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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
Ydnks on Pidnosd,
Maj Agency States

LONDON. April II CUP) The
German TranSoCcan news agency
reported today that an Anglo
American assault party landed
recently on The small island of
PianoSa few miles southwest Of
Elba between Corsica and Italy.
iiriatrtrt4,-stvt ,FrduSOCCan dr.
patch SAID the landing party was
rcpulSed leaving dead and
wounded behind The survivors
took with them several dozen
Italians imprisoned on PianOsa.
the apene,. reported --
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
! Admits
Draft Plot

Steve Leka II, Of 927 Monroe
today awaited grand jury action
after pleading guilty 20 charge
that he and Two companions stole
records from the files Of Draft
Board No. is.
sam Kokemos. % If 66Q7 F.
Lafayette. and Ronald White, IT,
OF 2567 LemaN pleaded not guilty
TO the same charge and were
ordered held for examination on
AurlI u
Lcka told federal agents that
be and his companions had re-
cclIcd 500 from John y Males
-, OF 1929 PlnehurSt for remoy-
my me Tatter'S file from the draft
board Office Males is also held
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
MEMORIAL RITES SET

Mr. Gray went 10 Alexandria.
Egypt. early in his career 20 teach
native children AZ a mission
school
After two years his health broke
and he returned 10 the United
States TO Sterling College, Ster-
ling, Kan, where he met Faith
Mccall q pretty Young student
who became ms bride in 1910 She
also was a teacher They came
10 Detroit in 1918 10 raise their
family
Surviving besides Mrs Gray are
a daughter Mrs Arthur y Burt
and two sons. !. Justin and
Charles The home At 1881 Larch-
mont viii be open 10 friends al ?
p. m Sunday. In lieu Of funeral
ceremonies memorial service
VIII be held this summer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
Pop Gray
at 81

Detroit teaching circles
mourned today the passing Of one
of their most brilliant and Ger
tainly their most humble colleague
with the death Of Charles Irvine
Gray, a quiet unaSSuming scholar
who taught chemistry at CaSs
Tech for % years.
Mr. Gray died Wednesday in
Providence Hospital in has ed
year after a brief illness.
In keeping with his lifelong dis
dam for fanfare and ceremony
was hls last request that there be
no services Of any sort. He wished
10 be remembered by his friends
and pupils as they know him.
Fund IRRIGATION
The students through whose
lives he moved IN his quiet
friendly manner viii abide by ms
wash that no flowers be sent,
Instead, also al ms suggestion.
they viii gather the money they
would have spent for memorial
wreaths and sprays and use II IN
a fund for the furtherance OF cdu-
cation
To them he was known affee-
tionatcly as Pop Gray and their
gIHf at his death was genuine.
Beloved bX The faculty with
which he worked, as well as by
the students who came under bis
4tiHaly guidance pop Gray spent
his life striving merely 10 be a
good teacher and a good influence.
Promotions and executive posi-
'tionS in education meant nothing
20 him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
DEFERRED UNTIL July

state Selective service headquar-
tiers announced today.
DEFERRED UNTIL July
Students in pre-medical pre-
dentistry, prc-vrtrrtnary or pro
osteopathy courses will be allowed
10 continue provided that 10y July
] their applications for admission
into advance schools on the sub
jectS have been accepted
State headquarters added that
students IN the following subjects
will be deferred until July j pro-
vfding they can complete The
course and graduate by that time.
AT BOARDS DISCRETION
Aeronautical engineering, agri-
cultural sciences, autOmotlNe en-
gineering, forestry, bacteriolOgy
chemical engineering, chemistry
civil engineering, electrical cngl-
neering, forestry geology geo
physics. marine engineering
mathematics, mechanical engineer
ing. metcorologY. mentallurgy
astronomy, pharmacy physics and
sanitary engineering
However headquarters declared
all referred persons and Studcnt-
between ~ and 70 viii bc sub
ject 10 pre-Induction examinations
at-the discretion of the draft
boards.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
LutherdnS 10 Hear
Talk on Modern Iran

Or. Hartman a. Lichwardt a
fellow of the American College of
Surgeons and former director OF
the American Christian College az
Hamadan Ian. viii speak on the
topic. Modern Iran Looks 20
America, at $ p. m today az the
BEDFORD lutheran Lalmcn S
League AZ ITS auditorium IN Grand
River near Bnsworth court.
a native petroltcr, Dr LIGHT
NNArr+t- = N u
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
4. 4. Mcfarland

