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Detroit evening times., 1943-01-16

termine the fastest wrecking crews
in cutting up jalopies in the auto
graveyards. Tho Times is giving
war bonds and stamps 10 each man
on the teams winning first, second
and third places.
The five teams arc from these
auto graveyardS: Atlas. 9137 Liver
nois; East Side. 1891 GratiOt: s.
e. s.. l7i0 East McNicholS; Hol-
brook, Il West SiX-Mile, and
Jen'S. 1916 Humboldt.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-16
Speed Vio|dtors
Increase Despite
Gas Rdtioning
l34 in First IA Days Of
Year Against I65 in
All OF December, l942

The theory that gasoline ration
ing has reduced driving in Detroit
was bent badly today when a re-
view of traffic violation tickets
showed business pretty much as
usual
In fact. Calvin A. Palmer, dIrec-
tor Of the violation bureau. dis
covered that the number OF speed
ing fines in the first Ia days OF
this month is greater than in De-
cember.
FACE LOSS OF BOOK
What made the situation all
The more unbelievable 10 Palmer
is the fact that payment is recog-
milton OF guilt and exposes the
driver 10 loss OF his gas ration
book.
According 10 bureau records.
ia persons admitted travelling
more than IS miles an hour in
the first Ia days of January.
For the complete month Of De-
cember, only l65 paid speeding
fines.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-16
NOVEMBER PASSED

Although some downward trend
in all types Of traffic offenses is
noticeable this month, December, =
gas rationed month. outsirippec
November by about 1000 tickets
Auto accidents involving prop.
erty damage in December alS
numbered above November-2, ,49S
against 1879
Trying 10 account for the be.
wildering state Of affairs. Traffic
Judge George T. Murphy sug-
gested that maybe people weren't
taking gas rationing seriously
enough-yet. ~
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-16
In a Corridor

Meandering through the cor
ridor Al Harper Hospital, we
saw something we never noticed
before. You know where they
have all those portraits hang
ing. the paintings and sepia
photos Of former directors. doc
tors and such, mostly looking
extremely formal and i'm
portant?
Well. right in the midst Of
them are two photos in color,
one Of man in a white work
suit and pencil in his pocket.
and another man in overalls
and a cap.
The inscriptions on the gold
frames-I copied them down
say:
"Alfred Maxwell GOOdisOn.
1S72-19i2. Chief Of maintenance
department. For 81 years Al
gave loyal and devoted service
to the hospital"
And:
Frank L. Schreiber. March
II. 1S1O-Aug. 3. 1910. For 81
years. he WAS chief carpenter
at Harper Hospital, beloved by
all. and affectiOnately known as
Frank"
I don't know who thought Of
hanging these fellows portraits,
but the idea has a fresh odor Of
democracy about II.
The pictures were taken by
Frank n. Ruslander. / never
heard Of him. but they arc such
good photos that they are worth
looking at just for themselves.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-16

stamp 1O--Good until Jan. 81 for
three pounds.
COFFEE
stamp 2s--Good until Feb. Z for one
pound for each person over rs.
DFADLINES
To get Ration Book Jan IS
Inspection Of truck tires Feb. 2s
A Hires. March 81. p. g tires. Feb. 2s.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-16
Petriiio-o

The insiders say that Caesar
Petrillos ban on recordings
isn't quite dead--but that the
ban will end February Is. You
might keep your fingers crossed,
but il comes from sources that
are generally right.
Gilbert and Sullivan should
be around now. 10 write song
about Willow, Petrillo. Pc
trillo." Or maybe just:
PetriH0
WiH-O
"Petrillo Won't to- didn't
rhyme very well.
Mary Morgan of the CKLW
nnicFophOnes, wears silver pin
which. she says, came from the
uniform OF n Fighting French
soldier. First In Detroit, she
ssys.
Lynn, OF Lynn and Lazzeroni,
n roller skating team at the
Bowery, wears q heavy ring Of
hand-wrought silver and onyx.
II was given 10 her in Europe
by an Italian soldier who had
II made in Ethiopia, while Mus
solini's invasion the tempo
rarily successful one--was IN
progress.
She didn't say how the Italian
persuaded the Ethiopian crafts
men 10 make it, and lnscrlbe in
ethiopian symbols;
Wishing YOU all my love and
happiness
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-16
RATIONING TIMETABLE

