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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-03
Electric Survey
ToDeCide S
Power Expansion


Bids will be asked this week Of
electrical engineering firms 10
make a survey Of the entire De-
troit area electrical power field
and its potentialiteS with a Wow
10 formulating tho Detroit Public
Lighting Commissions postwar
expansion policy
Chief among tho questions 10 be
decided in the survey viii be
whether the city should enter the
public utility field by the sale of
electrical current 10 private house
holders and manufacturers I'm com
petition with privately owned
utilities.
The common council Set VT
$4,000 in this years budget "a
finance the survey. The public
lighting commission. al its meet
ing yesterday approved a list OF
specifications for the survey. com
piled by Louis {. Schrcnk. general
superintendent.
THE investigation and report
are necessary To determine the
kind of service the commission
II 10 render In the future and
the method whereby this can be
accomplished most ecOnOmi-
cally,' Schrenk'S report said
PROBLEMS TO BE STUDIED
This will require n study of
many factors, such a. continued
generation with present facili-
ties and the purchase Of excess
requirements and Improvement
Of present economy by the
installation OF topping turbines
or Other wise.
Further studies will include
modern extension Of the existing
stations, followed by mOderniZa-
tion Of present equipment; con-
StruCtiOn OF "A new station
separate from the present sta
ton and "A continued policy Of
serving municipal needs and. in
addition, extension Of service
into the commercial field"
Members of the commission
point out that the city IS becom.
ing increasingly dependent on tbs
Detroit Edison Co. for power
beyond the City-owned MiSterSky
power plants capacity.
ROOM FOR ONE PLANT
"We feel there will he room
for only one new power plant
after the war" Francis VI NJ.
II 2 Y, commission secretary
said land il will he race be-
tween the city and the Edison
company TO get there first with
funds and plans. II we can build
an additional power plant. II
will remove our dependence on
the Edison company"
llally revealed that the com.
mission considered entering the
commercial field before the wal
when the DSR was CONSIDERING
SCrapDing it's street cars for buses
The war brought more street
cars than ever out" HallY said.
land now, DSR power demands
are taxing our facilities to the
limit"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-03
NO ROBBERY ATTEMPT

lie rel a I q q how two Negro
youths entered the store. scattered
the merchandise and then Slugged
him on the head with an iron pipe
when he attempted TO flee. The
intruders made no attempt at
robbery
Wainger told police that after
he left his place Of business last
night he was walking in Owen
between Goodwin and Cameron
when a Negro youth Sneaked
up behind hlm and dubbed him
with a pop bottle Wainger al
though he was knocked 10 the
ground. refused medical treatment
lie was not robbed
Still IN critical condition In
Harper Hospital with fractured
spine Is William r. Kraft % Of
1899 r.. jefferson. a DSR bus
driver
He was injured Sunday night
when a Negro hoodlum tossed a
piece Of concrete through the door
OF his bus.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-03
BOWLES PRAISED

Williams also endorsed OPAs
new general manager, Chester
Bowles. a business man, who II IS
--.id, has met with UNUSUAL Success
and who tackled his new Job al
though he knew IL was full Of
grief because he was convinced
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-03
SANK TREE" SHIP

HANDY The hombardger vino
sank The Jap Christmas tree
snip recently visited n> parents
a-4+All+n-L lll44-lAL44c- M1IieE2.- "A
radio man and tUrrCt gunner is
on turiough now AZ the home OF
hiS parents Nh and Mrs. Fred a
Walters
Walters in summarizing 'hc
work of has squadron, SAID that
when they were relieved they had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-03
otTSftTE PLIERS

OuSfate men hOnored were Il
Fred HARDY and Tech SGT john
J. Walters. both Of Battle Creek.
staff SCI, Frank + WIKI Of
RomuluS STAFF SGT John kove-
leSkl and Cpl Carl IL. FTChau.
both OF Saginaw
First Il Paul W. Gol'ke Of
Nj Clemens. isl IT, BleSch
Malmstone Of Wayland ID L.
Nell y. Maxwell Of Nj Pleasant
and I'd II. Hubert S. Bronson OF
Kalamazoo.
Altogether more than 200 pur-
suit pilots and transport pilots
and their crew members were
decorated for their work on 80
OperatIOnal flight missions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-03

