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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-11
BY LOGAN CLENDENINC, MD.

SEE by the papers, as Mr.
Doo!cy, the favori;c columns, of
the period of another war-thc
!I''lc, old SpaulSh-AmrgIcau War
USED TO say. 81" By the papers
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30
Whitaker Evangelical Church
Members Honor Pastor, Wife

Mrs. Ernest Williams and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Hammersmith.
Detroit, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas buckingham.
Misses Mary Williams and Beth
Allison and Pvt. Lloyd Hansen
spent Saturday evening with Rev.
and Mrs Gerald Wilkie and daugh.
ter Glenda Ray. Whitehouse. Ohio
Don buckingham. Hope, spent
Saturday and Sunday with his fam.
lily.
Miss Florence Sikorski spent
the week end VITA :dr. anu Mrs.
Charles LinnepsuIeI. -ralia -ay I'd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl buckingham
and son, Detroit, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hitch
ingham.
Richard Latin. Great Lakes Ma.
val Training Station. spent Sunday
evening with Miss Ruth Simonds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Squires and
baby. Stony Creek, spent Wedues
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas buckingham.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30
CHURCH NIGH1 HELD

Whitaker. Mich. Nov. so The
monthly Church Night. was held
in the Whitaker EVANGELICAL
Church basement Friday evening
Rev. and Mrs. w. +. Boettcher
were greatly surprised when called
TO the floor by Mrs. W j. Bodley
and o. E. Nedder They were civ.
en- a corsage and bouttoniere OF
flowers and sum OF money in OBJ
seryance OF their 35th wedding an.
niyersary and also the 35th an
niversary OF their ministry in the
Michigan Conference. The eve.
ming was spent in playing games.
There were two duets. one pre-
scented by Mrs. George Osborne
and Mrs. Roland Lamkin and the
other by Rev. G.. knechtel, Wyan.
dotte and his son, Rev Otto G.
Knechtel, Ferndale. They were
accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
Ross J. Slabaugh.
A very interesting talk was Civ
en- by Mrs. Fred Wilbur on why
this church means so much to
me?" At the close of the evening
lunch was served by the Adult
Bible class to so persons.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30
State Orders End TO
Pollution Of Lake

Nj. Clemens. Mich. Mar. SO
UP-Orders TO cease polluting Lake
st. Clair with untreated sewage
have been received from the state
stream control commission. Drain
Commissioner William c. Harper
said today.
Harper said he recently advised
supervisors that the new FWA
lakeshore intereepter drain which
pipes sewage 10 the Wayne Coun.
~ disposal plant was shut OF be-
cause OF lack OF funds to meet the
si3 per million gallons charged by
Wayne County for treatment.
The commission order prohi-
bits further use of the old nine
mile drain. County officials with
held action pending study OF the
commissions order
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30

New York-Brig. Gen. Fred W.
Rankin, chief Army surgical con.
sultant: To-day the overall NOR
tally rate in the Army IS approx.
mately 3.3 per cent, which means
that we save 81 OF every 100 sol
diers wounded in battle. This sets
a record in military history
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30

Butcher oak rara. H.. Is a happy
mother today after receipt of word
that her SON stan SGT David T.
Butcher this city, IL alive and
Wei, he had been missing since
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30

base In England and was hoping 10
see her soon.
stan SGT Butcher lived with his
brother and slstetin.iaV. Mr. and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30
Help Celebrate Birthday

Many OF Mrs. Lynn Taylor 5
friends gathered at her home on
Saturday evening to help her eel.
citrate her birthday. There were
two lovely birthday cakes. The
evening was spent in visiting
Those who attended were Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Taylor, Fred Garrod,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Garrod and
daughter, Donna, Robert Bevier.
Edwin Collier and son Eugene.
Mrs. Bessie Brown. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley DeJanovich and son, Dav.
i'd. Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Smith and
baby, Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Miller
and baby and Mrs. Myrtle Kinni.
cut.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30

