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Evening star., 1946-12-20
New Appraisal Plan
To Curb VA Loans for
0yerpriced Homes

To offset past abuses" by Vet
Grams Administration loan guaranty
appraisers who have designated
overpriced homes as reasonable
values" the agency will assign ap-
praisers individually to check each
piece of property for which a Gil
loan is requested, it was announced
today. The new policy win take
effect January 2.
About IL local appraisers have
been removed from approved lists
for the abuses caught by the WASH
ington regional ONCE, according to
Morgan B. Callahan, loan guaranty
officer. He added that several 9th
erS are under close observation.
Throughout the country, veter-
ans Administration said its offices
had discharged several hundred reg
istered appraisers whose estimates
of value were found to be above rea-
sonable prices.
For the last Is months, lenders
have been permitted to select an
appraiser Of their choice from a
panel approved by local Veterans
Administration offices.
Obliging Ones Get Jobs.
Under the old system, most as
signments were going to "a favored
few obliging" appraisers who were.
willing to turn in high estimates of
value simply to meet the price
asked, according to T. B. King, di-
rector of loan guaranty service.
Those appraisers who resisted the
pressure and adhered to what they
considered fair estimates of rea-
sonable value found there were few,
If any, calls for their services" he
added.
The panel system" was set up
In October. 1945. to facilitate the
closing of loans" But the system
proved susceptible to abuses which
more than Offset the advantages 1t
was designed to achieve" Mr.. King
said.
The Veterans Administration re-
served the right to remove apprais-
ers for adequate cause" however,
"and several hundred have been
20 removed" he added.
To Review Appraisals.
Mr.. Callahan said his ofiice will
review each appraisal, and that
within a short time he expects to
have a qualified "spot-check ap-
praiser" assigned for that specific
purpose. Lenders also will be re-
quired to request appraisals in writ
ing for each project reviewed. he
said.
At present, Mr.. Callahan said his
Office Is using services of 80 apprais-
ers. Five of them are members OF
the American Institute of Apprais-
ers and 10 are accredited by the Ma
tional Society of Residential Ap-
praisers, he added.
At the beginning of December, the
local Office had received applications
for guaranty approvals on 5,322
loans. The Office approved 4,953-
4,241 for homes, I'll for businesses
and one for the purchase of farm.
Amount of the approval loans was in
excess of $36, ,000,0 900, with guaran-
tees totaling more than $14,500, 900.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Bethesda Women WiIled
S225,OOO BY Chicoqoon

Mrs. Ona Gibson Cooper, whose
address was given as Bethesda, was
left 1925, 900 by the late Mrs. Louise
M. Leopold of Chicago, according
to an Associated Press dispatch
from Chicago today.
The bequest was disclosed in an
inheritance-tax appraisal filed in
Cook County Court, it was said.
Mrs. Leopold, 1904 graduate OF
vassar College, also left the college
s673, ,161 from her estate Of S1,l74,-
329. and a total of $4,000 to Ii
charitable institutions. She died in
Chicago February 20 at 63 years OF
age.
Evening star., 1946-12-20

the affected area not later than
January IS, 1947. Under the terms OF
the amended resolution, the investi-
CATION will be carried on in North
ern Greece and in such places in
other parts of Greece. in Albania,
Bulgaria and Yugoslavia as the
commission considers should be In
cluded in it's investigations"
A Mexican amendment changed
the setup of the commission, which
now will include representatives OF
all II members of the Council, in
stead of the seven members stipu-
lated in the original American pro-
posal.
Evening star., 1946-12-20

Copeland's body. After two minutes
it was turned of.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
applied his stethescope to Copeland S
heart. removing it with q nod OF his
head at 1o:3s o'clock Deputy Coro-
ner Christopher Murphy and DR..
Martin l.. Cannon, jail physician,
also witnessed the executions.
Fisher also walked to his death
without assistance, keeping his eyes
closed as he sat in the chair. He did
not appear to say anything as the
straps were adjusted. The electric
current was switched on at 10:45
am. Coroner Macdonald said the
man was dead at 1880.
Evening star., 1946-12-20
Crash
CONTINUED From First Page.)

