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Airplane Production

(New York Tmes)
 The fact is allowed to become public (this is he way one must state the matter since no official publicly sponsors the announcement) that production of military planes in the United States rose to a otal of LOOP in January. As this compares with production of 799 military planes in December, an- nounced by MT. Biggers of the Defense Commission, he result is on the surface gratifying.
 But as these figures draw no distinction between trainers and combat planes, or one type of combat plane and another, it is difficult to know how to interpret them It is close to meaningless to present total which Jumps together 4,OO0-pound train ing plane with bomber whichs may weigh 44ooo pounds and may cost as much as 20 or 40 trainers.
 It has also been allowed to become public, how ever-though again without official public sponsor ship for the statement--that "6o percent" of this January production was combat planes of various types and the rest trainers. If this means what it seems to mean-60 percent by number-then it is very easy to figure that there must have been about 600 combat planes turned out and some 400 trainers If this is what is meant, what harm would have been done by publishing the figures directly? If on the other hand, the "60 percent" applies to some other type of measurement, such as dollar value tonnage or horsepower, then it would be mis- leading the American people to make 1t public at all without stating this fact.
 The Administration has still to follow some con- sistent plan of publicity with regard to the state of our defenses Nothing is gained merely by allowing a few cryptic figures to leak out through back door While certain details and analyses may prop ery be withheld on grounds of military secrecy the public is entitled to know how the defense program is progressing in it's main outlines Reports of pro- gress should be officially sponsored and at least full enough to be reasonably meaningful
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DEFENSE HOUSING

Typical of the failure of the de- fense housing program is tiny Charlestown, Ind, where the Gov ernment is completing giant powder plant and preparing to erect rubber-bag plant. Formerly hamlet of less than 1000, Charlestown now has over l2,OOO construction workers living in trailers and other makeshift dwell ings, or committing from 40 miles away over icy roads.
 ngress appropriated several hundred millions last summer to provide emergency housing, and Palmer was appointed Defense Housing Coordinator at s9,OOO a year for the express purpose of seeing that the job was done. To date, he has a large staff of high salaried assistants, but so far only six defense housing projects have been completed-and he. had noth-
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20 YEARS AGO fME FIT EMPIRE
MARCH 6, 1921

6.
 for the Alaska Road Conms for Seattle official 
 proprietor others work making m establishment Front Street.
 Ska made application before United States District Jennings the
 After unusually successful at their gold quartz mine at Pearl Peterson and daughters Margaret a month with Alaska left the 
 Valdez had Juneau for several Seattle T. Division the of Educa City Seattle conference Education Henderson 
 Weather Highest 43 lowest 37; partly cloudy
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at peace We are all immigrants to this new free world of the Americas They happened to come to Canada and we to the United States The Canadians are deeply engrossed in their effort. Catching halibut is part of it.
 The importance of the halibut industry to Alaska and particularly Juneau is not generally appreciated. More than quarter of million dollars is brought ;o this port each year by the sturdy boats and hard working men of the halibut fishery They are a great community asset.
 There is one trouble which the habut industry does not have and that is trouble between employer and employee. By meeting and understanding one another the vessel owner and the fisherman avoid misunderstanding. and suspicion, instead working together in cooperation.
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HALIBUT AND DEMOCRACY

