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Evening star., 1946-10-07
The Dreumboot's Exploit

The Army Air Forces Dreamboat
has blazed an aerial pathway over
the top of the world that holds
tremendous possibilities for peace
time as we'll as wartime aviation.
Across the Arctic lies the shortest
route between many of the great
cities of North America and Europe
Bad weather and lack of naviga-
tional aids have operated in the
past to deter commercial airlines
from venturing far over the polar
ice cap. But weather is gradually
being conquered. as our flying
operations in the Aleutians have
proved, and undoubtedly the time
will come when radio beams will
criss-cross the frigid wastes to the
north.
While safety considerations may
delay exploitation of the Arctic
routes by commercial lines, military
experts will be quick to sense the
significance of the 10,300-mile flight
of the Dreamboat. General Arnold,
wartime commander of the AAF,
repeatedly has referred to the
strategic Importance of the Arctic
in wars of the future. II such there
should be.
It is interesting to note, Incl
dentally, that Colonel Irvine and
his hardy crew followed an almost
straight course from Honolulu
across the North Magnetic Pole
until they approached Northern
Europe. Had they continued on the
same line they would have had to
fly over a considerable stretch of
Russian controlled territory. In
stead the Dreamboat- veered away
from Central Europe and the
Balkans and flew over England,
France, Switzerland and Italy. It
may be wondered whether Russian
flyers would have had any difficulty
in obtaining our approval for a
flight over American territory if
conditions were reversed. The prob
ability is that we would offer no
more objection to Russian fight
over the Arctic to our country than
we did in 1887, when we welcomed
such an expedition.
Whatever the reason for the
course followed by the Dreamboat,
the fact remains that most of Eu-
rope, the Middle East and North
Africa have been shown to be
within bombing range of American
planes. Even more thought-provok-
ing is the fact that the flights OF
the Dreamboat and the Truculent
Turtle have demonstrated beyond
any doubt that most Of the United
Evening star., 1946-10-07
A Youthful Court
By Berfram Benedict

Bridges, Republican, Of New Hampshire,
introduced Constitutional amendment
limiting to three the number Of associ-
ate Supreme Court justices that might
be appointed by any one President. In
case the number of Supreme Court va
cancies during any one presidency
should exceed three, the additional va
cancies were to be filled by election by
the House of Representatives from
among the judges OF the lower courts.
The court has a new Chief Justice.
Fred NJ Vinson. His will be the difficult
task of preventing the feud between
Justices Black and jackson, which the
latter took out into the open last sum-
mer, from bringing the court into dis
repute. At 56, Vinson is older than fve
of his predecessors at their appoint-
ments as Chief Justice, younger than
seven, including the last four-Stone was
68, Hughes 81, Taft "a, White IS.
Stone and White were the only two
Chief Justices promoted from an as.
sociate justiceship, although Hughes and
John Rutledge (1795) had resigned as
associate justices some years prior to
being appointed Chief Justice. TAFT was
the only Chief Justice who had pre-
yiously served as President; he had al
ways esteemed the Chief Justiceship
above the Presidency.
No other Chief Justice ever brought
to his post so varied an experience as
that OF the present one. Chief Justice
Vinson has been member OF Congress
(for more than Is years., Federal cir
cult Judge, economic stabilizer, recon-
version director, Secretary OF the
Treasury. Stone had never been IN
Congress, nor had Hughes nor TAFT
White had never been In the Cabinet
FULLER and White had held no public
of1ce-Chase had had no previous judi
cial experience neither had Taney nor
John MarShau.
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The Supreme Court,that opens new
term today Is young in age as Supreme
Courts go. No death or resignation Is
to be anticipated during the coming
year: during the Roosevelt era nobody
could predict whether all the justices
would manage to serve full new term
of court. None of the present justices
has vet reached IS. The Oldest is Frank
furter at. So; the youngest, Douglas, at
Al, The average age Of the nine justices
is 56E,;; in February 1887, when the
late President Roosevelt unexpectedly
launched his Supreme Court plan, the
average age was II.
The Roosevelt court packing" plan
called for the appointment OF new
associate justice for each justice who
remained on the court after reaching
10. However, the maximum membership
of the court would be is. New appoint
nnents, up to q maximum OF 80, would
similarly be made in the case OF Fed
eral judges Of the lower courts who con-
tinued to serve after reaching 10.
NJ ~
The Roosevelt plan affected six JUS
tices, all then over 10. Today the plan,
If it had been adopted, would not apply
to a single member of the present court.
Although the proposal was rejected by
an indignant Congress, the President
had his revenge. Seven justices OF the
present court are his appointees. The
other two are Truman appointees; the
late Chief Justice Stone was the last
remaining appointee of q Republican
President.
In 1897 Roosevelt, President for almost
four years, had had no Supreme Court
appointment. The fact was pointed to by
supporters Of his court plan as justify
ing the proposal. Later the pendulum
swung 30 far the other way that In the
Congress recently adjourned, Senators
Eastland. Democrat, ot Mississippi, and
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Jobs for. Handicapped

