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Evening star., 1941-02-13
Mrs. Abbie Muhin Dies;
Former D. c. Resident

Mrs. Abbie Cadle Mahin, "a, widow
of Frank w. Mahin and former
Washington resident, died February
5 at the home of her son. Col. Frank
C. Mahin, U. S. A, Pinehurst, S. c.,
it was learned today.
From 1897 to 1924 Mr.. Mahin was
Consul at Reichenberg, Austria;
Nottingham, England, and Amster-
dam, Holland. The following year
he and Mrs. Mahin came to Wash
ington, where they made their home
until his death in 1886.
Mrs. Mahin was well known as an
Evening star., 1941-02-13

The ancient English game of
cricket was known in the 14th
century. The first rules were made
in l774.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Tool Priiorities Fail
To Halt Models
Motor Vehicle Plants Keep
Pledge 10 Subordinate All
TO Defense Program

Insofar as production OF motor
vehicles is concerned. the automo-
bile industry is not in the market
for new tools, and the establish
ment Of priorities on machine tool
deliveries, as announced today. will
not materially affect either 1871 or
1912 models.
The automotive companies. how
ever. have on order and are OBJ
tanning delivery right along on a
large number of machine tools for
execution of urgent defense con-
tracts. These machines will, OF
course, be on the priority list.
Removal of motor vehicle plants
from the machine tool market is in
line with the industry's pledge of
last October TO subordinate all
model changes TO the defense pro-
gram.
Among defense items being man.
ufactured in the automobile indus
try are airplane engines, tanks
machine guns. shells, and military
cars and trucks. Manufacture Of
bomber parts and sub-aSsemblles
also is projected.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

HoW to Adjust Buttons
When Waves Change

At ; a. m. March %. the wave
lengths of $50 of the 720 American
commercial radio stations will be
changed by federal order. If your
car radio has push button controls.
according to Pontiac Motor Divi-
sion. II is a simple matter 10 adjust
them TO pick out your favorite
stations when the Shakeup comes.
If your radio has cylindrical but
tons, as on the 1871 Pontiac Mas
ter model. here's how TO change 10
the now wave lengths. Turn on
receiver for 10 minutes or more.
Loosen the push buttons by turn
ing each counter-clockwise about
half turn. Tune in the first
desired station manually and press
in the first push button as far as
it will 60
With the button held all the
way in, tighten II gently Then
release it and tighten securely.
After all buttons have been adj
iusted To stations. rccheck the
setting. Push each button and see
if it is possible 10 tune the station
more sharply by hand. If so, loosen
and reset the button.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Hudson Aircraft
Division Opens

The new aircraft division Of the
Hudson Motor Car Company is
now in operation and the produc-
ton of aherons for one of the
large eastern airplane builders is
under way, it was announced to-
day by A. +. Barit president of
the Hudson company
The plant devoted to the pur-
pose. Barit said. is capable of
large scale production of wings
and ailerons as well as other air.
plane parts and is expected TO as
sumo an important position in the
aircraft sector of the national
defense program. Plans for the
project have been under way for
months. he said.
Plant operation Of the aircraft
division is in charge of George
Coin, who for approximately 10
years was in charge of production
of complete airplanes for a promi-
nent builder.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Pontiac 10 Fete
Statesmen Guild

Monday night Pontiac Motor
division will be host to 200 MEM
bers of the Pontiac Statesmen
Guild in this zone territory at a
banquet in the Hotel Statler. This
will be one of p similar banquetS
held simultaneously in other COM
pany zone cities AS victory cele-
bration for the greatest year in
Pontiac history.
High point of the evening will
be the address by d. L. Bathrick,
general sales manager of Pontiac
over $4,000 miles of telephone wire
connecting the Grand Ballroom of
the Statler with all of the other
banquetS throughout the country,
He will be introduced by r. Hs
Grant, vice president and general
sales manager of the General
Corporation. James A.
Grier. manager of the central re-
gion will be master of ceremonies
for the telephone broadcast.
This will make the first nation
wide together of Guild mem
bers and as host Of the occasion
Bathrick promises that 1t will be
an annual affair.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Gas, Lubricants
Forum Subjects

