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Evening star., 1945-10-14

Spurred on by the end Of the war,
the United States District Engineers
ONCE here has placed the finishing
touches on its new hve-year Washington
water front improvement program and is
only awaiting the War Departments pro-
posal to Congress for funds and sub
sequent congressional action to launch
its plans for the first year.
Col. John M. Johnson, District engi-
neer, estimates that work could begin
on the first phase within a matter of
weeks after funds are made available.
He figures the first years work will cost
s413,000, and the entire project $2,406,-
900, including an $4,000 figure for "fu-
ture requirements" All figures are
based on prices as of last March.
Originally an eight-year project, the
program came to halt with this coun-
try's entrance into the war. 1t is inter
esting to recall that the last work done,
construction Of commercial pier No. 5,
on Washington Channel, was completed
just two days before the Japs struck
at Pearl Harbor. Insofar as costs are
for itself during the war. 1t became
the nerve center of patrol and water
security activities of the Coast Guard.
Barracks were erected and served as
wartime homes for hundreds of Coast
Guardsmen who later used their train
ing experience on the Potomac In far
away places.
Two large yacht basins, near the head
Of Washington Channel, also were COM
pleted before the war and today are
jam-packed, attesting to the further
need for such facilities here. They are
known as yacht basins Nos. and 2.
First-Year Program
This is the ambitious program the en-
gineers have set for themselves during
the first year:
l. Construction of pier No. 4, just up
stream from pier No. S, designed to
accommodate two separate excursion
lines. 1t will be Is feet wide and $40
feet long and will include Colonial-style
offices, storehouses and comfort sta
tions. Like pier S, which will be used
to- take care of small, ocean-going
freighters and inland craft carrying
produce and freight, the new pier will
be OF the strongest construction. Over
timber platform supported on timber
piles will 60 Stag fill, a concrete re-
tanning wall and finally a concrete top
ping.
2. Clearing of the site and dredging
Of the channel for yacht basin No. g.
This will run for nearly 1000 feet from
the lower end of yacht basin No. 2, now
occupied by Capital Yacht Club, to a
point just below Eighth and K streets
S.w. Finding new homes for occupants
forced to move out is no small part OF
Evening star., 1945-10-14
He Didn't Have the Time
To Be a Desk Executive
BY Robert A. Suits
Associated Press STAFF Writer.

One of Du Bois' first reactions to st.
Louis, "a smoky" city, led him to be-
come an instigator in the civic crusade
to eliminate smoke in st. Louis, an ac-
complishment which attracted Nation
wide attention.
His excess energy he diverts to bowl
ing one night week and to figure skat-
ing on ice at which he is so expert that
he frequently joins st. Louis ice show
cast in rehearsals.
Last spring the War Department sent
him to England and France. He talked
with scientists and particularly with
German chemists.
His conclusions:
The best reparations the United States
can hope to get out of conquered Ger
many would be it's scientific knowledge.
Their factories as such are useless"
he said. 'It would cost us and the Rus
slams more to rebuild or move them than
to spend the same amount Of money in
constructing new factories.
"The Germans have made many inn
portant wartime discoveries. We ought
to send our scientists to stand beside
them in their laboratories to acquire
this information 1t would be far more
worth while to us than any sums of
money"
Despite his many trips to Europe, Du
Bois plans to spend his retirement in
travelling but mostly in the United
States. He wants to visit Monsanto's
plants, many OF which he planned, In q
leisurely manner, getting acquainted
with company employees. After all, he's
still member of the board.
Evening star., 1945-10-14

ST. LOUIS.-Gaston Du Bois proves
the proverb that when you want a
'$hing done, ask busy man.
Du Bots retired recently after Al years
as chemist for Monsanto Chemical Co.
For 81 years of that time he was a vice
president directing technical production
and research and development. Last
year he won the distinguished Perkin
Medal for achievement in chemistry.
When the Perkin Medal was awarded,
there were some who said Du Bois' con-
tributions to the manufacture of phenol
were the most outstanding of his long
career.
Phenolic resins are basis for plas-
tics. Du Bois frequently began his busi-
ness letters with the words "phenolics
march on"
Du Bois was active also in the develop
ment of Monsanto's process for making
styrene which led to construction OF their
synthetic rubber chemical plant, built
in less than year at Texas City, Tex.
He didn't have time to become 4 be-
hind-the-desk executive. When he
wasn't in his Office he usually could be
found in one Of the laboratories. looking
like successful bank president with
his wavy silver hair, rimless glasses
and neatly clipped medium mustache,
perched on laboratory stool in his
shirt sleeves discussing his favorite sub
ject, chemistry.
He talks in a warm, friendly, personal
manner with little trace Of an accent.
He was born in Switzerland and speaks
French and German.
Evening star., 1945-10-14

