Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • Page 17

DETROIT FREE PRESS Tuesday, Nov. 27, 1951 17 Seeks Imcreaged Loob Parkin The Day in Michigan Temporary Relief Asked of Council Yule Shoppers Add to Drivers' Woes BY DONALD F. SCHRAM Week-End Takes Toll of 4 Hunters One Shot by Accident, 3 Others Drown One deer hunter died of gun Guard Officer Ordered Suspended; Probe Set Williams Gills Efficiency Board to Investigate Quartermaster From Our Lansing Borraa LANSING Col. Herbert F. Layle, quartermaster general of the Michigan National Guard, was suspended with pay by -Vv- k'W i Gov.

Williams until an efficiency board determines whether he should remain an officer in the Guard. f-V I f7 1 i HAPPY CUSTOMERS LINE CUT-PRICE COUNTER Green Feather does rush business at 1939 prices Williams, acting as commander-in-chief of the Michigan National Guard, ordered the suspension and inquiry after he said he had received "complaints about the quartermaster general." THE GOVERNOR said that none of the complaints reflect in any way upon Layle's "honesty or integrity." He said they concerned charges that he had delegated more authority to himself than he had a legal right to exercise. Williams stated two complaints were "refusing to let the United States Army move into the National Guard armory in Detroit and allowing an easement across State property without waiting for an attorney general's opinion." Layle in 4iis own defense said the Detroit armory deal "never got beyond the conversation stage. Michigan never received a formal request from the Army, which could be passed along to higher authority." The "easement" complaint involved construction across the Guard property in Lansing by the City. Layle said he had not granted an easement.

Restaur an tfs Price Cuts Speed Up Cash Register Escapes Prosecution in File Thefts Statutes Don't Apply in Traffic Scandal Traffic Judge John D. Watts said Monday he believed that Theater Manager Gets in Act mth Lower Ticket Charge BY CURT IIASELTEVE Free Press 8taff Writer Maybe America has been kicking itself in the teeth by constantly boosting prices. Joe Tuczak thinks so. So do Sandra Dell and Mrs. A.

J. Meteyer. Joe Adelman is the latest to be convinced. shot wounds and three duck hunt ers drowned during the week-end, The latest fatality boosted to 13 the number of persons killed by gunfire for the last 11 days. Dead were: ROBERT W.

SHAW, 44; of Jackson. JOSEPH WEISS, 3 9, of Fenton. HARRY F. EPHRIAM, 26, of Fenton. LAWRENCE UHOR, 17, of Muskegon.

Shaw had been hunting with two companions on a farm near Jackson. They heard a shot on the other side of a brush pile but ignored it until Shaw failed to re join them. THEY FOUND his body shot through the stomach. Coroner Hollis Tate ruled the death accidental. He said that the gun evidently had been discharged by a twig caught between the trigger guard.

Weiss and Ephriam drowned when their boat capsized in Lake Fenton. Uhor drowned in a similar mishap on Muskegon Lake. He was a Muskegon basketball star. A report of 2,500 deer taken across the Straits at St. Ignace indicated that the long Thanksgiving week-end had brought more hunters into the woods.

This brought the total for the season to 8,863, compared with 9,902 for a similar period last year. TO DATE, 170 bear have been brought south along with 35 coyotes, 19 bobcats, 10 fox and three wolves. Hunting conditions in the Upper Peninsula were reported good, with the Sault Ste. Marie area receiving four to five inches of snow during the week-erfd. Truck Kills Boy on Sled SOUTHFIELD TOWNSHIP Eight-year-old Terry M.

Dougherty, trying out his sled for the first time this year, was killed when he slid under the wheels of a truck. The youth was playing less than 200 feet from his home at 29240 Northwestern Highway. Driver of rh tnirk. Ernest S. Hull.

49. of Milf ord, was not held. Harry Suffrin without UF Agencies Asked to Give $1,000 Each of the 150 member agencies of the United Foundation Torch Drive has been asked to contribute $1,000 to help erase a campaign deficit of $216,233. The agencies were asked specifically to solicit the necessary funds from their board members. John S.

Bugas, campaign chairman and industrial relations director of the Ford Motor made the request at a meeting of the board members. The remainder of the deficit is expected to be made up by re-solicitation of corporations and workers in plants not havinsr a 100 per cent donation record. The groal for the drive $11,666,000. Marysville, could find no sleighbells for a Christmas parade. Syd K.

Kahn, one of the members of the Chamber of Commerce Committee sponsor ing the parade, telephoned to his brother Gary in Mikado, Mich. Within an hour, two sets of Michigan sleighbells were on their way to California. WALTER SMITH, Miner Lake, was standing under a crane loading gravel when a rock the size of a football spilled from the crane bucket and struck him a glancing blow on the head. It was a narrow escape; the rock inflicted a severe scalp cut, but Smith was able to finish his day's work after the injury was dressed. WILLIAM WITTENBERG of Lansing got no deer while hunt ing, but ran one down on the highway on his way home.

