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Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
Times Photo

Exactly two months before
reaching his l0lst birthday anni-
veTsary, death came to William
II enrY EYeringham yesterday
after three weeks Of illness at
his home, 1913 Waverly.
A resident of Detroit for 80
years, Mr.. EVerlngham attributed
his longevity TO the fact that he
didn't drink, didn't smoke" and
wasn't too fussy" about his diet
-"eating plenty of meat. potatoes
and birthday cake.
After working many years as a
W c h m a n. Mr.. 'EVeringham
turned to new profession at the
age of so years, and for more than
two decades took pride in weav-
ing all Detroit's dog catcher nets.
practically all the dog catch
ers around here still use my
nets" he proudly revealed on
his Tooth birthday. THE dog
pound has about 40 Of them"
Nfti al ectNitrS VIII De III lHe
Haley Funeral Home. Hamilton al
Puritan. at 3 p. m tomorrow, with
burial at Boutwell,, Ont, at 2
p. m. Wednesday.
Mr.. Everingham was native of
Ontario. His wife, Mrs. Margaret
Jane Everingham. died Sept. 19,
1874, ar The age OF 80.
Survivors include six chill
dren, William EVefyham, Il; Ed
ward EverRgham.-6 66;-EugeRe
Everingham, SO, of Bloomington,
ILL.,, and Wesley Everingham.. .6S,
of Boutwell,. Ont. eight grand
children and eight great-grand-
children.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
Three Accused
Of Taxi Ho|dup

Warrants charging b cry
armed were recommended today
against three men who aSseTtedly
perpetrated wave of taxicab
holdupS and bound their victims
with adhesive tape.
The three, who were arrested
June D. are James r. Treadeau.
Us. Of 1922 F. Vernon, Robert b.
AndruS. p. of 1921 Rolandale.
Crosse Pointe Farms, and Llewal-
Ian +. ANeline. y, of 1916 ST
Jean
They were charged specifically
with robblng taxi driver Herman
Cohen, 43, Of 12ll1 Stringham. of
S35 June 3. Sgt William Thorn
quoted the trio As admitting other
cab hOldupS
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
Seized as Illegal
Cigdret Seller
Astc MARTIN ssiIo

.---3 ---3-h.FtsaasE=t-ti4s-RaelBaI Ear.
22}36 Clifford, ~iA be turned over
10 federal authorities Today Tor
prosecution on charges OF operat-
gag -eifaFei- biaek-mafket. ac-
cordlng 10 Police Sgi Harry
johnson OF the First Precinct :
police cleanup squad.
Bernie Brogan IS. OF 572l Fiji
teenth was arrested last night
when police confScated more than
200 cartons Of cIgsretS and JaI
containing S53
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
Air Demonstration

Civilian educators will learn of
training methods and equipment
used by the Army Air Forces in
demonstrations sponsored by the
AAF Education Demonstration
Program tomorrow through Fri
day at Rackham Memorial.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
Russians Repatriated

PARIS, June 25 TNS)-More
than ! 100000 Soviet displaced
persons and liberated war pris-
onerS have been transferred from
Allied jurisdiction 10 that of The
ked army, supreme Allied head
quarters announced TODAY.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26

AID 10 NlSll- his lHQ GlllQTeQ,
lie is PVT Henry A Nollen, %
Of 1915. FairlIeW. holder Of The
Silver Star and the Purple Heart
with an Oak Leaf Cluster.
HobblinG on crutcheS and lead
by his sister, Clara, Henry went
first 10 police headquarters. then
10 the prosecutors office IN the
County building and finally 10 the
Friend OF the Court 10 solve the
problem
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
VOTE DOWN INCREASE

The CONVENTION voted down A
proposed increase 10 ! Der cent
from per cent IN the per capita
tax upon local UNIONS, advocated
ny -StcvrrSor ard t1otf BOth urged
the increase 20 finance an all-out
campaign for Richard r FRANK
enSteen JAW vice president. IN
tho election for mayor
in p resolutions which were
passed the convention went on
record demanding 4 congressional
Investigation < et certain t7fc food
men who E"t their representa-
tlves within the ranks Of OPA TO
prevent enforcement Of price
regulations.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
Paris to Set Up Kitchens

PARIS, June 25 UNS) Chris
tian Pineau, new French food
minister, said today plans were
under way 10 set up communal
kitchens i'm Paris 10 meet needs of
large families with small incomes.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
INTERVIEW FAMILIES

