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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Parking Meters
Voted Down
international News Photo

BY a vote of 5 TO 4. Common
Council today had voted down
the resolution to purchase 81 ,00O
parking meters from the Dual
Parking Meter Company of Okla.
homa City, Okla, at a cost of
$3.50 each.
However. during the next week
Councilman Harry l. Dingeman
will confer with the corporation
counsel on proposal to expert
ment with different kinds of me-
tiers in four selected districts to
learn if the public will patronize
them.
Voting against the meters were
Dingeman. John Hamilton, John
c. Lodge. Eugene /. Van Antwerp
and John w. Smith. Those voting
in favor were Robert G.. Ewald
James II. Garlick, Henry S
Sweeny and Charles E. Dorais.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Conspiracy Trial
Begins for Six

The trial of former police Lieut..
Daniel Schoonover, 43, his wife,
Mary, %, and four suspended Of
ficers on charges of conspiracy to
obstruct justice in the grand jury
police racket case opened today
before Recorders Judge Donald
Van Zile.
Other defendants are former
Sergts. George w. Scharf, AZ;
Peter F. Scally, A, and John Lock-
ridge. 40. and former Patrolman
ALFRED Perry, Al. With the excep-
ton of Mrs. Schoonover the de-
PENDANTS were all accused of policy
graft and named in warrants by
the grand jury.
Between April and September
of 1910. the state contends, the de-
PENDANTS arranged for the depar-
ture from Detroit of Charles
Bethel. alleged policy collector and
one of the states principal wit
nesses. The grand jury warrants
against the officers were dismissed
because Bethel failed to testify.
Bethel was later located in Cam
den. N. j. He told grand jury in
vestigators that Schoonover and
others had financed his trip from
Detroit and were paying his ex.
penses to keep him out of grand
jury jurisdiction. the investigators
reported as the conspiracy war
rants were issued.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Suicide Laid to War
Plight OF Sister, Left Jobless
by Conflict, Told by Kin Here

Detroit relatives of Anna l.
Uhlman, as, of New York, who
jumped to her death from fif-
teenth floor window, today blamed
the war for the linguist-stenog-
rapher's death.
Her sister, Mrs. Johanna Ploen-
mis- of ALP Cadieux road. Crosse
Pointe Park. said Miss Uhlman's
knowledge of German, French and
Italian always had gained her
employment with foreign import
ing houses.
when war broke out" Mrs.
Ploennis said. land practically
ended German imports, my
sister was unable to find a job.
We brought her to Detroit, but
she could not make any money
and refused to live off my hus-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Movies Help
Plan Benefit Shows Here
for Greek War Victims

Motion picture theaters associ-
ated in the campaign of the Greek
War Relief Association will launch
a statewide drive on March 81 TO
raise $4,000 for Greek war suf-
ferers. The campaign will con-
tinue through March q.
Cooperating in the drive are the
Fox. United Detroit Theaters. Co
operative Theaters of Michigan,
Allied Theaters of Michigan. Mu-
tual Theaters and the Adams.
The Fox Theater will stage an
all-star benefit on the night of
Monday. March "a. for which re-
served seats are now on sale at
the theater.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
GM's 1910 Arms
Output Totals
S6O,0OO,OOO

General Motors now has a total
of 1858, 100000 in arm m n
orders from the United States.
with everything from bombing
planes to items of a confidential
natures" Alfred G. Sloan Jr. re-
vealed today in progress report
on work for defense" sent to the
corporations stockholders.
To stress the Importance of the
corporation in the defense picture,
Sloan pointed out that in 1910,
land this means chiefly the last
few months of 1910, deliveries of
special defense materials from the
United States and Canadian plants
of GIN amounted to $4,000, 900,
81 per cent of the total sales
volume of GIN in 1910"
THE net income realized
from such business was IS per
cent of the corporations total
net income, before deducting
federal taxes" Sloan stated.
Summarizing the scope of de-
Tense orders TO date, Sloan said
they called for:
Allison liquid cooled airplane
engines: Orders for $50, 10O, 900
and now being produced at the
rate of $50 monthly with a goal of
1000 monthly.
BOMBER ORDER
Pratt & Whitney radial air.
cooled airplane engines: Orders
for S91 100000 New plant being
built near Chicago by the Buick
division with a capacity of 500
engines per month.
Aircraft bomber parts and sub
assemblies: Orders for S62. 400, 900
ESTIMATED one years producuon).
Manufacture of parts and SUBJ
assemblies for 100 twin-engine
North American bombers, with
most of the parts to be made by
the Fisher plants and the parts to
be assembled by North American
in a new plant at Kansas City.
Diesel engines: Orders for $S9,-
40C 900, principally for naval use,
being produced at the Detroit
Diesel engine division and the
Cleveland Diesel engine division.
Machine guns: Orders for SOL
100000. with production scheduled
for the Frigidaire. AC Spark Plug.
Saginaw Steering Gear and Guide
Lamp divisions.
Shells. cartridge cases. fuses:
Orders for S16600,000, the shells
10 be made in the GIN forge plant
of the Olds Motor division in
Lansing. Guide Lamp and Delco
Products divisions.
Trucks: Orders for SCI. 800, 900.
Deliveries now being made.
In Canada. GM has orders for
500. 100000 for trucks and other
equipment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Industrial Activity
AT High Peak Here

