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DETROIT 31, MICH., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1949 1 5of D?tS f ,0?,? Griffh completed an exhaus-fiiT- hi

8 Pu,bUc-so- ol system. He presents hisa series of articles, of which this is the fourth.BY JOHN GRIFFITH ' '

Free Pres. Staff WriterDetroit schools are grinding out another "lost generation."Ignorant of the three Rs children are "sloughed off" upon abusiness world which rejects many of them as "unacceptable"

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RepentantWoman Sends$50 to DSR

A $50 bill was sent to the DSRto salve the conscience whichhas been bothering a Detroitwoman for. 30 years.

"This," she wrote, "will morethan cover the nickels and dimesI took from the DUR during thefirst World War.

"There was absolutely noneed for me to steal. It wasthe first and last dishonest actI ever performed."

She was a conductorette atthe time she stole the money.

She suggested that the moneygo to an infantile paralysis vic-tim. The DSR Commission de-

cided to comply with her wishif it can legally do so and do-

nate the money to the March ofDimes.

Pupils to GetTooth-Deca- y

PreventiveDetroit dentists are beginning

an extensive program to treatschool children's teeth with decay-preventi- ng

Sodium fluoride.of the program

and study of its results are in thehands of the Detroit DistrictDental Society. The society willact as liaison between dentists inprivate practice- - and the Boardof Health.

Dr. Ralph H. Campbell , an-nounced the . program at theDental Society's second annualChildren's Dental Health Confer-ence.

DR. CAMPBELL pointed outthat many dentists already hadtreated children with the fluoridesolution which prevents on anaverage of 40 per cent of toothdecay.

"The Board of Health andschools are going to make arecord of past treatments," hesaid. "Future treatments will bereported by dentists."The fluoride treatments were

demonstrated Monday at theDental Conference in the HotelStatler.

Candy WholesalerDies in Cheboygan

Special to the Free PressCHEBOYGAN Frank J.

Hutchinson, 50, prominent Repub-lican and businessman, died Tues-day from a heart ailment.

During the war, Mr. Hutchinsonwas chairman of the CheboyganCounty Republican Committee. Heoperated a wholesale candy

BY DONALD F. SCIIRAMTo warm his motor for a test

of the alcohol in his radiator,James Whitaker, of Adrian,drove his car around the block.It stalled on the ice at the Wa-bash Railroad crossing. WTiita-k- er

jumped before it was hit bya westbound passenger train.The train demolished the car,skidded the wreckage to theeastbound track. An eastboundtrain was halted by flares.

WTiitaker said he wished he'd lethis radiator freeze.

Champagne corks pepperedfiremen Tuesday in Grand Rap-ids. They were called out to putout a blaze in a freight car con-taining a shipment of the bub-bling fluid. Loss by fire andeffervescence was $2,000.

ALPHEUS P. DECKER, vet-eran state representative fromDeckerville, turned the tables onLloyd Buhl, publisher of the Deck-erville Recorder. Because Rep.Decker's pay has been held up bya taxpayer suit, Buhl has beenoffering to take up a collection tohelp him out.

Decker, however, hearing thatBuhl had become the father of ason, his fourth child, brought in abox of cigars, saying:

"When you get a family thatsize, you don't give away cigars,you ask for contributions."Decker is the father of eight

children..

Another Michigan publisher tobecome the father of a son IsDuane DeLoach, of the BlissfieldAdvance. The newcomer Is theeighth DeLoach child, seven ofwhom are living. State repre-sentative from Lenawee Countyis Rollo G. Conlin of Tipton.Senator is Elmer R. Porter ofBlissfield.

FOR snitching silverware froman Ann Arbor fraternity house asan initiation stunt, a MichiganState College fraternity has beendisciplined by its parent body.There will be no dances or partiesfor the rest of the year for AlphaPhi Sigma. -

The East Lansing boys sent twopledges after the Alpha Phi Sigmaforks during "Hell Week." Theygot the forks, but got caught andhad to give them back, which theyintended to do anyway. But na-tional headquarters regarded it asan unfraternal act.

Alta L. Robinson of Mioplayed 753 games of solitaire,and kept score on the basis ofpaying herself $53 for the deck,taking $5 back for each cardsuccessfully played. At one timeshe owed herself $852, anothertime was $687 ahead. She endedthe series $23 ahead of herself,and that much behind, too.

TWO high school 'boys" from

Cedar Springs led an elderly cou-ple to safety from a burning home.Rescued were Serene Dlaauvelt,84, and his sister, Rebekah Switzer,82. Rescuers were Edwin Gane,Jr., and Norwood Avis.

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to AmendOleoBill

House Pulls Teethof 4th Offender Act

From Our Lanslnt BoreasLANSING Plans of the rural

legislators to make adjustmentsin the Colored OleomargarineAct after it is adopted wererevealed when it was advancedwithout to the third reading.

