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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27

cFucitics Dciofe the agent Chn
arrive.
1t is an equally well known fact
that the agents OF the society are
often Influenced In the perform
ance OF their duties by being put
on salary as extras.
The established rate for such
agents In such cases is from ten
TO twenty-five dollars a day.
In some pictures the fact has
been revealed that films are often
made in the presence of humane
agents to satisfy the strict British
law against cruelty TO animals.
Then with the export version
finished, the humane officers paid
by the studios are dismissed and
SCENES OF CRUELTY TO
HORSES INSERTED IN THE
PRODUCTION FOR u NIT f ID
STATES EXHIBITION.
no NOT these sadistic directors
- pay a fine compliment to our
own American people to assume
that we desire and enjoy scenes
OF cruelty to animals that foreign
peoples do not enjoy and will not
tolerate:
The immediate way to teach
such venal directors and producers
differently is for the public to vent
its wrath not only on the partic-
ular pictures which exploit cruelty
but on ALL the pictures of any
company which habitually prac-
tees cruelty to animals In its
films.
This method has proven effective
in other instances, and nothing but
the provenly effective measures
will get under the thick hides of
directors and producers who COM
mercialize cruelty.
1t was the habit of producers at
one time to make the villains In
melodramatic pictures Mexicans.
The Mexican people wearied OF
this procedure and put an en-
barge on ALL the pictures of any
company If the company habitually
made villains of MeXicans.
1t is surprising how many Mex
leans are now HEROES in the
films.
You, gentle reader. may not
have known the reason for this
sudden transformation.
The reason is the drastic method
which Mexico employed TO reform
the screen and which Americans
might well adopt.
HOWeNer, when all i said and
done, the main avenue of relief
is the LAW and the proper EN-
FORCEMENT of the law.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
RURAL MAJORITY

City officials are fully aware
that the Michigan Legislature is
overweighted with rural members
In direct violation of the reappor-
tionnent section of the state con-
stitution and that the outstate
interests are firmly entrenched.
With the cards thus stacked
against Detroit to start with, the
city will consider the. job well
done if the Detroit lobbyists get
only few crumbs when the pie is
being passed around.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
NO WITNESSES CALLED

The issue was forced when the
city, defending the suit, and attor
neys for Smith and Lipman botf
rested their case without calling
a witness, leaving the charge UNI
answered and bringing from Judge
Keidan the comment that he wa:
in no position to decide the cast
las it now stands"
THE charge has been made
that money was paid to secure
this contract, both by a witness
for the plaintiff and a reputable
attorney, and II stands on the
record unchallenged," said Judge
Keidan.
This Is a serious charge, and
while 1t is important to get the
project completed 1t is also
important this issue be cleared.
I'VE don't want a monument
costing $4,000, 900 to which peo-
pie can point as evidence Of
how contracts were awarded.
mo honest man needs to be
afraid of this court. II there is
nothing to the charge II would
seem certain people would he
willing to come in and tell their
side. can't see how the court
can ignore It,"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
ASCAP, Chains
Face i. ). Suit

Continued from Page One)
act fees not permitted by the
copyright laws.
S-Ule0aI nrice fixing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
LARGE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS

The mayor and Krause are
aware that the professional lobby.
lists for utility companies AND
private corporations have large
expense accounts at their disposal
for entertainment, which they
know have sometimes proved very
effective in getting the ear of a
lawmaker.
AS the upshot of the conference
two things were decided upon:
Assistant Corporation Coun-
L sci Vance q. Ingalls, was
named the city's No. full time
lobbyist and he will assume his
post next week in Lansing.
O-For the first time Detroit's
a lobbyist will have an office,
a filing cabinet and an office
assistant. In addition he will
have q modest expense account
which will be privately audited
by Krause and will go to the
controllers office In an unitem-
lied lump sum.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27
Detroit Plans PRO Lobby
To Win Legislature FavOrS
Jeffries Aroused
Over Failures
of Past
BY JAMES II. INGLIs