Industrial employment in t h e
Detroit area remains at a high
peak. the board of commerce re-
ported today, far above this period
a year ago and only slightly be-
low the 1887 high point. The
board reported I h a the index
stood at 1921 on February %; rep
resenting employment of All, 900
in this area. a slight decline since
midi ebruary. but $4,000 above
the number employed at this time
"a year ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Traffic Deaths
Tie Last Year

Detroits traffic fatalities to.
day stand tied with this date last
year. at SIS. with the death OF
Richard w. Davis, so. of 2902
Eastlawn avenue, a pedestrian.
Otto Nagel. So. of 1897 Ken.
sington road. driver of the car
said Davis walked into the side oil
his car at Monroe avenue near
Farmer street, and that he did not
see him until the impact.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12

band. So she went back TO New
York last April"
Mrs. Ploennis read excerpts
from several letters telling of hel
sisters plight. One of them said:
II cannot bring myself to
come to live with you and
deteriate TO the level of a poor
relation. Good-by, face
dreary and nearly foodless week
end"
This letter. dated December Z
brought a gift of 500 from Mrs
Ploennis' husband. Harry A., q
transportation official.
Mrs. Ploennis was unable to eX-
plain why her sisters suicide note
had been turned over TO FBl
agents.
OPPOSED TO NAILS
Except" she said. perhaps 1t
was because Of her association
with various German importing
and banking concerns. know
she was violently opposed to the
Nazi regime and often denied
her German nationality.
"She and / made a trip TO
Germany in 1897. She refused
to stay there and take a good
job because she priced her
American citizenship so highly"
She added that her sister came
to New York from Germany
early in the 1920's."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
. KILLED. Is INJURED

BERLIN. March u. - QNS) =
Two persons were killed and Is
injured when Raj planes raided
Kiel early this morning. it was an
nounced officially today,
The British dropped a larg e
number of incendiary and explos-
i've bombs and partially hit" a
residential quarter. destroying sew
eral apartment houses, the COM
munique said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Knickerbocker Here Mar. ~

H. r. Knickerbocker, foreign
correspondent for The Detroit
Times and International News
Service. will speak at Temple
Beth Ell, Woodward and Gladstone
avenues, Wednesday, March 10,
under the auspices of the Temple
Mems Club. Knickerbocker just
has returned from England, where
he was an eyewitness of the blitz-
krieg for several months.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Free 10 Join Unions,
Schools Tell Workers

Notices informing all employees
of the Detroit public schools that
they are free TO join any union or
organization of their own choos-
ing. provided it is not of a SUBJ
versive nature. are being posted
today in schools throughout the
city. At its meeting yesterday the
school board authorized the post
ing of the notices.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
7 Killed, Driver Huf
As Car Strikes Pole

Arthur Fullerton Jr.. 10 "a n d
Ramona Demo. 20, both of Fair
Haven. were killed last night when
their car skidded off the highway
near Mt. Clemens and hit a utility
pole. Robert st. Aubin. q, also of
Fair Haven, the driver. was in
jured and is in ST. Joseph's Hos
pital in Mt. Clemens.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Two Die of Measles

DR.. Franklin H. Top of the city
department of health has an
nounced the death of two children
from measles in the past week
with l.264 new cases reported and
the number Of cases rising rapidly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12

sion, explained
how he told
his superiors of
a tel e phoned
on ( ession OF
murder he re-
ceived from his
brother. Wal
ter. 32-year-old
Chicago insur-
ance adjuster.
The brother
is hunted by
Chic 60 and
Illinois polio e
for the STAY
ing of Joseph
Lorenz, so, we'll
TODD chemical
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Al Club Sets Program

