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doubtedly caught Tell for that. run away when he lost an engine.

March. 8, ==: is doing his the co-opera= he senate in an for a ‘world -

blew a cylinder head clear off,

Rin half an hour.- He flew 13% hours 1anifest in his that day, and didn't even get conference to ‘credit’ for a mission. . That's the cONgress, Any way it goes. ” was impressed Those left on “the field will

y ‘spirit which, easure of his the United ature in world

the progress of their comrades.

imes. Though 'd from it ree | quality of its ible on such a r.- It was obe as pleasing to

body say. the target by now. { comes a little later from somebody.

| with.

yrevious publie 1s set forth in d in Winston mmons. That ere was little ng manner of e would keep h an implied 1en conditions

| turning distance, and their troubles,

little islands with a few minutes of each other.

rtisan Messages Begin Coming In estures to cone in particular, the house will united nations egation will be n of Republi

messages from the returning planes. A flight leader will radio how the weather was, and if anybody went down over the target. -It isn't a complete picture,

ion—any more ing that when n materialized side by nearly FOR YEARS, the help-at Baker's restaurant in | the Board of Trade building has been complaining about the restaurant kitchen ventilating system. The kitchen is in the basement. and there is a big pipe that leads from a hood over the stoves, up to the roof. -Every morning, “for years, someone has turned on an electric fan, up on the roof. It was supposed to draw the smoke and food odors up -td®the roof, but it never seemed "to work properly. - Yesterday, tired of hearing complaints, a building serviceman took a look at the fan, and found the ‘trouble. = The blades of the fan were reversed, so they were blowing air into the restaurant instead of out of it. He reversed the { blades; and the suction” nearly sucked the cooks’ caps off. Manager F. C. Baker said he didn’t think the fan had been touched since it was installed 29 years ago, ‘Do you want to hear my comment?’ he asked a customer. Without waiting for a reply, he added: “John Sap had many sons.” . Mrs. E. Keating asks for information: “Having resided in your fair city the last three years, I.still am unable to have explained the Hoosier pronunciation of the name “Mayer.” Hoosiers pronounce it “Meyer,” while in Chicago it's pronounced just as it Is spelled.” There doesn't seem to be any explanation. It just happens. that most—not all—the families here with that name choose to pronounce it “Meyer.” Just

tributions - thas eaders as Sene 'hite of Mainey r. Harold Stas r > of the senate ial security ore no .one is more - rs of that body, 1 aware of therds approval by nembers of the

Policy

o is seeking coe nothing of the nge of domestio g phrase thé% 1t of the biting ar that so riled i long-suffering volt. There is denunciation of ; on’ the soldier ” nothing remse Jones which so sified the bitter ly ended in his e the same day sideraté of cone

| such as Mueller.” Some families pronounce it “Miller,” others give it the long U sound.

Watch Your $2 Bills + o« . . PROBABLY THE last place you'd look for anything of a sentimental nature would be in the Indianby pointing out apolis Clearing Houge bulletin: which goes to its bank “disturbed the members. But you might be surprised {f you saw and by acknowe ’ heres. of influe omplained a few

nduct of foreign d, had-occusred | Yalta, so thas erated countries the three allies.

soritact provided secretaries, Tver as.a fellow.

YOUR: POST-WAR CLOTHES may’ ‘be fashioned from peanuts, egg albumen, milk, chicken feathers, blood serum and pumpkin seeds among other things. All of these substances. yield proteins which can be spun into fibers. The best known protein fiber now in use is a purely synthetic one that could be made from coal, air _ and water, but is manufactured more simply from intermediate organic compounds. ing about nylon. Chemists ‘everywhere are thinking in terms of a protein fiber that would rival nylon; and some of the other substances from which fibers have been spun recently include soybeans, a soft yellow protein known as zein which is obtained from Indian corn, a protein from wheat gluten known as gliadin, and collagen, an albuminold which occurs in bones, cartilage and connective tissue. .