Beach, Fla.
Rev and Mrs. Otto G. KnechteI
and son Robert, Ferndale and Mr..
and Mrs-Harnld- McInally- Pleas.
ant Ridge came Friday evening to
felp their parents. Rev. and Mrs.
w. F. Roettcher to celebrate their
35th wedding anniversary and the
35th anniversary in the ministry.
Rev. and Mrs. G. Knechtel, Wyan.
dotte were also dinner guests.
Miss Mary Williams entertained
Beth Allison, Verna Maye Lamkin
and AL Walt Thursday for din.
Ter in honor of Pvt. Lloyd Han.
sen who is home on furlough from
Camp Roberts, Calf.
Mrs. W. J. Bodley was a dinner
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thurlow Bod
ley. Milan on Wednesday evening
and later attended the senior play
which was given at the Milan High
School.
1t. Roy Lemon, Galveston. Tex
as, spent several days with Mr..
and Mrs. Walter fowler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Bachman.
Ypsllanti, spent Saturday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Dysing.
er and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will VANITY, Milan,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
o. <. Vedder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Murray.
Ypsilanti, spent Sunday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Bodley
and family.
Mrs. w. Coopersmith and sons
and Mrs. ]. Kojoch and family. De.
troit, spent Saturday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sikorski and
family.
Otto Schrock and children, Will
low Rd.. spent Sunday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. John VANITY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Griffen and
family, Wayne, spent Friday eve
ming with her parents, Mr.. and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30

Mrs. Raymond T Butcher. while
10 Ann Arbor
He received his training at Scott
Field, III. Las W gas. Ney., and Salt
Lake city. Utah.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30

last July after a raid over France
\ telegram from the War Depart
mrUt states that DE has not only
been found alive and well hut that
he vas on his way 10 his home
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30
GiNa Farewell Party

The League OF Christian Endeav-
or gave a farewell party, for Pvt.
Lloyd Hansen who is home on fur.
Tough from Camp Roberts, Calf.
at the home OF Mary Williams on
Sunday evening. A lunch was
served to 90 guests.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30
Mother Happy, Son
Found Alive, Well

Ann Arbor. Mich Mar so-Maly
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-30
Son Transferred

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown re.
ceived word their son Pvt. Rob.
ert Brown who has been in Chica
go is being transferred to Miami
Beach. Fla.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-07
Berlin Is Again
Bombed at Night,
With Other Areas

london. De-. ..-(AP}-EAf
bnmbcre blasted Berlin aeaih
lirt night and struck s,multan-
cou,ly at the railway rcntcr> oi
B~ulbiuck and G,c>etn, ana
Icuua, synthetic Oil plants near
Leipzig.
ApproNimateiv 1900 planes
took part IN the operations.
Berlin. bombed Tuesday Tor
the FIRST time III two
by an American aerial llcct, wa
It secondary target for tho fAf,
Whlc', struck its heaviest blows
1T the communications ccn'cfo
aud rctincricS. 1. :. H"nibrI>
only Yesterday raincd 5000 tons
of explosives on the Lcuha re-
ilnCrN.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-07
Churchill Faces
Rising Criticism
On Policy Abroad

London. Dec. : carr
Swelling criticism ot it'it'sh for
clGn pnii,, in Western and
southern europe threatened to
day Ia force an open "halifu&c
of Frimc Minister ~thurchiIiS
government Il bis supporter,
m~arshaied thcU t0r,re t0i 4 iul,
dress drbal" touoiroW on IN
~tctNcHtiuu ~ itJIN and i,rGcCc.
There appeared To be no Ian
ger thIt hi government would
he UVcrtiIroWn but urgent sum
mons to attend the debate were
sent out against tHC possibility
that Socialist and Labor mem
bcTE of Commons might seek a
divisional vote.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-07
Security Freeze
Win, First Test
Among Senators

