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Detroit evening times., 1944-12-13
Ex-DeteCtives Face
Graft Trial Tomorrow

Louis GrosSman, 81. Of 1867
GeneSsee, and Frank Corell. 81.
of 1882 Young. former Detroit
police detectives. charged with at
tempting to extract S35 from "A
tavern owner. will he placed on
trial in recorders court tomorrow.
GroSsman and Correll are alleged
10 have gone 10 Maurice SoSSi.
340l Riopelle, March 20 and asked
for $35 10 get SoSSi's porter, Jesse
Ford, out of charge of failing TO
have a draft card.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-13
City Rehires
Fired Veteran

A wounded veteran three
years service in World War II
who was fired last week from his
city traffic checkers job for AL
legedly falsifying his work rec
ords, today was back at work
after intercession by Mayor
Jeffries.
City Traffic Engineer Reid said
that the veteran. Joseph Gruczyn-
ski, %, of 1913 Cabot, was dis
charged after being warned re-
peatedly of being hours late for
work and signing his time record
as il he had arrived on time" CIO
representatives took the case to
Jeffries.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-13
Tank Repair Approved

An appropriation of S12,50 for
the repair and relocation of two
$1,000 gallon gasoline storage
tanks at the city airport was ap-
proved today by the common
council at the request of the DPW.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-13

Order the United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
troit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them to your home.
Detroit evening times., 1944-12-13
Court LaSheS
Itch. joker

Robert Brown, j., -of-24q
Winder, was convinced today that
he who squirms last shouldn't
have sprinkled the etching pow
der in the first place.
Robert was arraigned before
Recorders Judge Van Zile on a
charge of disturbing the peace
and. after a severe lecture by the
court, was placed on three months
probation.
Robert disturbed the peace. he
told the court, by sprinkling
itching powder" down the backs
OF people sitting near him in a
downtown theater. He told the
court he was lust having fun"
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Fairfax Man Injured
When Hit by Streetcar

Samuel G. Landon, 80, of Fairfax
Va, suffered a possible skull frac-
ture and lacerations when he STEP
ped from loading platform into
the path of moving streetcar al
Eleventh and F streets NV. last
night.
Admitted to Emergency Hospital
his condition was described as fair
today. Police listed Luther T. Cobb
1725 First street, Suitland, Md, as
the motorman of the streetcar.
Mrs. Margaret Bridges, 81, of Me-
ridian Hill Hotel, 2601 Sixteenth
street NV, slipped and fell while
boarding, a bus at Twelfth and E
streets NV. She was admitted to
Emergency Hospital for treatment
for possible leg fracture, hip in
jury and bruises.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Steamboat Historians Claim
Jet Enqine Dates Back to 1885

he Rumsey) was the first man to
employ jet propulsion as a means
of propelling piece of useful equip
ment."
Born in Cecil County, Rumsey
was blacksmith for several years
before entering the milling business.
After working in Baltimore for some
time. he went to Shepherdstown,
w. Va, where, after much secret
experimentation, he sailed a jet
propelled steamboat in Sir Johns
Run, tributary of the Potomac
River, on December l, 1785.
Two years later, on December 8,
1887, Rumsey made a successful trip
up the Potomac. A second and much
more elaborate boat was built at
Baltimore, but the day before he was
to mail out tickets for the demon
stration OF the craft, Rumsey died
He was buried in an unmarked
grave near Westminster.
It was many years before Mary
landers and West Virginians dug up
convincing proof that Rumsey, not
Fulton or Fitch, built the first sue
cessful steainboat.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Teachers Raise
!sOut of Line,
Vinson Says
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
|. RICHMOND, Jan. 14.-Economic
Sterilization Director Fred Vinson
has advised Gov. Darden in a letter
that the proposed pay increase for
Virginia public school teachers would
not be in line with the Little Steel
formula which permits wage in
creases up to Is per cent on basic
wages paid for the pay roll period
ending January l, 1941.
The Governor said the letter would
be sent to the House Appropriations
Committee for consideration when
they begin study of his recommends
ton that the teacher pay per unit be
increased from $720 to $840 in the
first year of the new biennium and
to $3.50 for the second year.
j. H. Bradford, State budget di-
rector, said he estimated that the
increase per teacher unit to $24O
would represent a SO per cent in
crease over the January /, 1941, rate
Leg; ;slative approval of the $500 rate
for the next year of the biennium
would amount to a IS per cent boost,
he said.
Mr.. Bradford and Gov. Darden
both had written Mr.. Vinson for a
statement on the application OF. a
stabtlization program for State en-
ployes.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
laWRshonmiq
&Remindery6a

