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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Gorilla
Romance

International News Service Wire

SARASOTA. Fla. Feb. pal
the elaborate matchmaking for Z
marriage between Gargantua the
Great and his 435-pound scheduled
bride, Toto. today threatened tc
go smash on a weird develop
ment. Maybe Miss Toto isn't g
female.
Possibility of Toto's being male
was backed by some weighty
scientific data. and also by Toto's
attitude toward the somewha
frightened Gargantua. She lor
he) appeared TO regard Gargantua
as just big gorilla, and matter
of complete indifference to her cor
him).
II seems that a gorilla's sex is
very hard to determine until il
reaches the age of II or IA. ano
Toto is only 9. But DR.. Harry
paven. curator of comparative
4natomy at the museum of natural
history in New York. raised the
possibility that Toto is too heavy
and has a skull too long to be a
female.
Should Doctor Ravens con.
lecture prove correct. il will blot
out all hope for effecting the first
gorilla marriage in captivity. Tote
was obtained from Mrs. Kenneth
Hoyt of Havana, Cuba. widow oil
a big game hunter, and was first
introduced to Gargantua at his
Winter circus quarters here yester.
day.
Their first meeting was not
promising. Gargantua grasped the
bars of his cage and jumped UT
and down. Toto shook her separate
cage and gave a shrill bark
Gargantua growled and backed
away. Both stomped on the floors
of their cages, and Gargantua
waved his huge arms.
Then Toto went off to a corner
of her this) cage and refused te
have anything more to do with the
proceedings. Persons who recog-
nize signs Of affection when they
occur in gorillas declared they had
seen no such signs in either par
ticipant.
At first II was thought Toto
was still little seasick from her
trip over to FleFida-ef- that her
reticence was due TO the strange
ness of the situation. Neither OF
the gorillas had seen another oil
its kind since they were infants
1t was planned to set their cages
together daily for a long court.
ship.
But all that depended, of course
on definite determination oil
Toto's sex.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22

LANSING. Feb. %. - Despite
the efforts Of two federal officials
brought here at request of Cow
ernor Van Wagner, negotiations
in the Motor Wheel Corporation
labor dispute remained deadlocked
today.
Thomas J. Donahue. chairman
Of the state labor mediation
board, emerged from the confer
ence room early today after IS
hours negotiation TO announce Of
ficials from both the UAW-AFL
and Motor Wheel refused 10 bulge
from their positions. No confer
enceS are scheduled today.
The nine-day strike has kept
5000 employees here idle and has
affected 1900 employees in the
automotive division Of the Packard
plant at Detroit. Continuation OF
the dispute threatens to affect
more Detroit industrial firms
Last night Governor Van Wag-
oner expressed hope for a settle
ment in as hours following
talk with John Common federal
labor conciliator. but this hope
appeared TO be blasted following
the conference. Conner is being
assisted here by James Meehan of
the national defense council.
Other developments were:
MILWAUKEE-The 32-day strike
al the Allis- Chalmers Company,
where the government has
placed S40.000000 in defense
orders. was still unbroken. but
the UAW-CIO announced it
would hold mass meeting
Monday to vote on a new COM
pany proposal which embodies
the principles suggested by Will
liam S. Knudsen and Sidney Hill
man OF the national defense
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
81 Fired
I'm Flint
GIN Plant
Continued from Page one)

NOoHtihucu ITOu rage OHeD -u
suspension of a single employe
accused by the management of
violating plant safety regulations.
He was shooting rubber bands
about with a slingshot, the COM
pany said.
When the 81 walked out II was
necessary to send 1000 other en-
ployes in the north unit of the
plant home because of lack Of
materials. This in turn forced the
final assembly line of the Buick
plant here to halt because of lack
of bodies and 1000 men lost four
and one-half hours work each.
Henry Wilson. president of the
UAW-CIO Fisher local, said the
firings were part of a deliberate
plan of the management to cut
down on trim department en-
ployes.
He pointed out that in the trim
department of the Fisher body
plant in Lansing a dispute is now
in progress. The department en-
ployes have been sent home by the
Lansing plant management three
times this week.
The union charges that the
department is undermined. fore
ing the men to fall behind the
production schedule, while the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
60 Ton Bomber
Near 10 Test
International News servic. wir.

