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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-27
Farms For sal.

ANN ARBOR-3 miles south. 1871
acres productive clay loan land,
10 room brick house, 3 baths. New
furnace. Spacious rooms Equipped
for two families. Modern dairy
barn, two tile siiox, 12'N4O, 5 acre
orchard. 20 acres alfalfa. 2 acres
beautiful woods $4,000 with
5000 down. Oril Ferguson. 9zS
Forest. Ann Arbor. Phone 22s39.
: MILES WEST Of Ypsilanti Just or
pavement, $50 acres good soil
brick house large barn. silo, other
buildings. The best buy in this
location. Harold Zshn. 1913 >.
IImrnn 81 Ann Arhnr pLnrn 2fEag
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Discharged VINO Aide
Takes Case 10 Court

Morton Friedman of Queens, N.
Y. has filed suit in District Court
against War Manpower Chairman
McNutt and the three members of
the Civil Service Commission in
which he seeks reinstatement as
chief of the VINO classification di-
vision by court action
The suit. which said he was dis
charged last September, quotes a
letter purported to be from an
executive assistant of the Civil
Service Commission to the effect
that he was discharged mainly be-
cause of activity with the American
Peace Mobilization organization.
The suit said Mr.. Friedman was
separated" from his position by
Mr.. McNutt through the latter's
director of personnel. and that he
was declared ineligible for service
by the Civil Service Commission.
The position carried with it an an
nual base pay of $4,000, the suit
said.
The letter said in part:
The Commissions action Was
based mainly on your activity in
connection with the American
Peace Mobilization and your shift
in attitude and point of view fol-
lowing the declaration of war be-
tween Germany and Russia"
The letter described the American
Peace Mobilization as Communist
dominated.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
GAR Memorial Body
Votes Change Name

The Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Day Corp, organized No
vember II, 1928, changed it's name
to the Veterans Memorial Day
Council at the annual meeting.
This action was taken as the re-
suit of the recent death of John M.
Kline, sr., the last survivor of the
Grand Army of the Republic in
Washington.
The corporation was formed to
decorate the graves of veterans
buried in Arlington Cemetery and
other national and local cemeteries
in the District, and to hold services
on Memorial Day. The four remain
ing veteran organizations which will
carry on the work include the United
Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States,
the American Legion and the Dis
abled American Veterans.
James G. Yaden of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. president of the
Memorial Day Corp. for the last 16
years. was elected president of the
new organization. Other officers in
clude Dan Campbell and William
Leo Collins, vice presidents; Arthur
". Fowle, secretary; Harry F. Pat
terson, treasurer. Appointments an
nounced were Howard S. Fisk, di-
rector of public relations; Lee r.
Pennington and Mr.. Yaden, program
at Arlington Cemetery, and Harlan
Wood, radio arrangements. The
next meeting will be held January 81.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Mrs. Devereux Left
Estate Of S105,000

Mrs. John Ryan Devereux. ST.
mother of 1t. Col. James P. S. Dew
ereux, the heroic defender of Wake
Island who is now being held a pris-
oner by the japanese, left an es-
tate OF approximately s105, 900. ac-
cording to her will and the inven-
tory of her estate filed for probate
in Montgomery County Orphans
Court, Rockville.
Mrs. DevereuX, who lived at No.
Bradley lane, Chevy Chase. died in
October.
Under the terms of the will, Col.
Devereux inherits $4,000 of S25 900
left by his maternal grandfather,
Joseph F. Sinnott, over which Mrs.
Devereux had the power of appoint
ment.
Other sums left by Mrs. Devereu4
under her fathers S25 900 trust func
are distributed as follows: $4,000
each to her sons, John Ryan anc
Joseph Devereux; $4,000 each to hel
sons, j. Ashton and Edward Dew.
ereux: 1000 to her son, Tristram
and $4,000 each to her four daugh
tiers, Margaret, Anne, Mary ane
Agnes.
The home on Bradley lane, valued
at approximately $4,000, is left tt
her son, Joseph, who now lives there
with his wife, Helen, while JOIN
Ryan Devereux also receives a paint.
ing of the Holy Family purchased il
Cuba and described as very old
valuable and beautiful"
/ Each of Mrs. Devereux's 19 grand
children receives $3.50 each. Tn,
remainder of the estate is destrib
uted equally among her 10 children
according to the will Attorney fol
/ the egtate is James H. Pugh.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Psychiatrist Urged
On D. T.. Penal Staff