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4, green stamps D, E and
F valid through January 20.
Stamps G, H and valid through
February 20.
Meats. Fats, Etc. - Book No. 8,
brown stamps r, S and T valid
through January 20. Book No. 4,
spare stamp No. 2 good for five
points Of fresh pork and sausage
through January Is.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay you two ration points for
every pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sukar-Stamp % in Book No. 4 good
for S pounds through January Is.
Stamp 80 valid for pounds Jan.
uary 16.
Shoes-Stamp No. 18 in Book No. /
and stamp on the "airplane"
sheet of Book No. 3 valid now for
an indefinite period.
Gasoline-No. 8 A coupons good for
3 gallons each until February 8.
B, B-1. G and C-1 coupons good
for 2 gallons each. These coupons
will expire on date indicated on
individual books. B-2 and ca
coupons in books issued since De.
cember are good for 5 gallons
each.
Tire inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders, March 81.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Montgomery Continues
Case of Mills Mother

The case of Mrs. Elsie M. Mills,
so, Sandy Spring, Md. who had been
charged by Montgomery County
police with being an accessory in
the escape of her son, Pvt. Robert
l.. Mills, %, from a Frederick jail
Christmas eve, was continued in
definitely by Trial Magistrate Einar
Christensen in Silver Spring Police
Court today.
Similar action was taken on a
charge of unauthorized use of an
automobile against Mrs. Marjorie
Mills, 23, wife of the soldier.
Mills. who allegedly stole five au-
tomobiles after breaking out of a
Fort George G. Meade guardhouse
in November, was captured near
Elkton January 3. He is now being
held by Frederick authorities for
grand jury action on . charge Of
robbing . filling station.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Farm Worker Dies
OF Blast Injuries
Two Other Arlington
Men Are Recovering

Byrd Jones, 40, farm worker, died
at Georgetown Hospital today from
injuries received yesterday when a
stove exploded in blacksmith shop
on the Saegmuller farm, Sis Little
Falls road, Arlington. where lard
was being rendered.
Fred Saegmuler, 65, joint owner
of the farm, and George Jeffries, 43,
another employe, also were injured
in the explosion. Hospital officials
reported their condition satisfactory
Both Mr.. Saegmuller and Mr.. Jeffries
suffered leg fractures.
Arlington County police said the
explosion, which was of such force
that it broke a door OF the shop, oc-
CURED as kettle of fat was being
heated.
Attending physicians said Mr..
Saegmuller offered two possible ex-
plantations for the blast.
He said that lard had been rem
dered on the stove the preceding
day and that grease drippings,
through some chemical reaction
overnight, may have formed an ex-
plosive.
The other explanation was that
grease may have boiled over on the
fire, causing the explosion.
The Saegmuller farm is owned
jointly by Fred, George M. and j.
Lee Saegmuller.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Lee Says CuI|um's Charges
Are Political and Unjustified
Denies Mailing Of Paper in District
Violates Post Office REGULATIONS