: It may seem strange to the laymen to think of burning to such things as hones and blood for the raw materials for clothing fibers. However, man has long made use of furs and leather for articles of

N, March 3 the

ents on the y details not vel

ricans the new | 0 Shooting Stam ?, it's the Meteor, e it is called, this not have more d civilization iff 11 heavenly bod¥} ally crash-landed airplane is revo<§ itary weapon buf /-day civilian life, | ies: t-high-test gaso< ne, ag it is more ed to the point than the present think what that} arers of aircraft g. industry. The oir business but i nplete conversion | 1d: their products: engineers admit gas turbine prine] airplane itself is| pline-powered ine headed for obso<} tell you.’ of the jet plane’ produced by Bell} 1es—are now reles| srs. Only a year] how entirely outs

wastes of the packing industry should not be turned Into thread if it is possible,

New Fibers Promising

IN A REPORT to the American Chemical society, Milton Harris and G. B, Frankenberg of Washington, D. C, say that the new fibers which appear to hold the greatest promise are those made from the casein of milk, the soybean, the peanut and zein,

WASHINGTON, Friday. —Last evening Mrs. KerInit Roosevelt and I, after having a few people in or tea, went by train to Baltimore, to see one of the first performances of a new play by Rachel rothers, called “Bill Comes Back.” : It is always interesting to see a play before it reaches its final form and then to see it afterwards. This play deals with a subject in which we are all interested—the returning sérviceman «- and may come to New York City jn. the next few weeks. : John Golden came back to the White House with us. The train coming back was late, and so we caught the train ahead of the one we éxpected to take. J Instead of being weary, we ound ourselves still talking for some time after we ched home. The paper said that March had come in like ‘a mb, since the temperature in Washington went as high as 50 yesterday. 1 think we have already begun to have our April howers, because it is raining+ again. But. spring - the air, and that must be an encourag ot ven in parts of ‘the country ‘where snow still U retty heavily on the ground. The National a at of Christians and Jews, h offices at 203 N. Wabash -ave.,, Chicago, has ant. me fa" Reaging 4. Ir” u ut

. | | seed, climb, range} r alr forces is now} but they are alli zhs only half as ilar power. Thej an He replaced inj ght or nine hours | ne. Flying itself uments and fewer

me fortunes may t of the jet’ plane, North. American alties for poste ake an interesting a] oil turbine will | Iroad locomotives, yeneration of elec=| brave new. world | ies have all come |

Hoosier Vagabond

A third-had a prop

My friend Maj. Walter Todd of Ogden, Utah, “aborted” on the mission I watched take off. He

He was within sight of Japan when" it happened; and he beat the others back home by only

idly look at their watches as the day wears on, mentally clocking

“They're about sighting; the mainland now,” you'll hear some“They should be over I'll bes they're catching hell,”

By late afternoon you look at your watch and you know that by now, for good or bad, it is over

You know they're far enough off the coast that the last Jap fighter has turned for home, and left our men alone with the night and the awful reOur planes bomb in formation, and stick together until they've left the Japanese coast, and then they break up and each man comes home on his own. It's almost spooky the way they can fly. through

the dark at night, up there above all that ocean, for more than six hours, and all arrive here at these

BY LATE AFTERNOON we've begun to get radio

like the different pronunciations of some other names, -

World of Science

Yes, we're talk-*

slothing and there is no good reason why the protein

but, we begin. to. together a general idea. We 10st planes that day: ey : - Bome went down over the target.

Some: just disappeared, and the other. boys never

knew where they went.

ocean,

And one tenacious planeload miraculofisly got back They had been hit over the target, had to drop down and back alone, and the Jap fighters went for him, as

when it wasn't in the cards for them dt all.

they do for any cripple.

By Ei

“Some fought as long as. .they could to keep erippled planes going, and then had to “ditsh” in the

Five fighters just butchered him, and. there was

nothing our boys could do about, it. And yet he kept coming. How, nobody knows.

Two of the crew were badly wounded. The horizontal. stabilizers were shot away. The plane was riddléd with holes. The pilot could control his plane

only by using the motors.

‘Going Out of Control’

control.”

But he would get control again, and fly

for an hour or so, and then radio again that he

was: spifaling out of control. But somehow he made it home. without controls. quite pull it off. : The plane hit at the end of the runway. engines came hurtling out, on fire.

He had to land He did wonderfully, but he didn't

The The wings flew

off and the great fuselage broke in two and went careening across. the ground. And yet every man

came out alive, even the wounded ones.

Two other crippled planes cracked up that night, too, on landing. It was not until late at night that the final tally was made, of known lost, and or

missing.