The Interagency Committee for
the Employment of the Physically
Handicapped is motiyated by some
thing more than sentimental rea-
sons when it champions the cause
Of the thousands of physically han
dicapped citizens who want to work
but cannot find employers willing to
hire them. In connection with the
Nationwide observance this week
of National Employ the Physically
Handicapped Week, so designated
by Congress and the President. the
Retaining and Unemployment Ad-
ministration Of the Department of
Labor points out that approximately
$4,000, 900 persons are partly disabled
by war injuries, by accidents or by
disease. Many of these, in fact
majority of them, are earning their
own living or a good part OF it.
However, more than SOC, 900 others
suffering war, accident or other dis
abilities but fully capable of self
support are registered with the
United States Employment Service.
Great difficulty has been encoun-
tered in finding jobs for these men
and women-not because they are
unable to carry a full share of the
load in work for which they are
qualified but because of an appar-
ent reluctance of employers to take
chance" on such applicants. Yet,
according to Federal authorities, 1t
has been demonstrated repeatedly
that there are few If any jobs which
cannot be filled adequately and
satisfactorily by handicapped
worker.
Moreover, experience of employers
who have been willing to give the
handicapped an equal opportunity
with other applicants has indicated
that the group as unit may be ex-
pected to have a record of less
absenteeisn, less labor turnover and
fewer accidents than workers with
no disabilities. These are facts
which employers would do well to
ponder when considering the prob
lem of hiring new workers. The
current observance is rendering a
useful service not only to the han
dicapped but to the Nations en-
ployers when it focuses attention on
this too-neglected source of skilled
and unskilled workers.
Stock prices dropped for five
straight weeks. Perhaps 1t is be-
cause the stockyards are empty.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
Retorts to UPWA President

Ketorts to OPWA President
To the Editor of The Star:
The letter from Abram Flaxer, Presi-
dent of UPWA, which appeared in The
Star of September "A, refers to blood
bank donations and other support Of
the recent war, by members of UPWA,
as proof of their loyalty. When Hitler's
armies invaded Russia Hitlers ally
in starting the war by joint invasion
and division of Poland, the Com
munists discarded their "The Yanks
Are Not Coming" buttons and placards,
discontinued picketing the White House
against helping Great Britain in her
"imperialistic" war tthey now charge
the United States with plotting such
war against Russia) and became
ardent supporters Of the war against
the Axis. How can we tell that many
Cor most) OF the members of UPWA,
in supporting the Allied war efforts
were not motivated by a desire to help
save Stain and Communist Russia,
rather than by any loyalty to the
United States? "a
] do not believe that anybody except
a Communist would approve Of the
Communist party-line foreign policy
resolution which UPWA adopted last
April-a resolution predicated upon
enormous lies characteristic of Red
propaganda, It seems to me that men,
bership in UPWA after knowledge of
said resolution is at least prinaa facie
evidence that the member is Com
nlunist. ANT1-RED.
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to force his program OF administra-
tion through to triumph in the face
OF regular" resentment. But he
enjoyed the contest and never re-
gretted participating in it. Even
when he was in sight of eighty, he
still loved brisk fight. Some OF
his most consistent foes sincerely
admired him for his character
while opposing what he stood for.
Evening star., 1946-10-07

States is within bombing range Of
planes taking OF from Europe and
parts of Asia. That is worth more
than casual consideration in an
atomic age.
Evening star., 1946-10-07
And NOT Only Of Little Girls