Detroit will be host to the ma
tons transit operators this week
when the first national o r u m
sponsored by the American Transit
Association bus division, brings
fleet operators, bus manufacturers
and petroleum refiners here 10
discuss gasolineS and lubricants.
- Four Detroiters will be active at
the sessions February II and Is in
the Book Cadillac Hotel, Guy c.
Hecker, general secretary of the
American Transit Association. an
nounced. w. j. Cameron OF the
Ford Motor Company, and William
B. Stout, airplane and automobile
designer. will speak at the dinner
February II. Floyd L. Wheaton
superintendent of au { ON o I / v c
equipment of the Detroit Street
Railways, will be chairman of the
forum and preside at the sessions.
II. c. Mougey, General M or-s
Corporation research laboratories
division. will speak at the session
on lubricants. representing the
viewpoint of the manufacturer.
Nationally known engineers and
fleet operators have been obtained
for the forum. Gasolines will be
discussed on the first day, and
lubricants on the second day. AT
each session there will be dis
cussion from the viewpoint of the
fleet oDeratOr. the bus maDufac-
turer and the petroleum refiner.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Nash January Sales
Exceed Last Year S

SwellCd by steadily increa sing
public demand for the new low
priced Nash Ambassador 500
sales Of new Nash cars during the
first % days Of January exceeded
sales for the entire month Of Janu-
airy last year. it was reported by
w. IA Blees. general sales man
ager. Nash Motors division, Nash
Kelvinator Corporation.
In November and December. he
pointed out, the factory set new
production records for these
months and this production is re-
Elected in the excellent rate of
sales in January. During the first
20 days of the month, he said do
nestle sales totaled 1866 units. a
gain of 81 per cent over the COM
parable period of 1910. when 1850
units were sold.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
MEN. MOTORS AND AVIATION By
Plastics for Plane
Use Studied
Costs, Production T i m c
CHt DoWn; Balks
Expensive RpctinS

With British and American mill
tary men clamoring for thousands
of warplanes produced at top
speed. American production men
are cycling plastics as the future
aircraft structural material, re-
ports A. W. Bernsohn in the cur
rent issue of Flying and Popular
Aviation magazine.
After experts said that plywood
wouldn't do for airplanes, Bern
sohn reveals, the material ducked
into experimental laboratories,
took on a new form and emerged
as today,s most rapidly rising air.
craft structural material.
Bernsohn declares that plywood
is superior 10 metal in many ways.
He explains that one of the most
important properties, from the
military standpoint, is that ply
wood structures are damaged con-
siderably less by concentrated
gunfire than all-metal airplane
structures
Cost and production time are
hacked way down in producing
the so-called plastic" plane, the
Flying and Popular Aviation arti-
Gle discloseS. 1t continues, stating
that the material doesn't have
metals expensive bottleneck-
rivetinG.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Offer Truck Fleet
Directors Prizes

News OF interest 10 the promo.
tion of highway safety and Of spe.
cial concern IN connection with TIE
national truck safety contest
now in progress and scheduled 70
end on July 31-comes from To
ledo where the management Of tic
Electric Auto-Lite Company AIT
nounceS its intention 10 make an
nual awards to winners in the
safety contest.
Under the Auto-Lite plan
awards will 90 10 the safety dircc
tors of truck fleets. since they arc
the individuals responsible for the
operating safety of motor vehicle
fleets supervised by them.
Sixteen awards. eight firStS and
eight seconds. will 60 10 winners
in the following ClaSSifications
Local operation fleets Of II To >
vehicles. Is 10 80 vehicles. 81 70
100 vehicles. 10l and more vehi-
Giles: long distance operation fleets
OF II 10 3 vehicles. 26 10 80 vc-
hiCleS. 81 To 100 vehicles. 10l and
moro vehicles.
Presentation of the awards VIII
be made part of the official buSi-
ness If the 1911 convention Of the
American Trucking Association.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
New Wipers
Rear Window Attachment
Vacuum Operated

