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Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
probe Death Of Man
In Fall Down Stairs

Police today were investigating
the death yesterday Of James
WcstmorcIand 66, of ST Btau-
fait. in Receiving Hospital His
skull was fractured in a 'ail down
tho basement steps of Ole S Bar
6l55 +. Jefferson
Homicide detectives who sand
WcStmorclandS s pockets had been
turned inside out are probing the
possibility OF murder
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Holiday Mail
Schedule Set

Only special delivery letters
and pcrshable parcel post pack
ages viii be delivered New Year S
Day and all postolhcGs Will hc
closed except the downtown ofh"c
which Will be open from 1l A. n
10 $50 p m. Postmaster Roscoe
Huston announced today
Effective Jan. /, money orders
TO Greece which were banned
during the war viii be accepted
Further information is available
at any l. & post Office.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Donations Swell
Kenny Fund

Contributions ranging from one
dollar 10 $500 were added 20 the
Sister Kenny Fund today TO help
in stamping out the Gripping
effects of infantile paralysis.
They represent the response Of
DctroiterS 10 the plea that the
work OF Sister Elizabeth Kenny,
famed Australian nurse whose
method OF treating polio victims
has restored health 10 the bodies
of hundreds of stricken children,
be widely expanded throughout
the country and especially IN
Wayne County
Zach contributor may have
his own special reason for sup
porting the drive" said Billy
Baxter, state administrator for
the Sister Kenny Foundation,
but I'm sure that funda-
mentally they all recognize the
maryelous results obtained
through this method and the
boon IL has been to youngsters
who otherwise might have faced
life Of gross deformity."
WHY ONE HELPS
Baxter cited the case Of Lillian
Ladwtg. rs Of 2656 Geimer,
crippled for 17-years because Of
polio Miss Ludwig has collected
upwards of 800 during the drive,
and today supervised the setting
~. Of a Sister Kenny Wishing
Well AZ Maxs Jewelry. 10000 Jos
Campau.-
TAG DAY HELP NEEDED
! Individuals or organizations may
use the blank in today's Times for
submitting Their contributions e
tho fund.
Those wishing 10 volunteer
( their services on Kenny Tag Day
Jan ). are urged 10 contact
I Kenny Headquarters located II
-rrhe Cannon Memorial marine re
cruiting center. Washington Blvd
al Michigan. The phone number
Is CA 67S5.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
SEEK SALARY PARITY

The results VIII be presented
10 the board with an eye 20 main
tanning school employees on the
same salary level.
The budgets gross figure
stands A. S54O35 997 This how
ever. includes Self-lGWdatnC
projects which do not affect The
taxpayers pockctbook. The
budget VIII come back 10 the
board next Nav
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
oNER TAX CEnING

Although the net budget cE-
cccd> the legal 15 mill TAX ceiling
by s.. 300 O9H a financial commit
toe report emphasized ii was the
minimum needed
IA appeal -te-the- f4att'r'- f,rrti
common council that ways be
found 20 meet tNc figure VIII ac-
company The budget
School Superintendent Arthur
Dondlncau and Edward " Lane.
business m aECr have been
asked 20 study the Clty'S proposed
wage plan check the percentages
Of increases granted other city
employees and mako comparisons
with the wage and salary stand
ards Of board of education en-
Moves
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
TAG DAY HELP NEEDED
Seek Missing Girl

Relatives today appealed FOR
aid in locating l7-year-old Margie
Patterson. missing from her home
at 243O Chene since Nov. l3. Her
stppfather. Charles Marfield, IS
serIously i'll.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Wayne u.
Depends
On State
I94S