But hardly was the last returning bomber down.

until. a lone plane took off into the night and headed northward, to be in the area by dawn where the “ditchings” were reported. And the others, after | their excited stories were told, fell wearily into bed.

Inside Indianapolis By Lowel! Nussbaum

today’s bulletin. dn itis a request for banks to keep

an eye out for a’certain $2 bill—one that's sought for| This particular bill has written | “To my darlin’ wife. My lucky $2 bill brought me back to’ you once before and I'm

sentimental reasons. on it the inscription:

sure .it- will again. I love you. Bill.” It was Mrs. |

William A. Dendy, a dietitian at Billings genera hos-| The bill was | given to her. by her husband, a master sergeant, when |

pital, who sought the aid of the banks.

he was home in December on furlough after. three

years overseas.

It was one of ‘two $2 hills he carried

all the way home. He was £0 happy over the trip that |

ne felt anything connected with it was lucky.

he gave her one and kept the other bill when he|

returned to the Souhwest Pacific. several days ago when Mrs. Dendy’s. purse ‘was stolen. |

The bill was lost |

Some people consider $2 bills unlucky, but she'd give)

anything to get this one back.

Beareriof Glad Tidings

AMONG THOSE who received glad tidings when | MacArthur's Yanks moved into the Philippines and | began liberating our prisoners of the Japs was Mrs. |

Peggy Gochenour, 410 E. 56th. The telegram announcing the liberation of her husband, Capt. William

Gochenour, was delivered to the house by an elderly, | He seemed to

one-armed Western Union messenger.

take a personal interest in. the message. When Mrs.

Gochenour opened the door and let him in the house, |

he began: “Now, don't you worry, this is good news.” Then when he saw she was a bit flustered, he added: “There’s nothing to worry about. Let me open it up for you.” He did, after which he proceeded to read aloud the news of Capt. Gochenour’s liberation. Whereupon he dgparted to continue delivering good news. . , . The’weather was disagreeable the other

day when one of Inside’'s agents passed the Arrow Just insidé

liquor store on Washington near Capitol. the door, evidently seeking shelter while waiting for a streetcar, were four children. Just above their heads was a sign reading: “Half Pints Today.”

By David Dietz

-Chly, one 3 ‘these, however, is peing produced m commercial quantities at the ‘present time. ‘This'is a fiber from casein known as arlac which is being used by hat manufacturers and in fw production of some fabrics “either alone or in combination with other fibers. Other lines of research in the fabric industry have

resulted in improved methods of rendering fabrics

waterproof, fungusproof and shrink-resistant.:

Research Spurred by War

THESE RESEARCHES were encouraged -by the army and navy who were determined to make Uncle Sam's fighters the best dressed soldiers and sailors in the history of the world. Military demands have called for fabrics that would be equally good in.Arctic snows and jungle storms: Fabrics were wanted that would be resistant to fire, water, weather of all types, insects, mildew and rot. These developments, many of them still in thé category of war secrets, are expected to have a profound influence on civilian clothes in the years after

the war. The war has put particular demands upon nylon and as a result the civilian will find ‘many superior nylon fibers at his disposal when the war is over. A particularly important war development has been the production. of materials that give fabrics a water-repellent surface without clogging the pores.

The result is a comfortable garment since perspiragi

tion can evaporate at a normal rate. There are now a number of such water-repellent finishes that are sufficiently permanent to withstand numerous launderings or dry cleanings.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

I like the opening paragraph, which sets out the reasons of faith in the ability of people to guide their own destinies. The faith is justified when the people consider carefully where they are going, the problems with which they are facéd, and seek a way of working together toward common goals. “The books here presented are discussions bearing on these great problems of democracy. Their authors are our leaders in pointing out paths we may choose to travel.” .