Buick engineers have developed
an automatic rear window, wiper
which will do for the rear window
what the present wiper does for
the windshield, according to an
announcement made to the dealer
organization today by w, +. HUI
stader, general sales manager.
The device is available as an
accessory on current and recent
model cars, he said.
1t is vacuum operated and is
similar in construction TO the
windshield wipers having a vacuum
pump which operates single
blade in a wide arc across the rear
window. The mechanism is con-
cealed in the trunk section Of the
body and the blade operates from
rhc lower edge of the rear window,
covering sufficient area for good
visibility.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
40 Retail Sales
3,4t5,9O5 Units
On Final Figures
1874 Pct. Over 1899
Registrations; New
Trucks Also Gain

Retail sales of new passenger
cars in the United States in 1910
totaled 3,415,905 units, according
to the final tabulation of official
registration figures for December
announced here today by r. L.
Polk & Co.
According TO Polk records, this
total exceeds the 1889 registration
figures of 2,653,377 by 28.74 per
cent.
Registrations of new trucks in
1910 also are up over 1889 with a
gain of 1910 per cent Truck
registrations for 1910 total SIC, 1927
units compared to 486, 74S units in
1899
For the month of December,
new passenger car registrations
showed a gain of 35 Sc per cent
over December. 1889, with total
of 334,073 units compared TO
246,544.
The total for the month also
represents an increase of approxi-
mately $500 units for December
over November, continuing the
steady acknowledgements increase
shown all through the last quarter.
The gain is 1888 per cent for
December over November.
Truck registrations for Deem
Der totaled 51,095 units. repre-
senting an increase of 3640 per
cent over December. 1899, and a
gain of $50 per cent for December
over November, 1910.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Unusual, Priceless Metals
Found in Modern Auto

Gus metals as iridium. palladium,
platinum and rhodlum. includes
titanium, molybdenum.
and beryllium TO say
nothing of tungsten and silver.
According to the Ford expert,
some of these metals were more
than gold before the
rise of the motor industry in
creased the demand and brought
prices down But palladium, as
we'll as iridium, platinum and
rhodium. still are more expensive
than gold Palladium is the rare
metal that, combined with gold,
makes the familiar white gold. In
the Ford car II is used in contact
points in the voltage regulator.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

The average motorist has read
much in recent years about the
use of such unusual metals as
iridium. palladium and cadmium
in his automobile, but the chances
are 100 to l that neither he nor
the garage mechanic around the
corner know where very many OF
these rare metals are located on
the car
a metallurgist at the Ford
Motor Company has volunteered
the answers. For example, every
automobile contains some metals
that are more valuable than gold
and silver.
a list Of the unusual metals !
the car, IN addition to such preci-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
i. Of NJ. Offers Four
Engineering Courses

Four courses Of specific interest
to those in various fields of en-
cheering are offered in Detroit by
the University of Michigan extern
sion service. +. J. Scoop Detroit
representative. ounces. OF
these, all of which begin the week
of February 10. "Thermodynam-
les dealing with the principles Of
energy transformation in steam
and combustion engines. air COM
presSors and refrigerating appara-
tus. meets att p. m. Wednesdays,
12l Northern High School, Wood
ward at Clairmount.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Open Winter Brings
Record DrivedWdys

Detroit's open Winter has
opened the way for new records
in customer driveaways.
According to the Cadillac Motor
Car division, not one 1871 model
delivery has been delayed at the
factory due to inclement weather.
In past Dcccmber-January re-
ports, frequent two and three-day
blank spaces bear testimony that
poor driving conditions prevented
the drivaway of customer cars.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

That American-built bombers
are being used TO convoy British
shipping through the submarine
zones was revealed by J. A. Ben
nett Of London. England. who Wis
tied the Pontiac motor division
engineering department.
Benefits son, Joseph. Is a Pom
tiac engineer.
A specialist in the restoration Of
old homes and castles. the elder
Bennett is in the United States on
an official mission TO dispose Of art
treasures
sour ship covered an extra
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Hufstader in East

On. a business trip through the
eastern states, w. +. Hufstader
Buick general sales manager, has
metropolitan dealers in
New York area and a similar seS-
sion in Boston, where plans are
being completed for the annual
birthday automobile
show" staged by Boston distribu-
tors and dealers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
; Zone Personnel
Changes by Pontiac

