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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

I theyre now making too many pictures
for their own good All of which
brings us TO my choices Of the 10 best
films of 1871, up 10 this writing They
are. in the order named: Sergeant
York. Meet John Doe The Little
Foxes Blood and Sand Penny
Serenade Tom Dick, and Harry
Here Comes Mr. Jordan Straw
berry Blonde The Lady Eve" and A
Womans Face"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

America faces AN emergency.
Every citizen is urged to assist
to the utmost Of his ability by
hmNing nefcrse savings Rond.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
REAL Income OF THE AMERICAN CONSUMER

1910 was in the average annual earn
ingS Of railway employees, this figure
amounting TO $1,000, as contrasted
with S1,744 in 1929, at the peak OF
our national prosperity. With 5000
less employees in 1910 than III l932,
the railroad pay roll was $437OOO,OOO
greater in the year just ended than
it was in that earlier year.
The results of railway operation
in 1910 are peculiar, perhaps, III that
they afford grounds for both op-
tlmISm and peSSlmIsm. On lle
cheerful side are the facts that TalI-
way earnings, both gross and net
were better i'll 1899 than they were
in 1898, and were better, again, IL
1910 than in 1889.
Less cheerful, however. is the fact
that rising taxes and wages pre-
vented the carriers from converting
the peak gross earnings Of a decade
into similar peak net earnings.
Hauling more freight, earning a
larger gross in 1910 than in 1886,
the railways, on the basis Of present
figures, were not able to equal their
1886 net earnings, either before
or after the payment Of fixed
charges This is Just one further
indication. if such be needed, that
our railroad problem has not yet
been solved.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
New Dwelling Units
Built Here in 1910
Top 1880 Mark
BoItz Sees Continued
Demand for Medium
Priced Houses in l941

Building and loan associations In
Washington, with other home build
ing agencies, have just closed their
hooks on a most remarkable con-
struction year. Final figures VIII
reveal that more than 100000 900
was invested in new housing While
the number Of dwelling units erected
will pass the 1880 mark, EdWald
c. BaItz, secretary Of the Perpetual
Building Association, said yesteroa".
The trend toward homes IL J-e
medium price ranges Is lncrc5.ug
and I look forward to a continue
ton of the demand for dWel-L9
offered at $500 up to $500 People
who have never seriously enter
tanned the idca Of owning homo
are now becoming home conscious
particularly those whose income are
in the S2,lOO TO $4,000 per year
brackets
The RanspcCk bill viii encourage
great many employees IN tn,
executive branch Of the Govern
ment to purchase homes, giving As
il does reasonable permancnCE -
their Jobs. The vast number Of 10"
workers required to set uD and
operate the new Defense Comn!s-
sion is another group that viii IL
fuence the construction OF home
our city is growing rapidly and
what is most encouraging. the
growth is a healthy one. I look for
194l to be a GOOD business year"
Mr.. BaltZ added.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Striking Gains Made
In Phone Service
Here in 1910
Wilson Notes Heavy
Demands Developed
By Defense Program

Telephone operations in the
District of Columbia in 1910 have
been marked by exceptional growth
due to the rapid expansion of. gov
ernmental activities resulting from
the national defense program and
the continued increase in the city's
population, according to Lloyd B
Wilson, president OF the Chesapeake
e. Potomac Telephone Co. Both
the number of telephones in service
and the number OF calls made by
subscribers have reached new high
levels
On December /, 1910, there were
272 552 telephones in service, an
increase of 19.870.or 8 per cent over
the same day last year. The number
of local and out-of- town calls has
been about u percent greater than
in 1899. In order 10 care for this
volume of business and to provide
for future growth. the company
has spent slOOOO00O for additions
and bettermentS to its plant in 1910,
or S4,00O000 more than in 1889
The cost Of the property used in
giving telephone service in Wash
mgton was S51 .8O2 .223 on December
!. Because of substantial increases
in taxes and other operating eX-
penses. however, the rate Of net
earnings to plant investment shows
no improvement over 1889.
The outlook for 194l is for con-
tinuance Of the present high degree
of activity 1t is estimated that the
increase in telephones will be ap-
proXimateIy the same as for 1910,
while expenditures to care for this
expected growth and to provide for
service improvement will be nearly
as great as for 1910.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Radio Held Vital
Aid in National
Defense Steps
the Associated Press.

