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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-28

This stately secretary with a
flame final broken pediment
top is 50 inches wide, has four
drawers, three glassed-in shelves
and sixteen inside compart-
ments, two of which are secret
This four-drawer drop lid desk
is of beautifully grained ma
hogany and has decorative ball
and claw feet.
Evening star., 1944-05-31
323 Violent Deaths
Reported Over Nation

BY the Associated Press.
A four-day Memorial Day holi-
day, bringing the seasons first heavy
highway traffic and drawing thous-
ands to outing places, resulted in
at least 323 violent deaths, an AS
sociated Press survey disclosed to-
day.
With midsummer temperatures
throughout the Nation, beaches, Ash
Ing resorts and sailing courses were
the mecca of thousands and the
number Of drownings climbed to al
most 100, equaling the total number
OF traffic fatalities.
The toll on the highways for the
four days was far below the Ma
tlonal Safety Councils estimate of
$50. latest figures showing 90 per-
sons lost their lives in traffic mis-
haps. with a similar number of
drownings reported. Other violent
deaths totaled at least l27, including
airplane crashes, which numbered
25 IN California and 10 In Tennessee
shootings. fires, stabbings, electro
ciition and other mishaps.
The violent-death toll surpassed
BY almost 100 the 1943 total of 239
deaths for the three-day holiday
last year but was below the average
peacetime Memorial Day count of
400 deaths. The Safety Councils
estimate Of $50 traffic fatalities was
for corresponding four-day period
In May.
California, with AZ deaths by vio-
Evening star., 1944-05-31

The remaining Rangers reorgan-
lied into a unit to which Sergt.
Gummel returned, after one weeks
fighting on the Anzio beachhead.
Old Buddies Have Left.
"The guys I came back with are
my only friends now," the young
veteran said wistfully "All the old
buddies around here have left"
Bud Gummel evaded most ques-
tions about his battle experiences
and the Rangers commando" tao
tics, but did admit plenty" of close
action.
Yeah. it was close. We were hol-
lering back and forth with the Ger
mans" he said.
: mo one battle stands out in my
memory. 1t was the same all over
In Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily and Italy"
He said the worst sortie was at
San Piedro, Italy, ION the way to
Casino, and We lost a lot of men"
I'VE were supposed to 20 into
town." he said, "but were cut of by
German artillery fire.
I'VE had good bit of fun In
Sicily, though, cause it was so easy
there"
FOxholes Home" to Us.
Sometimes, when shell came
close. we'd all dive into the same
foxhole-one on top of another.
Boy, those foxholes were home to
us-and they got deeper every day."
He told of stories about wide
spread drunkenness of German SOL
diers. Il saw 1t with my own eyes
once-when ran across a drunken
German in his foxhole," he said. He
captured the Jerry and admitted
he had captured "a good many"
others In Sicily and Italy.
The son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Georee
G. Gummel, the sergeant was grad
uated from Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School in 1898. While he was
training with the British In June
1912, a call was issued for volunteers
to the Rangers. He volunteered the
first day of the call.
Neighbors drifted in to greet the
returned soldier and he greeted
them with smile, but was more in
terested in the antics of the IL
'month-old daughter of his sister.
Mrs. Evelyn Friend, whose husband
Is overseas.
Evening star., 1944-05-31

II 8 h t l n 8 and
wants to get
into an Army of
0 c c u p a ito n
school ito learn
something"
The shy. sun
tanned foot SOL
dier, home at
AZ 10 LIE Ia n d
street. Ch e v y
Chase, Md, for
the first time in
more than two
years, was with
the only group
to participate in
all four major
Evening star., 1944-05-31

actions in the Mediterranean thea
ter. And he Is not anxious to hurry
back to the front.
Bud" %, the only Ranger in the
District area, probably could not
have surprised his family at 3 am.
last week had he not cut his finger
while practicing for the Anzio in
vasion. He was kept in a hospital
with the infected finger while his
outfit went into battle at Cisterno.
Casualties were very heavy.
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Back From the Wars
Tired dofHond- -to-H Hand Fighting,
Ranger Wants to Go to School

Staff Sergt. Kenneth E. Gummel,
one Of the surviving linemen of the
l,500 original American Rangers,
has seen enough of hand-to-hand
Evening star., 1944-05-31

and tractor accident. New York's
"a total ranked second larg-
est, while Illinois reported Il.
Twelve States did not report a single
violent death.
Evening star., 1944-05-31