From the Toronto Globe and Mail:
According to news dispatches, THE
life of little girl in Boston hinges on
atomic energy" This is hardly news.
The lives of all little girls hinge on
atomic energy, or the politicians treat
uaeut Of Il.
Evening star., 1946-10-07

Stock prices dropped for five
straight weeks. Perhaps 1t is be-
cause the stockyards are empty.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
State Lifts
Quarantine

LANSING, March IA. An
old medical theory that guarantees
help check the spread of commu-
nicable diseases has been partially
abandoned by the state Of Mich
igan.
The State Council Of Health
yesterday voted to remove quar-
antine regulations from five dis
eases scarlet fever, measles,
meningoccic meningitis, polio
myelitis and chicken pox-pro-
vided the person afflicted Il sep
arated from other persons.
However, guarantees still will
be applied to the families of per-
sons afflicted with smallpox and
diphtheria.
I'm the light of present day sci
entific knowledge, nothing is
gained by quarantining households
for these diseases" declared DR.
William De Kleine, State Health
Commissioner.
Il cannot emphasize too strong
~ that the control OF these dis
eases is in no way weakened BY
emitting quarantine" the commits
sioner asserted.
DR.. De Kleine explained that
the councils action did not mean
|. considered the five diseases any
less serious now than in the past
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
Hance Field
To Be Detroit
Airport Site?

Appointment of an aeronautical
advisory committee for the city of
Wyandotte was asked by Council
man Richard T. Kelly Tuesday.
Kelly's proposal follows on the
heels of the naming of the Hance
airport, at Eureka and Fort streets,
as one of three possible sites for
the major airport serving the De-
troit metropolitan area.
Following a survey of the De-
trOit district by engineering
firms, three sites for airport de-
velOpment were chosen: the In
ternational site; the Gulley Road
section and the Hance airport,
adjacent to the city Of Wyan-
dOtte.
In recommending the appoint
ment of the committee, Kelly said,
"InaSmuch as this locale has been
selected by competent engineering
authority as the possible location
of a major development, and in
aSmuch as we are ideally suited for
sea-plane base development; g.
request the Mayor appoint an aer-
onautical advisory committee &.
to survey, study and recommend
aeronautical developments to the
mayor and council. This will Keep
us aware Of the progress Of the
air age and of the part Wyandotte
must take in assuming our role
in the air age"
Joseph Hance, owner and oper-
atOr of the airport, and Emerson
Mehlhose, nationally famous
glider pilot, were suggested as
members for the committee which
will be named by Mayor Louis E.
Benin next Tuesday.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
Eight Council Candidates File For Spring Primary Monday

Eight candidates have filed for
long terms in the city council race
for nomination in Mondays pri-
mary elections.
Ernest Clemens, Harry Gee, Rich
ard T. Kelly, Elmer Krause, Alex
Krynicki, John Meyers, Harry
Rouse and Ernest Schultz are seek
ing nomination for the long term.
1 revealing his candidacy, Rouse
said, I'm my one term of office I
have tried to be good councilman.
I have attended all meetings reg
ularly and special meetings, unless
for a good reason have always been
on time.
"I have in all cases used my best
Judgment. I have made mistakes.
but have been quick, and I believe,
graceful In the acceptance Of con-
structive criticism and when proven
wrong have been as strong q sup
porter of the others ideas as I
should have been Of my own.
when I ran for office In 1914,
made some promises. Those prom
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
Congress Probes
'Pro-Russia'
Influences

WASHINGTON, March 14.-fU.p-
Congress pressed an inquiry into
alleged 'pro-RusSian" influences in
the State Department today in the
wake Of charges that the Soviets
were using Latin America as a
"springboard for violent attacks
against this country.
Chairman Andrew j. May, D.,
KY, of the House Military Affairs
Committee, disclosed that a milit-
airy subcommittee had made rep
reservations" to the State Depart
ment concerning the employment
of persons with pro Russian"
leanings.
May declined to give further de-
tails, but other committee mem
bers said the persons involved have
high ranking state department
jobs"
One said May visited Secretary OF
State James F. Byrnes last week and
asked him to release certain per-
sons, but that no action had been
taken.
The committee began its inquiry
after learning that certain individu-
ais released by Army Intelligence
turned up In similar jobs at the
State Department. One House mem
Der said the FBI also had investi-
gated and found Communists as
well as others with pro- Russian
beliefs in key government posts.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
City Burns On
Inferior Fire
Hose Charges

