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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
PAYoFF CHARGED

Fochm was arrested along with
William Hickey, %, of iii War
inc and Robert Ball, D, Of 3l1l
Amazon Dearborn. The latter two
accused tho patrolman of paying
them SS5 10 set fire TO houses at
35l6 356l and 1886 S. BaSsett
a veteran Of 10 years service at
the Fort-Green station, Patrolman
Bochm owns property in the area.
He Is a member of the South De-
trolt Community Improvement
League which has started action
in circuit court TO determine the
validity Of a restriction aimed at
excluding Negroes from the area
until 1859.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
LEAGUE ISSUES DENIAL

The league, through its attor-
ney Arthur Kurtz, has denied
that II knew anything of any al
legged illegal activities.
Hickey and Ball were arrested
early Wednesday, = shooting fray
enSued al the Fort-Green station
when Hickey grabbed an officers
gun. but no one was injured.
After 36 hours of questioning the
TWO admitted setting fires and
named Boehm as the instigator.
BOehm was Immediately sus-
pended from the department but
a warrant has not been issued
against him. He was booked for
investigation of arson
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
Baby Kidnap
Reward Up
Auditors Add $500
TO Times $1,000
BY VERA BROWN
(PjftUrc on Page ~


The amount of rewards offered
in the Robert King kidnapping
case scared To 500 Saturday
when the hoard of county audi
tors said they would add $500 10
the $1,000 already offered by The
Detroit Times
Two hundred and fifty dollars
Of the auditors reward is al
lOtted for information leading 10
the child'S return or whereabouts
and the other $3.50 ior information
leading 10 the arrest and con-
vlctlon OF the kidnapcr or kid
napcrS.
The Times $1,000 reward is for
exclusive information leading TO
the return of the 4-month-old
child 10 his homo The auditors
will officially approve tho $500
reward Monday when so asked by
Prosecutor Bowling.
As the rewards Spurred the
public 10 aid IN the search for
Robert mystery continued 10
cloak the identity of nurSemaid
Helen BOSNIAN. who one week
ago took the child from his CRIB
in the home Of his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence r King ll131
Mlndon
DESCRIBE GIRL
Through weary DAY, and nights
the frantic parents have trlcd 10
describe IN detail the girls APP
poarancc after police lnNcStlga-
ton revealed that tho girl was
not The Northern High School
student she claimed 10 be and the
addresses she gave were false
After one week, only "A few.
neaCcr facts are known about
the BOSNIAN girl.
OF one thing police arc now
certain She got the Job As nurse
mad a, part Of = carefully laid
plan 20 steal a male infant
Only one thing do the police
know about Helen RoSman be-
pro She walked INTO the KlUE
: Ouc % answer an al for a high
schoolgirl 20 care for the baby
after school hours
She answered an adj on Labor
Day ~ another Detroit home and.
a. with Mrs King. made careful
inquiry ~ 20 sax Of her proSpcc-
tive charge when she tciePhoned
10 apply for work
She didn't get that job because
she-hed about hcr age on the
telephone before she applied IN
person. She SAID She was middle
aged whIic She Is not more than
g years old.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-08
DETROIT TIMES

F.rHsne1 every Week Day Evening Ann
FLrtAs Morning ny ne Times PubltninE
COMPANY a. 1875 Timts square. Detroit
81 Michigan
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Girl, 7, Shot by Father,
In Fair Condition

A 2-year-old child. wounded by
her father yesterday in a target
shooting accident was reported in
fairly good condition" today at
Children's Hospital, where she was
taken after a l00-mjle dash from
a farm in Virginia.
The child, Joyce Ann Thompson.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Thompson, 443 Twelfth street NE,
was struck in the jaw by richo-
cheting bullet from .22-caliber
rife fired at a coin wedged in a
hoe handle, Mr.. Thompson told
police.
He said the family was visiting his
sister-in-laW, Mrs. Estelle o. Hun
dro. % miles south of Colonial
Beach. Va
Mr.. Thompson said he thought
both Joyce Ann and her sister Dor
othy, 4. were in the house during the
target practice. He said that he did
not know the child had been hit
until she emerged from behind a
pig pen with blood streaming from
her face.
The parents drove the child to
Children's Hospital. where it was
determined that the bullet had
struck her jam and had penetrated
downward. Hospital attendants said
X-ray pictures would be made today
to determine the extent of the in
jury,
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Tribute Is Paid
Sergt. Murphy
Missing in Action

