder
Of Burma Road
Death
BY VERA BROWN

Three young girls Of 2752 Bur-
lingame today are the best chums
and most receptive audience of a
returning hero who is one OF the
builders Of the new Burma Road
which nc helped construct after
fighting off Japs and getting out
fast i'm the big retreat.
After two years, the father Of
Ruth. Dorothy and Diana BaSsin
is nome, and he has a story 10
tHl which. as far as his daughters
Are concerned, is tops in adventure
tales.
Adolph BaSSin Of the y. 6.
technical advisory army Of the
Burma Road sat with his girls
around him. He related:
pearl HarbOr caught us I'm
the South China Sea. Getting TO
the Burma Road was night
mare, with Singapore under
siege. First was at Lashie.
Then ] was moved up to Maxi
ham. Burma.
KEEP 1T ROLLING
"My Job was To keep the
stuff rolling. IL was difficult.
Gasoline il the main problem,
so don't complain about gas
ratinning. ever.
I'VE kept moving. When the
Fighting Tigers moved out, they
gave us the high sign and
moved our base. l was 20 miles
from Myikyina, the big air base,
when the boys pulled out.
"The natives were running 10
the jungle. leaving their homes
a. they were. I'm not as young
az was in World War l,
during which spent I8 months
in France. ! couldn't have stood
the jungle on foot. The last day.
got an abandoned jeep and
four OF us started out, but we
had 10 abandon IL on the bank
OF wide, deep river.
DISCARDED EVERYTHING
1--WE threw away everything.
and made the other side where
1 found an 0rCt~tCuSk. Fifteen
minutes, and l had lit Jperking.
That lasted 80 mil% AID IL quit
near another ieepy ht be rosAd-
side With the second Vne. we
made the airport, With only
minutes To spare.
when our transport took 10
the air, we could see the Jap
squadrons coming from the
north"
That was only the beginning.
II went into Calcutta" he
said saw Gen. Stillwell when
he came out of Burma and met
many Of our boys who bombed
Tokyo.
Then, I was ordered 20 Kun
ming, flew there, and was sent
up country To Kweyang. That
was really tough. lived as the
Chinese coolies. There was no
other way.
ORDERED TO IRAN
I'VE did the best we could
with the armOred cars, jeeps
and trucks. Malaria sent me To
Calcutta and then l was ordered
TO Iran. From karachi, I was
transferred To the Isam jungle
and our new road there.
Fortunately, I had a good
friend who cared for my
motherIess girls while was
gone. I didn't have 70 worry
about them"
The daughters make their home
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
BY Al KAUFMAN
Time. stan Correspondent

SFLFRIDGE FIELD, Oct. /
Capt William T. Colman, deposed
commandant Of this army air base
has been ordered by Secretary Of
War Henry l.. Stimson 10 face a
hearing by five fellow officers 10
determine whether ne Will be re-
lievcd of active duty IN the l.. S.
Army.
Co.man, who held a temporary
colonelS rank while Selfrdge
commandant, recently was found
guilty by court martial Of mis-
conduct and four charges OF
drunkenness. lie was ordered re-
auced in rank and relieved of his
command.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-01
MAY FORCE RETIREMENT

Under Secretary StimSon's ac-
ton yesterday, Colman can be
forced 10 retire from active serv-
ice with a salary based on his
approximate 10 years IN the Serv-
ice. In cases where an officer has
less than seven years of service.
the hearing board can order his
without retirement pay
The law under which Colman
VIII again face a hearing gives the
wal department power 10 remove
officers whose performance Of
duty IS such that the action is
warranted, StimSOn SAID. II is the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
More Accidents!
Rate for Women Workers Scars TO Four Times
That for Men on War Production Work

ton Of the new female entrants to
the labor market
Another factor Is the shift in
occupation of many experienced
women workers. Prior to 1941
most operations performed by
women involved light assembly
work, drill press. and light punch
press operations. Today they work
on many machine tools, lathes,
milling machines. planers, boring
machines, automatic screw grind
ers. profilers, percision tappers, etc.
One safeguard which should be
practiced is pertaining, even for
relatively simple peratio ns.
Proper work clothing is important,
including head covering and work
shoes. But good supervision Is the
touchstone of industrial safety in
any plant. Pregnancy is not a dis
qualifying condition, but pregnant
women should not be forced to do
lifting or standing operations or
be placed in contact with such SUBJ
stances as benzene. lead, and GER
tain other substances TO which,
they are especially susceptible.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
Murray Opens
Absentee Drive