This week Juneau has been host to the Halibut Industry Curtailment Board which has been work ing out voluntary program for regulating the sons catch Delegates are here from six ports and two nations for fishermen and vessel owners from Prince Rupert and Vancouver among the mem- bers of the Board.
 That is a fine word voluntary" It is one which has application today only in the Western Hemi- sphere In Europe Asia Africa and Australia, war Rhas deleted the word from the dictionary Nothing lis done voluntarily in warning countries countries where totalitariansm is the ruling force. Every thing, even the smallest detail of daily civilian life is matter of compusion
 So when halibut fishermen from two nations can get together amicaby and work out their prob- lems~and they are many and difficult-around conference table where good fellowship and amity reign we have fine example of democracy in action These men prove that democracy can be effective where compusion fails. Free peoples meet, say exactly what they please work out their own prob- lems to their own satisfaction and have no fear of Gestapo or other vengeful secret police hover ing over them to punish dsaffection.
 Last night at the banquet which local fisher men and vessel owners held to honor their visitors 50 men stood and sang first one verse of America and then one of God Save the King" For some of us it was the first time we had ever sung the latter But found it easy to cross an ocean and two centuries and slip from into the other It is symbolic of the unity of free peoples everywhere that their songs identical.
 The Canadians here for the Board meeting would be indistingushable from Alaskans. They are no more Englishmen than are, having names like Anderson Dyphavn and Gske, and the rich Scandinavian brogue of ha1ibut fishermen every where. It is only by accident that these men are citizens of a country now at war, while we remain
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that they could not possibly resist Hitler unless the Turks would stand with them.
 Meanwhile, however, Nazi diplo- macy had been at work in Turkey this time under the astute direc- tion of Ambassador Franz von Pa- pen, who got his first real experi- ence in diplomacy in the United States. He served as military at tache of the German Embassy during World War I, and was &C., tive in plots to blow up the Well land Canal, the International Bridge and various munitions plants.
 Since then von Papen has risen high, has served as Chancellor ot Germany, and is now the man whc has been trying to persuade Turkey to remain neutral.
 The bait which von Papen used to get Turkey on the hook was the promise of the restoration of the Turkish Empire French Syria British Palestine, and everything else right down to Iraq. This woulc include some of the richest oi fields in the Near East.
 Meanwhile the British are pulling vigorously in the opposite direcion
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CAPITAL CHAFF

State Department has hired a new officer for iaison work with War and Navy Departments - Kenneth Anderson, the man whom Congressman Andrew May of Ken lucky fired after longtime service as clerk of House Military Affairs Ex-Senator King of Utah vis- tied the Senate the other day, sat in his old seat, and itched with the impulse to rise and address the chamber Blind ex-Senator Gore of Oklahoma came into the chamber on the arm of page and listened with uplifted face and rapt expression to the debate /. The new statue of Huey Long still wears shroud, awaiting formal presentation to Statuary Hall in the Capitol The Sergeant t-at- Arms of the House offers Congress men the assistance of two experts in preparing their income tax statements Following isolation
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an artist in his own creation"
 Great Contract

Another of MT. Borglum's great undertakings was contract to carve large figures of Washington Jeeffer- son, Lincoln and Roosevelt in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This monument was dedicated to Amer ica as pioneer nation.
 Two notable works of MT. Borg lum are the war memorial Wars of America" and the statue of Lincoln both at Newark, N. J. The former was said to be the largest bronze group in America at the time of its completion and one of the largest in the world.
 The Lincoln statue is one of his most popular and perhaps the most photographed statue of the Great Emanipator. The design makes it possible for number of people to. gather about the statue in such a manner that a picture of the group gives the appearance of them listen ing to serious talk by Lincoln.
 0UTn III IOduO
 Borglum was born in Idaho March 25. 1867, the son of Dr. James de la Mothe Borglum and Cristne Mich olson Borglum. The sculptor, whose full name was John Gutzon de la Mnthe Borglum, had been called a citizen of the world because he had lived in several states of the union as well as England, France and Spain He was educated at Julian Academy and Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and St. Mary's College ill Kansas. In May, 1919, he married Mary Williams Montgomery of New EYork. He was brother of Solon Hannibal Borglum who also was noted sculptor. 1S
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ing to do with starting them.
 They were begun as regular pro- jects by the U. s. Housing Author ity and were shifted to defense purposes when USHA saw they were urgently needed. There are 1883 units in these projects located at Montgomery, Ala, Pensacola, Fla, Corpus Christi, Tex, Portsmouth, Va, Columbus, Ga. and Fort Mo line, Ill.
 Defense Homes Corporation, a $l0,0OO0OO REC agency created last August, has been little more ef- fectual than Palmer. Sam Husband a banker friend whom Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones installed as head of the Defense Housing Cor poration, had no previous housing experience and has run his agency like a counting house.
 Although working at the jot nearly six months, Husband has just started his first project, al Jacksonville, Fla, and even thi! wasn't on his own initiative. Int undertaking was organized locall. before he took hold of it.
 NOTE-In one of his grandilo quent press releases the other day Palmer declared, One of the man. problems bearing upon the effici' ency of defense production is ade quate housing for defense and re lated workers and their dependents If satisfactory dwelling places ar: not available within reasonable committing distances of employ ment, production efficiency will b. materially reduced"
 Copyright, 1941, by United Fea ture Syndicate, Incl
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HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not compel"
FRIDAY, MARCH 2