The Marine Corps today made
public fellow combat correspond
ent's report concerning the disap-
pearance of Tech. Sergt. Richarc
Joseph Murphy, jr., former Star re.
porter and combat correspondent
now missing in action at Saipan.
According to Sergt. Maynard Stitt
Sergt Murphy embarked with other
members of a marine unit in ar
amphibian tractor. He failed to re-
port at the outfits command post
the Marine Corps said.
Sergt. Stitt, in a letter to Brig
Gen. Robert l.. Denig, director of the
Marine Corps Division of Public Re
lations, yesterday paid this tribute tt
the missing correspondent:
IF he has been mustered before
Almighty God, I want to say that
the corps has lost one of it's best
loved correspondents For the merry
Irish heart of him loved the whole
world and the world repaid him in
turn. There wasn't a man in the
regiment who knew him. nor in the
division, who didn't personally like
the man. Few of them could Judge
him professionally, but they knew
him as man and loved him.
Evening star., 1944-09-05

the raft, he started padding with
his hands toward the nearest island.
When night fell, he tried to sleep,
feeling confident that his squadron
leader would send help by morning.
Cold and rough water prevented
sleep, however, so he drifted until
dawn when he saw the island again
and started padding
-Four American pursuit planes
passed soon afterward, but without
signaling devices he failed to at
tract their attention. Just as he
was within half a mile of the island,
1t. Davis sighted the rescue plane,
which was escorted by fighters.
Then he saw the fighter planes
were firing on the island, which
turned out to be another Jap base.
The rescue ship landed on the
water and 1t. Davis escaped be-
fore the Japs had a chance to fire
on him.
Although the incident happened
in December of last year, 1t. Davis
parents did not learn of it until
some time later and then only
through friends. He had been over
seas since July, 1943.
A graduate of Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School in 1910, 1t.
Davis expects to be sent south
shortly 70 instruct cadets.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
lsWRshonm;q


Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4.
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8 and
AS through. LIS good indefinite
ly. Each stamp worth 10 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps AS
through Z-8 and AS through G-5
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. All meats except beef
steaks, roast beef and choice cuts
of lamb apd pork are point free.
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,
shortening and cooking oils have
been removed from the ration list
does not mean fat collection is
less essential.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80, 81,
81 and 80 valid for 5 pounds in
definitely. Book No. 4 stamp 40
good for 5 pounds for home can
ming through February %, 1s45.
Gasoline-A-ll coupons good for 3
gallons each through November 8.
B-3, B-4, C-3 and CA coupons
good for gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. 4 and 5 cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 80. Period l,
1s44-5 fuel oil ration good now
for 10 gallons per unit.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Virginia Reports Is
Holiday Fatalities;
Three in Maryland
Traffic Accidents Take
3 Lives in Dominion;
Three Shot to Deoth
BY the Associated Press


Virginia counted 16 dead by
violence as the Labor Day holiday
came to an end.
From 6 pm. Friday through mid
night last night, traffic accidents
had claimed eight victims; three
persons were shot to death, three
were drowned, one was killed by a
train and another died as the re-
suit of stab wounds.
Tidewater Virginia claimed a ma
jority of the deaths by violence. All
of the traffic accidents occurred in
the Norfolk Portsmouth area and in
LSe of Wight County, seven persons
being killed in accidents in which
automobiles were involved and one
being killed in a motorcycle acci-
dent.
Two Of the droWnings occurred ir
the Tidewater area, one at Buckro<
Beach near Newport News and the
other at Norfolk and the third ir
Bristol, where a 15-month-old CIR
drowned in tub half full of water
Norfolk also listed the death of q
person by stab wounds.
One person was shot to death ir
Portsmouth, another at Richmond
and the third at Turner's Siding, ir
Lee County. near st. Charles.
The victim of the train accident
was a l9-year-old Negro who was
killed while sitting on the railroad
tracks at Beals Crossing near Viii.
liamSburq.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Fire Wrecks 7 Homes
Al Fair Haven Cliff