Three changes in zone personnel
of Pontiac Motor division are an
nounced by D. u. Bathrick. gen.
cral sales manager To fill the va
cant post of assistant manager of
the Omaha zone, Bathrick has
moved w J. Aston Jr.. assistant
manager of the ST. Louis zone. r.
L. Edwards, assistant zone man
aCer at Boston. moves 10 st. Louis
in a similar capacity. J. NJ. O'Sul-
Ivan, district manager of the New
York zone, has been elevated TO
assistant manager of the Boston
zone
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
British Take Out Cars
From War STORAGE

II took the Battle of Britain 10
dispose once and far all the
fallacious theory that the private
car is a luxury or a
semiluxury, the American Auto
mobile Association declared today.
Reports from Great Britain"
said the A. A. A. statement.
"tell us that some $4,000 private
passenger cars put away for the
duration of the war have been
taken out OF cold storage and
placed in operation, with the
government allowing special
rations of gasoline on condition
that the owners take fellow
workers to and from the manu-
featuring plants where they are
employed"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
u. S.-Built BOmbers Used
To Convoy British Ships

1000 miles Of ocean by zigkag-
ging," Bennett said. This STRAIT
egg was directed by radio from
an American built-Lockheed-
Hudson plane which accompanied
us. Once the bomber spotted an
enemy submarine, but II dove
before action could be taken"
At that, Bennett said. the cross
ing was rather like A holiday
compared 70 life in MS Twicken-
ham home. He exhibited bomb
and anti-aircraft fragments which,
he said, pierce the house roof reg
ularly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Industrial Stylist
Joins Firm Here

George W. Walker. industrial
stvl.st. has been retained as con-
sulting designer by the Standard
Products Company, with head
quarters in Detroit and plants at
St. Clair and Marine City. Mich,
and Cleveland and Port Clinton,
o., according 10 an announcement
made by DR. J. S. Reid. president.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Dodqe Truck Shipments

United States domestic ship
ments Of Dodge Job-Rated trucks
during January, 1871. were greater
than in any other January in the
history of the corporation, accord
ing to L. D. Cosart. sales manager,
truck division, Dodge Brothers
CorDOratiOn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Air Cleaner Saves Wear

The air cleaner on car serves
10 take out all dirt and grit from
the air before II is admitted 20 the
combustion chambers. where for
eign matter might injure the sur
faces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
u. S. Lists Booklets

Booklets on federally aided avi-
alton courses, aeronautical courses
IN colleges and universities and the
duties of airline hosteSses have
been prepared by the United
States Office of Education.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Editor Defends
u. 5. WdrpIdnes,
World Finest
Controversy Concerns
Military Equipment
Only, Writer Says

In an outspoken editorial in the
current issue of Flying and Pop
ular Aviation. the magazines edi-
tor. Max Karant, says not 10 take
100 literally recent talk about
Americas aircraft being so IN
ferior as 10 be good only for
behind-the-lines training purposes.
More than anything else. states
Karant. such talk is for benefit
of the press" and for gullible sena-
tors and congressman on whom
new appropriations for war ma
terials depend
Warplanes designed and built in
this country are the finest aircraft
In the world. declares Karant. He
saws that the controversy raging
over them concerns not the planes
themselves. but their military
equipment. Admittedly American
planes always have been poorly
armed.
Britain's ROYAL Air Force de-
serves far more credit than II is
getting for visualizing the need for
eight machine guns on its fighters,
and power-driven gun turrets on
its bombers. asserts karant. But
neither the French nor Germans
nor the United States-heeded the
British until the Raj virtually
beat off Germans single-handed
with that tremendous firepower.
Rest assured. says karant, that
new American fighters and bomb
ers are taking advantage of that
lesson.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
International Auto Show Here
To Supersede N. US Pushed
Barrett Points Out
City, Industry
Benefit