Good and evil are preSaged in the horoscope for today. In the morning the judgment should not be trusted It is not a favorable date for starting any project. The evening is lucky for discussing con- tracts or partnerships.
 Heart and Home: Women should pursue routine tasks under thi S configuration which stimulates in- terest in practical matters. Girls should be taught all the domestic arts and should be trained in wage earning vacations, for the seers prophecy in a changed world the need for all members of a family to be self-supporting. Since the World War there has been too general an indulgence in luxuries. Emphasis upon physical beauty has had bad effects upon many vain women who are to suffer extreme mutations of fortune.
 Business Affairs: Defense work is to put an intense strain upon industry as the spring advances. Government direction will be ef- ficient and will inspire whole hearted cooperation on the part of capital and labor There is a sign presaging differences of opin- ion regarding policies which may cause changes in the personnel of certain new government agencies. Fear of imitation will disturb bankers and financiers as prices begin to rise for many commodr- ties.
 National Issues: Strikes will be much discussed in their relation to preparedness programs. Retard- ing of work on government con- tracts will be made a serious of fenSe, as the necessity for extreme speed in the building of airplanes and the expanslCn of effort or all wartime products are emphasized by an international incident. The stars are read as presaging actual entrance of the United States into the war by sudden move Of the Axis powers which cannot be ig- nored.
 International Affairs: Feeding of starving war victims is to cause an unexpected reaction on the part of Germany and may bring about a curious situation, it is forecast Need will be so great that ade- quate relief cannot be delivered rapidly enough to prevent famire and disease. It may be imposs, ble to transport sufficient supplies tc meet the grave conditions in Flu rope and China.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of pros. perity and good fortune. Happi
 ness in the home and pleasan
 journeys are soreseen.
 Children born on this day prob
 ably will be lucky in love as wei
 as in material possessions. The
 will be talented and kindly. Copyright, 194D
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U. S. TURKISH EXPERT


 Cordell Hull has just elevated to Assistant Secretary of State the man who comes closer to being a monk than anyone in the State De- partment.
 G. Rowland Shaw is a bachelor of AT. Born a Protestant, he was converted to Catholicism as young man, and even after he had en- tered the foreign service, he con- sidered leaving diplomacy to study for the priesthood.
 Before tackling the worldly bus mess of statecraft each morning Shaw goes to mass. He never goes out socially in the evening, but stays at home to study.
 Shaw has dealt with young peo- pie all his life, and he combines the worldliness of diplomat with the tenderness of a priest. He uses his holidays to visit prisons anc homes for delinquent boys. He is director of the Children's Will lage (for juvenile delinquents) ir Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., and of tht National Training School for Boy. in Washington.
 Shaw's interest in prison reform began when he was serving as 2 i foreign service officer in Turkey and he became so identified witt the problem there that the Turk. ish Government named its islane prison Shaw Island"
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MODERN ETIQUETTE 0y poprprA 1rr

t O May a a being married magistrates office?
 A traditional for church home weddings. She should her going-away
 it a goodnight his hostess at
 
 The guests often leaves without saying goodnight but it far better she given.
 What is the French phrase My when addressing man?
 A CHER.
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Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN say directly" if your mean SOON" OFTEN MIsPRONoUNCED: handED." OFTEN MISSPEILED: Domneering. the SYNONYMS: debaucfery carousal, drunken revey STUDY three times yours" Let us
  direct trpitude"
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Year for Western Travel
Seattle TimeS)

