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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
special to THE DETROIT TINES

LONDON. Feb. 4.-Negotiations
are under way regarding the Brit
iSh island of Jamaica in the West
Indies, possibly involving its ulti-
mate sale or lease TO the United
States. il vas revealed in the
House of Commons today.
Several members pressed for as
surance that the House would be
given an opportunity 10 discuss the
situation in detail before the ia
maican constitution is altered.
Others wanted definite promise
that neither Jamaica nor any
other British possession would be
sold or lie a ed to any foreign
power
George Hall. underSecretary of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

was SAID LaNaTS return 10 pOWcl
- expected Ia mark purge al
all French clements who stand II
10 the policies framed
IN the Mointoire meeting between
PetaIn ana Hitter
The London Daily Telegraph
in a Lisbon dispatch claimed
Petain had informed Chancellor
Hitler that If Germany takes
over unoccupied France. the
French fleet and empire would
re-enter the war on the side OF
Britain
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Ford Plans for Mass Output
Of Bon1bers Offered to u. S.
u. Deal on Jamaica
Being Negotiated.
Commons Informed

state for colonies. told all ques-
TONERS that no statement would
be forthcoming pending the out
m Q of present conferences in
London.
This was the first intimation
that any conference are in prog
ress regarding Jamaica-one of
the seven British Western Henri
sphere possessions on which the
United States has leased sites for
naval and air bases in exchange
for so American destroyers.
Foreign secretary-Anthony Eden
earlier told the House that Great
Britain would welcome the reap
pcarance of an independent Ethio-
plan state and recognizes the claim
of former Emperor Halle Selassie
10 the Abyssinian throne.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
10 Call
1869 SeIettees
Next Month
special to THE DETROIT TIMES

LANSING. Feb. 4.-Michigan's
draft quota for March will be
1909, state selective service head
quarters announced today. OF the
total. ASS viii be Negroes
From Area No. l.. 4.363 white
and All Negroes viii be delivered
al the Detroit induction station.
Area No. 2 will furnish l,756
white and 81 Negroes and will be
delivered to the Kalamazoo in
duction station.
From Area No. 3. GOA white and
10 Negro selectees will be de-
livered at Saginaw. From Area
No. 4. 42S selectees. all white.
will be delivered to Escanaba.
Col. Sampel D. Pepper, deputy
seleetipe service director. said the
new location of the Detroit Undue
ton station will be at 1040 West
Fort street and Will be open and
ready for operation February TO.
SO OF S,O7S REJECTED
A total of 3,643 selectees had
been delivered up to and including
January 30. Colonel Pepper SAID.
OF these. 3.073 have been accepted
and $50 rejected. leaving the bal
ance To be made UP on the requi-
Sition of 1896.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
John Kozdren Named
Detroit Liquor Head
Times stan Correspondent

LANSING. Feb. 4. 49, John j.
Kozaren. 1888 Michel avenue. De-
troit. today was named manager
of the Detroit area for the state
liquor control commission.
The commission also announced
that Robert Byers of Detroit, for
me state adjutant for the Ameri-
can Legion. will become director
of merchandising with supervisory
powers over purchasing and dis
tribution. Byers has been a Re-
publican.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Council O. Ks
Vote on Gas
April

The Common Council today in.
formally approved three ballot
which would put up tc
the voters at the April 7 election
the issue of municipal ownership
of the Detroit holdings of the
Consolidated Gas Com.
pany.
The people of Detroit have
complained continually about
high gas rates." declared Coun-
Gil President John w. Smith.
sponsor of the municipal owner
ship proposal.
The three proposals, which will
all be placed on separate
municipal ownership ballot. are
IA charter amendment plac-
ing the proposed new city
gas department under the Pub
lie Lighting Commission and
setting up the outline Of the
new activity. This will require
only ajority vote.
C-An amendment giving the
- city the authority to ac-
quire or condemn portions of
the Michigan Consolidated Gas
Company. Under the state con-
stitution this will require
three-fifths affirmative vote.
0-Authority to issue revenue
- bonds in a sum not to ex-
coed $50, 746.117 to pay the pur-
chase price. This also requires a
three-fifths affirmative vote.
John Morgan, -tf1e- cityIs
utility statisticiarI, recommended
the S60.746,117 figure as a cell.
ing and said that as many de.
auctions as possible of the COM
pany's standby service and real
estate should be taken to bring
this figure lower.
The ceiling" figure to be used
in the bond issue proposal is value
Of the company's physical assets
as fixed in a recent rate case t.
the Michigan Public Service Com
mission.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Hitler
May Free
Pastor
By PIERRE J. HUSS