The Commissioners have been ad-
vised by the Board of Indeterminate
Sentence and Parole that there is
need OF a psychiatrist on the staff
Of penal institutions in the District
Frank R. Jelleff, chairman of the
board, yesterday wrote the city
heads that the District ''lags far be-
hind" other communities in PSYCHE
atric services for penal institutions.
I'VE believe he wrote. that a
psychiatrist specializing in criminal
practice is an urgent need, and bring
this to your attention at this time
in view of the fact that new
superintendent of penal institutions
Howard B. Glib has recently been
appointed by you"
You will recall that in the an
nual reports of the Board of Parole
we have constantly and consist
emily pointed out the need of q
psychiatrist, and have even sug-
gested that if there was to be no
psychiatrist on the staff of the
penal institutions. we felt that one
should be added to the staff of the
Board of Parole.
Without psychiatric reports
which we are unable to get except
in occasional instances, the Board
of Parole is working often in the
dark and assuming a responsibility
which is not only unfair to the
board but involves an element OF
danger to the community.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Students Will Return
G. W. u. Test Papers
For SALVAGE Drive

George Washington Univer-
sity students are being asked
to turn in their old examina-
tior. papers and old class notes
for the paper salvage drive.
Miss Louise Shaffer of Alpha
Delta Pi Sorority which is in
charge of the paper-saving
campaign at the university.
saiI receptacles are being
placed in dormitories and in
the student club to encourage
collections of such papers.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Methodist Leader Urges
Drastic Change in Church

BY the Associated Press.
| NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 80
Pointing out that the present war
did not arise among the heathen
but in that part of the world that
is known as Christian" the Rev
Robert w. Searle of New York City
told more than 500 Methodist
church leaders today: THE blackest
sin is not in Hitlers Germany but
in the Christian church"
This is true, he said in an ad-
dress before the Methodist Confer.
ence on Christian Education, a Ma.
tion-wide gathering of six church
commissions. because we are the
custodians of the Christian gospel.
DR.. Searle, general secretary o.
the Greater New York Federation
of Churches, urged that the church
be revised to meet changing worlc
conditions. He asserted:
IF God is just white man,
God, He isn't big enough to be wor.
shipped. If God is just the God O.
American He isn't big enough fol
the universe.
! Its not a matter of putting &
new patch on an old tire but 9
matter of drastic revision that thu
church may be what God intended
1t to be-the savior of the world"
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Services Today Open
ST. Paul 5 Program
|0f Deconsecration

st. Paurs Episcopal Church today
begins series Of services that will
be climaxed by a mass Monday
morning and deconsecration of the
edifice, the last rites for the building
which is to be torn down to make
way for the hospital, to be operated
by George Washington University.
Sacred articles are to be preserved
and incorporated into new church,
which the congregation plans to
build on the south side of K street
between Twenty-fourth and Twenty
fifth streets NV.
The last sermon will be delivered
at the IL am. service today by the
Rev. Arlington A. McCallum, rector
of the parish. There will be a SOL
emn evensong and benediction at 8
o'clock 4 tonight, following which
members of the parish will hold an
all night vigil. Low mass will be cele-
brated at 1880 o'clock tonight by
the Rev. George B. Kinkead.
Relics to be Stored.
There will be low mass at
O'Clock tomorrow morning, followed
by requiem mass at II am. and a
ceremony to be called stripping of
the church,
Sacred relics of the altar, includ-
ing Bible given in memory of the
late Bishop Alfred Harding, will be
taken formally from their places
and stored for safekeeping The
Bible is to be removed by w. Paul
Sweet, an acolyte, who has served
in this position for many years. The
organ, stained-glass windows, two
affairs, and other precious memen-
toes of the old church are to be
stored and kept for the new church
No final agreement on the price
to be paid by the Government for
the church had been reached up to
last night, but many details are
still to be arranged. Storage for the
sacred relics and the peWs is one of
the problems yet to be solved. The
Government had promised storage
space.
More Settlements Reported.
Meanwhile, more property owners
in the block have settled with the
Government for sale of their prop
erty and negotiations were under
way with several others. The latest
agreements to be approved by Dis
trict Court are: Gerald r. and Pearl
Cooley, GIL Twenty third street
NV, $ll 1900; Thomas J. and Mary
E. Hoy. 2207 and 2209 1 street NV.
s18,250; American Security and
Trust Co., trustee for 933 Twenty
third street NV. $l4,350.
A condemnation jury is to be con-
vened in District Court Tuesday
morning to consider all properties
over which there still is controversy
concerning the price.
Plans are under way for construc-
ton of new 400-bed hospital on
the square at Washington Circle
to be operated by the university
with option to purchase within five
years. The building will be built
with Government funds allocated
by Federal Works Agency, and the
construction will be supervised by
the Public Buildings Administra-
/ tipo
Evening star., 1944-12-31
-Four More Persons Hurt
In Traffic Accidents Here

