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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17
Defense Work
Lifts Michigan
Accident Rate

LANSING. Aug. 16.-Industria
accidents IN Michigan plants have
risen alarmingly during the las
year because Of the defense pro
gram speed-up, John w. Gibson
chairman of the labor and indus
try board, disclosed today.
In a report covering the last sis
months. Gibson said compensate
accidents had increased 30 pei
cent. costing employees and en-
ployers upwards of $25, 100000 in
losses
The increase i'm employment
and the defense speed-up has
caused unskilIeG workers To he
given assignments before they
are trained 20 proper safety
habits" Gibson said.
'In the construction work at
Fort Custer. for example, farm
laborers were brought i'm be-
cause of shortage I'm car
pcnters and were given jobs re-
qulring rush schedules. Many
Of them fell Oft scanOlds and
sustained serious injuries.
Conversation claims piled
M ~ fast that one insurance
agent had 300 cases thrown at
him at one time from Fort
Custer alone.
Another reason for the In
crease In accidents l. that old
and discarded machinery has
been put back I'm use.
much Of this machinery lacks
safety guards and I'm many In
stances the guards are unob-
talnable because of defense
priorities."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17
Secretary Named
For Wayne Y.W.C.A.

Miss Martha Johnson Of Youngs-
town, o.. has been appointed
executive secretary of the stu
dent Y. w. c. A. of Wayne Uni
verSity and Highland Park Junior
College, il was announced Sat.
urday.
Miss Johnson will succeed Miss
Grace NJ. Thompson. who has
taken a position at the Spokane
Wash, Y. w. G. A.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17
P AN 10 Auction
Mrs. F. +. Finn S
Historic Effects

A nearly forgotten era of old
Detroit will come to life briefly
this week with the auction OF the
personal effects of the late Mrs.
Frances Chene Finn.
Bearer of one of the oldest
names in Detroit history, Mrs.
Finn was one of the last lineal
descendants OF Pierre st. Onge dit
Chene, who came to Detroit with
Cadillac, shortly after 100. Mrs.
Finn died last year in the century,
old Chene home at 2601 East JEFF
ferson avenue at the age of 6S.
Last Occupant
She was the last occupant OF
the historic old French Colonial
frame house and lived there alone
from the death in 1882 OF her
bachelor brother, James c. Chene.
Now, the furnishings OF the
ancient 12-room house are being
sold TO liquidate the estate for
division among the several nieces
and nephews surviving.
Much of the Detroit OF 20G
years ago still remains among the
furniture and art objects collected
since the life of the first Ameri-
can Chene.
There is a 100-year-old rose
wood piano, massive and dusty,
but still retaining a fine tone and
action. An old photograph. dating
to the turn of the century still
plays It's cylindrical records with
surprising clarity. With il are $50
records, presenting a fine cross.
section of the music OF the period.
Four antique bedroom sets OF
Victorian vintage and with the
loriginal springs also are included,
as are valuable glass, china, ORR
entail and Brussels rugs and
finely carved figurines, so popular
"a century ago.
Delving into musty trunks
which apparently had not been
opened for years. the family
found rare handmade lace. bed
spreads. curious perfume bottles
and other reminders Of another
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17
Born on New Years

department without informing and
inviting the secretary first.
Born on NetD Years
Born in Boston on New Years
Day of 1874 TO the frugal William
and Sarah Knox, the Secretary's
early life was well-steeped in the
necessity of putting up a fight for
living. When he was still a
youngster, the family moved 10
Grand Rapids, Mich, TO escape the
lean years following the panic
of 1879.
In the booming middlewestern
town Knox got his first foothold,
worked his way through high
school and Alma College with odd
jobs.
In his junior year he met Annie
Reed, who later became Mrs.
Knox, and in his senior year the
Spanish-American war broke out.
Knox enlisted, eventually wound
up in Tampa, Fla, simultaneously
with the arrival of the colorful,
denim-clad trough riders"
Through a friend, Knox met Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, and after a
long, thoughtful look at the husky,
thick-necked young college student
T. r. said.
you'll do. Hold mp your right
hand"
Keynote of Career
The charge up San Juan Hill
set the pace for Frank Knox ca
recr.
He lost strand Of red hair
when a bullet Sizzled through his
hat and he acquired a ncvcr-dying
hero-worship of Teddy Roosevelt.
His political career began,
shortly after his return from the
wars. as Grand Rapids ace re-
porter and stump-Spcakcr for Sen
ator William Nestor Smith. Knox
also met and became close friend
of Arthur Vandenburg now United
States senator from Michigan
friendship which has lasted rather
well through thick and thin differ.
enCes of opinion.
Through contacts and saving
ways, Knox eventually found him
self in position 10 start out on
his own as a publisher. He bought
a weekly paper in Sault Ste.
Marie.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17
Anti-Vice Campaign

