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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-02
NORTH END NEWS
By MARIAN G. MeClLl

Mr.. and Mrs. Acue Parharm. OF
McGraw avenue. enjoyed the hos
pitality OF Mr.. and Mrs. David
McGill. OF Delmsr avenue, on Sat-
urdsy evening at buffet supper
Games were played and a lovely
time was enjoyed.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Bragg. OF
McDougall avenue, with Mr.. and
Mrs. David McGill. motored 10 To-
ledo on Thanksgiving. where they
enjoyed the hospitality Of Nh and
Mrs. Tom Shaw OF Elizabeth
street Among those present were
MIR. and Mrs. Burton Jones. James
J. Jacob. and Mrs. Williams. moth
er Of Mr.. Shaw. Games which ev-
eryone enjoyed were played. Priz-
es were given TO Mr.. and Mrs Nc
Gill.
On Sunday afternoon Heart OF
Detroit Lodge and Florence Ames
Temple II celebrated the corona
ton OF their king o, Elkdom
There were 500 members and their
friends gathered at the Mirror
ballroom to SEQ the browning. The
grand exalted ruler. J. Finley VII
son. officisted az the solemn cere'
mony.
The home nursing class OF thu
Red Cross. which holds their class
es in the J. l. Hudson store. me-
as usual on Friday The lesson wa:
on the care OF babies. giving tho
babys bath. and the care Of the
mother. There will be lecture al
the Women's City club The mex
class will be opened sometime II
January. II you are interested cal
the Red Cross FOR information
Mr.. Cyril Barker invited few
friends 10 help him celebrate tht
birthday ~ his wife on Friday
David also celebrated HI!
birthday on Saturday In keepins
with their custom. they celebrated
together. Those present and bring
I ing lovely gifts were: Mr.. and Mrs
/ Spaulding. Mrs. Hilda Smith. Mrs
McGray, lnez Gillian. Mrs DAVE
| MeGnl. Mr. and Mrs. EdwarC
Street, Helena Gilbert. Mrs. r
! Wilson. Mr. and Mrs John Frank
\ lin, Mrs. william Winters. Mrs
/ Dannie Ford. Mrs B. World anc
daughter. Mrs d Clark anC
daughter. Mrs s Sabbath Fran
co.'s. J Ramas. n. Lorenz. Mrs
| Blanche and many others
DwYER SCHOOL NOTES
The P.-TA. 81 Dryer schoo
met in the auditorium OF ih'
school on Tuesday Miss l. Collins
OF the Board of Education was thu
speaker Her speech was full o.
good and timely suggestions. Th'
Junior and senior glee clubs SAM
two numbers each An interestini
program has been outlined for TIT
'resi Of the season. and il is hopec
that more parents will be presen
at the next meeting.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-02
Shoe Rebulders
Dine AT Gotham

Members OF the Booker T. Wash
A. gton Shoe RebuIldtrs' .AssScia-
ton and their wives enjoyed a de-
licious Thanksgiving dinner al the
Gotham hotel. Among those pres
eni we're Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Green
Held. Mr.. and Mrs. James s Owen
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry. Clarence
Whitelaw. NJ r. Ellis and son. and
NJ. and Mrs l. D. MalIoy
REORGANIZATION meets. the Sec
end and fourth Sunday OF each
month al 4 o'clock in the after
noon. Plans are afoot for project,
details Of which will be announced
later
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-02

q dinner party. Their quests tn
cluded: MRS. Connie Galloway. Mr..
and MrA william Robinson. Mra
B. L McBryde. Mrs v. Z. Belin.
Mrs. Elise Puritt. Mrs Willie
Campbell. and Mr.. and Mrs. l.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-12-02
Visitor Honored BY
ocal Hostesses