Washington. Dee. 1.-(AI'-
Nuu,rinc off for a showdown
with President Roosevelt, me
senate Finance Committee No'.
ed IS to , today to freeze >ociai
security tax rates.
Chairman George,
Democrat. said he would can
the measure up tomorrow i"'
expected senate approval. II
House voted 262 to y N"ndaN
in favor of keeping the levy ~
It's present one percent rate on
both employers and cnpi">t>.
Mr.. Roosevelt repeatedly mas
expressed his opposition /" hai'-
inc Echcdulcd autania'''
doubling of the tax January 1.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-07
ALLIED RRIDGEHEAD
IN ITALY BROADENED

Rome, Dec. 7.-(AP)-AIlicd
troOnS have decpCncd their
ncWly-Won brideehead over the
Ormone harbor southwest of
Faenla and all enemy resistance
east of the river has been wiped
out. Allied headquarters an
nOunced today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-07
Japs Claim,
IS OF Craft
Are I)owned
Body Crashes Are
Fatal TO Five OF
Big Ships, is Claim

H!et I. :. EOmncr Command
headquarters, raipan, Dee. T.
(A3J-iWo SuprriortrcNS bonn.
per on weather reconnaissance
flights bombed Tokyo last night
and early today, in separate
strikes seven hours apart, the
2l>t |. :. i:nmber Command an
nouiiccd today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-07
Americans
At Edge Of
Steel City
hopping Up Action
Under Way IN Areas
OF the Saar Basin

Paris. Dec. -fAP)-AmCr-
ican ta,,L. Ir,,.. 7,.i.bin +L,oa
-
anu " ii''i i'iI'9 III NddiRl ttChtil
today III Il plunge to the out
skirt. nf Enrharb Fraurb ,aj1
,nu.n ,,.d ,,t,,,-, ..f 1. So
"'=' o'''I''a' ~ ''o 'i'6-
iIl'u IIil'.
Artillery Of the third army
hOmbarded tine little pittshurph
of +bn c,.l .,,I i,.., ,..,rio, g..
"'i's it1'' 'SEt'i' ioi
t'I' tIG'ilH CpII'tulIAC cay Nnlle
infantry was clearing the Ger
mans from the Ia1t streets Of
.,.ou,,,,,, E.g..L
-. " 'o'"tl
IoNH southeast pi lne Nadf Capl-
tai. Street fighting continued
i'm GaarIautorn
1a.
''.'t. J. ! '''a 1]#olh' 'ite,t @Ilp
~, ,' ., .,'e I'.' DAM oil the 97'f rlVer
On the static Eofr river front,
'he o'oshc pld'n Tor the second
,"'t'>H'N' h'sh' was bright with
n'iShl win herman ground
'lsh's' suggesting that the enemy
was working extensively to pre-
pare o'''''>eN OF the hrit river.
IN anticipation ct a forced with
o'a"a' from HE swift and s"ol-
rt' hoe' river,
me hlff iio@s %'t1Io eight miles
~ 2,52@','. u IS I'V Tee AId" aud
z.5..s',#' ~ a. Ii''5l At'hF the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-07
WEAT

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Cloudy and rather cold tonight
and Friday, with rain tonight
and Friday. beginning in west
portion today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-07
WAR PLANT OPERATOR Vivien Kel-

WAR PLANT OPERATOR Vivien Kel-
lens is shown as she testified in
Washington before a Senate Post
Office subcommittee Investigating a
''leak" in wartime censorship. She
said she knew how her correspond
ence with a German count in Ar
gentina t2ll into the hands of a
congressman and a columnist, but
refused to reveal this information
at public hearing. International
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
JAP CRUISER
 IS SUNK BY
 TANK PLANES