There is no question the coming summer will be another big year for travel in the West In fact, with income turning up and more cash to spend, 1t is distinctly possible it may be the biggest year this section of the country ever has known Tourist business has become standard item of business all over the country No transportation agency that does not profit from it; no section that does not reap benefits Restless, the tides sweep to the west and to the east to the north and to the south Everywhere, people seek something new and Jaunt along to find it. Needless to say, Seattle and Wash ington will be the forefront this year seeking this trade Every summer, 1t brings millions in the Pa cific Northwest This year, 1t will assure this sec tion more visitors and more cash than they ever had enjoyed before.
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to complete the work.
 In connection with his dismissal, MT. Borglum and his superintendent were charged in warrants with mal- icious intent in destroying models for the memorial. Borglsstn actually was arrested. He declared he had destroyed his Inaccurate working model of the project because of his belief in "the inalienable rights of
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demonstrations in the Senate gall leries last week, Capitol police keep all visitors lined up on the lower floor, and admit only a few at a time.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

MARCH 6
 Linda Lavold Martha s. Roach William Ralph Young Jr. Bert A. Lybeck Walter w. Sands Gustaf H. Lundell Douglas J. Oliver Barbara MacSpadden Russell Mcconnell
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Italian students are demonstrating against de- mocracy They apparently feel that it is just some thing to run away from.
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LOOK and LEARN sy q GORDON

precious hardness? 2. What is peat? 3. What is "embonpoint"? I. is the meaning of the Spanish :. What dory?
 ANSWERS: l. Sapphire. Partially and ole marsh plants and which is used chiefly for fuel. Pumpness. Tomorrow B. A flat-botomed rowboat used by fishermen
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

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 Borg|unl
 passes0n

Continued rrom rage one,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
HOgan's Lead Cut
To Stroke by Nelson

MIAMI. Dec. 13.-Striving for
his second championship in a row
in the Miami open golf tourna-
ment, Byron Nelson, former ma
tional open and PEA champion
from Toledo. is only one stroke
back of the leader, little Ben Ho-
gan of Hershey, Pa.
Nelson came through with q
sparkling GO today that gave him
a 54-hole total of 203 compared
to Hogan's 202. Hogan had a one
under-par with SO. The final Is
holes in the $4,000 event which
"Opens the winter season will be
played today.
Sam Snead holds forth in third
place. four strokes back of Hogan,
following a 20. The Virginian
again was handicapped because of
his inability to make his putter
work.
Nelson made the turn today in
"a. then delivered a brilliant 80 on
the second half which he closed
with l5-foot putt for a birdie
on the eighteenth. Hogan needed
a birdie on one of the last two
holes TO prevent Nelson from
catching him and got IL through
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Michigan Five
Ronps Over
State, 37-2O
Wolverines Too Tall
for Spartans; Lead
Throughout Game
By CLAYTON HEPLER

ANN ARBOR. Dec. Michi-
gans towering basketball team
opened It's season before 1000 fans
in Yost Field House tonight by
scoring an effortless 1920 victory
over the Spartans Of Michigan
State.
Only once WAS the ronchalance
Of the Wolverines disturbed Lead
ing 20-9 at half time, they saw
an aggressive little State five pull
up within five points. 20-l5. before
big Jim Mandler broke the Scor-
ing ice after five minutes OF play
Joe Gerard, high-point man for the
SpartanS with five field goals, was
the spark Of this short-lived rally.
Mandler went 10 work then and
scored 10 of the Is points that
gave him high scoring honors for
the evening. He dropped in seven
out of eight free throws in a re-
markable exhibition that was no
more outstanding than his work
on defense
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14

five games from Schwoegler, he
only out-totaled the Wisconsin
bowler % pins, and had not Grim
minis cut down the $40 split in
the final game, the margin would
have been closer.
Crimmins opened with 211 and
then increased the tempo TO 2l9 in
the second game Two splits held
him 10 176 in the third but he
bounced back with 203. The final
game showed Crimmins crashing
through with 254. while the Madi-
son giant was Chalking up 235,
which included five straigh
strikes at the finish.
Joe Norris. Detroit
222 1872 225 1913 loop CHI
$50 1872 i6s 200 2OO-1ol7 (23 AZ
Bill Hargadon. Chicago
III 216 2ii 2i3 236-1O53 (22 81
Johnny Crimmins. Detroit
1871 223 202 25i 249-1lis C26.le
Ernie soest. Detroit
1893 IFS 200 20i 176- s57 2O.7
Joe Wilman. Chicago
222 203 223 lsi 2lO--lOi2 2i.4s
Joe Norris Detroit
200 2O2 2i3 2i6 222--lO53 20
Harry Lippe. Chicago
1873 1873 ISL 2l3 1877 sO7 1877
Ernie soest Detroit
ls7 15s 2O5 PIP 1872 p54 t2i.4)
Harry Lippe Chicago
POO 239 1874 20l 235-iO65 C24l5l
Connie Schwoegler. Madison
John Crimmns Detroit
eli 2ie l76 2o3 254-lO63 (2513
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Washington Fires
Coach Phelan
Two Aides Also Out,
Athletic Director Says