A All Club achievement pro-
gram will be held Friday at the
Wayne County Training School.
Worthwhile. under the direction of
the Wayne County Agricultural
Extension Service. it was an
nounced today. The various clubs
will report on the years activi-
ties and will demonstrate their
work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Kie| Canal, Navy
Bases Bombed
International News Service Gable

LONDON, March PA small
force of British bombers sue
cessfully attack d Germany's
vital canal and naval establish
ments at Kiel during the night.
Docks at Bremerhaven. an oil
storage plant at Rotterdam. fac
tory near Utrecht and airdromes
in northern France and north
western Germany also were
bombed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Delay Henry Ford lis
Draft Classification

Draft classification of Henry
Ford III. son of Edsel Ford, has
been delayed until April 8. Board
No. 81 announced today. The
board said the delay was caused
by the absence from Detroit of
Chairman Wilson w. Mills.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
His Job Report
KiIIer-Brother,
Policeman Says

mo, IL didn't bother me to
have to tell the police. After
all, IL he killed n man :"
With these words Patrolman
Erwin Applet of the motor divi-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12
Young SolidIite.
Charles Ba(kus,
Indicted

Charles Kellogg BackuS. 90
year-old socialite. today lined up
at the army induction station with
40 other selectees of Draft Board
No. 81, Crosse Pointe. TO begin a
years service with the army.
Backus, whose engagement to
Miss Louise Bowen. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian P. Bowen.
1923 East jefferson avenue.
Crosse Pointe Park, was an
nounced Sunday. is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Standish Backus of TBS
Lake Shore road, Crosse Pointe
Shores.
81 certainly do not intend to
get married on SCI week
4oh, oh, 1 mean SCI a month";"
said Backus.
GLAD TO SERVE
81 regret having TO lave my
work, of course, but 1 am glad
to serve. I didn't volunteer be-
cause with a draft number as
low az 22l 1 knew / wouldn't
have to volunteer, they'd send
for me-"
Backus was an architectural
draughtsman with the firm of
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls. He is
a graduate of the Hotchkiss School
and Princeton University.
Prior to their arrival at the in;
duction station. the Crosse Pointe
communities draftees were given
farewell breakfast by a recently
formed breakfast club composed
of II Crosse Pointe women.
FOOD DONATED
The breakfast this. morning was
cooked and served by the club
members in the Neighborhood
Club at 17l45 Waterloo avenue,
Crosse Pointe. The fodo, in great
abundance and variety, was do
mated by local merchants.
The club expects to recruit more
members and see that Crosse
Pointe draftees are supplied with
cigarets, knitted goods and other
clothing. playing cards, books and
other gifts while they are away.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-12

Patrolman Applet told Inspector
John o. Whitman of the homicide
squad. that his brother called him
from Bloomington. Ill, early yes
terday and announced:
"Well. 1 did IL. 1 killed him.
Now I'm going to get an attor-
ney and surrender"
He said Walter asked for money
and then hung up.
81 wasn't going to say any
thing about the CALL" Officer
Applet said, until / saw q tele-
type telling of the killing and
broadcasting the description Of
my brother"
TROUBLE WITH WIFE
The officer said he had known
there had been trouble between
his brother and the chemist over
his brothers wife, Wanita, %, who
was suing for divorce.
In Eofenz pockets, when Chs
cago police found him Monday
with nine % caliber bullets in his
body. were rent receipts for Mrs.
Appelt's apartment. She had de-
clared she would marry the
chemist as soon as her divorce was
granted, Chicago police said.
Lorenz was divorced two years
ago and has a daughter, II years
old, living in Boston with her
mother. The Appelts have q
6-year-old daughter.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-20
View for Investors

Also. investors find Scant COM
fort in already enacted and pros
pective tax levies Secretary
Morgenthau' espousal of con-
fiScauon of all profits in excess
of per cent on invested cap
ital' is viewed by the business
and financial world as an index
10 what the administration
plans. THE Bell Telephone Sys-
tens tax bill for the year
ended August 81 was lacked up
$50. 100000 TO above S226, 000,-
0O0)
Spectacular advance in
wholesale prices presage early
sharp marking-up of retail
prices consequently OF the cost
OF living. Not a bullish infu-
ence on securities.
Some latest business Stats
tics record at least a modest
setback.
Commodity quotations on the
exchanges last week suffered
sinking spells not equaled in re-
cent years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-20
Detroit Produce