Chungking, October IT. - (UP) = China-based Ameri- can planes, cooperating with naval forces off Formosa, sank a Japanese cruiser of the 5,170-ton Natori class, probably sank a destroyer or damaged 46,006 additional tons of enemy shipping Monday, it was announced today.
 The cruiser and destroyer the lat ter of the TerutSuki class, were caught in Q naval convoy in the South China sea by American Lib- orators early Monday morning.
 The cruiser blew up, while O d. rect hit or near miss was scored on the destroyer.
 The remainder of enemy shlp- ping was destroyed or damaged by Liherators and Mitchells, with on es- cort of Mustangs and Warhawks, at Hong Kong, whence 1t had fled to escape the American naval task force. r "
 The colnmunique listed more thar 30,000 tons of shipping sank auc another 16,000 tons probably sunk
 GA Tokyo broadcast said 60 Amer ican bombers and fighters raidee Hong Kong MondayJ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Martial Low. In Budapest
By PHIL AULT

United Press Stan COFrogponuenEl
 London, oct. 1T - (U.PJ --Buda- pest was reported under martial Inv today as the new Maxi government of Hungary frightened its grip on the uneasy capital and strove despef- ateiy to rally the Army and people behind 1t for . stand against the advancing Russians.
 The Nazl-controiled Budapest radio said last night Admiral Nlchs olas Horthy he'd announced his resignation as regent and hnd repudiated his proclamation of only 24 hours earlier accepting Allied armistlce terms. Horthy did not broadcast personally, however, and some doubt remained that he actsl@ ally had authorized the statemeia1 unless unde rdiress.
 The whereabouts of Horthy wors 6 mystery. Swiss sources said he was believed to have been taken Co 0eEe many by plane yesterday, but SWea@ ish dispatches asserted he wa4 under siege with loyal troops sn the Royal Palace.
 The new Naxl government undez Ferenc Szalasi, arrow cross party leader whom Radio Budapest eai4 had been designated by Hortlny @ form Q new cabinet, moved quickly to prevent any counter-ccup tlin1 would take Hungary out ok the Axis camp.
 An Hungarian broadcast heard nE BEG said the new cabinet would hold its first meeting iate this aftsz~ noon.
 (ccntlnued on page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Daughter DeIudes Invalid Mother

Boston, Oct. 17-- (UP) Dear Mom," the letter began.
 Qray-haired Mrs. John J. Cheev- or, GA, of Dorchester, lying critically III in c sanatorium, smiled happily as tho message from her soldier.son was read to her.
 I'm with Gen. Hodges army in Belgium .. Don't worry about me, Nom, because I'm fine. The Bel- gians were glad to 50 us and I've made many friends among them. But It'll Do nice to Dc home again"
 The smile never left Mrs. Cheev- CTS face aS her daughter, Dorothy, read the letter from Pvt John J. Cheever Jr.
 What Mrs. Cheever didn't know was that Dorothy had written the letter . few minutes earlier. Doctors said Mrs. Cheever was to nl to be told that her son had been killed in action in Germany Q month ago today.
 This morning at St. Matthewl church, Dorchester, Q pro-burtal Mas Was held for Fwt. Cheever.
 But his mother still was happy in the thought that as soon co tho wal was cysr D 0wcula cons home again
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
RedsAdvonce In Balkans
BY HENRY SHAPIRO United Press War Correspondent

Moscow, Oct. i7-(UP) - Red Army troops, rapidly expanding their sweep in the Balkan states, drove through the southeastern section of Yugoslavia today and cut the main highway leading northward from occupied Greece to place another block in the German escape route from Southern Europe.
 Front dispatches to the govern- ment newspaper, Ivestia, indicated that the German fronts in the Bal- kans were deteriorating progressive ly and that Nazi endorsements often were arriving ct towns already captured by Russian or partisan forces.
 On the far Northern Finnish front, the Red Army Newspaper Red Star reported, Soviet troops were routing the German lapland army after cutting off many of It's units from retreating toward Nor- way. Soviet troops were pushing toward the Norwegian Fjords over excellent roads.
 (Re-orts from Stockholm said that capture of Rovaniemi by Fin- nish troops and of Petsamo v Fus- sian troops had blocked the most important NaN retreat route to Norway. An estimated three fNazi divisions was said to have no choice but to attempt to retreat along two secondary roads to Norway or to attempt to hold out virtually with- out supplies in the Arctic wastes)
 The Soviet drive was spearheaded by Marshal Tito's partisan forces which in Q combined thrust caps tured the town of VranJe and plunged 20 miles ahead to bring the Allied troops to within 23 miles of the rail and road junction of skoplje.
 The advance placed the Russian and partisan troops astride the main highway bisecting the 03.mile Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
TeIevision Gets Boost