Sault Sic Marie was Just his
dish for n rootin tootin' campaign
against the forces Of evil. Saloons
and gambling were wide open.
Knox opened up with a cleanup
crusade which was not only sue
cessful but gained him statewide
Importance.
He campaigned vigorously for
Teddy Roosevelt when Teddy ran
for the vice-presidency and stuck
by his idol during the Bull Moose
debacle. Disappointed by the out
come of the 1912 campaign, Knox
sold his Michigan paper for $4,000
and bought the Manchester, n.
II. Leader.
When World War I broke out.
Knox blasted Slackers and draft
dodgers and, though az, we'll out
side the age limit on the first
draft-hc enlisted as a private and
when the armiStice was signed had
rung up no small reputation as a
brilliant and fearless major.
After the war Knox returned TO
New England and put in many
more years champion of the peo-
pie against everything from high
taxation TO unfair farm produce
prices.
Later Knox obtained control Of
the Chicago Daily News and began
a fight against Roosevelt and the
New Deal. In 1886 the ran for
the vice presidency on the Repub-
liCan ticket but was swamped in
the Democratic landslide.
At 81 Knox has the physique
and energy Of a man rs years
younger.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17

The League of Detroit Jewish
Youth, composed Of 10 organiza-
tons, today announced plans for
its first annual outing TO be held
Sunday. August "a, at the Jewish
Fresh Air Camp near Brighton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-17
BY LEE CARSON
Init News Service stan Correspondent


WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The
cynical and the effete have a one
line description of him. They say
the key TO Colonel Knox can be
found in any Boy Scout manual "
But those who either know or
have inadvertently run up against
Knox stern vigilance Of the rights
Iof democracy and mankind sus-
poet the Boy Scout carries a
Sawed-off tommy gun - for pre-
parcdneSs sake
Col. Frank Knox looms in the
Roosevelt coalition war cabinet as
the perfect example Of frcc-Style
rugged AmcricaniSm. He is man
of impcccable honor. but If the
enemy uses brass knuckles so will
Frank Knox.
The secretary Of the navy, pub
fisher. crusader and Rough Rider,
is. an idealist to a points where
idealism alone is not enough, and
then the man who charged up San
Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt
TOHIs u the iluiiti WINS
Sound Choice
Whatever prompted the Presi-
dent to appoint his former politl-
cal and personal foe 10 his
cabinet, his choice was sound.
Secretary Of navy during a Pc
riod when the international bal
ance and safety Of America hangs
precariously over the high seas
Knox is the most reassuringly
healthy superman in the Washing
ton hierarchy OF king-pins. Big,
bluff and hearty, the Chicago pub
Usher keeps himself in fighting
condition-mentally as well as
physically.
His attack on the stupendous
job of creating a powerful two
ocean navy almost overnight has
been typically Knoxian. Brush
ing aside any hint of subtle or
time-wasting protocol. Colonel
Knox waded into his duties as sec
Rotary head-on. He personally in
spected every arm, branch and
twig of the fleet. He boned up on
naval tactics, history, possibilities
and asked innumerable, blunt
Questions.
Colonel Knox is fundamentally
behind Roosevelts foreign policy
and has shelved political differ
ences for the sake Of his convic-
tionS NonetheleSs the colonel and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19
Speaking of Aid