SANTA MONICA. Cal, Feb. %
For four years and at a cost OF
more than $1,000. 900. Douglas Air
craft engineers and United States
Army experts have been working
on the worlds largest and most
powerful airplane.
1t is the giant Douglas BIS
bomber. an S0-ton leviathan. which
stands three stories high. with 212-
foot Widespread and powered by
m ore than 5000 horse power,
equivalent to that generated by
the enormous steam turbines of a
f0.000-ton ocean liner.
Today Douglas officials an
nounced that the long-awaited
landing gear had arrived and that
the BIG would be wheeled out of
its specially built hangar at Clover
Field in about three weeks for
ground tests.
The ship. Douglas officials an
nounced. will have a top speed of
210 miles an hour, cruising speed
of 1856 miles an hour and landing
speed of SO miles an hour.
II will be able to carry 1000
gallons of gasoline and 10 tons OF
bombs-or 125 fully equipped sol
diers-7.500 miles nonstop from
New York TO Europe and back
again-or from Honolulu to Japan
and return.
The 1S tons Of bombs the giant
ship will carry is enough explo-
sive TO demolish a fair sized city.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
PLEDGES VIOLATED

Taft was slated to be followed
by Senator Arthur Capper tR) of
Kansas. who, in speech prepared
for delivery. assailed the bill as
a dictator measure and branded
President osevelt's foreign
policy as a fantastic, bombastic
nightmare"
Taft, an unsuccessful candidate
for the Republican presidential
nomination, declared that the bill
violates campaign pledges OF both
the Democratic and Republican
parties.
Secretary Knox and Secre-
tory Stimson assert that the
defeat OF Britain would mean
an immediate attack by Ger
many on the United States,
| likely to be successful" said
Taft. 81 utterly disagree with
them, but II that Is their belief.
the only logical course Is for us
20 enter the war now. The truth
Is these gentlemen have always
been for war"
Citing their advocacy of Convoy.
ing ships through war zones, Taft
said:
THE truth Is that both were
appointed because they were
for war"
Taft disagreed with the predic-
ton of his opponent for the Re-
publican presidential nomination
Wendell L. Willkie. that liberty
cannot survive in America II Eng
land falls.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Motor Wheel Strike Feared
Affecting More Plants Here

commission. Company directors
ratified the proposed settlement
terms, which would put the mer
back to work at once with their
grievances 10 be arbitrated
promptly.
-HICAGO-Eight thousand men
were out in three of the Inter
national Harvester c o m pa n y
units-the tractor works in Chi
caeo and the Richmond. Ind,
and Rock Falls. H.. plants, with
no immediate prospect of settle
ment. The tractor plant was
working on large government
orders.
SAN DIEGO-Federal Labor Con-
ciliator Harry B. Malcolm pre-
pared 10 act in the strike which
has tied up two of San Diego
three major shipyards. throwing
more than 300 men cut of work.
While AFL pickets ~a6ed in
front of the San Diego =. .
Construction Company and a..
Campbell Machine Company,
navy crews stood guard over
four purse seiners which were
being converted into mine sweep
ers for the navy at the plants.
Naval authorities said that the
defense work may be finished by
the navy if the strike is pro-
lonGed.
San FRANCISCO - An early
settlement was anticipated in
the strike of AFL pattern
makers. whose walkout Monday
caused the shutdown of pattern
shops in several San Francisco
Bay region shipyards. foundries
and machine shops engaged in
defense work. The several hun
dred strikers seek wage in
creases of 20 cents an hour.
Spokesman indicated progress
was being made in negotiations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
ATTACK BY CAPPER

The mild-mannered Capper, who
has supported many New Deal
measures. made an extraordin-
arily bitter attack upon the British
aid program, which. he said pro-
poses TO take the United States to
the four corners Of the earth.
The Kansan demanded that the
administration clearly state It's
own aims. He pointed 10 Mr. Roose-
velt's proposal 10 bring freedom OF
speech. freedom Of worship. free
dom from want and freedom from
fear throughout the world
"Is II TO become the mission
of the United States to guaran-
tee freedom of expression, free
dom of religion, in all Of Europe,
all of Asia. all of Africa-includ-
ing Russia, Turkey Abyssinla,
the Balkan states. India, China
and Japan" he asked
The bill ne said IS both a war
bill and a dictator bill
III Would. ne Sdld, give the PreSl-
dent unlimited power in foreign
affairs and practically unlimited
powers over the entire domestic
economy of the country. He
urged AID for England through the
Taft substitute plan of providing
81 900. 000,00 credits.
Wheeler said he saw evidence
OF a crack down" policy by the
administration not only in the at
.titude Of officials generally. but
by President Roosevelt's criticism
over disclosure of purported secret
testimony of Gen. George c.
Marshall. chief of staff. before the
Senate military affairs committee.
"Mr. Rooseyelt's attitude" he
said. ''is an indication OF the
trend of the administration, and
they are trends that do not speak
well for the continuation OF the
democratic processes that we
are accustomed 10. and that we
should retain II this country Is
to remain a democracy"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22

