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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
Bioff and Browne
Denied Appeal Bail

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-(INS)-
Willie Bioff and George E Browne.
former movie union leaders who
are under prison sentences for ex-
'torting S5oO.0O0 from four leading
film companies, today remained in
jail following rejection by the
United States Circuit Court Of APP
peals of their plea for release on
bail pending disposition of their
appeals.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
No Price Ceiling

Another resolution was for.
warded to Washington urging that
no price ceiling be established less
than no per cent Of parity.
The twenty-second annual meet,
ing drew to a close with the nam.
ing of executive officials for the
coming year. Clarepce j. Reid
Avoca, was reelected president
Carl D. Buskirk, Paw Paw. was
named vice president, and ClarL
L, Brody, Lansing. was reappointec
executive secretary for the twenty.
second year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16

Miss Simpson, red-haired
leader of Flint's Go Allied
Service Workers Union. sued
by AFL leaders asking $4,000
and a permanent injunction to
restrain her and others from
interfering wit h contracts
made by the union before it
recently left AFL Gin which
1T was the Culinary Workers
and Bartenders' Union Locally
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16

For the Inside News OF
Washington, Follow Paul Nal
lor's Column IN the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
Ford Steady

Ford divisions renamed steady
last week with 17,100 new cars
and trucks, Autonctive News said.
This compared with 170SS vehi-
cles assembled in the previous
week and 2b.3Z0 cars and trucks
in the like week IF 1910.
In the independent group, Stude-
baker continued TO lead in total
production and was followed by
Hudson, Nash and Packard WHY'S
is working on army output only.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
Week S Output
Of Autos Drops
From Last Year
Manufacturers Expect
TO Fill OPM Quotas
Set 10 December I

With the Thanksgiving holiday
in the offing. several nanufactur-
ers stepped up final assemblies this
past week offsetting labor difficult
ties. and total output of new cars
and trucks remained steady at o..
1876 units, Automotive News said
Saturday. in its weekly survey OF
the industry.
This compared with 81 $50 We
.hicles turned out in the previous
week. and t21, 1863 cars and trucks
built in the comparable period OF
1910.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-16
VIII Fill Quotas

Virtually all makers reported
last week that they would FIN
their production quotas set by the
Office of Production Management
for August 10 December 1. unless
ia major stoppage should occur in
the final two weeks of the month.
|OPM quotas for the four-month
period allow a total of S16,S01 new
passenger cars.
General Motors assem- b lie s
showed drop last week, the
trade newspaper said, due TO the
continue ton of the strike at the
assembly plant in Linden, n. J.
Buick. Pontiac and Oldsmobile
were the divisions affected and
total output dropped 70 35,615 We
hicleS. This compared with 3S. $50
units turned out in the previous
week and a total of 50,001 cars
and trucks assembled in the same
week last year.
Chrysler divisions showed a rise
last week. since Plymouth re-
turned to tive-day week. Total
output hit 1885 units as against
1870 vehicles in the previous
week. Output in the comparable
week of 1910 was 27,525 units.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-04
Broughton Names
Retirement Board
Casualties
Great

Alexandria, April 4.-(APD-
Italian casualties in the battle of
the Ionian sea probably were the
heaviest of any single naval en-
gagcmcnt since the World War
battle of jutIand. British naval
authorities said today.
Thus they asserted the origi-
nal British estimate of 5000
Italians lost in the ENGAGEMENT
last Weekend may actually be
considerable higher.
In the battle of ,Julland the
British lost 6.21l officers and
men and the Germans 2,o15.
However. this battle was on a
much larger scale than the IOnian
sea engagement, IN both the
number of ships engaged and
those sunk.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-04

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-04
Rebuilding Old Houses.