The United States feels uneasy in it's present course of sending arms and aid to one party to a war, while still firmly resolved not to take part in the war. It is a new technique, and we tend to think back to days when one was either in a war or not in it. So we feel uncomfort- able in the present situatiC n, and shy away from aggravating it. It is indeed a strange technique. But who introduced it? The German flyers and technicianS, the Italian volunteers" who helped Franco win the Spanish war, and the Rus sian technicians and "morale-builders" who helped the Republic lose it, set the pace.
 Interesting indeed is the accounting given by the Italian official Stefani news agency of certain details of equipment sent to Franco Spain during the civil war. There were, Stefani reports, $375, 1000, 900 in loans, very little of which has been paid back. There were 1900 cannon, 10, automatic arms, 7,5l4,537 artillery shells, 7.608 motor vehicles, and 763 airplanes, to say nothing of two submarines. four de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

The most cheerful thing which faces those young men who are now in the army is the fact that their call for service is more likely to be for home defense, if any, than for foreign duty.
 It is evident that the world war is going to be an air and naval war, with increasing accent on the' naval battle. It is going to be q struggle of ships and not necessarily of battleships. For England can wiz only if we keep her supplied witi# ships faster than the Germans calz sink them and 1t is going to be a race between our shipyards and the German dive bombers and suh$ marines.
 In that kind of a war engineer% ing brains. American ability, ana skilled labor will have the final word to say. We will say 1t with shipN rather than guns. #
 So those young men who are go* ing to Fort Banding to be traiflea may never need to use their trainE ing. We hope that this will be so .hat e year in the army will hz nothing more than that. Militayz ability Is the one kind Of ability tna& we work hardest to acquire in the hope we nay never have to use it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

stroyers, and four motor torpedo boats. Ninety-one Italian warships engaged in Spanish war activities; 92 steamers ferried the supplies; Italian submarines sank 72,800 tons of hostile" shipping.
 Italy was never Gin" the Spanish war, of course, even when Italian-uniformed troops under Italian officers were taking active part in the campaigns. These were volunteers. But read over the list of equipment sent, which one presumes to be in addition to the equipment carried and used by the Italian volunteers" themselves Note how closely it paral- lels the kind of equipment which the United States has been selling to Britain, and which it is now proposed to provide on "lend or lease" basis. Surely there is going to be no complaint from Italy, Germany, or Russia about the United States supplying to friendly power engaged in an international war the same kind of materials which all three of these states supplied to one side of civil war within one country few short years ago.
 To be just, there has been little con- plaint. Having set the pace for such and large, conceded the right of the OilCeu OIdCSo CO ouPPiy DllCc'hl' WAoo might have been considered "cause" for war few years ago is no longer con- sidered to be such. The kind of war now raging in Europe does not depend on the often-flimsy "causes" which peace-loving countries used to be so eager to avoid. This kind of war is often not even de- clared, but simply waged without warn- ing whenever the aggressor country be- lieves there is advantage to be derived from it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19
Merry Men from Down Under"

Americans Don't know much about Australians. And that's too bad, because on the basis of what the world has heard about them in recent weeks they sound great. Recall the way in which they went up in the early morning for the capture of Bardia, singing, We're off to See the Wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz"- and without consulting Ascap, either.
 Then when contingents of these effer- vescent fighting men were landed at Sing apore the other day, they shouted down the formal regimental bands trying to play traditional music to welcome them, demanding Roll Out the Barrel" and showering pennies around the dignified British staff officers standing stiffly on the dock. There are only some 10,000,000 Australians, more's the pity They sound like the kind of men the world could use a lot more of; the kind it would be pleasure to know better; the kind you'd want on your side if it came to choosing up,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19
Closer Check.Up

There are always good results follow ing in the wake of trouble. If you can remember back to September of 1888 you will recall that Connecticut experienced a hurricane of devasting force. The prop erty damage from wind destruction was high; so was that as result of the ac- companying cloudburst which washed out dams all over the state. One of the proposals following rehabilitation was that there be periodic inspection of all dams in this state, whether they be new or old.
 The Legislature of 1889 took steps to make possible such supervision. It is going on within this state all the time. One result has been a virtual demand on the City of Meriden to charge the con tours of the dam at Hanover Park pond. This dam was washed out in 1888 and has since been rebuilt. But the investigator for the State Board of Supervisors of Dams claims that the dam is unsafe and that 1t should be changed. City officials aren't in complete agreement, so there may be a prolonged discussion.
 However, we are more interested in the fact that such a situation shows very clearly that if Connecticut should be visi- ted by another hurricane the chances of property damage from washed out dams should be considerably less than it was three years ago. We presume that prog ress has been made all over the state in this respect Furthermore, we can feel a lot safer by knowing that someone is checking regularly on those dams which impound tons of water, potential menace if loosed on the countryside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