BERLIN. Feb. 4-The Rev
Martin Niemoeller, the fighting
pastor" who commanded a U-boat
in the World War and defed Adolf
Hitler from his pulpit in fashion
able Dahlem Church. has become
g convert TO Roman Catholicism
and may soon be released from a
concentration camp il was learned
on reliable authority today.
Niemoeller was imprisoned in
1887 and has been held in custody
ever since for his refusal to re-
cant sermons in which he de-
clined TO acknowledge Hitler as
fuehrer Of the German Reich and
church.
His conversion. it was said, au-
tomatically cancels his pastorate
III the German Protestant Confess
sional Church and makes his lib
Grafton possible.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
$40 OF S,O7S REJECTED
Still There
Nassau Officially Denies
Wallis Face-Lifting
International New. service Cable

international News serNice Cable
NASSAU. Feb. 4.-The govern
ment of the Bahamas today denied
a newspaper story published in the
United States that the Duchess of
Windsor had undergone a face
lifting operation.
II was stated at Government
House that there was no record
in the immigration office concern
ing any entry into the Bahamas
by Or. 1. Daniel Shorell. who. the
stor, claimed, performed the
operation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Roosevelt 10 Name
New Envoy Thursday

WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-QNS)
Roosevelt will send
the name of tn next ambassador
TO Great Britain to the Senate
Thursday. his secretary. Stephen
T. Early, announced today. Early
said the British government had
accepted the choice Of Mr.. Roose-
Welt
The name of John G. Winant has
be ! frequently mentioned as the
to Joseph =. Kennedy,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Locomotive ExpIodes;
4 Persons Injured

DENVER. Feb. 4.-GNS)-A
large Denver and Rio Grandc
Railroad locomotive exploded to-
day injuring % persons.
The explosion took place while
the locomotive was en- route from
the Denver Union Depot to the
railroad shops. Two railroad cars
also were wrecked in the blast.
which was heard nearly a mic
around
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

OF the Vichy
government. II
was said IN re-
liable Ger II. a n
quarters today.
A &c m a n
spokesman Saiu
an agreement in
prln c lple has
been reached on
L a V a j rein
statement. Pc
tam VIII remain
as chief of state.
b u I. according
to Indlcatio n :
IN Berlin. the
man whom he
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
We Recommend:

Love clutch surrender to gutter"
Elsie Robinson Page TO-
why has the Santa Anita track daily doubtless"
Detroiter asks E. v During on Page TO-
prefer long
she will the romantic little chgnon that
Donna Grace hair styles feature bangs and chgnon
Page g.
Do you o know Mr. and Mrs Jones their
five children budget S3i week So 40
week into savings' Read Irene NJ Hawkins budget story
Page s.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Putzi HdnfstdengI's
Son Pins Hope in u. 5.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Feb. A.
(INS) His tion that
American democracy Is the hope
of the world" caused Egon L. s.
Hanfstaengl. 20 year old son OF
DR.. Ernst (PutzD Hanfstaengl,
former confidant Of Adolf Hitler,
to join the United States Army
Air Corps today.
His father Is now In a Canadian
camp.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
OPPOSED NAZIS

Nieinoelier attracted world At
tentlon from 1888 10 1887 when
ne opposed all Nazi efforts TO
create a state church.
Protestant -circ les. although
cware OF Niemoeller'S plans to en-
brace Catholicism. said they were
not yet certain whether he had
actually taken the step. although
some quarters insisted the cere-
mony took place yesterday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Cava||ero Out,
Athens Reports
international News service Cable

LONDON. Feb. 4.-The EX-
change Telegraph news agency
reported from Athens today that
Gen. Ugo Cavallero has been dis
missed as Italian chief of staff.
Athens newspapers were quoted
as the origin of the report.
Cavallero was appointed chief of
staff on January ID. replacing
Marshal Pietro Badoglio.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
John Annenbere Dies