From every department Of Muir
ray Corporation and even from a
Murrayman now in the naval air
corps comes answer 1--WE haven't
missed a day since Pearl Harbor"
given in response to the coupon
published in last months Sentinel,
Murray's house magazine.
Final returns have not yet been
tabulated of those who-never
needlessly absent thus never
endanger the lives Of relatives or
friends who someday may depend
on the plane that might have been
made but for man-hours needlessly
lost.
First group to report substantial
number qualifying was inspection
department SO.
One of the first individuals to
report was bomber assembler Johr
Leftchick. who further is honorec
for his invention of a rivet-apply
ing device.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09

The overwhelming majority OF
new hires from the labor market
are women. Most of those who
enter manufacturing industries
have had no previous shop expert
ence and, unless properly trained
and supervised, constitute a
source of accidents to themselves
and TO others, according to the
state department OF labor and in
dustry.
This. fact is already revealed in
accident statistics. Between April
and October. 1912. the compensa-
BILE injury rate per 1000 women
employed in manufacturing indus
tries rose from LII to 2.13. an
increase of more than so per cent
and four times greater than the
increase for males.
Despite this increased rate, there
is no natural propensity for acct
dents among women. The trouble
is that factory life and the tempo
of factory activity constitute an
entirely new experience TO many OF
them and to an increasing proper
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
Flags Plants
'Hodrding Men

WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.-Allo-
cation Of manpower lis literally
possible by June, 1914, according
to VINO Chairman McNutt. He
also declared that there was more
boarding of labor in war plants
than he liked.
'Tt is a perfectly human trait
to prepare for something you
cannot foresee," he said, "but
boarding will hurt employers as
much as IL will hurt the whole
system of hiring"
Single induction centers for all
the armed services will soon be set
up throughout the country, he
said. Although an inductee could
express a choice of the branch in
which he wished to serve. he
added, there could be no guaran-
tee that his choice would be re-
sDpCted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
Plan 10 Protect
Young Workers

WASHINGTON, Feb. e.-rn a
move to protect young workers
entering wartime industry, Kath-
arine F. Lenroot, chief OF the
Children's Bureau of the United
States Department Of Labor, an
nounced that the bureau is set
ting up series of advisory
standards pointing out the hazards
OF various occupations in which
young workers are likely to be
employed and listing kinds of work
that are relatively safe or I'm
safe for boys and girls 16 or II
years Of age.
In announcing these advisory
standards, the bureau urges the
voluntary cooperation of the thou
sands of employers in war indus
tries in adopting employment and
training practices in respect to
youths.
The first standards to be Is
sued cover shipbuilding and the
lead-using industries. Other stand
ards will follow.
The hazards of different trades.
skilled and unskilled in shipbuild-
ing, in lead-using and in the chem
ical and other war industries. are
subjected to close ANALYSIS by
safety engineers Of the Children's
Bureau.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
Offers Time Saver
On Allison Engines

The old method of inspecting
Allison engine camshafts at Cad
lilac entailed removing each cam
shaft from the truck and placing
IL on bench so that the holes in
each end could be gagged. Later
the shafts had to be removed from
the truck again for an etching
operation. Charles Toupin won
S3775 for suggesting that one end
of the truck be left open. This
made it possible to gauge and etch
the shafts without moving them
from the truck.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09