The prosecutors office sent in
vestigators 10 interview the seven
eV!cted families Of service men.
the owners Of the building and
the couple to whom it was leased
for Sub-letting.
The evicted service wives in
eluded one whose husband had
been killed in action, another who
is an eXpectant mother, and a
third who recently had been noti-
fed her husband was missing in
action in the South Pacific.
Some Of the tenants said they
had paid their rent in advance
only last week and were not noti-
fed that they would have 10 move
until a constable appeared SstuF-
day 10 eVict them
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
MUST EARN PROFIT

Like any other enterprise,
the Michigan Bell must make
money to be successful. II can
not keep on providing good
service with hout reasonable
earnings.
ITO attract the investors
dollar, the Bell systems earn
ings must be somewhat COM
parable with the average @ef
competing Industries. Michigan
Bells rate of earnings today Is
One-haf=iower than the aver
age or other Industries.
The company sees the need
for Sie0, ,800, 900 postwar eX-
pansion and improvement pro-
gram. The money needed for
that program must be raised
In the open market"
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
AIDED s BUDDIES

on D-Day In southern France.
he was wounded the first time. He
" 2 n : out TO bring back five
wounded buddies who were pinned
down by mortar and machine gun
fire.
Shot through the neck. wrist
and thumb, ne gave first aid TO his
buddIes before he thought of him
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
dteReopens
Inquiry

The public service commission
reopened the telephone rate case
today in a new effort TO obtain
So, 100000 refund for Michigan
Bell subscribers. Three witnesses
for the telephone company were
prepared 10 testify at a hearing
here this afternoon
Circuit Judge Leland w, Carr
of Lansing set aside the So, SOC, 900
refund order on May 18. holding
that the commission had no legal
authority 10 order a retroactive
rebate. Under the terms OF the
order issued last December, the
refund was 10 have been made
from 1914 revenues.
Confronted with the court de-
cision, the commission decided 10
reopen the rate case and take new
testimony.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
The WEATHER .
ptTRNtT nITA

Detroit and vicinity Partly cloudy and
cooler tonight with lowest about so Tusaa. /,
tSlr with moderate temperature
,-------s.--------t DETROIT DATA
-IsHPsEstsfes Sunday hfgneSt sI degrees
lowest. oS mean, IA
Departure from nofmsl temperature Sunday
/ o degrees.
departure from normal Temperature since
Jan. 1894 degrees
Temperatures one year ago today Highest
- oegreeS. lowest. so. mean 70
temperatures this cate In past y yesrS.
! g22 "
Relative humidity SUNDAY: $50 N
ssg $50 m 7lT. 2 80 p m. 4lE
Precipitation IN last - hours ending o.
80 q. m. today o.
Jan. !. -3o5 Inches
Desree DAYS for sunday. June "a: o
Normal for June "a
Accumulated degree DAYS this month ils
Normal degree DAYS for June. rs
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26

self He lost two fingers on his
left hand and won the Silver Star.
Just month later, again going
out 10 bring in wounded, he stepped
on a land mine. The blast com
pletely blinded him, tore of his
left leg and scorched ms face.
Now Henry IS back IN Detroit
on 30-day leave. He Travelled
alone across The country 10 see
his family and his children. and
the Fried Of The Court is gong TO
see that he does
MEETING ARRANGED
Circuit Judge Robert NJ. Toms.
who granted the divorce. filmly
stated there was no reason why a
soldier shouldn't see ms Young
sters. MeeefnesftimeS and places
viii be arranged
When the Judge made his deci-
sion. Henry just beamed all over.
Gee, it's wonderful. Gee. its
wonderful" he cried. II just
can't wait. GollN. I can buy
them candy and ice cream and
things tTs-r. ',
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
SORRY FOR CRIMES

'In 1889 my wife, GeneVieve.
divorced me" Henry explained.
~ vas in Jackson prison on
second felony 0f unlawfully
driving away an auto and she
got custody of the Kids, Henry
Jr.. 3, and Albert. :.
II was pretty young and
didn't know what I WAS doing
I'm very sorry for what / did
then.
"ShorilX after -Me-Mere di-
NorCed GeneVieNe married Stew
art Randall of 2510 Crane. I
saw the Kids once i'm a while and
they wou d always say Gee,
isn't II swell 10 have two
-DaddicS
Yesterday I went out TO see
them. GenPvieve was willing but
Stewart wouldn't let me. know
| can't actually see them but I
would like Ia buy them candy
and stun. The doctors Say
may be able 10 see a little out
OF my left eye in time"
Henry enlisted in October. 1912
aS A medical aid man. Shipped
overseas IN April, 1919. he Ssu
service m Africa and Italy
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
CALL WITNESSES