Over the dissenting vote of two
members. the board of education
today has formally placed the fate
of Wayne University in the hands
of Gov. Kelly and the State
Legislature.
Stressine the imperative need
for S3.OOO.O0O IN order to keep
the doors open at Wayne, the
board submitted two plans as
possible solution 10 the problemi
. The complete financing and1-
control OF the university by the
state government, or
. Joint financing and control
by local and state authorities.
ENROLMENT LIMIT
DR.. David D. Henry, president
Of Wayne University, who sum-
moned board members TO his
office last Friday 10 discuss the
matter revealed that unless addi..
tional buildings are provided, no
more students can be accepted.
Vice president of the board, A.
Douglas Jameson, who read the
statement at last nights meeting,
declared:
I'VE are all reluctant 20 see,
. the time arrive when Wayne.
should be separated from the.
board of education. But the
needs Of the university are para
mount and would rather
see IL grow and prosper even
1T meaUs rettnqufshfng our
! control
SURRENDER CONTROL
President Howell Van Auken
and members Frank A. German,
-Jofrn II Webster and DR.. Clark
y. Brooks concurred in Jameson s
opinion
DR., Burt r. Shurly, however.
said +
81 feel the state should supply.
necessary and available funds
set aside to aid veterans, with
out taking over control of the
university am not ready to
vote that Wayne become a
branch nf the University Of
Michigan" =
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
City Schools Ask
For S34,879,OOO

The 1861 school budget,
y nhieA fiHaP- 81 IS 33677 44s7- over the
amount asked Of Detroit TAX
payers last year, is on It's way
TO Mayor JciirIcs today.
The net total is fixed al SD
$4,000 This represents an add.-
ton Of S2,539 402 to the. original
figure for the adjustment Of
teachers salaries and wages Of
UUU-CUTrTdCr school omployc>
Other major Increases are ac-
counted for IN the So 62l l43 re-
quest for new bulldogs and
Sll200O0 expansion OF the retire
ment system.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-28
Father Flying
To Funeral Of 5
Winkelman Delayed;
Red Cross Hits Army

The Maeomb County chapter Of
the Red Cross today sharply
criticized the war department for
what 1t termed an "incxcusable
delay in granting an emergency
furlough from Japan TO Pvt. Otto
Winkleman, whose five children
perlshed in fire which destroyed
their Rosevllle home Saturday.
Winkleman embarked on a
$500 air Journey TO Detroit last
night after his commanding Off
Ger ordered a plane for him. lie
learned Of the tragedy through
the army newspaper, Stars and
Stripes.
SENT o. X. ; DAYS AGO
Mrs. Ruth Fansler, executive
secretary Of the chapter. said the
message confirming the urgency
Of the iurlough was transmitted
TO the war department a few
hours after the fire, five days ago.
apparently the adjutant gem
erals office took IA long Christ
mas weekend" she SAID. "They
have shown absolutely no con-
sideration for families of serv-
icemen I'm this and hundreds OF
other cases. I know the AGO
II busy, but 80 II the Red
Cross"
Mrs Winklcman. corvalescing
IN the home Of her father in
Eraser had -heId-up funeral -SeFt--
ices until she was told Of her
husband S departure.
AWAIT FATHERS ARRIVAL
The services were held today
IN The Mi.-Zlnn I LuIhGI4a-ChsYekr-
Grauot and SIX Mile, with the
Rev William II Mics officiating
Burial IN Clinton Grove Cemetery
Mt Clemens. Will be deferred
until Pvt Winklcman arrives, she
SAID
Rftcr a series Of long distance
calls 10 Washington yesterday
Mrs tarslcr. q veteran social
worker. concluded that the sol
der had obtained his furlouRh
before any action Of Washington
officials. Hc vas awaiting snip
transport homo for discharge
when he learned Of tho tragedy.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
GoIIineer Needs
100 Nurses Aides
in Wartime

