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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
STRIKE:
Situation

President Roosevelt rolled up his
sleeves and sailed into the coal
strike personally, bidding fair to
handle this as he had other prob
lens. t
Under his personal urging negotia-
tons were resumed, and a settle
ment finally reached.
In the midst of all this particu-
larly when the United Automobile
Workers &C. I. o. threatened to
shut down 60-odd plants of General
Motors, engaged in nearly half a
billion of defense orders for motor
lied equipment, came a vigorous
outburst against Secretary Perkins.
The rumor was published that
Miss Perkins resignation was on
President Roosevelt's desk, and
one senator urged that if it were not
true that Secretary Perkins should
resign, and that if it were true the
President should accept it.
What was needed in that post was
not woman, but two-fisted man
with the intestinal fortitude" to
deal with labor troubles. This out
burst against Miss Perkins was al
most Immediately followed by her
prompt certification of the threat
ened auto strike to the mediation
board, thus practically washing her
hands of the matter.
The company held that a work
stoppage of non-defense portions of
factories would naturally and iney-
itably result in full stoppage. Faced
with this evidence, Miss Perkins die
tated and signed a statement which
started:
"The dispute between the General
Motors corporation and the United
Automobile Workers of America
threatens to burden and obstruct the
production or transportation of
equipment and materials essential
to national defense and cannot be
adjusted by the commissioners of
Cancellation Of the department Of Ia
bor."
The mediation board promptly
sent this message to both corpora
ton and unions affected and set an
early date for a hearing. This had
the immediate result of producing a
union agreement to call off the
strike pending some effort by the
board to make adjustments.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
TOUGH DRAFT BOARDS

The problem of industrial man.
power has become so acute that de-
tense chiefs have complained to Sc
lective service officials that some
local boards are ''too tough about
granting deferment to skilled work.
men. ov.3 ss3sstiG II 0s1g9l "a
Ohio draft boards, for example,
are ordering the induction of crafts
men badly needed for the crucial
machine tool program. Similar
complaints have been made against
Michigan draft authorities for TAX
ing specially skilled men needed by
the Packard plant, now producing
Rolls-Royce airplane engines for
the British.
From Virginia have come reports
that the draft Ia hampering the vast
naval and shipbuilding program at
Newport News.
The problem of labor supply is
also hitting agriculture. Agricul-
tural officials fear that so much
labor is being drained off farms that
some Of them want to bar any more
defense plants In midwestern dairy
and pork sections.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Tail, fast-moving Rep. Lyndon
johnson is going to let no grass
grow under his feet in his campaign
for the seat of the late Sen. Morris
Sheppard of Texas. The young New
Dealer, who has the public. blessing
of the President, plans 208 speeches,
an average of three a day.
George Brooks, executive assist
ant in the OPM labor division, is
able to keep two secretaries busy
taking dictation and at the same
time carry on telephone CONVEX
sation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09

Here is a poster being issued
by the Office for Production Man
agement of the Defense Commits
sion in Washington for use in
street cars, buses and subway
trains, etc. IL calls attention to
the governments rearmament
drive and urges Mr.. Public to
heed that: I'VE, the people"
ARM FOR DEFENSE.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09

ton as a colonel in the U. S. army
air corps reserve. He said he was
greatly disturbed at the inplica-
tons made by the President regard
ing his loyalty toward the United
States. He had been an officer in
the reserve air corps since 1927, year
of historic flight to Paris.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
BY Edward c. Wayne
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
U. S. Extends Its Neutrality Patrol
To Protect Aid to Britain Shipments;
Germans Drive British From Greece;
Lindbergh Resigns Air Corps Post

NOTEwhen opinions columns they
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AIR