Detroit is the only city i'm Amer
lea that can hold national auto
mobile show comparable to the
Importance of the motor car in
Americas social and economic life,
according to j. Lee Barrett, sexecu-
tive vice president Of the Detroit
Convention and Tourist Bureau.
who urged 1911 international
automobile show and fiesta for
Detroit next Fall
City wide attention was focused
upon Detroit as the site Of a
national show when a citizens
committee. meeting in the mayors
office last week urged the Detroit
auto dealers TO get behind the
program and also asked that the
automobile manufacturers give it
their blessing
The movement was started by
Mayor Edward J. Jeffries Jr. after
the n CIV Ynr k show had been
called off, on promptings by Bar
rctt. who sees in it not only an
opportunity of establishing this
city as the national headquarters
for the automobile show but
chance for Detroit TO attract inter-
national attention upon its major
industrial output--the automobile.
Broaden Scope
"The show should he interna-
tional In scope" Barrett said.
1--WE want the world 10 know
about our motor cars. We can
best do this by broadening It's
scope Ia the point where show
time will he looked upon a. the
gala spectacle, corresponding to
| New Orleans Mardi Gras and
the formerly great exhibits such
a. London's Empire Exposition,
Paris fashion shows and the
Leipzig Fair. and Others that are
/ known all over the world"
Barrett suggested. IN addition 70
an automobile display a parade Of
motors that might be made to
include Detroit'S part in the ma
tional defense program. boat races
on The Detroit River. huge outdoor
Showings of new cars and widely
scattered marts for the exhibition
of used cars.
Comes to Front
There II no good reason why
New York has had these national
automobile shows for 30 many
years" Barrett continued Rack
at the turn Of the century when
the automobile was in it, suad-
ding clothes. Detroit. a small
town. and New York the primary
shopping center of America,
there was some reason for TAX
ing the show To the great
metropolis.
"In the intervening years De-
trOit has come 10 the forefront
of the worlds stage, primarily
because of the automobile. IL IN
one OF the most talked of cities
today and an automobile show
held here will attract more peo-
pie and more attention than one
in New York.
No Transportation
another factor worthy ot
note j. the ease with which
manufacturers could transport
their wares To Detroit exhibit
ton. There would he no $50
mile trudge with models and
special exhibits. In addition,
dealer meetings and dealer-fac-
tory conferences could he held
simultaneously with the automO-
bile show.
ut Is to the best interest of
all Detroit that we keep the
rest of the world cognizant OF
the automobile. While its pro-
duction might have been sub
ordinated Ia the national defense
program, we must remember
that when things are back to
normal Detroit must earn
livelihood. It's livelihood Is the
automobile and the success ot
the automobile rests with an
eager buying public all over the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09
Get Vital Features

On the other hand. continues
the Flying and Popular Aviation
editorial, neither the British.
French, Nazis nor the United
States did anything about armor-
plate until actual warfare proved
the need for With the excep=
ton of the Germans. all the afore-
mentioned did nothing about rub
Der. bullet-sealing gasoline tanks
until actual combat cost the Allies
hundreds of planes due to gasoline
fire. You can be sure. Karant
asserts. the United States Army
and Navy are getting all these
vital features on new aircraft
Other than the above. American
military aircraft are superior to
anything flying anywhere, Karant
declares. The newest types now
being built for the British and
ourselves are armed TO the wing
tips, armored and have rubber
tanks. He is of the opinion that
they will outperform and Outright
anything in the air newspaper
columnists and authorities-on-any-
subject 10 the contrary.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-09

The Dodge factory Driveway customer here
pcerng with the air of connosscur at the engine of
the spurchased Fluid Drive model is Alden Sampson III
of Van Nuys Calf His business is designing and build
ing racing engines and racing Sampson has built
ing for every indianapolis Speedway Classic since
1928 His father Alden Sampson the founder of the
Alden Sampson Truck Company which. in 1909 became
a part of the United States Motor COMPANY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

America what did he mean in
his speech on his first election.
when he said that information
alists and democracy cannot go
together-you have got to have
one or the other.
So he had the Neutrality Act
passed and said that would keep
US away from the international
entanglements. But now he
wants 10 do away with the bill.
So, according TO his own speech.
we won't have a democracy. So
what kind of a government have
we now?
EDWARD McCULLEN,
6t16 Lincoln avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-30
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