Income tax deductions for per
sonal possessions which are missing
may or may not be taken-depend-
ing upon whether they were stolen
or lost.
Your wrist watch Is missing. II
you can prove Il was stolen, you
deduct; If you lost IT, you don't
That's all there is to the prob
lem. as explained by Giles Kava-
nagh. collector of internal reve-
nue., for the benefit of Mrs. G. W..
who also writes:
"My husband Is a Detroit
policeman. IL the cost Of his uni
form, bought In 1912, deduct
ible ."
The answer is no; It is personal
property.
Other questions and answers to-
daV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
YOU MAY ALWAYS
BE C0NSTIPATED
UNLESS

You correct faulty living habits-un-
less liver bile flows freely every day into
your intestines to help digest fatty foods
and guard against constipation.
so USE COMMON SENSE Drink
more water, eat more fruit and vege-
tables. And II assistance is needed, take
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets. They not
only assure gentle yet thorough bowel
movements but ALSO stir up your liver
bile secretion to help digest fatty foods.
Olive Tablets, being purely peget0bge.
are wonderful Used successfully for over
20 years by DR.. +. M. Edwards in
treating patients for constipation and
sluggish liver bile, today Olive Tablets
are justly the choice Of thousands upon
thousands Of grateful users. Test their
goodness TONIGHT. Follow label direc-
tons. l5s. SOC. COS. All drugstores.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
War Production News
Angle Fixture
Won SIS Award
AtCdrbo|oy

At the Carboloy Compsny's
plants here, Eric Kuessner of the
grinding department was top wins
ner for the month with a SIS
award for suggestion regarding
an adjustable angle fixture for
adjusting the radii of tools with
different clearances.
Use Of the fixture saves time
and work and also enables less
experienced operators to do the
job.
In the metal department..
Michael Mox won $50 for a new
method Of attaching ball mill lids
to ball mills which reduces the
time required to change the mills.
Already a further improvement ID
being appraised.
G. F. Boyd of the milling depart
ment got SIS for suggesting use
of a form cutter to mill recess and
clearance angles on tools stimuli
taneously to combine operations
now being done on two machines.
And Leona Sutch was the other
SIS winner. Employed in the dis
.pensary. she suggested installations
of windows In doors leading from
the factory to reduce accidents.
In the $40 class were: K. z.
Hahn, c. M. Lenski, Rosemarion
Trombley, Murdoch Day. William
Bracher, Z. Robonson, L. F. de-
Smith. Weston Evans and r.
Harding.
Winners of SIS: p. Spangler.
Henry Craft, Marjory Ballard, Or
vile Aldridge, w. B. Brieden, X.
Benner, Arthur Crudder, Donald
Heasley, James Stork and Rudy
Hasspacher.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
Packard
Workers
Pace
Packard employes have scoret

Packard employees have scored
again,
When the war production drive
headquarters in Washington an
nounced the third group of awards
to the nations war workers, seven
of the 81 awards went to the
following Packard men: Charles
Donald r. Mcconnell,
William d. Wood. George L. Hack,
LOOMS I. Walden. Patrick j.
Hurley and Walter Kmiecik.
This gratifying ratio easily main
tanned Packards lead among all
factories in total honors
won. OF the 1871 certificates and
honorable mentions presented TO
date by the WPD headquarters, n
have gone TO Packard workmen--
a national record of one out Of
every five.
"New ideas Of production,
springing from the mechanical
genius of, the man al, the ma
chine, will beceme even more
important during the coming
year In expanding our output of
war goods"
So said WPB Chairman Donald
M. Nelson at a recent luncheon in
Washington honoring 10 war work
ers including a Packard employe
and his statement aptly applies to
Packard production.
Success in meeting substantially
higher and higher engine schedules
set by the government will de-
pend to a large degree on produc-
ton shortcuts devised by Packard
war workers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
$1,000 Bond
Saves Three Man-Hours
on Tank Turrei

A suggestion that saves three
man-hours in the production of
each turret for medium tanks won
a $1,000 war bond for Clarence K.
Hood of the Fisher Body Ternstedt
Division Mr.. Hood developed a
backplate with a groove for use
in welding the side front plates OF
the turret. The groove allows the
welding metal 10 flow through the
crack between the plates. This not
only saves time but eliminates a
tendency for the weld TO split
when cooled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
III Women at Buick
PIedqinq "a Per Cent