falls the direct responsibility of plans.
specifications and reports. Mr.. CLANCY
is an outstanding authority on marines,
the name often given to boat facilities,
and has written one of the most COM
prehensive studies on the subject.
Washington residents can be assured
that their harbor Identification project
rests in good hands.
The Washington Board of Trade, led
by its River and Harbor Committee, has
done much to bring governmental and
congressional attention to the problems
of the local water front and to supply
important information to the various
agencies involved. The committee had
recommended a study of Metropolitan
Area waterways looking toward further
developments in this section. The l945
Rivers and Harbors Act directed the
chief of Army engineers to make
Nationwide survey of projects, includ-
ing those for Washington.
This study Is expected to lay the
groundwork for other projects spon-
sored by the Board of Trade committee,
headed by John A. Remon. Mr.. Remon,
an executive in the telephone company
here, maintains an active interest in
boating, being president Of the Presi-
dents Cup Regatta Association and the
American Power Boat Association.
These projects include completion of
the sewage disposal plant and of the
Anacostia Park seawall with small boat
docking facilities along the parkway
construction of seaplane anchorage,
municipal sailing basin and municipal
Evening star., 1945-10-14
BY Marion Doyle

The circus band blared as the parade
started down the street. Sally, the drum
majorette, pranced between two white
lions. COCO, the clown. waved bal
looms. The watching children shrieked
with Joy.
The parade Is only imaginary, but
the JOY of the children is not. Richard
H. Mansfield, veteran police inspector,
draws parade pictures for hundreds of
Washington school children to demon
strate traffic safety. AS he takes them
from the parade through the main
tent to the sideshows for pink lemon
ade, Inspector Mansfield is teaching
traffic principles-look before you cross,
cross at the corner. wait for the light.
He'll Visit 1S0 Schools
The circus device is a new one for
Inspector Mansfield. He worked on it all
summer to inaugurate his third year
this fall as director of The Evening
Star School Safety Program. Again this
year the inspector will visit approx
mately 180 private, public and parochial
schools in the Metropolitan Area to draw
pictures, crack jokes and, incidentally,
save childrens lives.
The lives possibly saved by his safety
"patter" are indicated by accident fig
ures released by the Metropolitan Police
Department. The death rate In the
school year 1923, before Inspector
Mansfield devoted his full-time attention
to safety instruction, was IA deaths. In
1884 it dropped to five deaths. Last
year 1t was six deaths.
Patrols Pay Tribute
The boy and girl patrols who help
policemen guide children at street cor
ners pay tribute to the inspectors in
fiuence on "the kids"
Things were lot better after he
spoke out here" said 13-year- -old James
Jewell OF the Jefferson School in Alex
andria, Va. "The kids will listen to us
now"
The inspector gave his first safety talk
in 1922, after he had seen curly
headed boy killed while darting from
between parked cars into the street
Then motorcycle policeman, he went
to the child's school and drew cartoons
on the blackboard to show his class
mates why he had died. Through a
distinguished career in the department
Inspector Mansfield kept on drawing
cartoons for children. When he was
captain of the 9th precinct Its 81
schools had better safety record than
any other precinct In the city. Since
Evening star., 1945-10-14

thoroughness in doing any Job they
tackle was disclosed this week. A scale
model of basin No. 8 was set up in a
tank of the Beach Erosion Board near
Dalecarlia, D. c., and tiny motorboat
and steamer were brought into use to
test the effectiveness of the proposed
breakwater. The experts, under Brig.
Gen. John J. Kingman, found that
breakwater was needed.
Completing the Program
In the third year, the engineers ex-
pect to complete the yacht basin l6
months is the time table,, finish up
pier No. Q7 months) and move the
Norfolk steamers there, and move the
District Fire and Police Departments to
pier No. S in preparation for construc-
Evening star., 1945-10-14

canoe base. removal of the old Aqueduct
Bridge piers in Georgetown, complete
elimination of water chestnuts which
have been a menace downstream from
Washington for small craft and further
Identification of the Potomac and Ana
costa River fronts.
Water front boosters have long advo-
Gated additional dredging of the Po-
tomac, suggesting an increase of the
controlling depth from "a to IS feet.
While the channel may never be dredged
that deeply. they feel that better depths
would encourage increased use of Wash
ington as seaport, and permit larger
vessels to come here
Evening star., 1945-10-14