BY t1e ASSOCldltu fItoSs
NEW YORK, Jan. Radio was
cited today as vital element of
national defense.
In a year-end statement, Mai.
Gen. James G.. Harbord, chairman
of the Board of Radio Corporation
of America, said: Radio, under
fire as a comparatively new means
of communication in the first World
War, today is the voice of national
defense.
The radiophone, which was de-
veloped with limited range for the
Army and Navy in 19l4-l8, flared
soon after the Armistice into a new
industry called brOadcaSting. The
fact that the radio industry has de-
veloped as it has in this country
enables it to take up the additional
load in its stride and deliver all
types Of equipment necessary in the
expansion program of national de-
fenSe.'
David Sarnof, r. c. A president.
looking to the year ahead, said:
National defense will continue as
the No. program of the laboratories.
manufacturing plants and broad
casting studios"
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Rail Outlook CIouded
By Tax, Labor Costs
Despite Gains
Traffic and Gross
Highest Since 1880,
But Net Lues
BY SAMUEL o. DINN
Chairman, Simmons -BnaTdmsn Publishing
Co. and Editor, Railway Age

CHAIRMAN, simmons Publishing
Co. and Editor, Railway Ase
The results of railway operation
III the year Just ended indicate that
in two important regards the figures
for 1910 set new records for the
past decade and that, in two other
aspects, new aII-time records were
established
First rs to the records for the
last 10 years. In 1910 railway gross
revenues and the volume OF freight
traffic both were greater than in
any other year since 1880 While
operating revenues during the 20s
averaged more than six million dol
lars annually, there was a loss, in
this regard, of practically so per cent
at the bottom of the depression
The gross for 1870 though the high
est for the past decade. marks only
the fourth time in the last 10 years
that total of $4,000. 100000 has been
reached or exceeded.
Taxes Cut Down Nets.
Yet, que largely to the a!l-t!me
records, previously mentioned, which
were established in 1910, neither net
railway operating income before
the payment of fixed charges nor
net income talter the payment Of
fixed charges reached l0-year
peak in 1910.
Both of these items, and the rate
Of return earned on investment. as
well, fell below the corresponding
figures for 1886 and thus occupied
second. rather than first place, for
the past decade. The reasons lie
principally in the aIl-time records
for 1910.
The first record was a tax one.
railway tax accruaIs exceeding
s4000000 900 for the first year IN the
entire history OF the railroad in
dustry. Railway taxes, amounting
to S4O5 100000 in 1910. represented
the current elimination. at least, Of
the constant rising trend which
has existed for the last five years.
and which has carried the railway
tax bill up from S237O00OOO in
1885 TO its present peak. In the
last five years railroad taxes have
been increased by more than 70 per
cent.
The second record established in
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Exemption on the Way Out.

Borrowing rates are unlikely to
change much in the next y months.
Removal Of taX-eXempt features IS
a possibility. Though many compe-
tent sources declare that conSti-
tutional amendment is definitely
necessary before existing taX-eXempt
features can be nullifed few will
dispute the power of Congress to
tax future issues. Strong support
will be given to such legislation
covering Federal issues before any
major defense financing is under
taken, and, if the effort meets with
success. other issues will undoubted-
ly come up for consideration. Even
So only relatively small amount
of new borrowing and few scat
tered refunding programs will be
effected.
Tax eXmpetion is not serious
issue with local governments except
as it affects long-term borrowing
costs. One would have to assume
a period of considerably highest in
terest rates to prove that the bor-
rowing cost was materially affected,
and even with higher interest rates
it would take several years to
translate them into correSpondingly
higher annual interest burdens.
And at the present time, the huge
volume of funds seeking investment
at any rate at all makes this seem
like a remote possibility. Certainly
it does not affect the picture for l94l.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Jones Notes Contrasts
In Investment Murts