One of the significant differences
between the war and navy depart
ments is the hostility of navy BRASS
hats to civilian scrutiny and control
of their operations.
Deciding that the vastly expanded
army air corps needed a central di-
recting head, Stimson and Patter-
son selected Robert Lovett, New
York banker and World war ace,
for the job and had the President
appoint him. There was no inter-
ference from the generals, and air
corps chiefs are working harmoni-
ously and effectively with their new
civilian boss.
Navy brasshats, on the other
hand, are fighting tooth and nail to
block a similar civilian intrusion
into their gold-braided realm.
Through high-powered lobbying OPP
creations in the house, the admirals
wormed into the $500, 000, 900 navy
appropriation bill a provision that
would make it impossible to name
an assistant secretary for air.
The prohibitive clause Is very
slick piece Of axing. On its face
1t has no connection with the pro-
posed civilian appointee. It merely
bars the expenditure Of navy funds
"for any additional positions !. :.
at rate of compensation in excess
of $1,000 a year." The pay for an
assistant secretary is $1,000 year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
NAVY:
Buys az, Airfeld

For an undisclosed sum, believed
to be about 100000, the navy
bought Floyd Bennett airfield in
New York, intending to establish on
its 387 acres the nations biggest
naval air base.
The deal, it was announced, would
still permit the use Of the field as
an emergency landing field for COM
mercial aviation If LaGuardia field
was closed. III
The field, with 81, $500 square feet
of hangar space, will be put into
service at once, and will, navy Of
ficials pointed out, bring naval avia-
ton closer TO the most important
scene of its activities, the North At
lantic.
At present the chief naval air
bases in this country are Pensacola,
Fla, on the East and San Diego,
Calf, on the West coast. The need
of an important base Of greater size
than Anacostia, close to Washington,
D. c., brought about the deal with
New York city, and brings the navy
in force to the air above Long Island
sound.
MISCELLANY:
PIRAEUS: The Haras, formerly
one of Harold Vanderbilt's yachts,
was sunk by German dive bomber
as it was seeking to evacuate
large number Of civilians trying to
return from Greece's mainland to
their island homes. One bomb burst
in the vessels hold and practically
the entire passenger list was lost.
TOKYO: In the role of an Axis
salesman back from "trip to the
factory" Foreign Minister Matsu-
Okla of Japan informed the Japanese
people through the press that the
lot of the worker in Germany is
happy one, and that the people of
that nation like the system that
takes complete governmental control
of all their activities.
NEW YORK: Fritz Kreisler,
master violinist, was victim of
traffic accident near his home, as he
was on his way to luncheon. He was
struck by truck and his skull
fractured.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
S)aajlaq5n,
Washington, d. G.
TERRITORIAL BASES

TERRITORIAL BASES
The island bases of the United
States are now considered our best
safeguard against invasion. But
army and navy brasshats get
scorching rebuke in a report pre-
pared by the house appropriations
subcommittee that inspected terri
torial bases.
Written by Rep. James G. Scrug-
ham of Nevada, chairman OF the
group, the report recommends the
immediate creation of an "inde-
pendent air force" This would be
intended to correct two chief
abuses:
~ The location of army and navy
bases almost side by side in fiat,
unprotected country, thus inviting
destruction by enemy bombs" ~
Failure to build hangers, repair
shops and other facilities under
ground.
Regarding the first criticism the
Scrugham report states: "This
policy of concentrating highly essen
tial military or industrial struc-
lures in very limited areas cannot
be too strongly condemned, and
may constitute an error OF gravest
consequences. This is as true in our
territorial as well as our continental
defenses.
'sThe lesson of the destruction OF
the Polish air force by the Germans
at the beginning of the war seems
to have gone entirely unheeded (by
the aeronautic bureau chiefs re-
sponsible). In a fiat country, pro-
tected air facilities may be irnprac-
teal, but where there are adjacent
hills, it seems inexcusable to delib-
erately build /. bases invitingly
located for bombing attacks, and so
close together that an enemy plane
can hit one if it misses the other.
Everywhere the story is the
same, from Hawaii to Puerto Rico,
from Alaska to the Virgin Islands,
Jamaica and Trinidad. Also, no
adequate plans have been formulat-
ed for water reserves, except to con-
tract for drilling a few wells, with
gave uncertainties as to quality
and quantity"
Scrugham's conclusions are that
tragedy of the first magnitude"
may develop unless immediate
steps are taken to rectify conditions
at the territorial bases. His solu-
ton is the Capitalization of all mill
tary air forces under a single head
with cabinet rank.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09