? II ! L a DkLPHIA. Feb. l.
1NS)-John NJ jack Amen
berg. 81. widely known circulation
director OF the Philadelphia In
quirer. dropped dead of heart
attack at his office yesterday. He
was not related TO NJ. L. Amen
borg. publisher of the Inquirer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

baSSador = tt o
AbetZ.
Darlln. il was
: aid supports
LaValS return
and is backed
-1ybCfUnye-t MIN
! : 7 g T . g n g
Charles l.. C.
IiuntZiger
Pierre Etien-
ne + Ian din.
who repl a c o d
Laval a. foreign
minister. " i'll
II n Il Duh tpCllV
disappear from
the cabinet. IL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

dismissed as foreign minister and
vice premier viii emerge from the
crisis with increased powers
French Navy Minister Admiral
Jean Darlan has returned to Vichy
from Paris. where he discussed the
Laval problem with German am
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Defense TrailerS
IT, S. VIII Order $500 to Meet Housing Shortage
Among Arms Workers; Detroit Firms to Benefit

/, The federal government will
soon order $500 auto trallerS as
homes for defense workers IN dis
trictS where there is a housing
shortage. and the Detroit area will
get a considerable portion OF the
orders. il was learned today.
Federal officials plan 10 buy
three-to-five-room trailerS at about
81. 500 TO $1,000 each. il was midi
GATED. OF the initial order of $500
its. some 5000 are to be built in
midwest and eastern United
States.
1--WE can easily turn out 100
units a day" said Arthur Sher-
man. president of the Covered
Wagon Company. largest trailer
company in the United States. at
Mt. Clemens. mo definite COM
mitments have been made, hut
We hope to manufacture several
thousand at least.
! SPECIFICATIONS SET
. "We have prepared specifica-
kons for three, four and five
nm units. These last consist
~ living room, kitchen, bath
and two bedrooms. They arc de-
livered on wheels. but these can
be removed"
p c. Miles. Secretary-treaSurer
of the Vagabond Coach Manufac-
turing Company at New Hudson.
another large trailer company said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
BEARD ATTACKS BILL

On the Senate side of the Capt..
toll, Doctor Beard, soft spoken
gaunt and gray haired, made
these points in his argument
against the bill:
Neither President Abraham
L Lincoln nor President VIII
son ever asked of Congress
"such abject capitulation and
humiliation"
C-The administration proposal
= to "buy time" by having
Britain fight the nations battle
''is contemplate in the eyes of
the world"
C-The vote on the lease-lend
- bill means a deci Isl On
whether the United States Is
prepared to carry war into Eu-
rope and Asia and "thus set the
whole world on fire."
1.-The bill twill engage our
government in war activ-
ity" and "jeopardize everything
we cherish in the United States"
1.-The President can give away
- armed forces of the nation
or use them anywhere under
the bill.
Gle can turn American navy
" yards into naval bases and
thus create areas of warfare In
the United States. ~
Doctor Beard suggested tina;
the legislation should limit the
amount and terms of credit. with
the amount fixed beyond careful
estimates of British needs. The
British, he said. should pledge
their assets throughout the world
In repayment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

navy and dis
missing Police
Chief Bernardo
Garcia.
The president
emerged fro m
comparative re-
tirement. m o.
tored 10 Camp
Columbia with
a single aide in
I h @ d @ a d o (
night. p a c e d
himself at the
h e a d of h @
country's armed
1 o 7 c e S. S u S =
pended all con-
. ts@n4,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Metropolitan Opera
To Install Milk Bar

. NEW YORK. Feb. 4.-INS)-
The hallowed Metropolitan Opera
disclosed today that space for a
milk bar has Just been leased in
the Metropolitan Opera Building.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Billiards and Floods
All THROUGH Balkans

BUDAPEST. Feb. 4.-GNS)-
Billiards and floods held all south
cast Europe in their grip today.
causing heavy property damage
and some loss OF life.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