SEATTLE. Wash. Dec. Is
GNS).-Eleven years of football
coaching at the University of
Washington came to an end today
for Irish Jim Phelan, as Ray L.
Eckmann. director of athletics,
announced that Phelan's contract
will not be renewed for 1912.
After a disastrous season in
which his highly-regarded Wash
ington Huskies lost three games
in conference play and one tc
powerful Minnesota. Phelan had
been rumored on the way out.
Also included in today's action
Eckmann declared. are Phelan s
two assistants. Chester Cotton
Wilcox, backfeld coach. and Ralph
Pest WEIGH. freshman coach.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Tdrtdrs Defeat
Kalamazoo

Wayne University scored its
third straight basketball victory of
the season Saturday night, defeat
ing the Kalamazoo College five 80
to 30. at Central High School.
1t was a hard-fought ball game
only for the first six minutes. AT
that point, with Wayne holding a
bare 9-S lead the Van Week twins,
Bill and Jon, aided by sophomore
Frank Sabo, put on 13-point
drive which left Wayne far IN
front at the half, % 10 10
Kalamazoo was held ScorelesS
for nearly Ii minutes. scoring a
field goal just before the halftime
gun sounded.
Pete NuneZ sent the Tartars far
Their in front in the second half
MEETING three field goals in tho
first five minutes. Kalamazoo cut
the margin during the rest Of the
game, with Wayne content to play
safe
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Riggs Ranked
Over Kovd(S

NEW YORK. Dec Bits no
surprise that Bobby Riggs was The
best amateur tennis player in 1871.
and today the United States Lawn
Tennis Association confirmed it by
rating him No. l in its annual
rankings. He succeeds Don Nc
Neil, who was dropped 10 fourth
this year.
Frank KovacS. who. like Riggs.
has turned professional was
ranked second and frankie Parker
third
Mrs. Sarah Palfrcy Cooke. first
in the women's list. is followed by
Pauline Betz and Dorothy May
Bundy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
Red Sox Get
Chase, WeIdj

BOSTON, Dec. - QNS). - In
a straight player exchange, the
Boston Red Sox tonight sent
pitcher Jack Wilson and outfielder
Stan Spence TO the Washington
Senators for pitcher Kendall Chase
and outfielder John Welaj.
Wilson won a and lost - last
year. Chase had a 6-1S record
Spence batted .232. Welaj POS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14

, 1 BY 1xo bh4cdonxu
SPORTS EDITOR
Baseball Wise Guys Figure Jimmy Dykes Got
Best Of Connie Mack in Moses Deal

CHICAGO Dec 13-Marvin Stah of Lansing is already
job professional Seminole Country Club near
Palm Beach most exclusive golf club in Florida crowd
10000 largest the history of the track turned out for
opening Hollywood fla dog track recently
Iloyd Ods of Ypsanti was named of the
by President Lawrence DBenedeo
meeting of the A. A. l.. Lou Bloom OF Ceve-
A. A. u. boxing Jim McMien, former grldiron
and wrestler has joined the navy.
Baseball figure Jimmy Dykes put on his
boss Mack, when he Waly Moses from the
Athletics for Mike Kreevich Hallett Moses is
believed couple of years of good hitting left
him the trade recalls that Moses almost wore Tiger
uniform . Back in 1889 traded Detroit for
Mccoy but the deal Cancelled by Commissioner
Lands when Mccoy declared free agent.