Boston, Oct. 17 - (U,Po -Pre. dieting that three-quarters of Amer. icas homes may have television sets by the end of 1885, Thomas F. Joyce of the Radio Corporation of Amer lea said today that teleVision has the power to create unprecedented consumer demand in the postwar world.
 Joyce, manager of RCAs televl- sion Department, told the 18th an- nual Boston conference on distri- button:
 'Televlsion has the power to ere. ate consumer buying of goods and services beyond anything that we have heretofore known. This means jobs"
 Ie said that postwar television;
 1. Has potential power to stin- uiate the demand Of all consumer goods and thereby create more jobs.
 2. VIII contribute directly to ad. ditional employment and increased purchasing power in the radio inc dustTy itself,
 Joyce said that If television Is per- mitted to expand immediately the war ends 1t win Do employing oO0,- 900 in the radio industry In it's third year. This, he said compares with the previous peak employment in the industry of S00,00o.
 Tn addition, he said, if production gets underway in io46, Q total of 30,000,0 900 of Ainerlca's families will have receivers in the 10 years end- Ing in 1855. This would represent Q i0-year market for over S6,000, ,000,- 900 dollars worth Of receivers if the average cost were e200, he said.
 Joyce said that in order to pro. vide full employment during the postwar period without the use of made" projects, the production and consumption of consumer goods must be boosted ct least 80 per cent.
 '"Television," he said, which adds sight to sound and brings the product directly before the eyes of consumers in their homes, has the potential power to bring this
 Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
British Sink Maxi Lighters

Rome, oct, 1T- (UPl -BrltlSh light coastal warships, smashing what may have been 0 German at- tempt to evacuate troops and equip ment from Yugoslavia, sank eight and probably 10 Nazi lighters and small craft In . five-hour battle off the Dalmatian Island of Vir, Q naval cOmmunique disclosed today.
 The engagement occurred during the night of Oct. ii-l2, when the British warshlps intercepted one or more enemy conveys running north- ward through the narrow watefs off Vir. just north Of the seaport Of Zara,
 In 0 fierce battle, the British sank three lighters, drove three others ashore and destroyed them there, and probably sank Q seventh. Two small craft believed loaded with troops and supplies also were caught ana sunk and Q third may have said, while Q German torpedo boat was sunk and another damaged.
 Two British warshipS suffered Ulll1oT uuAklube utiU OtAS AAuA WUS killed and three wounded, the com- muniquo said,
 Naval headquarters also announc- cd that more than i60 warships of various types took part in the oc. cupation of Plraeus and Athens and in recent operations through the waters off Greece.
 The armada included British, Canadian, South African, Greek, French, and Polish warships, all un- der the command of Rear Adm. J. M. Mansfield.
 Amplifying c previous communi- que announcing the liberation of Corfu Island, in the Ionian Sea off the Albanian Greek coast, the Navy statement said British landing craft and motor launches entered Corfu harbor late last Thursday evening and were met by Greek troops who already had cleared most of the is- land. A few German soldiers re- maining on Corfu are reported to have surrendered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Greatest Daylight
 Attdck On One City
from NEA Telephotol
By LEO s. DIsHER Limited Press War CorrespNndent)