First-Aid Course
A first-aid course sponsored by the
Fairfax County Chapter Of the
American Red Cross meets from
1880 to 2:30 pm. every Tuesday and
Evening star., 1944-05-31

Friday at the Hillwood square com.
munity Han. Cherry street. Fails
Church. ThoSe desiring TO Join are
asked to call the county Red cross
hcadouarters.
Evening star., 1944-05-31

lence, led the Nation. IN addition
to the IS persons killed in plane
crashes, there were 8 trafic IA
talities, 6 drownings and / death
each by shooting, electrocution
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-13
SEE NEGRO business
EXPLORING AFRICA

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (ANP)
The possibility that Negro bust
ness interests might be consider
ing an excursion into Africa was
given some impetus when the Fed
eral Secretary agency announced
that Harold B. Jordan, until re-
Gently cashier Of the Industrial
Savings bank of Washington, is en-
route to Liberia.
Jordan is the fourth member of
the all-Negro health mission, head
ed by Senior Surgeon John B.
West, that is going to Monrovia,
to undertake a public health pro-
gram in the West African republic
under the sponsorship of the U. S.
public health service.
Last year when former Presi-
dent Edwin Barclay was here on an
official visit, he declared that his
country would welcome both pro-
fessional and commercial enter
prise on the part of American Ne
groes desiring to come to Africa.
His invitation was not considered
an exclusive one, of course.
A we'll informed source disclosed
to the AMP not long ago that
about five or six Negro groups and
individuals are interested in trade
possibilities in Africa. They too
would deal in imports, and possibly
do some exporting. Liberian re-
sources would be only one trading
point Other products are to be
found further down the Gold Coast
and Nigeria.
The health missions program
has been set up for five-year per-
iod. Jordan's position will be that
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-13
SAYS ELk5 HAVE new ROLE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (ANP)
The Elks have new role to play
today in the affairs of Negro peo-
pie, James E. Kelley Of Birming-
ham, grand secretary, declared
here. This role goes outside of the
immediate area Of membership and
spills over into every community in
which an Elk lodge has been organ
lied.
The grand secretary, here for a
series of conferences with other
leaders of the organization, was
addressing Columbia lodge when
he made these observations.
"Elks are no longer the men,
bers of an organization which pro-
vides you with burial alone" Kel-
ley said. To-day we are vitally con-
cerned about the health, the educa-
ton and the general welfare of our
people. We therefore are aligning
ourselves with forward-looking
groups so that the good of all Ne
groes may be served whether or
not they hold membership in our
fraternal organization"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-13

moved two of their own men who
were badly wounded while two
others climbed out through the es-
cape hatch.
Although the Germans were
more than 70 yards away, the Ne
gro tankmen, lying on their sides
fired away. Cpl. James Whitby,
Detroit, the driver, and Pvt. John
McNeal, assistant driver, North
Carolina, killed the bazooka team
that disabled their tank and knock
ed down around six German anti
tank gunners.
Although Cpl. Herbert Porter,
Asheville, N. c., the tanks gunner,
was hit by a small bazooka shell
fragment, he was the last to leave
the tank. ALI the men of the 26th
division held their own, and finally
approached the Germans and shot
down or captured the remaining
enemy troops.
"Only once have | seen a tank
crew as full Of fight as that one
and that was the crew of a Russian
tank knocked out and in similar
situation" the German prisoner
admitted. The action, he said, "was
one of the real facts of bravery"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-13
0THING INFERIOR ABOUT
EGR0 TANkkEN, GERMAN
RI50NERS ExIAIM5

WITH THIRD ARMY FORCES
ORTIZ OF DIEUZE, Dec. 13
ANP)-Fiery determination to
} thorough job and the inven-
On of an ingenious device where
! members of the fourth armored
vision, supporting the 26th In
ntry division, all went toward
'ompting a German lieutenant to
scribe the Sherman tank crew of
egro soldiers as one which sur
used anything l had seen dur
G my four years on several
onts."
The German prisoner was cap
red when an American task force
! the 18th corps overran his units
,sition at Morville-les-Vic.
Negro boys that handled the
herman medium and instituted a
,uble barrier device were Cpl
rnest Hundy of Mesa, Ariz., and
e. Floyd Dade, Texarkana, Ark.
While the Nazis were busily fir
g away members of the crew re-
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-13

of administrative assistant anu IlS-
cal officer. His business contracts
could give some validity to the be-
lief that his concern will be to
make determinations for whatever
business groups there are here who
might be interested in African
trade.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-13
White Scholar Looks At Negro World
By EMMETT PHILLIPS