Witnesses for the company were
TO be Ferry B. Allen, chief ac-
countant for Michigan Bell; and
Harry c. Gretz of New York. as
sistant comptroller of the Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph Co.
There was possibility that
Thomas n. Lacy. vice president
and general manager of Michigan
Bell, also might testify.
George NJ. Welch, president Of
Michigan Bell, issued the follow
ing statement Of the company's
position in the rate case:
Because of the Michigan
Bells obligation to protect the
service Ii renders the public the
company will challenge any ef-
forts TO disturb its rates. Any
rate reduction would jeopardize
the quality Of that service by
whiting away st the COM
PsBy's already inadequate earn
inoS
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
DEBATE MERGER

The action was taken after a
fiery debate on tho floor between
Stevenson and Pat Quinn, CIO
county council head. over whether
The Political Action COMMITTEE
should merge with the council
and thus lose us identity
In keynote address 10 the
two day convention Ri
Thomas. president Of the JAW
to. warned The Pal!Lca+-Act.ea
Committee Saturday that picket
ing Of the district 0PA office was
mistake. and did tho Political
Action Committee no good
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
Quiz Started
On Evii(tiions

Prosecutor Gerald K. O'Brien
and his assistant. John d. O'Con-
nell, launched an investigation
today of the eviction of seven
service wives and their families
from an apartment house at 1861
w. Jefferson.
Al the same time Circuit Court
Commissioners Carl M. Weideman,
who signed the eviction order, said
he would entertain a motion for
relief from any Of the seven serv-
icemens families and promised
procedural reforms which would
safeguard nihnrs
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
NOT INFORMED

Weideman said neither the land
lord nor the attorneys in the evic-
ton case had disclosed that the
rights Of servicemen under the
soldiers and sailors civil relief act
were involved
II consider that highly un-
ethical, declared adding
that he would insist on affida-
NitS-iH- future eviction pro-
ceedlngs to protect the families
of seFVicenen.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
Vote 10 Keep
Wayne PAC
Stevenson Reelected
Head Of ClO Group

The Wayne County Go Politi-
cal Action Committee took a new
lease on life today after delegates
at the second annual convention,
closing yesterday voted 10 retain
n but 10 separate il from the
Wayne County CIO Council.
William Stevenson was re-
elected president over Mort Fu-
ray and Tracy Doll was reelected
executive secretary by acclama-
ton. William Oliver. Jack Fuller
and Robert Haggerty won seats
on The board of trustees.
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
Blind Granted
Visit TO His Sons
SGT sIDSEY sMILo
MRS rDSA sMrLo

blinded veteran with his left leg missing home today
rom his army hospital California ega
Detroit evening times., 1945-06-26
PAUL WEBER ELECTED

New vice president by virtue Of
receiving the most votes among
the y elected TO the PAC eXecu-
tive board was Ed Carey, an in
cumbent.
Other incumbentS reelected
-'refe-Pauf Weber. Blaine -MaTrtn,
Jack EllStein 0aSt years vice
presldenU, Glenn Sigman. Paul
Silver and Ann PaStuszka. Newly
elected we're Pat ZombO, Al Har-
greaves, Russell Ballard. Joe
Verba and Gene MarosCo.
Observers said the results rep
resented a complete victory of
the So-callcd right wing" over
the left wing" group in the PAC.
Continuance OF the Political
Action Committee, center OF a
fsctional controversy within the
Union, was appr0kcd with a
promise by SteyeHSon that IAN
effort 10 merge with the Go
council would be made
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Indorses Javanese Freedom

To the Editor Of The Star:
That suggestion for the self-determi-
nation of smaller nations, as framed in
the Atlantic Charter. seems to be con-
spicuous by its absence. so far as the
Javanese are concerned
Even though the Dutch like the su-
perior coffee and spices of Java, yet The
Star of December II says: "Indonesians
Threaten to Use Poison to Bar Return
to Dutch Rule" That sounds very much
as if they prefer self-rule; and why not?
was pleased to see Gin the same is
sue of The Starr that Capt. Harold E.
Stassen Demands U. S. Action at Once
to Halt War in Java" He declares, THE
United States should Immediately call
on the British and the Dutch to stop
shooting the Javanese in the Dutch East
Indies
With improved world conditions for
peace, it should be possible for all of
the small nations to have self-govern-
ment with safety, even though they
cannot support large armies, navies or
air forces.
One would think that after what has
happened in the Axis and invaded coun-
tries during the past five years that
universal peace would be their greatest
desire. But take look at China, at
Palestine and at Java!
H. B. BRADFORD.
Evening star., 1945-12-17