Mrs. Matte Lou Ray was host
ess 10 a group OF her friends in a
breakfast honoring her sister-in-
law. Mrs Helen Ray, Monday
morning Guests present were Mes
DANES Katie r. Pollare. Elizabeth
Harris, Elizabeth Inter. Lorraine
Cable. Lenna Coleman and son.
Tronie Coleman. and Mrs. Louis
file Barrow. The hon0re~ is a ma
tive Of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mrs. Ray has also been honored
during her visit by Mrs. Donnie
Finley. Rev. and Mrs. James l.
Bryant. Mrs. l.. Barrow. Mrs. Ray
Evening star., 1944-05-06
Pvt. 5. A. Westray Dies
OF Pneumonia in Pacific

Pts. Samuel Arts Westary, U. S
M. c. r., 20, died of pneumonia
somewhere in the South Pacific, his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Westray, 1925 East Capitol street,
were informed by the Navy De-
partment Wednesday. Temporary
burial will be overseas.
A native of the District, Pvt
Westray was a graduate of Browne
Junior High School. Before en-
tering the service in May, 1943, he
worked, in the Red Cross carpenter
shop here. ..a
He was sent overseas last Decem-
Der, having received training at New
River, N. C.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by four brothers, Pvt. William
H. Westray, U. S. A., stationed in
the Southwest Pacific; Sergt. Lyn-
wood C. Westray, U. S. A., stationed
in Australia; Corpl. Kenneth M.
Westray, u. S. A., now at Lowry
Field, Denver. Colo, and James A.
Westray of Washington, and two
sisters, Mrs. Geraldine w. Bonds
and Miss G.. Antoinette Westray OF
WASHINGTON.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
D. {. Catholic Veterans
Hold Convention Tomorrow

The third annual convention OF
the District of Columbia Department
of Catholic War Veterans will be
held tomorrow morning at Holy
Trinity Church School hall, Thirty
sixth and o streets NV.
Delegates to the convention will
attend communion mass in honor
Of all war dead at 8 am, when the
celebrant will be the Rev. James A.
McCarl, S. j., of Holy Trinity. The
sermon will be delivered by the Rev
John p. Gallagher, s. j., OF George
town University, who is chaplain OF
Gibbons Post. l7'sf
After the mass the delegates will
assemble in the school hall, where
they will be served breakfast by girls
of Holy Trinity School. The conven-
ton session will follow.
There will be many distinguished
guests, including Charles H. A.
Brophy Of New Jersey, national COM
mander of Catholic War Veterans.
Arrangements are In charge OF
Archie e. Brand.
Frederick j. Roy. a national trus-
tee. will be honored for his, eight
years service.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
Commissioners Shift
Botkin 10 Jail Post;
Green Gets Old Job
Welch to Head Lorton,
Meade to Be Chief
Of Prison Industries

Claude o. Botkin today was
ordered transferred from resident
superintendent of Lorton Reforma-
tory to superintendent of the Dis
trict Jail
Acting on recommendation of the
Board of Public Welfare, the Dis
trict Commissioners agreed to trans
fer the present superintendent of
the Jail, E. Allen Green, back to his
original post as business manager of
penal institutions.
William C. Meade is to be trans
ferred from business manager of
penal institutions to superintendent
OF prison industries, and Edward j.
WEIGH, deputy superintendent of
reformatories, will become superin-
tendent.
At the same time the Commits
sioners announced that Roland S.
Marshall, insurance man and Sec
retary of the Dupont Circle Citizens
Association, has been named to the
Board of Public Welfare in the place
OF Frederick w. McReynolds. who
resigned as chairman in protest over
the Commissioners bill to transfer
administrative functions of the
board to the city heads. The term
expires June 30.
The changes in personnel at the
Jail and penal institutions were in
oorsed by the Rover Committee.
named by the Commissioners in
January to study operations of the
District Jail.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
D. {. Coroner Probes
Drowning Of WAVE,
Seaman in Channel
Second WAVE Soved by
Horbor Policemen Is
Recovering in Navy Center