management accuses the men of
staging a showdown.
The right Of the General Motors
Corporation to discharge partici-
pants in unauthorized strikes has
been upheld in a ruling issued by
DR.. George w. Taylor. GM-UAW
umpire. His decision involved the
discharge of 20 employees of. a
Fisher Body plant in Baltimore,
Md.
Their action was irresponsl-
BILE, resulting In losses to the
corporation through the failure
to make, scheduled production
and causing all other workers in
the plant to lose employment"
Taylor's decision stated.
The % men were subsequently
reinstated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
Anti-C. S.
Pamphlets
Seized
SHIRLEY JOHNSON
BY LEE RASHALL
Init News Service stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Tons
of totalitarian propaganda seized
and destroyed by postal agents
in the past two months had been
aimed chiefly at United States
Army and Navy officers, profess
sionaf organizations and church
leaders, solicitor Vincent M. Miles
of the post office department re-
vealed today.
A high official source. tending
to support Dies committee conten-
tons that German consulates have
acted as propaganda channels in
the United States. asserted that a
large portion of the mail seizures
had been addressed to NaZi con-
sulates for redistribution. Consul
lar mail is not subject to diplo-
matte immunity. as in the case
of embassies and legations.
The navy department called on
SOllSl CsS " Odsi ally communist
or pro-Nazi radio operators from
the American merchant marine,
holding that a subversive MGR
chant marine radio operator might
disclose the position of the feet to
an enemy and cause its defeat.
Rear Admiral S. c. Hooper said
Congress should investigate the
radio operators. after Fred NJ.
Howe OF the Radio Officers Union,
member of the AFL, told the
House merchant marine commit
tee:
The government should di-
vest the merchant marine of the
$50 agents of Soviet Russia who
are now employed as radio OFF,
GERS on American vessels"
A record volume of SS2, 092 900
Of American manufacturers and
raw materials flowed to Russia
through Vladivostok in 1910, max
ing that power this nations best
European customer after Britain
and France, the commerce de-
partment disclosed tonight.
Trade statistics published by the
departments foreign commerce
weekly also listed S4,S51 900 of
re-exports to the Soviet, bringing
to SS6, 943.00 the grand total OF
goods shipped from American
ports usually in American flag
ships"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
SHIP SERVICE HALTED

British steamship service be-
tween Japan and Australia was
halted suddenly and the British
liner Tanda, which already had
left Hongkong for Japan, was I'M
derstood to have been ordered to
return to Australia.
At Shanghai shipping officials
announced cancellation of the
scheduled sailing of the Canadian
Pacific liner Empress of Asia,
which was to have evacuated
British nationals from Shanghai
AS result it appeared that TO-
900 Britons in China would be left
without means of transportation
from the Far East.
At the same time, Russian Off
Gals at Shanghai revealed thai
Moscow is demanding complete
revision of the Portsmouth treaty
which ended-tffe |Russe-Japanest
war, as the price of a Russo-Jap.
anese non-aggressione pact. Japan
is believed to be seeking such q
pact as prelude to a Nipponese
drive to the south.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
American Fleet
Will Remain
AT Hawaii
BY International News service

The United States focused at
tention on the Far East today
after japanese Foreign Minister
Yosuke Matsuoka warned that
American and British Far Eastern
military measures are dangerous. "
In Washington it was revealed
that American naval strategy in
the Pacific calls for retention of
the fleet near Hawaii rather than
any concentration at the Philippine
islands
While advance units of the fleet
may maneuver as far eastward as
Guam. the bulk of the warships
will remain around the Hawaiian
Islands. -
In Toxic, Matsuoka called on
America and Britain 10 cease
making alarmist statements lest
considerable danger" arise ir
the Far East. He termed Anglo
Saxon military measures in the
Orient a dangerous thing"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
lid Bill May Bring Maxi Mines To u S. Waters Taft Warns
131 New Draftees
From WdyneGo
To Custer