IN wartime
zation long before they entered
Gallinger.
The aides now at Gallinger-and
there are too few of them-like the
work for two reasons It is DIVERSE
fed because there are so many jobs
to. be done, so many sick and so
many wards to be cared for Sec
ondly, one day on the ward makes
is abundantly clear that they are
really needed. The grateful smile
of a woman in pain as they settle
her more comfortably in bed is
enough to make that day on the
ward a satisfying experience-and
they answer the calls of many more
than one patient.
Right now, only two or three Red
Cross nurses aides are serving each
day throughout the whole hospital.
One hundred more are needed and
needed now.
This, too, is a war job. Many
nurses who once cared for the sick
and helpless Of Gallinger are now
caring for the wounded men, The
nurses now at Gallinger can do only
50 much. They need the help that
nurses aides can give them.
The Red Cross Motor Corps pro-
vides transportation to and from
Gallinger morning, noon and night
to all Gallinger nurses aides. Every
thing that can be done is being done
to make it more convenient for
women with daytime hours to spare
to spend them where they are des-
perately needed-on the wards Of
Gallinger Hospital.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
Lack Of Help Threatens
Maryland Bean Crop

After flourishing under the freak
ish weather which damaged other
vegetables, a bumper crop of beans
faces death on the stalk in Mary
land unless volunteer farm workers
pick it in the near future.
Miss Margaret Ringler, director
Of Camp Mil-Bur, harvest camp for
women and girls maintained by the
extension service of the University
Of Maryland, described the bean
problem in a recent appeal for
volunteers. Forty-five women and
girls over IA are currently spend
ing week or more at the center
and working in nearby farms.
Sixty more would be welcome, Miss
Ringler said.
Nearly 100000 pounds of green
beans shriveled unpicked last week,
she pointed out. This was in spite
OF efforts by champion pickers
among the camp girls, one of whom
set new record of 221z baskets in
eight hours, netting her $6.15 in
wages. Each basket holds one e-half
bushel.
The emergency will continue
through the tomato and oats sea-
son, Miss Ringler said. Women
willing to volunteer for a weeks
service in the camp near Gibson
Island, Md, are directed to apply
to Mrs. Percy at Central High
School or to the Farm Labor Once,
United States Employment Service
sos K street NV.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
NoyesDenies0ne Firm
Had Inside Track on
Insurance Award

Alfred D. Noyes, president of the
Montgomery County Board of Com
missioners, today brand as "inac-
curate" and "unjustified" a Coun-
ty Charter Committee charge that
the recent award of county hospital
ization and insurance was 're-
ward"
In its statement yesterday, the
Charter Committee said the insur-
ance contract was awarded to H.
King Mularkey, of Bethesda, repre-
sentative of a Connecticut insur-
ance firm, as reward for his work
as head of the Committee to Defeat
the Charter during last years poll
tical campaign.
Mr.. Noyes said the Charter groups
statement that only one insurance
company had a real chance at the
contract was mot true" He said
two large stock companies and one
large mutual company entered bids,
and that these were studied in de-
tail by a committee including Com
missioner Richard H. Lansdale, the
county accountant and the counsel
to the commissioners. The commit
tee, he said, recommended awarding
the contract to Mr.. Mularkey.
Mr.. Noyes asserted the people
of the county should realize that
the standard stock companies are
all members of the Underwriters
Group Conference and sell their
insurance at identical rates. In ac-
cepting one of the largest mutual
companies I'VE believed that we
fully protected the interests of the
taxpayers" he added.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
Eviction Suit Settled
On Promise OF Storaqe

The eviction suit of Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Muorick, TIC Eleventh street
Sc, against an Army major in Italy
appeared settled today by receipt OF
letter from the officer accepting
the couples offer to store his pos
sessions until his return.
The Mudricks, who last January
purchased the house at 1346 Sheri-
dan street NV, offered to store the
furniture, hunting trophies, pictures
and other belongings of the officer
in one room of the house. A letter
of acceptance was read in Landlord
and Tenant Court yesterday.
The officer. Maj. Andre I. Fiot, Al
who has been overseas more than
80 months, had been renting the
house, and through Attorney Her.
man Miller had requested the court
to postpone action in the case pend
ing a possible furlough to return
here. His letter indicated, however
that his return would be prolonged
indefinitely because of redeploy-
ment.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
Miss Reinette Dunn,
Beauty Winner, Dies