Milford, Connecticut, is quite puffed up over the fact that it is to have park way named after it. According to terms of bill facing legislative action that section of the parkway from the new Housatonic River bridge to the Wilbur L. Cross Parkway will be known as the Milford Parkway. Why, we don't quite know, because everyone has been led to believe that where the Merritt Parkway left off-on the west bank of the Housa- tonic River - the new Cross Parkway would take upon the east bank. But it seems there is to be an intervening stretch of roadway Incidentally most of the work in and around these connecting links in the states great parkway system should be completed for late summer traffic. That will be of much advantage to motorists travelling east the full length of the Merritt Parkway as well as those driving onto the parkway from New Haven county points.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

Local officials have again had called to their attention the fact that there is a section of West Main Street which is almost death-trap for pedestrians after nightfall. The recent death of man who was run over by an automobile near Gill bert Street points out the necessity for some means of Illuminating this part of the thoroughfare. There have been quite few accidents along the street east of recent years and almost invariably it can be traced to the fact that persons crossing the street are hard to see even in the headlights of approaching cars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

to 13.5 per cent; and New Eng
 land sagged IA per cent to 16.2
 per cent.
 The most dramatic shift to the Midwest has been in aircraft pro- duction. At the end of the first defense expansion period last fall, 70 per cent of aviation output was on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. But when plants now under con- struction are finished, 55 per cent will be inland
 NOTE -- Thanks to the fore- sight of hard-Working Col. Fran cis H. Miles, chief of the Army ammunition division, at least one phase of defense production is be- ing located in the "safe" zone. He is scattering ten new powder and loading plants in the hinter- lands: two in Indiana, two in Ohio and one each in Virginia, Ala bama, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Tennessee,
 LEFT WINGERS
 The President loves to tell stories on himself, and heer is his latest, related to guests at a din- ner party.
 He was working late in his study. Nearby on couch was Harry Hopkins, who was so quiet Roosevelt thought he was asleep.
 Suddenly Hopkins cooked open an eye and remarked casually: You know, boss, Churchill is a lot further to the left than you are."
 CAPITOL BOMB SCARE
 Capitol police have been warned to silence, butt here was @ bomb scare in the House Office build ing recently.
 Representative Rudolph c. Ten- erowicz of Michigan, whose Po- fish constituents are raising Cain about his unexpected vote against the lend-lease bill, was the "vic- tim"
 Tenerowicz received a package marked "FrOm the CIO". and postmarked from his home town of Hamtramck. AS his secretary cut the twine, a loud ticking was heard. Hysterically she called Capitol policemen, who gingerly immersed the oninous parcel in a bucket of water.
 Cautiously removing the brown paper wrapping. the policemen discovered that the bomb" was only the inside of @ cheap clock. It had been skilfully bound so that a cog wheel in the spring was released the moment the twine was cut, starting the tick ing.
 Police damned the hands of the clock, on the chance a timed" dynamite cap was concealed in- der its face, and 1t was turned over to the FBI. But the guards
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

