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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05
Liquor Board 10 Hire 10

The State Civil Service Com
mission today authorized the
Liquor Control Commission to hire
10 temporary employees nj the
local warehouse in order 10 elm
mate overtime work necessitated
because of widespread illness of
other employees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05
Attorney Denied Fees

Common Council today rejected
a recommendation of the corpora
ton cOunselS office that the city
pay Harry j. Solomon. attorney,
$3.50 for legal services in repre-
senting Traffic Judge George r.
Murphy in the Supreme Court case
involving constitutionality of the
citY's traffic ticket ordinance.
Solomon appointed by Judge Muir
ply. had asked for 81 900
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05

G. Schirmer, Inc. authorized TO do
business under the laws OF west
Virginia. Boston Music Company,
authorized TO do business under
the laws OF West Virginia; Willis
Music Company, authorized 10 do
business under the laws of Ohio;
Harms. Inc. New York; NJ. Wit
mark and Sons. New York; Remick
Music Corporation, and Harry Won
Tilzer Music Publishing Company.
The information also said that
all members of the society, in adj
dition to those made defendants,
are expressly named as co-conspi-
ratorS.
A summary of the departments
69-page document filed with The
Wisconsin court charged that:
members of ASCAP assign
exclusively to themselves
all public performance rights Ia
copyrighted music published by
members. thus eliminating all
competition among the mem-
bers In the exploitation OF music.
C-ASCAP- is governed by a
- "self-perpetuating" board OF
directors. which supervises all OF
the business of the society and
determines the method of distrib-
utIng ASCAP revenues among
members.
C-Membership in ASCAP IL
- conditioned, among other re-
quirements, upon the regular
publication by the candidate for
membership OF not less than five
musical compositions.
1-Performance licenses for the
socicty's music are available
only on an all-or-n0ne basis. IL
censes authorizing the perform
ancc Of single compositions or
groups of compositions are not
available.
On week days enjoy the two
pages OF comics and adventure
strips In the daily Detroit
Times; on Sunday. the great
Comic Weekly with WORLD
EANnIfG .nntiaS In EnI nRS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05
BALLOT PROPOSALS

AS the ballot proposals now
stand the city would be given au-
thority TO acquire the gas COM
pany properties either by a ne
gotiated purchase or by court con-
domination.
Councilman John Hamilton
wants to eliminate the possibility
Of a negotiated purchase and pro-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05
Roosevelt Eeud
With Wheeler
IFIdres Anew
BN STANLEY CARROLL
hi" News Service sian Correspondent

WASHINGTON. Feb. g. The
hHtor fcud between President
Roosevelt and Senator Burton *
Wheeler ID Of Montana over The
slend-leaso" bill flared anew today
over charges by the Mon'anan that
the administration is decimstinC
American defenses 10 aid Britain
Asked 10 comment Al his press
conference on Nhcelers accusa-
ton. the President told newsmon
that all kinds II things can be
worked out with figures. official
and unofficial. He added that this
must be very satisfactory to Ger
many's chancellor.
Wheeler had declared the United
States does not have q single plane
suitable for modern air combat
and that. although American war
piano deliveries IN 1910 numbered
2.SS4. Britain and other foreign
nations received 2 30S and the
United States army ard navy ele-
tanned a total OF only 5Ih.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05

Miss Cox. Detroit hostess
OH Pennsylvania Central Air
lines whom maj0r studio has
invited to Hollywood TO make
screen test. Contracts and
sometimes StardOm follow sat
isfactory tests. She was re-
Gently selected TO meet Presi-
dent Roosevelt ter ~ inning
contest among h0stesses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05