Aroused over the refusal Of past
Michigan Legislatures 10 pass
favors for Detroit, the city admin
istration today mapped a 1871
legislative program and set up
plans for an effective lobbying or
ganiZation.
The citys efforts in past years
10 secure Detroit-sponsored laws
al Lansing were discussed yeSter'
day between Mayor Edward J.
Jeffries and Corporation Counsel
Paul T. krause.
Perhaps IT should not be men
toned above a whisper, but the
delicate question of equipping De-
troit's official representatives with
an expense account crept into the
discussion.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-27

Continued from Page One)
nearly as popular as Roy II 1t
could only sing as wonderfully as
Roy does.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
BUICK

Covering the price range from I'M
der 81 900 to the de luxe field. Buick
presents five new lines in its l941
series of restyled cars with aerody-
manic bodies and with compound
carburetion as optional equipment.
1t is difficult to grasp Bucks wide
range of cars in digest, but, briefly,
there are % body types, not includ-
ing the new series 80 Limited custom
jobs. The 40 special has a wheel
base of 121 inches; the series so
Super, series so Century, series 70
Roadmaster and series 80 Limited
having wheelbases of 121. 126
and 139 inches. respectively. Power
plants rate lis, 125 and l65 horse
power, although there are only two
different engine models, both valve
in-head straight Fights. With single
dual carburetion, the smaller Buick
engine delivers lis horsepower as
against l07 last year, but with COM
pound carburetion, which is optional
at Slight extra cost on the series 40
and standard on the series 50. out
put is boosted to 125 horsepower,
with compression ratio of 7 to /.
The larger engine which powers
the other. three lines of 1941 Bucks
has compound carburetion as stand
ard equipment. 1t develops l65
horsepower and is said to give as
good mileage at so miles per hour
as last years 107-horsepower en-
gines did at the same speed.
Compound carburetion is the re-
suit of using two dual carburetors.
One of the dual carburetors is in
(See RUSSELL, Page G-100 =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Refiner ExceIs
Even Greatest
Of Mogicions
Company Gets
$50 Products
From Crude Oil

Not even King Arthur's Merlin
reputedly greatest of magicians
could excel a modern petroleum re-
finer in the art of transformation
The magician always had to put
into the hat whatever eventually he
removed from it to mystify his audi
ence. The reflner merely pours in
crude oil and. from his towers. stills
and pipes, extracts a variety OF USE
full products utterly different in ap-
pearance from the original mate
rial.
There is the case of a company
which operates four petroleum re-
fineries. Into each flows crude oil
from the company's wells, and crude
oil it buys from wells drilled and
operated by others. Out come ap-
proximately $50 different products.
These useful products include &c
types of gasolines, 30 different SOL
vents. five grades of Diesel oil, Is
grades of fuel oil, IS types of OK
idized asphalts. IS industrial oils
40 types of highway asphalts, 80
greases, Is home and automotive
specialties. and 135 different lubri-
eating oils.
Interesting also is the fact that
while Merlin alone could perform
his magic tricks, duplication of eff
fort is common among petroleum
refners. Any one Of a number Of
companies could make the same re-
port, production of commodities on
such a wide basis being routine op-
Grafton in the refining branch OF
the industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20

Safety y All NI4ttAo "444NAL iAAhht ~
possible TO drive at so miles an
hour with the punctured or blown
out tire running as safely as 1t
would inflated TO 10 pounds.
They said we'd never have auto
matte windows, yet this innovation
is offered on two of the de luxe cars.
Unexpected is introduction Of new
low priced car and the passing Of a
medium priced eight. Three cars
now feature coil springs for all four
wheels. Unusual is an ignition sys-
tenn which reverses its flow of cur
rent during starting, prolonglng
breaker-p point life. Then compound
carburetion. "spitfre" jets. SYM
phonic styling!
Yes, the changes have been many
and varied, as examination Of the
specifications printed herewith will
reveal. All but one of the cars list
ed are in the show. The speciflca-
tons of that one-the WHY'S Ameri-
car-are included here for the sake
of comprehensiveness But here are
the cars. arranged in the usual al
phabetical order:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
AMERICAN