1he drowning of WAVE and an
l8-year-old merchant seaman after
an 8h-foot boat was capsized by a
strong wind in the choppy waters
OF Washington channel, was under
investigation by the office of DR.. A,
Magruder Macdonald, District cor
oner, today.
Another inquiry by a board ap-
pointed by the Potomac River Naval
Command was to report on the
WAVES death to the Office of the
Secretary of the Navy.
Near Alexandria, third person,
Frank Atwell. IS, of 60S South Pat
rick street, Alexandria, was drowned
last night when he attempted to
swim across Hunting Creek.
Victims Of the Washington chan
mel tragedy were Evelyn Gabauer,
Il, WAVE specialist. third class, who
came here from Edna, Tex. and
Richard G. Alley, 18, son of Clyde
Alley, chief operating engineer,
Public Buildings Administration,
who lives in a houseboat at 1900
Maine avenue S.W.
A second WAVE, Hazel Turner,
81, from Lockhart, S. c., clung to
the overturned boat and was rescued
by Harbor Policemen Paul Baicar
and Garrett Van Meter.
Neither of the WAVES. who were
from Barracks D, Massachusetts,
and Nebraska avenues NV. were
in uniform.
The bodies of Miss Gabauer and
young Alley were Immediately re-
covered. but artificial resucitation
was futile. Miss Turner was taken
to the Naval Medical Center at
Bethesda. Her condition was re-.
ported as good.
DR.. Macdonald said issuance of
death certificates would await COM
pletion of the investigation.
Young Alley was on shore leave
from a ship of the United States
merchant marine now in drydock.
He was scheduled to 60 into officer
training after his next trip.
Alexandria police said Paul Miller
and Michael Reece, both of Alex
andria, who were fishing with Mr..
Atwell, told them their friend offered
to bet that he could swim across the
stream near Mount Vernon boule-
ward.
Although they refused to accept
the bet, Mr.. Atwell stripped off his
clothes and plunged into the water.
He was unable to make any head
way. however, because of the current
and was carried about 400 yards into
the Potomac River, while his friends
looked on helplessly. i
Another witness to the tragedy. r
Max Smith, 10, of Hunting Terrace
apartments, who was standing on
the bank of the creek, swan out
and pulled Mr.. Atwell ashore. The
alexandria Rescue Squad applied
artincial respiration for almost an
hour in an effort to revive him He
was pronounced dead by DR.. Samuel
F. Williams, acting Alexandra
coroner.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
Flames Threaten
Two War Plants

Prince Georges County volunteer
f1remen yesterday afternoon ex-
tinguished three forest fires which
destroyed so acres and threatened
to spread to two war plants.
Employees of the Engineering g.
Research Corp. and the Washing
ton Institute of Technology in
Riverdale Joined volunteer firemen
when trash fire in the rear of the
first plant got out of control.
The flames. famed by a high
wind, swept through the woods to
College Park before they were put
out. The Riverdale, East Riverdale,
College Park, Bladensburg, Branch
vile and Hyattsville Fire Depart
ments responded to the blaze.
Another fire destroyed woods be-
tween Glenn Dale and Seabrook
before it was brought under control
by fire fighters from the Glenn
Dale, Hillside, Boulevard Heights.
District Heights and Capitol Heights
Volunteer Fire Departments.
The third fire burned trees and
brush near Vista and was extin-
gulshed by the Seat Pleasant, Dis
trict Heights and Glenn Dale Fire
Departments.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
| Army Removes
| MPs From Door
OF White House
' the Associatee Press

BY the Associated Press.
The steel-helmeted MPs have gone
from the front of the White House.
The Executive Mansions day.
time guard detail has been reduced
to the point where squad now
marches where a column marched
before. Military authorities ex-
plained that all available able
bodied men are being shifted from
Army service in this country to over
seas duty-and that applies to the
White House detail along with all
others.
They emphasize, however, that in
relation to danger, the protection to
the President is as great as before,
Troops still cover the White House
grounds, but civilian police-not
soldiers-now guard the front en-
trance.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
lsNRstoniing
&Reminders@a