Another 131 Wayne County
draftees were being fitted with the
army's olive drab uniforms at
Fort Custer today. following their
induction here yesterday at 1910
West Fort street.
They were accepted by the army
from group of 160 selectees sent
to the induction station by seven
local boards. Including these 131
men, 1854 draftees we're sent to
Fort Custer from here during the
week.
Included in this newest group is
Marion z. de ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
35-year-old artist and decorator, a
native of Detroit, who was
educated in Poland and who re-
turned here in 1928. He speaks
seven languages and hopes to be
attached TO a military intelligence
unit.
kowalewski has three brothers
in Europe, one flying with the
Raj, one whom he believes to be
in German prison and a third in
Russia. The latter, a former Polish
army reserve officer. may be in a
Russian prison.
Another selectee at Fort Custer
today is James T. Ritter, "a. of
70 Auburn avenue, Pontiac. Ritter
has served for the last year as
assistant TO James D. Gamble,
publicity director for the Detroit
Community Fund. He said he hopes
to end up in some army camp
public relations office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-22
SUBSTITUTE BILL

Urging a revised substitute bill
providing 100000, 900. in credits
for Great Britain. Taft said this
would be sufficient until next jan
uary !. He also proposed sale of
army and navy equipment ito the
extent that it IS consistent with
our own defense"
The other powers given by
the bill before us seems to me
wholly irrelevant TO the question
Of aid to Britain" said Taft.
"Thev go beyond anything justi-
fled in the past campaign"
Declaring that there are ugly
rumors" that neither the army
nor navy has on hand more than
a few modern airplanes. he said
the British are already getting 80
per cent of new plane production.
The bill. he said, contains such
far-reaching powers that none but
a rubber-stamp Congress would
pass II. Effective aid TO Britain.
he maintained, can be given with
out legislation.
In branding the bill war
measure. Taft said that il I'M
luuestionably permits use OF Amer
|ican ports as bases for the British
fleet.
ACT OF WAR
This has always been consid-
cred an act of war. and may
well lead TO the mining of Amer
lean ports by German subma-
rines," he said.
The measure. he said puts Mr..
Roosevelt in the position OF run
ming the war, because he would
control distribution of arms.
Perhaps the President thinks
that he can occupy that kind OF
a position without involving the
United States In a declaration
Of war, hut certainly Il is par
ticipation and intervention In
wa. He could not long continue
to run the war without the
United states becoming n party"
The Senate. he said. should not
pass the bill unless it is prepared
TO declare war.
The country. Taft said, is being
flooded by propaganda for war.
THE Presidents speeches
since the first of January have
notably omitted the term short
of war;" he said. His address
tn Congress on January 6 would
have ended far more logically
with an appeal to Congress TO
declare war"
Declaring that. the lease-lend
bill threatens financial stability of
the nation. Taft made an urgent
plea for the United States to stay
out of the war.
CITES WORLD WAR
"The World War was fought
to make the world safe for
democracy" he said ut re-
suited In more dictatorships
than the world has seen for
100 years. England today Is
necessarily almost a socailistic
J state"
] He urged the people of the
country to make known imme-
diately that they favor peace.
Peace in the United States, he
said. us the only hope of the
world"
Earlier, Senator Burton X.
Wheeler Cd of Montana, charged
that passage of the bill will be
followed by government censor
ship-either official or unofficial
In nature-of both members of
Congress and the press.
Senator Capper branded Presi-
dent Roosevelt's foreign policy "a
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-05
THEY SAY

Hyde PARK y. y president
Roosevelt halls the dem0r-r
system Of thrashing things our
We like 20 do things. talk saas.
them, fight about them among G.
selves, say pretty awful thing. p.
each other and finally WORK thne
out"
Detroit - Lord Halifax. Brfl-l
ambassador 10 ths Z. S. cautfrr.
that Britain and the United star.
will win the war Of the work shops
'The productive strength and q.
sources Of your country and mine
together are greater than anything
the Nazis can muster IN spite lt
their victories and all the territory
they grabbed"
New York Sir Keith Murdoch
former director general OF nsu-
nation in Australia, points OUT -haf
Japan would soon back down 2
the democracies presented united
front.
The Pacific position would settle
itself very clearly ia The organized
strength Of the democracies was
clear and ready
Boston Professor Evarts &. era.
ham Of st. Louis. retiring press
dent Of the American College Of
Surgeons, warns OF new dark era
II Hitler is victorious
~ az the conclusion ~ This VA
Nazi influence should dominate
the world. recurrence Of the DARK
ages would seem TO be inevitable 4
far as education and progress 4
science is concerned"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-05
GOOD BUSINESS