Mass, pilot of the Universal ship,
brought it down safely at the Aber-
deen Proving Ground Field, but the
crew did not know until the plane
touched ground whether its landing
gear would hold up.
j. B. Kuhn, pilot of the Eastern
airliner, steered it to National Air
port and sate landing while crash
wagons and fire engines stood by.
At HOO the passengers boarded
another DC-4 and resumed what
was to have been nonstop flight
from Newark, N. j., to Florida.
CAB officials said the crash was
the first in American commercial
aviation between two planes going
in the same direction to the same
destination.
Experienced Radio Trouble.
Investigators interviewed the
crews today and enlarged photo
graphs of the damaged planes in
an effort to reconstruct the acci-
dent.
1t was not Immediately ascertained
how the two planes believed to have
been flying at the same level and
headed in the same direction, could
crash. The CAB said the Universal
plane had experienced radio trouble
over Philadelphia and circled the
field there in an effort to gain
contact.
The CAB learned that the Uni
versaI plane left Newark airport at
sos pm. yesterday and the Eastern
plane departed IA minutes later.
But at Philadelphia they were
clocked at only nine minutes apart.
The DC-4, flying contact" with
the ground, ordinarily cruises at
about 23O miles an hour. The Uni
yersal plane was instrument flying
at perhaps ITO miles an hour, CAB
estimated.
Checked Landing Gear.
The Universal passengers, many
of them en- route to Puerto Rico
for the holidays, spent the night
in a Havre de Grace hotel to await
another plane this morning.
Co-pilot Eugene M. Harvey OF the
Universal plane said, "We checked
our landing gear visually, and 1T
looked okay. But we had no way
of knowing whether it would stand
up under landing because OF the
hydraulic system"
After unsuccessful attempts to get
the lighted Aberdeen field by radio,
the plane circled and landed.
I'VE came in with our fingers
crossed, but Norris landed perfect
ly," MIR. Harvey said.
Miss Joan Cotton, "A, OF East
Orange, N. j., stewardess OF the
Eastern plane, was acclaimed by the
passengers as heroine. She was
distributing Christmas cookies at
the time of the crash.
Woman Stifled Scream.
at nearly tossed me through the
roof" she recalled. Zone passenger,
q woman. started to scream, then
stifled it. That was as close as we
Came to panic.
Most of the passengers were al
ternately praying and asking ques-
tions. I fastened their safety belts
and kept saying, Everything is all
right I tried to think of some
thing else to say, but that was all
that came out.
when We finally landed and the
passengers saw the big hole in the
front section, some of them started
praying all over again-and this
time they were prayers of thanks"
One of the passengers, Ben j.
Slutzky of Ellenville, N. Y, pre-
sented $500 to the crew and invited
other passengers to survivors
party" at Miami night club.
Hit Bump In Sky.
Beverly Ann Bouton. 8, was in
the washroom with her mother,
Mrs. A. G. Bouton, when the COLI
lision came. The little girl got a
bump on her head, but was salts
fed when hqs mother explained I'VE
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24
Helen GQneLs Is Bride OF New Eno[dnder

AT l1:30 o'clock Saturday morn
hlg, January II. Miss Helen Gar
relS, daughter of the John Carlyle
GarrelS, East River road, Crosse lie,
exchanged nuptial vows with DON
aid Ring Murray, in Sacred Heart
church, Crosse lie The mass was
celebrated by the Rev. Fl. George
w. Pare.
Donald is the son of Mrs. John
Corp. John Murray, Buzzard's Bay.
Mass.
A gown OF ivory satin was chosen
Dy the bride. The skirt extended
INTO a long train and the neckline
was modified sweetheart style.
She was attended by her hus-
DandS sister, Helen Murray, Buzz
Yards Bay, who wore white lace
ana marqulsette and carried blue
iris. The bridesmaids. Susan Mon
tague, fInt, Priscilla Smith and
Nancy sawyer, Crosse lie, and En-
sign Barbara Nolan. who flew here
from washington, wore identical
gowns fashioned with fitted taffe-
I'd noolceS and bopffant skirts of
hldrqulSette. Their crescent bou-
quetS were red carnations.
OoIp. John Murray, Buzard's Bay,
was MS brothers best man while
uSners were Earl W. Roberts, Jr.,
Robert O'Connor, and John C. Car
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24
Mid Winter Brides Tai e Bow SpaIding
Comes To
Masonic