THEN AND NOW
IN WASHINGTON they win tell
you today Of perfect working house
of representatives majority, with
some six key men directing legisla-
tion.s During the twenties, and up
to some IS years ago, when the Re-
publicans had a heavy majority in
the house, one man largely directed
the course of legislation. If Martin
B. Madden said bill was to pass,
it passed; II he said no, it did not
reach the floor. Madden was the
house Of representatives.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-09

PRACTICAL
THE PRESIDENT is said to favor
q revision of the draft ages, reduc-
ing the minimum to Is years and
stopping the maximum at 80 years,
or less. That is practical.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
Open Sesame
Food From uther, Store
Keeps Boy for 10 Days

Marion Croce. Is. missing from
MS home in 1880 La Belle avenue
since January II, was fortunate
that he had key TO his fathers
grocery al 14027 Woodrow Will
son avenue. because in the 10
days he spent roaming around
the city he lived on the canned
goods he took out each night.
He was caught by police Of the
Petoskey station after Patrolman
Walter Odle had seen some one
in the store at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning.
Odle chased the intruder, fired a
shot in the air. but lost him in an
alley. Fifteen minutes later other
policemen found the boy at
Twelfth street and Fenkell avenue.
lie admitted he had, been in the
store,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
WIVES MEET

The two wives met for the first
time yesterday afternoon when
both called to the Jail to try and
cheer their husband.
Wife No l is known as Mrs.
Pauline Cutlery Misurelli. %. a
blonde. who while working in a
Chicago cafe met Misurell last
November, was married to him at
Crown Point. Ind. and then ac-
companied him to California
There he met and married wife
No. 2. auburn haired, now known
as Mrs. CorIne Power Misurelli,
20. formerly employed in a Los
Angeles drive-in restaurant.
In between marrying the two
girls. Los Angeles police charge,
MiSurelli cashed 10 checks totaling
SOU. None WIS any good.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
Colonel 0|iphdnt
Transferred

Transfer of Col. Thomas G. M.
Oliphant. executive head of the
Michigan Military Area. to COM
mand of the 350th Field Artillery
at Camp Livingston. La. was one
of the four local army promotions
announced today.
Colonel Oliphant. who has been
here since last September %. will
leave February Is to assume his
new command.
Other promotions: Reserve Capt.
James Stevenson, attorney and
radio news commentator. and
Capt. Charles NJ Benschoten of
Flint. both to major, attached to-
the Judge advocate generals de-
partment.s Stevenson, 40, lives at
26330 Hendrie road, Huntington
Woods. Bensehoten is Sc
Promotion of Maj. Irl D. Brent,
1925 Wildemere avenue, to lieu
tenant colonel. Michigan Military
Area reserve department, also was
announced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
Incubator Developed
For Premature Babies

New type baby incubators. de-
signed by the Ford Motor Com
pany, have been developed for the
care of prematdrely born babies,
it was announced today by State
II 2 a fth Commissioner A. Alien
Mover.
Commissioner Meyer said his
department plans TO acquire sew
eral of these incubators and lend
them TO communities when they
are needed. Reports of doctors
show that approximately 400 of
the 1.500 annually prematurely
born babies in the state could be
saved if proper equipment and
care were available.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
7 Tool Firms Given
Closed Shop, Raises

Two closed shop agreements
that also provided for vacations
with pay and blanket wage in
ereaseS Of ; cents an hour were
negotiated by the Society olsTool
nm ffTr- Markers WITH fUcdf firms.
J. J. Griffin. president of the
union, reported today
An agree N affecting $50
molders and coremakers vas
signed with the Commerce Pat
tern. Foundry and Machine Com
pany. al Grand River and Second
avenues. and a similar agreement
was effected with the LIE Marie
Tool and Engineering Company of
Dearborn. covering 20 employees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
Car Runs Red Light,
Driver Dead at Wheel

Walter A. Doll, so, was dead
of a heart attack when his car ran
through a red light at Livernois
and Puritan avenues. and struck
three other cars. a poSr-morrLm
examination revealed today. Police
who rushed up to arrest the driver
found his body slumped over the
wheel Mr.. Doll lived on r. F. D.
l in Inkster.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
CuIbertson Rules
Arrive; City
Still Stands