Uue line OF business that certain
Iy is good Just now is the money
making business. New coins are
rolling out of the stamping ma
chimes faster than ever before in
history. By working - hours
day. seven days a week. the minis
a. Philadelphia, Denver and san
Francisco have pounded out 1.151.-
$4,000 American and 2oG003,50l
foreign coins in the last nine
n.1uths-about 20 per cent more
taan il the similar pesiod last year,
wlen previous records were dou-
bed
1e minis are keeping up with
lie demand for coins, but II
-gess gets any better, officials
thinking of asking Congress to
&, something about a pigeonholed
h.lt0 erect another mint at Ander-
son. Ind
Circulation of coins jumped
from S694 10000 to S699 100000 in
the last year. All kinds OF coins
seem 10 be in greater demand. but
the big rush is for pennies and
nickels. Slot machines and sales
taxes have been boosting the need
for these year after year, and the
minis are making more than I,0UJ,'
100000 pennies and 100000, 900
uickels per year to keep up.
Even the demand for silver dol
lars, practically non-existent a few
years ago, Is on the upswing Tn
officially some persons here sus-
pect that the rise is due to increas-
eli gambling. possibly around Army
camps, because one Of the principal
modern uses for iron men" is TO
substitute them for poker chips.
At any rate the number OF them
circulating has jumped from S46,-
100000 10 s55,000,000 in the last
year.
Silver dollars aren't coined any
more, because the Treasury has
about S2500O0000 worth idling in
warehouses.
One OF the new coinage problems
arose from foreign customers.
American minis always have taken
foreign orders, but Europe got most
OF the business before the war. In
recent months, however, the Dutch
East Indies put IN an order for
100000 coins and some Latin
American countries switched their
business here.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-05

II saw the runaway bridegroom in
Jamaica, just another misunder-
stood husband, Diane. It's strange
because 1 happen to know she un-
derstood him perfectly well at
other times"
THE mistake was In employing
her In your shop. don't think you
showed much discretion"
at any rate, she was frank
enough to tell me she would take
him If she could. Apparently she
could. She did"
For that statement, Diane had
no argument. She stayed a few
minutes longer, then left to meet
Percy.
That night Ylena went to call on
Terry Alkire, carrying to him box
Of eXtra-special cigars from Ha-
vana, also, as joke. a pair Of
cocoa-colored, rhumba dancing
dolls, festive in native costumes of
pale blue yarn.
Come on in! Come on In" his
words greeted her through the
grating Of his bedroom window, as
he spied her walking along the
desert stone patio walk. I'll be
down In a.minute.
The girl looked about the large
and unusual living room. With
pleasure she thought, This house
is really beautiful" She was salts
fed with her work on 1t and re-
called. with family superior hui
NOR, how apprehensive she had
been when Terrence Alkire bel
lowed his order.
His thudding steps came down
the wide tiled stairway. Wearing a
gawdy bathrobe, he trundled his
fat little body across the floor and
shook her hand.
What news about the baby?"
he asked first.
With glowing rapture she told
him "Oh. Terry, everything has
worked out. It's only a matter Of
time" She gave him a close look,
you don't look so kittenish.
What's the NATTER"
I've been sick. You see. when
you leave town, everything goes
wrong"
III say everything goes wrong"
The girl handed him the packages.
"Prese he exclaimed.
"Goody." He lost no time in I'M
wrapping them. Suddenly he jerked
up his head and regarded her from
beneath the fat woolly brows. Now
what do you mean by that?" Then
he spat out! "Oh, ! remember. He
got married. All right! He got
married. But take that hungry
hound-dog look off your face. It's
not the end of the world, you
know"
Ylena stretched out In one OF the
large living room chairs and closed
her eyes. 1T practically is the end
OF my world. Francie's religion
doesn't recognize divorce"
"Ah!' With that ejaculation AL
kire looked up and frowned. Just
goes to show 1t wasn't intended"
he insisted. Always said he was
the wrong man" He shifted his ci-
gar and showed proper apprecia-
ton, then got busy smoking t.
/ The durn fool doctors WOULD kiil
me II they knew about this-that
Is, II the cigar doesn't do IL first
not because II isn't good, child. II
Is. It's perfect. but little rich for
my old blood"
The girl answered his smile, q
should have brought you lcorics
cigars"
"Ylena--" Alkirs paused to in.