Calling the police and fire COM
mission "unduly critical, the coun-
Gil Tuesday came to the defense of
the city purchasing agent, after the
commission had called lengths Of
fire hose recently purchased for the
city, inferior"
The fire hose repeatedly had
broken a coupling.
The hose Is the same brand as
has been used by the city for the
past 20 years, Councilman George
Benin pointed out explaining the
nine pieces of the hose, received
in 1926, are still in operation.
AS he listed lengths of fire hose
Of the brand still in use, and the
dates of their purchase, Benin de-
clared, There must be something
wrong :. we must be using some
other hose"
Reporting that the same brand
fire hose is now in use by large
metropolitan departments, includ-
ing New York City, and pointing
out that it bears an underwriters
label, Councilman Richard T.
Kelly called police and fire COM
mission charges "unduly critical"
The council had acted on the
recommendation of the purchasing
agent and supported him he added
declaring that the purchasing agent
uses his own and expert judgment
In regard to buying.
Earlier this month the commits
sion wrote the council: "a. The
Purchasing Agent of the city Of wy
andotte recommended some cheaI
hose and your body ok'd his wish
We have some Edwards hose and
the first time it was used at a fire
the coupling broke off.
eff your honorable body want
this kind Of cheap hose, why ask
the Commission for their recon-
mendations and acquisitions"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14

Donald George Teifer, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Teifer, 1886 Riv-
erside drive, Trenton, has received
principal appointment to the
United States Naval Academy, An
napolis, from Rep. John LeSinSki
of the Sixteenth Congressional dis
trict.
Now attending Northwestern Mil
itary Naval Preparatory school In
Minneapolis, Mimi, Teifer is 1914
graduate of Trenton high school
He was president Of his senior class
and is q member of the Detroit
Federation of Musicians.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14

Uses either have been fulfilled and
are in operation or I have dill
gently worked for the others and
hope to have them all fulfilled very
shortly.
"I have lodged nor sidetracked
none.
~Wyandotte needs a lot Of I'M
provements," he continued, "and
betterments. Some as matters of
policy. others very costly in nature
For those that are very costly and
to be paid for out Of the general
taxation, I feel that the city like
any good business or a well-man-
aged home, should be had only
when we can afford to pay for them.
MY action In city business"
Rouse added, "are q matter of pub
lie record. In the limited time I
or any councilman has Or this
work outside. Of the struggle for
his own living, I am proud Of that
record"
Schultz, who was appointed last
year to fill the unexpired term OF
the late James Mason, has tossed
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
Four Injured;
Sailor Faces
Driving Charge

Raoul st. Gelais, 10. USN. Crosse
lie, was charged with reckless driv-
ing after his car plowed into the
auto driven by Phyllis Smith, o.
1746 Dee, at Grove and Biddle,
injuring four persons, early Tues
day morning.
Injured were: Mrs. Smith, lac
Grafton of forehead, left hand,
possible internal injuries and
fractured right ankle; Beverly
Norberry, %, 1925 Fourth, a pas
senger in the Smith car, abrasion
of right knee, laceration Of scalp;
Dorothy Rogers, %. 3137 Fourth,
also O passenger in the Smith
car, decorations of left knee, dis
lodged teeth and possible fracture
of the right ankle; st. Gelais,
Iaceration of scalp, right knee and
ankle.
Arraigned before Judge Arthur
Decker Wednesday on the reckless
driving charge. ST. Gelais stood
mute and court entered plea OF
not guilty on his behalf.
According to police reports, st.
Gelais, whose car was riding on
the left front rim where a tire
was missing, was speeding down
Biddle. Police clicked his car at 60
miles per hour and were giving
chase when the sailor hit the
Smith auto as Mrs. Smith made a
left turn off Biddle onto Fourth.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
Council Plays
Checkers With
Sewer Project

A legislative game of checkers
resulted Tuesday as the council
moved to allocate funds for in
stallation of sewer arms at Eureka
between Oak and Fourteenth and
Northline between Mckinley and
Second.
When action defeated a resolu-
ton transferring the funds from
the postwar project funds, motion
after motion resulted while the
councilmen moved to designate
$7,7976O from the surplus of the
general fund to the sewer project
Possible threat of the city's oper-
ating on a deficiency budget before
the end of the year was voiced by
councilman Harry Rouse, advocat-
ing use of the $4,000 postwar
project fund for the sewers.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
Daily Matinees
At WyandOtte?