Fire destroyed two homes yester-
day at the Fair Haven Cliff Md
summer colony, resulting in damage
estimated at $4,000, it was learned
today.
The fire, which originated in the
summer home of DR.. Paul Hoffman
of 1873 Kalmia road NV, WASH
ington, spread to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Prentiss, next door,
and both houses were destroyed be-
fore f1remen from North Beach and
Upper Marlboro reached the. scene
Firemen, using booster tanks,
saved the home of John Ross, near
the Hoffman house. by laying $500
feet OF hose and pumping water
from the Chesapeake Bay.
DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald. Dis
trlct coroner and president of the
Fair Haven Cliff Citizens Associa-
ton, presented each fire depart
ment with a $50 cash purse.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Heart Attack in Auto
Futol to Rockville Man

Gentry Hairston. colored, 60, of
Rockville, Md, died last night of a
heart attack while driving from his
nome to work in Washington, Mont
gormery County police reported to-
day. Police said the man was found
siumped over the wheel of his car
which had run off the road, 4 miles
south of Rockville.
A certificate of death from a heart
attack was issued by DR.. F. j.
Broschart, county medical examiner
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Ship Frederick Victory
To Be Launched Saturday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. Sept. 5.-The S. S
Frederick Victory. first Victory ship
built on the Atlantic Coast, will be
launched Saturday at the Bethle-
hem-Fairfield yard on the third an
niversary of the launching of the
first war-built Liberty ship.
The Patrick Henry slid into the
Patapsco River September 9, 1941
at Fairfield to initiate the Maritime
Commissions emergency building
program.
The launching of the Frederick
Victory, named for Frederick. Md.
will feature Maryland's observance
Of the wartime merchant marines
third anniversary. Mrs. Hugh v
Gittinger. wife of Frederick's mayor
and mother of Staff Sergt. Hugh V
Gittinger, jr. now serving overseas
will sponsor the vessel.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
1,5OO New Members
Goal in Coming Year
OF Bible Association
1000 Church Members
Also to Be Sought by
District Organization
BY CASPER NAMES,
Star Stan Correspondent.

WESTMINSTER, Nd, Sept. S.
Launching its 1944-45 membership
crusade with the objective of bring
ing the total District Organized
Bible Glass Association enrolment
up to 16,500 members, the associ-
alton yesterday held the final session
Of the 23rd annual conference at
Western Maryland College, West
minister, Md. More than $50 dele
gates heard George E. Harris, execu-
tive vice president Of the organiza-
ton, announce plans for the crusade
at the concluding meeting.
The new membership goal means
an increase of 1900 members, Mr..
Harris told the convention. In ad-
dition, he said, the drive aims to
enroll 1000 new members in District
churches.
Plan Other Projects.
Two other projects sought this
year by the organization are the
raising Of funds to furnish 5000 New
Testaments for servicemen and the
publication of a new pocket edition
of the associations handbook. A
total of $1,000 will be needed, DR.
Page NICK. Etchison, president OF
the society, said in order to reach
the former goal.
The associations new handbook
will be the first published since
1899, Mr.. Harris, in charge of the
project said. The book will give a
history Of the organization, state
its aims, outline its accomplish
ments, and give as complete a list
as possible Of District Bible classes
and Of Organized Bible Class As
socia ton members. 1t is planned
to have the publication ready this
falls
Delivering the concluding speech
of the conference. DR.. Allen E.
Claxten, pastor of the Broadway
Temple Methodist Church, New
York City, cautioned his audience
to get ready for V-day. but not to
Jump the gun" When it comes,
he said, we should regard it as we
do the resurrection of Christ. "as
the beginning and not the end Of
job to be done"
Issues Warning.
DR.. Claxton warned we must be
careful not to celebrate events ra-
ther than the significance behind
them; We must make Christianity
potent by putting into deeds the
challenge of the future" He en-
phasized the necessity of "dedicat-
ing ourselves to a brave new world
one in which returning servicemen
will see concrete plans and call to
each other, here is proof those
Christian principles we were fight
ing fol are right. Here is Christian
ity in action, and it is worth while"
Glass attendance, teacher prepa-
ration and class programs were
leading problems discussed at for
ums conducted at the conference
by Arthur R. Bedmer of Harrisburg
Pa. The theme of the three ses-
sions was Guiding Spiritual
Growth" Glass attendance may be
improved by personal interest in
the individual on the part Of both
teacher and fellow students; volun-
teer teachers drawn from the class
membership prove to be more ef-
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Blood Unit Will Visit
HyottsviIIe on Mondov