The body of Alfred c. McFar-
land, Dearborn undertaken. who
died Wednesday at his home, 5401
Schaefer. was sent 10 Des MoineS.
la. today for burial.
Mr.. Mcfarland was born in Des
NolneS a. years ago and had been
in business IN Dearborn for IA
years lie was a member Of
Draft Board -Ne. - Of Dearborn.
tE4i-A--t-t-vt-tii rrtt'trtlrr-tI- t++rc
Dearborn safety commission under
Mayor John L. Carey.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
Obituaries


Harlow a. Amsbary president
Of the II. A. Amsbary Co, build
ing contractors. who died Wednes-
day. viii be buried in Woodlawn
Cemetery tomorrow after services
AT 2:30 p. m al the William r.
Hamilton funeral parlor, Cass
and AleXandrine.
Mr. AmSbary was born IN Little
Rock. Ark, 81 years ago but lived
in Detroit 2S years. He spent u
years in the building business
here. he served as a captain in
World War ].
The deceased was vice president
OF rhe Detroit Executives ASSoci-
alton and a past president Of the
Carpenter Contractors ASSocia-
ton. lie was also a member Of
American legion Post 372 and
the Military Order Of the World
War.
Surviving are his wife. Marian.
two daughters. Barbara and Lois,
all Of whom live az 1895 w Bos-
ton; a brother and two sisters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
Marine Killed
I'm Pacific

Marine Pfc. Arthur Cheney o.
was killed m action i'm the south
Pacific his mother Mrs Mabel
Cheney Of 17472 Wanda, was
informed by Tho navy department
today.
Pfc Cheney enlisted in the ma
Iiift+--eetfts III jtaUuaTy, f9iZ, and
had been in the Pacific area for
nearly two yGaLS---Iie- NA4&--a
graduate of CasS Tech. Besides
ms mother, Pfc. Cheney leaves a
sister. MarVa.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
z Million Women Needed

WASHINGTON 4 April ~ -44-ltASl-
The Office NJ War Information
said today that 800 600 10 1000 .
-AeA- more women must take Jobs
before summer II war production
demands and home front needs
are 10 he mot.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
FAMILY or TEACHERS

lie was scholarly man from
a scholarly family Of teachers and
clergymen His father was pro-
fcSSor Of mathematics at Muskin-
gum College New Concord. O.
His uncle. DR. Charles Wlshart,
is president OF Wooster College,
Wooster. O.
His three brothers also are
teachers Prof. William Gray Is
head OF the music department at
Muskingum College. Prof J. Cal
vim Gray another brother. is pro-
fcsSor OF languages in Aliquippa.
Pa and Julian T. Cray holds a
teaching post IN Clnclnnati.-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-15
Defer Certain
CoIIegePupiIs

LANSING, April College
students between lS and 26 TAX
ing courses in medicine. dentistry,
veterinary medicine or osteopathy
Will be allowed 10 finish their
respective. courses before being
made subject 10 draft dcfermenL
state Selective service headquar-
tiers announced today.
Evening star., 1944-12-11

The association Is at present en-.
gagged In the 38th annual Christmas
Seal sale and has reported good
response from those purchasing
1914 seals.
Evening star., 1944-12-11
Carnegie Corp. Finds
Ills Grants Decreased
by College Promoters
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE late
Walter A. Jessup, president of the
Carnegie Corp. of New York, said
in a report made public yesterday
that lin many instances it now ap-
pears that managerial ability rather
than educational leadership is the
chief consideration in the selection
of academic presidents"
Mr.. Jessup, who died last July
after he had completed the cor
poration's annual report, announced
total grants during the fiscal year
of 1884 of $5,873,215, including a
SIS, 100000 grant to the Carnegie In
stitution of Washington.
Commenting on the decrease in
corporation grants to colleges and
universities, Mr.. Jessup found that
10 times as many dollars are ex-
pended on higher education today
as were spent 80 years ago"
This money, he said, has come
from increased tuition fees, private
donations, tax levies and funds from
scores of foundations, as we'll as
the colleges own business enter
prises.
AT any rate there is ample eyi-
dence that the college and univer-
sity executive has become an eff
cient enterpriser," Mr.. Jessup wrote.
Prom force of long tradition and
practice he must be constantly on
the lookout for great benefactions
Today, to satisfy his professors or
to secure what is commonly known
as recognition, he must also peddle
small jobs to the foundations or to
industry"
Evening star., 1944-12-11
Oracle Aliens
Comments