The venison was given to the Cass County Hospital. Lyle Munn of Bloomingdale got no deer on his trip north, but shot an eight-point buck within a half-mile of his home after his return. William Jasper of Bronson got a six-point buck while hunting near Mio, but a thief stole the carcass. Jasper write! that he will give the heart to the thief if he will claim it. John Martinchek of Flint broke a front and hind leg of a nine-point buck while near Newberry, lassoed the wounded deer to a stump and dispatched it with a hatchet and a knife.

A fawn buck went window-shopping and calling on the sick in Marion. The youngster walked in the back door and into the bedroom of Mrs. William England to be petted. Robert Barnett, 15, Flint, went on his first hunting trip this year with his father. He shot a bear near Wolverine.

SID L. SMITH, 2108 Pennsylvania, Detroit, got a 29-hand in cribbage, but it came too late to win the game. His opponent pegged out after his perfect hand left him four points short. CELEBRATING a 56th wedding anniversary Tuesday will be Mr. and Mrs.

Orvy Hulett of Armada. Sunday was the 59th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Rock of Caro. Golden wedding couples Sun day included Mr.

and Mrs. Floyd Upton of Burr Oak and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Groat of Vicks-burg. ADRIAN business men contributed $60 toward buying cew uniforms for the city's policemen.

The officers hope to raise the remainder of the $1,700 bill at a Policeman's Ball Dec. 8. EDDIE WINCHESTER, senior crew leader, reports that Pontiac Explorer Post 13, Boy Scouts, is completing a log cabin near Mill Lake, seven miles north of Pontiac. Material has been donated by Detroit and Pontiac suppliers, and the boys and their fathers turned out on kju ilkaclj xijl ii-ii-ifa iv aclj u. exit, logs and pour the cement.

It will be used for year-round scouting activities. OVERSEAS relief department of the Flint Council of Churches has collected more than a ton of used clothing and 900 pounds of fat since August to send to the needy in foreign lands. it Common Council will be asked to take definite steps to relieve, at least, temporarily, downtown parking problems during the Christmas shopping season. Acting Mayor Louis C. Miriani said he will ask Council Tuesday to meet with City traffic experts and discuss recommendations.

He pointed out that the loop area normally is 9,000 parking spaces short. This figure probably is doubled during the holiday sea son now under way, he added. MIRIANI SAID his office and those of other officials have been swamped with calls from irate shoppers who say they are unable to find parking spaces downtown. Although everyone admitted that the situation was out of hand, suggestions thus far have been skimpy. Traffic Director James A.

Iloye said that if he could think of any temporary measures he would not hesitate to make them permanent. One recommendation, Hoye said, would be to ask shoppers to drive only to a point where they could get public transportation down town. Another suggestion was for the City to take over outlying property temporarily for parking space Drivers then could be taken down-town on DSR shuttle buses. JOHN D. McGILLIS, director of the Municipal Parking Authority, said the loop area was unable to take care of the persons who drive to work, much less the influx of shoppers.

He said there were approxi mately 29,000 legal parking spaces in the area, including parking lots. Most of the lots are operating beyond their legal capacity, Mc- Gillis added. At the present time, the authority has six parking projects, providing about 6.000 spaces, in the long-range planning stage. Three of the projects are in the loop area. These are the proposed parking building at Monroe and Randolph for 800 cars, Civic Center facilities for 3,100 cars and the long range project under Grand Circus Park.

A condemnation suit involving the Monroe property is now before the State Supreme Court. DOUBLE TROUBLE Truck Theft Gets Oivner in Pickle Even if police recover his $5,500 truck and trailer plus its $4,000 load of auto accessories, Lee Wiggins, of 4700 Buchanan, will still not be out of trouble. The theft of the loaded truck and trailer from a lot near Eighth and W. Jefferson brought to light Wiggins' negligence in obtaining a new license. He admitted to police that he lacked a certificate of registration for the truck because he had simply switched his license plates from an old truck which he sold.

If and when the vehicle is recovered, it will be impounded until Wiggins makes things right with the Secretary of State. Official Urges Extension of Lodge Highway The Expressway Committee was urged Monday by James B. Steep, City Plan Commission member, to consider continuing the Lodge Ex pressway to Hastings with a tunnel under Jefferson. Steep said the city has had poor traffic planning for 25 years and should carefully avoid any multi million-dollar errors in its expressway program. Engineers previously had planned to terminate the Lodge Expressway with a series of ramps before reached Jefferson.

WA1H H19H Tinpraturt Arrows COL. HERBERT F. LAYLE Suspended by Williams Little Girl, Saved from Fire, Dies BAY CITY (JF) He mother pulled two -year -old Grace Kotewa to safety when fire ripped through their one-room home Saturday. But the little girl died Monday in Mercy Hospital. Grace's sister, Florence, 10 months old, is in fair condition at the same hospital with burns on the hands and legs.

The girls' mother, Mrs. Floyd Kotewa, found the house in flames when she returned from a grocery store. She made a desperate effort to save both children. Blood Wanted The Red Cross Mobile Blood Collection unit will be at Bentley High School, Livonia, from 3-9 p. m.

next Monday. The quota is 150 pints. Monograms bnirts charge ffi TiiLinriPiiini DETROIT'S LARGEST to the prompt investigation into the theft of two record files from Traffic Court has ruled out the possibility of wholesale thefts. He said he would withhold final judgment until a check of records has been completed. Thus far, investigation of 350 of the 2,000 revoked drivers' licenses on record has not revealed any further irregularities.