Rep. Floyd Town, Jackson Republican, is a bitter opponent ofeasing the margarine code.

He told his colleagues no alternative remained but to pass thebill as presented by initiated peti-tion.

"IF WE DONT," Town said,both the amended and original

bill will go on the ballot and a referendum .will be necessary in triefuture to change whichever isadopted.

"This way if we pass the pres-ent bill, we can change it in thefuture without a referendum."

By a 62 to 33 vote, the Housepassed and sent to the Senate abill which draws the teeth fromthe Habitual CriminalAct.

The present act makes a lifesentence mandatory upon a fourthfelony conviction. The bill of Rep.Howard E. Carroll restores discretion to the sentencing judge.

REP. EDWARD Hutchinson,Allegan Republican, took the floorin opposition.

"I have also supposed that thepossibility of severe punishmentwas a strong crime deterrent,"Hutchinson said. "I'm afraidthat if the possibility Nof a lifesentence is removed, offenderswill take advantage."Rep. John Kruse, Manistee, pro

posed a bill to permit local, Governments to put in their generalfunds the 85 per cent of licensefees returned to them.

It is designed to thwart LiquorCommission efforts to have thelicense money reserved for enforcement.

RegistrationSets Record

A total oi 868,129 persons hadqualified as electors for a springelection when the books for theFeb. 21 primaries were closedTuesday, City Clerk Thomas D.Leadbetter reported.

The total was a record for anoff-ye- ar vote, Leadbetter said.

There were 870,050 qualified forlast fall's presidential election.

The big number of holdovers forthe spring poll accounted for therecord.

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Acquisitionof 12 SitesIs Sought

Projects Would GiveCity 14,350 Units

BY GEORGE A. HOUGH, HITree Press Staff Writer

Common Council has agreed tohear on Feb. 10 a Housing Com-

mission plea for condemnation of12 sites for public housing.

The sites would accommodate14,350 rental units which would beerected on 324 acres of slum and403 acres of vacant land.

Council's invitation to James H.Ingles, secretary of the HousingCommission, to present argumentfor the condemnations came aftera two-ho- ur debate about substand-ard housing.

IN THE DEBATE, Inglis, F.Gardner Legg, ( secretary of theBoard of Health; Joseph P. Wolff,Building and Safety Engineeringcommissioner; Traffic Judge JohnD. Watts, and George F. Emery,director of the City Plan Commission, all pleaded:

"More housing, not stricterlaws or stepped-u- p building-cod- e .

enforcement."

Inglis pointed out to Council anarea around St. Jean and EastJefferson where illegal conversionto multiple units had tripled occu-pancy.

"That's substandard housingthat only new housing can overcome," Inglis said.

COUNCIL PRESIDENT GeorgeEdwards urged Judge Watts tojail landlords who deliberatelyovercrowded buildings.

Inglis told Council that onlytwo sites were available now forpublic-housin- g development.

Construction could begin on bothsites within 60 days of passage ofa Federal housing law, he said.

The areas are those proposed forthe Douglas Apartments, adjacentto the Brewster Homes, and theJeffries Project, near Grand Riv-er and Brooklyn.

THE CITY has delayed con-struction on both sites for severalyears while holding title to theproperty and collecting rents fromoccupants of the old houses. Increased cost of construction madeit impossible to build with avail-able funds although plans havelong been ready.

Inglis told Council Detroitshould be ready to take advant-age of the proposed seven-ye- ar

Federal housing program. Swiftenactment is expected, Inglissaid. Detroit's share of the na-tional program would be about30,000 units.

Slum sites Inglis wants are intwo areas near Larned and Chene,in one south of Michigan betweenFifth and Tenth, and another nextto the Brewster Homes.

Vacant-lan- d sites are on EightMile at Conner, Eight Mile andConnant, Eight Mile and Wyom-ing; at Plymouth and Burt Roads;at West Chicago and the FereMarquette tracks; at Joy andGreenfield and at Ford and Soutn- -field. fc

Auto CrashesTake Livesof Two More

Two names were added to De-

troit and Wayne County's traffic-fatalit- y

list of 1949.Erwin Karbowski, 23, of 5227

Chopin, died in Receiving Hos-

pital. Joseph Krantz, 32, of Can-ton, Ohio, died in Wyandotte General Hospital.

Karbowski was injured Mon-

day when an automobile inwhich he was riding, driven byEugene Kischuk, 24, of 4715Larkins, crashed into two util-

ity poles at Michigan andElmer.

Kischuk was jailed on a reckless--

driving charge to which helater pleaded not guilty. Policesay he will now be recalled on amanslaughter charge.

Krantz died of injuries sufferedin a head-o- n collision at Dix andLondon, Lincoln Park last Fridaynight. William Lambranos, 55, of10327 Dix, Dearborn, a passengerin the other car, was killed.