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps A-8 through Q-8 good
indefinitely. Each stamp worth 10
points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-All meats except
beef steaks and roast beef now
point free. Red stamps A-8
through Q-8 continue good indefi-
nitely for 10 points each. Red
stamps RS, S-8 and T-8 become
valid. tomorrow, but no new red
stamps will be validated until
June 3. After Sunday 30, red
stamps will be validated every
four weeks instead of every two
weeks.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound OF waste kitchen fats you
turn in. The fact that lard, short
ening and cooking oils have been
removed from the ration list does
not mean fat collection is less
essential.
Shoes-Airplane stamps / and 2 in
Evening star., 1944-05-06
18th BIuckout
Test Scheduled
Here Monday

Commissioner John Russell Young
regional director of Civilian De-
fense. reminded Washingtonians
last night that the city would have
its 18th blackout on Monday. The
test originally was announced last
month.
The steady" blue signal on which
lights are to be blacked out will
come at $50 pm, while the wav-
ering red" signal will sound at
9:!0 pm, when traffic must stop
and pedestrians take shelter. The
second blue signal will sound at $50
pm. and the all clear will come
at $50 pm.
This will be the second announced
test under the War Department
policy providing for tests cnce every
three months.
Evening star., 1944-05-06

Book No. good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80 and 81
valid for S pounds indefinitely
Book No. 4, stamp 40 good for
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
Gasoline-No. ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May 8. No. 10-A
coupons become valid May 9. BE-
CO. B-3 and C-3 coupons good
for 5 gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Feriods No. 4 and S cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81. Consum-
ers in this area should not have
used more than 81 per cent OF
their total yearly fuel oil ration al
of May /.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
George 5. Viereek's Son
Reported Killed in ItaIv

Corpl. George Sylvester Viereck
1r., whose father, a convicted Ger
man agent, is now a defendant in
the sedition trial here, was killed in
action March "a in Italy, the War
Department has disclosed.
The Army said that Mrs. Viereck
the young infantryman's mother
whose home is in New York City,
mad been informed of the death.
Another son, Peter Viereck, au-
thor of "Metapolitics, also is serv-
ing with the Army overseas.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
Government 10 Build
Arches Under Bridge
In Boundary Channel
Spon Found BuekIine
And Cracked in Center
Due for Repair Soon

Gradually but steadily buckling,
and already cracked across Its CEN
ter, the bridge over Boundary
Channel at the southern end of
Columbia Island will undergo an
arch-restoring operation this sum-
mer that will save the Government
the cost of new span.
The crack in the bridge. which
straddles Mount Vernon boulevard
and spans the entrance to the la
COON at that point. is wide enough
to be noticeable, but the National
Park Service said it is still safe
for ordinary traffic.
Cost Set at $4,000.
The park service, which will foot
the estimated repair bill of $4,000,
said the bridges condition was noted
several years ago. but that repairs
could not be made then without in
terrupting the flow of water borne
material for, the Pentagon Build
ing. A minute daily check is main
tanned to assure continued safety
for traffic.
Funds for the job, which will con-
sist Of sinking two horizontal steel
struts between the bridge abutments.
have been diverted from the park
services parkway construction fund.
The latter work was halted by the
wars demand for materials. Plans
for the work have been approved
by both the Army engineers and
War Production Board. 1t will be
an underwater job.
In its present condition the
bridges abutments are gradually
slipping toward the center in an
unrelenting movement that eventu-
ally will break the span in two II
not arrested.
Boat Passage Affected.
The repair work will affect the
passage of boats from the Potomac
into the lagoon, as the struts will
decrease the channels depth. Most
pleasure craft berthed in the la
COON, however, will not be affected.
Yacht clubs have been notified of
the intended alterations and re-
quested to file any objections with
the National Park Service, but none
has been received.
Bids for the w>k were issued
April II and will be opened the
morning of May Is at the Public
Roads Administration.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
Thieves Break Open Safe
OF Peoples Druo Store