NVAAANNNA AVNB VVSA SSaeSSE saeNS--Nf
 London, Oct. l7 -- (U.p) - The U. s. 9th Air Force today carried out possibly the greatest daylight air attack of the war against Q single German city, throwing upwards Of 1900 heavy hombers with an 000- plane fighter escort, against the battered Rhineland center of Col- ogne, just behind the Aachen front.
 The air armada dumped an esti- mated 2,600 tons of high explosives and incendiarieS on the Rhine city which probably has been bombed more consistently and intensively than any other Nazi center since the start of the war.
 This brought tonnage unloaded on Cologne since Saturday to more than 5000 tons - the greatest amount of bombs ever dropped by American planes In so short time on Q German city.
 The great attack by rnassed form- ationS of Fortresses and Liberators with Q covering escort of Thunder bolt and Mustang fighters was dee livered like many others in the pres- ent offensive through Q protecting cover of clouds.
 The clouds ohscured immediate observation of results but acted as additional protection to the over- whelming American air force.
 The daylight air assault followed Q night attack upon Cologne by RAF Mosquitoes.
 It was the third Eighth Air Force attack on Cologne In four days and the seventh in two weeks. The at- (Continued oYl PnpA A0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Nozis Report Soviet Offensive
plnturA Pool trAnAmitted bY
RY RORERT MUsEL

(UnltN0 Rfees WhE CVEESsPVHueHN
 London, Oct. i7 - (UP) --The German high command said today tht o new Russian offensive by many infantry and tank forma- tions" on Q 2b-nile front along the KaunaS- -Insterburg railroad had reached the East Prussian frontier ct one point.
 The Red Army opened the offen. sive on either side of Vilkakiskis, Q few miles below the trunk railway and some ib miles east of the front after Q drumfire barrage that lasted several hours, Q NaZi communique reported,
 The German Transocean News Agency in Q supplementary dispatch bluntly described the reported at. tack aS 70 new Soviet offensive against East Prussia" the eastern most province Of Germany proper.
 The German defenders fought e fierce defensive battle, in the course of which the soviets made some local penetrationS," Trans ocean reported.
 9bCEiHONM aoohbtt pAaAAeS ouR~ ported the offensive, the Berlin high command said, adding the claim that the Russians lost 66 planes in fierce air battles and to German anti-aircraft fire over the new bat tie area and the Narew river front.
 The scope of the Soviet armored participation was reflected In the Berlin report that i4b Russian tanks were knocked out, 70 of them by Q peoples 0renadier" division.
 Only last week Moscow reported Russian forces rnassing along Q 200-mile stretch of the East PruS- sian frontier, had reached 1t ct three places.
 Soviet forces drove to the border area east of Tilsit East PruSsian transport center, while Russian artillery and planes heavily bonn barded nearby German soil.
 The German communique said the Russians continued powerful break. through attempts from their Narew bridgehead ct Roman, 4S miles northeast of Warsaw and 30 miles below East Prussia.
 "Our tenaciously fighting troops here achieved complete defensive success" it said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-17
Pro gress At Cheshire Supt. Says

"6radual progressive changes have been brought about ct the Cheshire refofmatory by oil avail. able means, over q period of ten years," it was stated today to The Democrat by George o. Erskine su- perintendent ct the Cheshire insti- tuition.
 MT. Erskine'S statement was giv. en in reply to Q query by the Denl- ocrat relative to recent statements made by members of the board Of directors of tho institution claim. ing "a stagnant system of reform" existed there,
 Declaring that such changes have been gradual out of necessity, MT, Erskine stated that he had sought from the General Assem-. ply such means as were available to bring about progress" and had "in. Etituted all reforms gradually to prevent fanfare and possible dis ruption of a fundamentally sound system now in operation"
 Members of the board Of direc. tors, whose actions have brought about amelioration in rules govern ing solitary confinement and Tho. taking at meals" ct the institution nave demanded immediate changes and reforms of many other such rules now in effect"
 Meanwhile, William w. T. Squire, executive director of the State Pub"