-Four more persons have been in
jured in traffic accidents in the
District since Friday, two of them
hit by automobiles skidding on ice
coated streets. None was reported
to be in a serious condition, although
two of the victims received fractures.
Harry B. Stackhouse. SO. of 1881
Fourth street NV. carpenter en-
ployed by the G. B. Macke Corp,
was struck at Fifth street NV, near
Kennedy street, police said, by an
automobile operated by Frank j
Waldron. jr, %, of 1852 South
Twenty eighth street, Arlington, Va
Mr.. Stackhouse was taken to Doc
tors Hospital with decorations of the
face and a possible fractured shoul-
der. His condition was described
as fair.
Donald j. Smallwood, 81. Of 1119
East Capitol street, was treated at
Sibley Hospital Yesterday morning
for broken hand. resulting from a
collision between an automobile he
was driving and Capital Transit
streetcar operated by John D. Cole,
a., of II Tiller Green S.W., at the
intersection of Eighth and B streets
Sc, police said.
George McCauley, %. of 814
Eleventh street NE, Friday night
received fracture of the right fore
arm, police said, when struck by a
car after he had stopped the truck
he was driving to fix tire chain.
Driver of the car was Robert M.
Winstead. 26, of 1941 Biltmore street
NE, police said According to
police, Mr.. Winstead's car skidded
on the icy street. striking McCaulev
Grace Mcconnell, 80, colored. of
1927 Fifth street NV, was treated
at Walter Reed Hospital for bruises
on the left side of her body, received
when she was struck by a skiddins
taxicab while standing on a safety
Zone on Georgia avenue at Dahlia
street NV police said.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Soldier Here on Brief FurIouqh
Searches in Vain for His Wife

Pvt. Francis L. Cowell, just back
from ~ months in the Aleutians, is
spending his furlough on Washing
ton street corners, watching the
faces Of the girls passing by.
He's looking for just one girl-his
23-year-old wife, Mildred Ann
Cowell.
After standing on the corner on
Eleventh and Pennsylvania avenue
last night until it was too dark to
see faces, he came into The Star to
tell his story.
You see, I couldn't tell my wife
I was coming home. Censorship
you know. When I got to Seattle
4 found letter from her She d
written it the end of November
saying she was leaving Coal Center
Pa, and coming here to work.
$50 I Came TO Washington"
II couldn't blame her for that
It's hard on young girl In a small
town.
But I was sure she'd be home
for Christmas. got to Coal Center
on Christmas Day and went right
to her mothers house. My wife
wasn't there. Her mother had got.
ten letter saying she'd arrived
safely in Washington and that was
all she knew. So + came to Wash
ington.'
The young soldier kept looking al
the picture of his wife, creased {
little from staying SO long in hi.
breast pocket.
II tried the Missing Person!
Bureau and the Travellers Aid So.
ciety. I even went down to the
Bureau of Internal Revenue
thought maybe my wife's employer
would have to file something anC
I could trace her that way"
USES Refuses to Help.
The Travellers Air Society, after
checking the YWCA residences. de-
cided to call the United States EN-
ployment Service because workers
coming to Washington are supposed
to register there and be referred to
work. A Travellers Aid official tolo
The Star she was informed by the
USES that its records are con-
fidential and 1t could not revea
whether the girl had registered
there.
The 23-year -old soldier said HI
had known his wife practically al
my life" They grew up together
in Coal Center. They were married
in May, 1912, and three month!
later he went into the Army.
After that, I only saw her one.
for seven hours. I had three
day pass from Camp Butner, N. c
but by the time got home, it wa
almost time to start out again.
Yes, she wrote me regularly-a
least until lately. I'm almost Ger
tain she's written to say where sh'
is. It's just that my mail is abou
two months behind me and I've onl.
got Is days left to find her"
Wife Is Brunette.
He described Mrs. Cowell as /,
brunette with hazel eyes, 5 fee
inch tall. She weighs about To-
pounds.
She's a very good looking girl
! At least. l think she is he smiled
Outside of searching the faces o
girls on the street, looking for on
in red coat he's never seen, Pvt
! Cowell spends most of his time sit
ting around the, United Nation
Service Center, where he's staying
He hasn't visited any of the serv
icemen's canteens.
Il couldn't have any fun," h
explained. I'm too worried. Yo,
see, this is the first time she's evel
been away from home. Anything
could happen to young girl com.
ing to a place like this
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Senate D. {. Group
TO Go on Full Duty