Ihleves entered the Peoples Drug
Store at 1927 Connecticut avenue
NV, across from the Uptown
1heater during the night and broke
open the safe, Wilbur w. Fairchild
assistant manager, reported to DO
nee; Inc amount of money taken
could not be determined immedia te-
~. Some drugs also were stolen. Mr..
Fairchild said. No marks could be
found to show how the thieves got
in, he said.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
Halifaxes Leaving Today
On Trip 10 Southwest

LORD Halifax, the British Ambas-
sador, accompanied by his wife
was TO leave Washington this after
noon on l2-day aerial trip to the
southwest and Midwest. The itin-
erary includes stop at the Grand
Canyon.
Inc Ambassador will make no
formal speeches, an Embassy spokes-
man said, though he undoubtedly
VIII speak at luncheon engagements
The trip includes stops at Mem
PMS Tenn, tonight; at Alber-
querque, Tucson, Phoenix, Winslow
Salt Lake City, Denver and st
Louis.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
Man and Child Reported
Bitten by Rubid Doc

Two persons. man and child.
were said to have been bitten hv
dog found rahid yesterday. the
Health Department reported. They
bring the total to Al persons at
tackled by rabid animals since jan
uary /.
The dog. the 65th to be found
Injected with rabies. was picked up
earlier this week in the l4O0 block
of w street Sc.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
Miss lido B. Johnson
Dies in Massachusetts

Word has been received here Of
the death of Miss Ida B. johnson in
Boston Wednesday. Funeral serv-
ices were to be held at Ipswich,
Mass, today.
The daughter of the late John A.
and Hariette M. johnson of Ipswich,
Miss johnson spent many winters
in Washington. Her isster, Mrs.
Amy johnson Haggerty, wife of the
pastor of Rosedale Methodist
Church here, and brother, j.
Henry johnson of Leominster, Mass,
survive her.
Evening star., 1944-05-06
lovejoy Urges 0PA
To Base Gas Ration
On Il Miles a Gallon
Would Set Up New
Rote for Benefit
Of Car Shurers

Hitting at the Office of Price Ad-
ministration's "unrealistic measure
OF granting rations on the basis of a
gasoline consumption rate of Is
miles to the gallon, F. w. Lovejoy,
executive secretary of the local Re
gional Committee of Defense Trans
portation administrators, today
recommended to Price Administrator
Chester Bowles that motorists par
ticipating in the city's forthcoming
car-sharing program be allowed ra-
tions based on IL miles to the gall
Ion.
Mr. Lovejoy warned that car
sharers may resort to the black mar
ket, "the kind of black market that
might seem almost legitimate be-
cause we invite the car sharer to
supplement local wartime transpor-
tation facilities, then do not supply
him with enough fuel to complete
his job of car sharing for U.S."
Considered Technical Phases.
The regional committee has in
vestigated the technical phases of
the problem, Mr.. Lovejoy wrote, and
Is convinced that the most satisfac-
tory solution would be the adoption
Of the standard he recommended.
1T seems to us that recognition
must be given to the basic fact that
the owner sharing his private pas
senger car is making voluntary con-
tribution to our transportation facil-
tiles and therefore should receive
every aid toward rendering his con-
tribution most effective in rational
way" he asserted.
District OPA officials mapping
plans for the drive, which officially
opens May 20, have announced a
tightening up on issuance of supple
mental rations, including demand
for conclusive proof that a motorist
is unable to sign up at least three
riders in a car pool. Rations to be
issued after May 20 will be based on
a strict home-t -office mileage, with
little or no leeway allowed for going
off the route.
Car-Sharing Backed.
Mr.. Lovejoy pointed out that the
regional committee was vigorously"
behind the car-sharing drive.
Let us be realistic, too, about the
mechanical condition of our pas
senger car equipment, much of 1t
over-age, all of it constantly depre-
clating," Mr.. Lovejoy wrote Mr..
Bowles. There is no chance of
maintaining this equipment at peak
performance because of the man
power shortage. Even minor re-
pairs often immobilize a car for
several days.
quite naturally, the owner is in
clined to keep his car out of the
shop and on the road. doing his car
sharing job If he has one and dis
regarding operating efficiency"
Evening star., 1944-05-06