A group Of 121 women. en-
ployed at the Buick Motor divi-
sion's aircraft engine plant, are
now pledging ii cents out of every
dollar earned for war bonds.
Said Mrs. Helen Roland. So
year-old widow of a Marine Corps
major. and organizer of the group:
MANY of these women, like
myself. have a relative or hus-
band or son I'm the armed sery-
ices. The least we can do II
buy a bond a month"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09

TETS get serious about this job of
- winning the war. Vast quantities
Of war materials and thousands Of troops
are now being transported by rail.
To better and more efficiently move the
sver.increasing production Of essential
materials and supplies, North Western
UnionPaeihc are OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09

speed OF their regular passenger trains
We know that all civilians who find it
necessary to travel win willingly adjust
themselves to slightly longer schedules
and, during the duration. to somewhat
less travel comfort if conditions 50 re-
quiIe. Our Notions welfare must
come first at oil times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
No Step Backward,
Saws Graham Group

The breech housing division of
Graham-Paige Motors Corporation
is out TO better its 1912 record
schedule of IL hours day. seven
days a week. Having adopted the
slogan, mo Step Backward" the
men held TO the arduous schedule
throughout the year. finishing an
exacting production job well ahead
of time
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
More Income Tax Questions
Answered by Giles Kdvdndgh

to our house were deductible. In
1912. we had brick siding put on
our house in place OF painting the
house, which was cheaper as our
house would need about three coats
of paint.
Ordinarily. the brick siding
would be classified as an invest
ment, raising the valuation of the
house, but in this sense. it was q
needed repair. Could the cost OF
the brick siding be 'deductible p
l.. G..
A--No. IL Is considered an i'm
provement permanently and
must be deprecated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
Home Defense Notes:
'Teen-Age
Aid Sought
On Farms
BY KEN HALL

Plans for an army of teen-aged
farm workers are well under way
under auspices OF the Michigan
Council of Defense which Is ex-
pected to provide a large enough
labor pool to enable farmers 10 go
the limit In their crop raising for
1943.
During January, 81 county meet
iings were conducted by represen-
tatives of the State Youth Farm
Labor committee which takes in
all but four OF the counties in the
Lower Peninsula and in those
counties, Van Buren,. Cass. Berrien
and Wayne. meetings are to be
held during the present month. An
Upper PeHsiHsula itinerary also is
being arranged by State Admins
TRAITOR c. r. Dribble.
$4,000 SOUGHT
IT Is hoped TO recruit az least
$4,000 10 be available where and
when the farmers need help In
planting. caring for or harvesting
crops. The aim is TO get as many
high school students as possible
who are considered prospects TO
enroll as we'll as the out-school
youths.
Special training courses in farm
work will be made available for
those who need instruction TO be-
come efficient in the work Of help
ing TO keep Michigan's farm pro-
Iduction UP TO the required standard
during the war period. These
Glasses will lie under direction of
the state board of control of voca-
tional education.
The Wayne County committee,
which will be composed of about a
dozen members, lis being formed
and is expected to be announced
within the next week by Chair
man Robert II. McRae of the
WCCOD. A meeting will be held
in 10 days.
Mrs. Margaret E. Blaney, chief
Of the volunteer activities section
OF the Civilian War Service Di-
vision. MOOD. has resigned after
directing the office since last Oc-
tober when she succeeded James
II. Cook, who was transferred TO
head the field service section. Mrs.
Blaney did a fine job in starting
the statewide Neighbor War Club
organization. Her successor has
not yet been named. Mrs. Blaney
has gone TO Philadelphia 60 join
her husband, 1t. jg) J. A. Blaney,
.USNR.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-09
ADVERTISEMENT
Weary Feet
Perk Up With
Ice-Mint Treat

When feet burn. eallouses sting and every
nothing. Rub on q little Iee-Mint. Frosty
white. cream-like. its cooling soothing COM
fort helps drive the fire and pain right out
:. tired muacles relax In grateful relief.
A world of difference in few minutes. See
how Iee-Mint helps soften up corns and
eallouses too. Get foot happy today, thG