Probably by the end of this week,
the Offices of the, Senate District
Committee on the first floor of the
Capitol will be opened daily on q
full-time basis, for the first time
in nearly a year.
James Ora Day, until recently
United States Attorney for the
Northern District of Mississippi, ar
rived in Washington yesterday to
take over his assignment as coun-
sci to the committee.
Edward P. Terry. secretary to
Chairman Bilbo, will remain as
clerk of the committee, staff officials
said. Mrs. Mary H. Beatty will be
committee secretary She has been
serving as member of the staff Of
Senator Bilbo.
/ While Mr.. Days selection for the
post was announced months earlier
his resignation as United State,
attorney for the Northern Missis-
sippi district was delayed until there
had been a conference by State
political leaders on State patronage
matters.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
I0PA Official Accused
l0f Misrepresentation
IBy Meat Producers
BY the Associated Press,

Ss Vac ASoSSietSa 4 AVeos
Up in arms against proposed
cattle ceiling prices, livestock men
brought their protests to the Capital
yesterday, with one Of them assert
ing an OPA official has nnisrepre-
sented the cattlemen's views.
They had expected to present
their case yesterday morning to
Sterilization Director Fred M. Vim
son, who will decide the question
of whether to impose the ceiling
prices favored by OPA but opposed
by the War Food Administration.
However, bad weather held up sew
|eral cattlemen flying here and the
conference was postponed until to-
morrow.
P. o. Wilson, secretary Of the
Joint Livestock Committee, in a
statement accused John j. Madigan,
assistant director of OPA's food
branch, of Misrepresentation" He
said meetings held at Kansas City
and Chicago earlier last week on
the ceiling question were presumed
to be secret, at OPA's request, but
that Mr. Madigan had made state
ments concerning them.
Mr.. Madigan, according to press
reports, asserted that the Kansas
City meeting was a success because
he had obtained backing for his
program from substantial mi
nority, the intelligent minority"
Mr.. Wilson said.
THE producers declared that Mr..
Madigan called for vote on his
plan and failed to receive single
vote at either the Chicago or Kan
sas City meeting.
Cattle producers and feeders at
| the meetings were unanimous in
their views that the proposed OPA
program would result in less, not
more, meat for the country and
would break faith with cattle feed
ers who stocked their feed lots this
fall and winter on the basis of as
surances given by OPA officials"
Mr.. Wilson said he expected about
80 cattlemen to attend tomorrow's s
conference with Mr.. Vinson, includ-
ing representatives from all the
principal producing and feeding
States.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
.WlB Orders Higgins
To Continue Contract
With AFL Unions
BY the Associated Press.


Andrew J. Higgins, New Orleans
shipbuilder, was directed last night
by the War Labor Boards ship
building commission to continue his
present contract with AFL craft
unions, thereby averting a threat
ened interruption of work tomorrow
The commissions decision, con-
tanned in an interim directive. or.
dered continuation of the present
contract. pending final determine
ton of the case.
Mr.. Higgins testified before the
commission that organized labor
had made 'madhouse" of his
shipyard. He had notified the unior
of his intentions to end the con-
tract the first of the year.
Mr.. Higgins would not comment
on the decision.
/ Objection to the proposed termi
/ nation was made by John P. Frey
president Of the Metal Trades De.
partment of the American Fedora
ton of Labor on grounds that I'll
is perfectly evident the present
agreement is in full force until Sep
tember 13. 1945'
Approximately 1880 Higgins
workers are members of the union
affiliated with the Metal Trades
Council.
In his testimony Mr. Higgins as
serted he was no batter of labor
and said that in 1910 he brow
beat 300 employees so the AFL could
get majority representation at the
yard.
L want the people of America to
know he declared, raising his voice.
that they torganized labor created
madhouSe"
Meantime, the Metal Trades De-
partment announced that charges
of unfair labor practices against
the Higgins concern had been filed
with the National Labor Relations
Board, alleging the company dis
eliminated against the employees be-
cause Of their AFL activities.
Mr.. Higgins testified he deter
mined to abrogate the contract after
union officials had served notice on
members not to work on a hot"
ship sent to the companys yards
from the Great Lakes for compile
ton.
The union contended that work on
the unfinished vessel should come
under repair classiflcations of dou-
ble-time pay
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Tydings 10 Continue
Drive for Federal Aid
To Build Hospital