BARNEY NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE-The Barney Neghborhood
House. organized in 1901 center community life
Washington will celebrate its spring festival
next Friday and Saturday all four of its $50
ings, 468470 street SW and 1919 Fourth
Helen Catch Durston sketched the section
Neghborhood House handicrat building located the
of 46847O and believed only about
This building remodeed from four alley dwellings which
stood the site of the original stables the
They occupied dwellings until about years ago.
when they remodeled the
hand loo woodhop and other handicraft activity When
Mr. and Mrs Charles Weller first opened the settlement the
annual attendance about 450 attendance the
Evening star., 1944-05-06
Press Club to Hear Grover

Preston L. Grover, war corre-
spondent, will be the guest speaker
at the National Press Club luncheon
at 1890 pm. Monday. He will dis
cuss his personal experiences at the
various fronts.
Evening star., 1944-05-06

house and than 000 Thousands attend
the service club at 1915 Fourth street SW The building
1919 Fourth street given by Miss Mary Adams 1912
to house the nursery of the first organized in Washington
after the World War The Fourth street. which
these houses form part the first and oldest the city 1t
is called Wheat Row. after John Wheat who early
occupied the north house Both 468 470
donated by Mrs Alice Pike Barney for whom the Nghborhood
House Is named The mansion at 1853 street the
OF Judge Cranch and 470 street the home of Capt William
Mayne Duncanson and Samuel Eliot r Miss Margaret Bell
Merrill head resident of Barney Neghbohood House.
Dr. Schmeckebier is president of the board Barney
Neighborhood House is Community Chest agency.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18
\ HOLLYWOOD builds
approximately 5000

approximately 5000
y I movie sets per year
for its-roughly-500 an
nual feature offerings. So
a single set isn't important
in the scheme of things. But
some make movie history.
The old cathedral of
Notre Dame, erected at
Universal for the original
movie version Of "The
Hunchback of Notre Dame"
probably holds all records
for use and reuse. It has
appeared, as itself or
slightly disguised, in some
81 motion pictures.
The modern miracle in
movie sets is RKO's steam
ship, originally built for the
mystery thriller, Journey
Into Fear"
The original investment
was large, because this ship,
which occupies the whole
of a huge sound stage, is
complete from stem to
stern.
Nofan ever recognizes this
ship as one he has seen in
a previous picture, because
it has worn more DISCUSSES
than the late Lon CLANCY.
Yet, to date it has appeared
in "a films.
In Journey Into Fear" il
was a large Greek tramp
steamer on the Mediter-
ranean. In Ghost Ship" il
was a trim American cargo
craft, plying tn g South
American trade lanes. In
Seven Days Leave" it was
a giant liner, transformed
into a troop transport, 1913
style. In SHOW Business"
it was one of those jaggedly
camouflaged, hastily con-
verified transports of 1917.
All of these TRANSFORMED
tons were accomplished by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18
Sorry

In a recent story in The
American Weekly regarding
the mystery killing of Mrs.
Adele Born Williams at the
Drake Hotel, Chicago, it
was enormously stated that
Edgar r. Born's first wife
had been in a sanitarium
in Virginia.
Edgar X. Born had only
one wife, the late Mrs. Will
liams from whom he was
divorced.
Mrs. Williams was the
second wife of Frank Starr
Williams, and 1t was Mr..
Williams first wife who
was in the sanitarium.