Though it was not published soon enough to be iricluded in this list, I am quite sure that the book which was announced yesterday for joint publication*by Simon and Schuter and Reynal and Hitchcock, “Sixty Million Jobs,” by Henry Wallace, should be read by all of us, . Mr, Wallace was confirmed as secretary of commerce yesterday by the senate, and so his viewg as set forth in his book are important to the people of this country. br

"I have an amusing letter from someone taking me|

to task for saying that the education of returning veterans must be considered on a grade and high school level as well as on the college level. ’ My correspondent: seems to think that by chojce I ame insisting that those who #ish to go through col-

* ‘lege shall be kept.down. The point is that over 60] per cent of the men in the services have not fin-|

ished grade school or high scheol, and theréfore be-

So|

"[ODAY:the family of 2d Lt. Vernon: C. Buchanan knows the details of the death he felt was near as he flew the skies over the Philippines. . + Word from his~ “buddies” has

battlesscarred islands, His feeling \of death prompted him to” write \an, undated letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Buchanan, 2437 Stuart st. » » IN IT he said he hoped it never would be delivered. It would mean he was missing or dead. The letter with words of thanks, praise and. endearment for his folks, his six sisters and his sweetheart arrived Feb. 5. The war department telegram came that afternoon. “Missing in action.” Since that has come the more dread phrase, “killed in action.” * uo n » "THE LETTER, signed “Eternally your son, Vernon,”

NT ANT A TF DA

come through from the Pacific |

was printed

AF Ul

Lah a 30

City Fireman Wilbur Buchanan sits alone in the kitchen of engine house 12, at 339 N. Sherman dr, and reads theodetails of his son's death in the fiery skies of the Philippines.

in full in the Feb. 12 issue of The

Times.

The heart of Indiana went out

to the Buchanans. A shower of 122 cards, letters and wires were prought bo the door. Sev-

THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO IDENTIFY THE BODIES FORA BURIAL =" * 1"

| Buchahans Learn How Vernon Met Death |

eral long Qistatice telephone calls and countless local ones were received. ! Today came two letters. They told. of the lieutenant's death. ;

~ SAID, 15¢ Lt. James B. Munro of Lt. Bucharian's bombardment group:

“The plane was hit by an enemy -.

explosive shell: . , . It burst into flames and . crash-landed . near Angeles, central ‘Luzon, in the Philippines. No one escaped .from the plane by parachute, and the radio-gunner,-- who miracuously survived the crash, made his way through enemy territory. He said that there’ was nothing left to identify the bodies for burial

Death was instantaneous and | merciful.” » 5 » » s FROM Cpl. Walter Backer. of New Jersey: “Vernon was buried by the plane,

‘ ‘Butch’, as we called him, abOe was the nicest and .best mannered person I've met in my life, Had I a brother, I would never have hoped for a better one.”

By GWEN MORGAN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 2.—The

JON pay ae uy es opportunity they will have training. i

, 0 Hay sie ype of schon]

or » =n 3 Aa Ie ¢ §

ot gy vt

office of civilian defense knows

| that—thanks to the way the war's

going—it is slowly dying. But it iss a little sensitive about being pushed over the brink. Especially when the people pushing just want to get the big

red fire engines which they think it owns but which it really doesn’t. or

Lt. Gen William Haskell, cD directoy, said. today that although his agency is dying “slowly and surely,” it “ought not to give up the ghost until] the war is won in both Europe and Asia. He added that the OCD doesn't have -a single big red fire engine to its name. : n n The OCD’s difficulties with people whe want to hurry it into eternity stem partly ‘from the fact, Haskell said, that practice blackouts are a thing of the past. The OCD has announced that it doesn't expect any air- raid alerts from now on unless they are the real thing. In case, for example, the enemy

manages ta get over a small scale, sneak attack, or perhaps a buzz. bomb or two. sy n on PEOPLE still think of the OCD exclusively in terms of air raid protection, Haskell said, although it has other essential functions. He added that he is going to ask congress soon for another appropriation. The sum, he said, will be $779,000, “much smaller” than last year's, which was only one-sixth of 1943's. Rep. John Taber (R. N. Y. charged recently that the OCD

was “hanging on to” more than

$50,000,000 worth of fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment. He urged the agency's immediate liquidation. o » a. BUT THE OCD’s fire-fighting equipment consists, Haskell said,

not. of trucks and engines but

water pumps and a fot of hose. - And although it is through with ‘ practice blackouts and the like, OCD can't abandon its stand-by position” until the war department says. for it to, he added. “I asked the war department

recently, ahd they wouldn't say .