Albert Spalding, one of the most
popular of the world-famous vio-
liniSts, will stop in Detroit on his
current transcontinental tour for an
engagement at the Masonic temple,
Wednesday evening at 800.
Born in Chicago he began play
ing the violin at and later his
principal teachers were Chit, the
famous Florentine master, Buitrago
In New York, and Lefort in Paris.
When he graduated from the b.
logna Conservatory of Music at IA
he received the highest honors ever
accorded anyone since Mozart. He
made his professional debut in Paris
and his American debut was made
at Carnegie Hall.
Spalding has composed over go
violin compositions, Is piano num-
bers. 80 songs, four chamber music
uuartets, four orchestral compost
lions and endless tranScriptionS and
arrangements.
Americas Violinist" believes that
the means for making people hear
fine music are available and that
they are ready for it. In fact, the
movies and radio can do the work
of a hundred years in developing
in the masses an appreciation for
the best in music, he declares.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24
Beatrice Sable
WEEDS Flat Rock
'WQn Thursday

The marriage of Down River
couple occurred Thursday, January
IL, at q pm, when Miss Beatrice
Sable, niece of Mr.. and Mrs. Dee
Marsh, Trenton. exchanged VOWS
with Robert McComb, in the bride
9toom's home. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth McComb
Of Flat Rock.
The Rev. Milton H Bank OF the
Trenton Methodist church read the
service.
A long sleeved satin bodiced gown
with full net skirt ending in a
short train was worn by the bride.
Her fingertip veil fell from Dutch
style cap trimmed with seed pearls
and she carried white carnations.
Her sister. Mrs. Lsster Mix, as
matron of honor. was attired in
blue taffeta, blue lowered head
piece and carried corsage Of pink
carnations.
Roger McComD, brother of the
bridegroom, acted as best man.
Twenty-six guests attended the
reception at the bridegroom'S home.
The newlywedS will live on Arse
nal road, Flat Rock, where the
bridegroom owns a gas station.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24
Personal

The Don Paul KingeryS OF Grand
Rapids, are announcing the birth
Of a daughter, Mikal Jane, recently.
Mrs. Kingery is the former Jane
Duus, of Wyandotte.
Forty members Of the Crosse lie
high school football team, their
coaches and superintendent Don
Baldwin, got together for a din
ner at the Crosse lie Golf and
Country club Wednesday night,
January 8. Arrangements for the
affair were the work of Mrs. j. B.
Devany.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Devany, and
daughter Pat, returned Thursday,
January 9, from a motor trip to
Long Beach, Calf, where they
visited their son and brother, Peter,
who is stationed there with the
navy. Mr.. Devany is golf pro at
the Crosse lie Golf and Country
club.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24

balls bloSSomed on Christmas trees
at one end of the card room while
a. the opposite side where the win
dows opened onto the golf course
the bridal party was seated.
A gray wool dress with black
top was worn by the bride as she
departed with her husband for q
honeymoon at Skytop in the Pocono
Mountains, in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Murray is a 1914 graduate
OF the University of Michigan
where her husband is enrolling in
an engineering course. They plan
to establish a home in Ann Arbor.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24
MARINE CORPS AUXILIARY
CHANGES MEETING DATES

The Down River Marine Corps
League auxiliary has decided to
change its meetings to the first and
third Mondays of the month, with
business reigning at the first meet
ing and social time planned for
the second meeting.
The next meeting will be held
February 4 at p m. in the Marine
home, Ninth and Vinewood, Wyan-
dotte.
A Valentine party is being plan
ned for the February 10 get-together
and everyone is urged to attend.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24
Book-Of- The-Month Club
Announces Dual April
Selections; Dividends

Book-of -the-Month clubs dual
selection for April will be Man
Eaters OF Kumaon" by Jim Corbett
(Oxford University Press, about
hunting man-eating tigers in In
Ola. and THE Snake Pit" a re-
markable novel, by Mary Jane Ward
random House,.
The club has also selected as its
book-dividend for May and June
The Egg and I" by Betty Mac
Donald LippicotD. The book-div-
ldend for March and April will be
Saints and Strangers" by George
Wilson CReynal & Hitchcock.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24
Organizations
POLKA DOT CLUB
MEMBER HAS BIRTHDAY