Charges that Dyke Cullum, acting
postmaster at Silver Spring, has
used his official position to make
and circulate political and unjusti-
fed attacks on the Maryland News,
Montgomery County weekly news
paper, as well as on Montgomery
County and Office of Price Admin
iStratiOn officials in Silver Spring,
were made today by 1t. Col. E.
Brooke Lee, editor and publisher of
the newspaper.
Answering a Recommendation Mr..
Cullum made yesterday to Post
master General Walker that the
News second-class mailing privilege
at the Washington City Post Once
be Cancelled, Col. Lee declared he
has been advised that it is not con-
trary to postal regulations to mail a
paper as second-class matter at one
post Office, when it is printed in the
delivery zone of another.
Post Office officials, however, said
publication must maintain an
office at the point from which 1t is
mailed. They said Col. Lees paper
was formed in 1927 through the
combination of three newspapers
two of which had Washington Offices.
They said a check would be made
to see whether the permit still con-
formed to postal regulations.
officials explained that the Wash
ington permit could be transferred
to Silver Spring by payment of a
$40 fee. Mr. Cullum had suggested
that the Maryland News make ap-
plication at the Silver Spring ofice
for a .second-class permit.
Calls Charges Untrue.
Col. Lee declared he believes "all
of the charges that Mr.. Cullum has
made or inferred against various
county officials and employees
against the representatives of the
OPA in Silver Spring and against
Democratic politicians of the county
are even politically untrue, and rep
resent m Attempt of a terrible
tempGxS Angs' to get himself
appointed postmaster OF SiIxer
Spring. DUST how he figures to work
this out we do not understand"
Mr.. Cullum recently charged that
there were politics" in a delay in
issuing gasoline coupons for mail
trucks.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Additional CIassrooms
Built in County Schools
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. 14-1n-
formed that additional classrooms
have been completed in the North
Four Corners, South Four Corners
Bradley and Westbrook Public
Schools and are ready for final ac-
ceptance, the Montgomery County
Board of Education has named
Board Members Julius P. Stadler
Arthur B. Joseph and F. K. Metzger
to inspect the buildings and accept
them if they are found satisfactory
Appointments of teachers have
been approved as follows: Elemen-
tary schools-Orpha Clark, East Sill
yer Spring School; Helen G. Miller
Four Corners; Elmira Rem, Damas-
Gus; Eleanor Aisner, Bethesda. High
schools-Jane c. Turner, Pooles-
vile; S. c. MacDorman, Gathers
burg; Mrs. Ethel R. Rowalt, Bethes-
da-Chevy Chase; Mrs. Martha
Scheufler, Kensington Junior
Nursery schools-Mrs. Thusnelda
Kuzelka, Takoma Park; Mrs. Irma
Mullins, Fairway Hills; Mrs. Eleanor
G. Knight. Bethesda.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
By the Associated Press,

BALTIMORE, Jan. 14.-Steam-
boat historians claim for James
Rumsey, the Maryland inventor who
ran boat by steam % years before
Robert Fulton's Clermont, the honor
OF discovering jet propulsion, newest
development in the field of high
speed aircraft.
Although the Army Air Forces
and the Royal Air Force released
only meager details about jet pro-
pulsion, engineers were convinced
that the principle is the same as
that applied by Rumsey.
The Cecil County blacksmith,
miller and mechanical marvel, en-
ployed jet propulsion for the first
time in his successful steamboat,
which by means Of q piston which
sucked water into passageway near
the bow and elected it at the stern
Thomson King, Baltimore engi-
neer who has made an extensive
study Of the beginnings of steam
power and Rumsey's part in de-
veloping the water-tube boiler, says
there u irrefutable evidence that
Evening star., 1944-01-14

e>oASAA AAA viz
Southwest Pa
cifc, the Navy
Department an
nounced today.
A native of
Concord, N. c.,
Pfc. Cain came
to H y a t t S vile
with his family
about four years
ago. He enlisted
in the Marine
Corps in Novem-
Der, 1912, and
was sent over
S e a S t h r e e
months later
Evening star., 1944-01-14

Col. Lee added that Mr.. Cullum's
charges "are intended to be political
in their allegation ana effect, and as
such are highly inappropriate for q
civil service employe Of the Post
ONCE Department. So it seems to
us that If anybody has been violat-
Ing postal regulations, rules, and
even laws 1t has been the
acting postmaster ."
Col. Lee also said he received a
letter last February, one month
after Mr.. Cullum became acting
postmaster, signed by 10 civil service
employees then at the Post Once
asking that thorough and careful
consideration be given the appoint
ment OF the future postmaster of
this office.'
Charge Drop In Morale.
although the appointment of the
present acting postmaster is only a
temporary measure we make this re-
quest" the letter continued, because
we feel that under his supervision
the efficiency and morale OF the en-
ployes has been greatly lowered
This is due to his attitude toward
his position and to the treatment
given the employees.
"As employees we have, and would
like to continue to take pride in our
work. But in the face of comments
and criticism by the patrons con-
cerning conditions and service at
our office, we find it increasingly
difncult to maintain our former at
titude toward our work"
Copies of the letter were sent to
Senators Tydings and Radcliffe
Democrats, Of Maryland. to county
Democratic and to post office ON
cials
Col. Lee said Mr.. Cullum began his
attacks on the county group only
after the Democratic State Central
Committee for Montgomery County
refused his demand to reconsider its
postmastership recommendation Mr..
FCullum's name was not on the Civil
Ary3ce Qrmmission list of eligibles
|ANMAes M Waged continuous fight
fsfsice to have his name reconsidered
.e5 William b. Bowman, Silver Spring
business man, who was indorsed by
the State Central Committee, has
been approved by the Senate Post
0ffice Committee and his name is
awaiting Senate confirma ton.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
18-fo-21 Deferment Rule
Affects Few in MARYLAND
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. IA Fewer
than 1,500 Maryland draft regis
trants will be affected by the new
selective service regulation denying
.occupational deferments to all but a
few classifications in the 1921 age
groups after February /, State Sc
lective service headquarters reports.
For six months or more, State Di-
rector Col. Henry c. Stanwood said,
the States local boards have held
such deferments to q minimum, thus
accounting for the small number Of
young men affected. 80
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
Of old newspapers and maga-
zines Is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up. r
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Foqon Heads Trude Board