NO, THEY HAVEN'T A SINGLE BIG, RED FIRE ENGINE—

OCD Dying, But Resents Being Pushed

we wouldn't be bombed,” Haskell disclosed. “They said it was possible. Of course, it would be a limited attack—a sneak raid or a robot bomb.” un

u n

IN VIEW of that, Haskell’s feeling is that he can't tell the mayor of any vulnerable city—Mayor - F. H. LaGuardia of New York, for example—“to dispose of all his OCD fire-fighting equipment.” “I think they're entitled to protection,” he said. Although practice blackouts are over, and. blackout curtains are

buildings here to conserve heating

being -removed from government

fue] by letting in the sun, defense

steps are by no means a thing of

the past. ~All such buildings still must maintain an interior ‘shelter

which may be blacked out in case of a sneak-raid. ’ 2 8 THE OCD does. other things, - too. For example, it functions as a watch dog for the war depart,ment against fire, sabotage and other hazards in critical war areas, Haskell said, and the army wants it to keep on doing so. «

It periodically inspects war plants in co-operation with state fire marshals. It has “helped out” in some 500 “natural disasters.”

HASKELL . stantly - reducing

said OCD is conits. belongings

through sale¢or transfer of sur- |

| €1qims Plot # .

i {

plus property. - Last year its in- | ventory declined from $50,000,000 |

to $33,000,000.

It has transferred to the army | 1000. fire pumps and declared | “strikers are protesting disciplinary

thousands. of beds surplus.

It has asked 2800 ommunities .| to report any equipment consid- |

tection.

= td »

ered no longer necessary for pro- |

HASKELL said he thought per- |

sonal items like helmets, whistles, gas masks and shoulder bands should be given as mementoes, in

{ |

line with a bill by Rep. Bernard |

W. (Pat) Kearney (R, N. Y.) to the OCD's 6,000,000 voluntary defense workers. “Anyway,”

Haskell said,

would cost more to collect, store | and sell these items than hey |

would bring.” What Haskell wants for ocD, in short, is “an orderly demise.”

FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN LANDS ON IWO—

~ Japs Fire on Mercy Plane

By BARBARA FINCH Representing the Combined American Press MOTOYAMA-AIRFIELD NO. 1, Iwo Jima; March 3.—I was aboard the first hospital supply transport plane landing here this morning. I am the first Amerir can woman to step ashore on this pitted, black-sanded isle where thousands of gallant marines have fought and died to gain an essential foothold in Japan’s “front yard.” Ours was strictly a mercy ship ~Parrying Aoctors,; corpsmer; medical supplies and 2000 pounds of mail —fiying to the leather-

necks who have been fighting our

Battle, for the past 11 days. : 8 WE ALSO carried tents and shovels to set up a temporary clearing _ hospital = for wounded later to be evacuated by plane. Our reception could not have been warmer from the Japanese entrenched on high ground beyond Motoyama airfield No. 1, although my first glimpse of Iwo was idyllic—a pastel-colored Japanese print dominated by the conventional volcano. _ Then Nipponese manning deadly mortars got our range and literally shot- us into the airstrip. " o » FORTUNATELY their aim was bad and our pilot, Cmdr. Clarence A. Keller, U. S. N,,. Wichita, Kas, commander of an air evacuation squadron, is one of the best. We sat down smoothly on the strip and started to unload our cargo, The major “cargo” aboard the “Peg O' My Heart” were two doctors, Lt. Cmdr. John B., MacGregor, Afton, Va. and Capt. B. 8. Baker, Camden, N. J. MacGregor, senior flight surgeon

of a naval evacuation unit; will |

SHANNAH®

“diay on Iwo to screen the wounded—seleéting wounded marines who can make an air trip to Saipan , or. Guam hospitals.

Baker, dn army flight surgeon,"

also will remain on Iwo. * » s n VICTIMS of uncontrolled shock are barred from air transport, as are marines suffering from chest or abdominal wounds. Others will benefit greatly be-

cause the air trip euts down the : ship evacuation time of three days.

to Your or five hours. ) After ‘the major cargo was dumped on the airstrip, I crawled out .of the plane, and was greeted by Cpl. Joe Purcell, Boston, Mass:, disguised by a black stubble,

Dr. Leo L. Thelan, Elgin, Ill, 3d marine medical battalion, is in charge of the hospital. Sore ew

BACK AGAIN at’ the transport,

I was amazed at the military installations which have mush-. roomed on the beachhead. Mortar shells were falling 100 ‘yards away across the open airstrip. Then the shelling stopped, and we took off smoothly out. over the

armada of American ships riding |

at anchor.