Administrator PrentiES NJ
Brown will remain with OPA
and that agency Will strengthen
Us hold-the-llne policy IN the iight
against initiation. Birkett L. VII
Hams. administrator for the Cleve-
land reglSn, SAID today.
Williams. who has just returned
from Washington. ISSUED his state
ment through w r. Fitzgerald
Detroit district director
Despite rumors 10 the con-
trary, Brown has made II clear
he intends To stay with the or
ganixatiOn. This IL a good thing
for the OPA as Brown il admir-
ably fitted tn handle the iob
expected Of him" Williams said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
TAKE 1T SLOW
: AND EASY

AP Features
Jitterbugging has taken a nose
dive = maybe just temporarily
but right now it's old stuff.
So. if you are going to swing
that gal. Private Jones. you'd bet
ter be romantic about il.
That's what the Dancing Mas
iers of America believe. and TO
prove il they have selected The
Furlough' as the dance of the
year.
This is slow-moving. roman
tic fox-trot reminiscent of the
whirls and twirls of the Merry
Widow Waltz.
Since the highest peak of dance
activity always comes in war
time. say the dance masters. il Is
usually the slow. romantic type OF
dance that appeals. One of the rea-
sons IS that most people are ex-
pending their energies in the wal
effort Another seems to be that
girls are lonely.
Girls like mixed dances. too. So
The Jeep." a chugging. change
partners type Of dance similar e
the Paul Jones" also is popular
this year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
BERLIN GIVEN

Continued from Page One)
the anii-aircraft firing was ths
most sustained and Widespread
Of the war. not excepting the
umbrella" firing over the
Straits of Messina TO project the
fleeing Italians and Germans that
were striving 10 cross that body
of wafer from Sicily to The main
land of Italy. All over the at
lacking center of Berlin. The
heavens were filled with burst
ing shells for the first 20 minutes
of the raid. which lasted an
hour. but from then onward the
anfi-aircraff bursts CT shells be-
gan to decrease. and toward the
erd only an occasional gun
blasted at the raiders.
This morning Radio Berlin
admitted that the raid was one
of the most destructive during
the war. and. on top of that ad-
mission. il was announced thai
Heinrich H.mmler had been made
minister of the interior. whose
chief duty will be TO provide
protection against air raids.
Reports of the raid struck hor-
ror into the Italian government
Marshal Petro Badoglio .announc-
ed this morning that the govern
ment had taken measures &c
make Rome an open city in fact
as well ss in name. His an
nouncement was considered here
as mesning that he feared the
Allies would carry out a raid
on Rome similar 10 the one or
Berlin last night. But even while
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
DIRECTOR OF USO
TO BE TRANSFERRED

Miss Alice NJ. White, director
Of the USO-NCcS Women's
Residence Club at 303 Duval
street. viii be transferred after
a brief vacation.
For the past seven months.
Miss White has been stationed
in Key West. Through her eff
forts. the Caroline Lowe house
was converted into a dormitory
60 care for women war workers.
wives, mothers and children of
enlisted men
Since the formal opening Of
the club in April. Miss White
states that approximately 263O
women have received temporary
housing
After her vacation, Miss White
viii report TO the office of the
National Catholic Community
Service located in Washington,
where her transfer will be eff
fected-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
INTERESTS DETERMINE AL
LIES
CAN UNITED NATIONS COOP
ERATE?

There are millions of people
IN the United States who diStrust
Soviet Russia and millions of
People m Russia who diStruSt
the United States
Despite this fact. the two ma
tionS are now engaged in war
fare against Germany and Italy
and must accommodate them
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24

They lost their rubbers scores
of times before they learned
overshoes are correct barnyard
footwear. They covered a lot OF
new corn before they discovered
the functions of cultivatOr
guards.
Neighbors quietly joked about
the amateurs, predicted they
wouldn't last. but loaned a hand
10 steer the JamisonS away from
possible disaster with crops and
livestock.
But the folks from the city
stuck it out-and made good.
Today they wouldn't price their
land at 5000 an acre because it
would be snapped up at once.
Thrills In The Country
The well-improved layout in
cludes team of horses. IL reg
istered Poland China sows, 81
spring pigs. 200 Leghorn hens
currently producing las eggs a
day, % pedigreed Shropshire
sheep. % head of cattle, includ-
ing nine milk cows, a tractor and
good set of machinery.
The Jamisons have had a LOT
of thrills in their adventure in
the country, but a few will al
ways stand out
There was the night JamiSon
was elected president of the
! commupity club. A little thing
yes. but il meant that the family
had won-had been accepted in
to the farming fraternity.
With what they hope were
their hardest years behind them
the Jamisons have signed papers
for the adoption of girl they
never have seen. Her name viii
be Phoebe. Their oldest son al
SO is adopted.
Yes. the JamisonS believe they
have come a long way since that
day when the whole family in
spected sthc first field of new
corn and Mrs. JamlSOn remark
cd:
1t looks exactly like a black
! comforter tied with green wool.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
REVISES GRANTS