City officials prepared today TO
IRON out a few last-minute differ
ences a out the municipal gas
plant program, place the proposals
before the voters at the April 7
election. and launch a whirlwind
60-day campaign for their adop-
ton.
Tho Common Council was 10
meet in special formal session
to approve three ballot prop
ositions which would permit the
city to purchase the Detroit prop
critics of the Michigan Console
dated Gas COMPANY at from
$40. 100000 TO $60000,000.
Several points remain to be
cleared up before the final vote
assurances that a municipal sys-
tenn would be guaranteed an ade-
quate supply of gas. an alternative
proposal for the city TO build a
competing system. and determina-
ton of the method OF acquisition
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05
Super Highways
In City, State
Proposed
Continued from Page Onel

widening Hastings street and Soc.
ond avenue from tho river 10
Vernon highway. intersected by a
l20-loot wide surface highway
over Vernon Highway and Dix
road.
Circling the city along the De-
troit. Clinton and Huron rivers,
would be the parkway-loop high
way. approved by the voters last
November. To Join this the Grand
River elevated would be diverted
down Second avenue to continue
eastward as part of the River
Drive parkway. with a bridge 10
the foot of Belle Isle 10 connect it
with the island part of the drive.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05

For the Inside News" Of
Washington, Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column i'm the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05
CONTROL OF SUPPLY

THE Federal Power Commits
would not dream of permitting
the fourth largest city I'm the
United States to be deprived of
a needed supply of gas.
THE power commission has
the same authority TO order the
transmission of gas and its sale
at fair price as the Interstate
Commerce Commission has 10
require railroads to give service
where there is a demand.
Every competent geologist
who has testified on the subject
says there is at least 100 years
supply OF gas in the Texas
field.
"The Panhandle Eastern Pipe
line Company is ready and will
ing TO provide Detroit with even
more gas than at present"
Lee explained that the present
with the pipeline com.
pany allows the Michigan Consoli-
dated Gas Company to take a
of lbs 100000 cubic feet
Of gas a day and that during the
past year the average daily amount
taken was only $4,000 600 cuoic
feet "A daV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05
FINAL PLANNING

To aid in the final planning and
solution OF all economic and safety
problems involved. Kennedy pro-
posed the formation of a regiona.
transportation authority.
All the motorways would have
center separations, a minimum OF
entrances and exits and no traffic
lirhtS. Completed. they would give
the appearance of a comprehensive
web of highways similar to the
recently opened Pennsylvania
Turnpike. with oVerpaSScS and I'M
dcTpaSSeS eliminating the cross
traffic hazard.
Kennedy said congestion and
accidents annually cost Detroit
motorists more than $4,000 900,
and predicted this cost would be-
cut by at least IS per cent II the
master program is carried out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05
ABILITY TO GET GAS

Assistant Corporation Counsel
James ii. Lee, one of the citys
gas experts. declared that private
utility interests would be power
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05
WANTS DISARMAMENT

lie said he is for negotiated
peace II disarmament goes with IT,
lie said II would be pure Specula-
ton for him To say whether tho
United States IS drifting toward
War lie was positive. however
that The general run of tho Amer
lean people are against entering
the war
DO YOU think Germany has
designs on the United States ="
he was asked
no. they have no thought of
it," he replied
Ford fPft no doubt OF his WIZ
ingneSS 10 cooperate with the
American people in aiding national
defense He assumed that this was
taken for granted by everybody.
lie made evident his lack of in
forest in war profits. He pointed
out that he had announced he is
willing TO manufacture anything
the government wants AT cost If
other manufacturers of defense
materials do the same.
II am against war prOfiteer-
ing" Ford declared
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05
II. 900 CARS HOURLY

OF the Harper-StanleY-McGra
e&prcSSway Kennedy said;
at is designed for speeds of
90 miles per hour and would
have four l2-fOot lanes in each
direction, plus extra lanes for
slowing down or picking up
speed while entering or leaving
the road.
1T could handle 1900 vehi-
cles an hour at high speeds, and
surveys show IL would he filed
to two-thirds capacity at peak
hottrs If il existed today"
Elevated structures, Kennedy
explained. ar e necessary where
sewers or her underground
facilities make IT too costly Ia
carry the roadbcd under railroads
or intersccting streets. The elc-
waited decks would provide separate
roadbcds for east and WeStbound
traffic with a l0-foot space be-
tween. Emergency stairways at
intervals would lead to the street
level from this Ccntcr space. Under
the structures arc parking spaces
and service drives
Kennedy showed drawings out
lining where all WidcningS Woul
he necessary and where all grade
separations and access points
weHld he located Il. and Urged eea4 HAT
rights of way be secured lmmedl-
ately.
No financing plan has been sug-
geSted. but Kennedy said Jesse
Jones. RFC administrator. has sug-
geSted he make a formal request
for d loan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05