This is the projected activities of the United States
District engineers for the er De in giving Washington
of the finest aoaer fronts anywere Starting at the I
yacht basin No. a0 capacity of 81 boats and yacht basin
No NTH slips for III craft already in haUng been fin
of Isl boats to be built in the second Pier No. Mould be
servce bier for Fire and Police Departents bier for er
cursion steamers and pier for commercial purposes This last
finished just ta0o days before Pearl Harbor.
Evening star., 1945-10-14

The visit last week in connection with
honors to Admiral Chester w. Nimitz of
a number of smaller United States feet
units underscored the limitations of the
present depth of the river. Sightseers
had to be content with two 2,l00-ton de-
stroyers among a number of other craft.
They came up the Potomac with light
loads of fuel and water and accordingly
drew only 16 feet. 1t was out of the
question for one of the Navy's new
heavy cruisers to make the trip, for
their standard draft is just "a feet.
In addition, the channel is so narrow
that shippers of naval vessels just can't
take the chances of running aground.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-30
Realtors Urge
End Of Controls
BY PAT DENNIS

FRENCH LICK. Ind, Nov %
The National Association Of Real
Estate Boards -SLhcnmmiltee-an
initiation today demanded release
Of all new housing construction
from federal controls 10 prevent
long and serious initiation in real
estate prices.
whatever price increase
might occur by reason Of great
new construction activity would
he offset quickly nv the in
crease In supply" the commit
tee asserted 30 the more than
100 association delegates here
TO PROVIDE HOUSING
Eve believe that nothing can
carry TIA out Of the housing
shortage more rapidly. All other
plans that carry federal CON
trolls and restrictions merely as
sure continuance OF the housing
shortage"
The committee also cited the
necessity for immediate increase
IN builders supplies and the num-
her of skilled building trades
workers. whose ranks are now de-
pletcd
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-30
Maps for YdnkS
Printed in City

Another vital role Detroiters
played in assuring an Allied VIC
tory over Germany and Japan was
disclosed today,
Throughout the war the entire
sixth floor Of the Federal Build
ing was occupied by a cartogra-
phic unit. employing 500 persons.
which turned out thousands OF
maps Of the interiors Of China,
Japan and Germany.
Huge presses IN Sub-baSement
Of the building secretly printed
the maps on waterproofed nylon.
They were carried on every
bomber and aided fiers forced
down al sea
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-30
Waller DurdntY Talk
Set for Tomorrow

Walter Duranty, foreign cor
respondent, will speak tomorrow
AZ 2 p. m in the Rackham
Memorial.
He is the first speaker on an
East-West lecture series spon-
Sored by Wayne University. Mary
grove College the University Of
Detroit and the L. Of NJ extension
service
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-30
FLINT MAN REELECTED

Detroit'S voting delegate 10 the
convention is Edward r Lam
brecht, president Of the Detroit
board Of the association
yesterday : election, George
L. Domm Of Flint was reelected
president Of the Institute Of Farm
Brokers and William ! Porter Jr.
Of Lansing vice president of the
Institute of Real Estate Manage
ment for the Great Lakes region.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-30
Sweden Acciainls
Gen. Patton as Hero

STOCKHOLM. Nov. % ms
Old friends in Sweden accorded
A heroS welcome today 10 Gen.
Patton when the commander Of
the l. s. 18th Army arrived in
Stockholm on A brief visit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

