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Friday, Decernher 19. 1941
State May Drop
Student Getting
$425 a Month
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" LANSING, Dec. 19—The state
mav stop the $425 per month |>ay
of D. G. Cummings, who is study
ing for a medical degree at Wayne
University. Auditor General Ver
non J. Brown said today.
At the same time, Budget Direc
tor Leo J. Nowicki, who revealed
there are 2fi department of health
employes attending colleges from
coast to coast, said he was not
satisfied with Civil Service Direc
tor Thomas J. Wilson’s explana
tion it is ‘good personnel prac
tice."
EXPLAINS IN LETTER
—Trr-a lettrr to Brown. Nowirlri
said:
" \d<ttt|onal activities due to
national defense place on the
department of health additional
res|K>nsihllltlea and a greater
volume of work. We are. railed
upon to *|tend money for flood
lights and guards for the labora
tories while employes are away
at school.
. *‘l could not agree with Wil
son such expenditures . (school
training) are Justified under
normal conditions, and now' that
we are faced with a very trying
period and a need for conserv
ing all states resources In order
to meet emergencies. It is diffi
cult I«m* me to agree that It Is
good personnel practice.**
Nowicki said that if state of
ficials are to avoid public criticism,
further conferences must he held
with Wilson and Dr. C. C. Young,
laboratory director.
ACTION A WAITS PARLEY
"From what I know of the
rase, I agree with Nowicki en
tirely,” Brown said. ‘‘l’d be In
of taking Ciimmlnga right
Biff the pay roll, hut no action
will he taken until after our
conference.”
Nowicki said Wilson's report
that federal funds were earmarked
for student training was errone
ous. He said the money, some
522,000 [>er year, can he used for
other public health programs
which would benefit the state more
generally.
Workers’ Overtime
Used to Buy Bonds
A plan under which officials nf
the Wolverine Tube Company pur
rha.se defense bonds with the over
time pay of all employes who so
signify, was put into effect today
officials of the west side local of
the t'AW*-CIO announced.
The bonds are turned over to the
employes.
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LARRY PAYNE
Larry’ Payne. WJR newscaster
and director of army programs,
is busy with formation of plans to
meet incoming troop trains at
Michigan Centra! depot to inter
view the holiday-bent service men
immediately upon their arrival
here.
Payne f* a member of the De
troit Times Santa for Service Men
Campaign committee, under
whose sponsorship the broadcasts
will ho presented,
'rhe programs will be tran
scribed at the depot and broad
cast the following day to allow
those men interviewed the oppor
tunity of hearing themselves m
the air.
Fleeing
Calcutta
LONDON. Dor I# (|NS)
“Voluntary" evacuation of civil
ians. especially women and chil
dren. has begun in Calcutta, thr
Daily Mail reported today in a
dispatch from New I>elhi. Out
going trams are k»aded to rapa
city." - fuf There - art s no signs o!
panic, the Daily Mail said.
Members of tie large Ameriear
colony in Calcut* i tho dispatch
said, arc holding informal con
ferences to deride what then
course will bo.
A large contingent of Tndiar
troops, which arrived today ir
Rangoon. Burma, has been rusher
to 'battle stations" throughout
the country. Reuters reported
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Michigan State
Is Placed on
War-Time Basis
LANSING. Dec. 19. A four
point program placing Michigan
Stale College on a wartime basis
was approved today by the state
board of agriculture.
Beginning with the winter term,
January 7, students w’ill he taught
civilian defense subjects to make
them leaders in their home com
munities.
Although details have not been
worked out, President John A.
Hannah announced the following
program: «
1 -Expansion of the Summer
school program to make it possible
for students to complete a full
jrjuarter year of work, complete a.
full college course in thrpo years.
2 Setting up a special two-year
college course for minor students
who expect to he drafted at the
age of 21. A special degree will
Im> granted at the end of the
caurw i' d those completing it
may return after, the emergency
and obtain regular degrees.
3—College authorities will vir
tually insist all students enroll in
civilian defense classes for which
■<» ciillege <rediti tsill be given.
These will include first aid. air
raid precautions, fire prevention
and fighting.
-I Establishment of a central
enlistment service office for stu
dents interested in joining the
armr-d Torres
College officials said MSC Is
the first college to put defense
in the classroom.
Labor, Industry
O.K. No Strikes'
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19 TINS).