Back in 1886 Ely Culbertson
promised that il would be five
years before he changed his book
of rules by which contract bridge
players struggle-and Culbertson
is a man of his word.
He has issued new rules for 1941.
The greatest change is that void
and singleton suits are given honor
trick values. Other changes are
generally lower requirements for
opening bids. higher requirements
for keeping the bidding open and
some difference in the two bids,
which under the old Culbertson
mean nothing less than a power
house.
First set of the new rules to
reach Detroit arrived today at the
home of Ralph r. Richards. four
times winner of the national bridge
championship and only man here
abouts to hold a masters diploma
from Culbertson's studio.
USE OF RULES
Said Richards:
RULES are just something TO
hang your bridge game on. PEG
pie seem 10 think that they can
learn to play by rule. That is
impossible, and the man who
tries to make each hand fit a
rule remains dub at the game.
1.-The new rules are designed
TO give the average player q
better conception of valuation
OF the hand. For the expert
player there Is little new In to-
days rules.
THE void or singleton suit has
always been taken into consid-
Grafton by the thoughtful player
In valuing his hand"
Culbertson has always insisted
he refused TO write rules for dubs.
The new rules are designed. his
followers insist. TO make experts
out Of the dubs.
Says Percy S German. head of
the kHiel$erbeekef- Bridge Club.
Were not the least bit ex-
cited about these new rules.
Most expert players have their
own rules which they evolve
after careful study.
MUST THINK BRIDGE
81 think Mr.. Culbertson Is Just
trying to sell more bridge books.
A chap will always he a dub at
bridge until he gets down TO
work. thinks about IL.
Here at the club and over
most Of the country we use the
BlackWOod convention for reach
ing slam. 1t works better than
anv of the rest we have found.
However. bridge rules are
made to be broken. The proper
deviation from rules Is what
makes the expert. He knows
when to modify and when to ex-
tend"
Just what will happen when a
partner gives long suit. 10 high,
in response 10 an opening two no.
trump demand bid. Mr.. German
was too upset to say.
"If-it works. and you get fit,
that is fine. If it doesn't work.
where do YOU 20 from there"
he asked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27

Between a blonde. a redhead
and a flock of bad cheeks, Frank
MisHrelli 25 lately of Chicago.
San Diego. Los Angeles and other
points west, is in pickle.
In fact he is in the County Jail.
awaiting return 10 Los Angeles 10
face charges of passing $500 IN
bad checks.
And through being in the
County Jail It came 10 light that
within two months he had wooed
won and married two wives; one,
the blonde in Chicago; the second
the redhead in California.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
j. D. Students Start
Annual 3Ddy Retreat

Students OF the University Of
Detroit today viii start their
yearly three-day spiritual retreat
The mems retreat VIII be con-
Quoted in Gesu Church. the
women's at Gesu School. Closed
retreats for men will be at Man
resa. in Bloomfield Hills. and for
goods at Mount Mary Convent
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
Cigdret Girl Only II,
Wonder Bar in Tolls

Policewomen said today they
would turn over 10 the liquor COM
mission a charge against Sammy
Sofferin night Cube owner-that
he employed 17-year-old girl in
his Wonder Bar.
The girl, a cigaret seller. was
taken from the night club last
night by two policewomen. She
said she had told Sofferin she was
% but policewomen pointed out
that 1t was his responsibility TO
determine her age.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
: Hunters
Raid
Cemetery

TWO m0ntns ago. Dui ifldl uhlH
stop three hunters who hagged
two birds and a squirrel in Wood
mere Cemetery.
The three Nimrods. Peter Lott
so. Of ssos Vanderbilt avenue,
Anthony Magyar : r N ''trs1f m
derbilt avenue. and Denis Gales,
26 Of 9143 Fulton avenue. will
appear before A Dearborn justice
of the peace tomorrow.
When Policeman Joseph Baum
of the Fort street station. on duty
near the cemetery yesterday after
noon. heard the sound of shots
coming from among the grave
stones, he thought at first they
might be from firing party ar a
military funeral.
Soon he saw the hunters emerge
from the cemetery carrying the
rife. the brace of pheasants and
the squirrel.
Howard johnson of the state
conservation department placed a
charge of game law violation
against the trio who were released
on their own recognizance TO ap-
pear tomorrow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
80 Chinese TO Face
Court in Gaming Raid