Miss Reinette Dunn, %, beauty
contest winner four years ago. died
yesterday in Eugene Leland Memo
rial Hospital, Riverdale, Nd She
lived at 4008 Quintana street, Hy-
attsville.
Miss Dunn had been employed by
Woodward g. Lothrop since her
graduation from Hyattsville High
School in 1899. She was a member
of the Riverdale Presbyterian
Church. Miss Dunn won a Hyatts-
vile beauty contest sponsored by a
theater in l94l, a,,.. ...,......
She is survived. by her mother
Mrs. Mabel Pfieger: two brothers,
Capt. Charles w. Dunn of the Army
who arrived by plane last night
from the Pacific. and Stanley Dunn
and sister, Miss Margaret Dunn,
all of the Hyattsville address.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Saturday at the Chambers
funeral home in Riverdale. Burial
will be in National Memorial Park,
Falls Church. Va.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
An Appeal to Those

Gallinger Hospital has been
forced to close its 52-bed tubercu-
losis unit because there weren't
enough nurses to staff it.
In the Washington area, 81 per-
sons have fallen victim to polio
myelitis and Gallinger, with Chill
dren's Hospital, handles almost all
the polio cases in the District.
Side by side, those facts explain
why the District Red Cross has
been asked to launch an emergency
campaign to recruit and train 100
nurses aides for daytime work at
Gallinger Hospital.
The Gallinger nurses aides won't
be, asked to work with any con-
tagious cases. They are needed on
the regular wards and in the spe-
cial services-pediatrics, obstetri-
cal ward, blood bank, ear, nose and
throat section, emergency room,
operating room and the general
surgical and medical wards.
If the nurses aides can be re-
cruited to work on the general
wards, nurses can be released to
care for the victims of polio who
need constant, watchful care.
AS soon as the hospital as q whole
is adequately stated, enough trained
personnel can be shifted to re-
open the tuberculosis unit.
It is of the utmost Importance to
the health OF the whole community.
the Red Cross points out 1T Is
plain self-protection to make pos
Evening star., 1945-08-02
.lsNRstoninq
&Remiindery@a

Meats, Fats, Etc.--Book 4, stamps
O. through U-2 good through
August 81. Stamps W. through
70 good through September 30.
Stamps Al through Ell good
through october 81. Stamps FL
through XII good through Novem-
ber 80.
Canned Goods, Etc.--Book 4, stamps
Y-2, 70 and Al through C-1 good
through August 81. Stamps D-1
through HI good through Sep
tember 80. Stamps J-1 through
Nj good through october 81.
Stamps P-1 through I'll good
through November 80.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
YOU turn In.
Sussr-Stamp No. SO valid for s
pounds through August 81. Next
stamp valid September l.
Shoes-Airplane stamps 1, 2, 3 and 4
in Book No. q good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each.
Gasoline-B-7, CT, B-8 and C-8
coupons good for gallons each.
A-16 coupons valid for gallons
each through September 81.
Fuel Oil-Periods /, 2, 8, and S
coupons good for 10 gallons per
unit through August 81. Period /
coupons for 1945-46 season now
valid. All currently valid coupons,
except for serially-numbered cou-
pons of definite value. will expire
August 81.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
Joseph T. Casey Named
Airline Committee Head

Joseph E. Casey, former Repre-
sentative from Massachusetts,, has
been named chairman Of the Air
lines Committee for United States
Air Policy, it was announced today.
Mr.. Casey succeeds Alexander B.
Royce, who retired.
The committee is composed Of II
American airlines and is dedicated
to the principle Of preserving regu-
lated competition In the air trans
port industry.
with the principle Of private en-
terprise under regulated competi-
ton definitely established" Mr..
Casey said. future activities of our
committee will be concerned with
the enhancement OF this country's
position in international air trans
port"
Mr.. Casey served in the House
from 1884 to 1912. He was elected .
member Of the Airlines Committee
following the resignation Of Jack
Nichols, vice president Of Trans
continental g. Western Air, Inc, who
Is on an extended trip overseas.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
Senate Approves Payment
OF GaIIinqer Transcript Bill