We climbed up through the

frosty air until Iwo Jima, the island of dust and blood and courage and death, was only a memory. 3

‘THE GREAT PLOT'.,. By William H. Stoneman

Belgian Blamed in Mixup Of British and U.S. Flags

LONDON, March 3.—The great “Union Jack versus Stars and Stripes” incident moved to its climax today. e “great plot” by the British to insult our national banner was probably nothing cout the error of an enthusiastic Belgian, it was discovered. The “culprit” didn’t even know the top of the union jack from the bottom. It all started with the publication in the New York Times of a photograph showing the Union Jack flying above the Stars and Stripes on a flagpole in AntwerpBelgium, Angry letters poured into the

editor. So the matter was duly called to the attention of the British government. The British at first refused to Belleve that the Americans were seriously worried. When they discovered that the Americans were —in fact, sore as a boll—they started to investigate. The first thing they noticed was that the photograph showed

How Much Rent For Easy Chair?

8AN DIEGO, Cal, March 3 (U, P.).—~The OPA today pondered a new. question, one of the many headactres &rising from the housing shortage in war-packed San ‘Diego: . Just what should be the selling price for overnight or “weekly rental of easy chairs In private homes? : > The “chair rental” business came to light when a woman telephoned OPA headquarters to find out if she was. requir to register

| ‘when renting chairs in ‘her home

aso wh

the Union Jack flying upside down, Then, when the military autherities looked into the business, they discovered ‘that the flagpole in ‘question was located atop Antwerp’s lone ‘skyscraper, which is occupied by Belgian civilian offices. “It seems certain,” states the military investigator in. his reply to London, “that the flags | were hoisted by Belgians.” As the British heaved a sigh and prepared to forget what seemed to them a pretty petty business, anyway, in -came the mail with the Dec. 30 issue of the Saturday Evening Post with bigger and fancier reproductions of the same photo all over its front page. “Does this' Union Jack flying high above the hard-won port of Antwerp show which way the | wind is blowing in Belgium?” | asks the caption meaningfully. © “I'll' bite,” was the reply of one British flier: “Does it?”

‘he Chicago Daily News

2 MEN BOARD CAR, SLUG THE OPERATOR

Joseph Williams, operator of ; an

in-bound College ave, street car, was injured early today when two. men boarded his car and slugged him.

Operating the streetcar south on

College, Mr. Williams sald an automobile ran a red light and. he was forced to stop suddenly. time the men attempted to get on, bdt he refused to admit them. ; When the. streetcar stopped at 11th and College to admit’ passengers, the men who had followed in an automobile, jumped out of their car and got on the streetcar, attacking him, Mr. Williams said.

At this

With the aid of several passen-

gers, they were pushed out of the car. Then Mr. Willams ran after Jaa ang 0 obtained the license num-

save 0 oi

Vaughn, Wounded At Leyte, Is Home

‘SGT. KENNETH E. VAUGHN, 24-year-old son of Mrs. Helen J. Vaughn, 3829 Salem ave., has been returned to this country - after having been wounded in action at Leyte. Member of a rifle company of the 77th infantry division, Sgt. Vaughn also : participated in ~~ S&t Voughaeo} : the Guam operation last summer. ™ He has been presented with the combat infantryman badge for - exemplary conduct against the enemy. His father, L. 8. Vaughn, lives at Greencastle.

6 HOLOUP VICTIMS

LIST THEIR LOSSES

Six men reported to police that;

they were held up and robbed by bandits in Indianapolis alst night. Gilbert Long, 25, of 445 ‘Arbor ave, was slugged by a bandit and

while walking near his home.

Thomas Fleming, 49, of 320% Virginia ave., recently invited a stran-|

ger in a tavern to “come and see

{me some time.” He called on Mr.

{

Labi

Pr RY ER) ER ten

Te Discredit i

Bargaining

‘WASHINGTON, March~3 (U. P.).—The United Auto Workers. (C. 1..Q.) today accused Chrysler. Corp. officials of seeking to des stroy _ their union by “deliberately” provoking workers to strike in. the Hope of discrediting the whole process of collective bargaining. ; Richard T. Frankensteen, union vice president, asked the war labor board to investigate what he called a “conspiracy . . . to undermine the U. A. W.-C. 1. 0, the WLB and the national war effort.”