Thirty Chinese are TO appear in
Recorders Court today charged
with frequentlng a gambling place
after a-raid- by -rice-Sallad- al
1855 Third avenue. According 10
the police. the men were playing
n Chinese gambling game.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
Ford Had Ii
Trade School Graduate
Has Famous Name

What's in name?
Well. according to Henry Ford,
II, of 2209 Stanley avenue, who
yesterday was graduated from
Ford Trade School, there is a lot
!. :. lot of rubbing.
And for three and a half years
Henry has been getting it from
fellow students.
But Henry insists that tits a
darn good name"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
Tourist Plans Win
SIS for M Senior

A S25 first prize in a state
wide contest to select model plans
and designs for tourist accommo-
dations adapted to Michigan today
was awarded TO Walter r. john
son. senior in the University OF
Michigan architectural college.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
DEANNA DURBIN
SAVED by the police

memory of the esteem in which
she is held by Chicago flicker fans.
When Miss Durbin arrived by
train in Chicago yesterday. en-
route to the Presidents birthday
ball in Washington, d. C.. an esti-
mated 1000 persons milled about
the station TO greet her.
Before she was rescued by police.
her hat was knocked from her
head. she was almost trampled in
the crush, TWO young w m n
tainted, and several children were
injured.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
Mob Deanna
5000 Chicagoans Greet
Her in Wild Disorder
International News service wire

CHIC A GO. Jan. 27.-Deanna
Durbin, who at the ripe old age of
10 is a movie veteran and one of
flmland's biggest money makers.
carried with her today a vivid
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
LIMITED To GIRL CLERKS

The contract covers only girl
clerks. Office and maintenance
workers are not to be solicited to
join the United Retail and Whole
sale Workers, CIO union. said
Tucker Smith. the unions Michi-
gan representative.
However, office and mainte-
nance employees who are now
members of the union will receive
pay increases, he said.
A guarantee of AZ weeks work
year is provided for regular"
employees who must be members
of the union, Smith said. Vaca-
tons with pay are provided, also
a group of girl employees dis
charged prior to the strike will be
rehired for three months proba-
ton period, the statement says.
Although the contract covers
stores only in the Detroit area,
negotiations are to start at once
to bring employees of the COM
panys five outstate stores under
its provisions, Smith stated.
The contract which is to run
one year and has no strike
clause. was signed by Fred Neis.
ner, company vice president. and
F. G. Duffy, personnel director,
Smith and a group of girl commit
tee members for the union.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-27
u. 5. Must Fight
Fire With-Fire,
Ruthven Says
Times star Correspondent

ANN ARBOR, Jan. 27.-"Aca-
demic freedom, freedom OF the
press and similar slogans used by
opponents of civil liberties should
not be allowed TO confuse our
thinking" President Alexander G.
Ruthven of the University of Mich
igan said in his annual report to
the University Board of Regents
today.
President Ruthven. whose .atti-
tude on academic freedom" has
been the subject of considerable
controversy during the last few
months, said:
"Recent events must convince
us that the time has come to
recognize that a country which
tolerates every possible type of
propaganda and activities def
nitely subversive In nature Is no
match for a country which per-
mits only propaganda In sup
port Of the existing government
and its activities.
ADVICE To PROFESSORS
ITO tolerate all kinds OF
ideologies and activities intended
TO convert people TO them Is to
he virtually without an effective
national policy" Doctor Ruthven
said.
professors of our colleges
should rid themselves Of the no-a.'
ton that romanticism, sentf-
.mentalism and indiscriminate.
: tolerance are essential constitu-ss
ents of democracy. They are only
evidence of indecision and fuzzy-s
mindedness."
He said that faculty members
who didn't believe in this should
get out of the teaching profess
sion.
They should recognize their
unfituess as teachers and seek
other means OF livelihood" he
said. "If state universities can
not strengthen the state which
sustains them. they will destroy
themselves with the state