less TO hamstring the city in OBJ
tanning gas even If they wanted to
The suggestion had been offered
that the private utility magnates
irked by the citys acquisition OF
the gas company. might try ia
shut off the supply or charge an
exorbitant rate for gas through
their control of the fields and the
pipeline properties.
There Is no doubt whatever
about the city being able TO get
the gas for n municipal system
Lee declared
THE ballot proposals provide
only enabling legislation. Before
the Common Council actually
started condemnation they
would obtain an order from the
Federal Power Commission pro-
siding for transfer of the gas
company's pipeline contract TO
the city.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-05

During the two-hour talk ! had
with Ford today. hC made this re-
mark:
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the future he will fall in line with
the seven other managers of our
league in conducting himself and his
ball club on the field"
In our opinion the incident was
far from well handled. Dykes is an
aggressive, peppery manager, al
ways willing to fight for a cause he
considers just. He packs more color
than any other manager in the
league. His players like him. White
Sox Notwithstanding Mrs. Comis-
key-back him up all the way, and
Chicago's south side fans swear by
him.
In short, Jimmy is not only the
best manager in the American
league but he has done as much or
more than any other person to keep
the league on its toes.
When Harridge lifted the suspen-
sion, he remarked:
"Our office has always praised
Jim's handling of players. We credit
him with doing wonders for ball
players other people have given up
on. But the American league will
eliminate rOwdyiSm and abusive Ian
guage. Once in a while we have to
step on somebody's toes in this re-
gard. but that's just too bad. We've
got to do it,
There should be no argument on
one particular-the elimination of
abusive language. Profanity is OBJ
jectionable to the fans-and particu-
larly offensive to women patrons.
Umpires, contrary to Dykes, are hui
man and deserve at least mimi
mum of civility.
RO,Udyism
But "rowdyism" is too general
term. One player, guilty Of an Of
Tease, might be considered . rowdy
while another, committing the same
act, might be termed eolorful.
Where b the dividing line? IT'S ex-
eeeaingiy trite, bat circumstances
u alter cases.
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Speaking %
SPORTS


pROOF of James ]. Dykes wide
spread popularity came not long
ago when the fiery manager of the
Chicago White Sox was cooped up in
the American league doghcuse for
bulldozing umpires and using high
pressure language on the playing
field.
President Will Harridge of the
American league placed Dykes in
baseballs St. Helena when Jimmy
took Slightly profane exception to an
umpire's ruling during a game with
Cleveland. Jimmy, who refuses to
hide his sincere dislike of the boys
in blue, drew an indefinite" sus-
pension for his brash outbreak. His
exile lasted one week.
Shortly after Harridge announced
the suspension of Dykes, Chicago
newspaper conducted a survey to
determine whether or not Jimmy Is
Offensive" to fans and owners
around the American league circuit.
At least two club presidents and six
out Of seven topnotch baseball writ
ers declared themselves sympathet-
ic with James. The seventh writer
admitted that Jimmy was popular,
but remarked that his protests do
get bit tiresome. largely because
Of their frequency.
AS you've probably forgotten, Har-
ridges suspension statement read:
For his conduct and use of OBJ
scene and abusive language to Um-
pire Steve Basil in the game played
in Chicago while protesting the
decision of Umpire Harry Geisel on
fly ball hit to right field in the
ninth inning, Manager Dykes has
been indefinitely suspended.
Very Offensive
His tactics in delaying our
games, attempting to bulldoze and
browbeat umpires while filing pro-
tests which have no basis in fact or
justification in the rules, has be-
come very offensive, not only to the
spectators in other cities throughout
the circuit, but to our entire organi-
zation."
Harridge also stated that Dykes
would remain suspended until che
can satisfy the league Office that in
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-08-01
Another Hot Match