Continued from page OneI
ccivcd the same amount - the
grants varying from So to $40 per
month, according to the need of
the individual
Explaining this further. during
the war considerable number of
recipients have had their income
increased by attempting light en-
ployment. such as they are phySic-
ally fit to do. Others. because OF
hOuss ng shortages. NAV have benc-
fitted from higher rents on small
properties they own. Others may
have had their incomes increased
through allotmcnts from rela-
fives IN the military service.
These are only few of the eX-
amDleS."
The Social Security Act was
amended by Congress in 1871 To
read: the state agency State Wei
fare BOard) shall, IN determining
need. take into consideration any
other income and resources of an
individual claiming old-age assist
ance.' BY complying with the So
4 cIal Security Law. the state re-
( ceives matching federal funds
amounting TO millions annually
for the payment of old-age grant:
IN Florida" Mr.. Saunders stated
further that need Is being redeter-
mined at this time bv the entire
social work staff of the district:
and that the payment of au'hOrIz
+ ed increases in grants viii bcgir
as soon as possible.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
.a:33[k
Your Electric Cords
BY VIVIAN BROWN
Alp Features Writer

Your electric cords and plugs
will work longer if handled care
fully.
II you have a switch at the out
let, il should be turned off before
any equipment is connected.
Otherwise a. sparkling between
the metal prongs and plug will
slowly destroy the terminals.
Never pull the cord to discon-
meet the plug Grasp the plug. and,
if it should stick, rock it gently
from side TO side as you pull 10
loosen one connection at time.
III the cord accidentally be-
comes soaked with water. be sure
never to handle the connected
cord with your bare hands. A
thick pad of dry paper should be
! used to prevent shock. Don't ever
handle dry connected cord with
wet hands. Water. electricity. and
the human body are often a fataI
combination.
When not in use the corC
should be hung loosely. and stored
in a cool, dry, clean place. Rubber
covered cords last longer in the
dark.
Because of the scarcity of labor
and materials the number of new
outlets is limited. Extension cord.
are being used more widely. These
cords have to be used with caution
and insulation should be- inspected
from time TO time to be sure j
has not cracked, frayed or worr
thin
If the cord is run around the
room. it should be attached 10 the
Dashboard with rubber or fiber in
Sulated fasteners.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
GROUP or "WAACSI
ARRIVES FOR DUTY
GIVEN DIFFERENT ASSIGN
MEET AT LOCAL ARMY
RESERVATION

The first representatives Of the
xEomen's Army Auxiliary Corps
10 be stationed in Key West have
axrived here and are already busy
N administrative duties at this
Army base, it has been announced
~ Colonel Thomas L. Jeffords,
commanding officer Of the Harbor
Defenses of Key West.
The wAAcs. four in number,
ere all third officers which rank
n equivalent TO second lieutenant
m the Army They are recent
graduates of intermediate Officer
School al Fort Des MoiDes. Ia. and
IRE stationed here on temporary
duty.
The officers and their assign
scents with Headquarters, Key
West Barracks, are Frances c.
Brand of Houston, Texas. assistant
chief. military personnel branch:
Winifred A Diamond of Brooklyn,
~ T., assistant purchasing Of
hcer. engineer division: Margaret
~ Gill of jefferson City. Mo. as
xistant chief. civilian personnel
branch, and Mary A. Martin. OF
Perryopolis( Pa. assistant chief,
zpecial service branch.
The Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps was organized more than a
year ago TO train women To fill
ZONE positions held by enlisted
men and officers of the Army for
which women are well suited. thus
freeing the men for comba' duty
On September l the organiZa-
tion viii drop the wors "avxil-
larry" from its name and become
q part of the Army itself
IN over ITO Army posts and in
stallations in this country and
abroad. WAAC personnel arc
handling jobs in l42 classifications
formerly handled by men. These
~ jobs are now employing Is
per cent of the enlisted men who
are doing non-combat work which
can be handled by women. Each
WAAC accepted for the Corps re
heves one of these men.
For some military jobs. more.
over, women have had more civil
An experience than men or may
be more quickly trained so tina
their value TO the Army become.
complete IN a much shorter time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24