cheer or boo, they laugh, contemp-
tuously
The leaders have taken away the
peoples ideals, and when that happens
despair sets in, not despair over material
things. but despair that tells them there
is no God: that God Is dead. When
people feel that way, everything be-
comes senseless: the war was senseless;
everything is lie. as the Atlantic
Charter became a lie when Yalta and
Potsdam became the truth. Then
everybody fears every one else, because
the cohesion of the people is an emo
tion Of faith, an ideal that faith says
common faith in an ideal there is only
from everybody else. That Is disin-
tegration.
=. The people mock at the big Three"
The Big Three are called Russia"
Great Britain, the United States"
But the people know that Russia"
Great Britain" and the United States"
are not meeting in Moscow. The Big
Three are just three men, and the
people do not think they are bigger or
greater than other men, like themselves.
Their faces are very, very familiar. They
are not great faces. nor faces one can
greatly love. Their communiques do
not sound like Russia" or Great
Britain or the United States"
Lincoln and jefferson still sound like
the United States Franklin Roose-
welt sounded like the United States.
when he stayed home. Churchill sound
ed like Great Britain in the blitz: he
sounded like Shakespeare and Burke
But the communiques from Yalta and
Potsdam did not sound like the United
States or Great Britain or Russia, as
have heard her in her great literature.
They sounded curiously like Hitler.
The people feel this. They feel we
are not behaving like ourselves, and
when you do not behave like yourself
you are out of your senses The people
think the world is out of its senses,
but they do not know what to do about
1t. 1t is as though they were in the
world and yet not in it, for they have
nothing to say about it. they must Just
accept it. and they are hurt, and be-
wildered, and angry.
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1945-12-17
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

One cannot look forward with conf
dence to the outcome of the meeting
among the Big Three foreign ministers.
The last meeting broke up over Molo
tovs demand for the exclusion of France
and China. They will not be present
at this one. 1t was Washingtons turn
to be host-but the meeting is in Mos
cow. The press won't be there at all
We are already afraid of the COM
munique that will eventually be issued
Most people will not read it through
for the people are afraid. They have q
not want to learn more about the wrong
doing. because they can do nothing
about It. That is the way it has become
ing you can do, after while you cease
to think about what ought to be done,
or could be done
Yet the people do not accept what
Is going on. They do not reject 1T in
any organized way, but they do not
accept it either. They know we are not
going in the right direction-not at all
in the right direction-perhaps not in
any direction. The people feel alarm
and do not know exactly why They
are angry without knowing why they
are angry. Officers and men in the
Army are angry: workers are angry:
the strikes are a part of that mute
anger, which is deeper than the
question of wages The men in the
churches sense evil. They all sense it
-Protestants and Catholics All their
publications. express dismay. 1t is a
very deep dismay as though Christmas
and Easter were going to pass away
soon, and forever
The scientists are alarmed. They rush
about warning that it is quite possible
that the world may come to an end
People believe them, but 1t is almost
as though they did not care much if the
world came to an end.
never remember anything like this
before in America.
The people have contempt for their
leadership. do not know how they feel
in Russia, for have not been in Russia
for long time. But in America and
Britain they have contempt for their
leadership. In America, in the movies,
when pictures of the leaders are on
the screen they laugh. They do not
Evening star., 1945-12-17

reau, the Census Bureau and the Bu-
reau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce.
The danger further exists that with
the present top-heavy and temporarily
powerful Army setup, the merger would,
in substance, reduce the Navy to posi-
ton quite subordinate to the Army
Before such a merger is hastily,
adopted, it is essential that our whole
national policy and setup in matters
OF national defense be reconsidered.
After that is done, there is time to
determine the relative positions of the
Army and Navy in the Government.
In the last analysis, the President, in
our constitutional system, is the great
co-ordinator. He cannot delegate that
responsibility, even to hard-pressed
Secretary of Armed Forces" President
Roosevelt achieved coordination fairly
well, after we got into the war, through
Admiral Leahy and the Joint Chiefs of
Stai1. Some permanent provision for
similar assistance to the President
would achieve coordination at the TOP.
which certainly could not be afforded
by the mere elimination of a Cabinet
officer
(Reieased BY the Associated Newspapers, Inc,J
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Fictitious Unity
BY Raymond MoIev