Naming the of the pastme engaged in by
individuals and organizations that like aAmercan
football am it can't be done without injustice the who
passed by So passing attempt the the
Instead shall the of the day. Nov 2S to be exact
On that held New Orleans the
rejected all Negro determinations submit
ted by A. Philip Randolph NJ Webster of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Poers The Randolph resolution called the
convention to condemn and abolish auxiliary
tabished by the AFL International unions These auxiliary
unions made entirely Negro members and used to keep
separate Negro and white members.
rejecting the resolutions Negro the AFL
practically asked for the lightning which strike them and like
couldn't After
Randolph assal the boermakers machn electrical workers
fostering form of dual membership the AFL under which first
membership white
behp Negroes certain delegates who place premium the
one skin (whe complained about Randoph
and nsoe These delegates said that they getting tired of
around by professional agator One Dixie depot
the brill statement that e white people aren't raising these
being THE THEIR last
the redoubtabe Randolph back follows eff
Ias tf going to wait thousand years get their
0y thought coming you like,
fight their rights matter how mad
telling off these hypocrtes and doing in
environment ideal Randolph proved to be the of that
particular Incidentally Randophs fighting stand Nov %
y which previously rejected
Negro question submitted by Randolph Webster
record favorng the establishment of permanent FEPC.
Randophs refusal back when
hostile group we'll days Negro workers the
Evening star., 1944-04-23

utive Committee, of which Mrs. Rus
sell l.. Maxwell is chairman, that
any officer of the grades specified is
eligible to attend.
The dues, together with proceeds
from the bar and lunchroom con-
cession are expected to make the
club self-supporting while keeping
charges modest.
Business Firms Donate Gifts.
Several local business concerns
have sent gifts for the club. Books
were donated by the Junior League
and the War Hospitality Committee
sent some Of the flowers for the
preview.
On the Executive Committee with
Mrs. Maxwell are Mrs. Wilson
Brown, secretary, and Mrs. R. M
Kaufman, Mrs. Edwin Watson and
Mrs. Michael Wright. Board men,
bers include Mrs. Ralph Bard, Mrs
Robert Patterson, Mrs. Mccarthy
Little, Mrs. Leo Marshall, Mrs
Ernest King, Mrs. Philip Fleming
Mrs. James Dunn, Mrs. G. N. Mac
ready and Lady Noble.
The Housekeeping Committee Is
composed of Mrs. Stanley Wood
ward, chairman, and Mrs. Henry
Powell, Mrs. Warren Delano Rob-
bins, Mrs. John Rouse and Mrs
Daniel Tilden Hoskins, jr. Mrs
Edward Close Is chairman of the
Gift Committee, which includes Mrs
Clifford Mallory.
Mrs. William Morrissey and Mrs
Burton Lewis are chairmen for SEN
ior hostesses, and Mrs. Wallace Nc
Clenahan is chairman for junior
| hostesses.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Mario
Continued From First Page J

brother with them when they pulled
out, leaving Mario to welcome the
Yanks alone.
At the first supper at the villa he
ate so much it made him sick. He
did that several times before he got
used to the idea of food and ate no
more than he could hold. After that
he gained weight fast. The lieu
tenant, Eugene Phillips of Royston,
Ga, took care of him. Mario shared
his room.
Mario Gets Windfall.
Celebrating Christmas Eve with
bottle of Scotch, the correspon-
dents and public relations officers
living at the villa auctioned off the
last drink. Nearly $50 went to
Mario. Since then the Uncles'
Club has contributed about $3.50 for
his upkeep.
Mario rates as a full -fiedged mem
Der Of the mess and wears his mill
tary uniform proudly. He takes
private lessons in the three RS, is
enrolled as the youngest student OF
the Royal Conservatory of Music
for he is learning how to play the
piano, and studies art on the side.
His future shows promise.
He is irresistible. Gene Phillips,
now a captain, has been ordered to
England and wondered who would
take care of Mario in his absence.
He talked it over with Mrs. Alva
Bader Of the Red Cross. Mrs. Bader
wanted to see Mario. He came in.
She said "hello," he said hello" "
Evening star., 1944-04-23

and she asked him how old he was.
He told her, then she smiled and
said, "I'll take him."
Mario was distressed when he
heard that Capt. Phillips was going
away and seemed to worry a little
about what was going to become of
him. Now he Is enthusiastic about
the new arrangements. He thinks
highly of Mrs. Bader. He knows, too,
that he has backlog of nearly SO
American uncles in Naples.
Best of all, he knows he is going
to see Uncle Gene" again. For
Capt. Phillips is going to take him
back to America as soon as such q
thing is possible. His wife, Nadine,
knows all about Mario and is anx-
ious to get him back now, but 1t
looks as though it will be hard to
arrange until after the war. There
are rules.
II the. officials ever see Mario
however, the rules won't count Sc
Evening star., 1944-04-23
High Officials Inspect
Junior Officers Club
On Eve Of Opening