'Colunued Oh Fass Eourl
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
First Shot
Enlistee Says Uncle Fired
Initial 1898 Naval SaIvo

Thomas Robert Murtaugh, 20
of 1884 North Field avenue, who
claims that his uncle of the same
name fired the first naval shot ir
the Spanish-American War, today
enlisted IN the United States
Navy.
The young nameSake. the Sor
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward NJ Muir.
laugh, said his uncle, an engineer
was wounded soon after firing the
initial shot against the Spanish ir
1898. The uncle died, said Thomas
as a result Of the wounds several
years later IN Alexander. Va.
Thomas was given leave until
December y when he will report
10 Great Lakes Naval Training
Station, III.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Don't Read This
# You Haven t
Packed Yu|e Box
BY r. JEROME PETIT

IF YOU haven't packed Christ.
mas box for a soldier, and If you
don't want 10, better not read this
letter.
It's from soldier who already
received his Christmas package
and IT gives you some idea OF
what package means 10 a young
imam spending Christmas far from
home and in the relatively grim
atmosphere of a wartime military
camp.
(Of course. If you DO want 10
play Santa 10 some service man
who may otherwise be forgotten
on Christmas, there's still time
Not much time. but enough SC
that you can either pack a box
and deliver il 10 The Detroit
Times office or the central dis
tributing station az Convention
Hall, 44S4 CaSs avenue. or else
you can clip the blank in this
paper and send il with a contribu-
ton to Ben Young, treasurer, al
The Detroit Times. }
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
-Four CenterS
Opened by US0

Four USO recreation buildings
lin the Detroit area are open
today for soldiers and sailors fol-
lowing dedication and flag raising
services participated in by USO
Officials, army officers and repre-
sentatives Of civic organizations.
Three buildings are located in
the Van Dyke-Centerline area Al:
Lincoln School, Federal and Pack
ard streets; Nine-Mile and Ryan
roads, Van Dyke and Weingartz
street and the fourth is located in
Mt Clemens At East Broadway
and Park streets.
The buildings we're constructed
in so days. Among those who
spoke at the different dedication
ceremonies are: Capt. j. a. kend-
rick, construction officer of Fort
Wayne, DR. A. G. Studer, general
secretary Of the Detroit YMCA:
Capt +. W Benson, officer IN
charge of USO construction in the
Detroit area, and Second Lieut.. +.
w Winter of the construction
division Of the army.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Draft Bill Signed
As Senate Votes
100000 Navy

WASHINGTON. Dec. % (rNs).
Roosevelt today signed
into law the draft expansion bin
to give the United States a poten.
tial army of 6,000,0O0 men, as the
Senate passed a bill to increase
the strength of the navy from
100000 to 100000 men and OF thu
Marine Corps from $4,000 TO
104 900.
This action came as senator's
handling military legislation urged
that enlistments for the army be
stopped and that soldiers be OBJ
tanned solely from the draft. Sec
rotary Of War Henry l.. Stimson
has indicated that enlistments will
be stopped AS soon a. the present
enlistment rush subsidies.
Soon President Roosevelt will
issue A proclamation calling upon
all mon between Is and IS years
Of age, who have not registered
under the oil 2l-to-2S draft law,
to register. and naming a date for
about 22,500,0oo men 10 register.
While all men between 20 and
IA years Of age. inclusive, are now
subject To draft. war department
and selective service officials have
indicated they will exhaust pres
ent rolls Of registered and quail
fed men before reaching for men
over % years old.
However. Chairman Robert
Reynolds Cd Of North Carolina,
said he gathered from testimony
by war department officials that
drafting Of 20-year-old men would
start som, chiefly for duties in the
air forces
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Countess Heads
Parade Of Stars
At Military Ball
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Gets Long Jail Term
For Robbery Of 34C

Ben Upton, 49, Of 1880 Brush
street tried 10 strong-arm IA
year-old Oscar RoSenfield, 701
Superior street. in Brush street
Just a short distance from where
four policemen were watching a
suspected gambling house.
Upton got 81 cents from RoSen-
field and 2l2 10 Is years from Re
Cordor,S Judge Joseph A ellis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23

FOR the Inside Nev ~
Nashingtou, Follow Pau Mai
Ions Column In tho Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
POLISH AUXILIARY AIDS