of the White House administrative assistants, and this means that the housing program will take orders from only MT. Roosevelt, himself.
 Defense housing can be anything from @ trailer to a city Of pre- fabricated houses, or big slum clearance project set up near some defense industry factory, army post or navy yard.
 Biggest hunk of money for de- fense housing is appropriated un- der the Lanhafn act. Originally given $50 million, Congress is now in the throes of doubling this ap- proprlation. All of 1t will be ad- ministered by F. W. A.-the Federal Works Agency under John c. Car mody, who Is given authority to de- eide which of his agencies will tackle each project.
 Main department of P. W. A. which will funct ion on defense housing Is U. s. H. A. United States Housing Authority. Since 1887 1t has been the slum clearance agency and now turns to the job of building small homes for the families of enlisted men, not off, cers, and other emergency housing near army posts and factories with defense contracts.
 U. S. II. A. also dug up $32 mil lion of It's own to throw into this kitty. WPA has $25 million 1t can spend on sewers and streets in these new boom towns, and the Public Roads administration can luild main arteries and approaches.
 In all, here Is $357 million or more, just for defense housing, end on top of that is Q potential $5 million for trailer towns, portable cities that can be used for con- struction crews or replaced when more permanent housing becomes available.
 The big fight of defense housing comes over this one issue-whethe to make these new projects largely of pre- fabricated knock down houses of a purely emergency na- ture, or to make them permanent towns of the best slum clearance type. You'll have to wait for a de- cision1 on this policy, but the chan es are 1t will be Q compromise. TUGWELL
 REMEMBERED
 The Department of Agriculture gets one plum out of the defense housing pie, though an appropria- ton to add a thousand family dwellings to Greenbelt, Md. (Tug- welltown to you), to house Wash ington's war workers.
 All this is direct-grant housing, paid for by the government, but on the other side of the picture is the complex, housing structure under the Federal Loan Agency to encour- age private building by home own CTS, insure loans, discount mortgages and help private capital finance big multi-family developments.
 Resources for this type of pri- vate building, through REC and its $10 million Defense Homes Corpo- ration and Federal Housing admin istration with It's $100 milhon ca- pital, make probable the building of some 100000 structures of all types by private capital this year, as against 545, 900 in 1889.
 Eighty-five per cent of FHA's loans since last July have been in defense industry areas, where build- ing construction is running from 80 to 200 per cent above the previous year.
 Add all this private construction to emergency defense housing and you will come close to the 10-year average for building in the 1920's which was 703,000 units. It's long way, though, from the peak year of 1929, when the figure was 937,000 structures of all types.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19
What's the Public Reaction

There has been so much said about the city's plan to utilize funds raised by sell ing bonds to pay for tEe cost c1 improving our water system, as well as establish trade school here, that we are tempted to throw the whole matter before the gen. eral public that it may indicate how it stands on the matter. The latest chap ter in this municipal accounting story was read in Hartford yesterday when the bond bill was passed without objections, but with comments.
 Everyone, we realize, has a right to object if he or she doesn't feel that the city is doing the right thing in this particular case. And certain city authori- ties would be the last to deny the priv ilege of expressing an opinion contrary to their own. But there seems to be al- most unanimous consent to the proposed new reservoir, dam, and pipe line. Only a few would argue that these improve ments aren't needed and won't actually be made for long time to come. The facts would seem to indicate speedy ac- complishment of such project.
 AS to the financing methods we don't suppose there ever will be complete agree ment. Mayor Vincent Scully and his ad- ministration believe the best way to fin ance proposed project is through bonds. Others claim they could be paid for out of current income. If this were done 1t would mean imposing special tax if the project were to be launched this year as there are no funds set up in the 194l budget for either trade school or pipe lire. Next year the special tax probably would be added to the present one again.
 The city proposes to postpone payment to the day when the heavy debt load we now bear has been reduced considerably. True the debt load will remain heavy for a longer period in this way, but we doubt if the city will be any worse for that than it would be if it "upped" taxes now and kept them high until the pipeline and school were built. Which way appeals to the public?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19
Selected Poem
WHERE TO SPEND YOUR HoLIDAzE.

WHERE TO SPEND YOUR HOLIDAZE.
 (Carroll Van Court in the New York Sum If all they do is teehee in Tahiti,
 And fillip in the far-off Philippines, Then they must alibi In Alabama,
 And lean and swing in dear old New Orleans I hear they Renovate way out in Reno,
 And nomad gnomes go hunting up in Nome; That people chatter down in Chattanooga, While others keep on roamin' back to Rome. They take poke at you in Pocatello,
 There's chaos out in Taos in the fall; And though they often sin in Cincinnati, You always can go back to dear St. Paul! Oh my, am at home down in Miami, And how love to row in Roanoke: And you can live in clover right in Dover, Or sprout in Oakland where all life is okel