A-CoupoB S--Good Dee. 1 n Jan. n,
A-COupon f--iOOd Jan. p 10 Mar. Al.
A-Coupan b--GOod Mar. - 10 MAY ~.
A-Coupon 6--GOod May % 20 July Il.
FUEL OIL
Coupon a-Good for 10 gals. 10 Jan. ~.
Coupon Good for 4 gals. 10 Feh. ~.
Coupon GOOD Feb 20 March 3
Coupon B-GoOd March 70 to Oct. it.
Evening star., 1943-11-04
Oldest Inhabitants
Discuss Early Trials
OF Printers Here

{ Trials and tribulations, and not
r few humorous incidents of the
s printing trade in Washington's
: earlier days, were recalled by men,
bers OF the Oldest Inhabitants As
sociation last night at their monthly
meeting.
In a brief business session pre-
ceding the informal discussion.
Mendel Behrend and Basil B. Alli-
son were elected to membership.
Plans for the annual dinner Deem
Der 7, celebrating the society's
founding, also were launched and
the Entertainment Committee was
instructed to proceed with the ar
rangements.
Printer, SO. Tells of Jobs.
Guest speaker of the evening was
John F. Woodworth, SO, a printer
for IS years, who regaled his audi
ence with many of his rich expert
ences in job offices and newspaper
composing rooms. Mr.. Woodwork
at various times was employed in
McGill's. Adams, McQueens and
the National Republican shops.
John Clagett Proctor who presided
in the absence of President Theodore
w. Noycs, described his apprentice
ship in the engraving business when
the plates were made from an i'm
preston manufactured with the aid
of fine clay, imported from France.
He recalled that Mark Twain pur-
chased an interest in the process
and emphasized its great Importance
to the printing business at the time
Monte Sanger, who sold The
Hatchet," The Capital The
Critic The Chronicle" and the
Herald Intelligencer" as boy.
traced the beginning of all-night
lunchrooms in the city to the presi-
dental election in which Grover
Cleveland defeated James G.. Blaine
Read In Bonfire Light.
1t was the custom in those DAYS.
ne said, to build a huge bonfire by
the light of which the man with the
best voice in the community read
newspaper bulletins. On this par
ticular night Frank K Ward, dairy
lunch room proprietor was reading
It h e bulletins where Benjamin
Franklin's statute stands at Tenth
Street and Pennsylvania avenue
when Clevelands S election was con-
flrmed. Thereupon, Mr.. Ward said
that as the new President had been
sheriff at Erie. NY he could be
relied upon to protect the city from
thieves and robbers.
With that ne tied the key to his
esta blishment to one of the balloons
sent up as signals and declared he
never again would lock the door of
the lunch room.
Both Mr. Proctor and Jesse c. Suter
told few Of the stories concern
ing the famed Horace Greeley and
his notoriously poor penmanship
Mr.. Suter also reminiSced about
some of the older shops in the city
and the we'll known characters and
printers who helped make printing
history here
Other speakers were Fred S
Walker, who reminded his listeners
that the linotype machine was in
vented in Washington by Ottmar
Mergenthaler. a maChiniSt. who was
commissioned to construct the ma
chine t h a I revolutlOnized the
printing business by group of law
yers, and George Simonds. The lat
ter, bOokblnder, said printers and
bookbinders were so highly reward
ed in France during the reign of
King Louis XIV they were excused
from paving taxes
Evening star., 1943-11-04

Corps before the war. He is from
Boston.
Herbert w. Bondurant. jr.. 2745
Twenty-ninth street NV, was ad-
vanced to captain in the Medical
Corps. He is stationed at Camp
Mccain, Grenada, Miss. He was an
intern at Grady Hospital, Atlanta,
before the war.
Duncan G. Groner, son of D. Law
renee Groner, presiding justice of
the United States Court of Appeals,
was advanced to first lieutenant in
the Air Transport Command. He is
stationed in South America. Before
the war he was publicity director for
United Aircraft and had worked on
the Cincinnati Enquirer and the
Kansas City Star after being grad
Evening star., 1943-11-04

uated from Washington and Lee
College. His father lives at 2101
Connecticut avenue NV.
Made First Lieutenants.
Robert S. Scurlock, 1902 T street
NV. and Andrew D. Turner, 1000
Westford place NE, both stationed
at Selfridge Field. Mich, were ao-
vanced to first lieutenants. They
both were graduated from Howard
University. 1t. Scurlock is an intel
ligence officer. 1t. Turner is a pilot
and operations officer of his squad
ron.
Abraham Cohen, SOB Sixteenth
street Sc, now serving overseas in
the Air Corps, was advanced to first
lieutenant. 1t. Cohen was civil
employe of the War Department be-
Evening star., 1943-11-04
Boys Club Band 10 Give
Sousa S Birthday Concert