Designed by Delmar G.. Roos and
fathered by Willys-Overland. the
American enters the 1871 picture as
the lowest-priced full-size Amer
lean automobile. Styled with one.
piece hood. wide chrome bar grille,
a turret all-steel top and a tor
pedO rear. the new car still holds
to weight of economical limits con-
sistent with safety and good riding
and keeps to an overall length Of
181 inches for convenience in ham
ding 1t embodies most of the me-
chanical specifications offered in
the more expensive cars for lo4l,
including hypoid rear-end. a full
synchromesh transmission with he'll
ical gears, a new cam and lever
steering-gea and the gear-shift
control mounted on the steering
column.
American is offered in three mod
elsa four door sedan, a coupe and
a station wagon. Because the en-
CINE has a displacement of only
1912 cubic inches and the sedan
a shipping weight of 2,370 pounds.
factory tests indicate that most
owners would average better than
80 miles per gallon. The engine is
an L-head four which develops So
horsepower at $500 revolutions per
minute. There is a special alum
mum head available for the engine
which boosts output to IS horse
power.
Starting with a Xxx" frame the
car is new throughout, yet holds to
the principles advocated by the
WHY'S organization. Generous use
of rubber throughout the car damps
out vibration. The new canda
cloth is used for upholstery, and
windshield wipers have a powerful
motor to keep them going regard
less of throttle opening. Unusual
is the use of hydraulic vibration alb
sorbers in the clutch driving plate.
The muffler also is of new design
and suspended in a way to elm
mate exhaust vibration. Amer
icars hydraulic brakes have the
highest braking area per pound of
car weight.
Six standard color options are Of
fered, and at slight extra cost three
two-tone finishes will be available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Rebushing Often Cause
Of Brake Trouble

1t is bit discouraging to invest
in new brake drums for the front
wheels and then find that the car
continues to pull to the left when
stopping. The condition is usually
due to failure to get at the real
cause of the trouble.
The first thing to do when diff
Guilty is experienced in getting
equalized braking is to check for
front-end looseness. King pins,
spring clips and shackles must be
tight in order to prevent those
variations in brake control which
throw the car off its course in stop
ping. The prescription for brake
trouble for a great many cars that
have seen hard service Is to rebush
the front end.
After that. the job Of adjusting
the brakes is simplined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Oil DriHers Say
Opera Music
Has Its Charms
Listen to Radio
And Find Job
Becomes Easier
Becomes E0sIeF

Music-and opera music at that
has charms to soothe a troublesome
oil well. according to four Oklahoma
oil well drillers.
Four poor boys trying to find
some oil" to meet the ever-increas-
ing demands of the automotive world
while working on a we'll about
so miles from Tulsa, discovered that
a two-hour recess spent listening to
a Saturday afternoon broadcast of
New York's Metropolitan Opera
seemed to have the remarkable effect
of solving host of drilling problems
that were troubling them. In CRATE
full recognition of the inspiration
provided by Lily Pons' singing of
Lucia di Lammermoor, they wrote
the opera management, contributing
Is cents each to its campaign to
raise money.
II am a man that drills holes in
the earth in search of oil" the letter
began AT this time am drilling
a hole about so miles from Tulsa.
We have been having much trouble
drilling this hole. We were working
at it today about half mad the way
things were going. but We got a
radio at the drilling rig and one
of the boys turned it on and we
heard woman singing. which was
something we know little about, but
we got interested and took in the
show and wondered at such beauti-
full music.
well, the show finished and we
went to work and, believe it or not,
we completed our job in about two
hours. We are poor boys trying to
find some oil. Getting along o. K.
and think the show is worth some
thing, so we are sending you Is
cents EACH"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20

armament.
Even in the automobile business,
distinguished for its mass produc-
ton efficiency and chronological
progress, the new cars represent big
steps forward in manufacturing
methods. In addition, they combine
the materials as we'll as the research
and scientific skills of a score of
essential industries.
Certainly the new motorcars are
tangible and reassuring evidence of
the ability of the industry to provide
the necessary equipment for our
highway transportation system, at
the same time carrying forward a
large share of the defense program
But there is another reason, not
quite so well understood but equally
challenging. 1t revolves around the
fact that this is the year that mo-
bility suddenly became vital to the
Nation. Under the stress of events
the ability to move people and goods
rapidly from one point to another
especially soldiers and materiel-
has emerged as tremendous la
tional asset.
Transportation Revolution.
This calls logically for new ap-
praisals of our transportation ia
cilities. 1t means that as a nation
we are beginning to realize the full
extent of the revolution which has
taken place in American transporta-
ton during the last quarter of a
century.
It is no exaggeration to call it a
revolution. Full measure of its eco
nomic and social impact will not be
made until long after the word mo-
bility has disappeared from our
newspapers and magazines. Only %
years ago there were fewer than one
million cars and trucks in the coun-
try. Today there are more than
30 times as many. In 1915 roads
were generally unadapted to winter
travel, limited to narrow local uses.
Today 81 100000 motor vehicles OPP
crate the year FOUND on more than
100000 miles of highways.
And while the highways admit
tedly are still inadequate to the de-
mands of traffic, they comprise
nevertheless a network of commune
cation which could not have existed
even in the widest dreams one gen.
Grafton ago when the word trans
portation meant q steamboat or a
railroad train.
To-day both the boats and the rail-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Simple Way to Prevent
CIoooinq of Gas Line

