.,\ ~;. \ All The 'News ~~l~~ Of All , , ._~"t. The Pointes ,. ~very Thursday Morning VOLUME. I5-NO~ 15 Fully Paid Circulation \ U~ADL~ES 01 I,'J. ~ .Board.of Education Ask $30,000 WEEK -. ,_., .: I. " • # For Budget As C;ompiled by Ih. OffIcIally.Approves Requirements Gross. Point. News • Tliursday, April 8 Total' of $93,500 Needed to SABURO KURUSU, who was .Election Resolution .' Maintain and Operate . negotiating peace with the United Center Next Year States when Japan dropped her bombs on Pearl Harbor on De- ~. I PI F N F S' I AI 'The Grosse Pointe War cember. 7, 1951, is dead at the Organizationa ans. ~r ewer r y choo so Memorial AssociatiDn's annual age of 69. He had long. been re- Adopted; Over-crowded Condition at Pierce campaign for funds to. main .. ga~ded. as pro-Western, and all along insisted he had no advanced Ju..n.ior. High Brings. Action tain and operate the Center in knowledge of the imperials staff's ------ Lake Shore road begins today, intention to strike at Pearl Hat;- At its regular monthly meeting on April 7 the Board df April 15. It will 'continue until bor. Education officially adopted a resolutiDn setting fort~ the pro- Memorial Day. Residents are He was never brought to trial' , posals which will be submitted to ,the voters. at the Animal being asked to contribute .s a war criminal, ,but was 'ba.l- School Ele'ction on June 14. The resolution was formally $30,000, . ned from holding public office adopte'd following a series of regular and special board meet- The' amount established as the by the Allied occupation, ings in which many c~tizen delegations strongly urged the goal of this year's drive is $5,O~ • • • Board to take immediate steps to alleviate se\\eral serious more than the $25,000sought last Friday, Aprll 9 h 1 bl '" I year. However, the budget lor MILITARY SECRECY blacked sc 0,0 pro ems. the Centel' has risen from $67,200 The l'esolutionp:-ovides for sub- 0 this ycar to $93,500lor the com- out the amount of help the United mitting three proposals to the N. M ing year. States is giving to French de- eU)" ay r vote of the qunlified eleelol's of fenders in Indochina. At' any rate, D . W d it was disclosed that American the school district. ,rops 00' S Program Expanded C-47 transports have arrived to I Ask for $1,225,000 . The big increase in the budget . strengthen the French -airlift to The first proposal on'the ballot C -tt is accounted lor"by' the greatly • will request permission to borrow 'Onlml ees increased program .of activities the besieged fortress of Dien Bien $1,225,000for the purpose of con- which the Center offers. Many of Phu, where another battle ap- , . structirig and equipping a new .....:..-- the activities pay for themselves pears to be shaping up. The Junior and Youth Choirs of the Grosse PointeCongrcgational Church have been rehearsing for the special' elementary school buUding onthe Veterans and Off-Street and numerous others actually Mea n w h i 1e, French, planes service which will be held in the church, Chalfonte at Lothrop, at 11 a.m. on' Good Friday. The service, frirchildre;n Torrey Woods Site and for .the P k' G O' d d . make money for the association, dropped tons of ammunition, food pur p 0 s e .of constructing and ar I"g roups. Iscar e Estimatcd budget figures for the, and medical sup~lies to Col. and y~uth,with adults also welcome, will be based on Holy'W~ek ascele~rated:in .Jerusalem by the 'Greek Orthodox Church. The service includes the preparation for Good Friday, Good Friday' and the sequel to Good Friday, equipping additions to the present By Mc~ni9ht; Not Needed coming year include operating Christian de Castries' battered Poupard and Kerby elementary - . costs as.follows: house salaries, garrison. schools. Woods City Administrator maintenance and operlltlon, $35;- 520: building repairs and im- · · · C-t' R' t T Ch ches' to' '0 . oInt'- CD P'r'ogram The sec0!1d. "proposal on the Ray MacArtilur,'. in his capac- improvements, $6,000; gardens Saturday, April 10 I Y epor s en 1If .. H.".ldJ .. ballot will seek authority for the ity asci.ly clerk, administered and grounds, $6,200',program ex-' .. '. Board to increase the school bond BRITISH AIR EXPERTS are the oath .'of office to the penses, food, program activitieS, p " Se - - W d Th t T' d D . millage of the district by eight- W d' d h . advertising and promotion, $33,- detimnincd t~ get to the bottom- rogress ..'on fVlces In 00 S ea er ur.n.e. own tenths (.0) of one mUl in order 00 s. new mayor an t re.e noo., administrative expenses and of the cause of the crashes. of -. .' . - Ob . B Sh' to