Both known cases concerned licenses which were stolen and returned to their owners. MEANWHILE, Louis (Big Louie) Szczepanik, politically influential bar owner accused of engineering the thefts, escaped possible prosecution on a charge of mutilation of public records. Prosecutor Gerald K. O'Brien refused to issue a warrant on the grounds that the violation is not covered by any statute on the books. He said Traffic Court is exempt from the statute which covers only the treasurer's office, the Probate Court, County clerk and register of deeds.

JUDGE WATTS agreed that O'Brien was right, but he said he would press contempt citations against Szczepanik. The contempt case was ad journed until next Monday at 2 p. m. when Szczepanik appeared Monday before Circuit Judge Frank Fitzgerald. Personal bond of $1,000 was continued.

Szczepanik is accused of arranging for the return of the two licenses for prices of $25 and $35. The investigation into who actually lifted the "files was continuing. Detective Lt. Hugh Burke ques tioned the seven policemen of the Traffic Court detail. All seven admitted they knew Szczepanik as a hanger-on at the court They said, however, that any of the 132 court employes might have had access to the files.

DSR Coach Catches Fire in Garage A DSR coach burst Into flames in the Highland Park Terminal late Monday. Workmen defied heavy smoke and the danger of a gasoline- pump explosion to drive other coaches out of the garage. A sprinkler system prevented the fire from spreading. Cause of the blaze was not immediately determined. Firemen placed the damage at approxi mately confined to the one coach.

N- BUREAU MA? North winds will bring colder weather to the Detroit area, forecasters predicted. They expect partly cloudy skies and temperatures of 20 to 80 degrees. Fresh northwest winds will become moder-a northerly Tuesday, the Figures Shew Avcrsg tor ArM "THE CITY wanted to cross the State property and I told municipal officials that it would take an act of the Legislature to 'permit that," Layle said. "However, I did not order out the troops to prevent the construction. That is a long' way from granting an easement." Layle said the official legal opinion subsequently bore out his theory and the Legislature had to pass a special act to make the municipal construction legal.

Williams amplified the charges say that he had received other complaints about the way that Col. Layle had handled Guard affairs. MSC Freshman Wins 4-H Crown EAST LANSING Miss Maxine Harris, 18, Michigan State College freshman, was named in Chicago Tuesday as national 4-H Club gardening champion and awarded a $300 scholarship. Miss Harris has won many State and sectional honors in gardening and vegetable judging. Don in our own workrooms, Harry Suffrin monogram-ming makes fin shirts finer and your gift more personal.

No charge for this service. Phone Horry Suffrin Newt WOedward 3-0714 CLOTHIER Ever since Tuczak whacked the prices down to 1939 levels at his Green Feather Restaurant at 6326 Michigan the place has swarmed with customers. The cash register is working overtime. Tuczak keeps running to the bank to put in money. "GOING BACK to present-day prices?" he scoffed.

"Not the way things are going here I'm not." Neither is Mrs. Dell who chopped prices at her Sandra's Sandwich Shop at 33336 Grand River, Farmington. "It's wonderful," she said. "I have people eating with me now who haven't been in the place for months. Girls who work around here were bringing their own lunches.

Now they're eating with me. "Am I making any money? It's too soon to tell for sure but the way people are flocking in I don't see how I can lose." SEVERAL OF Mrs. Dell's competitors have made price cuts. They haven't been as drastic as hers and they haven't attracted as many customers. Mrs.

Dell is enthusiastic. "Even if I weren't making any more money," she said, "it would be worth it just to have so many of my old friends back." Meanwhile, another restaurant joined the rollback parade Monday. Mrs. A. J.

Meteyer, owner of the American Restaurant, 8811 Mack, said she is cutting prices to the 1939 level. JOE ADELMAN is in the first flush of enthusiasm over price cuts. Sunday was the first day for reduced admission prices at the Hollywood Theater, 4809 W. Fort. The old 70-cent rate was scrapped for a new rate of 60 cents for one adult admission and $1 for two adult admissions.

Kids have been admitted free for some time if accompanied by parents. "We had a line-up at the boxoffice from 1 p. m. to past 3:30 p. Adelman reported.

"It was just like a Broadway Theater. We had a good picture but we've had them before without doing this kind of business. "We just have to be realistic. Times are tough. The old paycheck isn't covering like it used to.

The entertainment dollar has to compete with food, shelter and clothing." Adelman doesn't have any desire to-speak for his competition but he wouldn't be surprised a bit if some other theaters followed suit. Falls Dead on Job John Krzywonis, 67, of 1711 Vinewood, fell dead while working on the assembly line at the Lincoln Mercury division of the Ford Motor Co. Death was attributed to a heart attack. U.S. Temperatures Official Government Fleore VH Hour Kndrrt st 8 P.

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