Robert c. Jones, head of the in
vestment banking firm of Robert c.
Jones & Co., said yesterday that
the year 1910 witnessed the unusual
phenomenon of substantially in
creased industrial production and
lower stock prices.
Based on the DoW-JoneS indus
trial averages, the stock market is
approximately 10 per cent lower on
the year United States Govern
ments and the highest-grade bonds
have advanced to about the highest
levels on record. However, there is
some evidence to indicate that the
long advance in high-grade bonds
has about run its course.
Recently Chairman Eccles of the
Federal Reserve Board stated that
interest rates should be allowed to
rise slightly from the present arti-
f1cially low levels. We. therefore,
are of the opinion that interest rates
will rise slightly and high-grade
bonds should decline over the next
several years." Mr.. Jones concluded.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Stote Revenues Guin

CHICAGO, Jan. l (SpeciaD-State
tax revenues for 1910 will total ap-
proximately s4,13O,OOOOOO, an in
crease of 7 per cent over 1899, the
National Tax Commission reports.
Death and gift taxes were the only
major income source to show a de-
cline in collections, dropping 10 per
cent below the previous years yield,
the Nationwide Women's organiza-
ton said.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Squibb Board Picks
Palmer as Chairman
By .ht Associated Press.

By lht ASSOCIATED Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-Carleton H.
Palmer. president Of f. R. Squibb
& Sons for 25 years. has been elect
ed chairman Of the board. the COM
pany announced Palmer Will con-
tinue as chief executive officer. He
succeeded his father, Lowell NJ
Palmer. as president after the lat
ters death in 1915.
Lowell P. Weicker, vice president
in charge of sales and advertising,
was elected president. Weicker sue
ceeded his father, the late Theodore
Weicker, as vice president when the
latter became chairman five years
ago.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
e| Production Is Boosted to Highest Point in History
Shorp l94l Advances
Seen by Loan Chief

Every indication seems to point
to an extended period of growth and
business expansion in 1941, espe-
cially for the Nations Capital and
adjacent territory, C. H. Ellingson,
executive vice president, First Fed
eral Savings & Loan Association,
predicted yesterday.
Our business of the immediate
future is not one of having to extend
ourselves too greatly in seeking more
volume, but rather one of taking
fullest advantage of present day
conditions with a view to building
sound and secure business future
for the Capital. There are ample
reasons for a great deal of con-
fidence in viewing the coming year,
Mr.. EllngSOn declared.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Buick Will Produce
1O3, 900 in Quarter
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FLINT, Mich, Jan. Harlow H
Curtice, president and general man
ager of the Buick division of Gen
eral Motors Corporation, said today
that his company has scheduled pro-
duction of more than 100000 units
during the first quarter of 1941.
That would bring the company's
1941 model output to 242 900 by the
end of March. he said.
Curtice has fixed $4,000 as the
company's total 1941 model output.
In the calendar year just ended,
Curtice said. Buick output totaled
311 403 cars. 1t was the biggest year
in the company's history. The pre-
vious high was 250,116 in the 1927
model year.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Personal Touch Helps

CHICAGO. Jan. l CSpeciaD A
good will wrinkle for the air trans
port industry is being tried by Chi
cago & Southern Air Lines, which,
with a special, patented process,
prints the name, destination and
business of each passenger at the
top of a 12-page newspaper handed
to him when boarding a plane.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Cities Still Facinq
Pressing Tax and
Relief Problems
Low Interest Helps
Financing, but New
Revenue Is Needed
BY Cambridge Associates.