DeValera

BY PETER f. KILROY

DUBLIN, Fire, Feb. 4.-Prime
Minister canon, de Valera of Fire
received Wendell L. Wilikie today
after the American visitor made
a hurried and unexpected flight o
the Irish capital from Manches-
ter. England.
After talking with De Valera,
Willkie planned to fly back to
London, preparatory to leaving to-
morrow for the United States via
Lisbon. Upon arriving in America.
Willkie will testify before the Sem
ate foreign relations committee on
the lend-lease bill.
De Valera received Willkie in
the prime minister's Dublin offices.
Willkie remained in Dublin only
a short time. He left for Man
by plane at 2:30 p. m.
BASES IN ERE
After a brief chat and lunch
with DeValera. Willkie refused to
comment on the nature of their
IL came as a private citizen
seeking information" Willkie ex-
planned to newspapermen.
EireA government officials like
wise refused to reveal the SUBJ
jects discussed.
Before arriving in Dublin. Will
kie said he was not planning to
exert any Influence on De Va
lera. At the same time, it was
expected their chief topic would
be the question of Fires sea nd
air bases and the question of per-
Britain to use them.
Willkie said he would discuss
Fires position with De Valera in
the light of the experiences of
Holland, Belgium and other coun-
tries and also would explore the
Irish attitude toward American
aid TO Britain.
In addition. he stressed. he
would discuss fully De Valera's
attitude and views regarding pos
sible American conveys for British
ships and also the possibility of
removal of the American neutral
ity act ban on the use of Irish
ports by United States vessels.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
RUNNING QUARREL

AT the same time. Mayor JEFF
fries attacked suggestions for
negotiating the sale of the gas
company around conference
table rather than by court con-
demnation. as the Public Lighting
Commission asked permission to
start negotiations" at once for
the purchase of the utility.
1--WE observed for many years
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

his firm could turn out - units a
day after the plant had been ad-
juSted to increased production.
Trailer production IN this coun-
try now is al a peak since defense
workers themselves have been
buying the trailers in large guam
titles for temporary homes II was
said in Washington.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Laval Slated
To Run ViChy,
Berlin Says
International New. Service Gable

BERLIN. Feb. Pierre Laval
whose custer by French Chief Of
State Petain caused a serious rift
between France and Germany.
will soon resume active control"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Cuba Dictator NipS
Revolt. .DaiIS Heads
Of Army and Navy
BY RICHARD ARMSTRONG

HAVANA with light Mgoya of the 1888
speed President Fulgencio friend chic
Col Manuel Benite
volt against his regime today police chief and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
RENT TO WORKERS

Under the new plan. the gov
eminent will buy the trailerS and
rent them 10 workers. They will
be of particular value TO trouble
shooting squads whose work
takes them to widely-separated
plants throughout the country, Il
was said
after this emergency II
over. the government still will
have the trailers. mobile and
ready for service. instead of the
expensive ghost towns of the
last war; Sherman pointed out.
81 understand both the Farm
Security Board and the Indian
commission il interested in their
use for migratory workers. to
whom they could be turned over
after this emergency has
passed"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

One Circuit Judge is retiring!
Promote Common Pleas Judge
RALPH LIDDY. II yrs. experience
ADV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
IN THE
Uff
NEWS
AIR. WENDELL wILLKIE has


find out all about the war, and
Is now coming home to tell the
representatives of the Repubocrat
Party In Congress what TO do.
Yesterday Mr.. WilIkie bicycled
down TO Lambeth where the old
Lambeth Palace Is situated, and
which is now an Industrial section
of London.
There he signed autographs on
everything. "from q package OF
tea to q ukulele"-so the Asso.
ciated Press reports-and then
sang a song called the Lambeth
Walk" for the benefit Of the ad-
miring and more or less dazed
British populace.
Mr.. Landon, who was the can
didate of the former Republican
Party for the presidency, has said
that I'VE are threatening TO con-
slider our part in world affairs on
an emotional basis"
Does not MIR. Landon mean
rather that we are threatening TO
consider them on PROMO
TIONAL basis:
Really when Mr.. WilIkie gets
through "trucking" and singing
and signing autographs on the
streets of London there will be
very little for Charlie Chaplin TO
do when he returns to his home
town.
l And As for Shirley Temple,
there will be absolutely nothing
left In her repertory 10 present to
the openmouthed and wide-eyed
English audiences.
Wee Wendie Willkie has taken
all the wind out of her sails.
She can sing and dance and sign
autographs. but the recent candi-
date and present representative
OF the Repubocrat Party has
DONE all that.
He has scored not only knock
out but "A bIackOut on all competi-
tors in the field OF spectacular
publicity.
AIR. WILLkIE announced that
IVA he was complying with call
from Secretary Hull to hurry
homo to testify on the lend-l lease
aid to Britain bill.
He would better.
Perhaps Mr.. Willkie will join
Mr. Rooseveft'S party and take a
place In Mr.. Rooseyelts cabinet.
This has not been decided but
the two gentlemen think so much
alike politically that this combina-
tion OF forces does not seem at all
improbable.
Mr.. Landon, Republican - IL
there are any-continuing his re-
cent address. said:
"A terrible responsibility
rests on those Th0 ar ono
t'oR0li,lHg rs into q raf
Terror.
And pr0motionalillng us. too.
Mr.. Landon. DO not forget that.
Mr.. Landon further declared
that he considered the saddest
commentary on the present situa-
ton the fact that the people of
the United States did not have the
opportunity last November 10 vote
on the question of whether they
wanted TO get into the war or not.
or how close the United states
should come to getting into the
war.
To repeat Mr.. Landon's exact
phraseology:
At that time both cdHdi-
dates for the presidency
Were on the same side. Nor
they are both together but
on the opposite side.
Then the emphasis Uds
all on keeping ont Of lcdr.
"Then neither Of the can
diddtcs declared that the
United States Shouid ris
'cor to insure British I'D
tory.
Nor both arc tn fdror
of an all out aid policy for
England eren at the risk Of
1cdr.'
MR.. LANDON Is right. friends
lvl and fellow citizens, and IL
looks very much as II the slick
Continued on Next Page, Col. 81
In 4ho T;poe ToJ,>y
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Assennb|y[ine
Mile Iona
Proposed