will Foremen's association and was communicant of the Sacred Heart church.
 He leaves three brothers, An drew, William and James L., all of Waterbury seven sisters, Mrs Mary Enright, Mrs. Timothy Mul- curry, Mrs. Alice Green, Mrs Pat rick V. ORourke, Mrs. William Cushing, all of Waterbury, Mrs J. H. Morrison, East Orange, N J., Mrs. Elizabeth Colwell, Newark, N. J.
 Friends may call at the residence this afternoon and evening.
 JOHNSON-Carl w. Johnson, 379 Chase avenue, died yesterday morn ing at New Haven hospital after a brief illness. MT. Johnson, superin- tendent of the Waterbury Republi- can-American building, was admit ted to the hospital April 10 where his name was placed on the danger list when his condition was found to be critical
 He was 8 veteran of the First World War, serving overseas for 19 months with the Air Corps. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and the American Le- gion. He was communicant of St. Michael's Church. He was born in Waterbury, the son of the late l Gustave and Elizabeth (Owens) I Johnson and was a lifelong resi- dent of this city.
 Surviving are his wife, Eliza beth (Horan) Johnson, a daugh- ter, Mrs. Franklin Wood, both of Waterbury; and a brother, Walter Johnson, Binghamton, N. Y. The funeral will be held Wednes- day morning at 8:15 from the Null vile Funeral Home, 270 West Main street to St. MichaelS Church for requiem high Mass at 9. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening from to 10 and tomorrow from to 10 p. m.
 CARTER-Mrs.I Irene H en d. ok Carter, wife or Loren R. Carter, Winthrope terrace, died Saturday night at her home. Her husband conducts a real estate business.
 Born March ?, 1859, in New York city, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Catherine Card Hendrick. She was member of the First Baptist Church, charter mem Der of the Bunker Hill Literary club and member of the Waterbury Women'S club.
 Surviving, besides her husband, are two sons, Dr. Earle B. Carter, Wset Hartford; L. Russell Carter, Waterbury; daughter, Mrs. liar ry Rathburn, Waterbury; broth- CT, William Hendrick, Toronto, Canadn; sister, Miss Harriet M. Hendrick, Waterbury; grand daughter, Mrs. Edgar T. Sloan, Alexandria, Va; and three great grandchildren.
 Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at p. m. at the Alderson Funeral Home, 70 Central avenue. Burial will be in Riverside ceretery at the convenience of the family. Friends are requested to omit flowers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

HARRISS - Mrs. Margaret Har- Tiss. wife of Thomas Harriss of IT Ambrose street, died at her home yesterday morning following short illness. Born in New London, the daughter of the late Christian and Margaret (Signshon) Porzenheim, she had been a resident of Water bury for a number of years. She was . member of Sacred Heart church.
 Besides her husand, she leaves two sons, John of Waterury; Ro- bert with the Army in France; two brothers, Emil Porzenheim, Water bury and Christian, Bridgeport; two sisters, Mrs. Albert Pott and Mrs. John Ziginfus, both of Stratford, Conn. Her brother, John E. Porzen- helm died here during the month.
 The funeral will be held Wednes- day at 8:30 a. m. from the Bergin Funeral Home, 29O East Main street to Sacred Heart church for a sol- efiin high Mass of requiem at g. 1nternment will be in the family plot, Mount St. Peter cemetery, Derby. Friends may call at the fuenral home this evening and to- morrow afternoon and evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16
FINANCE OFFICERS
 COURSE ARRANGED
Waterbury to Be Repre- scented at Meeting, Series
 of Lectures

City Controller Neil F. Maloney and City Budget Director Arnold E. Furlong will attend Wednesdays meeting of the executive commit tee of the Connecticut Municipal Finance Officers Association. Mir. Maloney is secretary of the asso- citation.
 The meeting will be held at the City Club of Hartford at noon at which time Prof Joseph Loughlin of the University of Connecticut will be introduced to outline the curric- ulum for the school for municipal officers to be conducted at the Uni- versity from June 10th to the 18th. It is expected that the two local of- ficials will attend some of the cours- eS.
 Plans for future general meetings of the association also will be dis- cussed at Wednesdays executive meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16