Mrs. Henry Witkowski celebrated
her birthday January Is at the
Polk Dot club meeting at the home
OF Mrs. Alex OmanowSki, 2419 Fiji
tenth street.
Prizes in bunco were won by Mrs.
Stephen NiebrzydowSki, first; Miss
Sophie Glinka. second; Miss Billie
ModzelewSki, third, and Mrs. Hen
ry WitkowSki, low.
A birthday cake conferred the
luncheon table about which the
members gathered to sing songs.
Mrs. John LoSzewSki, 1743 Nc
Kinley street, will be the next host
eSs of the club.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24
Lectures On Capitol Events

What's Happening in Washing
on will be the subject of a lee
lure to be given by James G. Crow
ley. radio commentator. at Detroit
Town Hall In the Fisher theater,
wednesday, January 30, at IL am.
Crowley broadcasts from the cap
ltol twice weekly under the title
Your Washington Man" and his
pungent comments on national af-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24

rellS. Jr. The occasion was doubly
significant for Robert as his en-
gagement to Betty Ann Weston, De-
troit, was being announced the
same day He is the son of the
Louis O'ConnorS, Crosse lie, and
has just recently traded his navy
blue for a civilian status.
Two hundred and twenty-five
guests thronged the Crosse lie Golf
and Country club for the reception
following the service. Red carnation
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24
CLUB LEARNS HOW TO
MAKE HOOKED RUGS

A native New Highlander, Mrs.
William Hanford, who discussed
hooked rugs at the Tuesday Study
club meeting this week, pointed out
that they are in class with orien-
tai rugs, often selling for $3.50 to
5000, in the scatter rug size.
In New England everyone makes
rugs, she said, and rug shows are
common. The first hooked rugs
date from 1866 in Scandinavia, she
added.
The rugs are made from cast offs
and moth-eaten wool and good
sources of material are rummage
sales and auctions.
The speaker pointed out that
rugs made of rags are more valu-
able than those made from yarn.
She gave a demonstration on
hooking the rugs and illustrated
everything with samples, showing
many rugs in various stages Of COM
pletion. Mrs. Hanford conducts
classes in Detroit.
Mrs. Ralph Keller was program
chairman for the day.
REPUBLICAN WOMEN HEAR
TALK ON MICHIGAN SURVEY
Edward G. Frank, Detroit, will
discuss the Michigan survey at the
Republican Women'S club meeting
Monday at pm. at the home of
Miss Cora Hartman, 3141 Van Al
Styne boulevard.
All Republican women are in
vited.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24

fairs are relayed over two local sta
tionS.
He began his newspaper career
III Detroit after graduating from
the University of Detroit and was
then assigned to Washington to
cover labor news for Life Maya
zine. Crowley also became one Of
the editors of the Whaley Eaton
Letter Service which was mailed
to thousands.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-24
Alma Gerens
BetrothQl Told

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel c. Geren,
542 Superior boulevard, are an
nouncing the engagement of their
daughter, Alma, to Leonard K.
Brewer, son of Mrs. Leonard Brew
er, 431 Plum street.
The sub., 1946-05-09

take initiative, and see that our own, the men that made it pos sible for us to still remain secure, are we'll taken care of and allowed enough to rehabilitate themselves in civilian life?
 If we can give foreign countries 55 billion dollars-why can we not give our own people 25 billion? That is what it will take to give our men proper bonus-and main- tain institutions for our great amount of cripples, hospital cases, etc., and homes for the permanent ly disabled from this past war.
 My suggestion for federal bonus is as follows: for all men serving six months and over. one dollar per day while in the United States, two dollars per day while serving outside the continental lim- it's, and ten dollars per day while serving in actual combat one thousand dollars for wound giv- ing permanent disability, two thou sand dollars for complete loss of limb, $5,OOO for loss of all limbs, $2,O00 for loss of eye, $4,000 for the loss of both eyes-those losing limbs or sight of eyes during line of duty other than combat receive half of the above mentioned.
 This type of bonus will not put the country deeply in debt for-out of the millions in the armed serv- ices, how many actually participat- ed in direct combat with the en- emy? And, what is the average number of combat days per man when speaking of our forces as a whole? The six-month period elim- mates those hundreds of thousands who had themselves removed from the service through one pretext or another-Which in itself would be an enormous saving.
 In all fairness, the sick, crippled and disabled deserve your help and the guy who took the brunt of the fight is deserving of all you can give him. Don't forget, he fought for yOu-nOw is your time to fight for him.
 RICHARD s. BISHOP
The sub., 1946-05-09