Among I h ose who have an
swered the call To play Santa to
service men are the members Of
the state department of the
Ladies Auxiliary Of the Polish
Legion OF American Veterans.
They have donated $35 for
Christmas boxes and in addition,
today are distributing 365 boxes
at the Veterans Facility in South
field road
There isn't much time left-but
there is time enough If you want
TO make Christmas A memorable
event for some lonesome buck pri-
Vate.
You'll probably never meet him.
although youll probably h ? r
from him if you enclose a note in
your package.
Whether you do or not. your
own Christmas will undoubtedly
be happier, knowing you've given
your hlt 10 one OF those who is
giving everything.
Pack or pay for box NOW
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
GREAT BIG SURPRISE

But let's get on with the letter
1t was forwarded 10 US by Mrs
". F. Koppy of 594S Townsend
avenue. who received II from her
brother. Private Fred BEEN Jr.
now al a camp many, many states
away from here. il read in part
IL just came back from the
post office. Gee. Was / sur
priSed.
II don't believe have ever
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23

seen 80 much stun packed up In
a little box In my life.
II sure was glad TO get II. i
just had to sit down and open
IL before i came back. i don't
believe there is a thing there 1
can't use. You certainly know
what a fellow needs when he
Is out like this.
81 won't have To buy any
thing now for long time.
well. all I can say IL,
thanks a million for everything.
sure do appreciate II,
by the time we buy neces-
stiles we haven't much left"
Mrs. koppy wrote in forward
ing the letter:
81 am writing 10 let you
know that your efforts In urg-
ing the people TO contribute TO
the Christmas Defense Funds
for the boys who are giving
their lives for our country will
he appreciated more than they
can ever know"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
Keep Silent
Army at r. Wayne Warns
Soldiers end Civilians

The army TO-DAY warned r0t crl
its soldiers bur also lts loo cVt.-
ian employees ~ Fort Nasr- not
20 talk shop M orders posted on
bulletin boards throughout .e
Fort.
The notices stated.
Don't talk about your loh ~
Fort NaNne, ~ anN time. 10
any one. 4 friend 81 Hitler mas
be listening"
The civilians arc employed a.
the F0r' i0 connect on N.tr -ra
Quar'errsste~ Motor suppl,
Depot there
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23

Gen. II ug h s. J q h ms n,
Americas Fighting Thinker"
Writes Daily for the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-23
7OC a Soldier
Cost TO Army
OF Yu|e Dinner

With only IS per cent Of the
men on furloughs, the soldiers sta
toned AZ Fort Wayne are going Il
SIT themselves down 10 a Christ
mas dinner which Will cost the
army only 70 cents per person, but
win include
Celery and olives
Fruit cup
Tomato soup
Roast turkey
Sage dressing
Giblet gravy
Cranberry sauce
Mashed white potatoes
Buttercd peas
Mashed Hubbard squash or other
fresh vegetables
Lettuce with Russian dressing
Hot rolls and butter
Mlnce pie and cheese
Ice cream
Chocolate layer cake
Grapes, oranges, apples and
bananas
Mixed nuts
MINIS and hard candy
Coffee.
1900, 900 LBS. OF TURKEY
Although IT prides itself that il
buys economically, the army ad-
mits that il is able TO provide the
huge dinner AT low cost because n
buys in tremendous quantities
For example army chefs through.
out the country viii cook approx
Imately 100000 pounds of turkeys
on Christmas Day
In order 10 provide a little of
that home-like atmosphere, the
mess halls Al Fort Wayne have
been decorated with red and green
crepe paper and holly wreaths. In
the QuartermaSter barracks a.
fableau has been set up showing
the Christ Child and the Three
Wise Men Al the manger.
An enormous Christmas tree Isl
in one corner Of the room and
under this VIII ne placed the many
gifts which are pouring IN With
each mail
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-27
MARTIN SWEENEY
 LOST LIBEL SUIT
He Wanted $25O,OOO From Authors of Washington
 Merry=GO=ROund'