John J. Fagan has been elected
president of the Silver Spring Board
of Trade, succeeding Lee H. Robin
son. Other officers are James Nc
Cam, vice president; Donald K.
Staley, secretary; Weston M. Ack-
man, treasurer, and Lee H. Robin
son, Raymond Barrett, DR.. w. B.
Mehring, C. F. Armiger and DR..
j. H. Forsyth, members of the Board
of Directors.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Planners 10 Prepare
Independent Study
On Potomac Dams
Olmsteud to Make Survey:
Action indicates Report
Of FPC Unsatisfactory

Before taking action on the pro-
posal OF Army engineers to develop
a series of power and flood control
dams upstream in the Potomac
River, the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission intends
To make thorough and independent
Study of the problems involved.
For this reason. the Commission
announced last night that it has
called in the services of Frederick
Law Olmstead. a former member
and now expert consultant of the
National Park Service, to make the
study involved. This action indi-
Gated the commission is far from
satisfied with the report made to
1t yesterday by Col Clarence Rem
shaw, United States district engi-
neer, and Chairman Leland Olds OF
the Federal Power Commission.
Alternative Plans Filed.
Col. Renshaw, who besought the
Commission to divulge no details OF
the comprehensive study the Army
engineers are making of the Poto.
mac and its tributaries, submitted
number of possible alternative
schemes for power and flood con.
troll dams below and above Grea
Falls.
The Army engineers will complet
their report early in March an,
submit it to the division engineer
office. Later the report will be EN-
bodied in a general report to Con
gress on water power projects Gov
ering the entire country.
The Planning Commission agreed
to call In Mr.. Olmstead before il
takes any action. Mr.. Olmsteac
made a study of Potomac River
power possibilities a number ol
years ago and it is understood that
he still is opposed to any scheme
that would destroy or inJure the
natural beauty of Great Falls and
the Potomac gorge
The Planning Commission has
established well-known record in
favor of preserving Great Falls
For this reason it is unlikely that
group would give its assent to any
plan that would endanger the falls
or the historic Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, now owned by the National
Park Service.
Power Question Involved.
Col. Renshaw's engineers are
working under authority of an act
Of 1886 authorizing a survey of all
principal rivers and tributaries with
view to the development of "seli
liquidating" power projects.
While sites proposed for the dams
were not divulged at yesterdays
meeting, number suggested have
been under consideration. These
dam sites, reported on at length ir
The 'Star last Tuesday, include the
vicinity of Chain Bridge, and sites
at Carderock and the so-calleo
Whitewater, both being below Great
Falls.
The Planning Commission is not
concerned greatly with dams in the
Potomac far enough above Great
Falls to do no injury to the gorge
But its position for many years has
been that there is no need for addi-
tional water power development In
the Washington area.
Congress provided a further pro-
lection to Great Falls back in 1928
That act forbids the Federal Power
Commission to grant any permit for
power plants at Great Falls without
referring the matter to Congress.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Gas Ration Coupons
Will Be Mailed 10
Maryland Drivers
Regional oPA Adopts
System Used in D. c.
For Several Months
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Reeiona]
OPA Administrator Daniel P. Wool.
ley announces that gasoline ration
coupons will be mailed to motorists
under an OPA central issuance sys-
tenn to be put in effect in a few
weeks.
The centers, Mr.. Woolley said yes
terday. will be set up in metropoli-
tan areas in New York, New Jersey
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Mary.
land.
He said local boards will continue
to pass on applications for supple
mental rations but will be relieved
OF the risk OF handling coupons and
Will be able ito give better judgment
In passing upon ration allotments. =
After passing on eligibility and
the number of coupons to be issued
a motorist, the local board will in
form the issuing center which will
mail the coupons, Mr.. Woolley ex-
planned.
The central issuance system for
IRA ration coupons announced by
Mr.. Woolley is similar to that which
has been in operation in Washing
ton for several months, Robert K
Thompson, District OPA director
said today.
According to Mr.. Thompson, CEN
tral issuance was begun experiment
tally with gasoline coupons and then
expanded to include the entire ra-
ton program. Only small emer-
gency supplies of coupons are now
kept in the ration boards, he said
Maryland OPA officials at Balti-
more said they have not yet received
directive from the New York re-
gional Office ordering establishment
OF the centers. They said the num-
Der of centers and their locations
could not be determined until the
directive has been received
Evening star., 1944-01-14