Well, the Japs finally have ad-
mltted they had an earthquake.
Personally, don't know how they
noticed they had one at all, what
Evening star., 1944-12-11
Ex-Capone Hood|um
Weeps When Ordered
Back From Front
By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN.

| ny WILLIAM II. S1ONEMAN, .
War Correspondent Of The Star and
Chicago Daily News.
WITH THE UNITED STATES Isl
ARMY, Dec. 11-Ten years ago q
Capone hoodlum stood before q
Chicago judge and unflinchingly
heard himself sentenced to Joliet
Penitentiary for what was politely
called "manslaughter."
Every since D day in France that
same mobster, always with the
same deadpan expression of the
hard-boiled "ex-con," has been ur
in front of the front lines, acting
as armed guard to a team of artil-
lery spoilers. Paroled to the Army
on condition that he behave him
self, he has regained his self-respect
and the admiration of all his fellow
soldiers. But until the day before
yesterday nobody had ever seen any
emotion on that rugged mug of his
A few days ago somebody noticed
that he was not looking very well
and when the doctor took look at
him he found a heart condition that
shocked him. Obviously, the man
had had a pretty dubious heart when
he entered the Army and had not
helped it any by going through
months Of almost daily fighting. In
this job you are under fire most
of the time and they are generally
shooting right at you.
The doctors verdict called for a
good long stay in an evacuation
hospital and that was when Dead
pan first showed emotion. His
colonel got a frantic call from the
hospital and couple of hours later
the man showed up himself.
You just can't do this to me,
sir, he said. Tell them they're
nuts. The outfit needs me and I'm
okay. Tell them to leave me alone. "
He was crying like baby.
The colonel talked sensibly to him
and finally got him to 60 back to
the hospital on the promise to let
him come back 'in a few weeks"
Copyright. 1914. Chicago Daily News,
TprN
Evening star., 1944-12-11

spokesman an assertion that "we're
going to shut the four stores down
tight"
Mr.. Scholle said there was little
doubt the UAW-CIO would "co-
operate" since, he said, the Execu-
tive Board of the auto workers
union voted this year an appro-
Ipriation Of $25, 900 ito aid in labor,s
fight against Sewell Avery Company
board chairman) and Montgomery
Ward"
THE CIO is lifting its no-strike
pledge in this instance in order to
protect the wartime system of set
ting labor disputes embodied in
the functioning of the War Labor
Board" Mr.. Scholle said.
Mr.. Scholle said the current dis
pute marked the first unqualified
lifting of the CIO no-strike pledge
since shortly after Pearl Harbor
although strikes at the company.
Chicago stores earlier this year were
given "tacit approval" by the parent
CIO.
Roy Scoggins, Detroit regiona
director for the store employees
Evening star., 1944-12-11
Committee 10 Go Abroad
To Aid Free News Flow
Ey the Associated Press.

| Ey the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 11-John S.
Knight, president of the American
Society of Newspaper Editors, has
announced a committee of three to
visit various world capitals in the
interest of world freedom of news.
Wilbur Forrest, assistant editor of
the New York Herald Tribune, heads
the committee. Other members are
Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution, and Dean Carl w.
Ackerman of the Columbia School
of Journalism.
Mr.. McGll has been serving as
chairman of the ASNE Committee
on World Press Freedom.
The group is authorized to confer
with governmental bodies, press
associations, newspapers and radio
executives to exchange views.
Evening star., 1944-12-11
Montgomery Ward
Strikers in Detroit
Seek Other Clio HeIp

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Dec. 1l.--With an ap-
peal for help from other CIO un-
ions, the United Retail, Wholesale
and Department Store Employees
Union today carried its strike al
the four Detroit area stores of Mont.
gomery Ward g. Co. into q seconc
regular workday.
August Scholle, national CIO rep.
resentative in Michigan, called or
all CIO af1iliates in the area, includ.
ing the United Automobile Work.
ers, to lend moral and financia
assistance in the strike"
A company spokesman's statement
that business was up to normal
Saturday, when the strike began
and that business will go on a!
usual" brought from a unior
Evening star., 1944-12-11

union, attributed the strike to the
company's refusal to accept Z WLB
directive covering union mainte-
nance Of membership, dues, check
of. seniority provisions, back pay
demands and arbitration Of griev-
ances.
Over the week end Mr.. Avery said
the Detroit strike was unjustified
and enunciated a permanent COM
pany policy" of trying to preserve
the right Of an employe to join,
or not join, or to resign from q
union"
Evening star., 1944-12-11
| Gas Rotion Easing
Held Impossible
| Until Nozis Lose