Trading vas moderate at the D.troi,
Union Produce Terminal this morning IN
fresh fruits and vegetables. Iceberg head
lettuce vs.. shout steady potatoes we're
steady: apples continued steady; onions
we're about steady. All stock quoted Is
good quality and good condition unirss
otherwise stated.
APPLES Mich bu crates. Mcintosh.
u. s No /, z-in min. 81 50 n IS; fan
color, Al 80. fair quality Sl25. iona
thans, Z 5. No. ] ~ in min, -. i5n
%; p. in min. Sl.05; Delicious. T. s,
No. /, "a in min 81 So Northern spys.
10 s No l. 81 in min. $50. Rhode
Island Greetings L S No l. ~ in min,
81 SHOWS. u. S. No. /. an in min, eoca
81 10. Wsgeners. u. s. No. l. - in min.
81 Hubbardstons. u. s. No. /. IN in
Is Vest Virginia, bu baskets. Delicious,
u. 3. No. I. IA in min. fair TO generally
good condition. $40, Washington. box.
Delicious and Red Delicious fancy, sos.
Rome Besuiys. X fancy, +ss-72s. 81. so ;
fancy. fss-72s S215
cRANBERRIEs -- Massachusetts,, ,. .bhI
boxes. early blacks. and late reds, s. Is.
CARRoTs--Los Angeles crates. doz.
punched. California. S.25a so.
CELERY Michigan, punches, ! dor
stalks. parchment wrapped. SOC.
cUCuMBERs -- louisiana bu baskets
U s No, !, ~aSed. $3.50: ordinary, not
GRAPEs-Csnfornla display hugs.
Thompson seedless. 81. rs y 10: fair, 81 so
Toksys. 81 SIS y 1 IS on best. fair 81 3Ti1 N
i;5o: White Maiaeas, l2sg ! 80; Rioiers.
81 $50 ? IS. according TO pack. ohvettes.
-. Juice grspes-Cshfornia Tugs, Zin-
fandels. "a lbs. 81. t01 i.45. Muscats Is 10
Tugs, 81 2oH 30: 2s-lb Tugs. si.359l45:
Aicsntes, 3s-lb lugs. Sl.40 so.
LETTUcE-Los Angeles crates. Iceberg
type California Salinas .Wstsonville Dist.
don. $780, dor. s3.s5n3s5. q
doz. 50 Is: Idaho. dor: generally good.
doz. fair, So New Mexico. dor. ordi-
nary. s2.50d275
LEAF LETTUcE-ohio. dollhouse, lob.
oskts $50 soc.
Y. s. No. l. , in. and larger. Utah. 81 10
q1.15. Idaho. SI.iOgl Is. mostly siI5:
Colorado. xi.l5g 20 % in. sire. sl.15d
i ! 2ei I Idaho y s No l. Whites s. per
~. No. 1. Ysilows, 70 per cent to so
si.1s: .. S. No ! Nv Whites 10 per &C. cent t" <.
POTATOES iOo.lb. sacks Idaho Russell
Burbsnks, Y. S. No l. washed, S2iOG
? 50. mostly 81 l5H2.25: 1O-lb sacks. 2fl4
= Csc, y s. Commercials. I00-lb. sacks.
katahdins and Cihppewss. 2sc: Wisconsin.
~. s. No. !. Kstahdlns, 81 40: Michigan,
Y. 5. No. l., Cohelers, 81 ASA i.30: Chip
81. 30 q ! IS: Russet Rurals, 81 20ai25
PEAs-Caltfornia hi. hampers. S3.25.
few higher, on. baskts., So Va 4. 50.
SWEET PoTAToEs-PlIerto Rican Vans.
ou. crates, Y. s. No. I, Louisiana. S14Od
so, fair, 81 30; Texas. sl45di.5O; Ten
nessee, Si33, few 81 90. bu hampers
Nancy Halls, SIPS; New Jersey hu. hsmp.
ers Sandy Soil stock, U. s. No. /. Jerseys.
Red SOIL stock. 81. as Virginia stave bhls
y No. j, Jersey type and CoIdens,
SO so n 3.s5
sHALLoTs-Louisiana bbls.. sif.
IoMAroEs.ohio dollhouse, s-lb bsk,s
mediums, CSC n 81.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-20
On The Home Front

The functioning OF our econ
omy is swiftly becoming more
seriously disrupted.
Priorities and price ceilings
multiply
Unemployment among peace
time wage earners is spread
ing most diseoncertingly, with
Washington warning that worse
will follow. Despite praiseworthy
non-official efforts 10 aid small
manufacturing plants. and de-
spite WaShington's cooperative
gestures, many thousands of
modest concerns seem doomed.
Strikes are criminally STRAIT
ing defense production at many
points. Warfare between Go
and AFL still RACES. without
any clamping down by Wash
ington. In large corporations
wrestling with huge defense
contracts, showdown strikes"
are more rife than publicly re-
vealod.
Investors and arrangements
see no end TO demands for
wage increases, see no sign that
Washington will impose ceilings
on wages such as II has shown
no hesitation in imposing on
prices except prices of farm
products.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-20
Trouble,
Scrap Shortage
Threaten Steel
Great Lakes Strike
Hurts as Chicago
Faces Showdown