A concert will be given by the
Junior Optimist Band of the Boys
Club of Washington at pm, on
November II at Seventeenth street
and Massachusetts, avenue Sc. in
commemoration of the seth ami
versary of the birth of John Philip
Sousa, famous musician.
Mr.. Sousa was born al $40 G street
Sc, on November 6, 1854 His
father, Antonio Sousa, a musician,
was born of Portuguese parents in
Spain. A composer of many operatic
works, Mr.. Sousa was most noted
for his marches.
Members of the Sousa family still
residing in Washington have been
invited to attend the concert. The
Junior Optimist Band has recentlv
celebrated the third anniversary Of
it's founding.
Evening star., 1943-11-04

fight for political reform in New
York. He was in the banking and
investment business there as we'll as
an officer in the family enterprise
Schief1elin & Co., wholesale drugs,
when called to Washington by Mr..
Patterson. He lives with his family
at Fort Hunt road, Alexandria.
Two Get Rank of Major.
Capt. William H. Parkhill of the
Air Corps, who lived at the West
chester Apartments until he
changed his residence to Kansas
City year ago. was advanced to
major. Nathaniel White, 922 Heron
drive, Silver Spring, Md, an engi-
neer in the Signal Corps, also was
advanced to major. Maj, White was
a civilian employe of the Signal
Evening star., 1943-11-04
Patterson's 5 Aide Gets
Lieutenant Co|one|cy
lin New Promotions

The advancement of Bayard
Schieffelin, administrative assist
ant to UnderSecretary of War Pat
terson. from major to lieutenant COL
onel was announced by the War De-
partment today. together with other
promotions in the Capital area.
Col. Schieffelin is the son of Will
liam Schieffelin, famous for his long
Evening star., 1943-11-04

fore the war. He played on the foot
ball team at Eastern High School
and was graduated from Maryland
University.
Helen Harmon Hill, $685. Thirty
eighth street NV, was advanced to
first lieutenant in the WAC.
Evening star., 1943-11-04
Bus Driver Makes So
By Traffic Violation
By the Associated Press

by TTlt HoHUCIdItU FT'5S.
OAKLAND, Calif-BuS Driver
Jack Bland made SO by being cited
for driving through red stop light.
After two officers stopped him
passengers took up collection
amounting to Sc to pay his fine. The
fine was SO.
Evening star., 1943-11-04

We con only reIeose q
eertoin omount Of wine
which we feel measures
up TO embros l07 yeor
troditions OF quolity. This
means you moy buy less
but you'll enjoy it more.
Evening star., 1943-11-04
15cTOBACCOS

Choice Of Half & Half, Velvet,
Big Ben. Dills Best, Kentucky
Club or Prince Albert, each
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The Literary Guidepost

Gg) Mitchell Jameson and 1t. Al
bert K. Murray. There is some
cry fine work in their book, and
1t is reproduced neatly But it
has a staged and fore ordained
quality about if that somehow
defeats its purpose. The five art
lists went out to paint, and paint
they did as best they could. Their
background is that of the one-man
show, and most of their product
would look Just right on the walls
OF a F'ifty-seventh street gallery
in New York.
None of the boys who did the
Marines book was commissioned
or enlisted as an artist, and all
tie work shown was done in the
shatches between comhats or in the
intervals OF training. The pictures
came out of chests and seabaes.
some pretty much mussed up. If
me artists could find an empty
:; ate 10 Use as an easel they were
lucky. the men are from ali ranks
and all sorts of places.
Some of the best work is by
sergeant Herbert H Laidman.
seept with pencil and in water
I.lor. Sergeant Denman, Private
raolon' Majoy Dickson, and half
. oozen more have contributed
llrst rate things And they all ap-
pear to have had fun doing it.
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Daily Prayer
FOR MORE GOODNESS