An important point for motor
ist to watch when he thinks there
may be dirt in the gas line is to
have the line blown both ways.
For example, one car owner blew
the fuel line toward the tank and
found no evidence of clogging. This
simple operation, however, resulted
in the engine running all right for
a short time.
After a long and patient search
it was discovered that particle of
dirt dislodged each time the gas
line was blown out toward the tank
would start moving back into the
line to a point where 1t could clog
1t when fuel was sucked forward
again toward the pump;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20

roads continue to perform useful
services, but alongside of them has
sprung up system of personal
transportation unparalleled in
world history. Last year 10 times
more passenger mileage was carried
on highways than IN all other forms
of travel combined.
Distance Barriers Destroyed.
In 1915 automobiles were still
called pleasure" cars and their use
was severely restricted. But the in
dustry was on its way and the auto
mobile was rapidly becoming a major
factor in the strengthening of de-
mocracy in the land Barriers OF
distance were destroyed. Social and
economic horizons were enlarged for
families in cities and families on
farms.
Today the term pleasure car" is
obsolete and public surveys show
that the annual road travel of 287
billion vehicle miles is preponder-
antly for necessity purposes. There
is growing realization that this
flexible and efficient transport sys-
tenn, profoundly identified with new
social and economic conditions, has
a meaning for national defense
which goes far beyond the concept
of mobility.
The evidence developed from road
use surveys shows that after sub
traction of commercial vehicle move
ment, more than one-half Of the
normal driving done in personal
automobiles is for purposes which
can be classified as business OBJ
jectives.
AS this necessity usage developed,
the country's economy rearranged
itself around the principle and prac-
tice of highway travel. New indus
trial plant locations today are af-
fected more by availability of park
ing space for workmen's cars than
by proximity to densely populated
areas.
The trend in location of retail
trade establishments throughout the
country has been along the same
lines, while the selection Of lew
housing areas in growing commu-
mites almost without exception has
been dictated by highway acsessi-
bility.
Recent studies of traffic movement
In several large cities indicate that
(see HOFFMAN, Page CAD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Is Different Makes
Are Represented in
21st Annual Exhibit
Riverside Stadium Decorated
To Garry Out Theme Of
Salute to Pun-Americu

morning and continuing until the same
residents of the District and
hand industry has to offer for the new
increasing automobile
continued their forward hIarch
he
displayed
designed the Washington Auomove
Americas That
Capitals 2 annual Automobile Show and the stadium
decorated calculated to emphasize It,
building huge in the Canadian Rocky
other equally large South American view Along
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
New Appeal Marks
Desiqns of Vehicles;
Many Changes Made
Bodies Longer and F|otter;
Tenders Are Rejuvenoted;
Trunsmissions Improved
Pictures Of all 1871 Automobiles in Rofoeraune Secfo"J
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL.

that OF all
changes made the decade the s4l models
Innovations But that view reckoned
manufacturers and their designers and
Washngon 2lst annual automobile sho" WILL
the 194 creations fairly brsle with new appeal
fatter Tenders
their Runnlngooafos
arec mccall a the bottom OF the doors
be transmission?
cars combined with automatic
forward positions OF the
shift lever with have
KickdoWn overdve
there safety? Sensational the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Helps Sunday Motorists