BY Cambridge Associates.
Even in a period when municipal
| borrowing can be conducted at neg
ligible rates of interest, local govern
ment units still have financial prob
lens.
The most pressing problems at the
moment are % adjustment of prop
erty taxes to levels which do not
destroy values. and (2D elimination
Of relief borrowing The solution to
both resolves itself into the COM
mon denominator Of new source
of revenues.
Many proposals have been consid-
cred. and some have been placed
in effect on a local basis. The sales
tax has been applied successfully
in some localities, but has failed in
others through refusal Of the buying
public to take it seriously.
Sons States have an income tax,
which is, of course, open to the
objection that it overlaps the Fed
eral Government tax structure
Some recent public Improvements
have been made Semi-private
through the application of tolls,
rentals or service charges, in which
case they are generally financed by
revenue bonds rather than full faith
and credit obligations.
Long range Possibilities.
A more radical suggestion has been
that the local and State governments
relinqulsh a major part Of their
taxing power so that the Federal
Government can secure a maximum
return with the simplest possible
schedule of IevieS, collection agents
and clerical burdens. Such Gen.
traliZatiOn may be inevitable, but its
opponents are to powerful at present
to admit the possibility Of early
passage.
AS the year 1941 opens, some
municipal problems are on the road
toward solution. Construction activ-
ity throughout the country has been
on the increase for several years,
and the defense program has aC-
celerated the trend thus adding to
the real estate tax base.
Defense has likewise reduced re-
lief rolls and quickened the rate Of
tax collections There appears TO
be a general disposition on the part
OF local units to take advantage of
this situation and put their houses
in order.
Record high prices for municipal
obligations have made possible re-
findings at lower coupon rates, I'M
dertaken as much for this purpose
as for smoothing out the schedule
of bond maturitieS.
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Vice President Named
By General Electric
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. III. L.
Erlicher, purchasing agent Of Gen
eral Electric Co, has been elected
vice president.
Erlicher. III charge Of all purchas-
ing for the big electrical products
concern. VIII continue to handle
this work. with headquarters IN
Schenectady. N. Y.
Evening star., 1941-01-01

Thieves are stealing sheep IN
South Africa, shearing them, then
sending the shivering animals back
home
Evening star., 1941-01-01
Program TO Increase
Enormous Capacity
Already Started
Increase in Costs
Moy Force Boost
In 1941 Prices
BY CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES.


The steel industry operated at ar
average of 81 per cent Of its pro-
duCtlye capacity during the past
year. Since emid-September the rate
of operations has been steadily above
95 per cent. Over 65,000000 tons OF
steel ingots were produced in 1910
more steel than in any other year in
the Nations business history.
Far from SlaCkening. the demand
for steel for Americas defense effort
has apparently only given a fore
taste Of what is to come.
The 83000,000- capacity which
seemed fantaStiCally outsize a few
years ago is already viewed as in
adequate by defense authorities and
the program to extend steel-making
facilities has begun.
Producers Cautions.
How much this expansion pro-
gram will be able to lift steel output
in 1941 is problematical. Steel pro-
ducers themselves are wary of eX-
tending productive capacity too fast
and far beyond normal need. They
point out that for the past 10 years
that average rate Of operations has
been about 40 per cent of capacity
and that the average rate for 1882
was under 20 per cent. They know
the cost of carrying overbuilt facili-
ties. Immediate plans call for some
expansion of equipment, but more
look to increasing efficiency and the
relief of special situations.
Those concerned with national de-
fense, however, are looking to 1912
and a still greater demand for steel
The National Resources Planning
Board recently made public
tentative steel expansion program.
Emphasizing that the program was
put forward merely for criticism
and suggestion, the board hinges its
proposals to national income. If
the national income reaches S83.0O0,-
100000, the iron and steel industry
would need to put S3I6,O00.OOO III
additional facilities. If the national
income rises to $50 900 100000. some
what under the board 5 estimate for
1912, a total of S720,0OO,0O0 should
be spent for equipment, the board
believes.
Some Gain Certain.
Even granting, however, that no
great measure of additional equip
ment is put into operation in 194l,
1t is still safe prediction that
total output Will be considerably
higher than in the past year. when
the operating rate dropped TO 60 per
cent in April. Total production
should reach 75.000000 tons. The
Nations defense program alone, re-
gardless Of British takings, should
bring this total.
In 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1929 the
operating ratio was higher than in
1910, but present productive capacity
is about y per cent higher than in
1929.
Prices have remained stable de-
spite the increase in activity and
have been reaffirmed for the first
quarter of 1941 It is conceivable
that increased costs, particularly of
scrap, might neCeSsitate a price lift
later in the year, but the efforts of
the Government are to clamp down
on suggestions for price rises unless
the need can be completely justified.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-05-22
Right of the Accused