Word that daily matinees will be
run at the Wyandotte theatre was
received today by the News-Herald.
Although no official announcement
has been made of the proposed aft
ernoon showing of film programs,
1t Is believed that the matinees
will be instituted starting Wednes-
day, March 81.
Offering a continuous perform
ance, the Wyandotte box office
would then be open daily from 1:30
pm. except Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays when 1t opens at 1918
pm. Programs would change on
Sunday and Wednesday.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14

Except For Shorter Skirts, It's Just Like
Home Says City, First Australian Bride

, Life in the states, Mrs. Stepaniak
observed, seems to move more rap
idly than down under" and Amer
leans speak much faster. A differ
ence in architecture is also found
with Australian homes constructed
mainly of brick.
Speech differences are few al
though there are expressions pc
culiar to the country. Ranches are
stations" In Australia, she ex-
planned, and when anything's
80. K" to the Australian its
either "fair dinkum" or shes
right"
Movies from the States arrive
down under" about a year after
their release here and all books
from the q. S. must pass censor
ship, she continued.
Slight, weighing ITO pounds, and
live IOOb, TOUR IICuCS sdAI, hlS.
Stepaniak is % years old. A broth
er. Andrew White, Jr., was killed
while fighting with the Australian
army in the battle Of Buna. She
Is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew White, ST., Of Brisbane
where she worked as secretary
before coming to the United
States.
Joe celebrated his Goth birthday
and his discharge from the Army at
Fl. Sheridan, Ill, on VI Day, August
Is. He had served as private, first
class, with the 32nd division on
New Guinea. The son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Stepaniak, ST.. of the
Fifth street address, he returned
to the States, March %, 1945.
The couple will make their home
with his parents temporarily.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
Hance Teaches
Vets To Fly
Under CT Bill

Elk G. Is wishing to learn to
fly private planes are eligible for
instruction at the Hance airport,
Joe Hance, reported today. The
airport has been named as one Of
those available under the Public
Law 346 C. ]. Bid as one pro-
cessed for flight training to cor
respond with the length OF service
in the armed forces of the veteran
applicants.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14
Police Ask
Allowance
For Uniforms

A 500 annual uniform allowance
was asked by members of the Police
Department Tuesday as the only
alternative to an otherwise unequal
wage increase granted to city en-
ployes.
The increase was requested for all
uniformed men of the force to cover
cost Of replacing clothing worn
while on duty.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-03-14

American girls are not much
different from Australian girls. ex-
cept that they wear skirts a little
shorter"
Pretty brunette Margaret Step.
aniak, Australian bride of Joseph
Stebaniak, Jr.. 1920 Fifth street,
who arrived here Monday night,
then went on to explain that In
Australia women wear their skirts
about an inch longer.
Landing In San Francisco March
z at the end of a 16-day voyage
from Brisbane aboard the Maraposa
with 300 other Australian brides.
Mrs. Stepaniak greeted her hus-
band at Michigan Central station
Monday night when she arrived
here from the coast.
The reunion was the first time
the couple had seen each other
since Joseph left Sidney on De-
cember IA, 1914, after a 14-day
honeymoon with his bride. The
Stepaniaks were married November
8. 1914 when Joe was given a fur
Tough from New Guinea where he
was stationed with the Red Arrow
division. The two had met in Sid
ney. when Mrs. Andrew White, Sr,
Margaret's mother, brought Joe
home for dinner one evening.
Her only hint Of h0mesickneSs,
so far, Margaret went on to ex-
plain, came when the Maraposa
landed In San Francisco harbor
which closely resembles Sidney
harbor. Although it was summer
when she left home, the change
In climate has not affected her.
The Australian public. while not
objecting to the tranSplanting OF
their young women to the American
homes of their G. I. husbands. do
not view the emigration too hap
PLY, she said, explaining that the
continent Is sparsely populated
There are only 100000 people in
Australia, she continued, with most
Of the population concentrated In
coastal cities.