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Bar PatronsGive Bandita Busy Time

A bandit walked into Ma-lick- i's

Bar, 8527 Michigan, andpointed a gun at Gilbert Cam-eron, 34, the bartender, whowas alone.

The thug forced Cameron intoa back room and bound himwith adhesive tape. Then ArthurGutowski, 31, of 4005 Trenton,walked in. The bandit took $1from him.

ANOTHER CUSTOMER,Albert Schroeder, 44, of 9164Northlawn, walked in. The ban-dit took $4 from him.

He forced the customersInto the back room, too.

Only then did he get a chanceto take $83 from the cash reg-ister and flee.

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Duaget of 573,000,000. Three newboard members will be elected thisspring.

Employers complain thatspelling is deplorable and knowl-edge of punctuation and rules ofgrammar are hazy and vague.About 40 per cent of these

youngsters lose their chance forsignificant jobs when these weak-nesses show up in employmenttests.

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TEACHERS LAY the blame onovercrowded classes. They say itis impossible to teach with anymeasure of success when there aremore than 40 in a class.

The recognized ideal Is 25children to a classroom although30 is acceptable.

School Supt. Arthur Dondineauplaced the median class size atthe present time at 39. He saidthe cost in additional teacher sal-aries alone would be $800,000 todecrease the average by a singlechild.

Employers charge that youngsters are turned out with a "poorwork attitude " lacking in responsibility . toward the job and theemployer.

BLAME FOR THIS is placed ontne modern method of educationin which emphasis is placed onstimulating the child's imagination, his wish to learn, power ofanalysis and sense of inquiry.

Professional educators pointout that the catch in this theoryis the ease with which such in-struction becomes mere enter-tainment."Children have flitted through

school like a game," said one per-sonnel expert. "School is worklike any job. Pupils should betaught that they must produce.'

A lack of vocational guidanceand counselling was reflected repeatedly in youngsters applyingior jods.

SCHOOL FIGURES show thatthe 137 counselors in the schoolsare taking care of as many as700 boys and girls each. Clericalwork takes up time which.shouldoe spent In solving youth's problems and advising them on theirlife work.

In practice, this counsellinglack has results which would beludicrous were they not sotragicFor instance, there was the

commercial high school graduatewho had received lengthy instruc-tion in filing. Yet on applyingfor a job, she was informed shewas too fat to work among filingcabinets.

Intelligent counselling, also,would have aided the girl with afacial defect who had to be toldthat her high school businesscourse was useless for job-hunti- ng

purposes.

MORE THAN one-thir- d of De-troit public school students takethe college prep course. Theygraduate with a smattering of cul-tural knowledge but no "saleable"training.

True vocational guidance andcounselling would have informedthem that most have not themental or financial backgroundfor college. They find out onlyafter the damage is done.Dr. Warren K. Layton, divisional

director of the guidance and place-ment department, said his staff isdoing its best under a handicap.

He admitted that the pupil-counsel- or

ratio should be no morethan 250 to 1.

PARENTS AND teachers feelthat children would be eased overrough spots by occasional confer-ences and exchange of informationby the teacher and parents.

Yet no time of the day is setaside for such meetings.

Parents complain that theyare given the "brushoff" or aretreated with hos-

tility when they go to the schoolheadquarters on Broadway.

On one occasion, a parent groupfrom Merman Gardens was re-

pulsed by Dondineau with thewords: "What are you complain-ing about? You're not taxpayers."

Tomorrow: Board of Com-merce education committee callsfor "survey" of school system.

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THEIR STATEMENTS weremade as the school board prepared

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BURTON T. COOKt Released on bond

Broker Mumon BuyingStolen Steel

Burton P. Cook, 39, of 616 VV.

Philadelphia, 'a steel broker, stoodmute at his arraignment beforeFederal Judge Arthur Koscinskion charges of knowingly receivingstolen steel.

A plea of not guilty was enteredfor him. He was released under$1,500 bond.

COOK WAS ONE of two mennamed in a three-cou- nt indictmentcharging the receipt or iZ7,ouupounds of hijacked steel.

The other was Sol Kaye, 80,of Chicago. Both he and Cookwere ofifcials of the CooksonProducts Co., 99 Bates. Thefirm was dissolved last De-

cember.Kaye was expected to appear

for arraignment Wednesday.

Sister KennyGroup JoinsUnited Drive

The Michigan Chapter of theSister Kenny Foundation joinedthe United Foundation, it wasannounced Tuesday.

That brought to 23 the healthand social services which havemerged their plea for funds inthe United Foundation drive whichwill be launched Feb. 7.

JOHN R. WILT, secretary-treasur- er

of the Sister KennyFoundation, said that the merger"is recognition of the necessityof bringing order out of the end-less and confusing separate ap-

peals for many worthy agencies."At the same time, Dr. E. J.