Belatedly the Senate last night
approved payment of bills for the
stenographic transcript of the 1943
Gallinger Hospital investigation and
the 1914 hearings on District slum
clearance and rehousins, totaling
ss3. .347
Payment of the official reporters
bills had been held up by reason
of a feud between Chairman Lucas
of the Senate Audit and Control
Committee and former Chairman
McCarran of the Senate District
Committee as to the authority Of
the District group to run tran
script expense on District investi-
cations without first having the
approval Of the Lucas committee.
An extended debate, which
brought Majority Leader Barkley
and Senator Wheeler, Democrat. Of
Montana into the argument, devel-
oped over Interpretation of Senate
rules as to whether or which one
of the standing committees was
exceeding its authority"
At one point Senator Lucas de-
clared he had so frequently failed
of support from the floor that he
was sick and tired" of trying to
preserve the Senate's contingent
fund. He issued a warning" he
would continue to refuse in the
future to approve such expendi-
lures as involved In the District
Committee cases Later he declared
the time was coming" when he
might approve "any and all' ex-
pense accounts, no matter whether
they amounted to 5000 or $50, ,000,"
If he lacked Senate support for his
nOSition
Evening star., 1945-08-02
.RFC Examiners S Death
is Listed as Suicide

DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald, Dis
trict coroner, issued certificate Of
suicide late yesterday in the death
of Charles T. Stout, GA, retired
examiner for the Reconstruction
Finance Corp, who was found
hanged in his room at the Roger
Smith Hotel earlier in the day, ac-
cording to police.
Garcia Johnson, housekeeper,
found him leaning forward in a
chair with an electric cord knotted
about his neck, police said. The
cord was attached to a hinge of a
closet door. Mr.. Stout was pro-
nounced dead by a Gallinger Hos
pital physician.
According to hotel executive.
Mr.. Stout had lived at the Roger
Smith for the past seven years. He
had joined the RFC in 1892 in
Cleveland and was transferred to
Washington in 1899. He retired be-
cause of i'll health last April. Before
working for the RFC Mr.. Stout had
been employed by the Union Trust
Co. of Cleveland. Only known sur
vivor was listed as Mrs. John
Berndt, Portsmouth, Ohio.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
Senate Calls for Study
Into Pages Situation

The Senate yesterday passed a
resolution calling for a thorough
study of the housing, educational
facilities, supervision and methods of
appointment of the pages of the
Senate and House.
The resolution, sponsored by Sen
ator Burton, Republican, of Ohio,
and Senator Byrd, Democrat, of
Virginia, would create a joint con-
gressional committee to make the
study including two Senators and
two Representatives.
There have been proposals in the
past year or two for the purchase
of large home or apartment house
for housing the boys, but no final
action has been taken.
The joint committee would be
authorized to study means of i'm
proving the method Of selection of
the pages and other matters at the
discretion of the committee.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
New Electric Rates
To Save S135,00O for
Eastern Shore Users
Ey the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 2.-Establish-
ment of new schedule of electric
rates which will mean a saving of
$135 900 a year for subscribers of
the Eastern Shore Public Service
Co. was announced yesterday by
the Public Service Commission.
The system to which the reduc-
ton applies extends through all
nine Eastern Shore counties and
most of the cities and towns of the
peninsula. Included among the lat
ter are Salisbury, Cambridge, Cris-
field, Snow Hill, Pocomoke City,
Princess Anne, Ocean City, Denton,
fredericksburg, Millington, Sudlers-
vile, Jefferson and Galena.
The new rates will become ef-
fective September / for all bills for
service rendered after the August
meter readings.
The new rate scale was adopted
after series of conferences be-
tween the PSC, the utility and the
Peoples Counsel of the PSC.
The PSC announcement said the
new schedule for domestic service
will effect net reduction to the
consumers of s54 900 per year. Prac-
tically all domestic customers using
over 40 kilowatt hours per month
will receive reduction ranging up
to maximum of 10 cents.
Under the revised schedule for
general light and power service the
net annual decrease in charges will
be $4,000, the PSC said, and a
change in the fuel clause in sched-
ules applicable to some of the larger
users will result in a further reduc-
ton of about $1,000 a year.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
Chicago Group Denies
Cornering Rye Market
Fy the Associated Fress.