The right of an accused person
to be confronted by his accusers
is based upon the law of imperial
Rome. This protection of St. Paul
threads its way through the Eng
lish law and is not original with
our Constitution. Festus, the
Roman procurator of Judea, an
swered PauPs accusers (Acts
XIV, 16) at Jerusalem: 'It is
not the manner of the Romans to
deliver any man to die before that
he which is accused have the ac-
cusers face to face, and have
icence to answer for himself con-
corning the crime laid against
him."
The law was introduced into
England during the reign of Ed
ward VI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-05-22
Use of Possessions

What one has, one ought to use;
and whatever he does he should
do with all his might.-Cicero.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-05-22
You Lose Two Pounds a Week.

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-05-22
- ~ 81
I5oi1!!li9iQ

TOR the best all-around athlete
= this nation has produced We'll
still string with Jim Thorpe. This
angle came back to US as we ran
into the Big Indian a few days ago,
just after he had finished a series Of
lectures to kids around the country
on the matter of competition and
physical development.
"Tm still all for the Indians" Jim
said, "but I'm only part Indian.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-05-22

l III uVe-elgntIlS III
dian, two : eighths
Irish and one-eighth
French, if you want
to go into details.
Maybe that just
makes me an Amer-
lean airedale.
Over 30 years have
passed by since Pop
Warner saw a skin
ny young Indian
playing games
around Carlisle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-05-22
Draft IN, Sports

The army draft is calling men
from all forms of professional
sports. Big league baseball recently
lost Hank Greenberg Of the Detroit
Tigers and Hugh Mulcahy, star
pitcher of the Philadelphia Phil
lies. Two professional golfers who
have become s21-a-month-men are
T. Suffern Taller and Perky Oliver.
Welterweight boxer Al Davis didn't
wait to be called, but volunteered
for service In the army.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-05-22

TAT that ume,"
Pop says, 81 never figured him for
any coming star. He was a kid who
weighed around lao pounds. They
told me he was fast, but he looked
too thin"
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-29
IContnued On Fage FouTIesnJ panes
Ford Would Abandon Plants
Rather Than Welcome Union

question OF accepting the closed
shop. he will offer TO turn his fac
tories over 70 the government for
a dollar-a-year 70 be operated by
the Federal Government.
The Go. meanwhile, has threat
ened TO call a strike at Ford's fac
tories in the Detroit area before
the end Of February. unless Ford
ca Is of his present opposition 70
CIO organization OF his workers.
The recent CLIO nationa' convention
adopted resolution. declaring
The organization Of the Ford work
ers 20 be the paramount objective
OF the Congress OF lndustr al o.
ganizatIons in the months TO come. "
In urging its adoption. Michael
+. widman. director OF the United
Automobile Workers (CIO) drive
against the Ford Company. declar-
ed
II Ford wants a strike We will
be prepared soon to.giye him that
too"
The National Defense Commits
sion and the War Department
meanwhile. say there IS no
change" la the government att
tude toward the Ford Company.
This means that Ford is to be treat
ed Just like any other applicant fos
a war contract.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-29
(continued on Page Fourteen)

fBy international News service)
Washington. Jan. % Inns 800
Henry Ford has notified Wash ng-
ton that he will never operate his
huge industrial organization under
closed shop" cond tons and Il.
ordered 70 do so by a Labor Board
decree. will retire from American
business and offer his factories 20
the government for federal opera
ton az a dol ar-ayear fee. II was
learned today.
Ford delivered this ultimatum 10
a high defense official when asked
70 meet with Sidney Hillman. clio
leader and labor chieftain In the
OPM. In an effort to solve ell labor
issues affecting the Ford industry.
Ford flaty refused TO consult with
Hillman. declaring he would never
permit the Go leader to@tell nc
what 70 do.
The Detroit motor magnate. who
has amassed c-e o. the greatest IN
dustrial fortunes in the world. told
the official that
He is willing 20 cooperate with
the President and the American
people 10 any degree possible In
aiding the national defense ps0-
gram. but that he will not stand
for a closed shop IN any Of his
factories. II It comes down to a