With Williams and DiMaggio grab
bling off most of the wild laurel
sprigs in the American league, you
can look for another hot scramble
in the N. L. between Pete Reiser of
the Dodgers and Johnny Mize of the
Cardinals.
1t might interest you to know, If
you care for the succulent statistics
in baseball, that Johnny Mics five
year average with the Cardinals is
now 1893 up through 1940-just four
points below DiMaggio's mark for
the same span.
Big John is one Of the top hitters
Of his time. Ball players through
the South this last spring all picked
him rs the best hitter in the older
league. Mike halls from Demarest,
Ca, not 80 far away from Royston
where Ty Cobb spent his younger
years. Ever notice how most Of the
top ones come from the unsung
hanlets-not from the big towus?)
Mize has freshman challenger in
Brooklyn's Pete Reiser, who in his
first year on big time has been
whacking away between $50 and
$40 most of the season.
Pete Reiser II the ban player
named BY Lee Dufeeher n the
s.next ~ Cobb-prsvided there will
ever ~ another ~ CeSb. Reiser b
IL psaads Il speea. pswef, AsaA
anA heart" aeeerding - DaEoehes's
estimate.
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LET US INVITE LETTERS
FROM THE BOYS IN CAMP

FATHERS AND MOTHERS, espe-
cially those of rural communities,
are fearful of what the army may do
TO their sons. They would be
pleased to know what the army can
do, and is doing FOR their sons.
The one place where the army's
public relations or publicity is fall
ing down is in connection with that
so per cent of America which is
rural. There is greater interest in
such sections in what the army IS
doing FOR its personnel than is to
be found among the masses of the
cities.
If the army could encourage the
young men to write letters to their
hometown newspapers, each telling
in his own way of what he does, of
the other young men he meets,
where they are from, his interest in
his daily routine and what it is,
much would be accomplished.
People of each rural community
are proud of their young men who
are in the army. All of the people
of the community know each and
every one of these young men. They
are the boys, not only of Father
and Mother Jones, but of every 9TH
er father and mother. A letter from
any one soldier to his hometown
newspaper is a letter to all the peo-
pie of the community.
1t is in no way an impossible prob
lem to induce the soldier boys, one
or more from each community each
week to write such a letter to his
hometown paper. Every editor and
every reader would welcome such
letters. From reading them, all ia
theirs and mothers would soon real
ize what the army is doing FOR
their boys.
sorship, company commanders
could easily see that such letters did
not contain anything detrimental to
the interests of the nation.
Our army is entitled to the enthu-
siastic support of all Americans. It
can have that 100 per cent support
when those at home realize what
their soldier boys are doing for the
nation, and what the army is doing
FOR the soldier boys. Letters from
the boys to the hometown papers
will do the job, and every editor Of
such paper would welcome them.
A MILLION MEN in the army
means = cost of better than 81 ,000,-
600, 900 q year. But a billion i
small change these days.
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All that seems to remain, is for the
discoveries to reduce the processing
operation and cost, on a par with
the present supply, and like many
other great discoveries, this will.
undoubtedly in time, come to real
ization.
If DR.. Berl's process becomes suf-
ficiently developed within the next
period of time, it may soon prove
worthwhile to produce coal and oil
from grasses or wood, even in coun-
tries of such fuel abundance as Can
ada and the United States.
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An epoch-making discovery has
been made by DR.. Berl, research
professor at the Carnegie Institute
of Technology, Pittsburgh, and his
associates. They have found that
crude oil, bituminous Goals, asphalts
and coke can be produced from car
bohydrate-containin materials such
as grass, leaves, wood, molasses,
cotton, corn and corn stalks.
This disclosure sends a ray of
hope to scores of coal or oil-less
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-08-01
|&oi14!i4fQ
AMIEA

THOSE looking for further late
= summer and early autumn ex-
citement should find what they want
in the battle for the batting cham
pionship of the American league be-
tween its two best Interested Will
iams of the Red Sox and Joe Di-
Maggie of the Yankees. Heath, Gull
lenbine or possibly some other son
of swat may upset this combination
but we doubt it.
Williams and DiMag are the two
A. L. standouts and they still have
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the better part of
three months left in
which to prove their
places in polite
baseball society.
DiMaggio's bril-
liant consecutive
hitting streak has
given the San Fran
cisco entry most Of
the publicity lately,
but the gangling kid
from San Diego and
Boston IS still far
out In front when Il
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-08-01
Looking Back