HEISER - Emma Book Heiser widow of Ernest Heiser of 254 East Main street, died at St. Mary's hos- pital yesterday. A native of Ger many, she had been a resident of Waterbury for the past 67 years, coming here at the age of 26. She was a member of the First Lutheran church.
 Survivors include nephew, Otto c. Book, Waterbury: and several other nieces and nephews in Water bury and New Jersey.
 Funeral services will be held to- morrow at 4 p. m. at the Alderson Funeral Home, 70 Central avenue, with Rev. Robert A. Heydenreich, pastor of First Lutheran church, of1ciating. Burial will be at River side cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening from 2 to g p. m.
 BYARS-Earl Byars, son of MT. and Mrs. John Byars of Hoosick Falls, N. Y., formerly of this city, died Saturday night at Paterson General Hospital, N J. He was a native of Waterbury and left here about 10 years ago.
 The funeral will be held Wed- nesday in Hoosick Falls.
 VEILETTE-MrS. Mary (Maton) Veilette, 77, wife of Hubert Veilette, l84 North Main street, died this morning at St. Mary's hospital af- ter a two weeks illness. She was born in St. Genevieve, Canada, and had resided in Waterbury for the past 61 years.
 Besides her husband, she is sur- vivedby two sons, Walter of Water bury, Jeffrey of Watertown; five daughters, Mrs. Walter Brothers, Mrs. Harris Pinard. Mrs. Mabel Johnson, Mrs. Albert Mahoney, all of Waterbury, and Mrs. Otto Bush, Glen Falls, N. Y.; two brothers, Edward and Frederick Maton, Wa terbury; two sisters, Mrs. George Toucey. Santa Barbara, Calf. and Reverend Sister Didier, Superior of the Sacred Heart hospital, Spokane, Wash; seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
 The funeral will be held Wednes- day at 8:15 a. m. from the Belle vile funeral home, 68 East Clay street. to St. Ann's church at 800. Burial will be in the family plot in Calvary cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 2 to 10 o'clock and tomorrow from 2 to 10 p. m.
 LYNCH - Funeral services for John Lynch of 20 Laurel street, who died Saturday at his home, will be held tomorrow at 8:30 from the residence, to Sacred Heart church for a solemn high Mass of requiem at g. Burial will be in old St. Joseph's cemetery. Friends may call at the residence this af- ternoon and evening.
 MT. Lynch was born in Ireland, the son of the late Michael and Bridget Kenney Lynch. He came to Waterbury as small boy and was employed for 45 years by the Scovill Mfg. Go. He was a fore- man in the wire mill, retiring in 1882. He was member of the Sco-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16
FATHER RUYNN
 RwFWWWVmHnaN RTwMr WIUkING HIKE
N0ted Authority on CathO- Hc Layman's Retreats to
 Address Open Meeting

Members and friends of the Fern- Hale Retreat League will gather to- morrow evening in K. of c. hall to hear Q lecture by Rev. Francis P. McGlynn, noted authority on Cath Olic laymen's retreat movement. Father McGlynn. a member of the Holy Ghost missionary order, is re- treat director at Ferndale and a personal friend of many Waterburi- ans. A three-day retreat will be held by the local band during July or August. All members of the vari- Dus Holy Name societies of the city as well as members of Sheridan Council, K. of c. are urged to att tend the meeting. Father McGlynn'S lecture will be illustrated.
 Promoters for the local band in- Elude, Thomas Mccarthy, Edward J. Fitzgerald, Serge Belanger. John Hutchinson, John Fitzmarice, ST., William Derwin, James Cusick ar:d Paul Meruzzi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-16
ISCOVILL EMPLOYES
 SEVERELY BURNED
Clothes Catch Fire in Pow. der Flare-Up; Child Res.
 cued From Auto

Hugh F. Gilland, 1133 East Main street, and David Lawlor, 107 Mel rose avenue, who suffered severe burns Saturday morning when scrap power which they were destroying in an outdoor pit at the Scovill Co. powder plant in Rockville glared back and set their clothes afire, were reported in fair condition this morning at St. Mary's hospital.
 H. w. Wild, vice-president in charge of manufacturing, said that the company has so far been unable to discover the cause of the acci- dent. Ofncials expressed the belief that an adverse wind swept over the pit at the moment the employees were igniting @ train intending to burn the powder spread over the bottom of the incinerator.
 Yesterday morning flrenen ex- tinguished a blaze in the uphol- stery of car owned by John P. Kennedy, 40 French street. A five year old boy, Thomas Kennedy, who while playing with his older brother set the upholstery aflre, was res cued from the snake filled interior by Mrs. Lucy Barbina, g French street.
 A saddle horse was rescued from blazing barn a few minutes be- fore it collapsed yesterday after noon. Deputy Chief Stephen J. Bloomfield led three companies of firemen in extinguishing the blaze which occurred in the wooden build ing at 226 Platt street.
 Twenty brush fires were ex- tinguished by firemen over the weekend.