In a letter dated December 20,
the youth said he felt fine" add
ing that you probably know why
I can't write more"
He also said that a .45-caliber
automatic which his father sent
him last August along with a re-
quest that young Cain put notch
in it for every Jap he killed, is in
good condition. but the handle has
been practically cut Off"
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Dr.. Skuord to Speok

DR.. Sigmund Skaard, who escaped
from Norway. will be the guest
speaker of the Fort Myer Height.
Citizens Association at o'clock to-
night. The meeting, which Is open
to the public, will be at the Wood
row Wilson School,
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Pfc. H. |. Cain, HyaHsvi|Ie,
Wounded in Pacific Action

Pfc. Harold L. Cain, 10, Marine
Corps Reserve, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver w. Cain, 1905 Gallatin street.
Hyattsville, has been wounded in
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Is Fathers Inducted
By Alexandra Board

Thirteen fathers were inducteC
into the armed forces from Alex
andria Saturday and were the first
white fathers sent from the board
it was announced yesterday.
Included in the group of 48 mer
inducted were three transfers from
other boards, one of whom was q
volunteer, and seven Alexandra
volunteers, one of whom is father
He is not counted in the number
of fathers inducted.
Melvin B. Evans, one Of tn,
fathers inducted, has four children
and has been employed by tht
Alexandria Dairy as a routeman
Mr.. Evans is 80 and lives at 81!
South Columbus street. His chill
dren are aged 8, 7, 6 and 3 and hi!
wife is not employed. He said i
will be difficult for the family tt
get along without his former salary
but they will have to manage or
the dependents allotment.
Charles H. Noakes, SIG South
Fairfax street. also has four chill.
dren. but could not be reached fol
comment on his induction.
The men inducted Saturday are
as follows:
Transfers:
ARMY.
' ~ NAVY.
Spinks, Robert, Williamson, G. H.
(Volunteer)
VOLUNTEERS.
ARMY.
Fleming, s. H. Beeach. Floyd M.
Martin. Allen Pitts. Rogers J.
Price, r. F. tfatheD Murphy, James A.
Wood, James r.
FATHERS.
ARMY.
Rsasf Mocfree eeSysf % C. Fyts, Fynns' Avin Mf1yn
Pumphrey, Ralph !. Poiserove. j. H.: jr.
McBride Jasper L. Smith, Ashby Lee
Riddick. VIM. NJ, jr.
NoN-FATHERs.
Percy. Kenneth N. Glass. James K.
Mason, Calvin !. Duncan. John M;
ClyDOrn, CiluorQ j. Herreu, ROBERT M.
Starkey, Wayne E. Evans, Jack A.
Washburn, Ralph E. Landry, Raymond E.
Nelson, Vivian X. Foytik, Jerry
Colbert, John R. Collier. Paul
Brown, Hugh NJ. Atkins. Vincent A.
Hinkle, Z. L., jr. Redmiles, John M.
NAVY.
Miller, Chas. D., jr. Breen, Joseph R.
Cline, Leo F. Fletcher, John w.
Hudson. Jack E. Sesler, Luther A.
MARINE CORPS.
Drewry, Raymond E.
Evening star., 1944-01-14

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