The Red Cross mobile blood dono]
unit will accept blood donation:
from Prince Georges County resi-.
dents from 9 am, to 1:30 pm. Mon
day at the Hyattsville Elementary
School on Forty-third avenue.
Mrs. Charles o. Middlekauf
chairman of the Blood Donor Com.
mittee OF the Prince Georges County
Red Cross Chapter. said 100 pint.
OF blood are needed to meet the
chapters quota. Appointments MAY
be made by calling Mrs. Dwight
Gait, Warfield 1876.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
The Rev. Hicks Resigns
Arlington Pustorate

The Rev. William Snellings Hicks
pastor OF the Arlington Baptis,
Church since June, 1912, has SUBJ
mitted his resignation.
Mr.. Hicks announced he had ac-
cepted call to the pastorate at the
Blacksburg (VaD Baptist Church
to be effective October /. He also
Will serve as q counselor to the
students of Virginia Polytechnic
Institute.
Mr.. Hicks, a resident of Raleigh,
N. C., is vice president of the
Arlington Ministerial Association
and has served two years as vice
president of the Arlington Council
of Religious Education.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Man Injured in Fall
From Window Dies

William H. Love, 49, colored. 59lC
street, Fairmont Heights, Md. died
Yesterday in Freedman's Hospital
from injuries received in a fall from
a second-f1oor window at his home
Sunday.
Prince Georges County police said
they were seeking Frank Stroman
colored, also of Fairmont Heights
for questioning.
Evening star., 1944-09-05

fective than paid ones, and the
task of integrating extraneous ma
terial as part of the Bible class
lesson must be carefully handled
the delegates agreed.
The association announced that
the 1945 meeting again will take
place at Western Maryland College
More than 300 paid reservations for
next year have already been made
DR.. Etchison announced.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Get Jobs
In Alexandra
During August
Figure Is Highest
In USES Office
In l8 Months

The highest number of Job place.
ments in 18 months was recorded
during August by the Alexandria
Office Of the United States Employ
ment Service, serving the Northern
Virginia area, which reported 1,139
persons placed in positions.
Accordingsto Huber M. State, as
sistant manager Of the Office, USES
was able to meet less than half the
demand for workers, as there were
2,349 hstings of available positions
in the files during the month.
OF the number placed, 423 were
women and 20 were veterans.
The greatest labor shortage in
the area exists in railroad. help bus
drivers and auto mechanics, with a
continually increasing demand for
unskilled labor of all sorts.
256 Put in Manufacturing.
The office placed 256 workers In
manufacturing which includes jobs
at the Naval Torpedo Station, 70 in
railroad jobs and 155 in construc-
ton work
William Du Val, veterans employ
ment representative in the office,
said that he notes a tendency on
the part of discharged servicemen
to continue with their education,
and that during the past month he
made arrangements for five men to
enter college or business school in
Washington.
He added that some of the veter-
ans returned to their old jobs, only
to come back to USES in a month or
so and report that they were dis
satisfied.
The desire to take advantage of
high salaries being paid today. in
addition to the fact that many of
the men have acquired additional
skills and education, account for the
urge to seek better positions, Mr.
Du Val said.
Employer Cooperation Praised.
The cooperation of employers in
finding jobs for servicemen, espe-
cially for those that have been dis
abled. was praised by Mr.. Du Val,
who said that he has been unable to
place only two of the veterans who
have applied to USES, and that
these men are specialists whose
placement will take somewhat
longer than usual.
Carter Friend, manager of the
Alexandria Office Of USES, who has
been on temporary duty in the
Washington Office since January,
l943, has returned to his position,
and Mr.. State, who was acting man
ager during Mr. Friends absence,
has resumed the position of assist
ant manager.
Mr.. Friend was active in the work
Of importing Mexican labor during
the time he was stationed in WASH
ington.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Three Accidental Deaths
Reported in MARYLAND
BY the Associated Press.