President Roosevelt’s labor
management. conference, under
orders from the Chief Executive
to work out a “no strikes or lock
outs" program for the duration of
the emergency, ended a 5-hour
and 15-minute session with “no
comment.”
The 12 labor -chieftains-six
each from the American Federa
tion of Labor and the Congress
>f Industnaj < >rgam/ations and
t"he . representatives of industry,
divided into thtve sections to com
pile proposals from every view-
then went into joint session.
W het her progress had been made,
n view of the President’s demand
that a report be submitted to him
not later than today, none would
say, but .t was known all were in
agreement on one thing that
there should be no strikes, lock
outs or other work stoppages In
defend industries.,for the dura
tion of the war.
Chief obstacle to an all-out
agreement, it was understood, w a«
the proposal to freeze open and
closed shop conditions * as are" for
the duration
So Easy
Tojo Warns Jap Public
of Overconfidence
NORTH HOLLYWOOD. Gal.,
Dec. 10 i INS).— In an address be
fore the closing session of the
seventy-eighth Japanese Diet.,
Premier Tojo warned his people
’odav against ovcrconfide/ice in
iheir war against the I'nited States
and Groat Rntain, arrording to a
Tokio broadeast puked up by NBC'
monitor
“Not e\rn In jest must we
amuse otir%e|\es with victory
news and not for a moment
must we think anything In con
tempt of the strength of the
enemies,” the radio quoted him,
“One hundred million Japa
nese must realize this Is not an
_ easy war to win.—
N. Y. Bombing Possible
NEW YORK. Dec. 19 (INS).—
'Token" bombing by German
planes on New York City is within
the bounds of possibility, Albert]
Kmil Davies, former chairman of
the London county council said
today.
DETROIT EVENI N G TIM E S (THOSE CHERRY 8800)
City Keeps
Lead in
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Detroit still continues to lead
fl»e country in enlistments, said
Marine Lieut. Charles Popp today
as 259 more men entrained for
camps. Of this total, 137 are in
the navy, 97 in the army and 25,
in the marines.
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Druggists Offer
First-Aid Help
An offer of Wayne County drug
gists to make their stores firstaid
stations in pvrnt of catastro
phes has been accepted, it was
announced today by Robert A.
Macßae, head of the Wayne
County Defense Council.
He also said that registration of
auxiliary firemen is disappointing.
FEIIEKAE KEPT. STOKES
los. Campau at Yemans
Gratiot at 7-Mile Rd.
Sixty-four volunteers from the
Michigan Unemployment Compen
sation Commission manned seven
booths last night, hut a total of
only 34 registrants appeared.
A meeting is scheduled for Mon
day of the head** of 4+9—govrrji
ment units in the metrojxibian
area with Mayor Edward J Jef
fries Jr. Also present will !>«•
Maj. Raymond J Kelly, Sixth
Corps Area defense director, and
Lieut. Col. Harold J. Furlong,
state director.
It is hoped that the meeting
will wije* out entirely any <x>n
fusion or overlapping among rip
sense agencies.
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Her© are gifts that will make him
"believe in Santa Claus again! . . .
down-to-earth, comfortable pa
jamas that will make him sleep
through a storm! They're cut the
way he likes them . . . full and
roomy . . . tailored without skimp
ing on materiall Fine quality
broadcloths and snug, warm cot
ton flannels, if he prefers. Middy
and notch collar coat styles. Handy
pocket for his cigarettes when
he's "taking it easy." Sizes B-C-D.
Yes, they’re grand man-type gifts
. . . and if he talks in his sleep wc
know he'll praise them!
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Michigan at Schaefer
Appeals Granted
Lavan, Levinson
LANSING Dec 19 Martin J.
Lavan, former Democratic stair
central committeeman and Hymen
Levinson, Farmington {Hibhsher
10f lay gained six months respite
from their prison terms imposed
last September by Circuit Judge
Charles H. Hayden.
A new bond was filed with the
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county clerk’s office following the
supreme court's decision to con
sider their appeal which Is being
[filed with the higher court next
month. I*l
As a result, their appeal will
not be decided until June, Prose
cuting Atty. Richard B. Foster
estimated, because of the fact the
next term of court does not start
until March.
They were sentenced to 1«
months to five years in Jackson
Prison following conviction on
charges of larcency. Their trials
grew out of a grand jury investi
gation into state affairs conducted
by Ingham Judge Leland W. Carr.
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