CLEVELAND, Oct. 20.-Threat-
ening labor conditions and contin-
lued shortage of steelmaking scrap
cast their shadows over the steel
industry, with possibility of steel
production being severely curtailed
before the Winter is over, says
Steel.
At the moment the Chicago dis
trict is the focal point in the labor
situation, the short interruption OF
a week ago. which cost consider
able production, being followed by
various movements looking toward
a closed shop and fraught with
dynamite as they develop. Results
Iof the campaign in that district
are expected TO be followed by
similar tactics in other centers. A
Detroit prouucer is strike-bound,
with two blast furnaces and a
dozen open hearths down.
Unsettled strike against Cleve-
land builder of automobile frames
has caused at least three automo-
bile builders 10 cease production.
much OF their output being for de-
tense. Various other labor inter-
Iruptions are taking place. the
aggregate causing a great loss of
production.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-20
Life Firm Lists Common Stock Holdings

Illinois of the principal life
reported limited holdings the ubjoned list of stocks
Chce Telephone and Telegraph Common
wealth Edison Corn Products Refining Eastman Kodak First Ma
tona Stores General Foods International Business Machines
Lggett Tobacco b. Montgomery Ward j. C. Penny
Philip Morris Quaker Texas Corporation, United Fruit and
Wrgey holdings listed of the close OF last
The Illinois statute approaches the objective previously stated
this column of changing the quality of life insurance iabl-
investment permitted If there
legislation among as there should be
stock investment by life companies
the of such investments the corresponding liza
biities policyholders TO be made flexible
example companies permitted to invest to
10 of their stocks then II ought
provided 10 of liabilities the
claim Of poicyholders ought be limited stake in the
value OF stock investments the
pocyhoder position to such equivalent TO that
Of D shareholder Investment trust
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-20
Car Registration
Figures Decline

New passenger car registrations
in % states during September
show a decrease of SO per cent
compared with the same month a
year ago and drop of AZ per cent
compared with August, 194l, R. L.
Polk e.. Co. reported today.
On the basis of these returns
from states representing 4201 per
cent of the entire country, total
registrations for the month are
estimated at 10000 units.
New truck registrations in the
same states show an increase of
10.5 per cent compared with Sep
TENDER year ago, but a decline
OF 81 per cent compared with
August this year
Total new truck registrations
for the month are estimated at
AZ 900 units.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-20
Forbes
RothschiId's Tip
On Investments
Is Timely Now
BY b. c. FORBES

The war news is so unsettiing,
the financial world is so glued
to gloom, that it may be timely
10 retell the famous but prob
ably fabulous story about the
original Rothschild, ablest of all
the brothers, who became the
most towering financial figure in
Britain.
An intimate friend asked him
how to make a fortune in the
stock market. Rothschild replied:
There are only a very few
times In Ones life when abso-
luteIy everything indicates def
niteIy that stocks will boom.
Whenever such a time comes
sell them short"
The prevailing impression here
has been that everything def
nitely points towards lower stock
quotations. Examples:
Things have been going very
badly in Russia.
Apprehension deepens that we
are rapidly nearing war with
Germany.
The Interpretation Of tn c
downfall of the Konoye cabinet
and its replacement by militant
officials is that Japan has be-
come more bellicoso towards the
Cnited States and Russia. that
she threatens TO become aggres-
sive the, moment she concludes
Russia has been dealt deadly
blow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-20
Pontiac Dealers Meet

Pontiac dealers from % zones
were to meet today with COM
pany executives in Pontiac for
an exchange of ideas on mer-
chandizing strategy, selling
methods, service, engineering
and production. d. u. Bathrick,
general sales manager. will be
in charge of the meeting.
Eve at the factory know
that the 1912 Pontiacs are
just as good as ever" said
Bathrick, but we want to
find out from these dealers
how the public is reacting to
them. We get daily reports
from our zone managers, but
we believe a meeting like this
will give us the best public
reaction to such things as in
creased prices. time payment
terms, as well as a score of
other important things that
will come up during the In
formal talks.
ALSO. we are sure the deal
ers will welcome the chance
to discuss their mutual inter-
ests with dealers from other
parts of the country"