On Tuesday, April 2, 1946, the American Federation of Govern ment Employees held their regular monthly meeting at 800 p. m. at the Carpenters Hall, New London. This meeting proved the most inter- esting one of the year as 1t was PAST PRESIDENTS NIGHT. All presidents of previous years were there except two, one who has passed away and another who moved away from New London many years ago.
 As a highlight of the evening a plaque with the names of all past presidents on it was presented to the AFGE L No. 75 Lodge and the many past presidents at the meet ing were given a risisg vote of thanks for their faithful and force full leadership.
 Immediately following the busi- ness meeting supper was served with dancing afterwards.
 The AFGE is comprised of Gov ernment workers at the SUBMA- RINE BASE, Groton, and the Civil Coast Guard employees with mem- bers also from the Government em- ployees that work at the SUB BASE offices at the Electric Boat Com pany in Groton.
 The present officers of the AFGE L-75 are: Harry Neilan, presi- dent; Dwight Tracey, 1st V. F.;
The sub., 1946-05-09

Before the United States entered the war; the housing condition in this country at critical pontoday, that condition has tremendously doubled.
 However we find that the House has passed bill al lowing building the extent of housing 242 million veter ans and their families in the next twoyear period at tai cost of than $8O per month. can tell as everybody else know the price for the rental of most of this property will be ESQ., How many men being dis charged from the service afford such exorbitant What does this melt down Othe veteran has priority only as long as he can afford it-which he cannot.
 Right now we going through period played by in dustry and everybody else, which sf you don't play want we don't play at a And will have to admit indus try has the better they are backed up by granted by the government
 How about it. folks does the veteran deserve anything for the spg of his blood in the saving of this naton and the preservation of true democratic ideas and the freedom of speech and forefathers struggled to create for shall cancel that debt as we have foreign debts?
 Let us this thing squarey-give our undivided and honest attention to facts afford 100 billion to for egn countries why in heavens it impossible to give to those men who fought gave their lives that nation might still live?
 Friends who pays for these great debts laid upon our country? can tell you the peopbut do we the people,
The sub., 1946-05-09
Development Commission
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(Continned from Page Two) ant-workers crushed forever by the few big grasshoppers here and about!
 These plans are now being un- earthed! They are trying to pre- sent them as the original babies of the new Chere the word indus trial is deleteO New London -Grot- Waterford Development Com mittee, which was started by Labor for a noble purpose only to come to this sad ending.
 Labor's committeeman were re- viSed and changed according to their residence in this area. Alfred Harvey, L-620, Waterford; Alfred Farina, Groton; Charles Silva and Joshua Olsen, New London. These men were invited to participate in only a few of the actual meetings and were considered by the great CT New London Committee as there only on sufference.
 WHAT IS LABOR GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS?
 WHAT ARE OUR LOCAL MER- CHANTS GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS?
 IS THREE MONTHS OF BUSI- NESS AND WORK, AND NINE MONTHS OF NO WORK AND NO BUSINESS THE ANSWER?
 The $14,5OO fund was voted to be raised to hire a salesman to sell Greater New London to new industries and as shipping cen- ter. ANY OTHER USE COULD BE TERMED MISAPPROPRIA- TON!
The sub., 1946-05-09
SPECIAL NOTICE!

The Wage Stabilization Board is in hearty concurrence with the proposed wage scale and the re- troactive increase of 18c for Gov ernment shipbuilding work at the Electric Boat Go. May 18th starts the new rates.
 The wage proposal signed by the Metal Trades Council of New London County and the E. B. Go. covers some $500 employees as well as former employees who have been terminated since Dec. 4, 1945.
 The retroactive pay will be ready for E. B. workers the 1st week in June!
The sub., 1946-05-09
4. F.C. E. Local No. 75

Harry Holder, End V. F.; Ernest Oliver, 3rd V. F.; Mrs. Margaret Tracey, Recording Secretary; Wal lace Hewlett, Fin.-Sec.; Lecturer, MT. Alfred Linkletter; Guide, AL bert Tortora; and Sgt.-at-Arms, Afford Banta.
 The union is making plans now for a banquet for next September which will be open for members unions of the CLU as well.
 On May 7th the regular May meeting was held and will be re- ported on in our next issue.