selves to the policy of friendship
that is dictated by world condi-
tons
obviously, it is impossible TO
remove the deep-seated and
long standing suspicious that
disturb people in both countries
No parley, conference or pact,
regardless of announced results.
would have much effect upon
suspicious citizens of either
country.
We should not lose sight of
the fact that Russia, Great Brit
ain and the United States have
been driven together by the con-
vergence of their interests. Con-
sequently, we should seek to
make this relationship perman-
ent through mutual adjustments
which will permit the major
interests of the three nations TO
be identical
Obviously, there exists .the
danger that when the menace oil
aggression is passed, eliminating
the common peril which pro-
duced unified interests. the
three nations might assert inter
ests which are Incompatible. UH-
less amicably settled, by mutual
adjustment. issues that arise
could s1eadgto a break that W0tId
offer Germany an opportunity
! TO get on one side or the other
and thus fecoip. to some extent
/ the losses OF war
! The danger of such a SquabblC
between the Allies is seen by d
; number of observers. who be-
lieve that the Germans will
make an attempt to divide the
, three nations. II is presumed
that Germany. before utter de-
feat. will attempt TO make peace
with the Soviet or the Anglo
: Americans, with the intention oil
! successfully defending Germany
against invasion by the ren lin
ing enemy.
In view of the treaty between
Great Britain and RusSis, pledg-
ing each nation not TO make d
separate peace. there seems &c
he little reason TO worry about
German diplomatic manipula-
| tons.
II is hardly probable that ell
Their country. after the hardship.
and perilS of the present wal
would be foolish enough to give
Germany a breathing spell. the
chance of a partial victory and
. the opportunity TO remain foT
another effort to dominate the
world
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
OPENING A SECOND FRONT
WOULD SHIFT WAR BURDEN

While the United Nations have
not opened a second 'front.' that
meets the definition and desires
OF Joseph Stain, the democracies
have rendered considerable as
sistance to the Soviet.
The United States and Great
Britain have contributed greatly
to the fighting power of the Red
Army by sending thousands OF
tanks, planes and guns. Enorm-
Gus tonnages of supplies have
been sent to Soviet Russia de-
SPITE the peril of enemy action.
In addition. the steadily in
creaSing aerial bombardment of
Germany has compelled the Luft-
waite TO withdraw some of its
! Squadrons from the Eastern
! front. London officials suggest
that over half of the German
fighter squadrons and probably
one-fourth of NaZi bomber for
nations are concentrated through
out Northwestern Europe.
This represents considerable
assistance. In London, the total
of enemy strength is estimated
at 400 combat planes. OF these.
probably 1000 are in Northwest
ern Europe and Western Ger
many. l.200 in Russia and about
900 in the Mediterranean sec
b tor.
! In addition. the campaign. in
Tunisia, followed by the often
sive against Sicily, has disposed
of more than half a million
& AXIS soldiers. II has almost
eliminated Italy from the war
and weakened the Axis hold
upon the Balkan States.
/ The threat in the Mcditerran-
can area compels Germany TO
devote serious attention TO its
GcfcnSes. which weakenS the
Teutonic effort in Russia While
/ the Soviet bears the bulk of the
war against Germany. it is re-
ceiving aid in the form of ma
/ tcrials. the aerial offensive and
the campaign in the Mediterran-
can.
If. in addition to these activi-
+ ties. the Angol-Americans open
an attack in Northern France of
+ sufficient magnitude 10 compel
Germany To withdraw troops
from Russia. the burden of the
war would shift from Russia 10
, the dcmocracicS.
! While this development is in
evitablC in the course of the
struggle against the AXIS. we do
not believe that Stain or the
( Soviet Government have any
Just cause to be suspicious of
the demOcracieS. although il is
easily possible to understand
why the Soviet is anxious to be
relic ID of some of the burdens
Of the war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
PLEA SAVES HER LEG

