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MAKE PLEA FOR CASH TO HELI> CHINA_1,VICTIMS, American Red Cross -Invites Wilmette. and Kenilworth Residents toi.Coopeeate, Through. the American Red Cross the people of. the United States are being given an opportunity to make a good-will offerinig to aid the mIllions of Chinese men, women and children who have been left destitute, homeless, and starving 'by recent hostilities in-that-unbappy country.* James B. Forgan, chairman, of, the Chicago. chapter, bas. requested al general and roll cal chairmen in the Chicago chapter jurisdiction to sounid an appeal for funds. It is emphasized that clothing, foodi and supplies can- îlot be acceptecl. because of'. thé diffi- culties of transportation. The need is for cash. that it nlay quickly pro- vide. relief, through. the purchase of S upplieS., Checks made payable to the Chi na Relief Fund may be: sent to Robert, W. Tansill, general chairman for Wilmette, 1601 Tenth street, or Sid- ney C. Worden, roll caîl chairman, 1001 Linden avenue. Kenilworth villagers may send checks to Mrs. A. R. Fleischmann, 220 Essex roaci, general chairmnan. "Believe It or Not" Rebate on Assessments -Believe it or ixot," rebates 'on s,cial assessmenits. for, public mi- Irovements are somnetimes paid to, affected property owneirs. Evidence: At its meeting Tuesday night the ýVillage board passed two ordinances, providing for that, very' thing. The first applies to special assess- ment warrant' No. 150, spread to fi-, nance the grading, curbing and pav- mug of Seventeenth street, from Wil- ot particuar >înterest 'and al~aue LU newcomers in the community. Other instailments appeared in, successive issues of WILîoerrZ LIM.I AN EDITORIAL On October 29, 1937, the Wilmette Civic league held an open Town Meeting for the discussion, of the zoning problems with whicb the: village is now confront.ed. Spokesmen for the Wil-. mette- Zoning commission' assuredthose pî'esent at that meeting that revision of the zoning ordinance wa's under consideration, the purpose being to-correct 'the evils of hd other speakers complained. A' month-two months-passed: ithout ariy announ cement l)y the commiss ion of, what action it;contemiplated taking. In, its issue of January 6, 1938, \VILMETTE LIFE preSellte(l as. a suggestion upon which definite action might be based, a Plan for. rezoning certain *areas, adjacentto, the central business1 section, but applicable to areas adjacent to* other commercial. districts. A, present-use map o f the problem areas was suggested -as a, first step toward sound conclusion , 1anç it Nwas- added: "In this prep- aratio'n the Zoningco mmission can secure a great deal of valuable data from the Evanston-North Shore Real Estate board and the Chicago Regional Planning -association.>. Both, of, thee' organiza- tioris wQuld. undoubtedly be glad to serve in an advisory capacity without compensation, thus affording the Zoning commission and the Village board the advantages of expert real estate knowl,- edge and trained planning thoughit." Another mnonth hias passed'anhd only silenice,.emanates, frorm the Zoning commission. No announcement, of progress,,bas been made. No public hearings have- been called., If any action bas. been taken toward the solution of problems that cry aloud for correction, the public has been neither adyised nor consulted. The spring resumnption of building activities is alniost at hand. It is imperative that present zonrng restrictions he liberal- ized. I)ela'y or deliherat.e inaction can no longer be l)rooke(l. The tinie lias cone for ACTION. Quick Police Work Averts Accidents Excellent s.ervice, renidered by mem- bers of the- Wilmette ýpolice depart- ment eatly Saturday evening is be-.. in g highly praised- by villagers re- sididg in the .*neigborhood of Lak.e aveniue and Hlibbard road. The falling rain, freezing rapidly, had created a danRerous situation at Mr. Waters' body and ne was torceu to accompany the holdup men to the alley between Central and Greenleaf avenues, where he was robbed of $4 in one-dollar bills. The men. then ran north in Tenth street and dis- appeared. Mr. Waters reported the holdup, to >the1 police departmen .t. E2REZJ Mr. jarchow, who is identified with large business interests, being comp- troller of the International Harvester company, is also keenly interested in Wilmette local afairs. Since Aprîl, 1937, he bas been.,a member of the Vil- lage B oard of Trustees, and. is active in other alTairs of ýthe village. LOCAL, BACKS OJECT Puts Wilnfiýette Development on "Merit" List at Meeting in Washington Endorsement of tentative and pre- iminaryplans to enlarge and develop Wilmette harbor was votedrecently at the annual session' of the National Rivers and Harbors congress, Meet- ing in Washington. Major, RufusW. ýPutnam, consuit-. ing marine, engineer and director of the Chicago Regional Port commis- sion, presented the plans. as, developed by the Illinois Planining commi 1ssion and the North Shore Harbor associa- tion to.the projects committee of 'the congress. The Wilmette project was placed in the "meritorious" instead of the "turgent" class because war depart- ment officiais, who have supervision of the inland waterways of the United States, have not yet finished their studyof the problem. Seek State Aid, It bas been sugges ted that the stateof Illinois' aid in the develop'- mient of the.harbor by dredging itto a 1'2-foot depth. Plans caîl for its subsequent enlargement of thé har- bor with federal funds. That some kind of immediate ac- tion is needed- was emphasized once more this week. Drifting sand for the past several years bas seeped into the mouth of the harbor., originally dug as an initake basin for thé' north shorechne of the Chicago sani- tary *distrîi, and throughte ooe breakwaters which çeuard it to the north'and, east. Harbor Nearly Filled At present the harbor is nearly filed, and eveni the shallow smnall craft which use it as a hiome port or as a haven of refuge have difficulty with the sand bars. The United States Coast Guard sta- -The period from January 1, when the old licenses expired, and Feb- ruary 1, was simply a courtesy extended in order to avoid iznpos- ing hardship upon villagers. Now, it is asserted, the licenses for 1938 must be taken Ôut.