New York, Feb. 27.--(UP)-A fed- eral court jury found for the de- fendant yesterday in a $250,000 libel action by Rep. Martin Sweeney, D., against the United Feature Syndi- cate.
 The suit was one of 70 chain libel actions in which Sweeney asked & total of $7.000000 from Drew Pear son and Robert S. Allen. authors of Washington Merry Go Round" newspapers. and the syndicate which distributes the column.
 Sweeney had charged he was li- heled in the Merry do-Round col. unn In 1888 when It's authors de- scribed him as spokesman for Father Coughlin and said he had op. posed appointment Of foreign. born Jew to the federal bench in Cleveland.
 The jury verdict, reached after An hour and ib minutes Of deliberatlon said there was mo cause Of action"
 The suit here was the seventh to come 70 trial. one ln Clarltsbufg, w, Va, ended similarly in a verdict for the defendants one in Chicago re- suited ln \ jilry disagreement, and four were dismissed by lhe court
 Attorneys foP iha United peatufe Syndicate preaented evidence des hieiAed iO hh0w that peaftoh and Allen had written lhe truth about bweeneS and ulat their eoininollls were far,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-27
Incendiary Fires Sweep Two Apartment Blocks In Haverhill Taking Three Lives

converged on the area. forcing police to call out extra details to handle traffic and keep onlookers behind the fire lines.
 The Elks opened their home for temporary housing of victims.
 The blazes started simultaneously ln rear railways Of the two bulld- lngs--one on Vine street. tho other on Cedar street, one hundred yards apart.
 When the first fire companies ar- rived. at least foo persons already had escaped iF Flear-zero weather, but three score more. escape blocked by the fast-spFoadina flaEnee, were hanging from R1iieowB screaming for asalslanee,
 A geneFalsAlann was sounded and ald Nas summoned from alx oeIfi- niuniiiea.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-27
AMERICAN BRASS
 CIO UNIONS REST
After 17-HOur Conference Both Sides in Tempo
 rary Agreement

The $500 employees of the Ameri- can Brass company in this city, Torrington and Ansonia, represent ed by the Brars Workers Unions, c. I. O., and factory officials con- cluded IT consecutive hours of ne- gotiat.ons about noon at the Hotel Elton today with the result that a settlement temporarily has been reached and no walkout of workers will take place.
 Morgan Mooney of the State La- Dor Department would not disclose the terms proposed. The terms however, will be disclosed to the union members at a meeting at CIO headquarters on Bank street next Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock, it was revealed by John J. Driscoll, executive secretary of the Water bury Brass Workers Union.
 Just what the terms of the pro- posed working agreement were could not be given out by MT. Dris- coll who was one of the many who sat through the long negotiations barley. The conference got under way at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morn ing with Edward c. Mcdonald, U. s. Commissioner of Cancellation, in :he role of intermediary.
 What They Asked
 The local, Ansonia and Torring- ton Brass Unions have bsen asking six cents an hour increase to make up the difference between their original demand of 10 cents and four cents an hour increase granted by the American Brass company last October.
 (Contlnued OH Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-27
TERRIFIC BLAST
 IN ACTON, MASS.
American Cyananlid Chem ical Corp. Plant Had Ex=
 plOsiOn During Day

Acton. Mass, February 27.-UP) -A terrific explosion at the Ameri- can Cyanamid and Chemical Cor poration plant here shook the countryside for miles around shortly after noon today. What, if any, casualties resulted could not be determined immediately. The blast was heard in Birmingham, IS miles from here. State and local police hurried to the plant. The plant, situated in Acton, Maynard, Con- cord and West Sudbury, manufac- turers of nitro-csllulose.
 There has been some kind of ex- plosioh in some section of our plant" " company spokesman reported, but as yet we have not determined what blew up or the Consequences" A Maynard police official, after a quick inspection of the scene, ex- pressed belief that some sort of a storage tank had exploded. He said several persons apparently were injured but that he did not know whether any deaths occurred.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-27