~ eAic ASsoSlatS0 IIcSs.
Marylanders returned to their
homes after a generally quiet Labor
Day week end during which three
accidental deaths were reported In
the State
Two deaths occurred as a result
OF trackless trolley-automo
collision in Baltimore Friday and
an infant boy was fatally injured
in fall Saturday.
John Haney, 8, of Arlington, Va,
died of injuries suffered in the crash
in which his mother, Mrs. Harriet
Haney, 80, was killed instantly.
The son of Mrs. Joseph H. Huber,
sr., OF Baltimore, died of a skull
fracture suffered when he fell down
a cellar stairway at the Huber home
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Work Due to Stort Soon
On Cumberland Airport
BY the Associated Press.

CUMBERLAND, Md, Sept. S.
Work on Cumberland million dol
lar airport is expected to begin in
about 10 days. it was announced
yesterday after a meeting between
August Butz, district airport engi-
neer for the Civil Aeronautics Ad-
ministration. and city officials.
Mr. Butz said a resident CAA en-
gineer and staff will be assigned and
that contractors equipment may
start arriving this week.
Evening star., 1944-09-05

ground. He asked the squadron
leader to take them down for a
strafing run and just then saw shells
exploding around his ship.
A few seconds later, his engine
failed and 1t. Davis landed his
plane in the ocean. He inflated
his one-man life raft and climbed
aboard. After removing his shoes
to keep the nails from puncturing
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Gypsy Rose Lee in Reno
To Establish Residence
By the Associated Press

BY the ASsoclated Press.
RENO, New, Sept. 5.-Gypsy Rose
Lee, registered at nearby dude
ranch under her married name
Mrs. Alexander Kirkland-said yes
terday she was in Nevada to estab.
lish a six-week residence, but added,
L think it is too early for me to
start talking about a divorce" She
said she had not yet consulted q
Reno attorney.
She divorced Arnold r. Mizzy in
Chicago five years ago.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Weather Report

District of Columbia, Maryland
and Virginia-Sunny this afternoon
with a nice breeze; highest tenn.
perature near 80, but humidity lower
than yesterday. Clear and cooler to.
night, with low near IS. Fair and g
little cooler tomorrow.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah River.
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
clear at Great Falls.
Evening star., 1944-09-05

row escape from
the Japs while
on a patrol fight
with his fighter
squadron. l. t.
Davis is visiting
his parents, DR..
and Mrs. G. A.
Davis, Kensing-
ton, Md.
Telling Of his
experience, 1t.
Davis said that
while on a flight
over a Jap-held
/ S ! a n d, he no
ticed park e d
nj an q G m tho
Evening star., 1944-09-05
| Money Orders Held
| Not Legal Tender
For Paying Debts
BY the Associated Press.

oy tue HasOClALCU TTeeS-
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Sept.
5.-A post Office money order is
not legal tender in payment Of
debt, a District Court special
justice ruled today.
Justice George H. Potter Of
the Third Bristol District Court
made the ruling in granting an
eviction order for non-payment
of rent.
Joseph Wilkinson. the ten
ant, testified he had sent post
Office money orders for his
rent to Mrs. Ida Sylvia. owner
of the fiat he occupied, but she
returned them uncashed.
Judge Potter gave Mr.. Wilk-
inson until Friday to move.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Sove This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
Tor Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
Of old newspapers and maga-
dnes is needed. Notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.