6s lHt SSSOCldStC fISSS.
General Foods Corp, the Daniel
F. Rice Co. and four individuals, all
members of the Chicago Board of
Trade, Yesterday entered general de-
malls that they cornered the rye
market in Chicago as charged in a
complaint by the War Food Admin
istration.
The complaint alleges the re-
spondents manipulated the price Of
rye and rye futures from December,
1942, to May, 1914, and cornered
the rye market in Chicago in May,
1914.
mo corner ever existed in May,
1914, in rye futures on the Chicago
Board of Trade or in actual rye in
Chicago" General Foods said in its
answer.
General Foods never attempted,
either alone or with others, any
where or at any time to corner
either the rye futures or actual rye,
and never manipulated or attempt
ed to manipulate the price of either" !"
Similar answers were filed by
Charles w. Metcalf, executive vice
president of General Foods; the
Daniel F. Rice Co., Daniel F. Rice,
Lawrence j. Ryan and Philip r.
O'Brien.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
Red Cross Worker Dies
In European Plane Crash

American Red Cross headquarters
today announced the death of one
Of its workers in France, Miss Eliza
beth Anne Richardson, 26, of Mis-
hawaka, Ind. She was killed in an
airplane crash on July Is. Her
death raises to SIS the number of
deaths of Red Cross workers over
seas, according to the organizations
records.
The accident occurred near Rouen,
the Red Cross has been informed,
but no other details have been re-
ceived.
Miss Richardson was a clubmobile
captain in the Red Gross at Mis-
hawaka before becoming a staff
member. She was a graduate of
Milyaukee-Downer College at Mil
waukee, Wis. She entered Red
Cross Service in May, 1914, and
went to England a year ago.
Evening star., 1945-08-02
Fairfax Supervisors
Appoint Dr.. Swetnam
As Medical Examiner

The Fairfax County Board of Su-
pervisors yesterday appointed DR..
Ford Swetnam of Fairfax as county
medical examiner. DR.. Swetnam, a
retired practicing physician, will
handle cases formerly Investigated
by the county coroner and will serve
as Jail physician.
The present coroner, DIR. T. B
McCord, has asked to be relieved
of his duties because Of pressure OF
other business. As the State law
requires county coroner, DR.. Swet-
nam will be appointed to that post
as well, officials said. after DR.. Nc
Cords request is acted on.
AS county medical examiner, DR.
Swetnam will receive salary of $3.50
a month. The coroner Is paid fee
for each service, part of which is
reimbursed by the State.
The board accepted the resigna-
ton of Miss Lucy Blake, county
home demonstration agent, who has
been on leave of absence, and ap-
pointed Mrs. Harriet r. Gordon to
succeed her. Mrs. Gordon has been
acting home demonstration agent
for more than a year.
Miss Blake has accepted a posi-
tion as district home demonstra-
ton agent with the State extension
service.
Claims amounting to $168 LAS
against the county dog tax fund for
damages covering poultry and stock
killed by dogs were allowed by the
board and six claims we're denied.
The board adjourned at pm to
attend the funeral of County Clerk
John M. Whalen The quarterly in
spection OF the county Jail was post
poned until the next meeting.