Any relaxation of gasoline ration.
ing in the United States will be i'm.
possible As long as Germany re-
mains in the war, according to the
Committee on Petroleum Econom-
les of the Petroleum Industry Wal
Council.
The committee reported yester.
day that "after taking into account
the substantially increased military
requirements. civilian supplies art
indicated as barely adequate to meet
requirements on the present ra'
toned basis"
Evening star., 1944-12-11
8-Pound Daughter Born
To Actress Ann Sothern
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 11.-It's q
girl for 1t. and Mrs. Robert Sterl-
ing-he's the actor, now in the Army
Air Forces, and she's the actress
Ann Sothern.
Eight-pound 2-ounce Patricia Ann
was born yesterday and both mother
and child are doing nicely, DR.. Ben
bow Thompson, the attending ply
sician, reported. 1t is the couple S
first child.
Evening star., 1944-12-11

freSh air that he Oracie Allen.
noticed there was an earthquake
going on in the rest of the country.
The whole situation brings up a
very interesting problem. The Japa-
nese war lords plan to escape to
Germany in submarine If things
go bad. The Nazi war lords plan
to escape to Japan in submarine
if things go bad Say, it might be
good business for some one to open
an underwater drive-somewhere
up in the Arctic Ocean.
(Released by Consolidated News Features J
Evening star., 1944-12-11

s~ A4N
B-29 bombings
and violent trem-
ors that have
been coming out
of the japanese
Admiralty in the
past few weeks.
In fact, there's
been so much
quaking g o i n g
on among the
officials that it
wasn't until one
of the admirals
stepped out for
a bre a t h of
fraSh dir that he
Evening star., 1944-12-11
Chest x-Roys Free
For Laundry Workers

Free chest X-rays for all employees
have been offered by the Page
Laundry g. Dry Cleaning Co., $40 E
street NV, in cooperation with
the District tuberculosis Associa-
ton, officials have announced.
E. F. Wesley, general manager
asserted that approximately 100 OF
the ITO persons employed by his
Evening star., 1944-12-11
THE EVENING STAR Washington D c. A.
MONDAY. DEcEMBeR H. lSA.

company had volunteered for the
examinations. Mass chest X-ray
examinations are included in q pro-
gram Of health education sponsored
by the Tuberculosis Association.
Montana labor news., 1944-11-16
10-Year Anniversary
10 Be Observed

The regular meeting Of the Miners
Union Auxiliary will be held Friday
evening at 8 o'clock at the Miners Union
hall. OF special Importance will be COM
pletion of plans for the celebration OF
the 10th anniversary of the Auxiliary
which will be held on Monday evening
November Goth, at the Corner Cafe in
Meaderyiile. A review Of past activities
will be presented by the past presidents,
each one of whom will tell Of the work
done during her regime covering the
years from 1884 to 1914, inclusive. Dis
trict President Thelma Murray Of Ana
conda will talk on auxiliary plans for the
future. State Secretary Mary Green
will tell Of the state CLIO program. A
special committee consisting Of Mrs. Mel
walker, Helen Cooke and Nellie Sruton
is making arrangements for the ami
versary event and will present plans at
the meeting.
The committee requests all members
to make reservations Immediately by
one of the following telephone
numbers: 5761, 2-S96O and 1904.
Vice President Jennie Mikich will pre-
side at the meeting Friday evening.
Montana labor news., 1944-11-16
'FDR VICTORY A
MANDATE FOR
AND SECURITY

NEW YORK-FP)-Chairman Sid
ney Hillman of the CLIO Political Action
Committee. who ran a close second to
President Roosevelt as main target for
COP campaign mud singing, brilliantly
hailed FDR's election as a victory for
the people.
The American people have reaffirmed
the faith and confidence they repose in
a great American and an outstanding
leader by voting to return Franklin D..
Roosevelt to office as their president and
commander-in-chief Hillman told PAC
members and admirers at an election
night victory celebration.
They have given him a mandate to
continue the course he has charted for
victory in the war, for an enduring
people.
1T is a stunning reputation of the
anti-labor, isolationist and defeatist ele-
ments who based their campaign on
bigotry and prejudice.
we are proud Of the contribution to
the happy result made by the CLIO Pc
litical Action Committee and the Nation
al Citizens Political Action Committee.
And this contribution has been made by
tens of thousands of American citizens
who participated actively in this most
critical Of all campaigns-some by push
ing d@oorbells, others by doing hundreds
of tedious tasks in union and commit
tee offices"
Montana labor news., 1944-11-16
MONTANA HAS SPLENDID RECORD
PRAIRIE COUNTY FIRST IN NATION TO
COMPLETE SIXTH WAR BOND QUOTA