A review of the needs of WASH
ington's private hospitals, in the
light of recent Developments" was
planned yesterday by Senator Tyd-
ings, Democrat. of Maryland, author
of plan to provide Federal grants
for the construction of a 1,500-bed
medical center here.
In one form or another, he said
he would continue his campaign to
provide Federal aid in development
of new hospital center to assure
adequate care for the large army"
Of Government workers. but he add
ed he wished to consult with other
sponsors before deciding on the
terms of the bill to be offered to
the new Congress.
Plans to Hold Conferences.
Senator Tydings plans to hold
conferences with Chairman Bilbo
OF the Senate District Committee
and with Chairman Randolph of the
House District Committee and Rep
resentative D'Alesandro, Democrat,
of Maryland, all of whom are in
terested in his plan for Federal aid
In building privately operated hos
pital center here
Senator Tydings voiced gratifica-
ton over the Federal grants made
Tor the construction of new plants
Tor George Washington and George
town University Hospitals but added
that in his opinion these projects
/ Wn1lId not C0luo tho
OF Washington's hospital needs.
Bill Died in Congress.
! His bill. which died with the Old
session of Congress, called for a
Federal grant estimated between
S5,OO0.00c and s7,500,0O0 for the
construction of a new medical CEN
ter to be operated by Emergency
and Garfield Hospitals, and other
voluntar, hospitals which might
affiliate with the center, on a non-
profit basis
Senator Tydings also said yester-
day he had written letters asking
opposing factions in the contro-
versy over the projected construc-
ton of an apartment house at the
southwest corner of Sixteenth and
Shepherd streets NV to carry on
negotiations in the hope of arriv-
ing at compromise.
He said he was marking time
temporarily in the hope the prin-
cipals in the long-continued battle
would resolve their differences.
Crestwood residents. fighting the
apartment project. had sponsored a
bill to outlaw an apartment on the
site, but this, too, died with the
old Congress.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Once-Rich Founder
Of Mothers Day
PenniIess at 80

BY tie Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Dec. 30.-Near-
ly blind and practically penni-
less, Miss Anna Jarvis. en-
feebleo 83-year-old founder of
Mothers Day, is being cared for
in e sanitarium.
Records of Philadelphia's
Orphans Court disclosed yes
terday that 100000 estate
left by her brother, Claude S.
Jarvis, in 1926 had been dissi-
pateo by poor administrat ton.
Miss Jarvis founded Mothers
Day in 1908 as a tribute to her
mother.
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Brokers Given Stay
In Order Requiring
Rooming House Data

! Washington's so business chance
brokers have been given stay until
January Is in the District Rent Con-
troll Administration regulation re-
quiring them to supply the agency
with detailed information on ROOM
ing and boarding houses in advance
of sales.
The stay in the order which was
to become effective tomorrow fol-
lowed protests BY individual brokers
and officials of the Washington
Real Estate Board.
AS result, there was a strong
possibility that the regulation will
be redraWn so as to place the bur-
den of submitting data on the ROOM
ing house operators rather than
their agents
Brokers insist that the present
order would find them in the role
of policemen" They also strongly
object to submitting their listings
Of places for sale or rent on the
grounds they are confidential in
iOl AIo liOll dliu HULL SousilI d1lcl
by other agents.
The group which protested to
Administrator Robert F. Cogswell al
a meeting Friday appointed Everett
w. Thurm of the firm of Thurm
q Silver, chairman of a committee
to submit a counter proposal
1t is estimated there are 5000
.ooming houses in the city.
Brokers point out that when they
advertise property for sale and
list the probable income to be de-
rived from the investment. they are
only going on what the owner claims
is the return. If the operators were
required to submit the informa ton
then an agent could check with the
rent administration when he came
to handle a property.
Rent officials indicate there would
be difficulties in getting the infor-
nation required from the owners
Evening star., 1944-12-31
Gov. Willis Daughter
.Weds Air Officer

By the Assoc. .ated Press.
FRANKFORT, KY, Dec. 30.-Sara
Lesley Willis, daughter of Gov. and
Mrs. Simeon Willis, and First 1t
Henry Meigs II of the Army Air
Forces were married here this aft
ernoon.
The 2l-year old blond bride was
given in marriage by her father. A
wedding reception was held at the
Executive Mansion after the cere-
mOnY