In particular he asked the WLB' to subpena John W. Scoville, Chrysler Corp. economist, wham he quoted in a speech befare the Kiwanis club of Detroit last August as saying: “It is probable that public sentiment will change in regard to collective bargaining. As industrial turmoil increases, more and more people will see the evils generated by collective bargaining, and we should look forward to the time when all ‘fedemai-=labor laws will be repealed.” ' » » » FRANKENSTEEN'S charges were contained in a statement prepared for the WLW’'s show-cause hearing called to determine why 13,600 auto workers were on strike " at Chrysler's Dodge plant in Detroit. The 'WLB, summoning both company and union officials to the hearing, termed the strike “in flagrant disregard” of labor's no strike pledge. : Several thousand workers at a Briggs Ffg. Co. plant in Detroit are also on strike, but none of the officials & of this company were called to the hearing. Union officials summoned represent workers in both plants. In both cases

discharges, of fellow workers. 2 » » FRANKENSTEEN charges that since Seoville’s alleged speech the Chrysler Corp. had repeatedly ignored or violated established grievance machinery. - “In the instant case,” he said,

“the corporation ordered the dis-

missal of seven employees in vio-. lation of the union contract, and in violation ‘of established grievance machinery. " "Urging the board fo call Scoville for . questioning, PFrankensteen also suggested a “thorough

" investigation” of the labor rela=

tions policies of the whole Chrysler Corp. : ” 8 8 HE ADDED that acting union President George PF. Addes had

brought: the entire subject to the

"attention of Senator James E.

Murray (D. Mont.) and Rep. Mary Norton (D:" N. J), chairmen of. tHe senate and house labor committees.

The board ordered the hearing late yesterday after strikers at the Chrysler-Dodge plant nearly mobbed their own union leaders while rejecting all back-to-work pleas. : Those summoned” before the voard include union International Vice President Walter Reuter, who was booed from a platform while proposing that. the strike terminated. or * Company offioialy summoned 40 the . hearing. include Norman Mathews, national Chrysler director . and - his assistant, Josep Rubin.

-lrobbed of his watch and money |

| Fleming lastenight but came with a

gun: and robbed him of $300 -and

{a $500 ring.

Gale Paxter, of Osgood, Ind,

stopped here on his way to Chicago

last night and while on a side street

ihe reported a bandit slugged him |

lon the head and took $25.

{

Ray Ward, 1939, of 1468 N. New| {Jersey st. taxi driver, said a pas-|

senger slugged him and took $30 {from him while cruising on the south side.

Donald Mason, 34, Dearborn hotel, | said a gunman held him up near |the hotel last night and took his | [ purse, containing $104.

Ross F. Lockridge, of Blooming- |

(ton, sald a pickpocket took his purse | 1945, by The iy News, Tne. at the bus station. "

Wakeman Soon

To Add Center

ALREADY one of the largest army hospitals in the country, Wakeman General hospital will soon add a 6000-bed convalescent. center.

Work on he center, which will include approximately 20 structures, will begin as soon as speci fications have been completed, announced Col. Haskett L. Conner, ‘commanding officer. : Highlighting the building -program will be six messhalls, five bowling alleys, six post exchanges, four gymnasiums, one or more swimming pools. Thifty-two present -buildings will be converted into classrooms and shops, three Red Cross buildings, a library, and occupational | therapy, brace 2h0p. ape. Jiystor buildings.

money if they had it,

We, the Women — W hat Would You Do With Four Million?

By RUTH MILLETT GLORIA ' VANDERBILT DE CICCO, who recently became nristress of a fortune of nearly four and one-half million dollars, has had a lot of bad publicity in the last few years, and consequently a lot of private crit-.

But the other day in a Mid‘western city when a newspaper reporter questioned a group of young women who were about her age on what they would do with that much they didn't come through with any answers that would put Gloria to shame.

THEY TALKED about big cars, travel, the best In clothes, serv« ants, Some even admitted that they, would immediately quit their Jobs. . And the very best any of them: did was to say they would continge with their studies. But Gloria is apparently doing that much, for she is going on with her art work. It is easy to criticize

what

wealthy people do with their

money. It is easy to jump on

+ them for their mistakes, to blame

them for not knowing or caring . how the other half lives, to ridi-

icism. .

cule them for their extravagances, 3

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