OMAHA. Neb.-When the Gle
vator she was operating stopped
about two feet above the floor
level. Mrs Leah Smith. 10. call
ed for someone 10 notify the
hotel engineer. Suddenly. the
car dropped. imprisoning her
left leg. While Hremen worked
10 remove the steel sheeting on
the shaft wall. she begged doc
tors not to amputate her leg. TAX
en- to a hospitSf. surgeons said,
barring complications, she would
not h. crippfCu.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
SENIOR LARORERS
POSITIONS OPEN

The United States Civil Serv-
ice Commission announces that
applications will now be accept
cd from persons who have
reached their 10th birthday in
stead of from those who have
reached the minimum age limits
as shown in the original an
nouncements for Senior Labor
ers positions at the Naval OPP
critIng Base here.
Further information and APP
TlcatIon blanks may. be obtain-
I'd from the Recorder. Labor
Board. Room los. Post Office
Building, Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
CURRENT JUMPS TWO FEET
TO ELECTROCUTE WORKER

NFW BERN. N. C current ap-
parcntly jumped several feet
II m a high-voltage line To a wire
c. Die attacked to a pile driver be-
ing manipulated by Eugene God
.rcy. 30. and electrOcutcd him
Two negroes working with HIM IN
construction work al the Marine
air station al Cherry Point. were
severely burned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
ADVANCED IN RATING

According TO word received
here. Irwin William Whitehead.
son of Mrs. Louis Sawyer Of SIT
Whitehead street. this city. has
been promoted from private first
class to corporal in the United
States Army.
Corporal Whitehead L. now sta
toned al Camp White. Oregon. p
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24

AT Features
CENTER POINT, Ia, Aug. "a.
Eight years ago. the L. F.
Jamisons decided they were
tired of city life. and moved to
the farE2. It's taken most OF
those eight years for them to
find out that farming isn't the
cinch they thought il would be.
Although they started out to
do something they didn't know
anything about, they've ended
up today with a blue ribbon.
For the AAA recently presented
the former city Slickers with the
first United States war service
certificate, marking them as
soldiers of the soil''.
Salesman 4 Years
For four years JamiSon. now
81. was a salesman who said
goodbye to his family every
Monday and didn't say hello
again until Friday night Satur-
days were spent at sales meet
ings, and on Sundays the house
had TO be kept quiet so he could
write his reports and plan an
other weeks work.
Why the five Jamisons turned
TO farming, they still don't
know-except that they thought
anyone could operate a farm
I without half trying. But they
did know they weren't getting
enough happiness out of the city
| routine.
Enter Trouble
When they bought their 30
acre farm. trouble really began
They nervously watched a rea
farmer harness their first team
and hoped they could remember
how to buckle it on again.
They worked the mares, bliss
fully ignorant that each carried
a colt.
II was agony before they
learned To milk with their arms
instead of just with their hands
II was so quiet on the farm
(they live in nearby Cedar Rap
ids-pOpulatiOn $1,000 - beforel
they had trouble sleeping.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24

Badoglio spoke. reports were re-
ceived here that German soldiers
are streaming into Rome for dis
positions to various parts of Italy
TO try TO foresiall the threatened
invasion of that country.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
Sympathy

George: What are you CRYING
about. my dear?
Susie. The horrid old mice got
into the pantry and ate up a beau
tiful custard pie had baked
George: Come. now. don't Worry
so much about a few mice.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
TEMPERATURES

Temperature data for the "a
hours ending $50 a. m. Aug. "a.
l943. as reported by the U. s.
Weather Bureau:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Lite
tie change in temperature this
afternoon. tonight and Wednes-
day morning: widely scattered
showers and thunderstorns this
afternoon and evening.
z-Fisr,qsssL ss1as1aa1ee zin tsDf
perature THIS sftefh0on. tonight
and Wednesday forenoon; wide
ly sSattssss esttesaeop apd sys-
storms
Hatteras, NC. to Apsisehicols.
Fla: No small craft or. storm
warnings have been issued
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24
CARD OF THANKS

We take TINS means of ex-
pressing our sincere apprecIa-
ton la the many friends who
were 50 kind and considcrate TO
Us during the illness and after
the death of our loved one. B.
\ Baker Jr We wish TO es-
pcciallv thank those who do
mated the use of their cars for
ihc funeral. and those who con-
iribu'ed floral offerings. We as
sure one and all that their many
kind deeds Viii ALWAYS ne re-
mem hcicd
MRS r. 4. BAKER. JR..
and FAMILY.
aug24-lt
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-24

Synthetic rubber output seen
meeting u < needs by Oct !