How do the two compare at this
spot along the pennant road? Here
is DiMaggio's five-year Yankee rec
ord through 1910: 1886 1928; 1887
.346: 1888 1924; 1899 1881; 1910
1852; grand average .343.
Here is Ted Williams record for
his two complete years: 1899 1927;
1870 .344; average 1886.
But up through the halfway stretch
of 194l Williams is now in front,
counting the games both have played
under the big tent.
Both Williams and DiMaggio can
be listed high in the natural hitting
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-08-01

his hands, but that brace Of cooked
wrists deliver most of the poison.
The main feature Of Ted Williams
bat swinging is his almost complete
lack of tension. Williams won't be
% until October, but he still acts
with the ease and confidence of a
veteran who has been through many
baseball wars. In this respect he
reminds you of Napoleon Lajoie.
Larry at the plate looked as loose
as ashes. He was apparently indif-
ferent as he waited for the pitch.
you either hit it or you don't,
Larry told me years ago. why
bother about it? Just take your cut"
The fact might be mentioned here
that with this modern lively ball
Lajoie, 4 smoking line hitter with
the old one, would soon have sew
eral hospitals full Of crippled infield-
ers who happened to be in the line
of fire.
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countries and promises to offer a
solution for the crushing and here
tofore apparently insoluble problem
of surplus production of such sta
Piles as corn, cotton and sugar.
With this endless stream of oil
flowing from growing produce and
the nations coal fuel problem being
solved from the same source, farm
ers would naturally participate in
an era of farm prosperity, such as
the world has probably never seen.
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class. One OF the
main features of Di-
Maggio's base-hit
ability is perfect
wrist action. The
DiMag has a pair of
cooked wrists that
carry both power
and control.
Too many hitters
are body and arm
swingers. DiMag-
gio, well balanced
ON both feet, lets
L. L1L- ,vNuL vrSkh
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A MILLION MEN in the army
means \ cost of better than 81 ,000,-
600, 900 q year. But a billion y
small change these days.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-08-01

comes to the main figures.
Anyone who can reach the half
way mark over 400, as Williams
did, knows how to handle ash furni-
ture. And even the excellent DiMag
will have to keep on swinging his
mace effectively to catch or pass
the tall, relaxed entry from the Red
SOx reservation.
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CART BEFORE HORSE,
MEN WITHOUT MACHINES
tKeIeased by Western Newspaper Union.J

MEN NllhOOI MAShlNES
AS READ in a recen. issue Of
Golfers, W. B. Courtney's graphic
description of the German Panzer
invasion of Greece, l thought Of
what America has been doing to
meet just such an attack.
We have called to the colors close
to one and half million men, at
cost of better than one and a half
billion dollars to the government for
their food, clothing and pay. We
have taught those men to do fourS
right and fours left, or column right
or left, as troops were taught years
ago when l knew something of SOL
diering.
Today the striking force of an
army does not consist of men. It
consists of machines of terrific de-
structive power when operated by
highly trained specialists. Such is
German Panzer division.
England, France, Poland and
Greece learned that men alone, no
matter how courageous and well
trained, could not stand against fast
moving machines, operated by ex-
pertS.
We could not train our men in
the operation of machines, for we
did not, and have not, the machines.
That we did not have them is not
the fault of the government for it
takes some years to provide them.
The most valuable thing men can
do now, or could have done during
the past year, is to produce the
machines with which an army must
be equipped if it is to have chance
of success.
In our army of close to one mill
lion and half men, we have two
divisions of the regular army rea-
sonably well equipped with modern
war machines, and some partial
equipment in small portion of our
National Guard. For the million
"selectees" called into service we
had practically nothing. They pass
out of the army with no training
that will be of value in the defense
of America. The great majority OF
them know nothing of the machines
of modern warfare.
We have let war hysteria put the
cart before the horse. We have
provided the men without having the
machines for them to work with.
Why not first use American man.
power in the factories producing the
machines of war?