pay for the sum borrowed I M d A 1 jet Comet airliners" which to CIVIL 'F. y under the. provisio~ of the first counci men Dn on ay,' prl .0fIice salaries, $12,000. , date have claimed the lives of 99 ' Defense In .Good rl-day.: ser.va'nee ores propeisal. This would amount to 12. Anticipated receipts include: persons. The ,South African Air- . , , eighty (OOc) cents. a year, for Following the administration of from program activities, $19,000; ways Comet, reported missing Architects Su..vey,'Buildingsi Or~ John R, Mulder to be Speakeri Choirof!OO Voices Woods Voles to Go Along twenty (20) .yearn, on each one oaths, the council settled down to from services supplied, $28,200i last Thursday, had plunged into To be Heard', S,.p'e,c.,i.t,I.Se.,r."",i.c'~".,A,.I,s.o",;. W't'h'Oth' ,Th" P' t., thousand ($1,000).dollars of. as- the business of trying to elect a dividends and interest. from in- the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 21 .Susines~men. AcceptAp- I er'l ree, om es ': 'sessed valuation as equalized, . mayor pro tem. Two candidates vestmentS. $9,500: spedal. main- persont'. three of them Ameri- po;ntments.a'sWa~~ens ;~i' Plannea,f.o(Chil.cJren.".... And Harpe'r )Vo.C)ds' Want Additional'Levy . for the position, Councilmen Rex tenancecontribuUons, $6,~00; , . db •. " "~--' - -',',. ,'..:--;, . ,. 'Gr~sse Pointe, Harper ,Woods,St, C'lai~~Shores and East The third proposal to be voted Johnston and' Harry Pratt, re';' l\lust Glvee$30,OOO bO~::~~d ::;:r::n !i~~~~~~~w;~~ The City of Grosse Pointe is Side-Detroit. worshipers will. have' an, oj;portunity to' attend The Shores'council on Mon- on will requ'est the.votersto ap- ceived tie',votes;'and the COuncil The balance of $30,000to ,meet believed to have found others. going all out, with', plans for a Detroit Council of'Churches-sponsored'community serv,ice day, April12~- decided against prove an, additional levy of two decided to postpone this election budletrequl~ements must come London papers played lip t:\e set1'mg up pro tec f'Ive me asur es tomorrow, April ;16, at the Woods Theater from 1.to 2:30 p.m. joining the. Grosse" P ointe- presentmills forlevyoperatingof threepurposes.extra millsThe Elsie'until theFriedrich,return ofwhoCouncilwomanwas ab:lent drive.from the family ,participation • possibility of sabotage_ for its citizens in conjunction Tenn'eighbDring protestant"churches with their ministers Harper Woods ,Civil Defense for. operation expires in' 1955; from that evening's meeting. Last year there were 2,027 in- • * • with the Civil Defense. pro- and assisting 'laymen will combine forces to share in, the program, until more cqncrE1te This proposal will request the Johnston ~turned " dividual gifts made during' the Sunday, April 11 gram for the Grosse Pointe- traditional commemoration of Good Friday. voters to cancel the present three • "'lHE UNITED NATIONS secre- Harper Woods area, and at the Visiting preacher for theocca-oe----.-,--------.... plans hav.e been formulated.,.. ml'lls of operatiltll and to approve t Councilmand th WJohns"d ton was re-t ~27620camptllgn, representing Ii ~otal oC tariat was called a spy refuge rate this is being donc,'rnay slon' is the president of Western event, a Children's Candlelight espeCially along fIn an cIa I a total of five extra mUls for a urne as e. 00 s represen a- .,. , ' by the Senate Internal Security w~l1 be the first Pointe Com ,Theological Seminary at Holland, Se...'ice will alBo be in session r period of five years. tive on th~ Wayne County Board More than .61,000persons used' subcommittee. The subcommittee munity to complete this task: Michigan, Dr, John ~. Mulder. fr;~ 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Grosse mes,.. The Board and various' citizen of Supervisors. the Cent~: this past lle85~n.l0Tohoi~ termed it as a "cover shop" for He wHltake as his theme: "For Pointe Woods P r Ii s by t e ria n Acting on the'recommendation groups have studied this problem Appointment of councilmen to represen ... an increase OL , spy operations, In its second re- GrClssePointe City Clerk Nor- Th' H Did Ch i t C " . of Trustee -Robert Weber, who and believe that the two a,ddi- various committees was also post- more than during the previous port' on American citizens em- bert Neff disclosed on Monday,. IS' 100ourVoice Choirr some.,to Sing underChurch,theMack',directionand.'1'orreyof Mrs. .road,J. W. spoke for the committeet d th ,set up' (C tin d Page. 2) . paned by Mayor McKnight,'~until season, Ployed by the UN, the subcom- April 12, that several clvic-mmd- h i i last month to s u y.