High-ranking Army and Navy
officials inspected the new junior
officers club at 733 Seventeenth
street NV. yesterday prior to the
official opening tomorrow of Junior
officers only.
Beginning tomorrow the club will
be open seven days a week from
II am. until midnight for Army
officers through the rank of captain
and Navy officers through the rank
of lieutenant. Officers of other
Allied services with corresponding
ranks also are eligible.
Among the officials who attended
the preview yesterday were Maj.
Gen. John T. Lewis, commanding
general Of the Washington mill
tary district; Maj. Gen. Norman T..
Kirk, Army surgeon general; Rear
Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman
Of the Maritime Commission; Maj.
Gen. Russell L. Maxwell, assistant
Army chief of staff in charge Of
supplies, and other military and
Government representatives.
SIuU Vcu Equipped.
Decorated under supervision Of
the Federal Works Agency, through
which Lanham Act funds were made
available for converting the old
Lotus Lantern Restaurant, and the
Public Buildings Administration,
the club includes lounge, snack
bar, lunchroom, library and a free
checkroom.
A patio garden is expected to be
completed this week, planned by
Miss Rose Greely. Plants and trees
have been donated by the Garden
Club of America and others.
Mrs. Maxine H. Acker, secretary
at the club, said several hundred
applications for membership already
have been received and many more
are expected after the opening.
While the club will have regular
members, who will pay 81 O.
month dues, transient or visiting Of
ficers will be welcomed, and guest
cards will be issued at the door. It
has been stressed by the clubs Exec
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Army Air Forces Bond
|Set for AII-SoIdier Show

The Army Air Forces Band, sta
toned at Boiling Field, which will
appear on the all-soldier revue
Flying High" at Constitution Hall
Tuesday and Wednesday nights, has
good reason for being one of the
services best musical outfits. It's
membership includes musicians who
have played with 80 different SYM
phonies.
Tickets for the revue are on sale
Evening star., 1944-04-23

much. His "uncles" are sure they
would look at those eyes just once
and say, like Mrs. Bader, We'll
take him."
Evening star., 1944-04-23

at Fairway Sport Shop, 1923 q
street NV, Ballard's, 1910 q street
NV, Lowe and Campbell, 1904 Ver-
mont avenue NV, and the Willard
Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-24
ECH0-S0UNDING
TO LOCATE Fish
IS TO BE TRIED

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Ar-
rangements are now being made
between the Office of Coordinator
of Fisheries and the Navy for a
full-scale test of echo-sounding de-
vices on surface vessels as a means
of locating schools of fish, Coor-
dinator Harold l.. Ickes announced.
The tests will be made in waters
off California as soon as certain
security regulations can be COM
piled with.
The echo-sounding devices now a
part of the equipment of Navy
patrol vessels are believed to be
the finest in the world. Present
devices are regarded as infinitely
superior to those in use just before
the war
Tests of echo-sounding devices in
locating schools of herring were be-
gun by the British in the North Sea
just prior to the war. Similar tests
made in waters off British Column
bia during the past fall gave prom
Using results. The series of tests
planned for the west coast will be
the first experiment in American
waters of this type.
Echo, or depth-sounders, are now
in use on some modern fishing
vessels but they are used to locate
bottom. Due to the war, certain
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-24

waters have been closed to fishing
causing the fishing fleets to fish in
waters considerably removed from
The shore at some points. Echo
sounding equipment has been of
great value to vessels engaged in
fishing for species known as bot
.om fish by permitting easy ex-
oloration of the floor of the ocean,
thus protecting nets from rocks and
locating undersea valleys where
some bottom fish congregate.
With sensitive equipment and
trained operators it is believed pos
eible not only to locate schools OF
fish but to determine the size and
direction of the schools. AS soon
as arrangements have been COM
pleted, representatives of the Fish
and Wildlife Service will be allow
ed to make tests aboard the Nays
patrol vessels during their routine
operations.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-24
PUBLICATION OF
METHODS OF Fish
CANNING ISSUED