We approach Thine awesome
presence, o Infinite and Eternal
God, from whom come all holy
aspirations and true faith, with a
confession of unworthiness. We
are not satisfied with ourselves:
how much less can we be salts
factory to Thee, the Holy One?
In thunder tones. by war that is
shaking the whole earth; Thou hast
called mankind 10 repentance and
obedience. We touch the u t e r
fringes of Thy garment of right
eousness; and we are sensible of
Cur own sinfulness. Behind all of
wars engrossments and activities
lies the need for nobler lives. We
humbly pray to Thee to amend us
by the mysterious power of Thy
cleansing Spirit God grant us
grace, in this great time, to be
great in our sould. Quicken our
understanding 9th world crisis
and of the worlds need. Enable
us to give, without any withhold
ing, the utternost of our posses
SONS and powers to Thee and to
cur Nation. In seeking the fulfil
ment of Thy whole purposes. NJ
we find ourselves at our best In
ccntrition and supplication, we
low our hearts before Thee, o
Father, pleading for more of Thy
self in us. Amen-W E.
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BY JOHN SELBY

Marines At War;" edited by
Aimee Crane (Subscribneys; $3.50
The Navy At War;" with COM
mentary by Hanson w. Baldwin
Morrow; S4).
This war is already the best re-
ported war in history, and the best
pictured. Press photographers
lave done a superb job. only a
part OF which the public has seen
up to now. But in addition it has
become the habit of the services
to send artists into the battle
zones, and to tolerate the men of
the services who feel the impulse
TO draw or to paint what they see.
Two books have come out of this
habit and tolerance recently.
The Navy at War; is one of
these. and Marines at War; is
the other. The first mentioned has
a running commentary by Hanson
w. Baldwin. and tao. '1~r'"o
bcok has little in it but pictures,
ard material about the artists.
The contrast between the two is
startling and all the honors go, as
see it, to the Marines.
For THE Navy at War; is the
product of five professional art
lists. to wit: 1t. Comdr Griffith
Baily Coale, 1t. Dwight C. shep-
Ter, 1t Willianf F. Draper, 1t.
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USO HumaniZed

When the USO vas set up ir Wilmington,
and for some ;une thereafter, there was just
complaint of restrictions imposed upon SOL
der patrons. Instead of creating home or
club-like atmosphere, there was so much
shush-shush that the boys Were reluctant to
pass the portals
Well, that day is past, Now the theme song
of all USO units might well be praise the
Lord and pass the entertainment The only
restrictions are those dict5ted by good taste
and common sense. Naturally, attendance is
steadily increasing and a much better time
had by all, The concentrated brain work that
goes into arranging programs and devising
additional means of entertainment is surpris-
ing. and surprs ingy successful.
No better evidence of this could be found
than in the programs tor the holidays season.
No soldier entitled to passes throughout the
Christmas week, and FOR some DAYS in ad
vance, need lack for recreation and relief
from the inconsistencies inevitable at this time
of the year.
The point to be emphasized is that the
OSO mas DeGQ SuDJeCISl 10 OlGSSeQ human
izing process, with result that any man in
uniform at any time of day OF evening is
completely at home as often as he enters
any building operated by the organization.
Parents OF men brought to the Wilmington
area for training may be sure that their sons
are being cared for in their time off post with
full consideration for their needs, particularly
at the period when it is hardest to be away
from home.
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Raymond Clapper Says:
7eheran Ugly Story As
Far As Press Concerned