The Army Navy debate makes it
more and more evident that a simple
merger of the War and Navy Depart
ments would be superficial and wholly
inadequate way of getting co-ordina ton
in the armed forces.
The Army case rests on mistaken
American concept that any merger
whether of Government departments,
businesses or schools-makes for eff
cheney and economy. In addition, it
places too heavy a burden on the
single civilian who would head Army,
Navy and Air. And it throws COM
pletely out of focus the significant place
occupied by the Navy in our national
life.
The new Navy plan for National
Security" on the other hand, makes
provision for unifying the functions
which should be merged and for keep
ing separate the identity of those mat
tiers which should be distinctly on their
own.
Whatever the President may say or
Congress may do, the Navy has won
the argument. ..
The Navy plan provides, for the gui-
dance of the President in security mat
tiers. two boards-one to coordinate re-
search and intelligence for the armed
services; the other, to coordinate pro-
duction and procurement. It also pro-
vides for the coordination of foreign
policy and military policy which was
so lacking in the Pearl Harbor disaster.
But 1t leaves Navy and Army in their
present rank as far as Cabinet rep
resentation is concerned.
~ X
1t is haSdly necessary to point out that,
since the United States is by tradition
and by present necessity great sea
power, it would be strange thing to
see our Navy represented in the civil
Government only by an assistant sec
retary. This would put the greatest
Navy on earth on an administrative
plane somewhat similar to that now
occupied by the Anti-trust Division of
the Justice Department or by group
Of agencies such - the Weather Bu.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Lake and Moon

When lake and moon sing smoothly
and together
Their melody entrances tres and hui
For lake and moon sing smoothly then
together.
Black shado,os deepen iohen their soma
Is still.
The lake and moon dance gdily and
together
When fiddler toind boaps lightly DER
his strings
Gaily tapping ,odvelet steps together
Until the fiddler mind no longer SINGS.
The lake looks from the sonber field OF
shadows
And sees its one bright friend IN
s1GdotDed sky.
The lake can neper leape It's field OF
shadows.
The moon comes to II from her place
On high.
HOWARD JAMES OTTO.
Evening star., 1945-12-17

cer-an approach. involving the use
of tagged" radioactive elements
whose course through bodies can be
traced.
In harnessing the atom. mankind
thus has done more than invent
way to spread death on scale OF
terrible magnitude. This triumph of
science, despite the evil for which it
can be used, is full of enormous po-
tential good as we'll. 1t can be
priceless servant of life, an economic
boon to the whole of human society
and an instrument of health before
which old invincible diseases may
yet be forced to surrender. Given a
true and lasting peace, the world, far
from fearing atomic energy, may
well look upon it as the key to an
era surprising in brightness all the
eras that have gone before.
Evening star., 1945-12-17
Childish Move

Since it would be absurd to sup
pose that the United Automobile
Workers were serious in asking the
British government to take a hand
in their strike, against General
Motors, the presumption is that this
latest move was publicity stunt
and rather childish one at that.
The proposal was advanced in a
letter to Prime Minister Attlee from
r. ]. Thomas, president of the UAW,
and was made public in Detroit be-
fore it was received in London.
Stating that he had been reliably
informed" that the British govern
ment was the owner of some 400 900
shares of General Motors common
stock, the UAW president called
upon Mr.. Attlee to tell the corpo-
ration that he believed that profits
are the concern of the workers and
the owners of any company"
Mr.. Attlee, of course, is going to do
nothing of the sort, and even if he
were indiscreet enough to interfere
in domestic controversy of this
kind he could not possibly contri-
butte anything toward settlement of
the dispute. Since Mr.. Thomas
knows this as well as any one else,
the inference is that he was merely
looking for some Sunday morning
publicity. And if this should re-
suit, incidentally, in embarrassment
to the British government, that is
of no concern to MI. Thomas.
There has been some confusion
with respect to the British-owned
stock, but apparently Mr.. Thomas
was at least technically in error in
stating that the shares were owned
by the British government. This
stock, representing about 10 per cent
of General Motors common, had
been acquired by British citizens.
In the early days of the war these
and other securities were taken over
by the London government to bolster
its foreign credit position. The
legal ownership, however, still is
with the original individual holders,
according to London reports, and
dividends are paid to them.
This may be something of hair
splitting distinction, since the shares
are controlled by the Attlee govern
ment, and, as a matter of fact. are
still pledged as collateral for a Brit
ish government loan from the Re-
construction Finance Corporation.
But the precise status of the stock
is unimportant, for the undoubted
fact is that the Attlee government,
whether it actually owns the shares
or not, would never think of taking
a partisan stand in a dispute be-
tween American workmen and their
employer. All of which, of course,
was we'll known to Mr.. Thomas when
he wrote his letter to Mr.. Attlee and
gave it to the reporters before 1t
had been received by the Prime
Minister.