A plan for the mass production
of multiple-engined bombers on a
moving assembly line,
long the drea moi aircraft manu-.
facturers, is TO be submitted to
the war department by the Ford
Motor Company. it was an
nounced in Washington today.
The bembers would be COM
pletely manufactured in a new
mile-and-a -half-long plant to be
constructed by the Ford company
adjacent to the Wayne County
Airport. Property for the plant
has already been purchased.
The huge planes would roll on
the line and onto a plant runway
leading directly to the airport.
The planes will be TAXED from
the plant to the airport.
A spur track will be constructed
by the Michigan Central Railroad
leading into the new plant so that
supplies and material can be
shipped to it by both the Michigan
Central and the Wabash railways.
SET UP WORKING MODEL
The Ford company has already
set up working model of the as
sembly line so that it knows. how
much space is required for each
operation on the planes and what
the moving speed of the runway
line should be.
Present airpiane plants do not
use a moving assembly line. Work
is done on the plane as it stands
stationary.
Exact sit eof the plant has not
been disclosed because of fear OF
land speculation in the vicinity
where more land may still be
bought by the Ford Company.
1000 A DAY, FORD'S DREAM
1t has long been the desire OF
Hnery Ford and his engineers to
put the manufacture of planes on
a mass production basis. 1t was
this desire that led to Ford's pre-
diction of the production of 1000
planes per day, made eight months
ago. PRODUCTION of planes by the
company is not expected to reach
this figure because of the size Of
the bombers.
The plan was presented to Maj.
Gen. Oliver p. Echols, chief of the
material division of the army air
corps and discussed by him with
Edsel Ford and Ford engineers in
Detroit. 1t was a Ford concep-
ton. War department officials,
studying it with open minds but
unwilling to give it the govern
ment's blessing until they have a
concrete proposal before them, are
waiting now for the Fords to pre-
sent ii in detail. 1t is expected to
reach Washington almost imme-
diately.
ASSEMBLED AT 2 PLANTS
General Echols said here today
that the war department is nat
urally hopeful that the Ford
project will prove fesaible from
the arny's viewpoint, but is COM
L
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04
Draft Of Labor
Feared Under
Aid Bill
BY WILLIAM S. NEAL

IntI News service stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Feb 4.-Dr.
Charles A. Beard, widely known
historian. today told the Senate
foreign relations committee that.
if words mean anything. President
Roosevelt will draft labor and in
dustry under terms of the lease
lend bill.
Voicing sympathy for Britain
and suggesting aid, Doctor Beard
nevertheless condemned the lease
lend bill as a measure for unde-
clared war and dictatorship.
His testimony came as the
House started its second day of
debate on the bill, with leaders
indicating that they might accept
further modifying amendments to
the measure in order to assure
overwhelming passage when final
vote is reached in the lower branch
Friday night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-04

BUdI dIIIttS IUI 10 UdyS dITU IIItII
announced that the coup against
him had failed.
LINKED TO GAMING RING
Col. Jose PedraZa. chief of staff
of the army, and Angel Gonzalez,
commander of the navy. were
seized and imprisoned Garcia was
thrown Out of office, accused of
being mixed up in gambling ring
and of neglecting his duties.
At 10 o'clock this morning. Ba-
tista appointed Col. Manuel Lopez