Haverh!ll, Mass. Feb. 27.-(UP) Three persons perished and q fourth was injured perhaps fatally early today when incendiary fires swept two ilearby apartment build. Ing. causing hn estimated s00.000 damage and leaving i0O persons homeless.
 Fire Chief Benjamin L. Chase, said oll.boaked rags had been used to start the fires. asked assistance Of the state fire mnrshal's office ia the Investigation. State Police 10, Raymond Foley was sent Co help him.
 Chase said that at least two score apartment house fires had been sot by c pyr0malllac iii rec cent Hioaillf, hul had been eK' llnallbllod by ieiinnis and flfomen before cnualiii much damage,
 The cold weather eaufed water to fioeEe quickly and hampsfod fhes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-27
Two Local Senators To Back Water Bond Bill
Conference of Senators Egan Blansfield With Others
 in Hartford Yesterday-Will Insist on Pass age of Bill as Presented
BY RAYMOND FITZPATRICK memocrat Legislatiye Reporter)


 State Capitol, Hartford, Feb. 27.- As a result of meeting in Hartford yesterday afternoon between Water bury officials, Waterbury senators, and members of the Senate and House Finance Committees Senators Edward P. Egan and Michael ". Blansfield this morning announced their intentions of holding out for passage of the water bond bill as was presented some time ago in the Senate by Senator Egan.
 This bill calls for issuance of $2,lO0,00O in city bonds to be used for new pipe line, a third reser- voir and dam, and to provide the city with funds to contribute to the establishment of a State Trade School in Waterbury. This con- tribution would amount to $l00,000, the remaining $2,O00,000 being used for the water projects.
 Earlier this week, though, Senator Clarence F. Baldwin, Republican, of Woodbridge. said that he believed the bill should provide that princi- pal and interest be paid for out of receipts from water rents rather than through general fund income.
 Today Senator Baldwin said that Mayor Vincent Scully, who with Controller Thomas M. Conlon par ticipated ill yesterdays conference, told him that the Waterbury's pres ent system of water rents was to be entirely revised. This, according to Senator Baldwin, makes him more positive that his idea of having the bonds retired by water rents is in order and should be adopted.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-27
HOUSE APPROVES
 LEND-LEASE BILL
By Vote of lS7 to 36 Passes Resolution MefnO-
 rializing Congress

Hartford, Conn. Feb. 27-(UP)-- The Republican controlled House. by a vote of i87 to 36. today ap- proved resolution memorializing Congress to immediately pass the lease- lend bill. with appropriate amendments and reservations
 Passage came after the author Of the resolution, Rep. '. c. Carpenter, R., East Haven, declared that the nations of the world looked 10 the United States as model Of free government" and that well not foFsake them,
 Well stand for liberty and frees dom, We'll stand for the spirit Of the first iTT0,'
 Preceding the approval, the House, voting 2D3 % 2, refused 10 Pec0lnmlt the resolution l0 the committee 0n federal relations, T'lllf vote followed more than 90 li0nr Of nagfy dsha'e, oppe8 loH Co ibp rff0lllien cane
 urrET
 le9nllnAed on phee q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-27
BRITISH FORCES
 DRIVE BACK FOE
ArmOred Units Believed to
 Be German, Beaten in Libyan Clash

s 8 . {. x s.n- AZ a4.as.fs <, v # sE4a as
 Cairo, Feb. 25- tUPJ - General headquarters of the middle east command reported today that ad. vance British forces have driven back armored fighting units believed to be German in a Libyan clash west of Agheila.
 The supposed German units were driven back by British mechanical forces, the middle east command said.
 (The location of the battle as giv- en by the Cairo communique is more than 85 miles west of the To- cation specified in Rome and Ber- lin communiques yesterday which said the encounter occurred near Agedabia, 100 miles south of Ben- ghaA. The Axis reports claimed the German units defeated the British and captured some prisonerS)
 The communique said:
 "In Libya advanced elements of our mechanized forces encountered west of Agheila and drove back a reconnaissance of armored fighting vehicles believed to be German"
 Prisoners Taken
 Middle east headquarters said that several thousand prisoners have been counted in Italian Somaliland since the capture of Mogadiscio.
 ''The rapid and vigorous advance of our West African forces from the line of the River Juba to Mogadi- scio," said the communique, "evi- dently demoralized the enemy forc- es in the area who are offering themselves to surrender all along the large stretch of country which we have overrun."
 The middle east command said that not the least satisfactory fea- ture of this highly successful ad-