Huenekens, of Minneapolis, chiefof staff of the Kenny Founda-tion, announced a new policy.He said that it would "work

through the medical men of thecountry in carrying on and supervising the Kenny method of treat-ment (of infantile paralysis) andseek of establishedteaching centers and universitiesin spreading knowledge of thework."

A NEW TRAINING program isdesigned to increase the numberof trained Kenny techniciansavailable for duty at treatmentcenters throughout the nation,Including one at Pontiac.- Dr. Huenekens said that registered nurses and physicaltherapists could apply for trainingin the Minneapolis school at theDetroit Foundation Office, 710Washington Blvd. Building.

CommutersMay Give UpCanada Homes

Special to the Free Pre.t2 D SJ? R Approximately

1,200 Canadians of the Windsorarea who work in the UnitedStates will leave Canada with theirfamilies after the next Dominionelection unless that country's in-come tax policies are revised, theWindsor Commuters Club declared.

Further, according to HowardSprung, president, members willrefuse to pay their Canadian In-come taxes.Sprung pointed out that theCanadian who works in the UnitedStates pays the United States In-

come tax and, if the Canadian taxIs higher, pays the difference tothe Canadian Government.

Injuries FatalLAG-W-Ja- ck Dwyerj

31, of Wilhamston, died in a Lan-sing hospital from injuries suf-fered in an automobile accidentSaturday.

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Senate AidesHere to SealCity Ballots

Senate investigators have ar-rived in Detroit to clear votingmachines of results of the Nov.2 election.

Destruction of ballots has beendelayed pending Senate action ona demand for a recount by FrankHook, Ironwood Democrat whotried to unseat Senator HomerFerguson, Republican.

GEORGE J. SHILLITO, spokes-man for the five investigators,said . that the results shown onmachines would be sent to aSenate subcommittee on privilegesand elections.

Investigators also will placethe Senate seal on boxes con-

taining printed ballots.Voting machines already have

been cleared in Grand Rapids.The investigators will check

machines in Dearborn and High-land Park, and in Macomb, Wash-tenaw, Saginaw, Genesee, and Baycounties.

ELECTION OFFICIALS havebeen anxious to clear machinesfor the Feb. 21 primary.

Registration for the primaryelection closed at 8 p. m. Tuesday.Persons who had not voted in De-

troit in the past two years had toer.

Club SudanOivner FacesNew Charge

Howard C. Pyle was chargedwith allowing minors under 17 inhis Club Sudan, 550 E. Adams,without parents or guardians.

A warrant was signed by Re-

corder's Judge Gerald W. GroatPyle will be arraigned Wednesday.

THE WARRANT was issued onstatements of a Fern-dal- e

girl. She said she went to theclub Jan. 21 with three other girlsaged 17, 18 and 19. She said shecouldn't remember whether theywere questioned as to their ages.

She declared they did not haveto , show identification cards toprove their age. The other girlssaid all told doormen they were18 but were not asked to proveIt.Pyle also faces charges of vio-

lating fire regulations for over-crowding in his club, a teen-ag- esoft-drin- k dance hall.

College's RecordALBION Albion College has

registered 1,316 students for thesecond semester, 49 more than themidyear record set in 1948.

U.S. Temperatures(I t Hours Ended at 8 P. M.)Official Government Figures

MICHIGANHish Low Hiph LowAlnena 25 15 Jackson 13Battle Creek 24 13 .Lansing 26 14

Cadillac 18 14 Marquette 20 10DETROIT 29 16 Muskegon 'Z'.i 16Ewanaba, 19 8 Saginaw 24 14Flint 6 15 S. Ste. Marie 22 10GrU. Rapids 23 16 Trav. City 21 18

MIDWESTHigh Low Hieh Low

Bismarck --6 --21 Indianapolis 32 15Chicaeo 25 17 Kansas City 34 14Cincinnati 31 11 Mpls.-St- . P. 2 --5Cleveland 28 13 Milwaukee 16 11Des Moines 14 3 Omaha 13Duluth 8 --7

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Hitrh Low Hirh LowBoston 33 29 Philadelphia 36 26New York 35 29 Washington 41 29

SOUTHHiph Low Hirh Low

Atlanta 48 24 Miami 83 63Jacksonville tj.'t 41 New Orleans 42 32Memphis 39 7 St. Louis 38 16

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Albuq erque 40 10 Phoenix ) 25Denver -- 6 Salt Lake C. 20Eort Worth 3? 14 S. Francisco 49 3?

Angeles 67 33 Seattle 38 24Okla. City 35 13Detroit sunrise. 7:45; sunset. 5:46.

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degrees. Occasional snow flurries are expected early in theday. Winds will be moderate to fresh west to northwesterly.