WASHINGTON, March "a. = A
summary of the principles and
methods Of canning fish and she'll
fish, the first comprehensive treat
ment of the subject ever published
has just been issued by the U. S
Fish and Wildlife Service and may
be obtained from the Government
Printing Office, Washington, D. c.,
Superintendent of Documents.
The new publication, Principles
and Methods in the Canning OF
Fishery Products" has been in
preparation for the past five years.
The author is Norman d. Jarvis,
technologist of the Fish and Wild
life Service.
Providing a reference handbook
on problems met in the commercial
canning of fishery products, the
366-page report outlines the scien-
tific principles of seafood canning,
various engineering problems of the
Gamer. and the methods now used
in the canning of SO varieties of fish
and shellfish.
Information on fishery products
as food, also contained in the re
port, will be useful TO home econ
omists and consumers, as well as to
producers, brokers, dealers, and
food technologists.
Pioneer Gamers in the United
States, the first country to develop
canning on an extensive scale,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-24
AMMUNITION FOR
ALASKA CIVILIAN
NEEDS PROMISED
Carload Is 10 Be Shipped
North 10 Meet Mini
min Requirements

SEATTLE, March PA carload
of small arms ammunition to meel
the civilian needs of Alaska has
been provided by the Office Of
Civilian Requirements, of the Wal
Production Board, as the first steI
in meeting an acute rifle and shot
gun ammunition shortage reporteG
throughout the West, it is an
nounced by Allan L. Willard, re-
gional OCR head.
The shipment, which will meet
the minimum requirements of the
Territory. is being shipped immed-
lately, Willard said When it ar
rivas at Puget Sound port, it will
be forwarded north on the first
ship and will be flown into the In
terror The entire requirement of
100000 rounds, including 3,000,-
0C0 rounds of % longs, will be de-
ivered by April 18th.
Civilian Necessity
Willard arranged for the ammu-
milton during recent trip to
Washington, d. c. Previously, the
district offices of WPB had con-
tacted all the dealers serving the
Territory and obtained from them
their estimated requirements in
meeting shortage that has stead
lily become worse since the outbreak
OF the war
I'VE pointed out that ammunition
was a basic civilian necessity for
Alaska" Willard said. In the
West it is needed to keep down
predatory animals and birds, but In
Alaska it was necessary in order to
provide the civilian food supply
and protection, plus commercial
fishing. Once we made the short
age clear, Alaskan supplies were
given top priority and ere being
rushed through"
A recent survey of farm needs
throughout the nation by OCR re-
vealed that lack of ammunition for
livestock and crop protection was
first in the list of farmers COM
plants against wartime restrictions.
Situation Remedied
Immediate steps were taken to
remedy the situation. Ammunition
in the process of manufacture for
the first quarter of the year is ex-
pected to total 120,000,000 shotgun
shells. 100000 centerfire rifle
cartridges and 20000O,000 90 calibre
long-rifle cartridges. Production is
now being increased to a point
where it is expected that 251 ,O00,-
600 shotgun shells, 100000 center
fire and 475,000,000 20 calibre cart
ridges will be in manufacture BY
July /.
Production at this rate will rep
resent 95 percent of normal years
production of center-fire, SIS per-
cent OF shotgun and rs percent of
% calibre ammunition, Willard ex-
planned
Deliveries in volume cannot be
expected for the most part of the
country until May Sufficient am
munition for game shooting is ex-
pected by fall, but there will be none
Tor amusemss.t purposes, Willard
said
Aside from essential shipments
like those to Alaska. the fu.ure of
the program depends upon the con-
tinued use of manufacturing facil-
tiles recently released by the Army
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-24
Donald {. Foster
lobe Honored at
Public Reception

A public reception will be held at
the Governors House next Wednes-
day, March 30, for Donald c. Foster,
newly appointed General Superin-
tendent of the Office of Indian
Affairs, who will arrive within the
next few days. The reception will
be between the hours of 5 and 7
o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-24
ANNA PROk0pIOF
dies YESTERDAY
AT FAMILY HOME

Anna Prokopiof, -year-olo
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs AfonSia
Prokopiof, passed away at the fam
lily home on Seventh Street yester-
day. The Prokipiofs are former
residents of st. George Island.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at 2 D. m. at the Russian
Orthodox Church, with the Rev.
M. A. Baranoff officiating. Inter
ment will be in Evergreen Gene
terry.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-03-24

packed fish and shellfish. Salmon
canning, now our most important
canned fish industry, began in this
country in Maine during the Civil
War period, first became important
on the Columbia River, and reach
ed full development in Alaska.