For the seventh consecutive year,
Wisconsin's Motor Vehicle Depart
ment ruled big trucks OF the States
main highways over holidays and
week ends during the summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-20
Auto Show, in Many Respects,
Is Exposition of Defense
Ability to Move People and Goods Rapidly
Becomes Suddenly Vital in Year Of Peril
BY PAUL G. HOFFMAN,

Manufacturers ASSOCIATION
While machine apanes being exhibited at the
Automobile Show this the greatest exposition
of national defense that could be assembled.
One is that the l94l display the genius and the
industry which already has given
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09
POINTS FOR PARENTS

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
Children ,Uho are unable to get
attention in any other ,0dy may
willingly endure punishment in
order to satisfy this desire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-09

EVENING STAR FEATURES TODAY
Flashes: with Bill WNIAL 445
Star Sports: Late sports by Ray Michael WMAL 500
THE EVENINGS HIGH LIGHTS
Christian Stops Folly with Jean
Hersho inducing rich old bachelor adven-
the criminal activities of a crooked sheriff
SOOPM-WJSV Big Town Edward G. Robinson and Ona Mum
continue their crusade against crime.
o brightest
pm-WJSV, Theaer Fred Allen and supple
mened by Jerry Siege, of the famed Superman
s0Opm-WRC Smile Eddie Funniest aided by
Dinah Shore, Rea and Davis and Bob SherUoods
Orchestra
$50 pm-WOI Sheep n Club: Psalm and singers
Musical Kolege: Entertainment
the Kyser manner.
National
SHORT-WAVE PROGRAM
6:15 pm-BERLIN: DJZ, II 80 meg, 254 DXB
1911 meg, BIG
1870 the by
by Reger; English dance music HAT4
912 meg. 1928
pm-TOKIO: Vocal solo. JLS2 1874 meg,
s:15 pm-BERLIN: English. DJD lit 254
DxB, 1911 3l6
:3Opm-LONDON: Britain Speaks" Csc 958 33 m:
esd ITS 255
EROS, SO 81
2RO4. 1181 meg 254 m; EROS, 1880 meg 1876 m.
s:45 pm-LONDON: Headline by A. G. Mac
Csc. meg, GSD Ills 255 m.
1000 pm-ROME: News English 2RO3, 963 Bill m;
2RO4, 1181 meg 254 M; FROG, 1880 meg 1876 m.
Request" Csc, 958 3l3 M:
GSD Its 255 GSL, gil meg, 49l m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
JAPAN DEMANDS
 SAILORS RETURN
Foreign Minister Presents Formal Request to Britt
 ish Ambassador

Tokyo, Jan. 301-CUP)-Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita demanded today that Britain return 21 Ger man seamen taken from the Japa- nese liner Asama Maru by Brit ish warship on Jan. 21.
 Arita made his demand to British Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie. Ac- cording to foreign office statement Arita maintained that the return of the 21 Germans taken from the ship (the Asama MarW was essen tial."
 Following the conference the for eign office announced that Arita and Craigie would confer again tomor- row and that pending the outcome, the British reply to Japan's protest on the Asama Maru incident would not be published.
 The British reply already has been described semi- officially as unsatis- factory and foreign office spokes- man has described it as "copious, negalistic document"
 The Japanese government now is preparing reply to the British re- ply which, it was expected, would demand in writing the return of the seamen.
 Today's conference, at Arita's off, cial residence, was held at the re- quest of Craigie, according to a for eign office statement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-30
By JAMES c. ANDERSON Jnited Press Staff COrrespOnden

United Press Staff COrrespondent)
 Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 30-Arizona communities and cities-with an eye on the $2O0,000 annual business boasted by Yuma, Ariz, the "Gret- na Green of the West"-have start ed a wholesale marriage industry when promises to net ways traverse a small Arizona them small for- ture.
 Wherever transcontinental high town, brightly lighted electric signs have sprung up, reading:
 Marriages in Ten Minutes"
 License Issued and Knot Tied While U Wait"
 "Fast Service Guaranteed"
 California Curb Helps
 Main reason for the sudden in- Aux of marriage-seeking couples to Arizona apparently is the passage of a law next-door in California making it mandatory for couples to pass a physical examination and wait three days before being mar ried.
 Thousands of couples baked by the fred tape" slip across the bor- der into Arizona, get married in 10 minutes, and are back home by