cattle put up by Stephen T. Early,
who won the cooperation of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Some others there
took a high and conlemptuous at
tltude that it would be degrading
to be questioned by the press. Fl
nally compromise was reached
under which Rcos evelt and
Churchill met tne press but permit
ted no question.
Teheran is an ugly story so far
as the press is concerned. Accred-
lied American war correspond
cnts were held in Cairo under mill
tary orders according to Gault
MacGoWan of the New York Sun.
One or two correspondents got out
of Cairo before travel was restrict
ed and reached Teheran.
Yet cameras were welcome at
Teheran. You can see long news
reels showing the leaders of the
democratic cause, with heavy
close of military gold braid posing
and looking very pleased for the
eyes of posterity. Cameras can't
say anything, and the public sees
only the pose that has been struck
for the lens. Even during the So
called Cairo conference, which
was held at Mena House near the
pyramids about ten miles from
the heart of the city, accredited
correspondents were kept away by
oarbed wire ara bayonets.
We should not allow this strange
treatment to be forgotten.
This is Bill of Rights week, COM
memorating the historic fight for
democratic freedom by Editor
John Peter Zenger. In political
conferences after the war for free
dom is won, are the people to de-
rend not on independent eyes and
ears OF the press but on commune
CUES, on official reporters, and on
the private memoirs of the partici-
pants published years afterward?
Precedents being set now should
not be allowed to survive after the
war.
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Mistaken Identity

strange case of mistaken Identity is re-
vealed by Lord Reyes adrrira' OF the British
son with King Leopold, three ships heavily
loaded with concrete were set to block Zee
bruggee, was done II 1915 When the ships
came in, Lord Keyes declares. they were met
with heavy fire and sunk outside the mole by
the French Army which believed them to be
German ships.
How seriously success for this mission woule
have affected the German U-hoat warfare
can only be guessed at but it is safe to think
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that Hitler would not have been able to prey
so destructively on Allied shipping in the At
lantic if Zeebrugge had been blocked.
The following night, says Lord Keyes, three
other block ships were planted IN the canal
between zeebrugge and Bruges, which had
been set out to bottle up Ostend When this
second failure was completed there were no
more ships for third attempt. Now. when
the Raj bombs ostend, he says we may I'm
derstand that the. planes are trying to do
what 1--WE wanted to do in 1910.
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AS Others Say 1t
HINDU POLITENFSS

Lord Mimic o;1e-time viceroy OF
India, said that nothing could sur
pass in delicacy the reply made
to him by one of his servants.
We'll what kind of sport has
our distinguished guest had?" he
asked the man, Who had attended
All American guest.
"Oh," replied the sc,upulously
polite Hindu, the young sahib
shot divinely but Providence was
merciful to the BIRDS - Wall
Street Journal.
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By RAYMOND CLAPPER

WASHINGTON.-No doubt Pres
ident Roosevelt will make a frank
report on the Cairo and Teherar
conferences when he appears be
fore Congress on his return. 1t il
due the American people, especial
ly in view of the repressive mea
sures taken against the press ir
connection with those conferences
But even so, i'll country gov
elned in the last analysis by pub
lie opinion, it is not desirable tina
The line of communication between
the rulers and the ruled be chokeo
down to the point that we are now
forced to accept in connection with
these conferences.
President Roosevelt has his owr
special reporter along with his
party. Maj. George E. Durno, for
mer international News Service
G, respondent at the White House.
We all know George Durno and he
is an excellent reporter. But he is
major in the air corps, not an
n d e p n d II reporter. Why
couldn't we have George Durno
working for the international
News Service, along as a reporter,
instead of George Durno, major
in the Air Corps In other words,
Why can not the independent press
be allowed to do the first hand
reporting?
The repressive measures taken
against accredited American cor
respondents in Cairo are not what
we usually associate with free
democracy. The press will not sub
NIT to them at political confer
ences after the war without the
most vigorous protest. There is no
good reason WHY they should be
forced upon us during the war.
There is no good reason as is
shown by the fact that the Army
and Navy do not do that sort OF
thing. Before Sicily was invaded,
General Eisenhower told accredit-
ed newspaper correspondents what
was coming. War correspondents
ale regarded as desirable eyewit-
nesses to help keep the public in
formed about the war. Correspond
ents were invited to 60 on the first
bombing of Rome because the Air
Force wanted accurate accounts
of what occurred to go out before
the Axis could distort the mission
into bombing of the Vatican.
War correspondents went with the
task forces to Tarawa and were
ia the landing beats. They waded
ashore, with Marines being shot
down all around them. Their ac-
counts of the heroism of the Ma
rires has gone far toward COM
fcrting a nation shocked by the
high percentage of casualties.
Only when we get into the poll
tics of the wal. it seems, does
the sign go up, reporters keep
out" They tried it at the Hot
Springs food conference and at the
Atlantic City relief conference. At
the Quebec conference it would
Rave been worse except for the
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