Montana has Inc jump on The nation in the Sixth War
Loan Drive.
Prairie county, with w. A. Brubaker as chairman, ex-
ceeded the county's & Bond quota on November l, al
though the drive actually is not scheduled to open until
November 20. This feat gave Prairie county the distinc-
ton of being first i'm the United States.-
Montana labor news., 1944-11-16
STAGE IS SET FOR
AL CONVENTION

NEW ORLEANS.-Delegates began ar
irving here for the meetings Of the three
AFL departments which serve as curtain
raisers for the Gath annual convention
of the American Federation Of Labor.
Departmental conventions are being
held by the Metal Trades, beginning
Nov. 10; the Building and Construction
Trades, Nov. IS, and the Union Label
Trades, scheduled for Nov. II. The AFL
convention will follow on Nov. 20.
Each Of the departmental conventions
will bring to this city speakers Of ma
tional prominence, including military
and naval leaders, Wal Production board
officials, heads of administrative agen-
cies of the government and labor lead
ers.
AFL President William Green is sched-
uled to address both the Building Trades
and the Union Label Trades convention.
Topping the list Of those invited to
speak at the AFL convention is Presi-
dent Roosevelt. In past years, however,
the President has contented himself
with sending a message to the onven
ton and, in view Of the war emergency,
it is expected he will continue that prac-
tice this year as well.
High representatives Of the War and
Navy departments will attend the con-
vention and messages are expected from
Gen. Eisenhower and other military and
naval leaders.
Among those who have accepted inyi-
tations already to speak at the AFL
convention are Secretary Of Labor Per-
kins. Assistant Secretary Daniel w..
Tracy, Wal Manpower Commission
Chairman Paul v. McNutt, OPA Ad-
ministrator James NJ. Mead of New York,
National Commander Of the American
Legion Edward N. Scheiberling, 10 Di-
rector Edward ]. Phelan, WPB Vice
Chairman Joseph d. keenan, and Presi-
dent James G. Patton Of the National
Farmers Union.
Montana labor news., 1944-11-16
PROPOSITION Il IS
SHOWED UNDER BY
CALIFORNIA VOTERS

LOS ANGELEs-FP)-Vicious Propo-
sition -, anti-closed shop amendment
which appeared on the state ballot Nov.
T. was buried by a 2-to-1 vote, thanks
to the solid campaigning Of organized
labor in California
Opposition was especially strong in Los
Angeles and San Francisco Unions spent
about a third of a million dollars cam
paigning against the proposal, which was
sponsored by Republican Assemblyman
John Knight. That sum came mainly
from the AFL unions, with a combined
membership of more than a million, al
though CLIO unions, with state member
ship Of more than 100000, and the rail-
road b%rotherhoods did their share too.
Admitted expenditures of the promot-
ers of Proposition 122, as reported 10 the
secretary Of state under California law,
we're less than half the expenditures
against it.
one Of the purposes Of Prop. l2's pro-
moters-chiefly the Los Angeles Mer-
chants & Manufacturers association
headed by Paul Shoup-was to force
unions to spend time and money defeat
ing this block buster Of collective bar
gaining relations and union security con-
tract clauses. Thereby organized labor
would be left less time and money to
inform its members and the public about
records and qualifications Of candidates
eaekino offien Novpuber 2
Prop. u was a land mine, planted by
the most reactionary sections Of the open
shoppers. designed to hamper organized
labor on its road to victory and better
working conditions via collective bargain
ing and political action.
The fight against Prop. u brought to-
gether people and organizations from
both sides Of the political fence. A num-
Der of leading Republicans, most notably
Gov. Earl Warren. came out against the
amendment, though somewhat later than
the Democratic state central committee
did.
Opposition of the California Chamber
Of Commerce was stated early and often.
No less than four times preceding NOV.
2 it reiterated its opposition to the
measure. The San Francisco chamber
was also against it, as were Mayor
Fletcher Bowron of Los Angeles and
Roger Lapham of san Francisco,
both Republicans.
But helpful as were the supporting
statements from widely diversified
groups, main credit for preventing Cali
fornia from becoming an open shop 90
went to the day-to-day, untiring
of the unions.